NOVPUBThis meant that Su Changkong had to use up the Yuan Soul Crystal in a short period of time, rather than just losing one-fiftieth of it.
Without hesitation, Su Changkong stuffed the Yuan Soul Crystal fragments into the mouth of the Sea Serpent Beast, helping it to refine and absorb the power!
"Hisss!"
At this moment, the Sea Serpent Beast couldn’t help but let out an excited hissing sound. As the Yuan Soul Crystal entered its body and gradually digested, a surge of energy poured into its soul origin. The Sea Serpent Beast’s soul origin rapidly grew stronger, akin to a once shriveled balloon being inflated with air, expanding swiftly!
"Could this really work?"
Su Changkong’s eyes brightened.
The Soul Nurturing Spirit liquid had almost no effect on Alien Beasts, whereas this Yuan Soul Crystal, far more precious than the Soul Nurturing Spirit liquid, was indeed useful to the Alien Beasts and extremely potent at that! After all, this was an Exotic Treasure capable of transforming a Soul Realm into a Primordial Spirit!
The Sea Serpent Beast rapidly refined the energy of the Yuan Soul Crystal fragments, strengthening its soul, filling in its weaknesses as if it were advancing toward a higher realm, breaking through barriers that once seemed insurmountable!
Soul and body complemented each other; the body nurtured the soul, and the soul influenced the body!
"This... this could actually work! Perhaps... I could raise more Alien Beasts than I ever imagined!"
Feeling the gradual changes in the Sea Serpent Beast, Su Changkong’s heart began to thump excitedly.
"Divide this Yuan Soul Crystal into forty-nine pieces, one for each of the other Alien Beasts!"
Su Changkong no longer hesitated. His Geng Metal silkworm silk cut swiftly, evenly dividing the Yuan Soul Crystal.
The fifty chosen Alien Beasts each had equal conditions, all given the chance to metamorphose into True Beasts!
To prevent any loss of energy from the fragments of the Yuan Soul Crystal, Su Changkong swiftly went through the process, feeding every one of the fragments to the beasts.
Each Alien Beast, upon swallowing a fragment of the Yuan Soul Crystal, refined it. Their once-weak souls underwent a qualitative change and grew rapidly, complementing their bodies!
A mighty being, whether human or of another species, may lack formidable strengths, but cannot afford to have glaring weaknesses—body and soul, these two are fundamental for any strong being!
Next was the wait, to see which among these Alien Beasts would become the first True Beast!
In Su Changkong’s perception, the fifty Alien Beasts, while refining the Yuan Soul Crystal, significantly increased their appetite. Each one hunted Sea Beasts, fish, and other creatures in the waters of the Crescent Sea, their bodies growing rapidly, their bloodlines undergoing metamorphosis!
"Hm? Two Alien Beasts have encountered each other and are heading towards one another!"
In the blink of an eye, three months passed. Stationed in the Crescent Sea to prevent any accidents and not leaving a step behind, Su Changkong suddenly opened his eyes.
In his senses, two Alien Beasts seemed to have detected each other’s presence, heading straight towards each other, filled with the desire to kill and hunger for food.
"Let nature take its course."
Su Changkong hesitated slightly, but ultimately did not intervene, deciding not to interfere.
In the deep sea floor of the Crescent Sea, a giant Sea Serpent moved its bulky body, now nearly two hundred zhang long, a pair of dull golden eyes looked indifferently into the distance.
In the distant waters, an octopus-like creature with eight tentacles and a body close to a hundred zhang in diameter also watched coldly.
Both were at crucial points in growth, needing substantial food and a blood battle that would unleash all their potential to complete their metamorphosis. Thus, they detected each other, existences not unlike themselves!
Both understood that upon encounter, there must be a battle. The victor would live to transform into a new realm, the loser would perish and become sustenance for the other’s growth—cruel and primal.
"Hisss!"
After a brief standoff, the Sea Serpent Beast was the first to launch an attack. A sharp hissing erupted from its throat, echoing far into the depths, creating ripples upon ripples. It opened its jaws wide, full of massive fangs, and like a bolt of lightning, it aimed to bite the giant octopus-like Alien Beast.
"Roar!"
The octopus Alien Beast also moved; its robust tentacles, like lengthy dragons, possessed immense strength, capable of severing mountains, stirring vast torrents of water, and lashing and entwining against the Sea Serpent Beast.
"Boom!"
The two, with their formidable physical bodies, collided and battled on the ocean floor, causing a disturbance like an underwater earthquake, and the resulting shockwaves formed huge whirlpools.
Sand and rocks were swept up, and many fish and shrimps caught in the fray were ground to pieces, and underwater rock mountains collapsed.
The battle between the two was like the mythological True Beasts in combat, creating a tremendously loud commotion.
Each of them had already grown to the limit of what a True Beast could achieve, possessing nearly Saint Level combat power. Just one step further, and they would reach the realm of True Beasts!
"Hiss!"
"Roar!"
In the depths of the sea, the hissing and the sounds of the fierce battle were relentless.
Blood mixed with mud and sand, turning the surroundings into a veritable chaos.
The Sea Serpent Beast’s thick, shield-like scales were damaged and shed, its blood flowing, while the octopus Alien Beast also had its tentacles severed, gushing blood like a fountain.
This great battle lasted for several hours before gradually subsiding.
"The Sea Serpent won."
Su Changkong said to himself as he watched from hiding.
Using his Primordial Spirit for observation, Su Changkong saw the Sea Serpent Beast’s mouth open to an exaggerated arc, like having another space inside its belly, as it swallowed the octopus Alien Beast’s corpse, which was not much smaller than itself.
After accomplishing this, the Sea Serpent Beast then coiled itself atop an underwater rock mountain, calmly healing and digesting its meal, quietly waiting to undergo metamorphosis.
"The other Alien Beasts are all seeking opponents to fight to the death!"
In the following days, the Crescent Sea was far from peaceful. Like the Sea Serpent and octopus Alien Beasts, the other Alien Beasts had also reached a bottleneck and needed food for metamorphosis as well as a life-and-death battle to stimulate all their potential for transformation.
Maybe it was a sense between the Alien Beasts, or perhaps because they all had drunk a large quantity of True Blood provided by Su Changkong, they could sense each other’s presence and accurately chose their opponents!
Su Changkong quietly observed everything; the loser died, and the victor lived. 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
In just a few short days, the number of fifty Alien Beasts was halved, fallen as food to the victors, each triumphant beast devouring the other and quietly waiting for its own transformation!
Time ticked away second by second, and several more months passed. One night on a small island in the Crescent Sea, Su Changkong suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of surprise and ecstasy crossing his gaze.
"Boom!"
During the night, with the moon dim and stars sparse above a region of the Crescent Sea, there were thunderbolts churning, dark clouds gathering, making the already dim sky even darker.
Lightning bolts tore through the night sky, dancing like giant serpents!
Immense torrents of nature’s spiritual energy swirled into a vortex, spinning rapidly, like a celestial waterfall cascading from the heavens into the depths of the sea, absorbed and refined by a colossal beast.
"It’s a success! An Alien Beast has finally metamorphosed into a True Beast!"
Su Changkong could not contain the joy in his heart and on his face, for this meant that a True Beast had achieved Ascension!
Such a disturbance, the disarray of nature’s spiritual energy, and the extraordinary phenomenon created were no less astonishing than when Su Changkong himself had Entered Saint!
