Everlasting Immortal Firmament

Book 08 Chapter 044: The Proper Use of the Hunger Pearl

The hungry ghost path of reincarnation:

In a fit of rage, Bing Ji transformed into a ten-kilometer-tall crow and searched for Gu Hai. As it hunted, the earth quaked, and dust and debris filled the air. Wild beasts fled in panic.

Gu Hai managed to hide beneath a strange cow and silently escaped the chaos.

The giant crow scoured the land for Gu Hai, who had already found refuge in a remote valley.

“Roar!”

Suddenly, a booming roar halted the odd-looking cow in the valley.

A horse-like monster, possessing ten legs and a pair of wings, standing ten meters tall, blocked its way.

This monstrous horse spat flames at the cow, which roared back, its eyes spewing fire.

The cow’s back had been frozen solid by Bing Ji earlier, so it was weakened.

“Horse Leg! How dare you block my way?!” bellowed the cow.

“Indeed, I’m blocking you, Cow Eyes! Look at you, injured! Hahaha! After so many years of fighting, finally, an opportunity presents itself!” Horse Leg said, showing a terrifying grin.

“Horse Leg! Instead of feasting on those tiny hungry ghosts, you set your sights on me? Do you have a death wish?” Cow Eyes retorted coldly.

“Eating those little monsters doesn’t satisfy me, and they are hard to digest. They hardly boost my power, and their wills give me a headache. It takes days for me to wear off the will after eating one. However, you’re different. We’re on the same level. Yes, consuming you will give me a headache for days, but I’ll also grow larger by three meters! You are injured, so stop struggling!” Horse Leg sneered.

“Hehehe! Let’s see who will be eating who!” Cow Eyes roared furiously.

Boom!

Cow Eyes charged Horse Leg.

Gu Hai immediately rolled out and hid in the bushes.

Gu Hai was tiny in comparison, so the two monsters did not notice him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Cow Eyes and Horse Leg collided. Shattered rocks flew everywhere in the valley, turning it chaotic.

As Gu Hai hid in the bushes, he narrowed his eyes slightly. “Are these physical-soul monsters? They have impressive physical strength. Monsters? Hungry ghosts? What would happen if I consumed them? That’s right. Bing Ji’s increase in strength must be because of this world!”

The laws of this world worked on transforming Gu Hai’s body, but he resisted the painful tearing sensation inside him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four hours later, Cow Eyes, burdened with injuries, finally fell.

“Cow Eyes, I told you you’d be my meal! Hahaha!” Horse Leg laughed heartily.

Still laughing, Horse Leg’s mouth expanded enormously and swallowed Cow Eyes whole.

Rumble…!

Amazingly, even after consuming a monster its size, Horse Leg did not burst. Instead, it doubled in size, its bloated form emanating an immense and powerful aura.

“Cow Eyes, dealing with your will would give me a headache for a few days. It is truly troublesome. Well, so be it; a headache for a few days it is! Once I’ve digested you, I’ll grow another three meters!” Horse Leg said, laughing.

Hidden in the bush, Gu Hai stayed still, waiting for Horse Leg to leave before scouting the area.

However, instead of leaving, Horse Leg suddenly turned its gaze to the exact spot where Gu Hai hid.

“Hey, little one, had your fill of watching?” Horse Leg smirked.

Gu Hai’s expression changed as he realized he had been spotted. Then he came out slowly.

There was a vast size difference; while Horse Leg was over ten meters tall, Gu Hai stood at just close to three meters.

“My apologies,” Gu Hai said with a slight bow.

“A humanoid hungry ghost? To think you are a humanoid hungry ghost? That’s rare! Thought you could hide? Cow Eyes spotted you earlier but just didn’t expose you. Haha! Come on, little monster. Save yourself the pain and hop into my mouth!” Horse Leg jeered.

Hop into your mouth? Do you think I’m a fool?

“Why eat me? Don’t you look down on small hungry ghosts? You said smaller hungry ghosts like me don’t add to your strength and only give you a headache. Isn’t it a loss for you?” Gu Hai asked, his face darkening.

“Who cares about a loss? I finally consumed Cow Eyes today, so I’m in a good mood. I just want to eat you now. So what?! Hah!” Horse Leg roared, sending tremors through the valley.

Gu Hai’s expression sank, and he felt the tearing sensation within intensify.

“Although I don’t know what I will transform into, it shouldn’t be too weak, right?” Gu Hai said coldly.

“What?” Horse Leg appeared puzzled for a moment.

Gu Hai suddenly stopped resisting, letting this world’s laws flood into him.

Rumble…!

In an instant, his expanding form burst out of his clothes.

Rip!

Black energy surrounded him, making him grow larger and larger.

“What?! You’re not a hungry ghost? You haven’t transformed?” Horse Leg appeared shocked.

Greed soon replaced Horse Leg’s initial surprise. “Even better! I’ve heard that living beings enter with seven physical souls in one body. Consuming you would be like consuming seven physical souls! What a treasure!”

Horse Leg’s face was ecstatic.

The black energy thickened around Gu Hai.

Boom!

The ground cracked, and an explosion of black energy enveloped the valley.

In the valley, Gu Hai transformed. In his place now stood a fierce black dragon, thirteen meters long, enveloped in black energy. Its sharp scales resembled blades, and its branched horns towered like a dense forest reaching for the sky.

The black evil dragon exhaled black energy, with a ferocious light in its eyes.

Gu Hai turned a ferocious gaze on Horse Leg. Horse Leg trembled, but excitement quickly replaced its fear.

“Thirteen meters? Hahaha! Only thirteen meters? Don’t you know? As a dragon, you’re at a disadvantage. While you might be thirteen meters long, corresponding to a thirteen-meter-tall hungry ghost, I’m a ten-meter-tall beast. I’m far more formidable and impressive than your short snake self. When I devour you, I’ll benefit greatly. Hahaha!” Horse Leg guffawed and lunged at the evil dragon.

“Roar!”

The evil dragon roared as it charged forward.

Its tail swung out, whipping Horse Leg. With a loud report, Horse Leg staggered, almost tumbling. However, the evil dragon was incredibly agile. It turned swiftly, and its tail lashed Horse Leg in the face.

Smack!

“Damn it! How dare you strike my face? This isn’t good; having just consumed Cow Eyes, my stomach’s too full, hindering my movements. Evil dragon, if you have the guts, stay here. We’ll settle our score another day!” After suffering multiple blows from the evil dragon, Horse Leg showed signs of distress and looked poised to flee.

“Roar!”

The evil dragon roared and opened its mouth.

The evil dragon’s mouth enlarged a hundredfold, and with a great gulp, the evil dragon swallowed Horse Leg whole, like a snake swallowing an elephant.

Rumble…!

Suddenly, the evil dragon’s stomach generated five-elemental energy, quickly burning Horse Leg.

“Argh!” Horse Leg screamed from inside the belly. The dragon’s stomach digested Horse Leg in the blink of an eye.

Following that, the evil dragon, thirteen meters long, released plumes of black evil energy. Simultaneously, its previously swollen stomach rapidly shrank to its original size.

Black energy spread into the surroundings as the evil dragon narrowed its eyes.

This evil dragon was the form Gu Hai had taken after the laws transformed him.

“World devouring? Horse Leg would have taken days to digest Cow Eyes, but I did it in mere moments? The Hunger Pearl? Did the Hunger Pearl stimulate my six physical souls?” The dragon’s eyes lit up.

After exploring for a while, Gu Hai felt no will of Cow Eyes or Horse Leg assaulting its mind.

“I almost forgot. The Hunger Pearl can’t wear down the spiritual souls’ will, but it can instantly annihilate the physical souls’ will. Does this mean I can keep eating in this world, continuously cultivating world devouring and strengthening the Spiritual Progenitor deity king and my physical body?” Gu Hai was taken aback.

The Hunger Pearl seems excessively powerful.

Won’t I be invincible in this world? To think the shaman race did not know to cultivate here back then?

“That’s not right. Those geniuses who created world devouring and the Hunger Pearl were killed by a shaman race elder right after its creation. Were they planning to use the Hunger Pearl in this world, only the method of using the Hunger Pearl had not been revealed before they were killed?” Gu Hai pondered.

“The Hunger Pearl? The hungry ghost path of reincarnation? Hunger? Indeed, the hunger from the Hunger Pearl matches the hunger from the hungry ghost path of reincarnation; it was intended for use here. The shaman race, including First Brother Chiyou, used it wrongly, which drove them mad. In this world, can I consume all beings?” Gu Hai’s eyes sparkled.

“Could my transformation into this evil dragon form be related to the Hunger Pearl? Just now, I refined the horse monster in just a moment. The impurities from its body transformed into this black evil energy, which seeped out from beneath my dragon scales. Hey! Wait! That’s not right. Is this energy? Why is it so fragrant?” Gu Hai mused.

At the same time, the black energy emanating from the dragon’s body drifted towards the valley’s outskirts.

Beyond the valley, previously dormant monsters became restless, drawn by the alluring scent. Their eyes glowed red, their mouths salivating at the scent as if an irresistible delicacy awaited nearby.

Without hesitation, these monsters made their way towards Gu Hai’s location.

While Gu Hai was studying the black energy on its body, the first monster, a seven-meter-tall cheetah, was attracted by the scent. Drawn by the aroma Gu Hai emitted, the cheetah drooled and pounced on the dragon without hesitation.

“Those shaman race geniuses truly wasted nothing. The fragrance formed from these impurities can attract monsters? Haha! Had that elder not prematurely killed those shaman race geniuses, I wouldn’t have had this good fortune today. Hah!” An ecstatic roar erupted from Gu Hai.

Boom!

As Gu Hai roared, it lunged at that cheetah.

The black dragon was ferocious, and the cheetah was weaker and smaller than it. After a few pounces, it swallowed the cheetah, which turned into energy in just two breaths of time. The impurities were released as fragrant black energy, enticing even more monsters to charge into this valley, delivering themselves to Gu Hai.

The more the black dragon ate, the stronger it became.

After six hours, the black dragon had grown to twenty-seven meters long. However, it did not dare to fight anymore.

The besieging monsters were too many and increasingly powerful. If the dragon persisted, it would be torn apart.

Turning away, the black dragon fled into the forest, pursued by countless monsters.