Just as Bai Chen and Wang Zhi stopped focusing on the Endless Abyss…
The environment inside the Endless Abyss had completely changed due to the massive number of demons emerging from the Abyss Hatchery.
First, countless low-tier small demons became slaves, food, and toys for the primordial demons—or the "native demons" of the Abyss.
Although weak, they adapted quickly to any environment.
Inevitably, they were hunted as food by the native demons.
But after the primordial demons ate their fill, they discovered something strange: the small demons' numbers did not decrease despite the hunting.
Every layer of the Endless Abyss evolved rapidly due to the presence of these small demons.
As a result, some of the primordial demons began experimenting with their first attempts at subjugation.
They tried integrating these small demons into their protection, establishing territories.
They tried using them as subordinates to wage battles.
The first demons to subjugate ordinary demons quickly created a series of "comfortable" environments they had never had before.
Their hunting behavior gradually evolved into hunting stronger Abyss creatures with the help of the small demons.
Moreover, this time, their targets included members of their own kind.
Soon, the power of the primordial demons in the Endless Abyss grew rapidly with sufficient life resources.
Finally, the first primordial demon reached the Legendary stage!
It was a demon that, after dozens of evolutions, resembled a "fire element" creature.
Countless battles and near-death experiences had strengthened its combat ability far beyond ordinary primordial demons.
It successfully hunted its own kind, absorbing their flesh and blood, inheriting their abilities.
Eventually, after maximizing its power, its life form completely transformed.
Its once crimson scales became armor of flowing molten lava.
Its body adapted to contain the heat of magma.
Its blood carried lethal toxic vapors that could silently incapacitate anyone who pierced its skin.
More deadly, it wielded a giant sword eternally engulfed in flames.
This was its utilization of Abyssal power, a gift from the first fallen soul after its evolution to Legendary within the Abyss.
The Flame Demon had appeared!
Meanwhile, more and more primordial demons began evolving toward the Legendary stage.
One, two… ten, a hundred…
Although most would die on the path to Legendary, their sheer numbers ensured a significant number would succeed.
They solidified their bloodlines under the guidance of the Endless Abyss, preserving them.
Thus, descendants with Legendary bloodlines grew increasingly numerous.
Over long ages, these evolved Legendary demons became the strongest rulers of the Endless Abyss.
But Chu Hao did not feel overly pleased.
In his eyes, this was the inevitable outcome of the chaotic Abyss: the strong fight the strong, and the few most powerful emerge.
Survival of the fittest.
At this moment, Chu Hao was focused on another matter: the drop of mythical creature blood.
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"How should I use this drop of blood…"
At the bottom of the Endless Abyss, Chu Hao pondered over the blood.
It was enveloped in his divine power, for if it were exposed in the Abyss, it could easily be corrupted or twisted—its life information and inherent rules alike.
The Endless Abyss instinctively corrupts and distorts everything.
Chu Hao knew a little about how to use mythical creature blood.
For instance, it could be used as a template to create powerful beings.
Such beings would inherit some abilities of the mythical creature; the purer the bloodline, the stronger the abilities, potentially evolving into a mythical creature-like existence.
Alternatively, its rules could be extracted and integrated into this divine world to enhance all living beings.
Everyone seemed to have a different approach.
"Or maybe I extract the rules, merge them into the Endless Abyss, and use the remaining blood as a template for the Abyss gene pool?" Chu Hao muttered.
"That way, I get both the rules and a powerful creature…"
It seemed ideal.
But…
"No, that's too wasteful!" Chu Hao shook his head.
"The rules could easily be corrupted in the Abyss; the enhancements could reverse, causing loss instead of gain."
"Or just analyze the blood to create a powerful creature?" he pondered.
But he dismissed that too.
"If the mythical creature's descendant cannot survive the extreme chaos of the Abyss, its power would be weak…"
"Ah, indeed, foreign things are good, but not derived from one's own world—they always fall short a bit."
Chu Hao sighed.
"Wait… I have an idea!"
"I can let the primordial demons consume a drop of blood. Their evolution ability will identify which parts are useful to them!"
"Then their power will peak! And as kin of the Endless Abyss, their special bloodline ensures that even mastering this rule will feedback into the Abyss itself…"
"This could be the best solution!"
Chu Hao stood, closing his eyes.
All demons already at or near the Legendary stage knelt, listening to the command of the Endless Abyss Will.
Soon, the command reached them, igniting excitement and roaring desire.
Their creator, the master of the Endless Abyss, demanded a slaughter!
A slaughter…
Where only one could survive.
The final survivor would consume the drop of mythical creature blood.
It might leap several levels at once.
And become the first…
Mythical creature in the Endless Abyss!