Blood.
A drop of mythical creature blood dripped into the Serpentine Demon's mouth.
This terrifying creature, forged from the battles of hundreds of legendary demons, finally received its reward!
From now on, it would completely rewrite its destiny.
It would become the first powerful demon to make its name resonate throughout the Endless Abyss!
It would embark on a new journey of evolution, until…
The Serpentine Demon, with an attitude of enjoying its glory, accepted its reward from Chu Hao…
Like the most loyal hound relishing its master's touch!
But beautiful illusions are always fleeting.
"Gurgle!"
A mouthful of fresh blood shot directly from the Serpentine Demon's mouth!
Chu Hao's eyes instantly sharpened.
"Something's wrong!"
As the master of the Endless Abyss, he could feel very clearly that this demon, having reached the peak of legend and about to enter the spirit stage, proud of its regenerative ability…
Had begun an irreversible decline?
Only a quarter of its body had participated, and it had radiated immense life force moments ago!
No, after defeating the toad demon and consuming its flesh, the Serpentine Demon had already begun rapid recovery.
Even as Chu Hao dropped the mythical blood into its mouth, most of its vitality had already returned!
Yet now, it was undeniably deteriorating.
Its blood shrank, its organs began to rot, and the additional heads on its body sprouted pus-filled sores.
A torrential amount of thick fluid rained onto the ground!
It was dying!
But how could this be?
A multitude of possibilities flashed through Chu Hao's mind, yet none were convincing.
"Could this demon not withstand the mythical blood, and its body collapsed directly?"
In Chu Hao's vision, the Serpentine Demon's genes were collapsing like a dam breaking.
"No, impossible!"
"Demons of the Abyss cannot fail to withstand a single drop of this blood! Moreover, this is exactly the reaction that should occur after fully absorbing it!"
"Could it be… that this drop of mythical blood is flawed? Vice Principal Wang Zhi? His gift?"
"No, impossible. Everyone knows his character. He despises schemes and has no reason to do this to me!"
"Could it be…"
Chu Hao pondered.
An inexplicable thought spread through his mind.
"The Endless Abyss twisted this drop of blood!"
"Due to its chaotic rules, it instinctively twists and corrodes everything… and when this drop was corroded…"
"Right at the moment…"
Watching the Serpentine Demon writhing on the ground, veins bursting everywhere, Chu Hao whispered his guess.
"The moment it began digesting the mythical blood?"
"But why?"
Before Chu Hao could answer,
Bang!
The Serpentine Demon could no longer endure the pain and exploded!
Countless pieces of flesh and blood scattered across the ground!
At that moment, a new creature appeared in Chu Hao's view…
"A worm?"
A wriggling, black, fat worm resembling the demonic larvae of the Endless Abyss appeared throughout the plane!
Each piece of the Serpentine Demon's flesh contained these worms.
No—more precisely, each piece of the demon's flesh transformed into these worms!
And the moment they appeared, they began killing each other!
They were so weak that the Endless Abyss barely sensed them, yet their numbers were terrifying.
As they fought, they grew stronger!
Chu Hao seemed to realize something. He remained silent, watching.
Shortly after, the first surviving worms began evolving!
One by one, cocoons appeared in the small plane.
"So… that's it?"
A light flickered in Chu Hao's eyes!
After hatching, strange creatures emerged from the cocoons!
Each contained a tiny amount of mythical blood and a fragment of the Serpentine Demon's chaotic bloodline!
These creatures fought again, devoured each other, and formed new cocoons!
Eventually, only dozens of twisted monsters remained, each comparable to peak legendary strength!
Though terrifyingly powerful, their bloodlines were chaotic beyond measure.
Their lives were destined to be short. Every creature, upon emerging from its cocoon, resumed the battle…
Finally, only a single cocoon remained.
A massive cocoon, occupying nearly half the plane!
From the appearance of the black worms to the emergence of this giant cocoon, the entire evolutionary process took less than ten minutes!
At the same time, as the giant cocoon writhed, Chu Hao sensed that the Endless Abyss had produced a series of micro-rules, which were endowed to the cocoon as new powers, while part of the Abyss's original rules transformed into "micro" authorities, granted to the cocoon with Chu Hao's consent!
"Poison fog! Pollution! Disaster!… and most importantly… rebirth and recovery?"
At this moment, the giant cocoon finally shattered!
A monster, half the size of the plane, crawled out, roaring!
Its birth alone sent waves of terror through all living beings in the Endless Abyss!
They sensed that the Abyss had now transformed part of its rules into tangible powers, given as a "newborn gift" to the strongest creature in the Abyss…
A monster!
"…"
A massive creature with eight giant heads, each adorned with unique and curved horns, and large tentacles on its face and chest, respectfully prostrated before Chu Hao!
Even lying down, its height exceeded the mountains!
More terrifyingly, its mere existence began instinctively corroding everything!
Its appearance represented disaster!
Its presence meant the region was being polluted and corroded!
The rocks beneath it rapidly decayed into a stinking black swamp capable of instantly killing most weak creatures.
Over time, this corrosion would accelerate.
This monster, lying in the swamp, tried to please Chu Hao!
Meanwhile, within its soul, the black Sea of Mind successfully linked with the will of the Endless Abyss—Chu Hao himself!
Chu Hao's will could directly reach its mind.
"Master?"
Its faint voice transmitted through the Abyss to Chu Hao's mind.
Chu Hao smiled, observing this carefully selected creature, born with great difficulty, and finally showed a satisfied grin.
"Raise your head…"
The monster representing disaster, pollution, and corrosion lifted its eight massive heads with numerous horns.
Chu Hao then noticed that its eight faces were a mixture: four resembling demons, three like snakes, and three twisted human faces.
"Tell me, what name will you give yourself?" Chu Hao asked with a smile.
"This is what you deserve!"
"I… am called…"
The powerful creature spoke to Chu Hao with absolute humility.
"Yum!"
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"It seems its name was something like [Xiang…], I can't quite remember!" Wang Zhi scratched his head.
"That shattered secret realm seemed like the fallen fragment of a powerful world. The language inside was chaotic. Its name had [Xiang…] something, maybe [Ba…], uh, I can't remember clearly, and also something like [Sa…], [Ji…]!"
"Although…"
"The language was different, these words strangely pointed to this mythical creature being able to corrode land, pollute water, shatter planes, and endlessly resurrect!"
"Later I realized…"
Wang Zhi sipped his tea and smiled.
"This mythical creature seems perfectly suited for the Endless Abyss designed by Chu Hao, doesn't it?"
"…"