CLANG!

The Steel Beast’s sword came down, striking Yin Haifeng’s greatsword with a terrifying crash. Arcs of Spiritual Ghost Thunder surged up the greatsword and slammed into Yin Haifeng’s body, making him go numb. An impossibly terrifying Power erupted, sending him flying back over ten meters, his hands wracked with excruciating pain.

’Li Kongya actually fought a monster like this to a standstill?’

Yin Haifeng’s expression changed drastically. He was a Grandmaster Level expert, a Top Level powerhouse ranked among the top twenty in the Ghost Country, yet he had been lightly injured by a single strike from the Steel Beast. It was simply unbelievable.

The Steel Beast blurred, becoming a Residual Shadow exuding an incomparably domineering aura. The light from its blade was like a terrifying torrent of Lightning, slashing madly toward Yin Haifeng.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Relying on his vast combat experience, Yin Haifeng barely managed to block a dozen strikes. The force of the blows split the webbing of his hands, drawing blood. He was steadily forced back, struggling to defend himself.

BANG!

A white Spear of Light shot from a distance, blasting toward Yin Haifeng’s head like a meteor.

’Not good!’

Yin Haifeng’s Spiritual Sense flared, and a warning blared in his mind. He twisted his head slightly.

In that instant, the Spear of Light slammed into Yin Haifeng’s head, directly blasting half of it to pieces.

The Steel Beast seized the opportunity, slashing down and cleaving Yin Haifeng in two.

After killing Yin Haifeng, the Steel Beast charged into the midst of the Ghost Demon Race experts. As if on a rampage, it effortlessly mowed down the twenty Spirit Sect Level Hunting Dogs.

Beams of black and white light shot out from the valley, hunting down the Great Spirit Master Level experts among the Ghost Demon Race warriors.

Having lost their Top Level expert, the morale of the Ghost Demon Race warriors quickly collapsed, and they began to scatter in all directions.

The elite warriors of the Blood Demon Clan seized the opportunity to give chase, madly slaughtering the Ghost Demon Race warriors.

After this battle, only seven hundred of the Blood Demon Clan’s elites remained. Of the Vampires used as expendable cannon fodder, only a little over five hundred were left. As for the Seven Great Blood Demon Barons, only one had died.

’This prey is too strong!!’

Perched in a large tree, a Void Demon expert from the Devouring Ghost Demon Clan watched the Steel Beast, which radiated a terrifying aura. A grave look flashed in its eyes. It shook its head slightly, took its five Hunting Dogs, and vanished from the spot.

The war between Shu Feng’s Blood Demon army and Li Kongya’s Ghost Demon Race army had attracted many spectating Void Demon Hunters with their Hunting Dogs. After observing, all of them decisively chose to leave.

The Steel Beast’s combat power was absolutely ferocious. Only terrifying Hunters like Count Aiyu and Eight-Eyed Kuang could possibly contend with it. For ordinary Void Demon Hunters to come and hunt it would be suicide.

Those Void Demon Hunters came to the Void Demon Hunting Ground to increase their strength and hone their hunting skills, not to throw their lives away.

「Inside the Base Space.」

’I finally have time to properly study this Source Energy Evolutionary Mutation Nest. After all, I’ve acquired some excellent material.’

Shu Feng glanced at a newly synthesized Hunting Dog next to him, a fervent glint in his eyes.

A line of information appeared from the Central Analyzer: "Hunting Dog, a mutated creature born in the Void Demon Hunting Ground World. A monster created by the Hunting King through continuous genetic crossbreeding. Possesses superior tracking abilities."

"Neither Blood Demons, Ghost Demons, Ghost-devouring Demons, nor Werewolf Demons are native creatures of this world. Synthesizing such units will cause them to be subtly rejected by the world. The cost is enormous, and the returns are low."

"Monsters like the Hunting Dog are mutated creatures born in the Void Demon Hunting Ground World. They belong to this world and will not be rejected by it. Only monsters synthesized using it as a genetic template will have low costs and high returns."

In the Badge World, Shu Feng had used just a few thousand Source Energy to elevate the Steel Beast to the Spirit Sect Realm, precisely because the Steel Beast was a native creature of the Badge World.

The reason Shui Lingyan was able to fight a Spirit Venerable Realm expert like Blood Blade Demon Marshal on Blue Star was not only due to the Heart of Blue Star World weakening the Demon Marshal, but also because of the Heart of Blue Star World’s favor toward Shui Lingyan.

This favor from the Heart of the World meant that Guardians of the world like Shui Lingyan would have much better luck than enemies of the world like the Void Demons. This was also the main reason for the relative peace within the Blue Star Realm.

’The strongest gene I currently have is the Divine Gene of the Lord of the Dark Night. I’ll use its gene to fuse with the Hunting Dog’s and see what kind of monster it can create!’

A fervent light flashed in Shu Feng’s eyes as he tossed a Hunting Dog into the Source Energy Evolutionary Mutation Nest and began injecting the Divine Gene of the Lord of the Dark Night.

"Warning, warning, 100,000 Source Energy is required to complete the mutation. Insufficient Source Energy! Forcibly injecting the gene has a 99.9999% chance of causing genetic collapse in the organism and wasting energy. Forcible gene injection requires 500 Source Energy. Do you wish to proceed with forcible gene injection to induce evolution?"

A warning tone immediately sounded from the Central Control Tower.

"Halt evolution!"

Shu Feng frowned slightly and said decisively.

Source Energy was no small sum, and Shu Feng had no desire to invest it in an evolution doomed to fail.

’What about changing to Eight-Eyed Kuang’s gene?’

Eight-Eyed Kuang’s was the second most powerful gene Shu Feng currently possessed. As for Su Mi’s gene, it was a complete mystery. If she was unwilling to open her genetic code, not even Shu Feng could force her.

Of course, Shu Feng could forcibly command Su Mi to open her genes, but the consequence would certainly be that the Blood Dominator would become extremely disappointed in him and start slacking off.

"Requires 30,000 Source Energy!"

’Then what about changing to the White Dragon Gene?’

"Gene fusion compatibility is as high as 72%. Estimated consumption of 1,500 Source Energy to complete the genetic mutation."

"Then begin the evolution!"

"What is the direction of evolution? Physical enhancement? Flight? Defense? Dragon Breath projection? Power? Speed? Or reproductive capability?"

"Evolve toward search and perception!"

At Shu Feng’s command, tentacles extended from the Source Energy Evolutionary Mutation Nest and viciously pierced the Hunting Dog’s body.

A mysterious slime mixed with Source Energy was frantically injected into the Hunting Dog’s body.

The Hunting Dog’s body trembled as it let out a miserable shriek. Two bulges grew on its back, which then split open to become a pair of short dragon wings. Its four eyes began to transform into draconic vertical pupils, and its claws and fangs grew sharper. The horn on its forehead fell off, and mysterious Spirit Patterns began to appear on its four noses.

Three hours later, the Hunting Dog’s evolution was finally complete. It seemed to have transformed into a different, terrifying monster that possessed the bloodline of a dragon.