His consciousness once again sank into his mind as he opened the evolution compendium.
The third page remained locked.
To evolve the Ghost Hand and Breaking Evil Eye to their next stages, he first needed to reach level 20.
Chu Yi felt as if he had transformed into an omniscient god. Before his eyes, countless stars dazzled. He first queried the evolution branches for the Ghost Hand.
It was like a seed representing the Ghost Hand, sprouting branches that evolved into a thousand trees of silver blossoms.
[Nine Yin Claw]: Erosion: >30%. Transforms hand into a Fierce Beast Claw with astonishing sharpness. Bonus: 1 blind box. Price: 35.
[Netherworld Ghost Claw]: Erosion: >50%. Allow the Power of the Demon God to corrupt your hand. Abandon humanity, become Half-Demon, a claw of the Demon God. Price: 50.
[Ghost Cry]: Erosion: >70%. Unlock Ghost Swordsman legacy. Coexist with the Demon God. Price: 70.
[Swift Shadow Hand]: Abandon Power of the Demon God. Focus: honing techniques, mastering all weapon proficiencies. Become the fastest hands alive. Price: 20.
[Asura’s Arm]: Sacrifice the Demon God. Pray to Asura of the Six Realms. Wield Asura’s power through your arm. Price: 100.
[Divine Hand (1/5)]: Consume the Demon God. Dispel Ghost Qi. Humanity to divinity. Comprehend the law of causality. Price: 120.
[Golden Finger]: Fingers turn to gold. Control a portion of gold’s power. Price: 20.
A trace of blood appeared between Chu Yi’s brows, revealing a crimson eyeball.
This was the eyeball from the compendium’s cover. It had shifted to Chu Yi’s brow, opening a third eye, making it easier to perceive the evolution branches.
There were over a hundred types of evolutions for the Ghost Hand.
Most choices depended on the degree of Soul erosion and involved using power related to the Demon God.
Reaching 100% erosion would release the Demon God, and his Soul would become its servant.
Chu Yi immediately passed on such suicidal evolutions.
Finally, he settled on Asura’s Arm and Divine Hand.
Both options involved relentlessly dominating the Demon God, treating it as sustenance, and were of a terrifyingly high tier.
Simple and brutal—Chu Yi liked that a lot.
Thinking it over, this Demon God was truly hapless. Summoned inexplicably and sealed in my left hand, only to ultimately become a sacrifice—nourishment for my growing strength.
Having settled on these two paths, Chu Yi then went to check on his Breaking Evil Eye.
However, a wave of fatigue washed over him. His head grew heavy, and he quickly withdrew from the compendium.
Using the evolution compendium within his mind also consumed a certain amount of Spiritual Energy and Spiritual Power.
Moreover, Chu Yi belatedly realized that the condition for unlocking the third page might be related to Soul strength, which would allow him to sustain a new Deceit Beast.
The root cause was still his Beast Taming level.
The higher his cultivation, the more Spiritual Energy would temper his entire body, thereby strengthening his Soul.
As he was organizing his future plans, Jiang Qiuyun crawled up to him. She raised her swan-like, slender jade neck, her pink lips slightly parted. Her lashes fluttered as her big, innocent eyes gazed at him.
Chu Yi could even see her small, pearly white teeth between her pink lips.
"What’s wrong?" Chu Yi took a deep breath to suppress an indescribable thought and asked.
"Hungry," Jiang Qiuyun said in a tiny, whimpering voice.
Chu Yi immediately went online to search for what a child of a few months eats.
The results showed milk, millet porridge, pumpkin, banana, mashed potatoes...
Suddenly, Jiang Qiuyun curiously stood up. She wrapped her jade-white arms around Chu Yi’s neck and rested her small head on his shoulder. Her sparkling jade eyes gazed at the computer screen as she put a jade finger in her mouth, sucking on it.
Chu Yi felt the large ’moons’ pressed against his back. The oppressive feeling from those ’unusually cute’ E-cups made the corner of his mouth twitch.
She only has the mental age of a baby; her figure is another story entirely.
So, he ordered some late-night snacks, letting this ’big baby’ choose for herself.
"Hello, your delivery has arrived."
The tall, shadowy man started. A ball of black flame erupted in his palm, its radiation distorting the surrounding air.
"Stop." The Horned Man interrupted him. "Don’t be so jumpy," he said helplessly. "Someone across the hall just ordered takeout."
The tall man frowned. He leaned close to the door’s peephole, sneaked a look, and said coldly, "I just have this nagging feeling that something bad is about to happen."
The Horned Man sneered. He gazed at the Flesh Egg in the center, which was writhing and expanding continuously. Its skin was splitting, and fleshy tendrils bulged from it. He could almost see the orb transforming into a towering wall of flesh. It would devour countless skeletons to forge a throne of flesh and blood.
"With the Golden Decree active, our whereabouts can’t possibly be exposed."
"Once the Flesh Egg is fully prepared, it will be time for our Lord’s return!"
After a pause, from the Horned Man’s back, a tentacle tipped with sharp, grinding teeth shot out, reeking of a thick, fetid odor.
His gaze shifted to a middle-aged Beast Tamer cowering in a corner. The Horned Man sneered, "Speaking of takeout, I’m feeling a bit peckish myself."
"You. You still have Pet Beasts left, don’t you? Summon one. Let me have a good meal."
"Otherwise... I’ll eat you."
With the Gray Mist Sect secretly cooperating, I should be safe for now. It’ll be at least two or three days before I’m exposed.
As for the Scumbag Female Knight, her memories will gradually recover. When they do, I’ll appeal to her emotions and reason to convince her that I’m a good person.
In short, I’ll play it by ear.
After washing up, Chu Yi lay on the bed and drifted into a hazy sleep.
Soon, a soft, fragrant body startled him awake.
His dark eyes snapped open to see Jiang Qiuyun timidly climbing onto the bed.
Moonlight spilled in, casting a curvaceous silhouette in the corner. Her exquisitely shaped figure, with its slender, dipping waist and perky hips, formed a perfect, gourd-like arc.
The young woman wore only a thin nightgown that accentuated her Mutton-Fat Jade-like skin. She gazed at him with a dazed, innocent expression.
"Why are you here? Go back to sleep," Chu Yi said calmly, averting his gaze.
This particular angle was... indescribable.
"...Dark, scared." Jiang Qiuyun’s small hand clutched one of Chu Yi’s arms, her eyes misting over. "Hug," she pleaded.
This was a deep game, and for a hot-blooded young man like Chu Yi, it was getting hard to manage. One hand definitely wouldn’t be enough.
"Alright, you stay here and don’t move. I’ll go peel an orange for you."
Chu Yi rushed into the bathroom, took a cold shower, and when he came out, he swallowed a few sleeping pills.
Soon, he collapsed headfirst onto the bed, still holding Jiang Qiuyun, and fell unconscious.
Bika, abandoned on the sofa and thoroughly manhandled by the Scumbag Female Knight: ???
So, love can just disappear, right?
Downstairs at the Gray Eagle Hotel, a group of plainclothes City Defense Army officers had gathered.
"According to our informant, the final corner of the summoning array is in this area."
One of them couldn’t help but laugh. "I don’t know what idiot dared to tamper with the surveillance, but they ended up pointing us right in this direction."
Another chuckled. "Yeah, thanks to them. But do they really think our City Defense Army’s defense systems are just for show?"