Chapter 225

Once again, Su Ping felt the cruelty of the law of survival. Not even the gods were spared.

However, the system's words reminded Su Ping of something else.

"Can I sign a contract with the Void Bugs and make them my pets?" Su Ping asked the system.

According to the system, the Void Bugs could digest gods and undead creatures and extract their energy. If he could have such a pet, he could use the Void Bugs to transform himself when he went to a Plane of the Undead such as the Chaotic Realm of the Undead.

The system said nothing.

After a long while, the system said, "Everything is a pet …"

Su Ping had heard those words before. But this time, the system sounded a bit down when it said it.

For a moment, Su Ping was surprised by the system's tone. But he didn't think too much about it. Rather, he was surprised by the system's answer. That was to say, he could capture a Void Bug and take it away.

"I will have to go and find more Void Bugs in the next two days," Su Ping said to himself.

The Little Skeleton and the Heavenly Pig had cleaned up all the dead bodies of the Void Bugs. All the Divine Crystals were returned to Su Ping. Once again, Su Ping chose to feed them to the Dark Dragon Hound.

Soon, the Dark Dragon Hound's Divinity reached 100 points again and was converted into one point of Divine Energy.

At the moment, the Dark Dragon Hound had 2 points of Divine Energy and 68 points of Divinity.

Su Ping wanted to see how powerful the Dark Dragon Hound was when it used the Divine Skill.

Before the test, Su Ping asked the system, "Can I recover the Divine Energy that I've used up?"

"It can slowly recover over time," the System said, its tone returning to its usual indifference.

Su Ping breathed in relief. He told the Dark Dragon Hound to use the Divine Skill that required 2 points of Divine Energy, the Tear Claw.

That was an eighth-rank pet skill.

The Dark Dragon Hound felt Su Ping's order. Its fur stood on end and the strands of golden hair were glistening. Then, a golden halo appeared over the Dark Dragon Hound's claws.

Roar!

The Dark Dragon Hound dashed out and smashed the wall with its Tear Claw.

With a bang, as if there was an earthquake, the thick wall burst open. A hole with a diameter of more than 10 meters was created. Su Ping could see the blue sky and the unique universe outside.

Su Ping's pupils contracted in fear.

That was too powerful!

That was at least two or three times stronger!!

That kind of power could be compared to some ninth-rank skills. That was a significant improvement.

If that were the Dark Dragon Hound's Tear Claw, it would be as powerful as a beast king!

Su Ping stepped out of the wall. He could see that there was a ditch over a hundred meters long on the ground. His blood was boiling. He turned around to look at the Dark Dragon Hound, which was just as frightened. He checked the Dark Dragon Hound's condition. The two points of Divine Energy had been emptied.

But the system did mention that the Divine Energy could be recovered over time.

It seems that the Divine Energy is like a nuclear bomb. It can be detonated at the critical moment to launch a counterattack! Su Ping believed that the Demigod Burial was worth visiting again. The more Divine Crystals he could collect, the better.

What surprised Su Ping was that the Dark Dragon Hound's aptitude remained the same after the Divine Energy was acquired.

Was it possible that the Dark Dragon Hound's aptitude didn't change after it acquired the Divine Energy?

Either way, the Dark Dragon Hound's combat strength, which Su Ping valued the most, had improved.

During the five days of training, the Dark Dragon Hound's combat strength had increased from 9.2 to 9.4. The Divine Energy that it had just acquired had increased its combat strength to 9.6!

With the help of the Divine Energy, the Dark Dragon Hound could kill a ninth-rank beast on its own!

At the moment, the Dark Dragon Hound was still at the upper position of the sixth rank. Because of the bloodline restriction, the Dark Dragon Hound couldn't make further progress or evolve. Even so, the Dark Dragon Hound's combat strength was already amazing.

"If I give Little Skeleton Divine Power, it might be able to increase its combat strength from 9.9 to 10!" Chen Xiaobei thought.

Su Ping thought.

The Little Skeleton's combat strength was 9.9 when it first entered the Demigod Burial.

Five days later, the Little Skeleton's combat strength was still 9.9.

During the training, Su Ping could tell that the Little Skeleton had become stronger than before. However, the Little Skeleton's combat strength seemed to have stagnated. The 0.1 between 9.9 and 10 seemed to be a large number that had been condensed.

It was as difficult as reaching the beast king level from the peak of the ninth rank.

But will it be strange to give the Little Skeleton Divine Energy? The Little Skeleton is a creature of the undead. It will be better if the Little Skeleton absorbs Netherworld energy. But … I think I can try a creature of the undead that absorbs Divine Energy.

Su Ping asked the Purple Python to come over and he hopped onto the Purple Python's head.

"Let's go."

He set off again. This time, his goal was to search for Zergs while he was training.

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Two days later.

In a dense forest in the Star Ocean Forest.

The ground was shaking violently as if some beasts were stomping on the ground. Five people dashed out, breathing heavily. One of them was a girl sitting on the back of a golden-furred Dragon Wolf. The Dragon Wolf was swift and fierce; it was a beast at the peak of the ninth rank.

To be exact, the Dragon Wolf had a half-mythological bloodline. It had lived for thousands of years and had developed a high level of intelligence.

"It's a swarm of Zergs!"

"There's an entrance to the void here. Sh * t!"

They were not in a good mood.

The vibrations were getting closer and closer, as well as the ear-piercing sound of the Zergs' limbs crawling. Their blood was freezing.

All of a sudden, one of the young men said, "I'll bring up the rear. You guys go ahead."

"Su?"

"No, we came together. We can't let you bring up the rear alone!"

"If someone wants to bring up the rear, it should be me, the captain. Su, I appreciate your good intentions. I, Luo Yan, will definitely befriend you!"

A burly man in the team said. He looked at the young man and grinned. "If there's an afterlife, I'll drink with you again!"

"Leader …"

The young man's expression changed slightly and a bitter smile appeared on his face. He did not expect these gods to be so loyal and innocent.

"I can still fight. Also, I have a way to escape. Let me do it. Don't say anymore." The young man spoke again. This time, his eyes showed an unquestionable look and he exuded a powerful aura.

Feeling that the young man had suddenly become a different person, the few of them were stunned and surprised.

The lady riding the Dragon Wolf stared at him and said in a low voice, "We'll wait for you!"

"Su …"

The others hesitated.

The young man did not say anything more. He suddenly opened up the space and summoned a dragon beast.

The dragon beast landed on the ground and let out a ferocious roar.

The young man stopped on the shoulder of the dragon beast. He turned around and waved at his four teammates.

The four teammates turned around and saw the young man standing behind them. He was getting further and further away, but the smile on the young man's face was still clear as if he was right in front of them. They were stunned.

"Su …"

The burly leader gritted his teeth and wiped his eyes.

The lady riding the Dragon Wolf also gritted her teeth and engraved the young man's face deep in her heart.

The other two could not bear to look at him and looked away.

Squeak! Squeak!

In front of the young man and the dragon beast, a large part of the forest was collapsing. Dust was flying everywhere. Trees were falling and a dark and ferocious torrent of insects was sweeping out from behind the trees.

The next second, the young man and the roaring dragon beast were drowned in the torrent of insects …

In front of such a torrent of insects, an individual's strength was too weak and fragile.

…

"Ten minutes later, these Zergs should have all run away …"

Su Ping looked at the two options in front of him in the consciousness space. He did not choose right away. Instead, he waited quietly.

He wanted to come back to life on the spot, but he was in the middle of a swarm of insects. He would die even if he came back to life. He didn't know where he would end up if he came back to life at a random location. It was rare for him to encounter a swarm of insects. If he waited for the swarm to pass and only a small group of insects were left, he would be able to hunt them and make a fortune.

"I don't know if these guys can escape or not …"

Su Ping wanted to turn around and look at his teammates. However, he was in the consciousness space and he had no body. He could not turn around. Everything around him was dark.

These teammates were from the same adventurer team.

They were all gods.

The so-called gods referred to the fact that most of their bloodlines were human and some were gods. Usually, their great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was a god.

It was a complete accident that Su Ping had joined that adventure team.

Last time, when he was randomly resurrected outside the city, he happened to see that they were recruiting members to explore a wormhole. So, Su Ping joined them.

Having someone to lead the way would make things easier for him and save him time.

Along the way, Su Ping received a lot of help from his teammates. He didn't think it was necessary, but he had to appreciate their kindness.

In that absolutely silent space where he couldn't even sense the flow of time, Su Ping had to count ten minutes in his head.

Ten minutes later, Su Ping chose to resurrect on the spot.

As soon as he was resurrected, Su Ping quickly spread out his senses and stayed vigilant.

This action saved him 120 points of resurrection energy. At the position where he had just resurrected, a Zerg pounced at him from behind.

Su Ping quickly dodged and summoned the Dark Dragon Hound and the Little Skeleton.

Hiss!

The Little Skeleton snuck out from the contract space and killed that bug with one slash.

That bug was at the eighth-rank. It didn't have many skills but its body was extremely hard. However, the Little Skeleton was not afraid of hardness because the bone blade in its hand was almost indestructible.

Su Ping summoned his pets one by one. At the same time, he looked around. There were still over a dozen bugs eating trees nearby. As soon as he appeared, those bugs turned around and swarmed toward him.

Charge!

Without hesitation, Su Ping told the Little Skeleton to take the lead and dash into the swarm of bugs.

As the battle went on, more and more bugs were attracted over. Su Ping noticed that not all of the bugs had left yet. As the battle grew louder, more bugs swarmed over.

Su Ping heaved a sigh. A moment later, he was overwhelmed by the bugs.

There was another tearing pain. Then, everything calmed down.

Su Ping continued to wait in the consciousness space.

This time, he went out half an hour later. There were no more bugs nearby. He summoned his pets and followed the traces of the bugs.

Soon, Su Ping found the scattered bugs and killed them one by one.

He gave the Divine Crystals he found from the bodies of the Insects to the Little Skeleton. After two days of hunting, apart from the Heavenly Pig, all of his pets had gained three points of Divine Energy.

The Divine Points were enough for them to use one Divine Skill.

Meanwhile, the Little Skeleton had the most Divine Power in its body — eight points!

Eight Divine Points were enough for the Little Skeleton to use two or three Divine Skills in a row!

After obtaining the divine energy attribute, Little Skeleton's combat strength finally broke through the bottleneck of 9.9 and successfully entered the range of 10.1.

The Little Skeleton had reached the level of a beast king!

The Little Skeleton's aptitude had improved again. It had reached the above-average level.

When the Little Skeleton's combat strength rose from 9.9 to 10, its aptitude had leaped from below average to above average.

An increase of 0.1 in combat strength had allowed the Little Skeleton's aptitude, which had been so difficult to improve, to reach a whole new level in an instant. That was something Su Ping didn't expect.

One could imagine how huge the gap between a combat strength of 9.9 and 10 was!

"The training this time has cost me a lot of energy but I have gained a lot. The professional training mission has been completed successfully. I can go back in a few hours …"

Su Ping heaved a sigh of relief. Although he was exhausted, he was in a better mood.

After days of hard work, the Heavenly Pig's combat strength had reached 7 and its aptitude had reached the above-average level.

As for Su Ping's pets, they had made significant progress as well. He had gained a lot from this trip.

Two hours later, Su Ping caught up with the bugs. They had set up camp on a huge mountain in the Star Ocean Forest and were building a cave there.

Su Ping's arrival alarmed the bugs. Some bugs had a wider sensing range than the Dark Dragon Hound. Therefore, Su Ping was discovered before the Dark Dragon Hound could send out a warning signal.

Unsurprisingly, Su Ping and his pets were surrounded and soon annihilated.

Among Su Ping's pets, there was an Abyss Bug. It tried to communicate with the other bugs on Su Ping's behalf but was killed along with the other bugs.

That Abyss Bug was a juvenile Abyss Bug that Su Ping had captured. It was only at the seventh-rank, the green-shelled bug with the lowest bloodline among all the Abyss Bugs. Su Ping's training had increased its combat strength to 8, which was a powerful being in the outside world. However, it was just a small fry in front of the advanced bugs that were trying to kill Su Ping.

That being said, the Abyss Bug still had the special characteristic of the Abyss Bugs, which was to convert energy.

That was why Su Ping wasn't picky.

This time, Su Ping didn't choose to revive on the spot. The bugs had set up camp there; reviving would be pointless. He could either wait for the countdown to end in the Space of Consciousness and then be teleported out after reviving.

Or, he could revive at a random location and continue fooling around.

Su Ping calculated the time he had left and chose to revive at a random location.

When he opened his eyes again, Su Ping saw white again.

He was surrounded by the fragrance of a young girl and the fluttering curtains. He was in an empty room. In front of Su Ping was a huge bed and a girl was lying on the bed, quietly … picking her nose.

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