The two ninety-thousand-year soul beasts were facing utter destruction and tried to escape.
However, the array had already locked onto them, waiting for the Annihilation Evil God Thunder to strike.
These two were considered powerful existences within the Star Dou Great Forest.
They vanished instantly before Ling Yun's eyes, leaving not even ashes behind.
It was as if they had been forcibly erased from the world, leaving him stunned.
After being in a daze for a long time, he finally came to his senses, filled with regret.
"God damn it... my eighteen-thousand-year cultivation! How did it just disappear like that? This skill is so damn unfair!!!"
He had only wanted to test the new skill's power, but he didn't expect it to be even more decisive than Explosive Nether Slash.
Explosive Nether Slash, while capable of causing a target to explode after inflicting initial injuries, at least allows for a moment of reaction.
Annihilation Evil God Thunder, however, vaporizes the target instantly, offering no chance for a response.
To think he could still achieve Devour? That's just wishful thinking.
It seems this skill will no longer be part of his usual repertoire.
It should only be used when targeting those he has no interest in Devouring.
Now that his path to becoming a god over a million years is set, those spirit beast cultivations are precious.
Ling Yun felt a deep sense of regret over the disappearance of the two ninety-thousand-year spirit beasts.
However, on second thought, there was still an eighty-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Demon Lion that he had already killed waiting for him.
His mood improved considerably, and he happily skipped over to the Purple Fire Demon Lion, transforming into a blue liquid state to envelop it.
It was just that Ling Yun found it strange; he couldn't devour the Purple Fire Demon Lion for the time being.
After trying for the better part of a day, he still couldn't succeed.
It was as if his body was rejecting further consumption.
Previously, he had never encountered such a situation.
As Ling Yun was puzzled, memories from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger surged into his mind.
According to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's memories, it could only devour a maximum of one soul beast that was over fifty thousand years old, or two that were under fifty thousand years old.
After reaching the limit of Devour, its body wouldn't be able to absorb any more soul beasts.
Each time after Devour, it needed about one to two weeks to digest the soul beast. Only then could it continue to Devour.
Ling Yun's secondary enhanced Devour ability, although far stronger than the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Devour ability, still wasn't exempt from this rule.
Could it be that I've reached the limit of Devour? Ling Yun pondered inwardly.
Yet the description of the Devour skill didn't mention anything about not being able to continuously Devour.
Didn't he just Devour three or four soul beasts in the sixty-to-ninety-thousand-year range today?
This was a bit underwhelming, wasn't it?
He had originally thought that as long as there were enough soul beasts, he could Devour his way up to the million-year level in one go.
No wonder the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had such slow growth in strength.
The Devour skill wasn't strong enough, and the amount he could devour at once was also limited. Truly a waste…
Ling Yun had a massive headache about how to deal with this eighty-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Demon Lion.
He couldn't just waste it, could he?
Ling Yun understood the principle of how wasteful that would be.
An eighty-thousand-year-old soul beast, Ling Yun absolutely couldn't just let it rot in the wilderness.
Suddenly, inspiration struck him, and he remembered another method of Devour he'd discovered recently.
That move required injecting the purest Evil Power into the Purple Fire Demon Lion.
Letting the Evil Power use the Purple Fire Demon Lion as food, in order to cultivate a large amount of pure Evil Power, and finally Devour it into his own body.
This would not only enhance his physique, but also his aptitude.
Now that the Purple Fire Demon Lion was dead, Ling Yun wasn't sure if Evil Power could still be cultivated through its body.
After recalling this method, Ling Yun's eyes lit up.
He immediately gathered the purest Evil Power in his body onto his tail, the Evil God Hook.
Using the Evil God Hook, he stabbed it into the Purple Fire Demon Lion's body, piercing through it.
Then, he began to try injecting the purest Evil Power from the Evil God Hook into the Purple Fire Demon Lion's body.
The black Evil Power spread through its body at a visible speed.
Like a persistent disease, the Purple Fire Demon Lion, which was nearly seven or eight meters long, quickly disintegrated.
It transformed into the purest Evil Power, floating in the air, waiting for Ling Yun to absorb it.
Ling Yun reached out a claw towards the purest Evil Power, attempting to use the Devour skill.
This time, his body didn't reject the Evil Power.
It gathered towards Ling Yun's claw at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he were drinking like a whale.
Ling Yun was secretly delighted. It's working!
It seemed like the eighty-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Demon Lion wouldn't be wasted.
After Ling Yun finished devouring the Evil Power, he felt that his physique had been strengthened by 2%, and his aptitude had also been strengthened by 1%.
After devouring the Evil Power twice, he had gained a total of 4% physique enhancement and 2% aptitude enhancement. The benefits were considerable.
Especially since he was a 100,000-year soul beast now.
This percentage boost would amplify the advantages of his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger state.
Ling Yun felt a sense of satisfaction at this result.
However, he didn't have time to gloat. He still had a target to deal with.
Ling Yun flapped the giant demon wings on his back and immediately soared into the air, a sinister smile spreading across his face.
"Old geezer, your grandpa's here! Just you wait, hahaha..."
Ling Yun chuckled inwardly, imagining himself dragging the old Golden Crocodile Douluo into the life-and-death arena and giving him a good beating.
He fantasized about beating up the old geezer while cursing at him.
"You old coot, do I owe you something? Why are you always picking on me?"
Then, he trembled, causing Golden Crocodile Douluo to reveal a look of fear...
After constantly fantasizing, Ling Yun shamefully let out a snort of laughter.
Satisfying! It was truly satisfying!
After flying for more than ten minutes, he noticed a large number of soul beasts on the ground in the distance, all running towards the core area.
Ling Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, No way? Those three old geezers are that lucky?
Ling Yun quickly lowered his flying altitude, confirming that they were indeed the soul beasts that had been attacking the three Douluos, Golden Crocodile, Chrysanthemum, and Ghost, earlier.
A cold glint flashed in Ling Yun's tiger eyes. He estimated that it was likely due to the call of the Dragon Head Tiger Body soul beast.
He shouldn't have used Annihilation Evil God Thunder to kill it.
This fellow had ruined his grand plan! He should have been slowly tortured to death!
He hesitated for a moment, then flapped his wings and pursued the escaping figure towards the outer edges of the Star Dou Great Forest.
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