The sky remained dark and gloomy, the rain having somewhat weakened. It was no longer a torrential downpour but sparse drizzle, like silk, like mist, like smoke, like tides. Through this thread-like drizzle, the world seemed like a faint, hazy, impressionist painting, appearing intermittently.

This battle had left Ghost Shark’s forces severely damaged, with nearly half of the combatants falling one after another. One can imagine the horrifying slaughter that occurred in that brief span of time.

Wei Xun and Lu Wei both suffered varying degrees of injury, with blood and flesh intertwined. No matter how strong they were, they couldn’t escape some impact. However, these injuries would improve with some recuperation, posing no fatal danger.

Order also suffered some casualties, which is quite normal, as battle implies death. However, compared to Ghost Shark’s subordinates, Order offers significant privileges to the warriors who die in battle. Not only can they enter the Cemetery of Loyal Souls, but their families receive monthly allowances, ensuring basic living expenses can be met.

After tallying the casualties, it was time to count the spoils.

Over a dozen warships with resources piled atop them, almost overwhelming in volume, besides the usual alcohol and weapons. What caught Chen Feng’s attention were some small pills inside the boxes.

Inside the boxes were pills emitting a fragrance, each the size of a longan and pure white in color. Upon smelling them, one’s body felt slightly relieved.

The Snake-Scaled Woman beside him, eager to claim credit, hurriedly explained.

In the camp, they had a unique combatant able to compress food into pill-sized forms, and upon consumption, one wouldn’t feel hungry for three days.

Moreover, these pills contained numerous nutrients, washing away bodily impurities and cleansing the stomach. Consuming one ensured the body’s nutritional needs for three days, meaning with one pill, one could go three days without food yet remain energetic, and without the need for excretion. However, the crafting process was difficult, consuming a lot of food to produce such a pill.

In the camp, only Silver Tier combatants were entitled to possess these pills. Compared to ordinary people, if combatants maintained robust physical strength, they could better engage in battles.

However, the battle ended too quickly, and the opposing force couldn’t even hold out for two hours before being defeated, so there was no opportunity to use these pills.

Chen Feng’s eyes flashed with a glint.

Having just heard this, he realized the value of these pills. With them, during expeditions, there was no need to carry excessive food supplies, making them a thousand-fold beneficial.

As for food.

Order currently had more than enough food. Opting to use excess food to craft these pills, although the food quality was average and the pill’s effect might diminish, it wasn’t about going three days without eating—even two days would turn them into weapons of battle!

Noticing Chen Feng’s gaze, the Snake-Scaled Woman spoke again, "Sir, this professional is also on the list of captives. I’ll bring him over to have him serve you!"

At the moment, the Snake-Scaled Woman was fully embracing her new identity, paying no mind to Ghost Shark’s sentiments. Chen Feng said nothing, merely nodding at her.

Clever people tend to live longer.

The Snake-Scaled Woman sighed in relief, finally making the right gamble. While it seemed a bit ungrateful, when faced with life, anything can be abandoned, and there’s nothing at all unreasonable about that.

Besides the Marching Pills, there were other peculiar items among the warships, and after Chen Feng entrusted everything, he walked aside.

.........

Beasts and many unnamed combatants were placed onboard a warship. Regardless of how terrifying they were in life, now they were nothing more than ice-cold corpses.

Encouragement?

This might be the most profound encouragement amidst the apocalypse!

No matter how strong, a slight mistake would lead to death and annihilation.

"Sir, the bodies of those combatants have been completely laid out here." Lu Wei stood aside, reporting the situation to Chen Feng.

Catching a glance at the bandages wrapped around Lu Wei, Chen Feng softly asked, "How are the injuries?"

"Rest assured, sir, I can battle at any time!" Lu Wei jolted, promptly replying.

The Devil’s bloodline endowed Lu Wei with exceptional recovery abilities. In the recent battle, it was him who captured the Snake-Scaled Woman alive. However, the strength of both sides was comparable, and he also sustained some wounds.

After a simple inquiry, Chen Feng focused on the sacrifices. The opponent had just died not long ago, their bodies still brimming with powerful energy fluctuations, summoning early ensured the strength of the Summoned Beast.

Besides the two Silver Peak strong individuals, many monster corpses lay scattered around, used to enhance the quality of the Summoned Beast.

"All irrelevant personnel step aside. This summon is no trivial affair; those with insufficient strength might even be drawn in directly!" While speaking, Chen Feng made a hand gesture before pressing it onto the ground.

Having reached the Golden Tier, he could better connect with the Abyss, no longer needing spells for summoning.

In the next moment.

The heavens and earth roared with gales, dust surged skyward, turning the sky into a mountain of gray and sea of fog. The surrounding rainwater seemed like a stampede, rushing forth. Chen Feng’s eyes were sharp, faintly seeing a powerful shadow emerge from a rift, creaking as it swept forward, emitting terrifying sounds.

"This..."

The Snake-Scaled Woman faced such a situation for the first time, as if witnessing an unbelievable scene, her pupils dilating and body trembling involuntarily.

The power of the Abyss made her feel a tinge of fear!

Following that, a colossal worm appeared before everyone’s eyes.

Giant Erosion Worm.

It looks like a nauseating pale yellow maggot. The Giant Erosion Worm is equipped with dozens of primitive fleshy legs arranged in two rows, which have bony spikes at their ends, allowing it to move at an astonishing speed.

Its head is covered with many human-like eyes, below which is a large mouth dripping saliva continuously, filled with sharp teeth.

The entire body is covered in putrid mucus, secreted from tens of thousands of small open pores, emitting a scent akin to rotten flowers or spoiled milk.

This creature possesses certain undead characteristics.

Giant Erosion Worm

Gigantic Undead Creature

Basic Attack: Grasp

Attack: Bite

Special Attack: Spit Weapon, Master Grasp, Necromantic Acid, Derivative Skeletons, Swallow Whole, Tentacles

Characteristics: Strong Acid Immunity, Cold Immunity, Undead Creature Characteristics.

Expertise: Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Great Cleave, Fortitude Boost, Advanced Preemptive Strike, Powerful Attack

Climate/Region: Aboveground and Underground

The Giant Erosion Worm is immune to mind-affecting effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, and is unaffected by critical hits, non-lethal damage, attribute extraction, energy extraction, and catastrophic injuries.

Moreover, it’s a monster adept at combat skills; upon encountering an opponent, it can even execute certain grapples. Just imagine being embraced by countless tentacles from a creature weighing over a thousand pounds, with little chance to break free in a short amount of time.

Furthermore, grappling is only the first step; next, they open their blood-filled mouth, completely swallowing the enemy into their abdomen, and within a short period, completely dissolve the enemy into a pool of blood.

Chen Feng’s eyes slightly flickered; although the summoned beast appeared somewhat nauseating, undeniably, it was a strong meat shield, possessing powerful immune skin, to a certain extent its defense even more terrifying than the Inferior Demon!

"Wave!"

When the Giant Erosion Worm appeared on the battleship, it seemed somewhat angry; perhaps it was asleep, the forced summoning made it feel a tinge of anger, at this moment, it opened its mouth wide and released a sonic wave. In an instant, ripples spread outward, the wooden battleship suffered heavy damage, the deck slowly ripped apart piece by piece, and suddenly turned into a ruin.

Chen Feng turned a blind eye; after all, having entered the Golden Tier, such a sonic wave could not shake his body.

But for his surrounding subordinates, these sonic waves were deadly; some weaker ones directly fell on the spot, evidently dazed by the other party, losing their ability to fight.

"Unexpected that the master summoned such a powerful monster this time; with this bloated figure alone, it can completely render the enemy unable to resist!"

Lu Wei said, clearly shocked by the worm in front of him!

However, compared to everyone’s astonished gaze, Chen Feng’s gaze ignored the Giant Erosion Worm, instead focusing intently on the Abyssal Rift surrounded by halos. After watching for a while, his face changed dramatically, suddenly shouting: "Everyone, get out of here!"

Right after Chen Feng’s words dropped, while everyone was still bewildered, suddenly the Abyssal Rift shook, followed by the halo above it erupting like a volcano, a scorching breath emerged from it.

Then...

Countless flames appeared abruptly, like arrows, shooting in all directions.

These arrows of flame, thick at the roots, sharp, and spinning rapidly, emitted explosive spiral sounds; clearly, they possessed immense power, capable even of piercing steel.

"Break for me!"

At the critical moment, Chen Feng didn’t hesitate, hurriedly swung the Flaming Whip in his hand, then swung it towards these arrows, causing them to break one by one; but upon hitting the ground, they immediately ignited the ground, these arrows having such high temperatures that they could ignite!

The Abyssal Rift, instead of closing, with each arrow spurting, intensified the surrounding high temperature. Within just a few minutes, it had even broken through forty degrees of heat; mind you, it had just been raining here with a chilly atmosphere around.

Changing the temperature!

What level of strength is this, to possess the ability to alter the surrounding weather!

The Snake-Scaled Woman standing nearby was utterly dumbfounded; if the Giant Erosion Worm only made her feel panic, then now, this abrupt force made her feel herself, like an ant, filled with helplessness!

"Pssh!"

While everyone was still in chaos because of the sudden attack, a powerful hand suddenly extended from the Abyssal Rift.

Chen Feng’s eyebrows furrowed heavily, a trace of coldness appearing in his eyes.

Scorching flames.

Dense killing intent.

And a familiar aura.

This is...

The Legendary Flame Demon once summoned through blood sacrifice?!