I Can Transform Into a World-Destroying Colossal Beast-Chapter 65: Rapid Advancement

Within the scorching cave, the residual power of the soul from the ferocious beasts gathered on the corpses, forming strands of black demonic energy that wound towards Jiang Hou, mixed with grievances.

Roar!! Just as the twenty-fifth Hell Demon Pattern formed, an atrocious and sharp demonic howl exploded within Jiang Hou’s consciousness.

The remnants of the Red Ant Ferocious Beast’s spirit condensed into a grim shadow, lunging at Jiang Hou in an attempt to bite his soul but disintegrated instantly upon touching Jiang Hou’s consciousness, unable to shake him.

As the Hell Demon Patterns increased, the power of the grievances impacting Jiang Hou’s mind became stronger each time.

From the initial scream to now almost becoming real, one dare not imagine how powerful the grievances would be once a hundred or even hundreds of Demon Patterns were gathered in the future.

Regarding this issue, Jiang Hou could only take one step at a time.

At worst, he would stop once he felt his consciousness couldn’t bear it, and no longer gather Demon Patterns. For now, he would enhance his strength first.

Roar!

Jiang Hou’s figure rapidly expanded; the black-and-white light on his surface faded, turning back into a Black Armored Giant Ape. Holding the Red Ant Ferocious Beast’s corpse, he tore at its scale armor while heading deeper into the volcanic cave.

This Red Ant Ferocious Beast was not high-level, but the ’fire’ element contained in its flesh was still abundant.

Soon, the Black Armored Giant Ape devoured all of the beast’s flesh, noticeably increasing its resistance to high temperatures, with even the tips of its black hair now tinged with red.

Bang! Deep within the cave, a violent roar boomed.

By a lava river over ten meters deep, the Black Armored Giant Ape’s lower body burned with flames as it endured the grueling heat, and its claws pierced the skull of a monster over thirteen meters long.

This monster resembled a ’carp’, its body covered in crystal red scale armor, with flame-formed whiskers burning at its maw; its aura at the Tier Three Peak.

Due to living in the lava river, the Black Armored Giant Ape dared not hold back, delivering a fatal blow piercing its skull as it leapt out of the ’river’.

With the sound of splashing, as the Black Armored Giant Ape walked ashore, large amounts of lava dripped from its legs, the flames flickering in a terrifying display.

Embracing the large Fire Fish corpse, the Black Armored Giant Beast continued tearing at the flesh while following the lava river onward.

The beasts in the cave were not high-level, but their flesh contained ample Extraordinary material, prompting the Black Armored Giant Ape to believe that consuming one more should allow it to condense one unit of Molten Flame Element.

This made the Black Armored Giant Ape quite satisfied, as after all, this was the key material for its next evolution, obtaining a natural talent ability.

The whole night, the Black Armored Giant Ape explored within the lava cave.

However, it appeared there were only Red Ant Ferocious Beasts and Lava Fire Fish within the cave—one residing on the ’shore’, active along the flowing lava river, while the other lived in the narrow caves.

Fire Fish living in the lava rivers were more numerous, yet harder to locate and capture.

As the night passed, the Black Armored Giant Ape encountered seven Tier Three Red Ant Ferocious Beasts, severely injuring them before revealing its slaughter form to finish them off, but only managed to gather four Hell Demon Patterns in total.

As the first layer of Patterns neared completion, the required Soul Power nearly doubled.

The only good news was that the Demonic Energy increase per Pattern during cohesion rose from 20 to 35, a positive development.

Including thirteen Lava Fire Fish hunted through various methods, after devouring them, a total of six Molten Flame Extraordinary Element units were extracted.

In addition, the Black Armored Giant Ape’s size also increased by over thirty centimeters, quite an accomplishment.

On the second day, Sunday, Jiang Hou awoke at noon, ate, and then Qin Siyu went to Divine Palace Feirou’s place, leaving a bored Jiang Hou to pick up his phone.

Opening an app, he noticed several bloggers he followed recently updated.

Following the outbreak of the Western Continent war and involvement of the Transcendents, Jiang Hou paid special attention to several bloggers covering international military affairs.

Unlike official reports focusing only on major global events, these bloggers, similar to Zong Zheng Nan Mo, were well-versed in various insider information.

For instance, a blogger updated today discussing Transcendent involvement.

"Last night at the Kammon Front Line, someone recorded a confrontation between Western Continent Alliance Transcendents and powerful figures sent by the Bauhinia Federation. Also involved were two tank and armored vehicle battalions."

"This conflict revealed the terrifying dominion of the Transcendents."

"On the plains stretching over ten kilometers, tanks exchanged fire, while four Transcendents moved unimpeded, ignoring tank shells and the rapid fire of armored vehicles."

"The footage shows heavy tanks being flipped and burst into flames upon landing, with all tanks and armored vehicles reduced to scrap within ten minutes of combat."

"However, neither side involved in the combat has come forward to acknowledge any losses, so it is uncertain whether this video was forged."

"Already the second day, and the Transcendents are involved in the war—it’s quite intense." Jiang Hou pondered, feeling that this conflict might escalate into a world war.

Ding ding!! A message notification from Wind Bell Squad’s group of three, Zong Zheng Nan Mo was @ing him.

Jiang Hou: "What’s up?"

Zong Zheng Nan Mo: "Shentu Ni approached me, saying there’s a task tonight where my divination ability could be useful and asked if I wanted to join, promising more points for participation."

"...And then?"

"Then I wanted to ask if you wanted to join; I could mention it to Shentu Ni."

"You’re capable of absorbing Energy Crystals and Demon Crystal energy, right? Earning more points to exchange for crystals could speed up your strength enhancement."

This guy was quite decent, remembering him when benefits were involved. Jiang Hou replied, "No need, I’m not going. He sought you out for your divination talent. Me barging in would only cause displeasure."

"Alright then." Zong Zheng Nan Mo expressed some regret.

Meow~

On the couch’s armrest, a white kitty lazily yawned, lying weakly, appearing as though it had been up to mischief the previous night.

But Jiang Hou was busy watching videos, ignoring it.

Nothing happened during the day, and at night, Jiang Hou re-entered the ruins.

This night proved fruitful, with nineteen beasts hunted.

Among them were nine Lava Fire Fish and ten Red Ant Ferocious Beasts, providing the Black Armored Giant Ape with seven units of Molten Flame Extraordinary Element and five Hell Demon Patterns.

With Hell Demon Patterns reaching thirty-three, Jiang Hou’s total Demonic Energy also rose to 888 points.

Despite increasingly intense mental impacts, they remained unable to shake Jiang Hou’s resolve; those negative impacts paled compared to the ferocious and destructive fury within the beast when enraged.

"Unexpectedly, the Divine Weapon side reached Late-tier Three sooner, even approaching Tier Three Peak."

In the cave shrouded in black toxic smoke, Jiang Hou stood holding a long Demon Blade, his lower body clad in tattered battle armor, upper body wrapped in bandages.

Almost all the white bandages on his upper body were covered in eerie black patterns, including his cheeks, with only a trace of white left on his right arm.

Due to the dense, mighty demonic energy in him, wisps of black demonic energy seeped from Jiang Hou’s body, his hair flowing wildly, resembling a God of Slaughter from hell.

Advancing from Early-tier Three to nearly Tier Three Peak in just a few days, this advancement speed even stunned Jiang Hou himself.

Numerous factors contributed to this swift enhancement, such as his easy access to the ruins, his ability to transform into a Tier Five Giant Beast, and the discovery of this volcanic cave rich in Tier Three Monsters.

Just three more Patterns remained, expected to be completed by tomorrow night, finishing the first Hell Map, stepping into Tier Three Peak, and refining the second Divine Weapon Fragment to break through to Tier Four.

"Quite looking forward to it," Jiang Hou said, his figure silently disappearing.