Monster Paradise

Approximately half an hour later, Lin Huang looked at the severed carcass of the Dragon Python. He then recalled the innumerable God Weapon battle swords that were gliding around like a school of fish.

The Apocalypse Dragon Python’s carcass hovered in the starry heavens, its body full of wounds both deep and shallow. What had finally killed it, however, was most certainly the wound on its vital parts, which had completely sliced it in two.

Naturally, a mortal wound like that had not been caused by just a single attack.

It was the result of Lin Huang releasing more God Weapon flying daggers, utilizing fully eight sword formations, and spending more than half an hour to finally kill it.

The Apocalypse Dragon Python was undoubtedly the most powerful opponent that Lin Huang had ever encountered.

As he sensed the Apocalypse Dragon Python’s life force dissipating entirely from not too far away, Lin Huang suddenly raised his brows involuntarily.

This was because the Dragon Python’s carcass was disintegrating gradually into grayish-black points of light. They swiftly consolidated together and transformed into a grayish-black cloud of mist that was merely the size of a soccer ball.

“This ought to be the Void’s Origin Energy, right?” Lin Huang extended his hand with some curiosity.

The cloud of mist not only did not reject his advances but seeped into Lin Huang’s body through his fingers.

Lin Huang did not sense any threat at all. He sent his consciousness into his body and discovered that the sphere of energy had immersed itself in the God Territory within him.

After using his consciousness to seek it out, countless memories began wildly surging into his mind.

Lin Huang finally opened his eyes again after a long time.

“So that’s how it is… full Origin Energy contains everything there is to know about a Void…”

From the Apocalypse Dragon Python’s memory, Lin Huang rapidly obtained all sorts of information about Origin Energy.

As long as he fully refined this mass of Origin Energy, not only would he obtain the Apocalypse Dragon Python’s memory and inheritance, but he would also gain everything that it had ever accumulated. This included the Dao seals it had mastered, its sequence powers and Rule Bending Powers, its God Territory… it even included everything the Apocalypse Dragon Python had obtained from refining other Origin Energies in the past.

However, Lin Huang soon noticed something odd. After killing the Apocalypse Dragon Python, although a fatality notification had popped up from Xiao Hei, there was no notification at all about any rewards. There was not even a piece of the Apocalypse Dragon Python’s card fragment.

“Why isn’t there even a card fragment this time after I killed the Apocalypse Dragon Python?” Lin Huang directly asked Xiao Hei.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Hei very soon responded.

“You’ve already gained all of its Origin Energy, so there’s no need for me to take a portion of its Origin Energy to create a card.”

Lin Huang was stunned when he heard this, but he instantly realized what Xiao Hei meant.

“Do you mean to say that when you created cards previously, you converted a portion of the deceased’s Origin Energy to do so?”

“Your understanding is essentially correct.”

“So the level and quantity of the cards you can create is dependent on the Origin Energy that you take and has no actual connection with my combat strength?!” Something suddenly occurred to Lin Huang, and his expression immediately became rather peculiar.

Xiao Hei fell silent again for a moment but answered anyway a little while later.

“That is indeed the case. However, restricting the number of cards you can obtain per combat strength level is also to prevent you from exploiting the cards and relying too much on the cards’ functions.”

“So you’ve appropriated a great deal of the Origin Energy for yourself from the monsters I’ve killed?” The number of monsters Lin Huang had killed far exceeded the maximum number of cards he had obtained.

For each monster he killed, Xiao Hei would secretly take a portion of Origin Energy. However, only a small fraction of the Origin Energy was used to create cards for Lin Huang—most of it was hoarded by Xiao Hei.

This time, Xiao Hei fell into a long silence.

“Don’t pretend you can’t hear me. And don’t think you can deceive me about this matter,” Lin Huang prodded, seeing that Xiao Hei did not reply for a long time.

The Goldfingers—the stone tablet, Eternity Fire, Yin Yin, and the newcomer, the Gate of All Realms—were watching the drama unfold.

In reality, it was common for a Goldfinger to sneak benefits from its host. However, not very many of them had been caught red-handed.

“I do admit that I’ve appropriated a great deal of Origin Energy. However, my restricting your rewards is not because I wish to withhold any of the Origin Energy.

“Even if I only used one-tenth of the Origin Energy to create all kinds of card rewards for you, the number of cards you would obtain will be several dozen times over what you have now. That does not benefit your development in any way.”

Lin Huang knew that Xiao Hei was telling the truth.

He had been prodding himself to become stronger all this while; to a certain extent, this was also because of Xiao Hei’s restriction on the number of cards he could obtain.

Since the number of cards he could gain per level of combat strength was limited, he had no option but to elevate his combat strength quickly so he could obtain more card rewards.

If Xiao Hei truly did lift its restrictions—if it merely used one-tenth of the Origin Energy to make him all sorts of card rewards, as it had mentioned earlier—his motivation to elevate his combat strength would likely drop significantly. Moreover, there was a high possibility of him relying on the cards’ functions and slacking in his personal cultivation. He was almost certain that he would definitely not have the ability he possessed now.

“I won’t bring up what’s already in the past. However, right now, I think we can apportion the ratio of Origin Energy all over again.” Xiao Hei had admitted its problem, and Lin Huang did not want to dwell on the matter. He had brought up the Origin Energy issue not to blame Xiao Hei but to allocate the ratio of resources anew.

“No problem.”

Xiao Hei agreed with alacrity, then suggested a ratio.

“I can allocate thirty percent to you. Given your current ability, I’m no longer worried that you’ll exploit the cards.”

“Let’s make it fifty-fifty. It’s fairer if each of us has half.” It was not that Lin Huang wanted more, but he knew that Xiao Hei had appropriated Origin Energy in the past because the Origin Energy was most certainly beneficial to him. “I’ll store my fifty percent with you for now and let you know when I need it. You can use it whenever you want. Also, there’s no need to portion out the Origin Energy that you appropriated. It still belongs to you.”

“Deal!”

Xiao Hei thought about it for a moment and very quickly agreed. After all, Lin Huang was currently making an extremely big concession with his current proposal. It knew that it would be very difficult for it to fight for an even higher ratio.

After the two had discussed the apportioning of Origin Energy, Lin Huang looked at the mass of grayish-black Origin Energy from the Dragon Python.

“What’s the most powerful card you can create with this kind of lord-level Origin Energy?”

“I can create a Lord Elevation Card.”

“What?!” Lin Huang’s eyes widened, thinking he had misheard. “By using this card, one can directly elevate to become a Lord?!”

“Of course, it’s not as easy as that. There’s a caveat to be able to use it. One has to be ninth-rank heavenly god-level, and ranked no lower than Class 5.5 Pseudo Pure Spirit.”

“There’s no need to go through unification?!” Lin Huang still thought such a function was rather incredible.

“No. Unification will be achieved right away when the card is used. The user will directly elevate to become a Lord, and no raptors will be attracted.”

“There aren’t any side-effects?” Lin Huang questioned further.

“No. It’s the same as a successful, normal unification.”

Lin Huang’s eyes lit up after hearing that. He was beginning to imagine what the scenario might be if he built an army of lord-level imperial monsters.