Ye Que felt excruciating pain, a sensation of every cell and bone in his body being torn apart.
Fortunately, the pain didn't last long.
"Ding! Devouring and synthesizing evolution successful! The next devouring and synthesizing evolution will begin in five days."
Ye Que felt surrounded by various sounds.
He shook his head and eagerly checked the panel.
Host: Ye Que
Realm: 0/10 (None)
Evolution: Wild Forest Turtle (An ordinary demonic beast with keen hearing)
Talent: Counterattack (When attacked, retaliates with 50% of the attacker's damage)
Speed: 0.6/10
Defense: 1/10
Attack: 0.1/10
Experience Points: 0
Martial Arts: No Realm, unable to activate
or no realm.
"Perhaps I haven't met the conditions for advancing my realm,"
Ye Que guessed.
Gurgle—
his stomach was so hungry!
Since waking up, he hadn't eaten anything.
Before, he was hungry, but the hunger wasn't strong.
But after evolving, the intense hunger assaulted his brain, causing him to feel dizzy.
Devouring and synthesizing evolution was too energy-consuming.
"I'm so hungry! The forest wolves are gone, but there's still a gorilla to eat!"
He endured the dizziness and staggered towards the gorilla, eager to feast.
This was an instinct stemming from his beastly nature, and as a transmigrated soul, he felt no discomfort.
"If I don't eat soon, I'll really faint from hunger."
Reaching the gorilla's wound, he grabbed a piece of meat with one paw and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
Evolving into a forest tortoise not only enhanced his hearing but also made his limbs and beak much sharper—a perk of evolution.
Therefore, he could easily grab some relatively soft meat.
Just as he was about to take his second bite…
"Map scan alert: A triple-level demonic beast has appeared 200 meters ahead!"
"System alert: A triple-level demonic beast is rapidly approaching; please take cover!"
Ye Que was startled.
He just wanted to eat something in peace; why were there always so many demonic beasts appearing?!
He sniffed.
The smell of blood was overwhelming!
It must be the blood from the gorilla that attracted the surrounding demonic beasts.
"A level one demonic beast is scary enough, a level three demonic beast is even more dangerous!"
He ran away helplessly.
"Map scan alert: A level one demonic beast has appeared 200 meters to the left!"
"Map scan alert: A level two demonic beast has appeared 200 meters behind!"
"Map scan alert..."
The smell of blood attracted more demonic beasts.
Ye Que's heart skipped a beat, and he ran even faster.
"Judging from the sound, it's still about 100 meters away, there's a chance to escape!"
Ye Que was glad that he had increased his speed, making his movements swift and agile.
Hiss—
a black shadow darted out of the forest, raised its head, and its cold eyes fixed on Ye Que.
It was a three-meter-long python, as thick as an adult's head.
"Snakes move silently, I was careless!"
Ye Que paused.
But then he thought, for it to appear so quickly, it must be a level three demonic beast.
Even if he had heard the sound beforehand, he wouldn't have had time to escape from a demonic beast of this level.
"The sounds of approaching demonic beasts are growing louder. I can't let myself be trapped. I have my tortoise shell, I'll give it my all!"
Ye Que dared not wait any longer; once the surrounding demonic beasts arrived, his escape would be even more difficult.
However, the strength of the triple-level demonic beasts exceeded his expectations.
The moment he moved, the python instantly coiled around him tightly.
Then, it opened its massive jaws and swallowed him whole.
"You'll swallow me as soon as you see me, I'll choke you to death!"
As Ye Que was swallowed, the only reaction he could make was to retract his limbs and head into his tortoise shell.
Roar! Roar!
The roars of the beasts echoed all around.
The python felt the pressure.
Hiss—
it flicked its tongue, threatening the surrounding demonic beasts.
"It's so hard to breathe."
Ye Que felt like he was suffocating.
Fortunately, he had eaten some meat before being swallowed, so he wouldn't collapse from exhaustion.
"So what if you're a triple-level demonic beast! You try to swallow me as soon as you see me, I'll swallow you too! I'm still hungry!"
He stretched out his sharp claws, opened his mouth, and frantically gnawed at the surrounding flesh.
But he couldn't bite through it.
The truth told him that the Triple-Tier Demonic Beast was indeed formidable.
Suddenly, pain surged throughout his body.
It was the python's stomach acid, sticking to him and trying to digest him.
"I refuse to believe I can't bite a hole!"
Ye Que struggled, tearing at the snake with all his might.
But after a short while, he became extremely weak.
Not only was the stomach acid melting him, but there was also no air around him; he was suffocating.
"Could it be... could it be... that I'm really going to... really die here?"
Before his consciousness faded, he finally managed to bite a wound, causing the python to rage. As the saying
goes, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
The surrounding demonic beasts all lunged at the python.
The python raged, its eyes bloodshot, launching a bloodthirsty counterattack.
It needed to vent its pain.
After a while,
"Ding! Host has killed the Triple-Tier Demonic Beast, the Jungle Python! Gained 2 experience points."
The system notification woke Ye Que.
"Am I... still alive?"
Ye Que opened his eyes and saw many demonic beast corpses on the ground.
He could see outside!
He could still breathe!
"I'm alive! I'm still alive!"
He paused, then smiled with relief.
He struggled to crawl out of the python's belly, his whole body aching.
The python's stomach acid had dissolved many parts of his body; no wonder it hurt.
He turned his head angrily to look.
The creature was riddled with holes, its head bitten by a dead grizzly bear.
It had died a gruesome death.
"Serves you right! If you hadn't swallowed me, you wouldn't be in this situation!"
Ye Que clearly remembered that he had bitten the python, causing it to rage.
The result of the rage was undoubtedly being surrounded and attacked.
The surrounding monster corpses were probably killed by the python, though the python itself eventually died.
"I need to leave immediately. If a few more monsters come, I'm really done for."
But his injured body made movement too difficult.
"I'll use my experience points to strengthen my body!" Ye
Que's thoughts returned to the panel in his mind.
Host: Ye Que
Realm: 0/10 (None)
Evolution: Wild Forest Turtle (An ordinary demonic beast with keen hearing)
Talent: Counterattack (When attacked, returns 50% of the attacker's damage)
Speed: 0.6/10
Defense: 1/10
Attack: 0.1/10
Experience Points: 2
Martial Arts: No Realm, cannot be unlocked.
"I have two experience points. I'll add 0.4 to speed and 0.9 to attack. I'll add the remaining 0.7 to defense."
Having suffered from a lack of attack power, he decided to improve it.
Otherwise, how could he have struggled so much to even break through the jungle python's body?
After adding points, the panel data changed.
Speed: 1/10
Defense: 1.7/10
Attack: 1/10
"Ding! The host's speed, defense, and attack have all reached 1 or higher, allowing you to break through to the first realm! Break through?"
Ye Que was stunned.
So, to break through a realm, all three stats needed to be improved.
"Break through! " Ye
Que felt excruciating pain again.
Every cell, bone, and meridian in his body was changing.
"Ding! Breakthrough successful!"