17: Change of plans

Chen De hid in a dense patch of grass, staring intently ahead.

He saw a dark brown bear-type demon beast, the Earth Rock Overlord, fighting on top of a female bear.

The intensity of the scene suggested a deep-seated hatred.

It seemed as though the Earth Rock Overlord would not stop until it had exhausted every ounce of its strength in this battle.

Of course, Chen De couldn't feel anything about this; that would be purely perverted!

As a normal male, Chen De naturally knew when another male was most relaxed.

Although at this moment, Chen De really wanted to adhere to the principle of 'why should a male make things difficult for another male'.

But special circumstances call for special treatment, so he could only make his bear brother suffer a little more; the bad reputation would be borne by Chen De!

As the saying goes, 'If I don't enter hell, who will?' If that still wasn't enough, all the karma would be borne by his godfather, the Shadow Wolf King.

All of this was just to complete his godfather's mission!

Just then, the battle ahead reached its most intense moment.

Chen De's demon beast brother, the Earth Rock Overlord, clearly began to falter.

In this situation, even Chen De didn't know how to break the deadlock.

But the Earth Rock Overlord did it!

Just as Chen De was secretly anxious.

Suddenly, the Earth Rock Overlord did something that was both unexpected and reasonable to Chen De.

He was going to, he was going to make a final charge!

Succeed or die trying!

However, the defeat was already decided, and the final outcome was clear.

The outcome of this battle was, in fact, predetermined from the very beginning.

Even if he had initially gained the upper hand!

But all struggles were merely futile!

They would only make the enemy more and more excited!

Seeing that it was about to enter the final moment!

To prevent his brother from seeing his most pathetic side, Chen De took this opportunity to strike decisively!

While his brother, the Earth Rock Overlord, was completely blank-minded, Chen De also simultaneously activated the Heavenly Revelation Aurora Seal.

The combination of the two had an excellent effect, achieving results that even surprised Chen De.

Thus, the Earth Rock Overlord had no time to react and simply fell straight down.

Leaving the culprit stunned in place.

Having no interest in communicating with it, Chen De struck again, severely punishing the main culprit who had caused his brother's downfall.

At this point, grievances were settled and revenge was taken, and everyone was happy with the outcome.

Since Chen De had put in both effort and labor during this process, and adhering to the principle of not letting a good person like Chen De feel disheartened after doing good deeds.

Chen De also accepted his deserved reward—an attribute point.

Then Chen De casually added this newly acquired attribute point to defense.

The system also sent a notification sound at this time.

“Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have reached the final checkpoint of the current major realm. You only need to add one attribute point to each of the three major attributes simultaneously to break through to the Demon Origin Realm.”

Opened the panel.

Realm: Demon Qi Realm Ninth Stage

Race: Celestial Crystal Armored Rat (A demon beast with a trace of ancient bloodline)

Talent 1: Giant Force (A talent possessed by every type of ant demon beast, ancient bloodline, higher bonus, strength permanently increased by 50%)

Talent 2: Heaven Crystal (Can condense demon power onto ordinary crystals, granting crystals functions such as hardness, energy storage, and image retention)

Talent 3: God Shield (Naturally immune to 20% of mental attacks)

Speed: 9.9 (1:100) [9/10]

Defense: 9.9 (1:100) [9/10]

Attack: 9.9 (1:100) [9/10]

Attribute Points: 0/3

Skill 1: Divine Crystal Armor (Activated)

Skill 2: Tianjing Extermination Slash (Activated)

Skill 3: Heavenly Revelation Aurora Seal (Activated)

Cultivation Method: Celestial Light Scripture

Chen De already had some plans for the last three attribute points, and he had already found his target.

Coupled with the plan Chen De had already formulated, this time, Chen De was going to give the Shadow Wolf King a big surprise.

Breaking through to the Demon Origin Realm, Chen De was about to undergo his second evolution.

Chen De did not fancy the bloodlines of these ordinary demon beasts, including the two demon beasts stationed in the Eastern Vortex Forest and Western Vortex Forest.

Having controlled so many resources for so long, their strength had barely improved, which was far inferior to the Shadow Wolf King.

After all, among demon beasts, bloodline almost determined the upper limit of a demon beast's growth.

If one's own strength reached the upper limit of bloodline growth, then even with abundant resources, it would be difficult for one's strength to progress.

Unless there were massive resources piled up recklessly or a great fortuitous encounter occurred.

Therefore, very few demon beasts were able to break through their own bloodline to grow.

So, the Shadow Wolf King being able to break through to the Demon Spirit Realm, although there was a bit of a trick to it.

But this also had to be based on the condition that its own bloodline was extraordinary to begin with.

Otherwise, the cost of cultivating a demon beast by breaking through its bloodline would be too great.

Chen De even had a premonition that the Shadow Wolf King's bloodline might be even stronger than the Silver Scale Rhino King's.

It was just that under the current realm suppression, the Shadow Wolf King could only helplessly bow its head and act like a lesser demon.

For so many years, the Shadow Wolf King had been severely suppressed and forced to play the role of a subordinate, so a backlash was inevitable.

As the Shadow Wolf King's adopted son, Chen De had to contribute something to the Shadow Wolf King, fulfill its wish, and show his filial piety.

At this moment, Chen De had an idea.

He had always thought of breaking through to the Demon Origin Realm first, then going on a rampage and causing chaos in the Vortex Forest.

But that method was too inefficient, and the benefits might not be maximized.

So, Chen De decided to change his strategy this time and no longer hunt Demon Qi Realm Ninth Stage demon beasts.

Instead, he would no longer hide and would openly hunt Demon Qi Realm Eighth Stage demon beasts.

Because after Chen De broke through to the Demon Origin Realm, these Demon Qi Realm Eighth Stage demon beasts would no longer be able to provide him with even a single attribute point.

Chen De wanted to take this opportunity to completely extract their value.

These were all attribute points; they couldn't be missed, because once they were gone, they were truly gone.

Moreover, plans vary with time; there's no need to rigidly stick to an unadaptable set of rules.

Great events in the world change in an instant!

The greatest advantage of acting alone is the flexibility it provides, allowing one to make the most advantageous choices on the fly, adapting to circumstances.

Being too rigid, on the contrary, loses the greatest advantage!

So this time, Chen De no longer concealed himself and frantically hunted demon beasts in the Eastern Vortex Forest.

Compared to treating everyone equally, Chen De felt it was better to intensify conflicts!

By then, both the Eastern Vortex Forest and the Whirlwind Forest Northern Part would have been extensively hunted by Chen De.

The Shadow Wolf King is a clever demon. He knows how to respond in a way that is most beneficial to him, and anyway, no one knows about his relationship with the Shadow Wolf King.

All communications and actions between the Shadow Wolf King and Chen De had always been limited to the two of them, with no third party knowing.

Even if there were, they're probably gone now!

The Shadow Wolf King only needed to completely distance himself from Chen De at that time and then state that the Whirlwind Forest Northern Part had also suffered a disaster, which would almost clear him of suspicion.

At that time, only the Western Vortex Forest would remain peaceful, and anyone would find that suspicious.

If Chen De's plan eventually succeeded, then the Whirlwind Forest Northern Part would fall into a state of leaderlessness, or even have all its high-level combat power completely wiped out.

The Whirlwind Forest Northern Part's Shadow Wolf King, with seemingly the weakest surface strength, also experienced Chen De's disaster, while the Western Vortex Forest, though its strength was intact, had many suspicious points.

External forces beyond the Vortex Forest, including humans, might even make a move on the Vortex Forest.

In this situation of internal and external troubles, the Silver Scale Rhino King could only and must enter the fray, otherwise the Vortex Forest would eventually fall.

At that time, all the schemes and arrangements against him would unfold.

However, Chen De felt that the Silver Scale Rhino King, as the ruler of the Vortex Forest for so many years, couldn't possibly have no backup plans.

And those who would deal with him at that time would not be unprepared for this.

At least Chen De, up to this point, was still playing the role of a chess piece, it's just that Chen De could jump out at any time.