Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree

Chapter 449 - 420: Changing Strategies

"Boom!"

In the starry sky, an Ancient Demon Ape tore apart an eighth-level starry sky beast with bare hands, its beast blood dazzling like a star river, scattering down. The former then mobilized all its qi and blood to refine such essence blood power.

A moment later.

The Ancient Demon Ape gradually faded away to reveal a stern face.

"Just half a step away from Quasi-Emperor’s perfection, but truly breaking this barrier is not that simple!"

The Vermilion Ape sighed slightly.

He had been in the starry sky for quite some time, during which he followed the footsteps of other Demon Court powerhouses, entering different star systems to engage in battles with powerhouses from other worlds or with starry sky beasts.

Needless to say.

Cultivators of the Body Refining System mainly focus on combat.

Nurture war with war.

Much faster than secluded training.

Through numerous life-and-death battles, Vermilion Ape could clearly feel his realm advancing a step forward. Although he hadn’t stepped into Quasi-Emperor’s perfection, it was equivalent to decades of arduous cultivation.

But unfortunately.

The span from Quasi-Emperor’s later stages to Quasi-Emperor’s perfection is significant, although not as vast as the chasm from Quasi-Emperor’s perfection to the Great Emperor Realm, yet it’s not something anyone can break through.

The Vermilion Ape estimated.

If he wanted to break through to Quasi-Emperor’s perfection, he would probably need to kill a few more starry beasts of the same level and use their essence blood as nourishment to have a chance to break through.

However.

The starry sky beasts are immensely powerful.

Starry sky beasts of the same level cannot be easily suppressed by ordinary Quasi-Emperor powerhouses.

Every battle was extremely perilous for Vermilion Ape.

But Wu Peng’s testimony also stimulated this Demon Court Quasi-Emperor; otherwise, he wouldn’t have stepped into the starry sky seeking opportunities.

After refining the blood of a starry beast, Vermilion Ape received an announcement from the Divine Kingdom chat group.

"Resurrection!"

"Reversing Yin and Yang!"

Even with his experience, he couldn’t hide his shock when he received the announcement from the Divine Kingdom.

Although tales of resurrecting the dead and white bones into flesh are heard in the cultivation world, such cultivators aren’t truly fallen. Regardless of the circumstances, there’s always a breath of life holding them, allowing others to bring them back with supreme means.

But if they truly died, not even the descent of a Great Emperor could reverse Yin and Yang to resurrect an already deceased being.

Now.

The Divine Kingdom chat group can directly resurrect fallen beings, even if only former followers. Such methods appeared extraordinary to the Vermilion Ape.

All along.

In Vermilion Ape’s view, the Divine Emperor of the Divine Kingdom was likely the legendary immortal.

The recent changes in the Divine Kingdom chat group undoubtedly confirmed his suspicions.

Only an immortal.

Could possess such terrifying means of reversing Yin and Yang.

Taking a deep breath, Vermilion Ape opened the Divine Kingdom shop, realizing that it only had the eighth tier, while the anticipated ninth-tier shop was still absent.

Regarding this.

Vermilion Ape furrowed his brow slightly but didn’t dwell on it.

"It’s a pity the ninth-tier shop hasn’t opened yet. Otherwise, I could have sought some opportunities to directly shatter the Quasi-Emperor’s barrier and step into the Great Emperor Realm!"

He didn’t doubt the existence of the ninth-tier shop, nor did he doubt whether it contained supreme treasures that could allow cultivators to break through to the Great Emperor.

In the past, Vermilion Ape might have harbored some doubt.

After all, Great Emperor powerhouses are supreme; each era sees extremely few Great Emperors emerging from the Immortal Extinction Realm.

Even with his knowledge, Vermilion Ape hadn’t heard of any supreme treasure that could directly elevate a cultivator to the Great Emperor Realm.

However.

The ability of the Divine Kingdom chat group to reverse Yin and Yang and resurrect the deceased was also unheard of.

Since the Divine Kingdom chat group can reverse Yin and Yang, it’s not so hard to imagine that the ninth-tier shop truly has treasures allowing people to break through to the Great Emperor.

Thus.

Vermilion Ape harbored some expectations.

Expecting that one day, the ninth-tier shop will exist.

Afterward.

He looked at the remnants of the starry sky beast’s corpse. He did not continue to refine the remaining blood and flesh power but directly performed a sacrificial tactic, offering this beast’s body as a sacrifice and gaining a significant amount of Contribution Points.

A fragmented starry sky beast’s body naturally cannot compare to a complete one.

But everything accumulates bit by bit.

Looking at the increased Contribution Points, Vermilion Ape felt full of motivation.

Today, one starry sky beast, tomorrow another starry sky beast. Before long, he would be able to accumulate enough Contribution Points.

Considering that the eighth-tier Realm-Breaking Pill requires a trillion Contribution Points, the opportunity to break through to the ninth-tier Great Emperor, conservatively estimated, would be over a hundred trillion Contribution Points. Currently, Vermilion Ape counts everything, and is still below a trillion Contribution Points, naturally a significant gap exists.

"However..."

"Starry sky beasts are indeed hard to encounter; truly relying on slaying beings and offering sacrifices to gather a hundred trillion Contribution Points is not easy at all!"

As Vermilion Ape thought of other matters, his brow furrowed once more.

Sacrificing the blood and flesh of beings doesn’t yield much contribution, far less than sacrificing other treasures.

For instance, a Quasi-Emperor Divine Soldier of equivalent level yields contribution equivalent to ten mortal corpses upon sacrifice, showing the difference.

Throughout the Cosmic Starry Sky, although starry sky beasts are numerous, frequently finding a large number of eighth-level starry sky beasts is not so simple.

"Among the starry sky’s Ten Thousand Races, numerous races occupy one area, possessing abundant resources. Perhaps I should change my approach and start from other angles!"

Vermilion Ape’s eyes flickered, falling into contemplation for a moment.

However.

The saying still holds.

The waters of the starry sky’s Ten Thousand Races run too deep.

No one can guarantee a seemingly unknown small race won’t have a ninth-tier powerhouse stationed.

Taking reckless action against these racial forces may lead to disaster.

Therefore.

Vermilion Ape decided to proceed cautiously step by step.

After all, many Demon Court powerhouses have also ventured into the starry sky, leaving behind traces and information for latecomers’ reference.

This information contains a lot about the various starry sky forces.

Having thought of this.

Vermilion Ape made a decision.

He took one step and shattered the void to depart, disappearing from the spot in less than a breath.

Long after Vermilion Ape had left, other cultivators crossed the starry sky to arrive here, and seeing the remaining aura in this place, they appeared somewhat shocked.

"Such a strong remaining presence, could it be that an eighth-tier powerhouse battled here? Huh, could this be the blood of a starry sky beast left behind!"

Upon seeing a small puddle of star river-like blood on a meteorite, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he gathered it up like a precious treasure. When he confirmed it to be starry beast blood, he broke out into a wide smile.

Starry sky beasts are powerful, not what ordinary cultivators can contend with; such blood is a rare supreme treasure.

Afterward.

Not daring to linger long, the cultivator hastily flew away.