In the forest, Tang Ye spent half a day and found a Level 4 bear. But after a glance, he let it go. His target was Level 5, Level 4 was a bit small for him.
After meandering in the forest, Tang Ye came back with a big shout of "so delicious" to the bear’s side.
He had overestimated the birth rate of Level 5 creatures. The highest level he could find in the forest was Level 4, Level 5 creatures were as rare as phoenix’s feathers and unicorn’s horns throughout the whole Chinese Continent.
At the base of a big tree, the bear stood, giving a mighty roar at the continuously approaching Tang Ye. Animals’ sixth sense is far stronger than humans. Although Tang Ye didn’t emit any life-forms’ aura, but from him, the bear sensed an unprecedented danger.
A Level 4 bear’s intelligence could be compared with a 5 or 6-year-old child, but at this speed, perhaps by Level 7, they would have human-like intelligence.
Faced with Tang Ye, it dared not go forward. It could only threaten with roars as it moved backward.
"Big black bear, come here quickly. Let me show you something good."
While walking forward, Tang Ye shouted, not afraid that the bear would run away. Its speed was nowhere near close to his.
Upon hearing his words, the black bear hesitated for a moment, then turned to sprint away. But not far, a shadow appeared next to it, and in front of it seemed to be Tang Ye.
"Where are you going? Since we’ve met, I’ll bless you with a fortuitous event."
The bear cried out in fear and hastily turned around, but another Tang Ye was behind it.
It froze. It just couldn’t understand why there were two identical humans appearing out of nowhere.
With an angry roar, the bear realized it couldn’t escape from Tang Ye, instantly using all its potential as a trapped beast.
It fiercely charged towards Tang Ye in front of it. Unfortunately, just as it approached, it was lifted off the ground by a hand. No sign of impact was felt on Tang Ye from the charge.
"Can’t you understand human language? Bromo is trying to give you a chance!"
Thump! The bear was heavily thrown on the ground. Like a sinister man who traffics loli, Tang Ye stabbed it in the stomach with the Fleshblade and drew several wounds on other body parts after he pulled it out.
Apparently not satisfied, Tang Ye also squeezed the dark purple blood into the bear’s body. It struggled violently, but was held down by Tang Ye.
Tang Ye shouted, and the bear became even more frantic.
As time ticked by, Tang Ye dripped his own blood into the bear’s wounds again. The bear’s movements gradually weakened, and finally it lost the power to resist and stopped breathing.
Tang Ye sat on a nearby grass slope, waiting for the changes in the bear’s body. Suddenly, a harsh sound came from above. He looked up and saw a strange creature.
It had wings on its back, bulging eyes and a humanoid body, but its palms and feet were large, with five claws exuding a cold light, and its fangs were exposed outside its mouth. It looked like a zombie, and also similar to the vampire in the movies.
But it was not a zombie, it was an evolved creature. Tang Ye caught the scent of flesh from it.
It circled in the air for a while, seemed to sense Tang Ye’s presence, and didn’t dare to come down for a long time. But when it saw the bear’s corpse on the ground, its eyes flickered with greed.
It let out a sharp laugh. Apparently due to the large distance between Tang Ye and the bear’s corpse, it figured he wouldn’t attack it. After hesitating for a while, the strange creature finally dived, aiming at the bear’s corpse, but before it could touch it, a pair of wings more than ten meters long unfolded. It got scared and turned around to run.
A cloud of black fog suddenly appeared out of thin air and flashed past, the strange creature was spinning in place like a headless fly or completely still.
It cried out in fear as if encountering something terrible. Only Tang Ye knew, it got lost in the fog created by him.
The black fog not only had many peculiar attack powers but also had the ability to disorient people. The ability that got him lost back then was this.
And today, he used this ability on the weird creature.
"Hahaha, I welcome all comers!"
Laughing heartily, Tang Ye summoned back the black fog, and dragged over the strange creature. With several slashes, it was severely injured. Then he centralized the black fog on it and immobilized its struggling body next to the bear’s corpse.
A cloud of black fog condensed in Tang Ye’s hand. He kept kneading. There were many ways to use this black fog that he had not delved into, and he didn’t even comprehend the underlying principle. For instance, the ability to transform into clothing seemed inconceivable.
Though this was his own ability, every time Tang Ye thought of it, he found it incredibly amazing.
If the previous evolution could be explained, then the abilities obtained from evolving to Level 6 were close to superpowers. It seemed to be beyond the realm of the world’s law.
"What on earth are Changjue and Yinxiang?"
Tang Ye nodded then shook his head. Their settings seemed similar to some zombie novels, and they even lived in an ancient tomb. Whether it was actually a tomb or not, he wasn’t sure. But based on the decoration, he instinctively thought it was a tomb.
If it was indeed a tomb, then Changjue could be a zombie...but, damn, that was too far-fetched!
But Tang Ye couldn’t help but suspect, the cells on them were almost as infectious as the anti-life matter but fundamentally different. Anti-life matter was a certain dead substance. Desks and chairs, the kinds of things without life were a good description. But the cells on Changjue were a kind of peculiar bacillus and were active, unlike the dull anti-life matter.
Plus, Changjue said he had lived for a thousand years, which made Tang Ye suspicious.
"Wait...A thousand years? I absorbed their nutrients, got their abilities. Does this mean that I...am immortal, or even invincible?"
Tang Ye suddenly realized a problem. His eyes flashed with a peculiar look, and he immediately stood up.
He touched his own face, unsure how to express his feelings. If he truly was immortal, should he be excited or scared?
Tang Ye couldn’t describe it. This feeling was too peculiar. Even after being decapitated or having his heart removed, he had survived. There was no way he could die of old age!
Looking at the distant mountains and the ruined city, Tang Ye imagined a scene where everything changed except him, it was like an accelerated time-lapse, mountains gradually becoming lower turning into plains. The water in the river gradually lessened until it was completely dried up. The city was gone, overwhelmed by plants.
He would remain the same, living for thousands, tens of thousands of years, wanting to die but couldn’t, wanting to live but had no motivation.
He could consider Ning Yu’er’s wish as his own goal, but what should he do when this goal was accomplished?
Changjue was able to live for a thousand years, wasn’t he lonely? Of course, he was lonely. Tang Ye could sense it, but he was different from Changjue. Changjue had the company of Yinxiang, but who would accompany him?