Chapter 201: Improving Demon Parasitism (Happy New Year’s Eve)

Chapter 201: Improving Demon Parasitism (Happy New Year's Eve)

"Many thanks, Ancestor."

Having obtained another large mass of Origin once again, Lin Yuan immediately expressed his gratitude.

Lin Yuan's gratitude was truly heartfelt. In his previous five traversals, he had basically relied entirely on himself, even during the fifth traversal when he became an immortal second-generation with Heaven-Defying backgrounds.

Most of the resources required for Lin Yuan's Cultivate also largely depended on his Yin Spirit and Yang Spirit venturing out on their own.

However, now—

As long as Lin Yuan voiced his grievances, the Ancestral Demon Tree would risk its own depletion and proactively send the Origin over.

Of course, Lin Yuan was also clear about this.

The Ancestral Demon Tree doing this was entirely to make use of him.

As long as it successfully descended upon the Azure Sky World, he would probably be the first to die.

Over all these years, the Origin invested in him by the Ancestral Demon Tree naturally had to be taken back.

It was just that while the Ancestral Demon Tree was thinking of swallowing Lin Yuan, how could Lin Yuan not be thinking of swallowing the Ancestral Demon Tree?

For now, the existence of the Ancestral Demon Tree brought far more benefits than harms to Lin Yuan.

It was equivalent to an inexhaustible treasure vault for Cultivate.

Coupled with the fact that Lin Yuan had already used the art of Seal to resolve the Ancestral Demon Tree's control over the offshoot Demon Ancestor Tree,

It resulted in not even having any basic hidden dangers.

"Cultivate well."

"Grow to the fifth stage as soon as possible."

The spiritual fluctuations emitted by the Ancestral Demon Tree contained a hint of encouragement, resembling a gentle elder offering earnest guidance.

The growth of a Demon Ancestor Tree was different from normal Cultivate practitioners.

It was divided into stages.

Specifically, the first stage, the second stage, and the third stage.

The Ancestral Demon Tree itself was at the eighth stage, a powerful Extraterrestrial Evil God who roamed across the Void Realm.

The offshoot Demon Ancestor Tree was the continuation of the Ancestral Demon Tree, and there was a mysterious connection between the two.

As long as the offshoot Demon Ancestor Tree grew to the fifth stage,

Its life essence would be sufficient to establish a 'space passage' with the Ancestral Demon Tree.

By then, the Ancestral Demon Tree would be able to enter the Azure Sky World through another method.

This was also the ultimate plot of the Ancestral Demon Tree. Given the current situation, forcibly attacking into the Azure Sky World was not realistic.

"Rest assured, Ancestor."

"I will definitely try my best to grow."

"The glory of the Ancestor will soon shroud this world. At that time, all living beings will submit beneath the Ancestor's feet."

Lin Yuan was likewise feeding the Ancestral Demon Tree empty promises.

There was no other way. If the Ancestral Demon Tree were to abandon the Azure Sky World right now and turn to run away, Lin Yuan really could only watch helplessly.

Therefore, he could only hook the Ancestral Demon Tree along as much as possible, making it think that hope was right in front of its eyes, coupled with the 'cost' formed by the numerous investments in the early stage—

Only then could he firmly bind the Ancestral Demon Tree outside the world.

"That is naturally the case."

"As long as we can occupy this world, I might not be unable to grant you freedom and let you become a new Extraterrestrial Evil God."

The Ancestral Demon Tree said earnestly.

In reality, the Ancestral Demon Tree never intended to let Lin Yuan live at all.

What a joke, after consuming so much of my Origin, still want to live?

But some things could not be said so directly, even when facing the offshoot Demon Ancestor Tree, where a single thought of his could determine its life and death.

He still had to pay attention to some polite pleasantries.

Just like that.

The two Demon Ancestor Trees with different thoughts severed their connection.

Deep within the Black Mist Mountains,

Lin Yuan pondered the information just revealed by the Ancestral Demon Tree.

"The fifth stage."

Lin Yuan pondered in his heart. The growth of a Demon Ancestor Tree and Cultivate were two different matters; it was related to strength, but not entirely related to strength.

For example, right now, Lin Yuan already possessed Tier 7 strength, but within the growth stages of the Demon Ancestor Tree, he was still at the sixth stage.

"With the isolation of the world barrier and my own convergence of aura, the Ancestral Demon Tree cannot perceive which specific stage I have grown to."

Lin Yuan thought to himself. The Azure Sky World had a very high awareness of defense against the Ancestral Demon Tree. Decades ago, in order to pry open a gap in the Azure Sky World barrier to scatter the Evil Demon Seed,

The Ancestral Demon Tree had paid a tremendous price.

And ever since that time, the Azure Sky World's defense against the Ancestral Demon Tree had ascended to another level.

Therefore, the Ancestral Demon Tree's perception of Lin Yuan was actually very limited. Coupled with the many aura-concealing arts Lin Yuan had comprehended himself, it could be called foolproof.

"On the battlefield outside the world, the Azure Sky Alliance has been winning consecutive victories recently—"

Lin Yuan shifted his gaze and looked in a certain direction, which was the battlefield where countless Azure Sky Alliance Experts and Evil God Puppets were engaged in fierce combat.

Lin Yuan did not find it strange that the Azure Sky Alliance had gained the battlefield advantage.

Over the past decade or so, in order to 'sponsor' Lin Yuan, the Ancestral Demon Tree did not know how much of its own Origin power it had sent over.

This resulted in a decline in strength and a reduction in the number of Evil God Puppets spawned.

Strictly speaking, although Lin Yuan was the offspring of the Ancestral Demon Tree, he still had a contribution to the Azure Sky World by pulling down the strength of the Ancestral Demon Tree.

On the battlefield outside the world, for the Azure Sky Alliance to gain the advantage, Lin Yuan deserved the top credit.

Outside the Azure Sky World,

The Ancestral Demon Tree was towering and massive, standing proudly within the Void Realm. Countless vines swayed, and a terrifying demon domain spread in all directions.

And opposite the Ancestral Demon Tree,

Thirteen figures stood shoulder to shoulder.

They were impressively the Azure Sky Alliance Leader and the Twelve Vice Alliance Leaders.

The Azure Sky Alliance Leader was the strongest expert of the Azure Sky World, holding the world sword and almost able to unleash Tier 8 combat power.

As for the Twelve Vice Alliance Leaders, they were all Tier 7 existences and could not be underestimated.

"Evil God, prepare to meet your death."

The Azure Sky Alliance Leader grasped the stone longsword and slashed towards the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Rip.

A massive amount of spatial power was torn apart, forming spatial turbulence carrying the momentum of the Void Realm.

The Ancestral Demon Tree's form remained massive, and countless black vines swayed, barely blocking this sword strike.

"If not for this world, you group of ants, where would you have the qualifications to stand before me?"

The Ancestral Demon Tree emitted vast spiritual fluctuations.

What it guarded against the most was that stone longsword in the hands of the Azure Sky Alliance Master.

That was the world sword nurtured by the Azure Sky World for countless tens of thousands of years. Logically speaking, such a weapon should sleep deep within the world, operating together with the world's operation.

It was just that this invasion by the Ancestral Demon Tree made the Azure Sky World exceptionally vigilant, unhesitatingly bringing the stone longsword out into the world to jointly resist the invasion of the Extraterrestrial Evil God together with the Experts of the Azure Sky World.

After a great battle,

The Ancestral Demon Tree took the initiative to withdraw.

Regarding this, the Azure Sky Alliance Master and the Twelve Vice Alliance Leaders could only let it go.

Right next to the Azure Sky World, they were indeed able to contend with the Ancestral Demon Tree, but if they were to move far away from the Azure Sky World, it would be courting death.

The closer the stone longsword in the hands of the Azure Sky Alliance Master was to the Azure Sky World, the greater its might became.

Similarly, the further away it was from the Azure Sky World, the smaller its might would be, ultimately making no difference from an ordinary longsword.

"Alliance Master, have you noticed that this time the Extraterrestrial Evil God seems much weaker?"

A Vice Alliance Leader pondered for a moment and spoke.

"Indeed."

The Azure Sky Alliance Leader nodded.

Ever since the invasion of the Ancestral Demon Tree began, every forty to fifty years, they would engage in a bitter fight with the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Protected by the stone longsword, they could completely trade blows back and forth evenly with the Ancestral Demon Tree.

But this time, the Ancestral Demon Tree did not fight with them.

Moreover, from the few exchanges they had, they faintly sensed the weakness of the Ancestral Demon Tree.

"What on earth is going on?"

"Is the Extraterrestrial Evil God doing this on purpose to lure us in?"

The Azure Sky Alliance Leader was somewhat uncertain and suspicious.

The decline in strength of the Ancestral Demon Tree was completely inexplicable. He and the others had never injured the other party's foundation.

Why did its strength inexplicably decline?

Therefore—

The Azure Sky Alliance Leader's first reaction was whether the Ancestral Demon Tree was deliberately showing this to lure them into taking the bait.

Deep within the Black Mist Mountains,

Lin Yuan felt the bits and pieces of everything within ten million miles.

Then he continued to comprehend.

[Your Heaven-Defying Comprehension is monstrous, as you comprehend the Evil Demon Seed and are improving its parasitic nature.]

[Your Heaven-Defying Comprehension is monstrous, as you comprehend the Evil Demon Seed and are improving its parasitic nature.]

[Your Heaven-Defying Comprehension is monstrous, as you comprehend the Evil Demon Seed and are improving its parasitic nature.]

In front of Lin Yuan, greyish seeds floated one after another.

As the innate method of the Demon Ancestor Tree, the Evil Demon Seed had many effects, among which the 'parasitic' ability was quite valued by Lin Yuan.

However—

The original parasitic ability of the Evil Demon Seed was too crude. The parasitized lives were all like zombies, performing too obviously.

Therefore, over the past few decades, Lin Yuan would deliberately spare some time every day to refine the flaws of the Evil Demon Seed.

"It has been initially improved."

"Let's see how the effect is."

Lin Yuan cast a glance at the side, at the Demon Beast King entangled by black vines.

The reason why Lin Yuan kept the lives of these Demon Beast Kings was because they were useful, and right now it was just right to test out the 'parasitic' ability of the Evil Demon Seed.

As for why he didn't parasitize those low-level Yao Beasts first—parasitizing low-level Yao Beasts was completely wasting Lin Yuan's seeds.

The parasitic ability of the Evil Demon Seed depended entirely on the strength of the parasitized person.

If the parasitized person possessed Tier 5 strength, after being parasitized, they could still retain about Tier 5 strength.

If the parasitized person only had Tier 1 strength, after being parasitized, they would still be Tier 1. And Tier 1—what use was it to Lin Yuan?

In Lin Yuan's eyes, across the entire Black Mist Mountains, only the few Demon Beast Kings that had reached Tier 6 barely possessed the value of being parasitized.

Clatter.

A black vine loosened.

A Demon Beast King plummeted down.

During the descent, this Demon Beast King rapidly expanded in size, and by the time it landed on the ground, it had become a behemoth.

"Where is this—"

This Demon Beast King was precisely the Divine Ape King. His consciousness had been in a coma for so long, and now that he woke up, he actually couldn't recover for a moment.

"Hm?"

"That's not right."

Only a few breaths passed before the Divine Ape King reacted, his expression immediately turning nervous.

Turning his head, he saw that he was right beneath that terrifying ancient tree, and his heart instantly turned half cold.

The Divine Ape King instinctively wanted to run, only to find that an evil power was currently permeating his body. Under this kind of suppression, he found it extremely difficult even to twitch a single time, let alone run?

Just as the Divine Ape King was thinking whether to say a few words—

A greyish seed fell from a branch, rapidly coming towards his side.

"What is that?"

Although the Divine Ape King could not move, he instinctively felt a sense of danger.

Hum.

This greyish seed landed squarely between the Divine Ape King's brows. Then, roots rapidly grew on the surface of the seed, taking root between the Divine Ape King's brows.

"Ah—"

The Divine Ape King let out a painful roar. At this moment, he only felt as if his head was about to explode, and his consciousness even began to blur.

"This seed… This seed wants to replace me?"

Deep within the Divine Ape King's heart, a great terror suddenly surged forth.

That greyish seed was currently rooted in his brain consciousness, slowly driving out his original consciousness, attempting to usurp the nest.

"No—"

"I don't want to—"

The Divine Ape King struggled violently.

Compared to being replaced, complete death was instead a form of release.

The Divine Ape King frantically resisted, gathering the remaining power within his consciousness to launch a charge against the Evil Demon Seed.

However—

It was a pity that—

At this time, the Divine Ape King was suppressed all over his body by Lin Yuan's power, leaving only a tiny bit of conscious power. How could he possibly resist the Evil Demon Seed?

Only a short half-day passed.

The Divine Ape King's consciousness completely collapsed.

The Evil Demon Seed successfully parasitized him.

Outside,

Lin Yuan paid attention to the changes in the Divine Ape King.

"Master."

Just at this moment, the Divine Ape King slowly crawled up from the ground and slightly bowed towards Lin Yuan.

"The parasitism went very smoothly."

Lin Yuan could clearly sense the aura originating from the Evil Demon Seed deep inside the Divine Ape King's mind.

"Master, I now possess all the memories and all the capability methods of the Divine Ape King."

The Divine Ape King began reporting.

A little less than half an hour later,

Lin Yuan dismissed the Divine Ape King.

Today's Divine Ape King had already been replaced by the Evil Demon Seed, so there was no need to worry about loyalty.

"Not bad."

Lin Yuan slightly nodded.

By observing the performance and reaction of the Divine Ape King after being replaced, as long as one paid a bit more attention, it was basically no different from the original Divine Ape King.

At least it was much better than the lives parasitized by the Evil Demon Seed at the very beginning, whose gazes were dull and movements stiff.

Today's Evil Demon Seed not only perfectly integrated into the parasitized person's body, but also acquired all of their memories.

It was almost able to achieve the degree of passing off the false as genuine.

"However, there are still some flaws."

"Continue to refine it."

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment, intending to use the following time to further refine and make up for it with Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

The reason why Lin Yuan expended so much energy in the aspect of parasitism was to prepare for the subsequent propagation of Martial Dao.

There was no other way. The Demon Ancestor Tree's image wasn't very good. Since that was the case, Lin Yuan needed to find some 'spokespersons'.

And these 'spokespersons' had to be absolutely loyal to Lin Yuan, which happened to coincide with the parasitic ability of the Evil Demon Seed.

"Martial Dao."

Lin Yuan's thoughts churned. During this traversal, constrained by the Demon Ancestor Tree itself, Lin Yuan had not embarked on the path of Martial Dao.

But everything he was doing currently was paving the way for Martial Dao, and spreading the Martial Dao Evolution Path was even the main plan for the next few hundred years.

"Continue to Cultivate."

Lin Yuan's mind sank into Cultivate, and the aura within his body grew increasingly terrifying, surging forth like an unfathomable ocean.

Not a single person knew, including the invincible Azure Sky Alliance Master and the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Within the seemingly 'absolutely safe' rear of the Azure Sky World, changes sufficient to overturn the current situation had emerged.