Devouring

Outside Earth’s Defense Net, Wang Bert looked at the Blood Demon God and said, "You want to devour me, and I want to devour you. Plus, you’re really too ugly. There’s no need for us to say anything more. Let’s begin."

"Blood God!"

The Blood Demon God gritted His teeth in rage. At Their level, who still cared about appearance? Blood God was clearly humiliating Him.

The Blood Demon God had wronged Wang Bert. Wang Bert genuinely thought He was too ugly. If this were a movie or novel, a face like that would not last three minutes.

"Blood God, you’ve only just become a god, while I’ve been the Blood Demon God for thousands of years. You cannot possibly be my match."

Although the Blood Demon God wanted to crush Wang Bert to death with one hand, after thinking it over, He said, "I’m willing to give you a chance. As long as you worship me, become the Blood God under my command, and fight for me, I’ll spare your life. Otherwise, there is only one ending for you today: being devoured by me."

"Sorry, I said I don’t talk to faceless freaks."

Wang Bert sneered, and his body instantly transformed into a surging, flowing Blood River that completely surrounded the Blood Demon God.

"Seeking death."

The Blood Demon God flew into a rage and stopped wasting words. His body rapidly swelled, and in the blink of an eye, He had become a giant Demon God over a hundred meters tall. Uh, still faceless.

Then, the Blood Demon God swung His massive hand and smashed it fiercely down at the Blood River Wang Bert had become, making even the void tremble.

Wang Bert smiled disdainfully. The Blood River abruptly transformed into tens of thousands of blood-red spears that shot toward the Blood Demon God from all directions like lightning. The Blood Demon God hurriedly changed tactics, swinging both palms down at the crimson spears.

At that moment, all the crimson spears flashed at once, passing through space and stabbing toward the Blood Demon God’s body from different positions.

The Blood Demon God was startled and hurriedly controlled His blood to block them, but there were simply too many spears. Over a thousand broke through His defenses and plunged into His body.

Then, using those crimson spears as markers, the other spears teleported one after another into the Blood Demon God’s body and wreaked havoc.

"What an idiot. I was waiting for you to come in."

The Blood Demon God burst into laughter, and His body abruptly transformed into a sphere made entirely of blood, sealing Wang Bert tightly inside.

Then, the Blood Demon God controlled the blood to wrap around all the crimson spears, intending to devour them all.

"And how do you know I wasn’t playing along with your scheme?"

Wang Bert smiled disdainfully. The crimson spears rapidly stacked together, and in the blink of an eye, only nine remained.

Then, all nine crimson spears lit up with dazzling spatial light. The spatial light then transformed into small spaces, sealing the spears and a large amount of blood inside.

The Blood Demon God’s expression changed. Half of His blood had been taken away by the nine small spaces, and His body instantly shrank by half.

Inside the small spaces, Wang Bert and the blood opposite him both transformed into humanoid forms. The Blood Demon God roared in shock and fury, "Blood God, do you think this is enough to kill me?"

Wang Bert could not be bothered with nonsense. His eyes lit up red, and two Heat Rays directly sliced the Blood Demon God in half at the waist.

The Blood Demon God was alarmed and hurriedly controlled His blood to mend the wound. At that moment, Wang Bert suddenly appeared before Him and clapped his hands together forcefully. The Blood Demon God’s body was directly shattered, turning into blood that flew through the air.

The Blood Demon God was no pushover either. He shouted, and the blood transformed into bloodfire, shooting densely toward Wang Bert.

Wang Bert smiled contemptuously and opened his mouth, blasting out a massive wave of freezing breath. All the bloodfire froze solid. Then, he sucked hard with both hands, and the frozen blood flew into his body one piece after another, rapidly devoured by him.

"I like mine chilled."

Wang Bert smiled contentedly. With the Blood Demon God’s strength cut in half, how could He possibly be his opponent? Not only was the Blood Demon God crushed and devoured in this small space, but the same happened in the other eight small spaces as well. There was not a single exception.

"How could it be this fast?"

Sensing His blood being rapidly devoured, the Blood Demon God’s expression drastically changed. He hurriedly controlled His blood to transform into giant hands and madly attack the nine small spaces. Yet to His shock, all His power vanished the moment it touched the small spaces.

Space Magic, Cosmos Shift.

Unwilling to accept this, the Blood Demon God transformed His blood into bloodfire to burn the small spaces, but the result was no different from before.

"How could a new god be this powerful? This makes no sense at all."

The Blood Demon God gritted His teeth. He knew He could not let this continue, or Wang Bert would sooner or later devour Him completely. He clenched His teeth, and a small world suddenly emerged from the deepest part of His body.

That was right, a small world. Tens of thousands of people lived inside it. It was a scarlet small world with a round sky and square earth, a single island surrounded by a sea of blood.

This small world was a treasure the Blood Demon God had acquired long ago. He had gone to great lengths to build it, then raised humans inside it.

That was right, raised them. Every five hundred years, the Blood Demon God harvested their blood. The people of the small world called it the Sea Tribulation.

"Though it isn’t time yet, I have no choice. I can only sacrifice you."

With a thought from the Blood Demon God, the sea of blood in the small world abruptly rose, turning into towering waves that rushed toward the island.

"The Sea Tribulation is here! How is that possible? It’s only been a little over a hundred years since the last Sea Tribulation."

Seeing this, the Island Lord shouted in disbelief. The islanders saw the enormous waves as well and scrambled to the temple to pray. Unfortunately, they did not know that the god they worshipped was the one who wanted to kill them.

Before long, the huge waves struck the island. In a short time, seventy percent of the island’s population was wiped out. The survivors wailed bitterly, filled with despair and helplessness.

After harvesting this batch of ‘crops,’ the Blood Demon God replenished Himself with their blood while revealing the truth to the souls of those who had died.

When they learned that their god had ‘harvested’ them, the people were overwhelmed by grief and fury, continuously crying out curses.

"I curse you to fall from godhood and never be reborn for all eternity."

"I curse you to be devoured by another, just like us."

Hearing these curses, the Blood Demon God not only did not get angry but even laughed. It was not because He had some strange hobby; He had deliberately filled these souls with hatred.

That way, He could turn them into curses.

"Blood God, you do have some clever tricks, but you are ultimately just a new god. You have no foundation and no experience. You can never defeat me."

The Blood Demon God blew a breath at those resentful souls. Hundreds of thousands of Vengeful Souls instantly transformed into surging Black Qi and rushed toward the nine small spaces, corroding them.

Under the erosion of the Black Qi, the light of the small spaces rapidly dimmed. As Wang Bert continued devouring blood, he said coldly, "To fight back, you actually killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people?"

"Innocent people? Where? Why can’t I see any?"

The Blood Demon God sneered. "They were merely livestock I raised. As their master, what is wrong with harvesting them? It is my right!"

"Demon Gods like you all deserve to die."

Wang Bert cursed through gritted teeth. This was why Kamar-Taj had done everything in its power to prevent Demon Gods from entering Earth. Once Demon Gods entered, humanity would once again become livestock for them to slaughter at will.

"Blood God, were you happy devouring all that just now? Soon, it’ll be my turn to devour you."

The Blood Demon God laughed loudly. Under His control, the Black Qi rapidly corroded the small spaces, which could collapse at any moment.

It was worth noting that the Black Qi was also rapidly disappearing. This move was essentially a suicidal charge.

"You think you can devour me? I had planned to let you live a little longer, but since you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant your wish."

Wang Bert snorted. One of the small spaces suddenly opened, and then a savage blood-red monster filled with chaos and evil charged out.

The moment the monster appeared, it let out a great roar. All the Black Qi flew involuntarily toward It and was swallowed in a single gulp.

Then, the monster opened Its mouth and spewed out a massive amount of Black Qi, which corroded the Blood Demon God’s blood. The Blood Demon God immediately felt His remaining blood becoming uncontrollable.

As the Blood Demon God struggled to control His blood, He shouted in disbelief, "You are… The Beast? Wait, weren’t You killed by Ancient One?"

The Beast, the Chaos Demon God, could control souls and resentment. Several years ago, It had tried to invade Earth, but because It charged in too quickly, Ancient One and Blood God killed It together.

Later, Wang Bert devoured the Beast’s divine blood, while Its soul was sealed by Ancient One and given to Wang Bert half an hour ago.

Wang Bert devoured the Beast’s soul and transformed It into one of the souls within the Blood River. Now, he had summoned It to fight.

That was right, he had summoned the Beast to fight. Wang Bert had once said that his Blood Shadow Magic Skill had reached great completion. Though that sounded a little childish, it was basically true.

When Wang Bert had first obtained the Blood God’s abilities, he could only transform himself and possess multiple lives. Later, he continuously upgraded, and the Blood River’s abilities grew stronger and stronger. This time, the Blood River had finally become complete.

In addition to all its previous functions, the current Blood River had gained many other abilities. For example, after devouring an enemy, he could use the power of blood to summon them to help him fight.

Furthermore, Wang Bert could borrow their abilities at any time. For example, after he devoured Gladiator, he could use all of Gladiator’s abilities, including Heat Ray, freezing breath, growing stronger the greater his confidence, and so on.

"The Beast’s fate will be yours as well. This is the retribution you Demon Gods deserve."

Wang Bert snorted and accelerated his devouring of the blood, intending to get out soon and finish off the Blood Demon God.

"Dream on."

The Blood Demon God roared. At that moment, the Beast charged over with surging Black Qi, pouncing ferociously on Him. The Blood Demon God was startled and hurriedly drove the Beast and Black Qi out of His body.

As for Wang Bert’s nine small spaces, it was not that the Blood Demon God did not want to expel them. They were firmly embedded within His body and could not be driven out at all—a classic case of letting the wolf into the house.

After leaving the Blood Demon God’s body, the Beast immediately controlled the surging Black Qi to flood toward Him. These Vengeful Souls hated the Blood Demon God to the bone. Now that they had a chance for revenge, they madly corroded the Blood Demon God’s blood.

The Blood Demon God had already been reduced to half His strength, and this only made things worse. The Beast gave a savage grin and pounced on Him, battling the Blood Demon God fiercely.

The Blood Demon God resisted with difficulty. Already struggling to protect Himself, He had no time to pay attention to Wang Bert.

Under these circumstances, Wang Bert quickly devoured half of the Blood Demon God’s blood. Then, he cast a spell with both hands. The nine small spaces suddenly fused together and rapidly expanded, transforming into one large space that sealed the Blood Demon God inside.

Afterward, Wang Bert flew out of the Blood Demon God’s body and appeared opposite Him. Seeing this, the Beast retreated to Wang Bert’s side, looking like a loyal dog.

Looking at the Blood Demon God, who had shrunk to half His previous size and looked utterly pitiful, Wang Bert smiled. "Thank you for the feast. The taste wasn’t bad, but it was certainly nutritious enough."

This feast was naturally the Blood Demon God Himself.

Facing the Blood God staring at Him like a tiger eyeing prey, the Blood Demon God became a little panicked. He had not been able to win even at full strength, much less now.

After hesitating for a moment, the Blood Demon God chose to surrender. "Blood God, let me leave. I will never attack Earth again, and I won’t even appear before you again."

Wang Bert sneered. "If you were in my place, would you let me leave?"

The Blood Demon God immediately nodded. "Of course. I’m a very kind person. I never bully the weak, and I believe in leaving room for others. Look, I didn’t kill all the humans in the small world."

"Sorry, I refuse. Your skin is simply too thick. This universe only needs one shameless person, Tony Stark."

Wang Bert smiled disdainfully and waved his hand. His arm transformed into countless crimson threads that swept toward the Blood Demon God.

Scarlet flames ignited around the Blood Demon God. Then, as He controlled the bloodfire to burn the threads, He roared angrily, "Blood God, don’t push me, or I’ll take you down with me in mutual destruction."

Wang Bert became even more disdainful. "Mutual destruction? Are you sure you have that ability?"

The Blood Demon God shouted, "Of course I do. I can curse you with my soul, and I can detonate the small world. That is an entire small world. Once it explodes, both of us will die."

"Before you make threats, please check your small world first."

Wang Bert snorted. The crimson threads passed through space and instantly entered the Blood Demon God’s body, madly absorbing His blood.

Just as the Blood Demon God tried to resist, the Beast rushed over and slammed Him violently to the ground, then savagely bit toward His throat with Its huge jaws.

The Blood Demon God punched the Beast in the head while simultaneously sensing the small world, intending to prove to Wang Bert that He had the ability to perish together with him.

But to the Blood Demon God’s shock, He had lost His connection to the small world—the Black Qi representing hundreds of thousands of Vengeful Souls had tightly wrapped around the small world, cutting off the Blood Demon God’s connection to it.

"You are merely my livestock! How dare you resist me?"

The Blood Demon God roared. With His abilities, it would not take long to deal with this Black Qi. The problem was that Wang Bert and the Beast would not give Him the time. Under their attacks, the Blood Demon God grew smaller and smaller, while the wounds on His body multiplied.

The Blood Demon God was completely terrified and shouted, "Blood God, I surrender! I can become your subordinate god."

"Sorry, rejected for being ugly."

Wang Bert clenched his hand, and the Blood Demon God’s entire body exploded. A large amount of blood flew toward him.

"Blood God, we’ll die together!"

The Blood Demon God roared. Wang Bert smiled contemptuously as the Light of the Mind enveloped the Blood Demon God. The Blood Demon God’s consciousness immediately became blurred.

Though the Blood Demon God quickly regained clarity, that brief moment of confusion cost Him His last chance at mutual destruction—He and all His blood were swallowed into Wang Bert’s Blood River.

Then, the power of the Blood River suppressed the Blood Demon God, transforming Him into an existence like the Beast. Although the Blood Demon God struggled with all His might, He could not resist the Blood River’s overwhelming, despair-inducing power.

Before long, the Blood Demon God’s roars ceased. Within the Blood River, there was now a faceless humanoid Demon God.