Chapter 98: First Steps on the Demonic Path (10)
Genius prodigies from all five domains surged forward in a frenzied race to seize the Emperor Scripture.
Su Chen blended into the crowd. He watched as greed consumed the minds of these once-proud talents, turning them against one another in brutal slaughter. He made no move to intervene.
Blood dyed mountains and rivers crimson. Broken weapons littered the ground. The bones of prodigies lay scattered across the landscape.
Su Chen approached the fallen corpses and collected their remains. These were the origin essences of an entire generation of geniuses—some even carried the ancient supreme physiques of long-forgotten powers. He packed them all away without waste. Good things should never be squandered.
In the end, only the true martial monsters remained, locked in mutual combat. Divine physiques blotted out the sky with their phenomena. Terrifying auras sent shivers through the air. They dominated the eight desolations, each one invincible in its own right.
Su Chen observed the clash among those bearing divine and sacred physiques.
"As expected of the legendary special physiques… they truly are terrifying."
Even after devouring the origin essences of so many prodigies, Su Chen still felt an insurmountable chasm between his Primordial Taotie Physique and those mythic constitutions. A sudden thought crossed his mind: if he could swallow one of them, would his body undergo some extraordinary transformation?
He dismissed the idea almost immediately. The cost was far too high. Every divine or sacred physique stood behind an unfathomably powerful force. Their life-saving methods were countless. Even if he succeeded, he would expose his trump cards—and the gain would not justify the risk. Better to pick soft persimmons first. Start with the weak, then gradually move to the strong. Step by step.