The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 638 - 272: Necromancer_1

months into the Dragon Hunt competition.

After a carpet-style search, Ye Hanjun and Ye Liuying finally discovered the first Illusory Demon Dragon.

It was an Ethereal Decay Demon Dragon, which from afar and up close, appeared as a rotten lump of flesh.

But for any creatures foolish enough to ingest this rotten lump of flesh, they would soon fall into a false dream-like reality.

Gluttonous predators would quickly exhaust themselves running around in this illusory realm until their brains triggered a fake death signal, their limbs rigid, appearing truly dead.

At this point, the Ethereal Decay Demon Dragon would reveal its true form, feasting on the souls of its prey as nourishment.

...

Boom!

The thoroughly evolved Ethereal Decay Demon Dragon, met its end under Huazhu’s storm.

Ye Hanjun cut open its head, located an illuminated Brain Crystal Stone, and tossed it straight to Aegifura.

Aegifura hmphed, crushed the crystal stone, and caught a few droplets of semi-transparent vital blood with her palm, continuing to refine and slowly absorb them.

She didn’t level up immediately.

However, a curious "Blood Surge" phenomenon appeared in her character attributes, subtly rewarding her with unexpected benefits.

"One is not enough, the higher the quality, the better!"

Aegifura tossed away the shattered crystal and used the Demon Lake as her mirror, spinning around a couple of times.

After confirming the increased glow on her skin, she became cheerful, her tones much lighter.

"There should be more of its kind nearby. Let’s comb the area again."

Ye Hanjun simply smiled, choosing not to interrupt Aegifura’s narcissism.

Instead, he was quietly pleased. If pursuing beauty could inspire her to further enhance herself, he would more than welcome it.

"Ribbit!"

GuaGua pointed at a pit on the ground, sniffed, his little face tightened.

"Looks like it might be the habitat of some creature?"

Ye Liuying leaned in to take a look inside the pit, but saw nothing.

"Ribbit!!!"

GuaGua, volunteering with great enthusiasm, transformed into an earthworm and burrowed into the hole.

After about ten or so minutes of noisy mayhem, GuaGua bolted out of the hole with his butt covered, took refuge on the head of Huazhu, and buried himself in its golden hair.

"What?!"

Both Ye Hanjun and Ye Liuying had their eyes lit up, both blocked the entity from escaping.

A red crab with dragon horns emerged out of the pit in a fit of rage.

It was unexpectedly tiny, roughly the same size as GuaGua.

But as it wildly swung its pincers and crashed around, every rock it touched it crushed, making a complete mess.

"It’s a Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon! A great tonic!"

Ye Hanjun sucked in a deep breath, summoned the Darkest Abyss, and immobilized it with Law-Figure-World.

Ye Liuying was quick to react. Her shadow flicked to the back of the crab dragon. The Dragon Bone Short Blade struck on the shell, creating a resounding "BANG".

"Crabby! Crabby!!"

Enraged, the Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon jerked away from chasing GuaGua and instead made a leap towards Ye Liuying with its pincers raised.

Although small in stature, it managed to jump dozens of meters high with a single leap.

Despite Ye Liuying leaning back just in time, the sharp pincer still managed to slice off a segment of her hair, leaving an unnatural blank spot on her forehead.

"Smash it!"

Ye Liuying snorted lightly, summoned the Stone Giant, and pointed it at the Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon.

The Stone Giant fully understood and smashed down its giant fists as if intending to flatten its opponent.

But the Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon was extraordinarily strong, and it pushed back single-handedly before jumping toward Ye Liuying again.

"Perfection of Annihilation, perhaps?"

"Focus fire! Subdue it!"

Whoosh - Ye Hanjun summoned the Goose Immortal to join the suppression.

However, the Goose Immortal, due to its massive size, found handling small creatures quite a chore and could not grip onto it.

With no other choice, Ye Hanjun called out Absolute String and played "Reckless" once again.

After being enhanced, the once bubbly Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon began to decline, and when it realized the situation was not in its favor and tried to escape...it was already too late.

...

The faint light of the Nether moon began to illuminate the land.

At a corner of Demon Dragon Island, a stream of smoke wafted into the air.

After three days and nights of cooking, they finally stewed the Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon to perfection. Ye Hanjun and Ye Liuying each tasted a crab claw, savoring it with delight.

"It’s been a while since I’ve had this. When we were young, we could only eat a piece of meat the size of a fingernail, and even then, we had to soak it in medicine soup for digestion."

"Now, we’re each devouring a crab claw with no trouble at all."

Ye Hanjun smacked his lips, leaving a rich aftertaste in his mouth and lifting his spirits.

"A small piece of meat comes with a concentrated essence!"

Goose Immortal savored half of the crab roe while grousing it was not enough, then swallowed it whole, shell and all.

In an instant, a plume of hot steam rose from its head, while its eyes were clouded by shimmering light, with a roaring wave-like sound coming from within its body, undoubtedly extraordinary.

"Wudong!!"

The Stone Giant’s everyday diet primarily consisted of different ores.

But for this Red Armor Crab Demon Dragon, it can make an exception.

Sharing the leftover crab roe and crab paste, the Stone Giant pound its chest, the vibrant flame of life burning even brighter.

"Having eaten and drunk our fill, let’s go find some more lucky pet to spoil!"

Ye Liuying handed the remains of the crab claw shell to the Stone Giant, wiped the grease off her thumb, her cheeks rosily flushed and a charming glow she just can’t seem to shake off.

"Roar!!"

A simple-minded ’Big Belly Demon Dragon’, sporting a big belly, just happened to walk by.

The Stone Giant and Goose Immortal simultaneously ran over, fearing if they fell a step behind, the prey might be knocked down first.

The Big Belly Demon Dragon was furious then turned to run.

However, it was too slow, with a leap, the Stone Giant grabbed hold of one of its legs, pulling it right back.

"Trying to escape?"

The Goose Immortal revealed a harmless smile, and slashed its wing onto the demon dragon’s forehead.