Chapter 60: The Power Of Devouring!

WHOOSH!

In an instant, the yellow Bloodline Origin Energy within Ryan’s body surged violently, as though it had suddenly begun boiling.

A black glow emerged from his right palm.

An oppressive and unnatural Devouring Power spread through the room.

The Low-Grade Origin Stone in his hand was immediately caught by the black glow.

It was sucked firmly against his palm, unable to escape.

As the Devouring Power intensified, the Origin Stone began to tremble.

Then—

CRACK!

The entire stone disintegrated.

It transformed into countless points of starlight that were instantly swallowed into Ryan’s palm.

Not a trace of its energy was wasted.

The next moment, a massive amount of energy surged through his palm and poured into his meridians.

Ryan immediately felt a strange fullness spread through his body.

Yet his right palm seemed unsatisfied.

A black slit suddenly opened across his palm.

It was roughly the size of an eyelid.

ROAR!

A strange, terrifying roar erupted from the slit.

It sounded like an ancient beast awakening from a deep slumber.

The roar was so loud that Ryan’s ears rang.

At the same time, an even more terrifying Devouring Power erupted from his palm.

It was as though countless starving creatures had awakened within that tiny black opening, desperately devouring everything around them.

Even the air surrounding his palm began to distort.

A transparent vortex, roughly the size of a large barrel, formed around his hand as the surrounding air was violently sucked inward.

Ryan stared at the strange black slit.

A chill ran down his spine.

What the hell is this?

Yet instead of stopping, some strange impulse compelled him to experiment further.

Ryan grabbed another handful of Low-Grade Origin Stones from his spatial ring and tossed them toward his palm.

There were seventeen or eighteen stones in total.

HISS!

The instant they touched his palm, all of them disintegrated.

Their energy was instantly extracted and devoured by the black slit.

"What?!"

Ryan’s expression changed.

That was an enormous amount of energy to swallow in a single instant.

The pure energy surged through his right arm before rapidly spreading throughout his entire body.

"Hiss!"

Ryan’s face suddenly turned pale.

"So painful!"

He hadn’t expected the Devouring World Art to be this violent.

It had swallowed the energy of nearly twenty Origin Stones in an instant.

The speed was simply absurd.

His usual cultivation method required him to slowly refine the energy contained within a single Origin Stone.

This was completely different.

The Devouring World Art simply swallowed everything at once.

But there was a price.

A very painful one.

The enormous amount of energy suddenly flooding his body placed tremendous pressure on his meridians and blood vessels.

His body felt as though it were about to burst.

Tiny blood vessels began rupturing first.

Fine beads of blood slowly seeped through his skin.

A faint metallic smell of blood filled the training room.

Ryan’s entire body trembled.

It felt as though thousands of needles were stabbing him simultaneously.

The pain spread through every meridian.

It was like countless razor-sharp needles were racing through his bloodstream, tearing through his body from the inside.

The pain reached his bones.

"Damn..."

Ryan’s body convulsed.

His muscles tightened uncontrollably.

He could barely remain conscious.

Then—

BOOM!

All the scattered energy inside his body suddenly converged.

The violent energy was compressed into a single point.

A pitch-black crystal bead gradually formed beside his Origin Energy Sea.

The bead slowly began revolving around his Origin Energy Sea, radiating a dark and sinister glow.

"Haa..."

"Haa..."

The moment the black crystal bead stabilized, the pain throughout Ryan’s body suddenly disappeared.

The pressure vanished.

Ryan collapsed forward slightly and began breathing heavily.

After several moments, he finally recovered enough to examine the strange black bead within his body.

A trace of excitement appeared in his eyes.

"It worked."

The pitch-black crystal bead was roughly the size of a dragon’s eye.

Its surface was smooth and dark, resembling a piece of polished black jade.

This was the Swallowing World Pearl.

The core that nurtured and stored the World Devouring Power.

Ryan focused his Mental Awareness on it.

The moment his consciousness touched the pearl, he felt as though something terrifying was sealed inside.

A violent, ancient energy stirred within the darkness.

It gave him the unsettling sensation of a primordial beast waiting to break free.

Ryan took a deep breath.

"Devouring World Art... Burst!"

BOOM!

The Swallowing World Pearl suddenly spun.

Like a starving beast, it began frantically devouring the yellow Origin Energy within Ryan’s body.

In an instant, a massive amount of Origin Energy disappeared.

Ryan’s face immediately turned pale.

He could clearly feel his reserves dropping at an alarming rate.

Then—

An ink-black energy erupted from the Swallowing World Pearl.

It surged through his body and rapidly attached itself to his meridians.

BOOM!

Onefold World Devouring Power!

Ryan’s physical strength instantly received a onefold amplification.

Black smoke began drifting from his skin.

At the same time, violent air currents erupted around him, causing the floor beneath his feet to creak.

A terrifying force surged through every muscle in his body.

Ryan’s pale complexion suddenly became strangely flushed.

His eyes turned blood-red.

Even his breathing became heavier.

An intense bloodlust rose within him.

The power inside his body felt restless, almost desperate to be released.

Ryan was enveloped in black smoke.

With his crimson eyes and terrifying aura, he looked less like a human and more like some ancient demonic beast.

His expression changed slightly.

This power is affecting my mind.

Before he could think further, his body moved instinctively.

WHOOSH!

Ryan leaped into the air.

His body spun once.

Then twice.

He twisted his waist and unleashed a devastating kick toward the wall.

"Superior Origin Realm Grade Combat Skill—Explosive Cyclone Kick!"

BOOM!

His right leg, wrapped in yellow Bloodline Origin Energy and black World Devouring Power, slammed into the meteorite-gold wall.

The threefold amplification from Explosive Cyclone Kick combined with the additional onefold amplification from World Devouring Power.

And beneath it all was Ryan’s already terrifying physical strength granted by the Overlord Body Bloodline.

The resulting force was monstrous.

BANG!

The wall couldn’t withstand it.

A massive hole was blasted straight through the meteorite-gold structure.

The remaining force tore through the wall and continued forward, accompanied by wisps of black smoke.

The entire training room shook violently.

For several seconds, nothing moved.

Then—

The damaged wall finally began repairing itself.

The meteorite gold and battle array slowly worked together, reconstructing the destroyed section.

A cool breeze entered through the enormous hole.

It brushed against Ryan’s face.

He finally snapped out of his daze.

"This World Devouring Power can directly multiply my physical strength."

Ryan stared at the destroyed wall.

"With Explosive Cyclone Kick’s threefold amplification and onefold World Devouring Power, the technique can unleash roughly five times my normal leg strength."

His eyes narrowed.

"And that’s only at the initial stage."

"If I can increase the World Devouring Power’s multiplier..."

A strange excitement appeared in his eyes.

"The power will become terrifying."

However, his excitement quickly faded.

A wave of exhaustion suddenly swept through him.

Ryan’s complexion turned pale.

"Of course... there’s a catch."

He could already feel his Origin Energy reserves approaching their limit.

"This thing consumes far too much energy."

The black World Devouring Power was also affecting his mind.

That bloodthirsty sensation had been impossible to ignore.

"If I’m not careful, I could actually lose control."

After that single attack, the World Devouring Power rapidly receded.

It flowed back toward the Swallowing World Pearl like a retreating tide.

At the same time, an overwhelming sense of exhaustion washed over Ryan.

His body felt completely empty.

His knees buckled.

THUD!

Ryan collapsed onto the floor.

The last traces of World Devouring Power had completely withdrawn into the Swallowing World Pearl.

Ryan lay there for several seconds, breathing heavily.

He had never expected that such a short Burst would completely drain his Origin Energy.

Not a single trace remained.

It’s powerful.

Far too powerful.

If he could increase the World Devouring Power’s multiplier, the increase in combat strength would be incredible.

But his current cultivation was simply too low.

His total Origin Energy reserves were nowhere near sufficient.

At his current level, he could probably unleash only one or two powerful attacks while using Burst.

After that, his Origin Energy would be completely exhausted.

He would have to consume pills or refine Origin Stones just to recover enough energy to continue fighting.

The energy consumption was ridiculous.

Ryan finally understood why the Devouring World Art demanded such a powerful physical body.

Its cultivation method aggressively absorbed energy and expanded the body’s ability to contain it.

Its Burst mode then unleashed that power in an extremely violent manner.

If the body wasn’t strong enough, it wouldn’t be the enemy who suffered first.

The user would destroy himself.

Fortunately, Ryan possessed the C-Rank Top Tier Overlord Body Bloodline.

It barely met the minimum requirements for cultivating the technique.

Otherwise, he might have already seriously injured himself during the initial cultivation.

I need to keep practicing.

And I need to prioritize strengthening and evolving Overlord Body.

Ryan slowly pushed himself upright.

"But regardless..."

A focused gleam appeared in his eyes.

"I have another powerful trump card now."

He smiled faintly.

"I’ll gradually master it."

Ryan took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

"Now, it’s time to cultivate."

He retrieved a Top-Grade Origin Power Pill from his spatial ring and swallowed it.

Then he sat down cross-legged and entered meditation.

All the treasures he had obtained today had finally been processed.

It was time to focus on the most important thing—

Getting stronger.

Today’s events had made one thing painfully clear.

His combat abilities had improved dramatically, but his cultivation realm remained his greatest weakness.

His total Origin Energy reserves were simply too low.

If he wanted to survive future encounters with powerful Bloodline Fighters, he needed to raise his cultivation as quickly as possible.

Ryan began refining the medicinal energy of the Origin Power Pill.

His mind gradually became calm.

As he cultivated, he mentally reviewed today’s harvest.

At first glance, it had been enormous.

But the number of treasures he could actually keep for personal use was surprisingly small.

Excluding the Devouring World Art, whose original tome had already been destroyed, there were only a handful of useful items remaining:

[Ghost Bee ×3]

[Origin Power Pill ×2]

[Hundred Mile Fragrance ×1]

[Godly Travel Boots ×1]

[Explosive Cyclone Kick ×1]

[Blood Curse Seal Bloodline Essence Thread ×1]

The Ghost Bees and Blood Curse Seal Essence Thread still required further preparation before they could be used.

That left only a few immediately useful resources.

Most of the remaining treasures were either too low-grade or unsuitable for Ryan’s current needs.

Tomorrow, he planned to take them all to Winters Tower and sell them.

That included the Iron Cloth Bloodline Essence.

The Boundless Creation Furnace had one important limitation:

Anything it produced could not be Created again.

Iron Cloth was only a D-Rank Top Tier Bloodline.

It wasn’t worth wasting his precious second Boundless Creation Slot on it.

Selling it for Origin Stones and using those resources to acquire better materials for Advanced Creation would be far more efficient.

Ryan closed his eyes.

Today’s events had been filled with danger.

He had walked the line between life and death more than once.

Then there was the terrifying energy consumption of the Devouring World Art.

All of it made one thing clear.

He couldn’t afford to remain weak.

Cultivation was no longer something he could treat casually.

It was essential.

As for the two Origin Power Pills, Ryan had already made up his mind.

He would keep them.

From now on, he wouldn’t sell energy resources like Top-Grade Origin Power Pills unless absolutely necessary.

Every bit of energy he could obtain needed to be converted into strength.

Ryan’s attention then shifted to the Hundred Mile Fragrance.

This was an extremely useful item for hunting exotic beasts in the wilderness.

A single drop could attract a large number of nearby beasts.

If he possessed sufficient strength, he could use it to lure large groups of exotic beasts into one area and hunt them efficiently.

The resulting harvest could be enormous.

I’ll save it for later.

With everything decided, Ryan completely immersed himself in meditation.

The training room gradually fell silent.

Only the faint circulation of Origin Energy remained.

Ryan continued cultivating through the night.