Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Chapter 363: Chapter 358: Devouring Primal Desire, Old God Heart Core

"This thing..."

Su Ye frowned deeply, a strange glint appearing in his eyes.

He rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

Then, he gently raised his palm and sent out a stream of Magical Power.

He pulled the faint blue glimmer from the pile of the Humanoid Scorpion Spider’s shredded flesh, bringing it before him.

HUMMM.

It glowed with a magnificent, shimmering blue light.

A cold sensation traveled up from his fingertips.

As he stroked the object, Su Ye couldn’t help but feel a sense of absurdity, as if time were flowing backward.

Because this faint blue object that had dropped from the monster’s body...

was, shockingly...

"Sea Successor Remains...?"

Su Ye’s expression froze, a mix of complex emotions showing on his face.

He let out a self-deprecating chuckle. "I remember... the first piece of Sea Successor Remains I ever obtained was also from the body of a corpse monster... What is this?"

"The Ring of Destiny?"

"Hooo..."

Shaking his head, he cleared his mind of stray thoughts.

Su Ye’s eyes shifted as he examined the Sea Successor Remains.

He was all too familiar with this strange item.

The Ghostly Flood Dragon’s first promotion had relied on this very thing to achieve a perfect advancement.

His second-tier class, Pastor of the Sea, had also used it as the necessary item for the class change.

Even now,

Su Ye’s divine seed was also closely related to it.

One could say that the abilities of the Old God lineage, including the Divine Blood and Quasi-Techniques, occupied a significant portion of his current combat system!

Of course, Su Ye was also extremely wary of it!

For instance, he had always kept his distance from the suspected location of the Sea Successor Divine Kingdom within the Dongning Sea Region.

After merging the three keys, Su Ye had become unwilling to even set foot in the Dongning Sea Region!

...

"But..."

’After falling into the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom...’

’The very first creature I encounter has Sea Successor Remains inside it...’

’Is this... a coincidence?’

"Heh..."

Staring at the Sea Successor Remains, a cold sneer touched Su Ye’s lips.

He had never been one to believe in coincidences or chance.

’They plotted in the shadows to trap me in this Divine Kingdom.’

’And now they deliberately deliver this piece of Sea Successor Remains right to me.’

’God of Mist Forest.’

’Your intentions are truly malicious...’

Su Ye’s expression shifted, his eyes flickering.

He even suspected that the gods like Eternal Hunt and Cyan Rong who had come to ambush him might have been incited, or perhaps induced, by the God of Mist Forest.

’What’s the purpose of such an interconnected plot...?’

Su Ye’s pupils narrowed as he stared at the Sea Successor Remains.

This piece of Sea Successor Remains was clearly different from the ones he had obtained before!

It wasn’t its size.

This piece of Sea Successor Remains wasn’t exaggeratedly large, only about the size of a fist.

In terms of volume, it was far smaller than the giant Sea Successor Remains he had acquired from the body of the White Whale Demon King.

However, this piece of remains seemed to contain some kind of extremely condensed and settled life force!

Its vitality was so strong it was rarely seen in the world!

"Hooo..."

Su Ye took a deep breath.

The vitality within the remains triggered a resonance within him.

Su Ye’s heart began to beat faster, and the faint blue Divine Blood in his veins seethed with activity!

A strange sound, like the surging of ocean waves, faintly echoed in his ears, and at the same time, numerous illusions appeared before his eyes!

Moreover...

GULP.

His throat moved as he swallowed.

Staring at the remains, an intense feeling of hunger rose within him!

"Eat!"

"Devour it!"

Incredibly greedy, incredibly hungry!

Furthermore, Su Ye could tell.

This wasn’t some external bewitchment or a bizarre Illusion Technique; rather... it was the most primal craving of his own body!

It was like a newly hatched dragon whose first instinct is to devour the fragments of its own eggshell.

Su Ye’s spiritual senses gave him a premonition; he was almost certain that this piece of Sea Successor Remains contained a substance that would be of immense benefit to him!

At this very moment,

facing this piece of Sea Successor Remains,

every cell in Su Ye’s body seemed to yearn for it.

It was as if thousands upon thousands of versions of himself were desperately urging him to devour this piece of Sea Successor Remains!

"Hrmm..."

After a long moment of contemplation,

Su Ye frowned slightly and suppressed the temptation.

Then, with a flash of light from his Storage Ring, he put the Sea Successor Remains away.

With the source of the temptation gone,

the intense hunger that had washed over his heart like a tide finally began to recede.

"Hooo..."

’What powerful temptation...’

’Good, I managed to resist it in the end.’

Su Ye’s eyes narrowed, a sense of alarm dawning on him.

Just a moment ago, after putting away the Sea Successor Remains,

he had felt an impulse to take it out again!

This was enough to show

how incredibly difficult it was to resist this instinctual temptation.

It was only because it was Su Ye, who had tempered his mind through decades of arduous cultivation, that he could resist.

Had it been someone with a weaker will, the Sea Successor Remains would have likely already been consumed, melting in their mouth.

’After all, this piece of Sea Successor Remains isn’t harmful in itself.’

’For someone like me, who possesses the blood of an Old God, it’s even a treasure of heaven and earth.’

’The willpower required to resist this temptation is truly no small amount...’

Su Ye mused to himself.

However, this piece of Sea Successor Remains reeked too strongly of conspiracy.

No matter how much he craved it, Su Ye would force himself to resist such an obvious ploy.

’Otherwise, that would be too stupid.’

’Do they really take me for one of those protagonists in a third-rate horror movie who just has to touch everything?’

Su Ye grumbled internally.

"However..."

He paused.

A profound look appeared in his eyes.

’If I were the mastermind behind this, before sending this piece of Sea Successor Remains, I would definitely consider the possibility that the recipient would have a strong will and refuse to consume it... ’

’So... what does *It* plan to do?’

Su Ye subconsciously gazed into the distance.

"God of Mist Forest... what are you scheming?"

...

「Giant Stone City Ruins.」

Within a courtyard.

"Heh..."

"Such a wary little fellow."

"I’m actually helping you!"

"If this [Old God Heart Core] had appeared in ancient times..."

"even a mere fragment would have been enough to cause a pile of unascended Sea Successors to kill each other for it."

"And now, I’m giving this generous gift away for free, only to be met with such suspicion from a junior... People aren’t what they used to be. I suppose that’s just another facet of this age of decline, isn’t it?"

The gray-robed old man leaned back in his wicker chair, sighing to himself.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the boundless Thick Fog Forest Sea, watching Su Ye’s every move!

Within this Divine Kingdom, any being capable of such a feat, even if not the God of Mist Forest himself, had to be inextricably linked to him!

After observing Su Ye for a while,

the old man made an assessment.

’A wary little fellow like this probably won’t consume the [Old God Heart Core] on his own unless he’s forced to...’

"But, it doesn’t matter."

The gray-robed old man’s eyes narrowed, a sly glint, like that of an old fox, appearing within them.

"Within this Divine Kingdom..."

"It’s not up to you!"

"But before that, let’s give him the things he’s supposed to get..."

Lines of light flickered in the gray-robed old man’s eyes.

HUMMM.

Within the Fog Forest, several malformed, wandering creatures seemed to receive a command.

Unbeknownst to them, they began to close in on Su Ye’s position!

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