Chapter 3003

Chi didn't make a sound either, grabbing the remains of the Jindu Holy Mother and gnawing on them again, just like eating bursting sweet treats, finishing them clean in a few bites, and still licking his fingers with unsatisfied relish.

In just a few breaths, the Jindu Holy Mother was buried in the Five Viscera Temple of later generations, disappearing from the world without a trace.

Matricide and then devouring the mother — this shocking scene took place on a desolate beach, with only a handful of witnesses: General Hong, Xi Yunhe, and a few others. After eating, the devourer-abuser shook out his robes. This robe was also a precious magical artifact with self-cleaning ability; the master just shook it a couple of times, and the bloodstains and filth on the robe were removed, leaving it spotless as new.

In the blink of an eye, the devourer-abuser turned back into Shuangye's appearance.

He cast a cleansing spell on himself, straightened his sleeves, and became a dashing Young Master once more. But his appearance had changed directly from thirteen or fourteen years old to around twenty, young and handsome.

The brutal horror everyone had witnessed earlier seemed like an illusion.

"Many thanks." Shuangye saluted General Hong, his expression very sincere, "If not for General Hong's intervention, my arrangements might not have broken through the contingency left by the Lingxu Holy Venerable."

Including the Jindu Holy Mother, this operation of his targeted four Heavenly Gods — and under the premise that he had turned back into an infant with absolutely no power to resist.

The divine abilities of the Jindu Holy Mother after her advancement were not weak at all, far surpassing before.

General Hong asked him: "Your own brain core, did it explode?"

Shuangye nodded: "When the Jindu Holy Mother died, the blood contract took effect automatically, ruining my brain core. Fortunately, I had replicated all my memories and power into another devourer-abuser's brain core."

The other devourer-abuser brain core came from Cang Yan; back then, the Nine Nether Great Emperor had tacitly allowed him to take it.

This was also the key to his operation's success. Because from ancient times to now, only two devourer-abusers had ever been born in the world; his chance was one and only one. The other devourer-abuser brain core, he had carefully nurtured for three years, and finally the pairing succeeded, fully assimilated.

Previously Shuangye had planned many schemes, but facing the innate blood contract between the Jindu Holy Mother and himself, none gave him much confidence.

This blood contract was too powerful. He had originally thought that one day his cultivation would surpass the Jindu Ghost Mother, and he could break free of this bondage. But reality was too cruel.

For the sake of certainty, he could only find another way.

After killing the Jindu Holy Mother, he immediately suffered backlash from the mother-child blood contract, his own brain core cracking and ruined on the spot.

As General Hong, Xi Yunhe, and the others witnessed, the devourer-abuser was already brain-dead at that time.

This also counted as a tragic mutual destruction.

But after this, the other devourer-abuser brain core's associative link activated, and it soon took over control of the devourer-abuser's body.

So Shuangye returned, just with a different brain core.

General Hong was also somewhat curious: "Devouring the Jindu Holy Mother, what benefit does it have for you?"

Shuangye closed his eyes to sense for a moment, then said: "The devourer-abuser's state of eating heartily and gaining great nourishment can be extended to thirty-nine days."

He had only instinctively known before that eating the Jindu Holy Mother would benefit him, but didn't know the boost would be this large.

General Hong clapped his hands: "Good, good, truly heaven-defying. This extra buff state of yours, you got it at just the right time."

Xi Yunhe and the others standing to the side simply couldn't understand.

They had already exhausted their abilities; all the supplies they could gather for the devourer-abuser were in their storage rings. Even if the eating BUFF duration could be extended by nearly thirty more days, they couldn't find that many ingredients.

Why did General Hong and National Preceptor Shuangye both think it was "heaven-defying"?

National Preceptor Shuangye observed all around, and had long seen their confusion, but wouldn't explain.

Actually he preferred fresh ingredients. The extension of the buff duration would help him hunt fresher, more vigorous, more energy-rich prey. Especially at this current juncture.

"But there's also one drawback." Shuangye added, "My appearance is now fixed; I can no longer change endlessly."

The devourer-abuser was originally a shapeshifting monster, able to assume other people's appearances, very convenient for going out on missions.

General Hong pointed at his face: "Can only produce this face now?"

"Yes." Shuangye touched his own face. Truly bad news; fortunately he had pre-customized his face well, done in one step. Otherwise if this face couldn't be changed, he would be very regretful.

However, he still had a few masks he could use.

Just a few.

General Hong laughed: "Truly good news."

After the devourer-abuser restarted and activated gluttony mode, his power growth had no upper limit; who knows how heaven-defying it will be in the end.

If he could still change endlessly, that would be truly terrifying.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao has its own checks and balances.

General Hong took out a storage bag and handed it to him:

"From Nine Nether."

Shuangye received it, his divine sense probing inside, and his expression changed instantly:

"This is!"

"Over these years, the divine tombs and immortal mansions Cang Yan excavated, and the great demons he killed, are not few in number. Because Dong Rui's demon puppet laboratory had needs, Cang Yan also often scavenged these things. Nine Nether said, perhaps you have need of them."

Inside the storage bag were the ingredients Nine Nether gave to Shuangyer — more refined, more numerous, better.

Shuangye was silent for a few breaths, then said in a deep voice: "Please convey my gratitude to Nine Nether. Charcoal in the snow — I've recorded this debt."

He had originally only asked Nine Nether to borrow a divine artifact, never expecting the other party to be so generous. This gluttony BUFF window period was too important to him; Nine Nether not only didn't mind that he was an enemy state's National Preceptor, but even helped him increase his cultivation.

This bond, he absolutely owed.

General Hong smiled faintly. This was He Lingchuan's way of doing things; for those who truly needed help, if the other party only needed five parts of assistance, He Lingchuan would give him ten parts.

Far exceeding the other's expectations, only then would the other be truly grateful.

This is called: helping someone, you must help them to the end.

"Having eaten the Jindu Holy Mother, you won't be able to serve as the Beijia National Preceptor anymore, right?"

Shuangye gave an "mm": "Can't serve anymore."

The Jindu Holy Mother died, the Lingxu gods would think he was dead too; "Shuangye" thus vanished from the world, and the Qiugong National Preceptor would have to be replaced — if there's still a Qiugong in the future.

General Hong asked him: "What are your plans after this?"

National Preceptor Shuangye laughed carefreely: "If I retire from now on and never meddle in state affairs again, Nine Nether would have helped me for nothing."

"Nine Nether helped you simply because he wanted to. What you want to do later is your own business; we can't control it. This grand trend of the world won't change because of one person's staying or leaving either." General Hong said leisurely, "On the contrary, Beijia losing National Preceptor Shuangye is beneficial to everyone." This was also what the Nine Nether Great Emperor was happy to see. Shuangye had served as National Preceptor in Beijia for many years; his methods were smooth and his vision far-reaching. He was not only a deep-scheming politician but also had considerable insight into the art of warfare and technique. His withdrawal from this moment on, no longer serving the Lingxu gods, was a major boon for those few demon emperor factions' vassal demon states in Beijia, and for Cang Yan and Mou State alike.

Hearing this, Shuangye finally restrained his smile and said solemnly: "Your war, I definitely will not be absent."