Chapter 13: Soul-Seizing Pupil Upgrade!

Once the Strange Fruit matured, that peculiar fragrance drifted out involuntarily, constantly spreading in all directions.

At this moment, Lu Chuan, Xiaoqing, as well as Xiong Da and Xiong Er—the four fierce beasts—were all staring straight at the mature Strange Fruit, eyes unblinking.

Lu Chuan in particular was incredibly tempted; that alluring fruity aroma seemed like a feather plucking at his heartstrings, constantly provoking his nerves.

The next second, a figure shot toward the Strange Fruit, moving at extreme speed.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations to the host for a successful consumption, obtained 35 points of Evolution Value!"

"Ding!"

"Congratulations to the host for a successful consumption, obtained 34 points of Evolution Value!"

As the system's prompt sounded in his mind, Lu Chuan swallowed all the mature Strange Fruit directly; in an instant, a lingering fragrance remained on his lips and teeth, and the Strange Fruit felt like honey flowing down his throat into his belly, yet without the stickiness of honey.

At this time, Lu Chuan's mouth was full of the peculiar fruity scent, and waves of fresh flavor filled it, making him feel very refreshed.

Moreover, with this consumption, he had accumulated a full 150 points of Evolution Value, which could be called a bumper harvest.

"The Strange Fruit is truly worthy of being the Strange Fruit; it's much faster than hunting."

"Obtaining so much Evolution Value all at once is truly not bad."

Lu Chuan thought happily, and when his gaze fell upon Xiaoqing, he felt more and more that the other party had brought him good luck.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to upgrade the skill 【Soul-Seizing Pupil】; as his thoughts stirred slightly, these Evolution Value points were immediately allocated.

One must know that the Primary Soul-Sucking Pupil could only enslave three underlings at most, and this was already his limit, but who would ever complain about having too many underlings?

Furthermore, after tasting the sweetness of the Strange Fruit this time, he felt that things like hunting were just too weak; it was better to go find these opportunities naturally generated by heaven and earth to become strong quickly, and thus he wanted to obtain more Strange Fruit.

And if he were to search by himself, the efficiency would be too low; perhaps before he could find any, other beasts would have already consumed what might very well have been his own opportunity.

Therefore, Lu Chuan needed to subdue more underlings to help him expand his search range.

And he only needed to sit at the center and wait patiently.

"Hum—"

As his thoughts stirred, 100 points from the Evolution Value Lu Chuan had just obtained were added to the 【Primary Soul-Sucking Pupil】; in an instant, he felt a scorching heat breed upon his pupils, a sensation that made him feel very comfortable, and before long, he was immersed in it.

As time passed, one could see that Lu Chuan's pupils were emitting a deep blue light, flickering on and off, extremely eerie, as if some sort of major change was occurring.

He lay in ambush where he was, letting that scorching sensation increase the power of his pupils.

"Done."

It was unknown how much time had passed, but Lu Chuan sensed that the scorching sensation had dissipated, and the deep blue light in his eyes gradually faded, as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, he hurriedly checked the information panel and was shocked to discover that this upgraded Soul-Seizing Pupil could actually enslave ten beasts below the Awakening Stage at the same time, which made him feel very excited.

"Sure enough, this is the fastest way; now I don't have to worry."

"Big Brother, you are..."

Seeing Lu Chuan suddenly become extremely excited, even appearing somewhat manic, Xiaoqing and the others couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

Hearing the voice, it took Lu Chuan a while before he smiled and said to the three beasts, "It's nothing."

How could he possibly tell his underlings about such a secret? Therefore, Lu Chuan brushed them off with a few words, then raised his head to look ahead, his mood surging.

"With this, I can take in more underlings to help me do things."

"When the time comes, with one command, a beast legion will roar out—just thinking about it feels very exciting!" Thinking of this, he was in high spirits and looked toward Xiaoqing and the other three beasts.

"Let's go, we will continue to search in this area and strive to find the remaining beasts as soon as possible."

Since Lu Chuan had made his decision to subdue more underlings, he would not change his mind.

After resting briefly on the spot, he led Xiaoqing, Xiong Da, and Xiong Er out to find stronger beasts.

As they moved forward, Lu Chuan asked curiously: "Xiaoqing, do you know if there are any neighbors nearby? Those who might be able to beat you, or those who are about to catch up to you."

"If there are any, take me to see them now."

"And Xiong Da and Xiong Er, the same goes for you two!"

He knew that these three beasts originally had their own territories, especially Xiong Da and Xiong Er, who almost wandered all over the forest, and their territory range was very large.

Although this meant there were no strong ones within their own territories, they came into contact with many other beast territories and could basically encounter them.

"Hmm, at the very least, they must be Mortal Tier Late-stage existences like Xiaoqing, Xiong Da, and Xiong Er; anything lower in strength is useless and can only become our rations."

As Lu Chuan walked, he sized up the three underlings beside him and thought: "In this world, it has always been survival of the fittest, especially in this primeval forest; whoever has the bigger fist has the truth."

"There is no need to pity those weak guys just to recruit underlings."

"There were some before, but now they are gone."

Hearing these questions, Xiaoqing looked back at the place where the Strange Fruit grew, its expression strange: "Big Brother, you just ate all the relatively strong neighbors."

"At the very least, in this vicinity, there shouldn't be any existences similar to me left."

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan felt a little embarrassed.

However, seeing that Xiaoqing, Xiong Da, and Xiong Er all had indifferent expressions, he quickly adjusted himself and then said: "Then let's set off and find the strong beasts here as soon as possible."

"Roar—"

As soon as the words fell, a roar full of provocation erupted from the front.

Lu Chuan and the others raised their heads slightly and saw a goat over a zhang long with blood-red eyes staring fixedly at them.

Seeing this, he gave an order: "Xiaoqing, Xiong Da, Xiong Er, kill it!"

"Yes, Big Brother!"

The three beasts immediately rushed out like a gust of wind.

Although this goat that appeared suddenly had become a behemoth due to the influence of the Seven-Colored Light Rain and its aggression had become stronger, it was still a weakling compared to Lu Chuan and his group.

Bang! Bang!

Hearing only a few dull collision sounds, Xiong Da and Xiong Er stunned the goat with a single slap, causing it to stumble and retreat a few steps.

Before it could steady itself, Xiaoqing rushed forward, coiled tightly around it, and strangled it to death in no time.

"Big Brother!"

"Not bad, not bad."

As Lu Chuan devoured the goat carcass, he thought with great satisfaction: "In the future, I won't even need to do it myself when I need food!"

"Having a little brother is just great."

(End of chapter)