Chapter 991: The Taste of a Succubus

Lei En immediately swallowed several more refined iron ingots, and the Pixel World expanded slightly.

"It really works!"

He was instantly delighted.

If space can be expanded without a Soul Diamond, countless energy can be saved, and the size of the Pixel World would no longer be an issue. Although he still didn't know how useful a larger Pixel World would be, a world entirely his own is certainly better the bigger it is!

Next, Lei En conducted a series of tests.

Metal, wood, food, gems and soil—any material he could swallow could be digested and converted into energy to enlarge the space.

However, regardless of what he ate, the converted energy was roughly the same.

Even when he devoured precious alchemical materials brimming with massive magical energy, it wasn't much better than eating dirt; the two were almost indistinguishable.

The expanded space was also extremely small.

In fact, when Lei En went to the wilderness of the Gamma Lan Plain and quietly ate several tons of soil, it only enlarged the pixel space by a few dozen cubic centimeters.

Such a low conversion rate felt like a bucket of ice water poured over his head.

"Did I eat the wrong stuff?"

Lei En returned to the Star Destroyer, feeling dissatisfied, and soon conceived a bold idea: instead of converting swallowed matter into energy, why not swallow energy directly? The Star Destroyer already had an abundant energy source, inexhaustible!

He hurriedly teleported into the core chamber of the Star Destroyer and drew energy from the Iola Core.

A moment later, Lei En emerged disappointed.

"Swallowing Elements can only ingest matter, not energy…" he said regretfully, shaking his head. "And the conversion process is irreversible."

"What a pity!"

"Otherwise, using the boundless energy of the Iola Core to expand space, turning the Pixel World into a true plane wouldn't be hard."

Lei En sighed deeply, his face showing hesitation, and realized there was something he hadn't swallowed yet.

That was corpses.

Inside the Star Cloud Ring there happened to be a dead Baro Flame Demon.

Boom!

Lei En took out the corpse of the Baro Flame Demon and slammed it onto the ground, producing a loud clang. Although the Baro Flame Demon was dead, its corpse still contained massive life force; the temperature on the bridge rose sharply, like a furnace.

Staring at the huge demon corpse, Lei En scratched his head, feeling it was hard to swallow.

First, the Baro Flame Demon was nearly ten meters tall, too big to fit; second, despite being a demon, it had been an intelligent being in life, and eating it was psychologically hard to accept.

After lingering for a long while, Lei En finally gritted his teeth.

"Dammit, eat!"

He teleported the Baro Flame Demon's corpse to the hangar, but didn't start eating immediately; instead he forged a titanium holy sword and cut off the two massive horns on its head.

The Baro Flame Demon was a treasure trove.

The most valuable part was the Flame Demon Horn, a rare fire‑type alchemical material; then its skin and heart, its claws and wings, were all highly valuable.

Several Thundercast Celestial Soldiers entered the hangar and began working together, skinning, bloodletting, gutting, and quickly dismembering the Baro Flame Demon, turning it into a blood‑soaked corpse, leaving only muscle and bone, blood flooding the ground, resembling a gruesome sacrificial ritual.

Lei En took a deep breath.

With a thought, his body swelled to over thirty meters tall, his head nearly hitting the hangar ceiling.

Yet he still couldn't eat the Baro Flame Demon.

Lei En stared at the corpse on the ground for a few seconds, then suddenly opened his mouth; his normally normal mouth split rapidly, lips blooming like petals, his entire head deforming and softening, eyes, nose, ears disappearing, leaving only a terrifying huge mouth.

This mouth kept writhing open, and in an instant expanded dozens of times.

Lei En's body softened from the neck down, first the shoulders, then the chest, down to the waist, turning into a dark‑gold liquid metal that flowed upward, concentrating into the huge mouth above, providing sufficient tissue structure for it.

He bent down, the giant mouth bit the Baro Flame Demon, and streams of liquid metal spread, enveloping the corpse.

Soon, the Baro Flame Demon's corpse was completely covered by liquid metal.

Lei En was left with only half of his body still humanoid.

Crack crack…

The metallic giant mouth contracted forcefully, a chewing sound emanated from within, its volume shrank rapidly, and after a dozen seconds it returned to normal.

"Hic…"

Lei En reverted to his normal size and, unable to control himself, let out a belch.

He spat, his face looking terrible. The Baro Flame Demon tasted awful—hard and scorching, like chewing red‑hot stone, with little flavor.

"Fortunately, as long as it reaches the mouth it can be swallowed directly, no need to actually get into the stomach."

Lei En felt relieved inwardly.

The next second, a massive surge of energy burst from his esophagus, far exceeding the sum of all previous food, and multiplied by an unknown factor! He quickly guided the energy into his soul space, passing through the World Tree root portal into the Pixel World.

Instantly, the Pixel World expanded rapidly.

In front of Lei En, the space of the Pixel World appeared, expanding at a visible speed like a balloon, inflating outward in every direction.

Cubic blocks of space materialized out of thin air one after another.

A few minutes later, when the consumed energy was exhausted, the volume of the Pixel World doubled, exceeding two thousand cubic meters!

Lei En was both shocked and delighted.

It turned out that true "swallowing" should consume things with life force, not inorganic matter like metal and dirt; using the concept from past lives, it's the distinction between organic and inorganic.

The energy conversion rates differed by several hundred times or more!

"Swallowing living beings…"

Lei En muttered, "Mobile phones harvest souls, now even corpses aren't spared, damn, even a dark god can't be as ruthless as me!"

Some dark gods only need souls, some only need flesh.

But I need them all!

The crucial point is that I still use 'eating' as the method, making me even more terrifying than the dark gods.

Lei En himself could barely endure, thought for a long while, then shook his head and muttered: "Fine, expanding the Pixel World will have to wait a bit; after all, two thousand cubic meters is enough. At worst, kill more demons to harvest power, and use Soul Diamond to enlarge it."

Moreover, the demons' corpses still need to be used to grow black soul mushrooms.

In the following days, Lei En spent his time on the Star Destroyer researching the Pixel World, familiarizing himself with the workbench's operations, and also figured out some recipes.

"Synthesis," "Enchant," and "Refine Medicine" are the three relatively simple functions.

Copying existing recipes, just place the corresponding materials into the workbench; the success rate is near 100%. The weapons and equipment synthesized are the same as in the real world, enchant effects and refined magic pills are no different, fully usable.

And it doesn't consume Soul Diamond.

Storm Armor, Lambo's Gun, Bolt Gun, Energy Burst Gun, Rocket Launcher, Grenade, Black Soul Mushroom potion—whether they carry supernatural power or are former‑world firearms, all can be synthesized with extremely high efficiency, saving countless efforts for Thundercast Celestial Soldiers.

If you synthesize unknown items, you have to explore slowly; the success rate is lower, and you must add Soul Diamond to guarantee success.

"Enhance" is the hardest; the higher the quality of the item being enhanced, the lower the success rate.

Lei En tried over a hundred times.

But only succeeded a scant five or six times, and the successfully enhanced items were all below Legend Grade, clearly because the correct recipe wasn't found and the materials were wrong.

The "Disassemble" function is the simplest: it breaks the finished product placed on the workbench back into raw materials.

After these tests, Lei En believes the workbench's most important functions are "Synthesis" and "Enhance," which have huge potential; once the recipes and materials are discovered, Legend Grade weapons and equipment can be forged. Enhancing Legend Grade magical items can go even further, possibly rivaling artifacts!

But this is a long‑term task, requiring gradual accumulation of experience and recipe discovery.

It may take many years before results appear.

Lei En has already lost interest in magical items below Legend Grade, but to forge Legend Grade weapons and enhance them, Legend Grade materials are needed.

Such high‑quality materials are extremely rare; even money can't buy them.

Fortunately, he isn't in a hurry.

While researching the workbench, Lei En transferred the contents of the Nebula Ring into the Pixel World, using it as a portable space.

He also modified it with ordinary building materials, turning the Pixel World into a mechanized factory.

The process was much like playing a game, quite fun.

"I couldn't play Minecraft in my past life; this time I finally get to use it," Lei En said while remodeling the Pixel World, a smile appearing on his face, "and it's a True Person version."

Until Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya called, he returned to the Star Destroyer.

"Lei En."

The Succubus, radiant, reported: "Gamma Lan Plain has restored order; all demons are under my rule. I have eliminated all disobedient demons; on this territory there remain a total of four million demon troops, serving only me as their master."

Lei En nodded; he already knew everything Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya had done these past days.

Four million demon army!

Even if most of those millions are low‑level, the proportion of Mid‑stage demons is less than one‑tenth, and high‑rank elite demons are even fewer, about fifty thousand, yet it is still a force unimaginable to ordinary mortals of the Prime Material Plane!

And these are only the demons of Gamma Lan Plain.

Gamma Lan Plain covers only about five percent of the entire Misty Mountain Range plane; demons on the western‑side plains of the Misty Mountains are even denser, with a total estimated to exceed one hundred million!

"The next step is to march into the Frogg Basin," Lei En said.

"Yes!"

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya's eyes brightened, as if she could hardly wait.

The Frogg Basin is the most essential region of the Misty Mountain Range, about five times the area of Gamma Lan Plain, with more complex forces, more demon lords, and stronger ones; conquering this area is extremely difficult, but she is confident she can accomplish it.

That confidence comes from Lei En and the Dark Angel Legion!

"I plan to take five years to capture the Frogg Basin, at most ten years."

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya said confidently: "Once the Frogg Basin is conquered, my demon army can expand to at least twenty million, pushing southward; no demon can block my offensive."

"If everything goes smoothly."

"Within twenty years I will conquer the entire Misty Mountain Range and ascend to Abyssal Lord!"

The Succubus could barely contain her excitement, as if she already saw herself performing the sacrificial ceremony, becoming an Abyssal Lord.

She was excited about gaining great power.

But she was even happier that she could use this power to help Lei En, eliminate more demons and evil, and enact her own justice!

"Go ahead and do it."

"But remember, you yourself are the most important; your life safety comes first, it is the premise of all plans." Lei En earnestly reminded, "If necessary, the Dark Angel Legion can also be abandoned; you must stay alive for me."

Light flickered in Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya's eyes as she whispered, "Hmm, I understand."

"Everything I have belongs to you."

The Succubus whispered, then suddenly seemed to make a decision, stood up, removed her armor, even stripped off the tight‑fitting undergarments, fully displaying her stunningly beautiful body before Lei En, making his eyes stare straight ahead.

"What are you doing?" Lei En asked with a smile.

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya's face flushed red, struggling against her shyness, boldly replied: "I want to truly merge with you, Lei En, don't you want me?"

She unleashed her normally restrained "Charm" talent completely, a pair of dark‑red bat wings spread behind her, a long sleek tail hung down, every movement, every smile, exuded infinite temptation.

Lei En immediately reacted.

Even though he has True Person Willpower, the Succubus shows no hostility, and his masculine instinct quickened his breathing.

"Hehe…"

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya let out a coquettish laugh, stepped onto the bridge seat with both hooves, Lei En sat there, and she sat on Lei En's leg. A surprising elastic touch came, intoxicating scent drifted into his nose, provoking the most primal impulse.

The Succubus sat in Lei En's lap, lifted her head and offered a fragrant kiss.

"Mmm…"

"Master, love me."

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya's red lips whispered a bone‑crushing, soul‑devouring murmur; Lei En could no longer hold back, and he wrapped his arms tightly around the beauty in his arms.

After a long while.

Lei En still sat on the bridge seat, cradling the limp, mud‑like Succubus in his arms; her exquisitely beautiful face was full of satisfaction and joy.

The succubus's taste is really good!

Lei En felt admiration in his heart.

However, succubi are also extremely dangerous; even though Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya tried hard to control her instincts, she still siphoned a large amount of life essence from me. Moreover, she is a succubus lord, and the "Life‑Siphoning Kiss" is stronger than that of ordinary succubi; when used on others, it has already sucked them dry.

My body is harder than steel and even has a Soul Energy Pool, so I simply opened myself up and let her draw.

Ai Luo Ti Xi Ya hadn't expected this benefit and instantly felt regret, regretting why she hadn't offered herself earlier and missed many opportunities for strengthening.

After a fierce battle, the succubus's power surged.

And Lei En experienced an unprecedented delight; the taste within was truly indescribable.

Anyway, it's not a waste!

(End of Chapter)