As an ancient Netherworld Seed that had fallen on the land of the Celestial Kingdom, the most useful skill that Zebra had learned was not some earth-shattering magic, but a way to save his life.
To be specific, he would never put all his eggs in the same basket. Therefore, when he was in the Illusory Trial of the Celestial Kingdom, he had more than one host.
Tian Luoming, the leader of the Yin Family, Tien Raffa, and the other great masters of the Celestial Kingdom were good, but the Taotie Incarnation of the Nine Sons of the Dragon that Gu Han had displayed had also made Zebra's eyes light up. This kind of magic that could devour everything to nourish itself did not eat Zebra's incarnation, but it was a great magic through and through. Moreover, it was very compatible with the attributes of Zebra's true body.
If he could use this magic to the extreme, it would not lose to his true body of Zebra.
Therefore, when Gu Han had tried to eat the Zebra incarnation of the Yin Family's leader, Zebra had taken a fancy to him. Zebra had left a mark in his body in case of any accidents.
However, at that time, in the eyes of the Spotted Demon, he was just a backup, which was at the level of a spare tire.
After all, compared to Gu Han, Tien Raffa was the one that he had his eyes on. The truth was just as Zebra had thought. After eating Tien Raffa, he had even revived his true body of Zebra.
However, what Zebra had never expected was that the last chief priest of the God of Mercury was so terrifying. When the seven starlights fell, even the combination of Tien Raffa and Zebra's true body was killed, destroyed, and turned into ashes.
In the end, Gu Han, who he had not paid much attention to, had survived and left the Tianluo Holy Kingdom's world to come to this brand new Great Thousand World.
Back in the Celestial Kingdom, Zebra could vaguely sense that something was wrong there.
However, it was not until Tien Raffa's true body was destroyed and the last trace of his consciousness escaped from that world through the seed he left behind that he realized that this was the real Boundless World, and the land of the Celestial Kingdom was already a withered flower of yesterday. No wonder he always felt uncomfortable there.
Very good, that's the way it should be.
Residing in Gu Han's body, the ancient Netherworld Seed looked at the bustling crowd around it. The world was filled with the aura of a large number of intelligent creatures. It breathed in intoxicatedly, and its dried up life force seemed to have recovered some vitality.
Those years in the Tian Luo Holy Empire, those days where he was on the brink of death had taught him one thing, and that was that living was better than anything else. As long as he was alive, everything was possible.
No matter how strong you were when you were alive, how strong your physical body was, and how many humans or other intelligent creatures you had eaten, you were nothing when you were dead.
As a member of the terrestrial species, Zebra's physical body was not the strongest, nor was his divine power the most terrifying. No matter which aspect it was, he was very average. However, he possessed a secret divine power that no one knew about — the Blackrock Original Spirit.
Unlike other Netherworld Seeds who would transform into various forms and fly away to find a chance to be reborn after death, Zebra, who could transform into the Blackrock Original Spirit, would not lose consciousness and fly away immediately after death. Instead, he could transform his life essence into an unfathomable and unobservable Original Spirit. This was also the source of his continuous revival.
However, this revival was not without a price.
Before every reincarnation, he had to choose a host and transform his Blackrock Original Spirit into a seed and plant it in the host's body. Only after eating the host would he be able to completely restore his true form of Zebra and retrieve all the power that belonged to the Netherworld Seed.
Out of the three times he was transferred in the Celestial Kingdom, only the last time, Tien Raffa met all the requirements and restored his true form of Zebra.
Unfortunately, the opponent he met that time was too strong. After seven rays of starlight fell, the true form of Zebra that he had painstakingly restored was completely destroyed. Only a trace of Original Spirit escaped and returned to the body of Gu Han that he had marked.
Because of the multiple transfers, his Blackrock Original Spirit was also greatly damaged. He might not be able to transfer it again within a hundred years.
Therefore, when Gu Han was giving up on himself for his failure, Zebra finally spoke to the number one genius of the North Sea who thought that he had a talent that was not recognized.
"Young man, do you want power?"
Just like what he did in the Celestial Kingdom, Zebra had plenty of ways to make these ambitious but fragile young men fall into depravity. In the end, they would willingly be eaten by him and become sacrifices for his revival.
"You are Zebra?" Gu Han drank another mouthful of strong liquor. There was a flame of ambition burning in his eyes.
"That's right, I am Zebra, the Netherworld Seed in the eyes of you humans, the ancient, the present, the future, and the eternal terror." Zebra's deep voice echoed in Gu Han's ears, exuding an ancient and vicissitude aura.
There was no need to fake this, because he was a genuine Netherworld Seed. He had seen the stars move and was an ancient life form that had experienced countless times.
The years that he had lived were probably longer than the lifespans of many worlds. The number of intelligent life forms that he had eaten could be counted in the millions.
Moreover, he was different from his own kind that disdained to interact with food. He, who had never recovered his true body and was in a half-dead state, liked to make contracts with humans and bestow them with power.
He was like a shepherd that raised a flock of sheep. When the time was right, he would reap all the wool and eat all the fat lambs.
He had already played this game of food more than once in the Celestial Kingdom. Now that he had come to this real world, a new and more interesting game was about to begin.
"A Netherworld Seed … Haha …" Solitary Frost pressed a hand to his forehead, his pupils dilating. That was evidence of his excitement reaching its peak, as well as his extreme nervousness.
The Netherworld Seed was the greatest taboo of the Zhu Hai Mountain Range. It was an unknown species that had once plunged the Zhu Hai Mountain Range into endless terror.
In this era where bloodline sacred arts were constantly weakening, the Netherworld Seed, whose sacred arts had never weakened, was the greatest mystery of the entire Zhu Hai Mountain Range.
As a result, every once in a while, there would be people who would commit a heinous crime and release a few Netherworld Seeds from the Netherworld Moon Sea that had been completely sealed by the immortal art formation in an attempt to research the secrets of the Netherworld Seed's strength.
Right now, there was a Netherworld Seed in his body?
This Netherworld Seed wanted to make some kind of deal with him and give him power?
To do it, or not to do it?
"Gulp!" Gu Han gulped down another large mouthful of strong alcohol. His cheeks were burning red from the heat.
He recalled how high-spirited he was when he had just arrived at the Azure Dragon Academy's examination venue. He was in high spirits. He had hidden his strongest mystical ability and was full of confidence that he could soar into the sky in the final examination and suppress everyone.
However, he had lost. He hadn't only lost to one person. He had lost to seven people. The seven people who were hailed as the "Legendary Generation".
Liu, Xuanyuan Jianying, Qingqiu Jiuyue, Hades Huang Quan, Dao Wu Yuan, Zhu Huo, and Mei Xue. In everyone's eyes, he was only the shadow of these seven people.
"Half of the Legendary Generation". To others, this might be a supreme glory. However, to him, who had once thought that he was the True Dragon's son, who was destined by the heavens in this era, it was a great shame and humiliation.
He, who had been holding his breath, was prepared to fight his way back in the second stage of the illusory realm trial. However, he had a bad start at the beginning. He had brushed past the Ice Phoenix feather that was right in front of him. Then, he had suffered an attack from the Heavenly Disaster in the illusory realm trial. In the end, he was even eaten by Zebra, who was also in the Celestial Kingdom's alliance camp. He had died before he could succeed.
Even though he had obtained a higher score than Xuanyuan Jianying in this illusory realm trial, this achievement was simply insignificant in front of the frightening scores of the top few. Not many people even mentioned his score. Even Xuanyuan Jianying, who was behind him, received more attention than him.
Qingqiu Jiuyue and Hades Huang Quan — 3,000 points, tied for fourth place.
Zhu Huo — 3,001 points.
Liu — 5,000 points.
And the so-called commoner genius — Mei Xue — that he had never thought highly of and disdained.
Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine points.
Ahahaha, ridiculous, how ridiculous. What kind of score was this? What kind of joke was this?
"Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine points?
That was originally my score! "Gu Han fiercely smashed his wine cup, his eyes turning red.
The others might not know, but how could he not know where that storm of ice and snow had come from? It was definitely not the work of any great expert. Instead, it had come from a supreme treasure of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range, a legendary item that had once been within his reach — the feather of the Ice Phoenix.
That's right, that Mei Xue must have obtained that Ice Phoenix feather in some way. Then, she used its power to destroy the million-strong army of the Celestial Kingdom. That was how she obtained that impossible 99,999 points.
And he, Gu Han, was once only one step away from that beautiful ice-blue feather, only one step.
If he had more points in the black market of the sea, if he succeeded in taking the beautiful girl who had obtained the Ice Phoenix feather to his side, then he could obtain these ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine points, shock the world, and become the most dazzling name on the Golden List Stone.
Everything, he was only one step away.
Everything, because of one person, a single wrong move, and the whole game would be lost.
"Mei Xue, that's not yours."
Gu Han swayed as he stood up and unsheathed his longsword. The sharp blade of his sword reflected a malevolent look of unwillingness in his eyes.
It would have been fine if he was simply not as skilled as the other person. But now that he knew the truth behind Mei Xue's 99,999 points, how could he swallow this anger?
In his imagination, he could even clearly imagine the scene of the mysterious girl with a graceful figure and clear eyes handing the legendary Ice Phoenix feather to Mei Xue. Without her favor, how could Mei Xue, who was born as a commoner, obtain such an impossible score of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine points?
That mysterious girl's affection, the huge value she represented, and even herself, should belong to him. He did not want to hand her over to anyone else!
In his eyes, that was the only girl he had met who could attract him and make his blood boil. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was love at first sight.
Only that mysterious and powerful girl, who came and went like the wind, was worthy of him, the True Dragon Son of Heaven, who possessed the divine abilities of the Nine Sons of the Dragon. Perhaps he would have other concubines in the future, but the highest position in his kingdom would definitely belong to her, to the mysterious and beautiful her.
Gradually, this gaze overlapped with the gaze of a monster with a sharp horn and a pitch-black armor covering its entire body from its tail to its back.
Gu Han saw it, he saw Zebra's true appearance.
Zebra also saw it, saw the heart of the number one genius of the North Sea, who looked incomparably sharp on the outside but had such a fragile heart.
It was a sweet arrogance, self-confidence, jealousy, and the sound of the ancient bloodline flowing within this body. To the Netherworld Seed, this kind of intense emotion was the most delicious seasoning for all intelligent beings.
This was a genius similar to Tien Raffa, but with more intense emotions. As the son of Heaven's Net, Tien Raffa easily had everything after he was born. Therefore, apart from manipulating the fate of the Celestial Kingdom, he didn't care much about anything else.
But Gu Han was different. He was born poor, yet he relied on his own strength to become stronger and pursue what he wanted. As a result, he had stronger desires and more things he wanted.
Power, women, strength, fame, wealth, Gu Han wanted everything and was unwilling to let go of anything. It was such a strong obsession that allowed him to surpass himself and become stronger, giving birth to a belief that belonged only to him – he was the chosen one, the True Dragon Son of Heaven.
With the support of this belief, there was nothing that Gu Han couldn't do, and there was nothing that Gu Han didn't dare to do, even if it was to make a deal with the legendary Netherworld Seed, even if it was to set foot in an unknown territory that countless Immortal Warlocks feared.
Because he was Gu Han, the protagonist of this era.
"Speak, what do you want!"
Although he had made up his mind, but Gu Han wasn't an idiot. He knew that in order to get something, he had to pay a price. This was the basis of all contracts.
"I need a lot of flesh and blood, a lot of them. Humans are the best, but others are also fine. Your devour magic is very compatible with mine. I need you to devour as much flesh and blood as possible in the shortest time possible."
Zebra didn't intend to falsify the conditions of the contract. He directly told Gu Han what he needed the most right now. This was the reason why he chose Zebra as a spare tire.
Not everyone could be like Tian Luo Fan, who could directly extract the power of the Earth Vein to obtain the power of the heavens. In the entire history of the Tian Luo Holy Empire, only Tian Luo Fan was able to use the Earth Vein Spiritual Divine Ability to such an extent.
Since he didn't have the supreme realm of earthveins magic to obtain power, Zebra could only take a step back and let Gu Han, who had the ability to devour flesh and blood, replenish his power.
"The more flesh and blood you devour, the more power I can give you."
After throwing out the conditions, the Motley Demons did not forget to give Solitary Frost a sweet date, so that he would have enough motivation to do it.
"Alright!"
Because he was jealous of Mei Xue, Gu Han agreed to Zebra's request without hesitation. Wasn't it just devouring flesh and blood? In the Blue Dragon Mountain Range, Blue Dragon College was watching over him, so he couldn't act rashly. However, it was different in the sea. There were many creatures with abundant qi and blood.
Ordinary people didn't dare to go into the sea, but who was he? He was the Son of Heaven, Gu Han, who had the nine sons of the dragon. For him, the sea was another territory. As long as he didn't encounter things like the Netherworld Seed, he could freely move around the entire sea and mountain range.
He was the man who would become the King of the Seven Seas, the pioneer of the Grand Line in the future.
"Then, feel your new power."
Looking at the fish taking the bait, the corners of Zebra's mouth slowly cracked, as if recalling the sweet taste of Tien Raffa, the son of Heaven's Luo, not long ago.
With a thought, Gu Han's entire right hand began to be surrounded by countless black particles, eventually turning into a giant hand twice as thick as before.
He punched out, and the sharp whistling sound made Gu Han's eyes lit up. The power of this hand had actually doubled.
And this wasn't the end. As Gu Han's body shook, countless dragon scale-like lines began to appear on the surface of his black arm. This was the evolution of his nine sons of the dragon.
"Oh, this is my Kirin Arm!" The fingers of Gu Han's right hand kept rubbing, feeling the infinite power.
This feeling of being full of power was really wonderful!
Gu Han jumped down from the restaurant and began to run towards the sunset, for his youth began to burn.
"Uh, that seems to be that person from the North Sea."
Zhu Huo, who was next door, said vaguely while biting the meaty pork knuckle while looking at the figure of the youth running under the sunset.
"The one who can change, who is it?"
Liu, who was working hard with Zhu Huo to eliminate the food in order to develop her chest, glanced at him, but unfortunately, she couldn't remember the name at all.
"It's Gu Han, a very strong person." Mei Xue was the only one who remembered the name of the number one prodigy of the North Sea.
This was because he had personally beaten this number one prodigy of the North Sea into a bloody mess, and his spine must have been broken. However, a few days later, he found out that this person entered the examination hall as if nothing had happened, which made him quite surprised.
As expected, one couldn't underestimate the heroes of the world. It was said that the people of the North Sea believed in turtles, and they were very tough. This time, he had really seen it for himself.
(Xuanwu: I'm going to be angry, brat)
"Gulp!"
Zhu Huo happily drank a large cup of white wine. Her little face was already red, but there was no trace of drunkenness in her eyes. Instead, she drank more and more happily and excitedly.
Liu, who was sitting opposite her, was no exception. Even though she ate a large amount of food that Mei Xue couldn't believe, her stomach didn't swell at all. It looked like she wouldn't stop until she finished eating all the fish and meat in the restaurant.
"Oh, oh, oh. As expected of the number one prodigy, Liu. Can I call you sister from now on?"
Zhu Huo's eyes were filled with joy when she finally met a companion who had the same hobbies and appetite as her.
This fateful encounter made her believe that she had finally found her team.
Next, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Mercury God would become legends of Blue Dragon College. They would infiltrate the wilderness, dominate the mountains, and finally dominate the world. Then, they would eat whatever they wanted to eat, find trouble with whoever they wanted to find trouble with. They would punch the fierce tiger of the South Sea, and trample on the dragon of the North Sea.
Oh, hahahaha, this was what the Four Heavenly Kings should do.
"Okay, from now on, you are my sister."
Xiao Liu was quite fond of this simple-minded and passionate young girl from the Demon Race. Therefore, he very quickly and efficiently acknowledged this little sister from the Southern Sea Region as his family.
"Hehe, big brother, big sister, please take care of us from now on," Zhu Huo, who had successfully found a like-minded comrade in Blue Dragon College, waved her hand.
"Come, give me another portion of the menu. We, the Four Heavenly Kings, are going to conquer the world!"