Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 463 The Ultimate Delight of Eating
In fact, Du Yi was indeed frozen.

However, the freezing period did not last long, only a brief moment. After all, as a cold-blooded animal, Du Yi knew his weakness—he was not afraid of heat, but he was very afraid of cold. Not to mention freezing, the surface environment alone was enough to make Du Yi's whole body stiff.

Therefore, Du Yi made ample preparations before plunging into the ground.

Du Yi swallowed a large amount of food, which turned into thick fat. This nutrition became Du Yi's greatest weapon against the cold. Of course, this alone was not enough, so Du Yi made another preparation.

Before even reaching the surface, he had already placed the eagle-headed sun god, which had been crushed into thin slices, in his mouth.

Although Du Yi only pressed the thin slice of the eagle-headed sun god under his tongue to prevent it from being digested, the abundant heat was still enough to keep him warm. This directly caused the icy cold that almost froze him to disappear completely after only a short moment.

But this gave Du Yi a different idea, so he pretended that he was frozen and stood there motionless for a long time.

But who would have thought that he would actually be lured out something?

When the strange egg entered his mouth, Du Yi suddenly felt that some power that should have belonged to him had suddenly returned—of course, strictly speaking, this should belong to the power of the Four Gods, but now that the Four Gods had surrendered, their power naturally became his power as well.

After the power of the Four Gods completed its final restoration, the final digestion process began.

All the power poured into Du Yi's stomach, turning it into a huge furnace. The four forces clashed and merged with each other, even evolving into a new force.

So even after opening his eyes, Du Yi remained motionless, quietly processing what he had just learned.

As for the Ignivas around them...

He never took it seriously.

Just as he had treated these Ignivas long ago, he was treating them the same way now.

From the beginning, he did not believe that these Ignivas could harm him, and the two sides were always clearly separated.

However, the Ignivas clearly didn't think that way. As soon as Du Yi opened his eyes, they frantically lit flames—although the flames were filled with anger and hatred, Du Yi could still sense that they were actually filled with terror.

The Ignivas were filled with fear, and the fiercer the flames, the more intense the fear they contained. Du Yi could even clearly sense the trembling of the Ignivas.

Yes, trembling.

The Ignivas were unaware of this; with their hands clasped together, they felt as if they were channeling some powerful force—but their clasped hands were trembling involuntarily, so much so that even the flames flickered.

The weaker you are, the more you need to prove your strength.

True strength lies in not needing to prove oneself.

However, it is clear that these Ignivas are unaware of this at the moment; they are still immersed in their hatred for the savage behemoth—although no matter how you look at it, there is no hatred between them, these Ignivas still firmly believe it.

This is more than just simple brainwashing; these Ignivas people also need something to prove their strength.

Otherwise, they would remain that weak, ignorant, and primitive race. So this time, they used fire.

Since the power they had prepared was useless, they decided to use their own power. This put them at ease, or rather, it was something they had to do—use their own power to defeat the giant serpent they had once worshipped, so that they could prove that they had become strong enough.

But how could that be possible?

Du Yi didn't even care, letting the flames bombard him. He knew that even before he had fully digested the Four Gods, such attacks were insignificant to him, let alone after he had completely digested them.

But Du Yi didn't pay attention to the actions of these Ignivas. He just watched them do these futile things. Seeing the Ignivas waving flames, Du Yi even felt a little pity.

Perhaps compared to the Ignivas he remembered from back then, these new generation of Ignivas who wield black flames are indeed far more powerful. Their power is enough to burn mountains and boil seas, and even destroy a civilization.

But compared to their ancestors, they always seemed to lack something, the most crucial thing.

It's like a toddler holding a dangerous handgun. This does give the toddler the ability to easily kill an adult, but a toddler is still a toddler. Even if he knows how to pull the trigger, he doesn't know where to point the gun or when to fire the bullet.

"How come they're getting more and more backward as they get older?"

Du Yi shook his head.

This further enraged the Ignivas.

In their eyes, this was the giant serpent's contempt for them, its disregard for their power, and even for them themselves—so they launched another attack, round after round, until the black flames completely enveloped the giant serpent.

This made Du Yi sigh.

"enough."

The enormous serpent opened its mouth.

The spreading black flames were all swallowed by the snake's mouth. The flames, which were originally invisible, seemed to have become tangible at this moment. They were sucked to the snake's mouth, then torn apart and swallowed.

This is the new approach Du Yi found after referencing the life forms of the Seed of Creation.

The Seed of Creation can remove toxins from food, leaving only the purest energy to condense into fruit. This gave Du Yi considerable inspiration and even made him understand eating more deeply. Since food itself means a source of heat, is it possible for him to directly devour the heat itself?
As it turned out, it worked, at least for him; the flames of those Ignivas were also heat, and this heat was the best supplement for him.

As the pure heat flowed into his body, Du Yi felt increasingly warm.

This made him subconsciously raise his head and look into the distant void.

These Ignivas were never the key, a fact that Du Yi knew from the beginning.

So, now it's time to deal with the crucial one.

(End of this chapter)