Hunting God Era

Chapter 96 Cat Mandrill
With the current level of talent, acquiring 100,000 martial arts skills shouldn't be too difficult, as most of them are at the intermediate or ordinary level, with the ordinary level accounting for 80%.

Li Ye could learn this level of martial arts simply by practicing. Although there were many techniques, they were all taught in a single sentence, without much complexity.

With an average length of one thousand words, 100,000 books would amount to one hundred million words. Li Ye read them like novels, practicing as he read. He could read hundreds or thousands of books a day, which would amount to about one million words.

Especially after the 10,000 tons of aquatic products came in batches, Li Ye quickly absorbed them, and he practiced even faster.

This time it wasn't just about eating; he simply opened his mouth and sucked in all the mutated fish, shrimp, and crabs, which were then sucked into his mouth and transformed into vital energy, aptitude, and spirituality.

After Li Ye reached the second realm, the effects of the Five Flavors Chopsticks diminished considerably, as his Qi and blood were now stable, limiting any further improvement.

This is indeed only a useful magic weapon when one needs to improve their qi and blood in the Dragon Gate Realm. After reaching the second realm, although the Five Flavor Chopsticks also have the effect of improving qi and blood, the speed is too slow and not as efficient as Li Ye opening his mouth and inhaling.

Fifty tons of mutated, high-quality food is roughly equivalent to Li Ye swallowing a corrupted demon.

The four thousand tons of aquatic products allowed Li Ye to boost his aptitude to one hundred, reaching a level where he could learn even top-tier martial arts techniques in one go.

The remaining aquatic products weren't wasted either; Li Ye would devour each batch that came in. Although they couldn't compare to the polluting demons, they were better than nothing.

With sufficient qualifications, the remaining task is to utilize the 'spiritual' power gained from devouring demons and monsters, and deduce the results while observing.

This is the real challenge. Combining the 100,000 martial arts techniques with Li Ye's Twelve Golden Palaces Dragon and Tiger Gates as the foundation, the required spiritual energy is also considerable.

Alienated demons offer limited spirituality; only corrupted demons can provide more spirituality.

But there was something Li Ye didn't want to think about: Devouring Ghosts was the name he gave to the power he had merged with, but in reality, he could devour anything.

If he truly needed spirituality, then a certain kind of creature would be more suitable for him. As long as it was weaker than him, he could devour it whole, skin and bones, digest its vital energy, and transform its martial arts foundation into spirituality.

The evidence is that cloud of blood mist.

He didn't feel anything at the time, after all, it was just a cloud of blood mist. In addition, Pan Zhengyang said that the other party had become like a demon, having shed its skin and turned its flesh and blood into blood mist, which made Li Ye suppress his discomfort.

There are some things that Li Ye cannot do, nor is he willing to do.

He is a human being, not a beast who has no bottom line when it comes to power.

In this regard, it's better to go slower than to cross the bottom line.

However, the daily duties of the disinfection department
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The weather gradually turned cold, and before we knew it, it was November.

That evening, Yan Menglu drove home from get off work. As soon as she parked in the garage, she heard a rustling sound that was unusually clear in the quiet and dimly lit garage, making her heart skip a beat.

Ningjiang City hasn't been very peaceful lately. During a meeting, the principal told them to be careful when leaving get off work and to call the police if anything happened.

But soon, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The sound came from a plastic trash can about half a person's height in the garage. On the rim of the can, a black cat was scratching at something. Its pure black fur almost blended into the gloom, with only its eyes, which glowed with a faint green light in the darkness, and its enormous, deformed belly standing out somewhat.

It was a pregnant stray black cat, and because of its pawing, some black fur was left on the rim of the bucket.

After glancing at it, Yan Menglu took out the groceries she had bought from the back seat, pulled out a sausage, peeled it, broke it into pieces, threw it on the edge of the trash can, smiled slightly, and got on the elevator.

After returning home, she skillfully chopped vegetables and cooked. Not long after, her husband came back with their daughter, skipping and jumping.

Although Yan Menglu is a martial artist, she is just like most preparatory students. In her youth, she spent a lot of money and energy trying to break through the first Dragon Gate, but she made no further progress. When her qi and blood were not as strong as they were at their peak, it was even more difficult for her to break through. She could only linger at the first Dragon Gate, just like a normal person.

Her husband is also a member of the same family and now works as an employee in a company. Their income is decent, and they are considered middle class in Ningjiang City.

My daughter is in fourth grade now, and her practice of guiding exercises is only so-so. I guess she'll end up as a preparatory student who will have to spend money to break through the dragon gate in the future.

what?
To achieve fame like Li Ye?
After breaking through the preparatory course, he even achieved results in the martial arts competition. It is said that he is Li Ye, who is said to have taken the legendary three-stage route. He is famous in No. 14 Middle School.

The problem is that he was able to pass through three levels to learn top-level martial arts, which means he was a genius. Ordinary people don't have the qualifications to learn such skills.

They are completely different.

"I'm home?"

Yan Menglu looked towards the door with a smile, then froze.

The daughter was holding the stray black cat she had just fed in her arms.

Seeing Yan Menglu looking over, her daughter hugged the cat tighter and said cautiously, "Mom, she's so pitiful, let's help her."

She looked at her husband, who shook his head with a wry smile: "There was nothing I could do. She just stood there and wouldn't move. I thought it was a really pitiful little cat, so I allowed her to do it."

Yan Menglu sighed, "Pregnant cats are a real hassle. This isn't just one; we'll probably have to raise five or six."

Even though her daughter was adamant that they shouldn't keep the cat, she couldn't bring herself to refuse when she met the mother cat's eyes.

The pitiful, thin black cat with only a big belly, and her daughter who was both pitiful and stubborn, ultimately made her nod helplessly.

"Put it down for now, give it a soft blanket to make do with for the time being. After we finish eating, I'll take it to the vet to check if there are any problems. If there aren't, then you can keep it."

"Yay! That's great, thank you, Mom!" the daughter exclaimed.

The husband, who was standing to the side, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "If you refuse, I'll really feel bad. This cat is too pitiful."

Yan Menglu rolled her eyes. "How could I be so heartless? Besides, this cat is really pitiful. Since we brought it here, it's a good thing if we can save a life. Otherwise, when it gets cold later, this cat will probably freeze to death."

"Meow~"

As they spoke, the black cat also meowed, seemingly in agreement.

This brought a knowing smile to their faces; the cat seemed quite clever, not stupid. "Hmm, we should take good care of it."

Yan Menglu glanced at the black cat's eerie green eyes again. "There are still some raw pork ribs at home. I'll go chop some up for it to eat."

"It would be best to include blood," the husband added.

"Blood! Blood! Blood!" The daughter hugged the black cat, her face full of excitement.

knock knock knock.

But just then, a knock on the door interrupted Yan Menglu's actions.

She paused for a moment, sensing that something was amiss.

What kind of cat would eat raw meat with blood on it?
But the thought was quickly put aside, because the husband had already opened the door, and then a person in a black uniform and a peaked cap strode in, causing him to instinctively step aside and make way.

"Is there a female cat here? Is that my teacher, Ms. Yan?"

"Li Ye?!"

Yan Menglu was taken aback, took a closer look at the face under the peaked cap, and exclaimed in surprise, "What is this?"

"Oh, I'll do some part-time work."

Li Ye spotted the cat in the little girl's arms at a glance. Before the little girl could instinctively try to stop him, he grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up.

"mine!"

The little girl's eyes widened, and her pitiful little face instantly turned ferocious. But the next moment, Li Ye simply took a slight breath, and the little girl immediately looked bewildered again.

Yan Menglu's husband looked at the cat with a puzzled expression.

How could he have thought of letting his daughter touch a stray cat, especially since she was pregnant? It would be so dirty and dangerous.

"I won't bother you any longer."

Li Ye glanced at the little girl and smiled, "You still have too little homework, otherwise you wouldn't have time to pick up stray animals outside."

He patted the little girl's head and nodded to Yan Menglu and her husband, "It's been quite dangerous lately, so it's best to be careful."

Without waiting for their reaction, he turned and left.

"Who is that?" the husband asked, puzzled.

"Former students in the preparatory class."

Yan Menglu was also puzzled, "That uniform... He's a sheriff? Wait, he hasn't graduated yet?"

Then, she realized something, her expression changed, and she squatted down, looking at her daughter anxiously, "Xixi, what was your reaction just now? Why did you shout for blood?!"

The daughter shook her head blankly: "I don't know, I just feel like that's how it should be called, it's so weird."

Yan Menglu felt a chill run down her spine when she thought about the scene just now where she wanted to chop raw meat, her husband insisted on bringing blood, and her daughter cheered. Especially since they didn't find it strange at all, but just took it for granted.

A pregnant cat, demanding to give birth to flesh and blood, can unknowingly contaminate both of their dragon gates.

As a general studies teacher, she was quite knowledgeable. Although her reaction wasn't the quickest, after careful consideration, she could roughly determine what kind of demon it was.

"It's contaminated! It's a cat demon! Take it to the vet!"

Yan Menglu grabbed her husband and daughter, slammed open the door, and ran down to the underground parking garage.

At this moment, Li Ye grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck and led it to the lobby on the first floor of the building. No matter how much the black cat struggled and how it bit his hand with its claws and teeth, it could only bite through the glove but could not penetrate his skin.

"That's quite strong, no wonder he managed to escape time and time again."

Li Ye looked at the steel armor that had been bitten through the back of the glove and a smile appeared on his lips. "But this time it's your true form, right? Can you still run away?"

"Ow!!"

With a hiss, the black cat's bloated belly suddenly burst open, revealing a monster inside.

Its cat head has no skin or flesh, and its withered black skull is covered with sparse, decaying fur. Half of its face is a cat and the other half is a composite representation of other cubs.

The abdomen was taut like a drum, the large navel protruded like a cat's claw tumor, the vertebrae were exposed and emitting black smoke, and the tailbone was forked into two black tendons with the tips curled like a labor hook.

Its limbs are twisted, with the first three toes resembling cat claws and the last two toes resembling a child's small hands.

As it opened its mouth, it let out a meow mixed with a crying sound, and its body grew larger, heading straight for Li Ye's abdomen.

"Has the Demon Mother's Beastly Form developed to this point? But it's still far from enough for me. Ha!"

Li Ye didn't even look at him properly. He took a sip, and the monster collapsed into black mist, which he inhaled and refined inside his stomach, becoming nourishment.

The more you test the power, the more surprises you'll find. Even if you already know it, its actual use will still yield different results.

He doesn't even need to lift a finger; he can simply use his authority to devour demons like these, which are far inferior to Li Ye.

"almost."

After swallowing it, Li Ye examined it for a moment and smiled, "We can officially begin training now."

(End of this chapter)