Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 283 - 200: Reaping Spiritual Energy Frenzy_1

The Devouring Ability was almost the most important among the many abilities Ye Feng possessed.

Without this ability to harvest Spiritual Energy, he could not have advanced so swiftly, let alone cultivate subordinates.

However, the Devouring Ability was not simply an auxiliary power; it boasted combat capabilities and was far from weak.

Ye Feng had always wanted to try, to Devour the Spiritual Energy of his opponents in battle, and see the practical effects of this ability.

Now, he finally had the opportunity.

Having reached the Fifth Order Peak, every time Ye Feng advanced a level, his previously acquired abilities would enhance.

Hence, his Devouring Ability was incomparably stronger than before.

Now, each of his roots could Devour 500 Spirit Points from an enemy in just one second.

This rate of Devouring would be cumulative with the increase of roots, such as the 25 roots composing the Dense Fog Giant he currently had, which could Devour 12,500 Spirit Points per second at full power.

And how much Spiritual Energy could a Fifth Order enemy possess?

Take himself for example, even at the Fifth Order Peak, the Spiritual Energy contained within his body was only 25,800 Spirit Points.

Under normal circumstances, it could be drained in two seconds.

Of course, these gigantic beasts, though suppressed to Fifth Order, were essentially Sixth Order Beings, so they had a tremendous amount of Spirit Points, reaching as much as 50,000.

Even if they used Spiritual Body Protection to resist bullets, consuming part of their Spiritual Energy, he could still extract thirty to forty thousand Spirit Points from them.

At this moment, Ye Feng felt extremely exhilarated.

With the continuous Devouring of Spiritual Energy, these beasts were no longer just mere monsters to him; they were like mobile treasures!

At present, he was accumulating nearly 100,000 Spirit Points and Bioenergy every second.

Why so much? Of course, because he had condensed a total of 20 Dense Fog Giants.

In theory, he could absorb 250,000 Spirit Points per second.

But since he was still in battle, he could only spare the time to absorb Spiritual Energy intermittently.

Sometimes, when pressed for time and not all the Spiritual Energy inside the beasts had been absorbed, he had to leave first.

That’s when the 5 main roots he left behind just in case could come into play and continue the absorption of Spiritual Energy.

If it still hadn’t been completely absorbed, he could always return to absorb more after the battle, as the Spiritual Energy within the corpses wouldn’t vanish in a short time.

The only regret for Ye Feng was that the Skeleton Creatures had no Spiritual Energy within them, making him feel as though he had lost a gold mine.

As Ye Feng started to Devour the corpses of the fierce beasts, it did not take long for others to notice.

After all, even though the act of Devouring Spiritual Energy was hidden, the simultaneous Devouring of Bioenergy was not, as the corpses of the beasts would rapidly wither.

The human camp did not think much of it, assuming it was a result of the King Cobra’s attack that came with a toxic effect, causing the bodies to corrode and wither.

After all, on the Dragon King, many inconceivable things had already occurred, and one more did not seem unusual to them.

However, the expressions of Tian Yun and Ling, who were within the Forbidden Area, grew increasingly ugly.

At the beginning, as their forces grew and they saw that the Dense Fog Giants were unable to hold the entire defensive line, they were indeed excited.

But it wasn’t long before they saw the Dense Fog Giants releasing Lightning Attacks.

This clearly contradicted their initial assumptions. Although it wasn’t a wide-scale attack method, it could already influence the whole battle situation.

However, after a discussion, the two decided to continue increasing their military investment, because the suppression by Heaven and Earth meant the opponent’s Realm could only be at most Fifth Order, making their internal Spiritual Energy finite.

Releasing a kind of Lightning Attack that could paralyze Fifth Order Beings for a dozen seconds surely required significant energy consumption. They did not believe a single person could outlast their side’s army of several hundreds of thousands.

However, when they noticed some of the beasts’ corpses starting to wither, they immediately became restless.

Being well-informed, they could certainly not believe that it was due to necrosis from toxins.

"Tian Yun, those corpses are clearly not right! If I’m not mistaken, our opponent must possess a Devouring Ability," Ling couldn’t help but ask.

"Yes! And it’s at the very top tier of Devouring Abilities, the speed at which these bodies are shriveling up is too fast," Tian Yun replied with a grim look on his face.

"So what do we do? If the enemy can Devour Spiritual Energy, doesn’t that mean his Spirit Points are endless?" Ling suddenly felt anxious.

Tian Yun remained silent, obviously having considered this issue, but what could they do?

Should they just retreat and not fight? How would they explain that to Lord Qiongqi?

After a long silence, Tian Yun finally spoke, "Why don’t we wait and see? Such Devouring can’t possibly be endless, there must be an upper limit to his body’s energy absorption, right!"

"As long as his body can’t handle it anymore, that will be our chance."

Ling could only nod in agreement, but he truly felt uncertain because the enemy Devoured with such reckless abandon, seemingly without any worry of "overeating."

But for now, they had no other choice but to treat a dead horse as a living one and see if the battle situation would change.

Ye Feng, of course, wasn’t aware of the shock his displayed abilities had caused the enemy.

At the moment, he was fully open to Devouring.

As for overeating, that was an impossibility for him because he could Devour while simultaneously condensing Spirit Fruits.

What worried him now was the consumption of the Power of Faith.

However, as the military continued to explore and optimize their delay tactics amidst the ongoing battle, they indeed achieved no small success, allowing Ye Feng not to be so worn out.

Especially as time went on, not only had reinforcements from Yang City arrived, but also the urgently called 20,000-strong army from Yonghe City.

As for the Provincial Military District, given the farthest distance, although the main force had not yet arrived, the armed helicopters had already made many trips back and forth, and later on, with the addition of transport helicopters, which could carry even more people, nearly 5,000 Evolutionists were sent over.

All of these were elites clad in Exoskeleton Armor and armed with Destroyer Hand Cannons.

It can be said that the military’s strength was growing continually, and the balance of this war was tilting, bit by bit, in their favor.

Eventually, after the Forbidden Area Creatures suffered nearly 10,000 fatalities, the assault finally ceased an hour later.

While Ye Feng inwardly felt it was a pity, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because during that half-hour, the Power of Faith within him had dropped to a mere one million.

If the enemy had continued like that, he would have exposed his weakness.

As for why he felt it was a pity, of course, it was because there were no ferocious beasts left for him to absorb.

But even so, the gains from this half hour alone were enough to greatly fortify him.

Ye Feng roughly tallied up the situation; there were about 3,000 ferocious beast corpses outside, and calculating at 40,000 Spirit Points that could be extracted from each one, that meant he could gain 1.2 billion Spirit Points after Devouring them all.

With such a large influx of additional Spiritual Energy, to say nothing of his Contracted Animals, even their subordinates would have ample Spiritual Energy for cultivation. freewebnøvel.coɱ

At the very least, all of them could be cultivated to Fourth Order, and the overall strength of Dragon Hall could directly improve by two tiers.

As for the Skeleton Creatures—though they provided no Spiritual Energy when Devoured—the Bioenergy was still present, so Ye Feng didn’t hesitate; he planned to Devour them all later on.

After all, he could condense Energy Fruit from these to serve as reserve supplies, and it would be a waste not to use them, right?

In the Forbidden Area, Ling spoke with a somber voice, "What do we do now?"

Although they had anticipated defeat when Ye Feng showed he could use Lightning Attacks and a Devouring Ability, the reality of the situation was still a bit hard to accept.

"I don’t know. I’ll go back and report the situation here, and you keep watch," Tian Yun decided after a lengthy silence.

He quickly entered the transport portal while Ling silently waited.

But this wait didn’t last long; merely five minutes later, Tian Yun re-emerged from the transport portal.

And this time, there was actually a hint of a smile on his face.