Chapter 1 The Long-Awaited Evolution

Hearing the metallic sound in his mind, Zhang Ji's eyes widened in surprise.

Ecstasy, excitement, elation, disbelief, all sorts of emotions flooded his heart. Zhang Ji's eyes were wet; he felt like crying.

"Is this it? Is this the ninth evolution? Have I finally accumulated enough evolution points?"

He thought of the torment he had endured during this time. For the sake of evolution points, he couldn't sleep at night. Every night, he came out to hunt and devour, working overtime. He even bred giant wolves with female dogs, and raised sheep farms, cattle farms, chicken coops...

His path was paved with blood and bones, and his name was notorious.

But the ninth evolution was still just out of reach.

Yet today, at this moment, after eating a light sphere called the Tiger Clan Inheritance, he instantly gained ten billion evolution points. This was more exciting than winning the lottery!

"Thanks to the top donor, Tiger Ancestor, for the rocket! 666!"

Zhang Ji's eyes shone. He finally understood the feelings of those female streamers when their top donors showered them with big rockets.

Too bad he couldn't meet this top donor, Tiger Ancestor, in person, because he had already merged with the other party, turning into nourishment for his body.

He was too excited.

Zhang Ji couldn't help but let out a long roar to the sky.

The sound was like thunder, the sound waves vast, like the Lion's Roar of a martial arts master. In the surrounding ruins, earth and rocks trembled, and a group of tigers winced in pain, covering their ears with their paws and retreating in horror, their eyes filled with dread.

"What is this place? How can there be such a terrifying and ferocious snake?"

"It seems to be a king cobra, but it has two heads, more ferocious than any king cobra I've ever seen!"

"I smell the blood on it. It must have killed countless people, extremely dangerous!"

A group of tigers discussed with apprehension and fear.

"Don't be cowards, everyone, let's attack together! It swallowed the Tiger Clan Inheritance. If we kill it, we can search for the Tiger Clan Inheritance in its flesh..."

A voice, sharp and piercing, like a baby's cry, instantly stirred up the emotions of all the tigers.

It was Du She shouting, its fangs bared.

Hearing this, the surrounding tigers looked at Zhang Ji, their eyes gradually revealing a fierce light. Zou Wu Tiger was the first to pounce, followed by several Ancient Beast-level big tigers. The other tigers also roared and charged at Zhang Ji.

"Yes, let's attack together! Don't be cowards! Whoever is a coward is a softie!"

Du She was shouting, but its body was quietly retreating. When it turned a corner, it tucked its tail between its legs and disappeared into the mist like the wind.

It was a coward.

Hearing the explosions and roars behind it, which quickly turned into screams and howls, its eyes were full of relief. It patted its chest with its paw. "That was close! Impulse is the devil; only by laying low can one live long!"

It turned its head and looked at its sixty-meter-long body, frowning.

"Too big. It's easy for that king cobra to find me. I need to shrink a little."

It stood up on its hind legs, its two paws close to its brow, and a mysterious aura emerged from its body. Its massive body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters... one meter.

"I can't get any smaller. This is the smallest I can get!" It sighed. Shrinking its body was a talent ability it had awakened after advancing to the Ancient Beast level. It was useless, but it came in handy today.

Seeing the characteristics of tigers, dogs, horses, and pigs on its body, its flesh squirmed, first concealing the tiger's characteristics. After thinking for a moment, it also concealed the pig's characteristics.

Only the characteristics of horses and dogs remained on its body.

"Is it better to be a dog or a horse?" It hesitated, unsure which creature would have an easier time in this ancient relic.

Just then, it heard footsteps coming from the distant mist, as if a group of dogs were running urgently.

Its eyes rolled, and it immediately concealed the horse characteristics on its body. Its flesh squirmed, its fur changed, and it turned into a white-haired husky.

"Woof!"

It tried to bark like a dog and was surprised to find that it could bark very skillfully, even more like a husky than a husky.

"Hey, I'm a husky from now on! I must forget that I am a Du She!" Its eyes were full of cleverness and a desire to survive. It rolled in the muddy water of the ruins, instantly turning itself into a dirty stray dog.

At this moment.

A group of dogs walked out of the mist, led by Hu San, a black-haired Labrador.

"Huh? There's a stray dog here?" Hu San was surprised. The stray dogs and cats in Xichuan Town had either died or been eaten, and some had been captured by the Pig Hall to be bred.

Few could survive as strays outside now.

"Go catch it!"

Huang An and two lackeys slapped Du She over with a paw, rudely turned it over, and then parted its hind legs to look under its crotch.

"Hall Master, it's a husky, with a pecker, a male!"

A lewd smile appeared in Huang An's eyes. "This husky is of very good quality, with a pure bloodline. It must have been raised by a lonely woman in Xichuan Town before the disaster."

Men generally raise female huskies.

Hu San lowered his head and stared.

This one-meter-tall husky was like a small dot in front of him. Although it was dirty, its eyes were bright, very pure and spirited. When he looked at it, it quickly wagged its tail and showed a human-like flattering expression.

Seeing that Hu San's paws were covered in mud, it quickly stuck out its tongue and licked them clean.

Hu San smiled in surprise at this sight.

"Everyone says huskies have high intelligence, and it's true. This dog is even better at doing things than Huang An. It licks me so comfortably, hahaha."

"Take it back and tie it up to guard the gate."

"Yes!"

~

"Chomp~"

A bloody maw opened and closed in the mist. Zhang Ji swallowed the last giant tiger, chewing and swallowing it whole, bones and fur included.

"Evolution points +100,000, total 1.09 billion/100 million."

"The conditions for the ninth evolution have been met. Evolve immediately?"

The voice in his mind reminded him again. Zhang Ji moved his body, bringing a gust of fishy wind and disappearing into the mist. In front of the Heavenly Stele, the ground was covered in blood, like a hell on earth.

All the foreign giant tigers had been devoured by it, except for the clever Du She, who had managed to escape.

Zhu Tiandao watched from afar, dumbfounded, his eyes full of excitement and awe.

"As expected of Snake Lord. I haven't seen him for a while, and he seems to have become even stronger. The vicious tigers that chased us until we had nowhere to escape are just a dish for Snake Lord!"

"I, Old Zhu, am determined to cling to Snake Lord!"

"It's a pity that Snake Lord ate so fiercely and quickly just now. It would have been great if he had left one for me to dissect!"

He raised his paw, sighed, and strode away, swinging his tiger tail smartly.

Around.

People from Xichuan Town were secretly watching, their expressions complex and fortunate.

"I don't know what to say. If it weren't for this ferocious king cobra today, our Xichuan Town might have been slaughtered by this group of giant tigers."

"Yes, those guys were too terrible. Only an even more ferocious king cobra would dare to feed on them!"

"Hey, I suddenly feel that having this king cobra in our Xichuan Town is actually not bad!"

"Get lost, idiot! Are you starting to lick so soon? Do you know that it's also raising you in captivity!"

......

The people of Xichuan Town discussed, their emotions complex and filled with mixed feelings.

They hated the king cobra, hated it to the core, but sometimes they felt that with it around, Xichuan Town would be safe, at least not invaded by foreign enemies.

At this moment.

"Buzz~"

The Tiger Phase Heavenly Stele trembled again, forming a vortex, and golden light shone brightly. Tigers emerged from the Heavenly Stele vortex.

These were the people of Xichuan Town who were born in the year of the Tiger.

"Hahaha, we're finally back alive! My wife, who was born in the year of the Rooster, where are you?"

"Xichuan Town is still the best."

"I'm level seven. Does the king cobra dare to fight me?! ... Damn, why is there so much blood on the ground? Brothers, I'm leaving first!"

The people who returned from the Tiger Phase Secret Realm shouted excitedly. Some were busy looking for their wives who were born in the year of the Rooster, and some were carried away by their success, clamoring to fight the king cobra. But when they saw the blood flowing on the ground, they were so frightened that they ran away.

West District, where weeds grew taller than people.

A giant steel python moved through the grass, leaving a huge snake-shaped imprint.

Zhang Ji arrived, raising his oval king cobra head and the white-eyed wolf king's head, his scarlet vertical pupils majestic and sinister, like a king inspecting his territory.

Everything around was silent, the eerie mist misty, and the red hair rain fluttered.

"Confirm evolution!"

As Zhang Ji's thought landed, a mysterious heat flow appeared in his body, surging through his flesh and blood. A numb and distending sensation came, along with some stinging pain.

This was his body growing bigger and longer.

At the same time, at the left side of his neck, the scales wriggled, the flesh tearing, and a bulge gradually appeared, as if something alive was about to emerge.

"Shred~"

Finally, the flesh broke open, blood splattering from the gaps in the snake scales. A hideous and ferocious head squeezed out of the flesh and grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was too terrifying, especially ugly. The entire head was on its face, with only a hideous giant mouth. The ears and nose grew on the forehead, and the eyes were on the chin.

The ninth evolution, Zhang Ji's third head, was born!

"What kind of creature is this?..."