Chapter 3

In the Wailing Forest, one of the fixed teleportation points along the River Styx.

This is the newbie demon village, where most of the demons are at the level of Lesser Demons. In the Abyss, their status is equivalent to cannon fodder, livestock, and mobile food.

The strongest demon here is only at the level of a Lower Demon. Once a demon surpasses this level, it will be expelled and enter the true Abyss, where life is free and death is random.

A light flashed, and Olsaga appeared in the forest. The first thing he felt was a putrid stench mixed with the smell of blood, as if countless corpses had undergone a long fermentation. Even with a demon's sense of smell, the odor was unbearable. A human would faint instantly from the stench.

After stabilizing himself, the demonic heritage made Olsaga realize that he needed to leave this place quickly. The teleportation light just now was like a feeding signal to some demons. As a newborn demon, he was at the bottom of the food chain in this forest!

The time just after entering the forest is when the death rate for newborn demons is the highest.

[Host: Stuart Olgaris Asalon… Kryfor Olsaga]

[Race/Level: Demon Race/Young Demon (can evolve)]

[Strength: 25 (5)]

[Speed: 25 (5)]

[Constitution: 25 (5)]

[Magic: 25 (5)]

[Soul: 25 (5)]

[Talents: Soul Devouring Evolution (evolve by devouring souls), Slaughter Evolution (evolve through constant battle and slaughter), Combat Instinct (born with a strong combat talent), Blood Absorption - Fingers and Tail (absorb and extract essence from contact with flesh), Magic Property - Corrosion (more corrosive than ordinary magic), Elemental Talent - Blood Flame (high temperature, erodes flesh, burns life energy)]

[Skills: None]

[Evolution Points: 6755]

[Note: The values in parentheses are the normal levels for a newborn young demon. Each point increase enhances the current strength by one-fifth. For example, 6 points are one-fifth stronger than 5 points, and 7 points are one-fifth stronger than 6 points, increasing by percentage.]

All values have already reached the limit for a young demon!

Looking around, compared to the rocky shore of the River Styx, this place was covered in mud, with various demonized plants growing everywhere.

Ordinary plants cannot survive in the Abyss. The plants here, in addition to absorbing energy to convert into nutrients, also have offensive capabilities and can hunt on their own.

Even if they cannot hunt, they still have the ability to digest flesh. After all, every plant here is nourished by the blood and flesh of demons, and the bloodthirsty instincts buried in the demonic bloodline are also inherited by them. Even the most insignificant weeds have the ability to corrupt flesh.

Choosing a direction, Olsaga began to move forward. As he entered the grass, he could feel the blood scent from the demons he had torn apart on the shore. Many bloodthirsty flies swarmed around him, constantly circling, trying to lick the blood that had not yet dried on his body. If they could tear off some flesh, that would be even better!

Faced with these annoying insects, Olsaga frowned and wanted to kill them all, but his reason told him it was unrealistic.

The insects here were almost endless, like microorganisms!

So Olsaga made a compromise. A layer of blood flame automatically appeared on his skin, burning off the blood and leaving a strong, lingering blood scent.

After dispersing the annoying flies, he walked for a while and encountered several demons fighting each other.

However, since he needed to advance quickly, Olsaga did not intervene. A young demon in a place where Lesser Demons are the norm was too conspicuous.

After moving for some time, he stopped at a cave between several rocks. Its location matched his expectations.

With the enhanced sense of smell from his elemental bloodline and the heightened perception from his high soul value, he could sense a demon inside, with strength roughly equivalent to a Lesser Demon.

Although the demon's rank was higher than Olsaga's, he was not afraid. Rank does not represent absolute strength. After his physical attributes reached an average of 15 points, he could advance, but he had been delayed due to the lack of a safe place. The demon inside was just a low-level Lesser Demon, not worth his concern.

As he approached, he saw a demon with an ape-like form and a scorpion tail, which had already sensed his approach and was looking at him with a wary gaze.

Olsaga was not surprised. He had no intention of ambushing, and the terrain offered no cover. Unlike young demons with limited intelligence, Lesser Demons had moved beyond the animal stage and possessed a certain level of wisdom. Due to the demonic heritage, they automatically mastered many skills.

This is why the demon race, despite constant infighting, self-destruction, and expansion, remains strong and even grows in power. The heritage from the Abyss allows them to bypass many accumulations, without the need for collective wisdom or the formation of a civilization to explore the next steps.

As long as they are strong enough, they can continuously uncover knowledge buried in their bloodline, or by causing countless slaughters and destruction to please the Abyssal consciousness, they can gain knowledge that other races can only dream of. However, due to their brutal nature, they rarely delve deeply into research, preferring to rely on their claws and fists, as research is not as satisfying as tearing apart their enemies!

Like the demon in front of Olsaga, although it had the skill to create traps, its nature made it lazy to do so. It preferred to fight on sight, and the winner took all, while the loser became the victor's nourishment, just like the previous owner of this cave, whom this demon defeated and ate to advance to a Lesser Demon!

Looking at Olsaga not far away, the ape-like demon could sense that Olsaga was still a young demon, not yet having undergone the first transformation. However, his far superior physique still made it feel a massive pressure, a sense of fatal danger.

Normally, a demon with a certain level of intelligence, unlike a young demon with limited intelligence, would not act recklessly.

In such a situation, it might choose to retreat, as being bloodthirsty does not mean being stupid. Without sufficient benefit, it would not risk its life!

However, the aromatic scent from Olsaga, the intense smell of fresh blood, and his far superior vitality made it realize that the benefits of eating him would far exceed its imagination, making it difficult to decide.

The principle of taking a risk to gain a big reward applies everywhere, especially for demons, who can abandon everything for the sake of benefits!

Without letting it struggle too much, Olsaga's lips curled into a sinister smile when he sensed its hesitation.

Magic covered his body, and he pushed off the ground with his legs, creating a small pit and pouncing forward.

The ape-like demon, seeing him pounce, did not back down. Its body ignited with red flames, and it charged at Olsaga on all fours like a beast.

With the enhancement of magic, their strength, already comparable to that of wild elephants, became even greater.

Bang!!

The collision produced a violent impact, and the dust around them was scattered by the shockwave, floating in the air!

Olsaga could clearly feel his corrosive magic eroding the demon's defenses.

The scales on its shoulder had already cracked, slowly oozing blood, and Olsaga's sinister smile grew wider.

With the intention of finishing off a downed enemy, Olsaga gathered most of his magic and struck the demon's head like a hammer. With a sound like a hammer shot, the ape-like demon's eyes bled, and it fell into a state of paralysis and dizziness!

Taking advantage of the demon's temporary paralysis, Olsaga fiercely swung his magic-enhanced claws, tearing open the wound and injecting the life-burning blood flame.

With the intense pain and the threat of death, just as its head was about to be torn off, the ape-like demon let out a terrified scream, struggling to free itself from Olsaga's claws. It used all its remaining magic, activating the fire elemental talent it gained after advancing to a Lesser Demon, to resist the blood flame spreading inside its body. However, its fire talent and magic strength were clearly weaker than Olsaga's, and it could only struggle in vain under Olsaga's control of the blood flame.

Olsaga did not give it a chance to fight back. After it broke free from his grip, he retreated a distance, using long-range magic to accelerate the burning of the blood flame and constantly circling to block its escape, like a wolf watching its prey struggle after being bled out!

Before long, as the ape-like demon's magic was exhausted, the blood flame spread uncontrollably, flowing out of its mouth and eyes, and its life came to an abrupt end, becoming the first Lesser Demon to die at Olsaga's hands.

Approaching the charred corpse, ignoring the ground scratched and clawed by the ape-like demon in its agony, Olsaga reached out and grabbed its struggling, fierce soul, and with a smile, he devoured it.

Hmm...

The taste was more chewy and sweet than that of a young demon.

System panel: Evolution Points +127, plus the automatic enhancement of physical attributes and soul, meaning this Lesser Demon provided him with 254 evolution points, equivalent to over ten young demons.