Just as Zhou Qi's Mental Energy slightly relaxed, from the largest cave in the rock wall, a strange snake with a black body as thick as a bucket shot out like a sharp sword...
This strange snake emitted a dark luster all over its body, its triangular head was twisted and ferocious, its vertical pupils gleamed with cold killing intent, and its tongue flicked rapidly, as if probing the prey in front of it.
Its body was extraordinarily massive, as thick as a bucket, and wherever it passed, the scattered stones on the ground were pushed aside, raising a cloud of dust.
What surprised Zhou Qi the most was that this strange snake had several single horns on its head. What the hell was this? Zhou Qi was momentarily lost in thought.
Zhou Qi's heart tightened, and he shouted, "Careful!"
The dependents instantly assumed defensive stances, some spreading their sharp claws, others tensing their bodies, ready to strike.
However, this giant strange snake raised its head, as large as a millstone, its crimson eyes fixed deeply on the Eight-Order Army Ant Queen behind the dependents.
Then, it did not attack as they had expected. To Zhou Qi's astonishment, its massive body twisted flexibly like a loach, and it headed straight for the underground lake.
With a loud "thud," the strange snake plunged into the underground lake, splashing up huge amounts of water.
The lake water instantly became turbid, and the originally calm surface now surged with massive ripples that refused to subside for a long time.
Zhou Qi, along with the Fourth-Order Four煞 Insect Soldiers and the Spiked Horned Tyrant Bug, rushed to the lakeside, only to find the lake water pitch black, making it impossible to see where the strange snake had gone.
Bubbles kept rising from the lake surface, as if hiding endless dangers.
Zhou Qi stood in the distance, gazing at the lake surface, his brows tightly furrowed, secretly pondering: Is this a snake? How can a snake have horns?
The environment of this underground Cave is too complex and intricate; who knows what other strange creatures are hidden within.
Taking a deep breath of the fishy air, Zhou Qi retreated to the Eight-Order Army Ant Queen's position.
Looking at his three talent extraction slots, he unhesitatingly transplanted the Eight-Order Army Ant Queen's five-star talents: Mental Power and Faith Crown, into his body.
In an instant, Zhou Qi felt as if his skull was about to burst open. Wisps of pale golden Qi flowed from his surroundings and from the dependents further away into Zhou Qi's mind.
Zhou Qi felt as if these pale golden gases had transformed into the Pangu Great God's sky-opening axe, chiseling out mental inner landscapes of several meters and tens of meters square, bit by bit, in the Chaos of his mind.
This lasted for nearly an hour before Zhou Qi felt the fluctuations in his mind dissipate.
At this time, the mental inner landscape had expanded to a 50-meter radius, and the space controllable by Mental Power was ten times the size of this mental inner landscape, meaning he could control any object within a 500-meter radius.
Feeling the Mental Energy in his mind, which was almost materializing and overflowing, Zhou Qi opened his eyes and found that he had never seen the world as clearly as he did today, like upgrading from a black-and-white television to a 3D masterpiece.
Zhou Qi concentrated on the distant rock wall. With a slight movement of his mind, a visible shockwave directly struck the rock wall, and with a "crack," the rock wall cracked open as if hit by a grenade.
This scene made Zhou Qi's heart warm.
Immediately, Zhou Qi looked at his current Cockroach Body and decided to replace it with the Five-Ranked Thorn Horned Beetle's five-star talent: Intermediate Titan Overlord Body!
"Ding, Host is changing current talent: Cockroach Body. It requires payment of 1,000,000 Evolution Points. Congratulations, Host, for successful replacement."
A dominant power, far surpassing that of the Cockroach Body, began to transform Zhou Qi, and his entire body started to glow with white light.
In the light, Zhou Qi felt his entire skeletal system emit "cracking" sounds, as if it was being reshaped.
His muscles began to swell, every inch filled with explosive power, and his skin gradually became as hard as rock, shimmering with a white jade luster.
His consciousness seemed to merge with this power, and the majestic figure of an ancient Titan God appeared in his mind, a symbol of power and majesty.
As the Fusion deepened, Zhou Qi could feel his physical strength continuously increasing, every cell cheering, filled with endless vitality.
When the light gradually dissipated, Zhou Qi slowly landed on the ground. At this moment, he had already acquired the five-star talent—Intermediate Titan Overlord Body.
Zhou Qi tried clenching his fist, and a powerful force surged from his palm. The air seemed to be instantly compressed, emitting a low booming sound.
With a gentle leap, he directly smashed a large rock above his head. Broken stones fell, but they could not cause him the slightest harm.
Zhou Qi looked down at his body, his eyes filled with surprise and confidence.
The Intermediate Titan Overlord Body granted him super strong defense, stamina, and recovery power. Ordinary attacks were like tickles in front of him.
Moreover, it also strengthened his inherent power and explosive force.
Zhou Qi was ecstatic. From this moment on, everything was different...
Immediately, he opened the light screen to check his attribute panel:
Host: Zhou Qi
Race: Human Race
Gene: Ape Gene
Life Essence: Carbon-based life form
Talents:
Five-Star Talents:
Mental Power: The stronger the Mental Energy, the stronger the Mental Power.
Faith Crown: The more dependents, the stronger the Mental Energy.
Intermediate Titan Overlord Body: Physique (stamina, recovery, defense) is greatly enhanced, with the favor of the ancient Titan Gods (enhancement is based on the original foundation).
One-Star Talent:
Humanoid Brain: Has a very small chance of gaining innovative ability.
Life Strength: 18 (Can increase as dependents increase, Mental Energy will also strengthen.)
Evolution Points: 24,387,600
Dependents: Eight-Order Army Ant Queen, Ten-Tiered Giant Mantis, Ten-Order Firefly, Tenth Order Brazilian Wandering Spider...
Zhou Qi looked at the light screen, feeling incredibly powerful. His Life Strength of 18 was second only to the Eight-Order Army Ant Queen among his dependents.
"Buzz" Mental Power activated, lifting his feet off the ground, and he floated in the air, flying towards the cave in the rock wall.
A Ten-Order Firefly flew in front of Zhou Qi, illuminating the cave, which had been isolated from the world for an unknown number of years.
At this time, the cave was already crawling with Fourth-Order Army Ants, Fourth-Order Four煞 Insect Soldiers, and Fourth-Order Spiked Horned Beetles.
Zhou Qi looked at the cave; it was approximately several hundred square meters, very large, and further inside, there were snake eggs.
These snake eggs were much larger than normal ones, each the size of a chicken egg. Zhou Qi had the Five-Ranked Army Ant collect these strange snake eggs, planning to raise them himself to see what would happen.
Zhou Qi was still very interested in the transparent strange snake that could spray poisonous mist, not to mention the huge strange snake king, which was like a snake and a Dragon, that had escaped.
Just then, the Fourth-Order Army Ants in the adjacent cave showed unusual activity, and Zhou Qi's surrounding dependents began to swarm towards it.