Chapter 996: Devouring 70 Passives (2/2)

Thankfully, there seemed to be a library on the first floor. It was a common library frequented by everyone from the old age home. Then again, there were a couple of houses on the first floor. The remaining space was entirely allocated to the library.

The reason he had chosen the library was that it had an attic, a rather big one at that. It was where numerous old books were stored as their newer versions were placed on the bookshelves below. The Cloud Whale entered the attic and vanished.

Krune grunted a little, positioning himself at one corner of the attic. This way, even if he made any sounds, it wouldn't be audible to the people beyond that. The Cloud Whale then exited the attic, moving towards one section on the second floor where extra berths had been placed.

It swallowed one and returned to the attic, laying it down in the corner. Similarly, it traveled through the old age home, bringing in necessities one after another. Krune created a comfortable shelter for himself in the attic, finally relaxing a little, noticing that he had expended the energy from the fourth Blood Essence Crystal.

While he was reeling from its side effects, the Cloud Whale headed into the kitchen and stole food for him. While healing himself using the half crimson ring remaining in his Ocean Heart, Krune ate the food, barely managing to do so.

The Cloud Whale had to feed him bits and pieces, using its needle like a fork. Once he finished eating, he thought, looking at his appearance, 'My limbs are pretty much busted now. I only have one Blood Essence Crystal. In my Ocean Heart, there's only half a crimson ring's worth of energy. It's not enough to make a full recovery.'

He then sighed after that. 'I have time. Let's take it slow. If I leave some energy to condense the Cloud Whale and expend the rest, I'll be able to make a half recovery. If I focus, I'll first heal my hands. That would make things slightly more convenient for me. My legs are even worse off, so I'll have to heal them slowly.'

”I guess from now on, it's a slow life for me. No way in hell am I ever going to leak any hints of my survival,” Krune muttered. ”Thankfully, it's an open kitchen here. Plus, food is always cooked for everyone. So, it's in bulk. They won't notice if I steal some food.”

”Though, I would probably eat equivalent to three or four times of such old people. So, it would be suspicious,” Krune muttered, then smirking, ”Right, I'll just steal bits and pieces of food from all the houses in this neighborhood. That way, no one would actually notice any food going missing.”

He then thought of another thing, ”Right, when everyone's sleeping in the night, I can use the bathrooms, take a bath whenever I feel like, and live comfortably. Plus, this library has a ton of information that I can access and learn more about this world.”

Smiling, he shook his head. ”To think I would plan like this. Anyway, the invisibility cloak using the Cloud Whale is impeccable. Even that Red Demon was unable to see me when I was sitting in my cell.”

Krune then continued to eat his fill and heal himself using all the energy he obtained. He was more than 250 kilometers away from the place where he had caused the chaos, hiding in an old age home's inconspicuous attic.

…

In the miasma-filled region of the city, underneath the rubble formed by a collapsed sky scrapper, there was a certain gemstone. It was yellow in color.

Demon Core!

It was the essence of a demon, something that could be used by it to resurrect as long as there was enough miasma around. Suddenly, the miasma swirled around the yellow Demon Core as it began to sprout flesh, growing out a head, followed by the limbs.

Within a couple of minutes, an entire demon had formed. It was a Yellow Demon. But, it waved its hands, absorbing some of the miasma as its body began to turn red. It was actually the Red Demon that Krune had saved.

It looked at its hand that began to grow scales, suddenly create a long tongue, form a row of jagged teeth, and so on before everything retreated into the hand. After staring at its hand for some time, the Red Demon wondered, 'Just what has been fed to me? I can feel that there are multiple powers within me. Rather, there are 70 of them in total, exactly the number of those crimson gems I ate.'

'What was that? And, just who was it that had helped me?' It frowned in thought. 'Whoever this being is, it's strong and mysterious. And now, it has bestowed upon me tremendous power.'

It clenched its hand into a fist as it continued to think, 'At present, these 70 powers feel like a messy array of sorts. Once I club them all into a single power, I'll surpass my current limit and become a legendary Black Demon. No, even they don't have such powers. I'll surpass all the Black Demons and become the strongest of them all.'

It quickly controlled itself, looking around before thinking of something, 'I have to first hide somewhere and collate my gains. Until then, I must ensure no human would ever be able to find me.'

It then awkwardly used its newfound powers to dig through the ground and filled it up while it retreated deep into it, hiding as it continued to evolve. Having devoured 70 passive abilities, it was unknown as to how it would evolve.