As more and more gold-devouring rats died, Jiang Yuan's expression remained unchanged; he had already passed the stage of controlling the killing.

Indiscriminate killing of the innocent? Harming the weak? Ha! Born on this battlefield, there are only two choices: life or death. Moreover, these are all alien races. Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Meeting Jiang Yuan can only be described as their bad luck.

Besides, is Jiang Yuan killing? No, he is sending them into the cycle of reincarnation. Perhaps one day in the future, he will be able to create his own cycle of reincarnation, and these beings will live in another way.

Tremble!

Jiang Yuan vented his frustrations like a madman in the dark cave. He had experienced too much repression along the way, and nearly two hundred days of tribulation would drive anyone crazy. Moreover, after he survived the tribulation, he experienced two more things: the woman he had slept with tried to kill him with a knife, and the woman he had slept with died in battle because of him. He desperately needed a place to vent his frustrations.

Since I've chosen to be a gentleman in the light, then I'll be a madman in the darkness.

The screams of the gold-devouring rats and the collapse of the mine were all happening, but Jiang Yuan let everything happen until he was finally buried. It took him a full half hour to complete this devouring.

"Three hundred and sixty Heavenly Spirit Realm Gold-Eating Rats, and fifty-two Profound God Realm Gold-Eating Rats."

Jiang Yuan showed no sign of surprise. He closed his eyes and began to examine the energy he had absorbed. The efficiency of the Devouring Starry Sky in absorbing low-grade Holy Spirit Marrow reached 90%, and the energy in his body had increased by about 500,000 units of low-grade Holy Spirit Marrow. This included one-fifth of the energy from the Devouring Gold Rat. Disregarding the energy from the devoured living beings, this meant that there were about 450,000 units of low-grade Holy Spirit Marrow here, which could be considered a decent medium-sized Holy Spirit Marrow mine.

"Unable to break through?" Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow after seeing his cultivation level. He hadn't expected the Eternal Holy Body to have such a large gap in its power.

"Don't be surprised, the energy I've absorbed in the World Vein during this time is a hundred times more than what you've absorbed!" The Eternal Holy Body transmitted its thoughts.

Jiang Yuan: "..."

One hundred times, which means that the Eternal Holy Body absorbed more than 50 million low-grade Holy Spirit Essence at the World Vein.

Jiang Yuan could only express his feelings about this number through silence.

"Don't worry about me. I've already received preliminary authorization from the World Vein, and my energy will only increase!" said the Eternal Holy Body.

How much Holy Spirit Essence does a single World Vein possess?

The answer is definitely very, very large. This is a god-level source, and the number of top-grade holy spirit marrow possessed by the world vein spanning the imperial star is astronomical.

"Luckily, it was you who stayed at the source. If the Demon God Body had stayed at the source, none of us would have been able to break through in this lifetime," Jiang Yuan joked.

“I have the World Vein supply, so there’s no problem with energy. The key is you. Although the Demon God Body is far from the Eternal Sacred Body, you can’t rely entirely on me to absorb energy. For each minor realm, the Demon God Body needs to absorb at least one percent of the total energy of the current realm to complete the breakthrough,” the Eternal Sacred Body reminded him.

Jiang Yuan knew perfectly well why he was looking for mineral veins. The Eternal Holy Body and the Demon God Body were one entity, and the two would maintain a balance according to their strength, but the balance could not be lower than one percent, so he only needed to fill that one percent.

However, within the first stage of the Profound God Realm, the Demon God Body absorbed 500,000 low-grade Holy Spirit Essences, while the Eternal Holy Body maintained a hundredfold speed in absorbing over 70 million low-grade Holy Spirit Essences. In other words, the Eternal Holy Body's energy level was already saturated, and now only the Demon God Body was left to absorb.

Jiang Yuan looked at the ruins of the underground mine and muttered to himself, "Time to go back and plan the attack on the Zerg Golden Triangle!"

With the Devouring Starry Sky already secured, he was confident he could take down one of the Golden Triangles. Jiang Jun possessed the Insect Brain, and with the help of the Death Knights, they could also take down one. As for the last one, he would leave it to the Tomb Maiden and the Minotaur to keep them occupied. The goal wasn't to annihilate them, but simply to keep them occupied.

"Walk!"

After collecting all the spoils of war, Jiang Yuan hurried back to the camp. His injuries could not be delayed for long, and he had very few Five Spirit Pills left to maintain his fighting strength.

He has only managed to persevere in this campaign against the insectoid race thanks to sheer tenacity. His injuries are healing slowly, and his combat strength is low. He can only maintain his strength by relying on a perfect-level Xuan Shen pill, but this maintenance is also limited. He has taken nine Five Spirit Pills in a row, which is almost his limit. Once the effects of the medicine wear off, he will have to return home to recuperate.

"Great Chieftain, you're finally back."

As soon as Jiang Yuan arrived at the camp, the Minotaur Kuang Kai and Qiu Yun rushed up to him.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?" Jiang Yuan asked calmly.

"We suddenly received a secret message. It says that a Zerg fleet in Siberia is heading towards our territory. I suspect that the Zerg are already on high alert and have therefore joined forces with Zerg from other regions," Kuang Kai said hastily.

"Secret Sound Stone? Who sent it? And which Zerg fleet in Siberia?"