Chapter 27 Holy Devourer!

When Ayane heard faint sniffles and no talking. She came over to check and noticed that they had fallen asleep. After checking the bottles from which they drank, Ayane found out that Du Ze did not like the alcohol very much, he only took a sip and yet it was enough for him to fall asleep during this short heart-to-heart conversation.

As for Xi Yu, he had almost finished the bottle! When Ayane tried the alcohol, she opened her eyes in surprise. This alcohol was very strong for their development. And if Xi Yu was abnormally tenacious and persistent, then Du Ze was an ordinary teenager.

"How did this child Du Ze manage to withstand a sip of such strong alcohol on his 1st Bronze Star? Apparently, the boy held on throughout the entire conversation through his willpower..." thought Ayane, and gratitude flashed in her eyes. Because thanks to Du Ze, Xi Yu was able to speak out. Having shared her burden with everyone, Xiao Ning'er, thanks to this incident, was able to understand Xi Yu's attitude towards her. What helped her stop looking for flaws in herself.

Looking at Xiao Ning'er, Ayane found her with a stupid but gentle smile, watching the sleeping Xi Yu. But knowing her Master's determination, Ayane decided to hint to the girl that it was not so easy to cope with his decisions.

- I don't know what to advise you Xiao Ning'er, Young Master can be very stubborn... The only way out I can think of... Is to talk to him directly and find a compromise. But before that you have to think and decide how much you want to be with him? - said Ayane - Xiao Ning'er, who tenderly looked at the sleeping Xi Yu, thinking about how she could convince him.

Xiao Ning'er was a very determined person; if she decided something for herself, she would not give up until she achieved her goal. Even if she has to walk on foot into this great world of his, she will not retreat!

"What about you Ye Ziyun?" Will you follow Xiao Ning'er if she wants to follow Xi Yu? - Ayane asked, looking mysteriously at Ye Ziyun.

Ayana herself wanted these twins to be with her Master. She loved their personalities, looks and talent! And the main thing is that Ayane had to take care that in Xi Yu's harem there would not be such a mess as Duke Zorg's. In her opinion, Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun approached the harem without intrigue. She only wanted to find another beautiful, friendly and talented person. But this was not so easy to do.

"I-I'm not sure, but what I am sure of is that under no circumstances do I want to be separated from Ning'er!" "Ye Ziyun said, not confidently at first, and then with unyielding determination, looking at Xiao Ning'er.

"No one is rushing you, you still have a lot of time to think it over and decide," said Ayane, releasing a wave of warming Energy into Du Ze and Xi Yu, so that their sleep in the air would be more comfortable.

"Be that as it may, you better go practice the notes that Xi Yu shared with you... I looked through them out of curiosity and I can tell you that even in the highest realm one cannot find such martial arts training methods." And I've never even heard of such deep knowledge in acupuncture! Instead of bothering your head with what you can't decide or change, it's better to study," Ayane said, in a friendly voice, as if instructing her daughters-in-law.

"Thank you for today, Miss Ayane," Xiao Ning'er said sincerely, bowing.

- Don't call me Miss anymore, call me the same as Mister, just Ayane. If you have any questions or any difficulties, you can contact me," Ayane said in a caring tone.

"Thank you, then we'll go study," the twins said, bowing at the same time and leaving.

"Who was this Nie Li... His Highness Ratz's infertility could be cured with a couple of needles... What absurd acupuncture capabilities... Even the divine medicines and knowledge of Amber's ancestor were useless. And the Master solved the problem so quickly and simply..." Ayane thought, remembering how Xi Yu talked about Nie Li's past life.

"Sage Emperor... Does he really exist? I hope everything will work out..." Ayane thought worriedly.

Late evening. Xi Yu Mansion. Garden.

-Umm... Ayane, how long have I been asleep? Where is Du Ze? - Having barely woken up and slightly opened his eyes, Xi Yu asked, noticing that it was already dark outside.

- You slept for 8 hours, Your Highness... Du Ze woke up earlier and went home, he said that he would come again. How are you feeling? - Ayane asked carefully.

- I feel amazing, rested and full of energy. It's time to try to integrate the Demon Spirit... - Xi Yu said, standing up in anticipation and taking the lotus position.

Saint Devourer was a plant-type Demon Spirit. It looked like a harmless fluffy ball, resembling a bud of dandelion seeds. Xi Yu couldn't even imagine how such a cute and harmless creature, without claws or teeth, could eat and kill, but he suspected that it had something to do with his skills. Taking out the Saint Devourer, he began to integrate it into the Demon Soul Vessel.

As soon as the Demon Spirit got into the Demon Soul Vessel, it began to resist, and this resistance was an unknown type of Energy released by it. As soon as his Energy touched the Demon Soul Vessel, Xi Yu groaned in pain, and the walls of the Demon Soul Vessel began to be corroded by this very Energy...

While channeling Spiritual Energy to protect the walls of the Demon Soul Vessel, Xi Yu felt the Energy become frightened and retreat. After which Xi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and the Holy Devourer released another type of energy... Xi Yu, as before, began to protect the Demon Soul Vessel with the help of his pure and compressed Energy.

But this time, he made a fatal mistake. An unknown type of Saint Devourer Energy began to absorb Xi Yu's Spiritual Energy at an incredible speed! Like Xi Yu, he didn't try to take control of her, everything was useless...

Saint Devourer, on the other hand, the more he absorbed Xi Yu's Spiritual Energy, the stronger and more powerful he became. And his absorption of Xi Yu's Spiritual Energy increased to an incredible speed.

In order to absorb the entire colossal amount of Spiritual Energy that Xi Yu had for a Silver Rank. Because of his two tails, Demon Soul Vessel, God Technique, and Bloodlines. Saint Devourer only needed 28 seconds! When all of Xi Yu's Spiritual Energy was absorbed by Saint Devourer, he released another type of Energy,

and this Energy did not harm the Demon Soul Vessel, as it did in the beginning. It filled Xi Yu's entire body at an incredible speed. After which, Xi Yu felt like he had lost control over his body, and something was trying to invade his consciousness!

Xi Yu panicked, he was simply helpless against this Demon Spirit. For the first time in his life, he felt so close to death.

But suddenly, attempts to break into Xi Yu's consciousness stopped, and the unknown Energy that flooded his entire body began to decrease at an incredible speed. There was a screeching noise, and when Xi Yu looked into his Demon Soul Vessel, he was shocked!

Xi Yu remembered that his Demon Soul Vessel was shrouded in the roots of a small tree. Which grew from a small seed and was inherited from Nie Li, was a treasure not inferior to his Soul Medallion! Xi Yu knew that this seed into which the Book of Time and Space Demons was embodied was simply absurdly powerful! This, as he himself called it, the tree of Time and Space, enveloped the Xi Yu Demon Soul Vessel, but never invaded it, as it did with Nie Li in the light novel.

The Time and Space Tree never responded, no matter how hard Xi Yu tried to contact it. And now it has absorbed all the Energy that was trying to take over Xi Yu's body and mind. But not being satisfied with this, it opened a space inside the Demon Soul Vessel, sprouting inside. And having found the source of the Energy he liked, he began to chase, trying to capture the Holy Devourer with his roots. Who panicked when his Energy was absorbed by this strange tree.

The Holy Devourer began to release more and more new types of Energy, and the tree of Time and Space absorbed all the types of Energy it released with joy. Just as Xi Yu was helpless against the Saint Devourer, he himself was helpless against the Time and Space Tree! And so, when the Holy Devourer ran out of Energy, the tree of Time and Space began to entangle him with its roots.

"Phew... It's so good to have a trump card like this Tree..." Seeing this picture, Xi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but before he had time to think about it, what he saw next made him HORROR!

This damn Saint Devourer, who seemed to have given up and exhausted when he touched the Time and Space Tree, began to consume it! The roots of the tree began to dry out... This picture made Xi Yu despair and SHOCK! As far as he knew from the light novel, this Time and Space Tree was like the overlord in Nie Li's Soul Vessel. It resisted all adversities, united absolutely opposite Laws, fought with the souls trying to seize Nie Li's body...

And now, right before Xi Yu's eyes, it is no longer a sprout, but a small tree. Dies at the touch of the Holy Devourer! Now Xi Yu knew for sure! That the word "Eater" in its name does not at all refer only to Luck. And the fact that Ancient Demon Spirits is truly a fundamentally different level of Demon Spirit ability! Xi Yu understood that the main strength of the Time and Space Tree was its abilities related to Time and Space! But he could absorb energy just fine, but here he lost in this craft to the Demon Spirit!

Being in a desperate situation, Xi Yu came up with a bright thought... What if we destroy the EGO of the Demon Spirit? Without thinking twice, and realizing that there were no more options, Xi Yu mentally contacted the Soul Medallion, the very treasure that helped him fight Nie Li. And not even a second had passed before an innumerable number of runes appeared around the Saint Devourer, which instantly attacked his EGO. All he had time to do was squeak before the Holy Devourer completely stopped showing any signs of Life. And the runes from the Medallion of Souls disappeared, as if announcing the completion of the task assigned to him.

Once again today, having avoided imminent death, Xi Yu did not relax like the last two times, but immediately began to integrate this EGO-less Demon Spirit.

The integration went quite smoothly without any resistance, and after it was completed, Xi Yu was amazed again! The Holy Devourer Demon Spirit began to be felt not as a Demon Spirit, but as a part of himself, and all the information about his capabilities flowed into Xi Yu's consciousness....

- Phew... That was dangerous... What absurd abilities... Also mutations... - Xi Yu said with a sigh of relief with a pale face, he would never have thought that he could die due to the integration of the Demon Spirit.

[For those interested in the Saint Devourer's abilities, read at the end of the chapter.]

But when the integration was successful, Xi Yu was again shocked by the abilities he received, now he understood how the Saint Devourer could kill! He had illusions and telekinesis! By disguising yourself with the help of illusion and controlling telekinesis, you could easily break the neck of a victim who was not expecting an attack.

And if you season it with the energy of enslavement, then he could generally control the army, but all his abilities require a strong soul... And the higher the Demonic Beast's Growth Rate, the stronger the soul, and the Ancient Demonic Spirits have the strongest one... Not if this Low Growth Rate Demonic Beast had, he would not have fallen into the Demon's trap in his life.

-Are you okay, Mister? - Ayane asked in a concerned tone.

- Yes, it's okay now. Oh, and there were dark times in Ancient times, this Demon Spirit is very dangerous! But I still have a lot to prepare... - Xi Yu replied, comparing his Demon Spirit integration with what Nie Li experienced in his past life...

After spending an hour experimenting and checking, Xi Yu found out the following:

Soul Vessel: After integration, human with Demon Spirit. A person borrows Power and some Abilities when united with him.

This leads to the following: Uniting with the Demon Spirit is not required! The Demon Spirit becomes part of the Demon Soul Vessel. And Strength, Abilities and even such characteristic features as: Durable Skin, Keen Sense, Regeneration and many other body abilities become part of the owner of the Demon Soul Vessel. Xi Yu noticed that after merging with the Holy Devourer, his control over Spiritual Energy had simply grown to incredible heights! Even a monster like Nie Li would be horrified by the control over energy that Xi Yu now had.

The next thing we realized was that even such obedient Demon Spirits as the Blizzard Empress do not want to obediently integrate! The reason is that in Demon Spirits, there is a residual EGO of their past selves! And by integrating with the Vessel of the Demon Soul, their EGO dissolves in it, completely giving up its Demon Spirit. The Demon Soul Vessel uses Demon Spirits, just like Demon Summoners combine with their Demon Spirits. Only instead of unification, a merger occurs once and for all, it is on a deeper level in terms of abilities and Strength, the Demon Spirit acts not as a living separate creature, but as an arm or a leg!

For this reason, Xi Yu absorbed the Demon Spirits: Blizzard Empress and Cat Myth by destroying their EGOs using the Soul Medallion. But he did not integrate with them, but returned them back to the traps of the Demon Spirits, putting aside for Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun.

As for the Infinity Face, that little bastard, who looked like a playful Goblin, disappeared into space right the moment he fell into the Xi Yu Demon Soul Vessel.

----------Description of Saint Devourer---------

[Demon Spirit Holy Devourer, abilities:

Telekinesis (Active): Moves living and non-living objects with the power of thought, within the limits of visibility and capabilities of Spiritual Energy.

Illusion (Active): By the power of imagination, creates an illusion within the limits of visibility, starting from the capabilities of Spiritual Energy.

Enslave (Active): Releases a special type of Energy into the victim, which subjugates the Body and Soul.

Lord of Luck (Passive): The skill allows you to see the luck of all living creatures, and when killed, assign Luck to yourself.

Assimilation(Mutation 1)(Passive): Any type of Energy absorbed is assimilated and can be reproduced at any time.

Absorption(Mutation 2)(Active): Absorbs any types of Energy, through Energy. And the effect increases many times over through touch.]