Chapter 164: Scorpio Is Born!
Pshk—
After summoning it out again, Ethan also took out the meat he had just bought. As if it had caught the scent of "flesh and blood," a tentacle extended from it, then directly pierced into the mass of meat.
Immediately after, a large chunk of meat was sucked dry bit by bit before Ethan's eyes, like jelly being drained of its contents.
Watching this scene, even Ethan found it somewhat hard to believe. This was meat, not water.
"Master… hungry…"
Although Ethan was somewhat surprised that it really did directly devour flesh and blood, right now he only wanted to feed it until it was full. This time, he took out all the meat he had bought, and the other party immediately began feasting.
Several thousand catty of meat were devoured completely within just a few minutes.
Thump.
In the next second, the little thing that had originally looked like a lump of "black matter" began to change. Gradually, its shape transformed into an oval "egg," leaving Ethan rather amazed. This little thing was not a "heart," but an embryo similar to an "egg."
Now that it had devoured so much flesh and blood, it had already moved toward the next stage of "hatching."
Swish—
Ethan released the black mud. Since it had been nurtured by the black mud, it did not reject it. It even began absorbing the black mud, and Ethan was also very curious about what would hatch in the end.
Pop.
Just like that, under Ethan's gaze, amid waves of wriggling, a sharp pincer pierced through the outer shell. In Ethan's eyes, a small pitch-black scorpion broke out of its shell.
After being born, the little scorpion's first act was to eat the "eggshell" that had nurtured it, bit by bit.
"Master…"
A little black scorpion no larger than his palm used something similar to "telepathy" to let Ethan hear its voice. At this moment, Ethan finally came back to his senses. He really had created a little monster.
"What is your name?"
"Master, I don't have a name…"
Its voice sounded rather immature, like that of a young child. However, the "resonance" that seemed to come from the depths of its soul was unmistakable.
As a creature nurtured from the black mud, Ethan was like a "creator" to it.
"From now on, you'll be called Scorpio!"
"Yes…"
A little scorpion nurtured from Antares's fragment. Calling it "Scorpio" was only natural, right? After all, it was born from a fragment of the Scorpio constellation.
Immediately afterward, the black mud fed back a large amount of information.
Scorpio was a special life-form nurtured within the black mud. It was not life in the true sense, but a derivative of the black mud, something similar to a "dependent."
As long as Ethan was alive, as long as All the World's Evil had not vanished, and as long as the black mud had not dried up, Scorpio would never die. Even if killed, it would be reborn from the black mud.
It had also inherited Antares's ability, allowing it to devour certain things to strengthen itself. It could even devour the "gods" as long as Scorpio became strong enough.
This immediately excited Ethan. Had he just nurtured a "young Antares"? If this thing was raised properly, then god-slaying and the like might not be impossible.
After all, there were no gods easier to hunt than the gods of this world. One after another, they had sealed their divine power, and unless they suffered fatal damage, they could not undo that seal.
Why had Artemis been devoured by an ancient monster in the lower world? Was it not because she had sealed her divine power and become that weak, giving Antares an opportunity?
Buzz—
Just as Ethan was "fantasizing," Scorpio's body suddenly trembled. An identical "Scorpio" split out right in front of Ethan.
"This…"
Ethan was also shocked by this scene. Good grief. Was this splitting? Proliferation? Or cloning?
"Master… hungry…"
After splitting into two, Scorpio's voice rang out again. However, there was still only one voice.
It seemed that even after splitting, there was still only one consciousness.
"I already gave you everything. Do you eat magic stones?"
Hearing his own little one cry out that it was hungry again, Ethan had no stock left. He could not help taking out a magic stone. After all, monsters could all become stronger by devouring magic stones.
Crack.
Scorpio was not picky either. It directly bit the magic stone apart and swallowed it like a snack.
Seeing this, Ethan was not stingy and directly took out a large number of magic stones. These were all the stock he had saved up, and more than half of them were Sarah's harvest. After all, her gains in the deep floors of the Dungeon had been enormous.
However, for the current Ethan, if he wanted to increase his magical energy by devouring magic stones, the amount required would be astronomical. And the improvement it brought him now could only be described as a drop in the bucket.
Over time, Ethan had stopped devouring magic stones frequently. Instead, he stored them up and waited until there was a large enough amount before devouring them all at once.
Clatter.
Because he was not paying attention, a dark red severed finger fell out and happened to roll right in front of Scorpio. Scorpio did not mind at all and bit down directly.
Just like that, the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, a Special Grade Cursed Object, was eaten by Scorpio bite by bite.
Before this, Ryomen Sukuna had used the black mud to incarnate, but after Ethan seized his "evil," he had fallen into slumber. Ethan had also forgotten about this Cursed Object.
This time, while feeding Scorpio, it had accidentally been mixed in with the magic stones, only to be directly swallowed by Scorpio.
Boom—
"Hm? Is this Cursed Energy?"
A powerful surge of Cursed Energy suddenly erupted from Scorpio's body, startling Ethan. Then he saw the severed finger that only had a fingertip left.
Ethan's mind immediately went boom.
Good grief. The Special Grade Cursed Object, Ryomen Sukuna's finger, had been eaten by Scorpio.
"Master… I became stronger…"
At that moment, Scorpio's voice rang out.
Bang—
Without the slightest warning, the chair beside it was split in two, as if it had been directly cut apart by the sharpest blade. The cut surface was incredibly smooth.
"Is this Ryomen Sukuna's Cursed Technique?"
Ethan was shocked. Good grief. Was this Antares's—no, Scorpio's ability?
After devouring Ryomen Sukuna's finger, it had directly mastered Sukuna's Cursed Technique. If that was the case, then what about Ryomen Sukuna's Domain?
"Scorpio, how did you learn that attack?"
"I ate the food Master gave me, and then I learned it."
"What exactly is the ability?"
"Scorpio can cut apart anything it wants to cut…"
Ethan could confirm it now. Scorpio really had obtained Ryomen Sukuna's Cursed Technique.
Good grief. In this round, Lord Sukuna was truly miserable. First, Ethan had seized his "evil," and now Scorpio had eaten him and even obtained his Cursed Technique.
There really was no one else like him, so miserable.
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