Han Wu and his group followed the Greed Neo Vampsprite to an orchard, which was home to large quantities of dark purple fruit that grew year-round.
The Greed Neo Vampsprite explained that the fruit was highly toxic. Any Digital Sprite below the ultimate tier that ate one risked death. Even ultimates would suffer drowsiness, vomiting, and fatigue. Only a Sin Lord bearing the Gluttony Sin could eat this fruit without ill effects. Not only could it digest the fruit normally, but it could even extract rich nutrients from it to strengthen itself.
Han Wu found this fascinating. It was strikingly similar to his own locusts, which had a constitution that let them ignore most toxins. Even if they consumed poison, they could shrug it off and keep growing.
Following the Greed Neo Vampsprite’s lead, Han Wu’s group reached their target, the Gluttony Fatsprite. At first glance, Han Wu actually thought the Gluttony Fatsprite was an ordinary wild boar. It looked no different from a common pig, even grunting as it walked.
After checking its stats, however, Han Wu realized he had badly underestimated it. The Gluttony Fatsprite was far more powerful than it appeared.
[Gluttony Fatsprite, Sin Lord of Gluttony (Microcosm rank). Skills: Blubber Defense, Wild Rush, Devour. Description: a Sin Lord skilled in defense and adept at offense. Life forms that underestimate it tend to become its next meal.]
[Blubber Defense: Use its own fat for defense, effectively blocking physical attacks.]
[Wild Rush: Gather every shred of strength in the body for a devastating ram.]
[Devour: Swallow any energy attack like food and digest it internally.]
Han Wu’s eyes lit up when he saw Devour. It was like a simplified version of the Conversion Jurisdiction. Basically, the Gluttony Fatsprite was immune to energy attacks, had powerful defense and offense, and had virtually no weaknesses.
This opponent wasn’t weak at all. In fact, it was genuinely troublesome. Nevertheless, the more flawless an enemy appeared, the easier it often was to finish them off once you found the crack.
Han Wu’s gaze shifted to the Iron Abyss Bug. The Iron Abyss Bug immediately understood his nonverbal cue and activated Armored Evolution, transforming into the Golden Scarab. It then cast its signature skill, Forced Defecation, on the Gluttony Fatsprite without hesitation.
Han Wu planned to drain the Gluttony Fatsprite through the forced bowel movements, then pile on the damage with everyone at once. Unexpectedly, the Gluttony Fatsprite showed no concern when it felt the urge to go. If anything, it became excited.
Waste fired out rapidly on one end. Meanwhile, the other end used Devour to gorge on the fruit from the nearby trees. When it got really desperate, it even gnawed on the tree trunks. The Gluttony Sin processed the food and rapidly converted it to waste, which was then expelled.
This sight left Han Wu dumbfounded. The Gluttony Fatsprite had turned the Golden Scarab’s skill into a glorified digestive aid!
Even after ten minutes of this, the Gluttony Fatsprite hadn’t weakened in the slightest. In fact, it was even more energetic than before, and its strength had actually grown a notch. Han Wu’s eyes widened. This was definitely one of the most absurd things he had ever seen.
He quickly ordered the Golden Scarab to stop using Forced Defecation. At this rate, the nonstop eating and excreting would eventually push the Gluttony Fatsprite to the Subcosm rank.
Deciding on a different approach, Han Wu summoned the newly evolved Sloth Machinedrasprite Fortress. Everything within a ten-kilometer radius quickly became its bombardment zone.
Its Multi Infinity Cannon was devastating. It obliterated the entire fruit orchard in moments. The Extreme Turbo Claw and Super Infinity Arm chased the Gluttony Fatsprite relentlessly, clawing and ramming it without stopping.
Unwilling to put up with this for any longer, the Gluttony Fatsprite lowered its head, stomped the ground, and charged straight at the immobile Sloth Machinedrasprite Fortress.
A thunderous boom rang out. The Sloth Machinedrasprite Fortress was left with a massive dent, but the Gluttony Fatsprite took the full force of the recoil. The impact gave it a concussion, and it collapsed to the ground.
Not one to waste an opening, Han Wu called in every Digital Sprite for a group beatdown. The Gluttony Fatsprite was killed while unconscious.
Han Wu picked up the Gluttony Sin and a thick Boar Hide that had been left behind. The Boar Hide was a special material that could help a Digital Sprite complete its perfect evolution, granting it the Blubber Defense skill. This was not particularly useful for Han Wu at the moment, but still a potent material, so he stored it away.
Finally, he turned his attention to the Gluttony Sin.
[Gluttony Sin (adolescent): A compatible user can undergo Sin Evolution and enter Gluttony Mode.]
Han Wu tested it on all his ultimates that hadn’t yet undergone a Sin Evolution, but none of them matched, so he turned to his Evolution Tree instead.
He had raised Glutton Locusts before, so he had experience with them. Scanning through the billions of species icons on the Evolution Tree, he quickly found the right species to build a Gluttony-focused evolution path.
Over the course of these battles, Han Wu had accumulated a solid stockpile of evolution points, not to mention the Gift God King Shaura’s 500,000 Divine Essence donation. While this wasn’t enough for the giant-attribute evolution path, it was fortunately more than enough for the Gluttony path.
An investment of 650,000 evolution points later, the Gluttony evolution path was completely lit up.
[Locust (juvenile, Common life form) > Glutton Locusts (adolescent, Elite life form) > Iron Fang Ant Queen (mature, Heroic life form) > Abyss Cerberus (perfect, High Lord life form) > Heavenly Dog (ultimate, Earthsunder life form)]
With the path active, Han Wu invested 4.8 million energy points and summoned a Heavenly Dog. True to its name, the Heavenly Dog was a canine. It wasn’t large, and it even looked a bit scrawny.
Appearances were deceiving, though, and underestimating it would be a costly mistake. Han Wu tested it against the Gluttony Sin and found it compatible, so he immediately commenced the fusion.
The Sin Evolution altered the Heavenly Dog’s form considerably. It went from walking on four legs to standing upright on two, almost like a human. Its body, however, still looked entirely canine.
Han Wu checked its stats.
[Gluttony Heavenly Dog, Sin Lord of Gluttony (Microcosm rank). Skills: Ferocity, Rabid Bite, Moon Eater. Description: a powerful canine Demon King capable of swallowing the sun, the moon, and the stars.]
[Ferocity: Drastically boost speed and strength, as well as cause its attacks to inflict a viral infection.]
[Rabid Bite: A ranged energy attack fired from its mouth.]
[Moon Eater: Swallow the target whole and digest it. Successful digestion yields a power boost, but failure leaves the Heavenly Dog in a weakened state.]
Han Wu patted the Gluttony Heavenly Dog’s head, satisfied that his overall strength had grown once more.