Chapter 523: Feeding

Su Che waited anxiously for the mysterious old man’s reply, unable to guess what he might do.
Fortunately, he heard…
“Okay!”
The mysterious old man finally responded, his tone surprisingly calm: “If you’re capable of obtaining two or even more Survival Tickets, I’ll allow you to save the others. After all, Survival Tickets are meant to give you a chance to survive.”
Great!
Not only was Su Che secretly delighted, but it was good news for everyone else as well. Thus, those who knew each other best from the Mahayana stage began communicating through telepathy, hurriedly making various arrangements…
However, the mysterious old man was never patient and never gave much time. After answering Su Che, just a few breaths later, he transported all 55 people in front of Yunzhong Temple away at once.
Huh!
After enduring the slight dizziness from teleportation, Su Che soon found himself in a completely different place.
It seemed to be a low-lying swamp, covering hundreds of miles in circumference at first glance. In the distance, the outlines of rolling mountains could be faintly seen; the natural environment wasn’t particularly unusual.
“A total of 27.5 Survival Tickets, scattered within a radius of ten thousand miles…”
Su Che thought to himself, “Lao Hei, is that what that old madman said?”
“Yes, master,” Lao Hei replied. “And the game rule still requires not lifting both feet off the ground—flying is strictly forbidden. Walking on land, searching for over twenty small tokens within ten thousand miles is like looking for a needle in a haystack, all within a hundred hours. The difficulty is unimaginable.”
“The difficulty is indeed huge!”
Su Che pondered for a moment before saying, “To find the Survival Tickets, Lao Hei, you don’t need to hide your detection ability. Use it fully.”
“Understood, master,” Lao Hei immediately agreed.
Previously, Su Che had been worried that the mysterious old man might discover Lao Hei’s detection ability, so he had kept it tightly controlled. Occasionally, when it was used to scan the surroundings, it was limited to a range of a thousand zhang.
Now, with the search for Survival Tickets at hand, there was no need to be so cautious. Lao Hei’s detection ability could now reach a radius of eight thousand zhang, ensuring that no Survival Ticket would be missed within that range.
Additionally, at this moment, Su Che was indeed alone, completely separated from Tian Yin and his three subordinates. He couldn’t see anyone else in his field of vision.

Su Che thought to himself, “There are fifty-five people scattered over an area of tens of thousands of miles. If they were ordinary people, they might not encounter others even in their entire lives. It can be said that the chances of meeting that Snow Jade Fairy are not high…”
Among those fifty opponents at the Mahayana stage, Su Che was most concerned about the extremely mysterious Snow Jade Fairy; the others were less of a concern.
“Master, should we send a soul call to Heng Yi and the other two to come and meet us?” Lao He immediatelyreminded.
“Good, summon them,” Su Che replied.
After ascending to the Huashen stage, Su Che’s ability to establish soul connections with his servants across the four layers of the Immortal Prison expanded from a radius of 10,000 miles to 100,000 miles. In other words, within a radius of 100,000 miles, they could receive any form of soul command sent to them.
Of course, Su Che was also aware that this wasn’t really a significant advantage. Those powerful beings at the Mahayana stage could also establish telepathic connections through certain methods, such as the “Soul Blood Oath” technique, allowing them to maintain clear telepathic communication even across trillions of miles in the vast starry expanse.
If he could gather his subordinates together, perhaps they too could come together.
“Never underestimate those powerful beings at the Mahayana stage. Even if they are sealed and can only exert the combat strength of the late Yuan Ying stage, they still cannot be underestimated.”
Su Che kept reminding himself of this at all times.
It was time to start searching!
Su Che used the divine technique of compressing space to cross the swamp ahead and head toward the distant mountains in search of the Survival Order. Of course, he couldn’t ignore this swamp either; he had to search it thoroughly, leaving no part unexamined.
However, after walking for a short while, Lao He warned, “Master, there’s something in the water!”
Using his light-footed technique to walk on the muddy ground in the swamp, Su Che had already guessed that things wouldn’t be peaceful along the way. The mysterious old man couldn’t possibly be so kind as to let him search without adding any difficulties.
Sure enough, a long-bodied strange beast emerged from the muddy water ahead. It resembled a combination of a crocodile and a dragon—its head, tail, and scales were all similar to those of a crocodile, but much longer. Su Che didn’t know its name or origin, so he temporarily named it “Crocodile Dragon” in his mind.

This crocodile dragon form was grotesque and terrifying, clearly an extremely brutal beast. After bursting out of the water, it immediately flew into the air, its body swaying as if it truly were a dragon. Su Che knew that in the mysterious old man’s private realm, every exotic beast was highly powerful and far from ordinary. Fighting them would waste a lot of time, even if he could win. With only a hundred hours, or less than nine days, to find the Survival Token, he couldn’t afford to waste time on these beasts encountered along the way. “If I can’t fight it, then I’ll just have to feed it.” Su Che was prepared. He immediately released a dozen fat pigs from the Immortal Prison—not ordinary fat pigs, but ones infused with abundant life force, each brimming with vitality. In the Immortal Prison world, such experiments had been done many times; extremely precious life force was the most delicious food in the eyes of any creature. Back then, Su Che had used this life energy to “abduct” the spirit herb baby Xiao Ling’er. For these low-intelligence beasts, it should be no problem either. Sure enough, as soon as the dozen highly vital fat pigs appeared, the crocodile dragon went berserk, immediately entering a frenzied state. With a roar, it lunged at one of the pigs. Seizing this opportunity, Su Che retreated quickly, using his Divine Movement technique to fly far away. The task of searching for the Survival Token along the way was left entirely to Lao He; Su Che didn’t need to worry about it. Whether it was deep in the underwater mire or inside the beast’s stomach, Lao He would penetrate in to check for the Survival Token. If the crocodile dragon had swallowed it, he would have to kill it to retrieve the token… Roar… A deafening roar from behind came from the crocodile dragon, clearly filled with excitement. It had just devoured a pig in a few bites. While enjoying the tender meat, the pure life force made its scales tremble with pleasure. With a rush, it charged at another pig… “A dozen fat pigs, each weighing hundreds of pounds, should be enough to feed it, right?” As he fled rapidly, Su Che thought, “It doesn’t matter. Even if it has an enormous appetite and isn’t satisfied with a dozen pigs, I’ll just give it dozens more! After all, in the Immortal Prison world, there are countless domesticated fat pigs, and their life force is inexhaustible. It can eat as much as it wants, as long as it doesn’t come after me.” Roar! Roar! Roar…

Every time it swallowed a fat pig, the crocodile dragon would roar triumphantly toward the sky, experiencing extreme pleasure. The fat pigs trapped in the swamp had no chance of escaping and were soon devoured all. By then, Su Che had already run more than ten miles away. Seeming still unsatisfied, the crocodile dragon chased after Su Che’s retreating figure. Bound by the game rules, Su Che could only walk; even his Divine Movement technique couldn’t compare to the crocodile dragon’s flying speed, and it caught up to him in just a few breaths. “Not full yet?” Su Che turned around, smiled, and shouted at it, “Want more?” “Aoooh…” The crocodile dragon, now only dozens of feet away, didn’t attack Su Che but instead roared in response. Though these exotic beasts weren’t as intelligent as humans, they were certainly smarter than domestic dogs and could likely understand what Su Che meant. “Then here’s more!” Su Che waved his hand casually, and this time even more—forty fat pigs scattered in the swamp groaned and struggled desperately. The crocodile dragon immediately pounced on them. To be honest, its size wasn’t particularly huge—only as thick as a water tank and about ten feet long. Given its appetite, it surely couldn’t swallow dozens of fat pigs at once. But as exotic beasts, they had extremely remarkable digestive abilities, capable of instantly breaking down food into energy stored within their bodies. Thus, its appetite couldn’t be judged by its surface size. Amidst its roaring, the crocodile dragon swallowed over twenty fat pigs, seemingly finally satisfied. It hovered in the air, gazing down at the remaining dozen pigs, seemingly lost in thought about what to do with them. After a few moments, it turned its head to look at Su Che, who was gradually moving farther away, then turned back to stare at the pigs, as if pondering something… Finally, it made a wise choice: abandoning the pigs in front of it, it continued chasing after Su Che. “Master, it’s chasing after us again,” Lao He immediately warned. “Oh?” Su Che didn’t turn around to check but asked in his mind, “Did it eat those forty fat pigs again?” “No, there are still over a dozen left. It’s probably too full to eat any more,” Lao He chuckled. “This guy isn’t stupid. It gave up the delicious food in front of it to keep chasing after you. It must understand that you are the most important source of sustenance in the long run.” “Then let it follow.”

Su Che also smiled to himself: “We have a world with hundreds of billions of living beings. Why worry about not being able to feed such a crocodile dragon?”
Not just one—no matter how many, we can afford to feed them!
“It would be best to buy its loyalty and have it follow us temporarily as our temporary enforcer.”
Old He had an idea and suggested, “If it’s possible, we can use such exotic beasts to take on those bastards in the Spirit Realm.”
“I thought the same,” Su Che nodded inwardly. “Then let’s give it a try…”