In the darkness, Qin Hao stood in the void, sensing everything around him, feeling the environment of the Dark Land.
Upon entering the Dark Land, Qin Hao's primary purpose was for his upcoming cultivation and to see if there would be any new check-in opportunities.
However, he had been in the Dark Land for some time, and nothing had happened yet.
Qin Hao had already determined there were no check-in opportunities, or perhaps it wasn't the right time yet; maybe it would be possible once the World Beasts were fully nurtured.
After all, Qin Hao still hadn't fully understood the rules of checking in; most of the time, he passively waited.
Aside from check-in opportunities related to cultivation level increases, there were also significant differences based on location.
Otherwise, by constantly changing locations to check in, Qin Hao could continuously farm various rewards and wouldn't need to cultivate himself at all.
For Qin Hao, checking in was more like icing on the cake; in his heart, he still had to cultivate himself.
From the moment he became a martial artist, stimulating the blessings brought by Star Tears with an extreme state, to the various subsequent rewards, Qin Hao was more focused on improving the efficiency of his cultivation, rarely experiencing direct boosts.
Every step he took, every stage of cultivation, Qin Hao never slacked off in the slightest.
Cultivating in different environments, Qin Hao could also feel the distinctness of the Dark Land; the laws became much more obscure, and a negative emotion was brewing within this world, unlike the Universe Sea and Primordial Universe.
While Qin Hao was immersed in cultivation and sensing his surroundings, a strange monster appeared in the distance.
The monster was entirely black, perfectly blending with the dark environment.
The monster was naked, with two single-eyed heads, one in front and one in back, two hands, two feet, one mouth, one nose, but no ears or eyebrows, making it extremely ugly and bizarre.
However, despite its ugliness, its body was very tall, and with every movement and turn of its body, one could feel the sense of power contained within it.
It was a World Beast, and after this World Beast appeared, it began to fly towards Qin Hao.
World Beasts are naturally unwilling to leave their lairs; now, rushing out of its lair, it seemed to have sensed Qin Hao's presence.
Its ugly head seemed to be smiling, as if it had sensed something delicious.
The World Beast's speed was extremely fast; it moved like a fish in water within the Dark Land, quickly approaching Qin Hao's location.
Its speed did not slow down at all, nor did it attempt to hide; it appeared directly at a location ten light-years away from Qin Hao.
“A strong individual from the Universe Sea, but unfortunately not even a True God, dares to appear in the Dark Land.” The World Beast’s tone was filled with disdain for Qin Hao, even feeling a bit regretful that he wasn't a True God-level existence.
World Beasts are born with a desire to devour the origin of universes; a True God's Small Universe is like a snack to them.
Although a True God's Small Universe isn't with them, as the creator of the Small Universe, they themselves possess the origin energy of the Small Universe, which is also good food for World Beasts.
“I actually encountered a World Beast, and it's coming for me.” Qin Hao opened his eyes and looked at the World Beast in the distance; the ugly monster had an uncomfortable aura about it.
The power on the World Beast was completely opposite to the power of the Primordial Universe, and also completely opposite to divine power; they would naturally annihilate and repel each other.
Seeing that it was a World Beast, Qin Hao did not choose to leave, but stood still, observing the World Beast before him.
World Beasts are relatively weak in combat but possess strong survival abilities; even facing a Tier 3 or Tier 4 World Beast, Qin Hao was confident he could handle it.
After all, the World Beast's strongest attack is a soul impact, which is Qin Hao's advantage; he would be minimally affected, and it was even unclear who would win if he counterattacked.
The World Beast saw that Qin Hao did not flee, and its mouth split open, its smile extremely grotesque.
In its view, Qin Hao had been subdued by it and had lost even the thought of escaping.
As World Beasts, although they had never left the Dark Land, they still had some understanding of the Universe Sea and the Primordial Universe; this came from their bloodline inheritance.
World Beasts, which only appear every tens of thousands of reincarnation eras, can each be said to be favored existences.
Although to the many lives in the Primordial Universe and Universe Sea, they bring destruction, from the perspective of the World Beasts' own talent and powerful strength, their appearance might also be the arrangement of this great world, or rather, an inevitable existence under the supreme rule.
They are naturally comparable to a True God, possess strong will, and their soul impact can even affect a Void True God, coupled with powerful bodies, making them almost without weaknesses.
Furthermore, once fully grown and having completed their devouring to become a World Beast King, their strength can grow almost unimpeded to the God King Level.
How could such a creature be simple?
As the World Beast approached, Qin Hao was already prepared.
Qin Hao did not intend to let go of this World Beast, nor did he plan to kill it immediately; he wanted to study it thoroughly, then enslave it, and use this World Beast to understand the Dark Land and the World Beast group.
As for cultivating a World Beast King like Luo Feng did, Qin Hao had no such intention.
After all, not every World Beast has enough talent.
Wasting too much time and resources on a talentless one would ultimately be in vain.
“Haha, little one from the Universe Sea, you still haven't fled even after seeing me.
Do you intend to fight me?” The World Beast's laughter came, and at the same time, a terrifyingly powerful soul impact instantly surged into Qin Hao's body.
The powerful soul attack entered Qin Hao's body without causing any ripples.
The Star Tears in his sea of consciousness began to rotate rapidly after the soul impact entered, and the powerful soul impact was instantly completely annihilated, transforming into pure soul energy, which was devoured by each of the Star Tears.
Although the World Beast's power was completely opposite to divine power, the essence of soul power was no different.
The soul impact, imbued with destructive will, had reached the level of a Void True God; if it were an ordinary True God, they would have been unable to resist the moment the soul impact arrived.
However, for Qin Hao, this slight soul impact had no effect whatsoever.
The World Beast had not expected its attack to be ineffective, but it was already too late to withdraw its attack.
Its numerous arms had already reached Qin Hao's front; the might of each arm reached the True God level, but it only possessed the power of a Seven-rank True God peak, having a very limited impact on Qin Hao.
“The power of a Seven-rank peak, it seems it's only a Tier 1 Jie Beast.” Qin Hao felt a bit disappointed; Tier 1 Jie Beasts are at the bottom of the World Beast hierarchy, most of them having just been nurtured or being extremely untalented.
