Domain!

Zhu Tao took out her tools and began dissecting the Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull. The Iron Bull's surface defenses were extremely strong, but if she started from a small area on its abdomen and broke down the scales from within, it became easy.

Zhu Tao was very skilled.

She was highly experienced in this regard. Since she followed her older brother on hunts and lacked combat strength herself, she naturally had to be more professional in this area so she could save the team some time.

Even Zhang Yang and Tao Min were slower at dissecting than Zhu Tao, who looked young but was remarkably seasoned.

It was just a little tiring.

"You guys handle the dissection! I need to recover after using my Soul Skill just now."

Chen Feng sat cross-legged. Repeatedly using Soul Needle would not shake the foundation of his strength, but in a place like this, he knew he had to remain in peak condition at all times.

"There are five bottles of Green Liquid Essence here. Take them and recover."

At that moment, the bearded captain carefully took five green glass tubes from his backpack and handed them to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng froze. If he was not mistaken, he had seen these in a Green God Company store before. Each one cost more than nine thousand. He was giving all five to him?

"Fine, then reimburse it from my share later. Thanks!"

Chen Feng did not stand on ceremony. Recovery was what mattered most right now.

Bearded Uncle said with a smile, "What reimbursement? Without you, we would have died long ago. If you consider us your teammates, then take these."

"I've got three tubes of restorative Nutrient Fluid here too. Take them as well!" Zhang Yang handed over three more tubes.

"I have two." Tao Min swiftly took out two tubes of restorative Nutrient Fluid. These were used for recovery during extreme exhaustion, though they could also be used when breaking through in strength.

They needed to ensure Chen Feng's strength right now, so they took everything out. Without Chen Feng, they would all be dead by now. None of them cared about such things.

Though they were all members of a hunting team, each of them had some means. They could afford to give up this much.

Even Zhu Tao took out two tubes.

Seeing the resolute looks in everyone's eyes, Chen Feng did not refuse.

Among all this Nutrient Fluid, he noticed that two bottles clearly had restorative effects for the mind.

If that was the case, Chen Feng thought, then while recovering, he could continue strengthening his physique, increase his Soul Power, and let the Bodhi Divine Tree grow a little as well.

Chen Feng did not hold back. He picked up the Nutrient Fluid and gulped it all down in one go.

At the same time, the Bodhi Divine Tree appeared behind Chen Feng's head. When it manifested outside, it was merely a vague shadow of a tree, and outsiders could not discern anything unusual about it.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

As the Nutrient Fluid entered his body and spread through his limbs and bones, it contained powerful essence. Chen Feng quickly circulated the Essence Gathering Method to restore his stamina.

A short while later, Chen Feng's physical strength had increased considerably. He was not surprised, since these were all expensive items. For an ordinary family, even producing one tube would put immense strain on them. Yet his teammates had given him twelve tubes in total.

As his body strengthened, his Soul Power increased as well.

Chen Feng circulated another stream of essence and merged it into his martial soul. He withdrew his martial soul and nurtured it deep within his mind.

After absorbing the essence, the Bodhi Divine Tree grew by one-fifth.

However, Chen Feng had not expected that as he recovered, another piece of information would pass from the Bodhi Divine Tree into his mind.

"Sluggish Domain!"

This...

The general meaning was that Chen Feng could summon the Bodhi Divine Tree and release a mental aura. Any enemy enveloped by the aura would suffer slowed movements, impaired mental faculties, and sluggish reactions.

"What is this?"

Chen Feng did not actually know much about the Bodhi Divine Tree. Now that it had grown a little, such an insight had appeared.

"Sluggish Domain..."

Chen Feng pondered for a moment. "I understand!"

Chen Feng suddenly rejoiced, thinking to himself, The Bodhi Divine Tree can act on me and improve my comprehension, but if its effect spreads outward toward enemies, it can reduce their reactions and thinking ability!

So that's how it is. A Bodhi Divine Tree that can stimulate a person's comprehension can also make people sluggish and slow-minded. There's nothing strange about that!

Having figured this out, Chen Feng was overjoyed.

Even without this domain, Chen Feng believed that ordinary early-stage Essence Gathering Realm cultivators were no match for him. After all, he still had his martial soul's physical and Mental Attacks, which could repeatedly pierce through and kill enemies.

Now that he had the Sluggish Domain, was it not similar in principle to the aura spread by Magnetic Field Realm experts?

Moreover, this effect seemed even more effective than the killing power of an aura emitted by Magnetic Field Realm cultivators.

"Although I haven't reached the Magnetic Field Realm yet and there's still a gap between me and experts like that, the effect of this domain alone is enough to increase my combat strength by more than tenfold. What an unexpected gain!"

Chen Feng was delighted.

Just imagine it. When facing a powerful enemy, he could summon the Bodhi Divine Tree and release its aura, enveloping the enemy. The enemy would instantly become sluggish. How terrifying would that be?

One had to know that in battle, a single second of sluggishness was enough to get someone killed several times over.

In a life-and-death fight, stopping or slowing down was a massive opening. Such an opening could be fatal.

With this domain, Chen Feng had become far stronger without anyone noticing.

After resting enough, Chen Feng opened his eyes. He wanted to test the effects of his Sluggish Domain.

He looked at Tao Min. Tao Min was a very sharp person, so he would test it on her.

"Sister Tao."

"Hm?" Tao Min, who was tidying up the demonic beast, looked over and asked, "What is it?"

Chen Feng smiled. "Sister Tao, I want to test my Soul Skill. Charge at me and let me try it."

"Oh? What should I do? Just charge over?"

"Yes, Sister Tao. Just charge at me with all your strength!"

"Alright!"

Tao Min grew serious, then stepped back and charged toward Chen Feng.

Whoosh!

Tao Min was quite fast, like a speeding car as she rushed toward Chen Feng. When she was ten meters away from him, an invisible aura suddenly spread from Chen Feng's body.

He did not summon his martial soul. Instead, he directly released the aura of the domain.

Buzz.

No one could see the invisible aura, but it spread across a radius of ten meters.

Ten meters seemed to be the limit.

In an instant, Tao Min felt as if she had entered a state of mental clarity. Something had affected her mind, and everything before her became sluggish.

Even her thoughts slowed for two seconds. By the time she forcibly broke free of that disturbance, a shadow flashed before her eyes. Chen Feng was already standing in front of her, smiling. "That's enough, Sister Tao!"