The quality of the Sea Soul Beasts far exceeded Ye Xishui's expectations.
A single small sea region provided more resentful, baleful blood energy than ten wars combined.
Humans were the spirits of all creation, and the resentful, baleful energy they provided was purer and of higher quality.
Yet these Sea Soul Beasts possessed an advantage that ordinary humans could never hope to match.
That was life energy.
Sea Soul Beasts might possess limited intelligence, but their vitality was far too abundant.
Even Soul Masters were vastly inferior to Soul Beasts of the same rank.
Not to mention ordinary humans.
To Ye Xishui, this pure and immense life energy was an incredible tonic.
After replenishing herself, Ye Xishui could clearly sense her strength increasing.
This visible rise in power utterly intoxicated Ye Xishui.
Her tongue lightly swept across her crimson lips, red as fresh blood, while greed filled Ye Xishui's eyes.
"Sure enough, setting our sights on Sea Soul Beasts was a wise decision. We should have done this long ago."
Ye Xishui chuckled softly and clenched her fist.
Her strength had increased tremendously. She could feel that she had already ascended to another level.
Even if she faced Mu Wu again, she would no longer feel the slightest fear.
Her current strength was terrifyingly powerful.
"Not bad. Now, you are only one final step away from pushing open that door."
A cold, sinister voice sounded beside Ye Xishui's ear as a Black-Robed Figure abruptly appeared.
Unfazed, Ye Xishui said blandly, "But this one step is far more difficult than imagined."
Though she was only one step away, that realm still seemed like flowers seen through mist to Ye Xishui, as unreachable as an illusion.
She knew that truly taking this step would not be easy.
"That is only natural. If