When Xu Chunniang woke again, three months had already passed.
She rubbed her head, her brows knitting slightly.
The fatigue and pain welling up from the depths of her soul had not eased despite three months of slumber.
To wear Long Yu to death without leaving the slightest chance, she had overdrawn far too much soul power, leaving even her soul much weaker than before.
She feared she would need a long period of recuperation before she could replenish the soul power she had lost and restore her soul to its original state.
But all of it had been worth it. Long Yu was the strongest opponent she had encountered thus far. Had she not been able to secretly use those Outer Realm Heavenly Demons to gradually grind down his strength, she might not have been able to outlast him.
With a thought, Xu Chunniang took out the dragon pearl she had cut from Long Yu's abdomen and sent a thread of divine sense into it.
This dragon pearl was Long Yu's only storage space. Barring any surprises, all his assets should have been stored inside.
Before she could examine it carefully, Xu Chunniang was stunned by the mountains of demon crystals piled within the dragon pearl.
Low-grade demon crystals, as commonplace as stones scattered everywhere, had been casually heaped in a corner. The sight was immensely striking, enough that even Xu Chunniang, who considered herself well-traveled, could not look away for a long while.
Beside the low-grade demon crystals stood a slightly smaller mound, packed full of mid-grade demon crystals.
Next to the mid-grade demon crystals were several exquisite wooden boxes, but they were already empty.
Xu Chunniang knew that these wooden boxes had originally contained some high-grade demon crystals.
But during Long Yu's flight, he had used up