Swallowing a Spirit Beast Whole

After taking a closer look, Mo Bai realized that a scorpion possessing Soul Power had somehow crawled into his little cauldron.

Although it still looked very weak, weak enough for him to crush with a single step.

But once it possessed Soul Power, no matter how weak it was, it was still a Spirit Beast!

Mo Bai estimated that such a weak Spirit Beast did not even have a year's worth of cultivation, and had most likely only been born recently.

No one would consider killing such a weak Spirit Beast to obtain a Spirit Ring.

But Mo Bai was different. He had long entertained an idea: swallowing a Spirit Beast alive and killing it inside his stomach.

He wanted to see whether he could capture the Spirit Ring that appeared after a Spirit Beast died by swallowing it alive.

"This little scorpion is perfect!"

"It has less than a year of cultivation and is pitifully weak. It couldn't be better for an experiment—it'll minimize the unknown risks!"

As he looked at the Spirit Beast scorpion in the little cauldron, Mo Bai's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

The little Spirit Beast scorpion inside the cauldron was, after all, a Spirit Beast and not comparable to an ordinary venomous creature. It seemed to sense danger and swiftly crawled out of the cauldron, trying to escape.

"Little fellow, it's too late to leave now. No—you shouldn't have appeared in the first place!"

Mo Bai smiled and shot out his hand like lightning, swiftly catching the little scorpion.

As it came under attack, the scorpion immediately lashed its tail at Mo Bai's finger.

Ding~

Yet the scorpion's attack could not even break Mo Bai's skin.

After pinching the scorpion in his hand, Mo Bai first used Jade Hand to absorb the venom from its body, then squeezed it unconscious.

Holding it by its tail and bringing it before his eyes, Mo Bai hesitated slightly.

Having dealt with venomous creatures so often, he was not afraid of scorpions.

But swallowing a scorpion alive still made him deeply resistant. He had never tried anything like this before!

In the end, however, Mo Bai gritted his teeth, opened his mouth, tossed the scorpion inside, and swallowed it whole.

Gulp~

"Fuck!"

After swallowing it down with great difficulty, Mo Bai could not help cursing. It was not for any particular reason—he simply felt like cursing.

Then Mo Bai forcefully suppressed his nausea, sat down cross-legged, and circulated the Soul Power within his body, gathering it in his stomach.

Bang~

It was only a little scorpion. Before long, Mo Bai easily crushed it to death inside his stomach with Soul Power.

Buzz~

Not long after, Mo Bai indeed sensed a Spirit Ring emerging from within his body.

However, as soon as it appeared, it only formed a tiny Spirit Ring less than a few centimeters across and could not continue expanding outward.

Normally, a Spirit Ring would gradually expand from small to large, eventually forming one roughly a meter in diameter.

"Good, it really can't get away!"

Seeing this, Mo Bai inwardly cheered.

Since he had successfully confined it inside his body, all that remained was to absorb it.

Mo Bai tried circulating his Soul Power to refine it, but it remained as immovable as a stubborn rock.

Only when Mo Bai tried controlling the first Spirit Ring within his body and placed it over that Spirit Ring—

Unexpectedly, Mo Bai's first Spirit Ring easily enveloped the Spirit Ring dropped by the little scorpion, completely absorbing it until it vanished.

Boom~

However, just as Mo Bai thought his first Spirit Ring had easily absorbed the little scorpion's Spirit Ring, he suddenly felt his first Spirit Ring tremble violently. It appeared around his body on its own, shaking continuously as though it might collapse at any moment.

Not good!

Mo Bai inwardly cried out in alarm. For a moment, he had no idea what to do.

He did not know how to stabilize his first Spirit Ring!

He had never even heard of a Spirit Ring exploding before, nor had he encountered any knowledge related to this.

Mo Bai could only try controlling his first Spirit Ring with his mind, attempting to stabilize it, but it was useless. The entire first Spirit Ring grew more and more uncontrollable, as if it were about to collapse.

"Damn, are the consequences really this serious?"

"Is my first Spirit Ring going to be destroyed?"

Mo Bai was filled with shock and fury. He had never expected that the weakest Spirit Ring, with merely one year of cultivation, could cause such severe consequences.

He had originally thought that no matter what changes occurred, it was only a one-year Spirit Ring. What damage could it possibly cause? Wouldn't he be able to suppress it with a wave of his hand?

Who could have expected this?

But it was too late to say anything now. Almost instinctively, Mo Bai began circulating the Startling Feather Art he cultivated.

However, as Mo Bai circulated his Startling Feather Art, with every cycle it completed within his body, a wisp of special Soul Power flowed out of him and into his first Spirit Ring.

Gradually, as more and more Soul Power flowed out, Mo Bai's first Spirit Ring actually stabilized.

In the end, it stopped trembling and became completely calm.

"What's going on?"

Even Mo Bai himself did not understand how he had managed to stabilize it.

Mo Bai only knew that his Startling Feather Art had stabilized his first Spirit Ring, which had been on the verge of collapsing!

"Could it be that Soul Power circulated like inner force can stabilize Spirit Rings?"

Mo Bai felt that his guess was probably correct.

As for why his first Spirit Ring had begun to collapse after devouring the little scorpion's Spirit Ring—

Now that Mo Bai thought it over carefully, it seemed that the original Spirit Ring had some kind of barrier layer stabilizing it. After his first Spirit Ring enveloped the little scorpion's Spirit Ring, that barrier layer had been damaged, which led to the collapse.

This did not seem to have much to do with the strength of the Spirit Ring being devoured.

Otherwise, Mo Bai could not understand why merely devouring a one-year Spirit Ring could cause such serious consequences.

Whether that was truly the case could only be determined through further attempts.

"Let's first see what changes I gained after successfully devouring it!"

Still, Mo Bai decided to inspect his first Spirit Ring first. If devouring the little scorpion's Spirit Ring had not caused any changes at all, then what the hell was the point of trying again?

Yet no matter how Mo Bai studied it, he could not find any changes in his first Spirit Ring.

Its age, Soul Skill, and Soul Skill strength were all still the same as before.

"Maybe the Spirit Ring I devoured was too weak, so the changes aren't noticeable!"

In the end, that was the only conclusion Mo Bai could reach.

There was no way there had been no change at all!

"I can only know by trying again. And the Spirit Beast I try it on can't be too low-level!"

Mo Bai looked hesitant.

He did not know whether he should continue experimenting. What if the consequences turned out to be even more severe?

But having discovered a method that might allow him to devour Spirit Rings, Mo Bai was unwilling to simply abandon it rather than make use of it.

Mo Bai felt that this was very likely an opportunity for him.

Thanks to reader Heaven and Earth in Unity for the reward!