At the center of the explosion—
Lang Lei emerged from the smoke and dust, holding a glowing soul bone in his hand.
"Xuan Bing, please clean up the surrounding area." Lang Lei looked up at Xuan Bing in the sky.
"Yes!" Xuan Bing agreed without hesitation.
The next moment, icy air spread in all directions, cooling the areas that had been set ablaze by the terrifying heat.
Even the scattered sparks were extinguished.
"Alright, I'm going to absorb the soul ring now. Don't let any other soul beasts or soul masters get close," Lang Lei instructed.
In truth, most soul beasts had sensed that terrifying attack and fled. There probably would not be any soul beasts approaching this area for quite some time. The ones he truly needed to guard against were those soul masters who only knew that "fortune comes from danger," yet did not understand that "life is easily lost in danger."
Of course, there was also the Sky Azure Bull Python.
Although they could not stray far because they had to guard the entrance to the Lake of Life, there was no guarantee that, for the sake of his younger brother's safety, he would not lose his head and leave the core area.
"Yes!"
Lang Lei nodded reassuringly, then sat cross-legged and began absorbing the crimson Hundred Thousand Year Titan Giant Ape soul ring.
"Ding. Encounter mission: Decisive Battle with the Titan Giant Ape has been completed. Rewards are now being distributed."
"Ding. Titan Giant Ape soul ring age is increasing—"
"A dormant remnant soul of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Titan Giant Ape has been detected within the soul ring. Beginning removal."
"Removal complete. Soul ring enhancement complete."
"Reminder: absorption difficulty will not increase. It remains at the absorption difficulty of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."
At this