The reason a spirit essence could leave a cultivator's body without immediately vanishing was that the spirit essence itself carried a vast and surging origin energy of the soul.
It could be said that the origin of the soul was the foundation that kept the spirit essence stable and imperishable.
Such energy was naturally of immense importance. Under ordinary circumstances, no one would activate it, because doing so would drastically consume the spirit essence's own origin power.
Even after that, one would need to spend an extremely long time in seclusion to recover fully.
At this moment, Qin Fengming had reached a point of utter desperation. The fact that he could instantly think of activating his own soul origin was also due to his wealth of combat experience and his ability to remain calm in the face of danger.
Had it been anyone else, they would likely have been too terrified to think at all.
Sensing the soul energy surge within him, Qin Fengming's heart instantly filled with killing intent. As a howl rang out, a Soul Devouring Claw suddenly flashed into existence and grabbed directly toward Chao Fei before him.
The change had come too quickly. Neither Chao Zhang nor Chao Fei had expected that, after the two of them simultaneously unleashed their attacks, the young man before them would still have the strength to resist and launch an attack.
Moreover, the instant this attack appeared, a terrifying might that caused the three great Blood Crane Mountain experts present to feel sudden alarm in their hearts emerged the moment the claw's shadow took shape.
The one who felt it most deeply was the Soul Devouring Claw's target, Chao Fei.
When he suddenly saw a gigantic claw shadow appear and descend, Chao Fei felt an incomparably powerful restraining force suddenly