Through the sparse jungle, the sunset burned like fire on the horizon. Inside the jungle, Su Xiao sat meditating atop a dead tree several meters thick. A few squirrels crawled out of the hollow trunk, and one even climbed onto Su Xiao's head, hugging a pinecone and crossing its legs as it gazed into the distance.
Normally, small creatures like squirrels would never dare approach Su Xiao so closely. Because of his blood aura, they would not even come within a kilometer of him.
After using the blood soul resonance of Blood Spear Grandmaster to fully consolidate his blood aura system, Su Xiao found that once he reined in his blood aura, not only weak creatures, but anyone who was not close to him in strength could no longer sense it as long as he did not release it deliberately.
In the past, Su Xiao had actually possessed two basic blood aura abilities: "Blood Spear Grandmaster" and "Aura Release." This embodied the saying that having too much meant mastering none. In more common terms, his former blood aura abilities were like breathing through both his mouth and nose. Though it did not affect his breathing, his control was poor.
Now that only "Blood Spear Grandmaster" remained as his sole basic blood aura ability, it was like breathing only through his nose. His breathing was not only natural, long, and steady, but his control had also skyrocketed.
Su Xiao opened his eyes and took out Bubu Wang's nut snack pack. After tearing open the wax-paper bag, several squirrels quickly stuffed their mouths until they looked like hamsters. One greedy fellow even crawled halfway into the bag to eat, kicking its two exposed hind legs the entire time, looking thoroughly pleased.
Looking around Su Xiao now, one would find plenty of broad-leaved