Delicious Blood

For several days in a row, the Blue Silver craze showed no signs of dying down.

Meanwhile, the Spirit Saint who had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to capture a Ghost Tiger had finally returned!

"Who would have thought that something this big would happen after just one trip away?"

The Spirit Saint was filled with emotion.

On his way back, he had encountered quite a few Soul Master teams heading to the Star Dou Great Forest in search of rare Blue Silver Grass.

Still, he had no complaints. The task assigned by the Elder Hall bigwigs was far more important than chasing the Blue Silver craze!

This time, I should at least leave a good impression on the bigwigs!

The Spirit Saint looked at the Ten Thousand Years Ghost Tiger barely clinging to life at his feet and smiled in satisfaction.

Then, he grabbed the Ghost Tiger and strode through the gates of Spirit City.

The moment he entered the city, countless curious and astonished gazes, along with pointing fingers and hushed discussions, came pouring in.

"Why did he bring a Soul Beast back alive?"

"Does it have some special use?"

"..."

Under normal circumstances, Soul Masters killed Soul Beasts on the spot to obtain Spirit Rings, Spirit Bones, meat, and other materials. They rarely captured them alive.

The Spirit Saint was delighted, marching onward despite all the stares and whispers.

When he reached the central district, many Spirit Hall Soul Masters were drawn by the sight and gathered around.

Quite a few of them knew him.

"Why did you capture a Ghost Tiger?"

"This is a task assigned by an Elder Hall bigwig!"

The Spirit Saint puffed out his chest proudly.

At once, the others understood and grew envious.

This fellow had already endured the hardship of completing the task. Now, he was about to reap the rewards!

Seeing that his clothes were disheveled and stained with blood, someone reminded him, "You're going to meet a bigwig. At least tidy yourself up first!"

The Spirit Saint shook his head. "Delivering the Ghost Tiger to the bigwig as quickly as possible is what matters most!"

Tidy up?

What was there to tidy up?

These were my badges of honor!

Arriving before the Elder Hall, the Spirit Saint said to the guards, "This subordinate requests an audience with Lord Lucifer. The Ghost Tiger has been captured!"

The guard naturally knew Lucifer and immediately prepared to go inside and report it.

Before he could move, Lucifer walked out of the hall.

"Lord Lucifer!" Both the guard and the Spirit Saint bowed in salute.

Lucifer nodded.

He first glanced at the Ghost Tiger on the ground, barely alive, then looked over the Spirit Saint's bedraggled state.

"You captured a Ten Thousand Years Ghost Tiger in just a few days. You put your heart into this!" Lucifer nodded in satisfaction.

That simple sentence swept away all the Spirit Saint's exhaustion from the past few days.

"It is only right for this subordinate to devote himself to serving you, my lord!" the Spirit Saint replied respectfully with a bow.

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from the distance—

"You're quite skilled at ordering around the people of my Spirit Hall, aren't you?"

The Spirit Saint turned and saw that it was Pope Qian Xunjie!

The information in those words instantly made his CPU burn out.

Could it be that Lucifer was not part of Spirit Hall?

Could it be that the Pope was deeply dissatisfied with him working for Lucifer?

Were Lucifer and the Pope at odds?

For a moment, the Spirit Saint felt incredibly uneasy.

Lucifer smiled and shot back, "What? I can't?"

"I suppose you can!"

What else could Qian Xunjie say?

When one had eaten from another's hand, one had to yield.

He had just received a tremendous benefit from Lucifer.

So what if Lucifer ordered his subordinate around?

Only then did the Spirit Saint finally relax.

At the same time, he became even more curious about Lucifer's identity. He could actually speak to the Pope like that!

And hadn't his colleagues said before that Lucifer had close ties to the Qian Family?

Why did they seem somewhat distant now?

Still, one thing was certain: since he dared speak to the Pope like that, his status had to be incredibly high.

"Since I can, then help me reward him!"

Lucifer immediately pressed his advantage. "He did a fine job, so don't be too stingy!"

Qian Xunjie curled his lips and could only say to the Spirit Saint, "Go to the Pope's Palace later to collect your reward!"

"This subordinate is overwhelmed with gratitude!"

After expressing his thanks, the Spirit Saint tactfully took his leave.

Qian Xunjie glanced at the Ghost Tiger. "Why did you have someone capture this thing?"

"For an experiment!"

Lucifer did not elaborate. He turned to the guard beside him and said, "Go inside and get a cup. Draw some blood from this Ghost Tiger!"

"Yes!"

Before long, the guard emerged carrying a cup and a dagger.

He crouched beside the Ghost Tiger and sliced open its thigh with the dagger.

The Ghost Tiger was barely alive and had no strength to resist. It could only let him do as he pleased.

After collecting half a cup of blood, the guard respectfully handed it to Lucifer. "Lord Lucifer!"

What he held was a goblet.

Only this time, it held not wine, but blood!

Lucifer took it and raised the cup closer, habitually giving it a sniff.

Hmm... he could not smell anything.

He was a pure energy entity. He had no sense of smell or taste, only sight, hearing, and touch.

However, Lucifer could sense the dense dark energy contained within the blood!

Qian Renxue had been cultivating, but the commotion at the entrance of the Elder Hall drew her over.

She happened to witness this scene!

"Drawing a cup of Soul Beast blood, then sniffing it like that... he seems kind of perverted."

Qian Xunjie watched Lucifer's movements, curious about what he intended to do next.

Then, Lucifer drained the blood in the goblet in one gulp!

"Mmm... I can feel it!"

The Dark Attribute energy within the blood intoxicated him beyond measure!

Lucifer tilted his head back, his six wings spreading fully as Dark Red patterns began to emerge across his black feathers, spreading like blood vessels!

Qian Xunjie was astonished to discover that Lucifer's body had become more solid than ever before!

Much of the faint, illusory quality that had once flickered around him had vanished. Now, he looked like a truly living being!

"What did you feel?" Qian Xunjie asked, a trace of vigilance rising in his heart.

What kind of trick is he pulling now?

Lucifer's voice became deeper and more powerful. "The Soul Power consumption needed to sustain my existence has decreased by at least seventy percent!"

Hearing this, Qian Renxue carefully sensed it for herself.

Whenever Lucifer became a Detached Independent Spirit, Soul Power was inevitably consumed.

This could either consume Lucifer's own Soul Power reserves or continuously drain Qian Renxue's Soul Power.

It was like one mode using a battery, while the other used a power supply.

When there was nothing going on, Lucifer preferred using the power supply mode.

Thus, Qian Renxue's Soul Power had always been continuously consumed.

Since the two of them were not far apart, the consumption was not particularly high.

After getting used to it, Qian Renxue had unconsciously ignored it.

But after sensing it this time, she discovered that the Soul Power consumption had indeed dropped sharply.

"It's true!"

Qian Renxue beamed. "The Soul Power consumption really has dropped a lot!"

"That's great!"

So that was what it was! Qian Xunjie let out a sigh of relief.

He had thought Lucifer was about to stir up something major again!

It reminded him of another Detached Independent Spirit on the Douluo Continent.

"Is this a trait shared by all Detached Independent Spirits?"

Since it could reduce Qian Renxue's Soul Power consumption, Qian Xunjie was more than happy to see it happen.