Rampaging Thorn Pig

After wolfing down breakfast, Tang Jiu somehow felt even hungrier!

Sweat poured from his entire body, and his Soul Power fluctuated erratically. Tang Jiu panicked and looked to Tang Hao for help. "Dad, I think something's wrong with my body."

Tang Hao immediately told Tang San to boil some water, then carried Tang Jiu to the bed. After questioning him, Tang Hao's expression turned grim. "You're hungry! Your Soul Power has increased too quickly, but your physical condition obviously hasn't kept up."

"For Soul Masters, especially Power Type Soul Masters, food intake is also very important. The food you two have eaten all these years has had no nutrition. Xiao San seems fine to me, but you're clearly malnourished!"

Tang Jiu felt bitter inside. Third Brother cultivated inner power; supposedly, once that stuff was cultivated to the end, he would not even need to eat!

He used his inner power to nourish his body, so of course he was fine!

But Tang Jiu was miserable. "Dad, I feel terrible. Why don't you go to Nuoding City and rob some rich, heartless nobles? Don't let me starve to death!"

"I'm a dignified Titled Douluo. How could I become a bandit? I can't afford to lose that much face!" Tang Hao snapped.

"But this dignified Titled Douluo of yours is about to starve his son to death. Isn't that shameful?" Tang Jiu said.

"You're already like this, and you still can't stop talking!"

Tang Hao nearly exploded with anger. He glared fiercely at Tang Jiu. If Tang Jiu had not been sick, he would have wanted to give this brat a good pounding.

But a moment later, his expression turned cold and severe. He said resentfully, "I never thought that I, Tang Hao, would be forced into this state by Spirit Hall, unable to even afford meat for my sons!"

At that moment, he finally abandoned some of his principles and said solemnly, "Little Jiu, don't be afraid. I'll find you something to eat. From today onward, our family will have all the meat we need!"

Tang Hao stood, told Tang San to take good care of Tang Jiu, then draped himself in a cloak and disappeared into the mountains, heading toward Nuoding City.

After Tang Hao left, Tang Jiu lay in bed for the entire day. No matter how much food he ate, it did nothing; he was still ravenously hungry!

Meat... how could he live without meat?

That night, Tang Hao finally returned, carrying a massive Spirit Beast resembling a wild boar. It was over ten meters long, with terrifying tusks, bristles like thorns all over its body, and blood-red patterns on its hide.

Tang Jiu and Tang San were both stunned. "Dad, what is that?"

"It should be a Rampaging Thorn Pig," Tang Hao said.

"A Spirit Beast? From the looks of it, a very powerful one at that. Dad, where did you get it?" Tang San asked in astonishment.

"I took a stroll and happened to pick it up," Tang Hao said without so much as a blush.

"You picked it up? How is that possible?"

Tang San's mouth twitched. He could pick up a Spirit Beast just by going out? This Spirit Beast clearly did not look easy to deal with. How exactly had he picked it up?

Even if it was dead and had lost its soul ring, wouldn't it be better to carry it back and eat the pork?

Spirit Beast meat was supposedly a premium ingredient. The higher the Spirit Beast's level, the more expensive it was! Selling it to a restaurant would bring in a considerable sum. Who would kill a Spirit Beast and just throw it away?

In truth, Tang Hao had caught it in the Soul Hunting Forest outside Nuoding City. It was a genuine Thousand-Year Spirit Beast!

"Third Brother, don't worry about where it came from. We should be worrying about how to eat it! Hurry up and cook it. Looking at that pig, I want to bite into it right now!"

Tang Jiu hurriedly came to Tang Hao's rescue. Right now, he only wanted meat as quickly as possible!

Tang Hao picked up a knife and began brutally butchering the boar. He tossed the fattest, juiciest rib meat straight into the pot, added some salt and spices, and began boiling it over high heat.

Three hours later, an entire pot of pork was ready. Tang Hao directly fished out a huge rib and stuffed it into Tang Jiu's hands. "Eat up. This meat is nutritious!"

Tang Jiu did not waste any words. He raised the rib and began gnawing at it wildly. And indeed, this Spirit Beast meat was unbelievably delicious!

Tang Jiu was not the only one eating. Tang San also began eating the delicious pork. Since coming to this world, he had not eaten meat even once!

Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Meat was packed with nutrients. As Tang Jiu continued eating, the weakness in his body gradually eased, and he felt warmth spreading through him.

Tang San felt it too. Spirit Beast meat contained immense energy. Although it could not help his Mysterious Heaven Skill break through, it nourished his body and steadily improved his physical condition.

For the next two days, Tang Jiu and Tang San did nothing but cut up pork, cook it, then hang it up to dry.

Before they had even finished this boar, Tang Hao brought back another Spirit Beast one night, this one resembling a cow. Tang San completely gave up on asking questions.

After eating as much Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Meat as they wanted for ten consecutive days, Tang Jiu finally no longer felt weak. With the massive intake of nutrients, his once-skinny body also began to feel fuller and stronger.

Finally, on the eleventh day, while Tang Jiu was gnawing on a pig trotter, his Soul Power began to fluctuate again.

Tang Hao frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Is there another problem with your body? That shouldn't be possible."

"No, Dad. I feel like my Soul Power is about to break through to Level 12!"

Tang Hao: "..."

Tang San: "..."

"I'm going to forge," Tang San said, utterly speechless. Eating meat could increase Soul Power too? Little Jiu was simply a freak.

"Dad, what's going on?" Tang Jiu looked at Tang Hao, seeking an answer.

Tang Hao looked at Tang Jiu as though he were a monster and sighed. "I've heard of this before. Your body used to be too weak, but now it's slowly recovering. Once your body improves, the speed at which you cultivate Soul Power will naturally increase. It's nothing strange!"

Though he said it was nothing strange, Tang Hao's mouth twitched involuntarily. Tang Jiu's constitution was too freakish. The most important thing was Tang Jiu's Beast Spirit; perhaps before long, he would give him another huge shock!

As Tang Jiu's body gradually recovered, he began his daily training.

Carrying a huge hammer, he started frog-jumping from the foot of the mountain, hopping upward step by step.

By the time he reached a height of one hundred meters, Tang Jiu was already panting heavily from exhaustion.

"Keep going. I have to keep challenging my limits. My body still has enormous potential waiting to be developed!"

Tang Jiu gritted his teeth and continued up the mountain with the massive Casting Hammer on his shoulder. With every jump, he felt his body bearing immense pressure.

But what followed was a tingling itch.

Tang Jiu knew that this was the nutrients contained in the Spirit Beast meat continuing to nourish his body.

Even without a soul ring, Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Meat contained terrifyingly powerful energy. After eating it, he could absorb only part of it, since the body had limits to how much it could absorb. Only by making his body more resilient could he absorb more of that energy and continuously temper his body!

Before, with inadequate food, Tang Jiu had not dared to train so desperately, afraid of damaging his body's foundation. Now that there was more than enough Spirit Beast meat, he went all out, determined to push both his body and Soul Power to their limits within these three months!

When the day's training ended, Tang Jiu was hugging a cooked pig shank and gnawing on it when he suddenly felt another change in his body. His Spirit automatically possessed him.

And a crack had appeared on that white Egg Spirit, as though something inside were about to hatch.

"Little Jiu, it looks like your egg is about to break," Tang San said in immense surprise.

Tang Jiu rolled his eyes. He did not have the energy to even speak right now, because his body was undergoing a terrifying transformation!