Dawn broke.
A thin layer of mist still hung over the Wilderness.
Heaven and earth remained hazy, not yet fully divided into clarity.
In the Wilderness.
Jiang Ning reached deep into the Heavenly Soldier's chest and abdomen and seized the fist-sized Immortal Essence Stone, which glimmered with a faint, pearly-white light.
It felt warm and smooth to the touch, yet carried a trace of coolness.
Although the energy within it had basically been exhausted, with only a little Immortal Essence remaining, fused into the stone itself, he could sense that the grade of energy it contained was extremely high, far beyond what ordinary Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures could compare to.
I wonder if this Immortal Essence Stone can be refined and absorbed by me, and used for my own purposes? His heart stirred slightly, and without the slightest hesitation, he placed the Immortal Essence Stone into his mouth.
Crack—
Crunch—
The incomparably hard Immortal Essence Stone gave off crisp cracking sounds between his teeth.
Even with its energy exhausted, its quality was still extraordinary, far beyond what ordinary Refined Iron could compare to. If an ordinary blade handle weapon landed on it, the blade would only snap and the edge would shatter.
But Jiang Ning's physical body had long since become extraordinary, far surpassing the peak of First-Rank Martial Dao, and teeth were also the hardest parts of the human body. He forcibly bit it apart, then ground it into dregs.
After the broken dregs entered his belly, a pure and vast energy was drawn out and absorbed within his abdomen.
Though the total amount of this energy was not large and was extremely faint, existing only in wisps and strands within the dregs of the Immortal Essence Stone, the moment it entered his stomach, he squeezed it all