"This haul wasn't a loss."
Jiang Qiao happily picked up the Strange Tale from the ground.
He had seen plenty of Strange Tales, and had fought and clashed with many of them.
But this was the first time he had caught one alive.
It wasn't that he had been bloodthirsty in the past, killing every one he encountered. The truth was that he had been too weak before and hadn't dared hold back at all.
At the very beginning, he hadn't been capable of killing Strange Tales. Back then, he had been unable to break through the spatial barrier and seize the source of a Strange Tale. So when facing these tenacious pests, he really hadn't had many options.
He would often flee at once after beating one back with a barrage of attacks or temporarily killing it, lest it revive and come looking for him again.
He still remembered what had happened in Yi City.
To deal with a Grudge Female Ghost that had not yet fully become a Strange Tale, Jiang Qiao had exchanged a flurry of blows with her before finally relying on banishment to throw her into Supernatural Space and escape her entanglement.
Later, as his strength increased, especially after Bone Fire advanced to Eighth Tier, he gained the ability to truly kill Strange Tales.
But Strange Tales were truly troublesome creatures.
So he had always gone all out, never daring to hold back in the slightest, worried that they might rise again from the ashes.
When he went all out, naturally, he had no way to control the force of his attacks.
More often than not, he simply killed the Strange Tale outright.
Up until now, although his strength had remained at Eighth Tier, after advancing again, he had already gained the power to contend