The thousand-plus vines Little Demon had previously extended outside, along with the thirty-six Plum Blossom Spirit Seizing Needles, instantly recoiled when the strand of green silk Ye Zhen sent out connected with Xiong Kaizhou's corpse.
The green light raced back through Ye Zhen's meridians toward Little Demon's true body within Ye Zhen's Wood Spirit Palace.
Yet during its return, an incomparably profound power that made even Ye Zhen's primal spirit tremble suddenly leaked from the returning green radiance into Ye Zhen's body.
Ye Zhen was no stranger to this incomparably profound power that made his primal spirit tremble.
It was precisely the power of Heaven and Earth Laws that Little Demon had devoured from the insights of other Dao Realm martial artists through its newly awakened Devouring Divine Ability.
Last time, Little Demon had devoured a portion of the Heaven and Earth Laws power within Hu Buding, the Fox Clan's Ninth Elder, and successfully broken through into the Dao Realm.
This time, the reason Bear Clan Dao Realm expert Xiong Kaizhou had died was that his primal spirit had been shattered when the thirty-six Plum Blossom Spirit Seizing Needles Little Demon had inserted into it activated the Devouring Divine Ability.
In other words, Little Demon had once again devoured five percent of the Heaven and Earth Laws power that Xiong Kaizhou had painstakingly comprehended.
The Heaven and Earth Laws power obtained from Xiong Kaizhou was far less than what had been devoured from Hu Buding, but it was still no small amount.
But none of that was important. What mattered was that, under normal circumstances, the Heaven and Earth Laws power devoured from Xiong Kaizhou should have returned to Little Demon's body.
However, during its return, Great Spirit Bear King Xiong Cheng's attack severed its connection to Little Demon's true