What Were They Kneeling Before?

"Did you notice..."

Tang Yuan's tense expression suddenly darkened as he said in startled suspicion, "The Dragon Essence here does not seem to be entirely the same. Many of them appear incapable of attacking on their own."

As Nan You Ling fended them off and was forced back, she too noticed this in astonishment. "It really is true. Quite a few of them are being drawn by those Deep Black Dragon Essences as they rush at us."

Lu Feng analyzed, "Those Deep Black Dragon Essences may have belonged to stronger creatures in life, which is why they retain their aggression after death. Or perhaps the duller-colored Dragon Essences have been dead for too long, their strength gradually worn away along with their ability to attack."

Nan You Ling urged impatiently, "No matter what it is, hurry up and think of something! At this rate, this auntie will be worn to death alive."

Though she still had some strength left to fight, her soul sea had long since become a muddled mess beneath the unceasing invasions of Dragon Essence. Her consciousness was beginning to blur. While those successive Dragon Essence attacks were not fatal given her cultivation, their accumulated infiltration still posed no small threat.

"How much longer?"

Lu Feng looked toward Tang Yuan with concern. Compared to dealing with these remnants of true dragon souls, he clearly cared more about Tang Yuan's Refining Extremely Yin Energy.

No matter how dire things became, protecting Tang Yuan until he safely completed the refinement had to come first.

"Half an hour!" Tang Yuan answered solemnly.

Given another half an hour, he was confident he could successfully refine and absorb it, completing the initial forging of his origin foundation.

As for the beast core power that had been mixed in and absorbed alongside it,