After devouring the Demonic Spirits in two Demonic Spirit Stones, Xian Wu successfully advanced to a Silver Peak Spirit Master.
However, his Soul Force was still 999, and his strength was still 888.
That was because the Demonic Spirits devoured during an advancement didn't increase Soul Force. Only those devoured after the advancement was complete did.
Moreover, once his Soul Force reached its capacity limit, he could no longer devour lower-level Demonic Spirits.
Of course, no matter when, he could never devour a Demonic Spirit more than two levels above his own.
"Tiger Claw?" Xian Wu muttered.
Long, sharp, curved nails had grown from all ten of his fingers, gleaming with golden light. This was one of the martial skills of the Demonic Spirits he had devoured.
He pressed his nails against a tree trunk and effortlessly gouged a deep furrow into it.
He plucked out a strand of hair and laid it across the hooked edge of a nail. With a gentle blow, the hair snapped in two.
"Pretty useless," Xian Wu concluded.
Tiger Claw was sharp, but it was nowhere near as good as his Demon Left Hand.
Still, it should come in handy for climbing trees.
His other martial skill was called "Magnification." It could enlarge any part of his body.
A 1x enlargement consumed 1 Soul Force per second, a 2x enlargement consumed 10 per second, and a 3x enlargement consumed 100 per second, and so on.
"Some middle-aged men must really need this skill," Xian Wu joked. He didn't, though. He was already big enough without enlarging anything. Going even bigger would be fatal.
After devouring another five Silver-grade Demonic Spirits, Xian Wu raised his Soul Force to 9,999—the maximum capacity of his Sea of Soul.
His strength had also risen a little, to just