While Bai Nian absorbed the Soul Ring, Shen Hanyu left a barrier of Soul Power around her before departing.
Before long, a tragic tiger roar suddenly echoed from deep within the forest...
Shen Hanyu carried the half-dead Blood-Eyed Demonic Tiger and leisurely made his way back toward where Bai Nian was absorbing the Soul Ring...
After obtaining the Soul Ring, Bai Nian's Soul Power reached level twenty-four, a rather strange level.
By Shen Hanyu's calculations, the life force from over twenty Sea Iguanas, ranging from ten-year to hundred-year Soul Beasts, should not only have replenished the life force Bai Nian had lacked, but also left behind a considerable surplus—enough to sustain her for some time.
There had even been the eighty-thousand-year Life Soul Bone Bai Nian absorbed afterward, as well as the life energy of the two Soul Beasts now. Yet judging by the current situation, all of it had merely allowed Bai Nian to maintain a normal state.
Shen Hanyu had rarely miscalculated, but his objective had already been achieved. There was no longer any meaning in dwelling on such matters...
Early that morning, all of Element City began bustling with activity.
The once-towering city walls and some old buildings were torn down, while countless strong men swung hammers and various tools as they got to work.
The deans of the Four Elements Academy had all arrived and stood to one side supervising the work.
Many of these men were Soul Masters, so they worked swiftly and efficiently. Their productivity far surpassed that of ordinary laborers, and Soul Masters of this level were generally cheap to hire. A few hundred of them could replace several thousand ordinary workers.
Shui Ningbing had an almost perfect grasp of cost-effectiveness.
Meanwhile, within the Martial Soul Branch Hall in the city,