Meanwhile, as Ma Xiaotao and Ye Guyi flew, they condensed what had happened earlier into a brief report and sent it back to the Fate Defying Pavilion through their Communication Soul Tool.
Soon, word reached Luo Can that Tang San not only had a Spirit Beast in human form at his side, but also a Titled Douluo from the Clear Sky Sect protecting him.
Lake Heart Island.
After listening to Ju Zi's account, Luo Can tightened his grip slightly around his fishing rod.
"Tang San has reached rank nineteen!"
That pace might have fallen far short of his eight disciples', but without a Mimicry Cultivation Environment, preferential access to resources, or guidance from an accomplished teacher, Tang San had gained seven or eight ranks of soul power in just a year-that speed was simply inconceivable.
Even for a genius with innate full soul power, such progress at his age was somewhat abnormal.
Ju Zi nodded. "According to the report Xiaotao sent back, they found seven black circles at Nuoding City Academy. All the vitality of the plants inside those circles had been drained dry. Guyi also sensed an evil aura in Tang San's soul power fluctuations, but with that Titled Douluo present, she couldn't investigate further."
"So Tang San improved so quickly by using an evil method to devour plants' vitality?" Luo Can asked.
"It's possible," Ju Zi said. "At the very least, from what we know so far, he must have some connection to an evil cultivation method."
Luo Can rubbed his chin, sinking into thought.
In his memories, Tang San had later used the Eight Spider Lances more than once to absorb his enemies' vitality. The Man Faced Demon Spiders, in particular, had nearly been sucked into extinction by him. Clearly, the fellow had no aversion to evil