Even though the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's life force had been mostly absorbed by the Gold of Life, its cultivation was a genuine hundred thousand years.
Unlike the Mirror Shadow Beast that had previously been forcibly catalyzed to a hundred thousand years, the energy from the hundred-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle's sacrifice was vast and pure.
Especially that absurdly immense life force within it—it vaguely gave Xu Tianming a feeling of transcendence.
Because this was a sacrifice, the energies did not run wild within Xu Tianming's body. Instead, they were refined by his Yin Yang Profound Pole Body Refining Art in an orderly manner.
They continuously nourished his flesh, blood, meridians, bones, and limbs.
His Soul Power Level also rose rapidly under these circumstances.
The Golden Hawksbill Turtle's body slowly floated into the air and gradually shrank beneath Snow Empress's somewhat wistful gaze.
As it shrank, the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's physical body slowly became illusory as the energy from its sacrifice continued to flow into Xu Tianming's body.
Yet the golden color of its shell grew ever brighter, as though it had been forged from pure gold, radiating brilliant light.
"Golden Hawksbill Turtle, can you control where your Spirit Bone forms?"
At that moment, Xu Tianming, who was accepting the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's sacrifice, suddenly opened his eyes and asked.
"I can."
The Golden Hawksbill Turtle's consciousness had not yet fully merged into the Soul Ring. It was guiding its hundred-thousand-year cultivation, sacrificed from itself, into Xu Tianming's body.
Upon hearing Xu Tianming's words, it paused briefly before immediately saying:
"We Golden Hawksbill Turtles possess both water and earth attributes, and defense is what we excel at most."
"Take me, for example. Though I only have a hundred thousand years of cultivation, even ordinary two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beasts cannot break through my defense!"