The Barefoot Big Man

Yan Chihuo and Snow Fairy naturally knew nothing of all this. Yan Chihuo suddenly opened his mouth and spat out another bead net, wrapping up two streaks of green light in the air. Snow Fairy looked and saw that they were the souls of those two Four-Eyed Spirit Monkeys.

Yan Chihuo opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the souls of the two Four-Eyed Spirit Monkeys into his mouth. Snow Fairy found this exceedingly strange, but she had merely used the Seven Absolutes Sealing Technique to control Yan Chihuo rather than making him her spirit pet, so she could not communicate with him. She could only watch from the side, and seeing that Yan Chihuo was unharmed, she finally set her mind at ease.

Yan Chihuo possessed the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations, but having fused with the soul of an Earth Divine Ape, he could no longer fuse with the souls of other ape-type demons. This time, he was merely devouring them, while also taking the chance to learn the Four-Eyed Spirit Monkeys' Petrification Art.

After the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations reached minor mastery, he could explore the deepest reaches of a demon's or cultivator's soul by devouring it, including its inherited memories. However, while the techniques within a demon's inherited memories could be cultivated, nine times out of ten its innate divine abilities could not, because a demon's innate divine abilities were inextricably tied to its soul.

Yan Chihuo did indeed find the Petrification Art of those two Four-Eyed Spirit Monkeys. Sure enough, he was unable to cultivate this divine ability. Still, he had figured out the principles behind it. The next time he encountered Four-Eyed Spirit Monkeys, he would have a way to counter their Petrification Art.

Yet he had been focused solely on searching for the inherited memories and had