"Ah!"
The Soul-Devouring Beast let out a faint, shrill scream. No matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape the black flames. In just a few breaths, its clone's soul was burned away.
With a snap, the Hell Golden Crow swallowed the soul whole in midair, making it its own.
Xia Ping immediately felt a warm current flow into his body. He absorbed a large amount of soul energy, and his soul seemed to greedily drink it in.
At the same time, the Golden Crystal he'd obtained from the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Lord, deep within his soul, began to melt rapidly under the stimulation of this energy, seeping into every part of his soul.
His soul power surged, growing stronger and stronger.
"Congratulations, host. By devouring a fragment of the Soul-Devouring Beast's soul, you have obtained part of its abilities."
At that moment, the system prompted, "However, this ability from the Soul-Devouring Beast is unstable and may disappear at any time. Would you like to fuse it with your body?"
The Soul-Devouring Beast's ability?
Hearing this, Xia Ping's heart stirred. "What ability?"
"The ability to absorb the power of souls," the system replied. "Whenever the host kills a living being, he can obtain part of its soul power and use it to strengthen his own soul and spiritual power."
What?!
Xia Ping was startled, and his body jolted. He could hardly believe it. To gain part of a living being's soul power just by killing it—this ability was simply outrageous.
After all, there were generally only two ways to increase one's soul power. The first was to advance in cultivation, reaching a higher level of martial arts and undergoing a life transformation. Naturally, one's soul power would grow as well.
The other was to devour rare spiritual treasures. The problem was that