As he spoke, Lu Ye examined the Talent Tree within his body. After the Ninth Layer Dao's nine Treasure Blood Clones, which had carried part of the black fruit's essence, self-destructed, he felt much lighter all over.
Under inner inspection, the black fruit was still there, but it had clearly shrunk by a full circle—by roughly thirty percent.
Nine Treasure Blood Clones could reduce it by thirty percent. Then thirty Treasure Blood Clones should be enough to completely remove this black fruit.
There was no need to rush this for now. He could deal with it when he had time later, since refining Treasure Blood also required time and effort.
Setting aside his thoughts, Lu Ye turned to the side. "Come on."
Beside him lay a huge White Tiger—Amber.
Gathered around Amber were several Soul Race cultivators led by Yiyi. Most of them were exceptionally gifted and were new Companion Spirits Amber had taken in at the Soul Race Ancestral Land. Li Shang was among them.
To the Soul Race, being favored by a sacred beast and transformed into a Companion Spirit was an immense honor, because it greatly increased their cultivation efficiency.
Ever since Amber entered the Soul Race Ancestral Land, countless Soul Race cultivators had wanted to draw close to it and gain the chance to be transformed. Unfortunately, Amber had no interest in any of it. To it, Yiyi alone was enough.
It was only after Yiyi had a long talk with it that Amber reluctantly chose several. Li Shang, being so close at hand, naturally received the opportunity.
Including Yiyi and Li Shang, Amber now had six Companion Spirits in total. All were women, all possessed Moon Jade Realm cultivation, and the strongest among them had already reached the Moonlight Realm Late Stage.
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