After the 108 Soul-Locking Chains pierced a mouse each, the remaining mice scattered in terror, fleeing in all directions. In the blink of an eye, they receded like an ebbing tide, leaving no trace behind.
The mice pinned down by Lin Chuan's Soul-Locking Chains let out terrified shrieks and struggled to break free, but the Maha Sutra runes spreading along the chains ground them all to death. They transformed into pure soul power, which flowed through the Soul-Locking Chains and into Lin Chuan's soul.
In an instant, Lin Chuan's soul was filled with that power, and his soul strength surged explosively. In only a few breaths, the soul power that would originally have taken him a month to stabilize had already been completely consolidated, without the slightest side effect.
"This..."
Lin Chuan was stunned for a moment.
He had not paid much attention when he devoured that little mouse earlier. After all, it had only been one, insignificant compared to his immense soul power. But now, after devouring 108 mice at once, his soul power had undergone a tremendous leap, and there were no side effects at all. This was practically a huge gift to him!
"Lin Chuan, what's happening over there? Is everything alright?" White Tiger asked through the [Akatsuki] ring.
"I'm fine. I'll use Yomotsu Hirasaka to open a spatial passage. Come over," Lin Chuan said after taking a deep breath.
The great hall was now completely empty. All the mice from before had vanished without leaving behind any trace. But when Lin Chuan recalled the dense mass of mice that had filled the hall earlier, he could not help smacking his lips.
Those... were all meat...
Mouse meat, perhaps, but as long as it could improve his strength, who cared what kind of meat it was!
Soon,