Several days later.
In the Star Dou Great Forest.
With the help of medicinal pills, Li Han had broken through rank twenty. He had also captured a ten-thousand-year Chameleon Vine and cultivated it into an eighty-five-thousand-year soul beast.
Once he had fattened it up, he killed it outright!
A pitch-black Soul Ring emerged, and Li Han drew it straight into his body.
The Azure Essence Sword Art and Heaven-Supporting Demon Art circulated simultaneously, incorporating all eighty-five thousand years of soul power into his body as nourishment.
Li Han's soul power rapidly rose along with it.
Moments later, his soul power broke through rank thirty!
Watching from the side, Zhu Zhuqing had long since gone numb.
For Li Han, leveling up seemed even easier than eating was for her.
He was rebuilding his cultivation far too quickly after dispersing it.
But on second thought, he was absorbing soul beasts over eighty thousand years old, so perhaps it was not so hard to accept.
A moment later, Li Han opened his eyes. Azure light flashed through them, and two golden scales appeared on his neck before quickly fading away.
"Did something go wrong? You don't seem very satisfied."
Seeing the disappointment on Li Han's face, Zhu Zhuqing was rather puzzled.
From her perspective, everything had gone smoothly.
"Nothing. I just feel cheated because no Soul Bone dropped."
Li Han sighed and stood up.
His words left Zhu Zhuqing speechless.
Was that something a reasonable person would say?
Since when were Soul Bones so easy to get?
Aside from hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, which were guaranteed to yield Soul Bones, whether any other soul beast had one was entirely a matter of luck.
How could he expect a Soul Bone to drop every single time?
*If that were the case, Soul Bones would be