Flender's Heartbeat

With Flender's help, Yu Xiaogang quickly dismantled the Thunder Flood Dragon, sorting its various parts into his storage Soul Tool as needed.

Flender's strength was truly beyond reproach; those tough scales were no match for his level-70 Soul Saint-grade wind-attribute Soul Power.

Lines of cyan wind blades cut with precision, following Yu Xiaogang's requirements perfectly.

Every cut was just right, ensuring no useful parts were damaged while maintaining maximum efficiency.

Yu Xiaogang stood to the side, responsible for the sorting.

The Thunder Flood Dragon's scales, bones, tendons, and flesh each had their own distinct uses.

The internal organs, in particular, were saturated with lightning energy, making them an incredibly rare and potent supplement for Luo Sanpao.

In less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the entire Thunder Flood Dragon had been cleaned and processed.

All the necessary parts were stored away, while the useless remains were left behind.

"Sanpao, catch."

Flender flicked his finger, channeling his wind-attribute Soul Power to slice off a small piece of the dragon's flesh, tossing it to Luo Sanpao, who had been watching with longing eyes.

The piece of flesh traced an arc through the air.

Luo Sanpao's eyes lit up instantly. Its four short legs pushed hard against the ground, and its round body actually leaped into the air, mouth snapping shut to catch the meat.

After letting out a few satisfied grunts, Luo Sanpao stood on ceremony no longer and swallowed the piece of Thunder Flood Dragon flesh whole.

It didn't even bother to chew, gulping the chunk down in one go.

After finishing, it licked its lips, still wanting more, and looked up at Flender with pleading eyes, letting out more begging grunts.

Flender's small eyes peered intently through his glasses at Luo Sanpao, terrified that some unexpected change might occur in Yu Xiaogang's martial soul.

Soon, Flender breathed a sigh of relief.

After swallowing such a piece of flesh, Luo Sanpao showed no signs of change other than a few comfortable grunts.

If one had to find something, it was perhaps just the look of someone who had overeaten and was struggling to digest.

Luo Sanpao lay on the ground, its two front paws clutching its round belly, eyes half-closed in an expression of extreme satisfaction.

"It seems the Thunder Flood Dragon's flesh is indeed very beneficial for Sanpao's growth."

Yu Xiaogang spoke slowly after observing for a moment.

His gaze never left Luo Sanpao.

From the reaction after swallowing, it was clear that the flesh was absolutely beneficial and harmless to the creature.

"It's just that the energy content in the flesh of a ten-thousand-year Thunder Flood Dragon is too high; I fear it will be much more troublesome for Sanpao to digest than radishes."

Yu Xiaogang remarked as he watched.

Although Luo Sanpao had only swallowed a small piece, the energy contained within it likely surpassed what it would get from eating several baskets of radishes on a normal day.

Given Luo Sanpao's current cultivation level, it would certainly take a long time to fully digest and convert the energy from this piece of meat.

Although this was the first time Luo Sanpao had consumed the flesh of a high-level soul beast, Yu Xiaogang couldn't tell if it was just his imagination, but he felt as though his own Soul Power bottleneck had loosened slightly.

But soon, Yu Xiaogang dismissed the thought.

I am being too impatient to have such a delusion.

Even if the method of consuming high-level sub-dragon flesh was truly effective, it would likely take a considerable amount of time before Luo Sanpao could feed back that energy and push his own Soul Power to level 30.

Luo Sanpao had only just swallowed the meat and hadn't even begun to digest it; how could there already be a breakthrough?

The loosening of the bottleneck he felt just now was definitely a hallucination.

Even so, Yu Xiaogang's mood remained quite good.

After all, having experienced so much despair, he could finally see a glimmer of hope.

"As long as it's effective, that's what matters."

Flender said, gently patting Yu Xiaogang on the shoulder.

He was naturally happy to see Yu Xiaogang filled with hope once again.

Even if this hope was but a faint spark, it was still better than total silence.

As long as the flame continued to burn, there would always be a day when it turned into a roaring fire.

"It's just a pity about this Thunder Flood Dragon."

At this, Flender glanced at the bloodstains and useless bones left on the ground.

He sighed softly, "If it had produced a soul bone, and you had absorbed it, your cultivation might have broken through to level 30 on the spot! Your martial soul may have suffered a malignant mutation, but at its root, it still originates from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. If you could absorb a soul bone that fits the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon so perfectly, you would likely have achieved a breakthrough immediately."

A soul bone, even the most ordinary one, could bring about a qualitative leap in a soul master's strength.

Not to mention a soul bone that was so perfectly compatible with one's own martial soul attributes.

If this Thunder Flood Dragon truly produced a spirit bone, Yu Xiaogang, who possessed the Luo Sanpao spirit—a malignant mutation based on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit—would be highly likely to break through the level thirty bottleneck that had plagued him for years upon absorbing it.

"A spirit bone... that is not something one can force."

Yu Xiaogang chuckled softly, not dwelling on the spirit bone.

"Even for a ten-thousand-year spirit beast, the probability of dropping a spirit bone is extremely low; there is no need to slaughter spirit beasts indiscriminately for the sake of one."

"Now that I have a viable method, I will simply follow this path to the end and see where it leads."

"I have already endured for so many years, so I do not mind waiting a little longer."

Yu Xiaogang was quite open-minded about it.

Flender was stunned for a moment, then began to laugh as well.

Xiaogang seemed to have become more mature than he was back then.

If it were the old him, even knowing the odds were so slim, he would never have remained this calm.

"Alright, since things here are finished, I will take you back to Notting Academy first."

Flender straightened up, brushed the dust off his clothes, and wiped his glasses before putting them back on. He stretched his limbs, and his Cat Eagle wings unfurled from his back once more.

Cyan Soul Power swirled around him, causing the fallen leaves nearby to rustle.

Flender said with a smile, "I might as well take a look at the two future students of my Shrek Academy."

"I want to see this precious disciple of yours, Tang San, and find out what kind of genius this Lin Mo is, whom you praise so highly."

"You will be satisfied!" Yu Xiaogang said confidently.

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang lifted his chin slightly, a rare look of pride appearing on his face.

"To say their talent is once in ten thousand years across the entire Douluo Continent would be an exaggeration, but to call them once in a century is absolutely well-deserved!"

Lin Mo and Tang San were truly exceptional; Flender would naturally understand once he saw them.