New Era 3615.
Inside the Myriad Secret Realm, the Blood Mist continued to roil.
But the area within a hundred kilometers of the camp had been cleared so thoroughly that it resembled the eye of a storm, strangely pristine.
Only far in the distance could they sense the energy ripples of Mist Beasts moving about.
In the quiet chamber.
Lin Yi sat cross-legged, the original Blood Mist Beast King Crystal Core he had obtained floating before him.
Inside the Crystal Core, a viscous sea of blood slowly swirled, emanating a heart-stopping fluctuation.
Beside him lay a small mountain of ordinary Blood Mist Beast Crystal Cores.
These were the lowest-grade spoils from their daily hunts. Aside from serving as fuel for the Beast King Crystal Core, they were practically useless.
Lin Yi mechanically controlled the Beast King Crystal Core, having it absorb the ordinary cores.
As the ordinary cores flowed into it one after another, the Beast King Crystal Core's aura grew deeper and heavier.
This process had continued day after day, year after year, for who knew how long.
At first, Lin Yi had hoped that quantitative change would lead to qualitative change. But after all these years, nothing special had happened beyond its aura growing heavier, and he had long since given up hope.
Still, these ordinary cores truly had no other use. It seemed a waste to throw them away, so he had persisted with this routine.
Today seemed no different from usual.
The Beast King Crystal Core absorbed another ordinary core, which crumbled into pale gray fragments and fell away.
Just as Lin Yi was about to feed it the next one, a sudden change occurred!
The Beast King Crystal Core, which had been absorbing them steadily, abruptly stopped devouring them.
The blood-red sea slowly turning inside