"What a pity..."
Bai Shu looked at the Earth King's corpse in the distance, now completely devoid of life, and murmured softly.
If the gap in strength between them had not been so great, making it impossible for him to hold back during the battle, the best solution would have been to absorb its life force and use it to condense a Chaos Lotus Seed.
However, this battle had also allowed him to truly determine his current limits, so he did not care much about such a minor imperfection.
His constantly taut nerves finally relaxed, and the weakness from exhausting his Soul Power swept through his body like a tide. A violent wave of dizziness rushed to his head, causing his body to sway uncontrollably.
"Young Master!" Xie Biyan flashed over from the side in an instant and caught him by the shoulder.
Bai Shu did not force himself to endure it. He leaned against Xie Biyan's arm, his breathing slightly hurried.
"My Soul Power is merely depleted. It's nothing."
He took out a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf from his storage Soul Tool and slowly chewed it.
The bitter juice slid down his throat. Soon, a warm current rose from his abdomen and rapidly spread through his limbs and bones like a trickling stream, repairing his exhausted meridians.
Yue Guan and Gui mei also came over. After carefully sensing Bai Shu's Soul Power fluctuations and confirming that he had merely overexerted himself, they both turned their gazes toward the massive Earth King corpse.
"If I remember correctly, Young Master... is only eight years old this year." Gui mei's hoarse voice carried a rare tremor.
"You remember correctly."
Yue Guan took over. He unconsciously adjusted his ornate robes, seemingly trying to calm the turmoil in his heart with the motion, but the