After returning the Arrow Tongue Beast's corpse, Zhuang Hong immediately found a safe place to sit quietly and absorb the beast.
As usual, Xiao Bai kept watch around Zhuang Hong.
After the Arrow Tongue Beast's flesh and blood was devoured by Zhuang Hong, it fused with his own flesh and blood, then released a peculiar fluctuation.
The next moment, a vaguely discernible special substance formed throughout his body, then split into three parts: source power, Space Essence, and Spirit Essence. They flowed respectively into the Source Power Orb and his flesh before disappearing.
At the same time, Zhuang Hong felt his very essence undergo a complete transformation, as though an arm he had lost years ago had been reattached, allowing him to easily do things he had once been incapable of.
This improvement was even more obvious than the growth he had gained from devouring two Blue Core Combination Beasts.
Most importantly, he was very likely about to gain an entirely new ability.
Zhuang Hong was in no hurry. He simply sat cross-legged on the ground and quietly waited for the Arrow Tongue Beast to finish digesting and fusing.
He knew that when the fusion neared its end, he would find out whether he had gained a new ability.
Time passed bit by bit. About seven hours later, Zhuang Hong's fusion was nearly complete. His source power had increased enormously, leaving him only one step away from Core Combination Level Nine. At the same time, he began to feel nervous.
Because if no new ability appeared by the time the fusion ended, then he would not gain one at all...
As he waited in torment, he suddenly heard a crisp "crack" from somewhere inside his body. He immediately became ecstatic.
"It's a new ability! I gained a new ability after