After the sausage entered his stomach, a gentle, warm current spread from it and quickly seeped into every limb and bone.
He could clearly feel that restorative power flowing through his muscles and meridians.
The faint fatigue from their previous journey and battle was swept away, and strength once again filled his entire body.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun each ate one as well.
Dai Mubai's expression did not change, while Ma Hongjun chewed with delight written all over his face.
After eating, the group continued forward.
The light in the forest grew dimmer.
The canopy overhead became denser and denser. The gaps between the trees had widened, but every trunk was thicker than those at the outskirts.
Vines hung from the branches like green curtains.
A faint scorched smell hung in the air.
Zhao Wuji slowed his pace, warily sniffed the air, and said softly to Flender:
"There's a fire-attributed Soul Beast nest ahead."
Flender nodded and gestured for everyone to tread more lightly.
After they went around a dense thicket, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
It was a small clearing that had been burned by fire.
The surrounding trees were charred and broken, while the ground was covered in a thick layer of ash.
A giant crimson bird crouched on a rock in the center of the clearing.
The bird was over two meters long, its feathers as brilliant as burning flames, with its crest standing high.
Its tail feathers dragged across the ground, burning with scattered dark flames.
It was lowering its head and using its beak to preen the feathers beneath its wings, completely unaware that someone was approaching.
"A Firebird Soul Beast."
Flender narrowed his eyes as he observed it for a moment, then said in a low voice,
"It's nearly four hundred years