As Xiao Xiao began absorbing the Soul Bone, Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu started wandering around nearby, looking for suitable soul beasts. Zhu Lu's would be easier to find; Huo Yuhao's was the difficult one.
Mental-type soul beasts were inherently rare, and with the total number of soul beasts rapidly declining lately, those already scarce mental-type soul beasts had become even rarer.
After wandering around for a while, the two found no soul beasts they wanted and could only return helplessly.
Watching the two return empty-handed, Du Bushi knew they truly would not find the soul beasts they needed in this mixed zone.
"Enough, stop looking. Once this little girl finishes absorbing it, this old man will take you to the core zone to hunt soul beasts!" Du Bushi said. With a Peerless Douluo escorting them, the three would be much safer.
The two nodded and came to rest beside Du Bushi. As for Xiao Xiao, because she had cultivated the Nine Turns to Unity Technique Huo Yuhao had taught her, her physique had improved greatly, and she did not suffer the inability to endure it from the original story.
"Phew! I've finally finished absorbing it!"
She exhaled a breath of stale air and happily rose to her feet. With a light flick of her right hand, five enormous claws appeared in Xiao Xiao's hand. They looked somewhat like Zhu Lu's Martial Soul Possession.
"Not bad! They look sharp. How powerful are they?" Huo Yuhao looked curiously at the dark-golden claws, wondering about their destructive power.
"I'm not sure. Let's try them!" Xiao Xiao fiercely swung her right hand at a huge rock nearby. The claws sliced through it smoothly, cutting it into several pieces. Zhu Lu walked over to inspect the incomparably smooth cuts and acknowledged the power of