On the spirit turtle's back, the words and patterns that had vanished earlier surfaced once more.
The string of characters was not long. Each one was no larger than a grain of rice, and there were fewer than a hundred in total.
Yet with a sweep of his gaze, Su Shi'er easily understood the meaning of the passage.
"So that's how it is! No wonder that 'Bai Rufeng' stored this beast carapace so carefully."
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"I never expected the formidable power contained within to be a method for controlling the Heaven and Earth Furnace. Unfortunately, the contents seem incomplete; there is only the most basic refinement incantation."
"But from this, it appears that the Black Tortoise Carapace Fragment definitely did not belong to the Mist Concealment Sect. Rather... it was brought by the being that took possession of Bai Rufeng."
"Still, I examined that beast carapace repeatedly before and found nothing unusual. That means there must be another method of activating it."
"Letting this spirit turtle devour and refine it now was a case of stumbling upon the answer by sheer accident. That is no small blessing."
Su Shi'er pondered silently, his thoughts becoming incomparably active at that moment.
After barely more than ten breaths, the spirit turtle called out to Su Shi'er with immense difficulty, "Master, how is the situation?"
Only then did Su Shi'er notice that in this brief span of time, the spirit turtle seemed to have had every last bit of strength drained from its body.
What tyrannical power! This spirit turtle was, after all, a demonic beast close to Level Four. It needed only to undergo Tribulation Transcendence to become a true Level Four existence.
Yet activating that power for such a short time had nearly exhausted all its strength?
Su Shi'er sighed inwardly. Gazing