Three days and three nights later.
Xu Huxiao had stripped every trace of law energy from the blood-colored cracks, and his injuries had begun to heal. After releasing his Hulk Martial Soul Possession, he wolfed down all the high-energy food and aged medicinal herbs he had kept in his Storage Soul Tool as emergency rations. Then he transformed into Monster Shrek and entered Absolute Sleep to heal and recuperate at a deeper level.
He slept for seven days and seven nights.
Outside.
With the earth-shaking battle over and the small beast tide subsiding, many curious Soul Masters ventured toward the battlefield's center, alone or in groups, hoping to discover just what mighty being had caused such an enormous commotion.
Yet when these adventurers found the enormous crater, they all retreated with terror on their faces, fleeing as though their lives depended on it.
Soon, a piece of news spread throughout the Soul Master World.
"A new forest king has appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest-a black demon dragon crowned with green crystals, as enormous as a mountain, blotting out the sky and sun!"
This black demon dragon possessed an overwhelming presence. Just one glance from afar was enough to make one's liver and gallbladder feel ready to burst, terror sweeping through the entire body like a suffocating tide.
An effect that struck an entire group did not mean every Soul Master was a coward. There was only one possibility: a domain!
And a demon dragon with such a vast domain had to be a top-tier hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. That went without saying!
Hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts were treasures, certainly, but one must not forget that, aside from the rare few without offensive abilities, Soul Beasts of this caliber were practically synonymous with the god of death. Encounter one below