Devouring a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear, I Caught Xiong Jun's Eye

"Awesome!"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Just as the system notification sounded.

A warm current suddenly surged through the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's entire body.

It was like firecrackers going off!

Every joint in his body crackled loudly...

His already-powerful body.

Continued expanding rapidly at a visible rate.

"Whoosh!"

His height easily surpassed five meters.

His body length also exceeded ten meters.

The mane around his neck grew even denser.

When danger came, it could stand erect strand by strand like steel needles.

Most incredible of all was the explosive power of his muscles.

It allowed him to accelerate to top speed instantly, like an Aston Martin sports car!

Unlike the complicated advancement of human Soul Masters.

Soul Beast advancement was much purer.

First came an increase in cultivation, followed by changes in physique.

Faster, taller, stronger.

And far more unrestricted!

"Grrr..."

However, advancement had its drawbacks. He got hungry much faster.

"Can I eat this raw meat?"

As someone who had once been human, even though he was now starving.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff still hesitated as he looked at the rabbit and giant bear corpses on the ground.

But hunger and instinct quickly overwhelmed his humanity...

So, he slowly extended his tongue toward the rabbit that had long gone cold.

And licked the plump Soft Bone Rabbit's hind leg!

"Slurp!"

Unlike a dog's tongue.

The tongues of predators like lions and tigers were covered in barbs.

One lick scraped off a pile of meat.

Along with the bloody stench.

"Huh?"

"Why is it sweet?"

"Could it be because Xiao Wu is a sweet girl?"

That was a ridiculous reason.

But the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff quickly adapted to the sensation.

He directly opened his blood-filled maw and swallowed half the rabbit in one bite.

Perhaps because he had transformed into a giant beast.

His human taste buds had changed as well.

It was just like lions on the African savanna.

There were certain kinds of prey they especially loved.

Surely because those prey offered a special texture.

"Smack, smack!"

"Little rabbit bones are pretty crunchy, but there's just too little meat!"

"According to research reports on Blue Star, eating rabbit all the time is actually bad for the body. So..."

Since he had already tasted meat.

There was no need to hesitate anymore.

One little rabbit had only barely taken the edge off his hunger.

The real feast was the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear that came next.

"Buzz!"

However, just as the giant beast approached his second prey.

A milky-white halo suddenly floated up from the Soft Bone Rabbit's remains.

"This is?"

"A low-level Soul Ring?"

"Let me see what it tastes like."

Unlike the solid meat from before.

A Soul Beast's Soul Ring seemed to be a pure form of spiritual energy.

It could not only be eaten through the mouth.

It could also be inhaled through the nose.

And it brought with it a tingling sensation...

"This texture is a little like the fruit ice pops I ate as a child, but there's too little of it!"

The next moment.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff turned his gaze toward the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear beside him.

"You should taste even richer!"

"Hehe."

He pounced straight at it.

First, he bit down on one of the bear's legs.

"Rip!"

His sharp teeth easily tore through the thick hide.

Immediately.

An indescribable deliciousness filled his mouth!

"Hm?"

"This meat..."

"Is so good!"

There was none of the gamey smell he had imagined.

Instead, it carried a rich, fragrant aroma.

Not long after swallowing it.

Lei Dong felt a warm glow in his stomach.

"The meat of these high-level Soul Beasts really does have benefits."

Lei Dong sighed as he ate.

Then.

His gaze fell upon the two bear paws again.

"Bear paws are good stuff."

"I never got to enjoy something like this in my previous life!"

"Such a huge one..."

"It has to be delicious!"

Lei Dong stretched out his claws.

And grabbed one of the bear paws.

"Crack!"

He forcibly tore it off.

Then he plopped down beside it.

And hugged the bear paw as he gnawed on it.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

With that bite.

His mouth was filled with meat.

The thick fat practically melted the moment it entered his mouth.

The flavor was so fresh and delicious that words failed him!

"Holy shit!"

"It's this good?"

At that moment.

The Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear clan.

Xiong Jun.

The four-hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year Soul Beast.

All of it was temporarily tossed to the back of his mind.

Right now, in his eyes.

There was only this bear paw.

"Fragrant!"

"So fragrant!"

"Sure enough, it feels best to eat big chunks of meat!"

Lei Dong opened his blood-filled maw.

Each bite tore off a huge chunk.

In just a few bites.

He gnawed the surface clean.

Then he set his sights on the bones inside.

"This can't go to waste either."

"The marrow inside is the real essence."

"Crack!"

With one bite.

The incomparably hard bone was directly crushed by his teeth.

Lei Dong froze for a moment.

Then looked at the bone fragments on the ground.

"My teeth are this strong..."

It was unbelievable.

This Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was truly terrifying.

With that bite force just now, he probably would not lose out even against the Dragon Race, right?

But just as he was marveling at it.

A black Soul Ring suddenly emerged from the giant bear corpse, which he had eaten less than half of.

"What the hell?"

"Already?"

Seeing this, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was truly speechless.

"Should I keep eating the meat, or devour the Soul Ring?"

According to the theory of Yu Xiaogang, the Master of Douluo Continent.

Once a Soul Beast's Soul Ring emerged, if the corpse suffered further major damage.

The Soul Ring would likely dissipate.

Compared to these chunks of meat.

This thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring seemed more valuable!

"Forget it, whatever!"

"I'll eat the Soul Ring first!"

"I'm not some vicious beast. As long as I'm full, that's enough!"

In fact, now that he thought back on it carefully.

The Soft Bone Rabbit's meat had been fragrant and smooth.

But the Soul Ring that came afterward had truly tasted exquisite.

Eating it brought a sense of fullness.

After all, it was the essence of a Soul Beast.

"Gulp, gulp!"

Having weighed the pros.

And cons.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff no longer dwelled on it.

It opened its bloodstained maw and sucked the black Soul Ring straight in.

"Hmm? It tasted like rich chocolate?"

It had never expected Soul Rings from different soul beasts to taste different once eaten.

Unlike those human Soul Masters,

soul beasts, whether eating flesh or devouring Soul Rings,

could rapidly convert them into energy within their bodies.

They could also absorb some of their opponent's special powers.

For example, while absorbing this Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Ring,

the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's claws had clearly become sharper. The system quickly confirmed it.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully absorbing the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Ring. Your claws will also mutate.]

[Because the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear possesses the ultimate gold attribute, your claws will be able to cut through iron like mud.]

[Congratulations on completely absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Your cultivation has risen to 30,000 years.]

But just as the system notifications sounded,

a thunderous roar like that of a giant suddenly came from the very heart of the Star Dou Forest!

"Who?"

"Who dared slaughter the members of Xiong Jun's clan?!"

What?

Xiong Jun?

That old fellow with 470,000 years of cultivation?

He had eaten a bear paw and devoured a Soul Ring, and he had already been discovered?