After slaying the Third-Tier Middle Grade Blackflame Tiger, Liu Changxu hurried to collect its beast soul and essence blood, then put its carcass into his Storage Ring.
The prolonged battle had consumed more than half his magic power. For safety's sake, he had to replenish it as quickly as possible.
He took a bottle of Lower-Grade Third-Tier Five-Element Ascension Soup from his Storage Ring and gulped it down.
Seeing their master drinking soup, Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon and Xiao Qing the Green Fox came over to beg for some. Without a word, Liu Changxu took out two bottles and tossed them over.
Both beasts were highly intelligent. Imitating Liu Changxu, they opened the bottles with their claws and parted their jaws slightly. The Five-Element Ascension Soup flowed out of the bottles like water dragons and into their mouths.
Both beasts had enormous appetites, however, and one bottle each was nowhere near enough.
Seeing that they still looked hungry, he took out another two bottles and tossed them over. Then he ignored the beasts and sat down to meditate, refining the spiritual energy of the Five-Element Ascension Soup.
Two hours later, Liu Changxu had recovered a third of his magic power and regained some ability to defend himself. He rose and turned into a streak of light, flying toward the Blackflame Tiger's cave abode.
Xiao Qing the Green Fox and Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon followed close behind.
The entrance to the Blackflame Tiger's cave was not small, but it could only accommodate one tiger at a time. Liu Changxu slowly entered while probing the interior with his divine sense.
The cave abode extended farther than Liu Changxu had expected, and its passage was long and winding. As he ventured deeper, the passage soon became pitch-black, but that