It was not merely the overwhelming power with which he had swiftly and cleanly dispatched the Spirit Herder. His utter lack of hesitation in killing the man, then refusing to spare even his Spirit Creature and having it devoured on the spot, proved that the man before them possessed not only formidable strength, but an exceptionally powerful background!
An ordinary Spirit Tamer, even one capable of defeating a Spirit Herder, could not defeat the Spirit Creature the herder tended.
Even if they defeated that Spirit Creature, they might not truly dare to kill it, much less command their own Spirit Creature to devour it.
Doing so meant opposing the Heaven Tier expert behind it, whose wrath would inevitably follow!
The Rogue Cultivators' leader also knew that Heaven Tier Spirit Essence contained a powerful force of will. It could be said to possess a spirit of its own.
Any ordinary person who dared to use a devouring method or a secret spirit-seizing art on that expert's Spirit Creature would inevitably suffer a backlash.
But Fang Qianyuan had no such fear.
This meant that, at least on the level of mental will, Fang Qianyuan possessed a means of contending with a Heaven Tier expert.
He could fight against the will that expert had left behind, and moreover, he was fully confident of victory!
The Rogue Cultivators' leader did not know that Fang Qianyuan had started from an exceptionally high foundation upon advancing to Earth Rank. The will of Heaven and Earth he had obtained from the Black Wind Calamity was in no way inferior to a Heaven Tier expert's in its level of power.
A second-string Spirit Creature so clearly left to roam freely was beneath his notice!
If he could kill it, why would he not dare to devour it?
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