Just as Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er abruptly paled, Chen Ping acted as though nothing were wrong, swallowing the soul core he had painstakingly condensed in a single gulp along with his saliva.
The instant the soul core entered his stomach, the mysterious connection between it and Chen Ping abruptly strengthened. It settled in his chest, and soul power more than ten times as abundant as before instantly flooded the previously empty meridians throughout his limbs and body.
"Hah-"
Chen Ping let out a long breath. Feeling the endless soul power turbulence the soul core produced within him, his eyes gleamed.
This soul core really packed a punch!
"Y-you finished absorbing it?"
Seeing no sign of discomfort on Chen Ping's face, Qian Duoduo was immediately taken aback.
"I'm done absorbing it."
Chen Ping looked at Qian Duoduo in some confusion. He had condensed this soul core himself, and it shared the same origin as the power within his body. It had taken only a few seconds to merge completely into him and become one with him. It was even simpler than replacing an AA battery in a remote control. What was there to say about it?
Xian Lin'er could not help her mouth twitching as she looked at Qian Duoduo with a wry smile.
As a top-tier beast martial soul master known as the Flying Valkyrie, she possessed terrifying physical prowess, yet she had still suffered untold hardship to fully absorb a soul ring into her body and merge it completely with herself.
As for Chen Ping, perhaps because he had already cultivated his Golden Body, his inherent immunity to water and fire made him extraordinarily compatible with this soul core and its violent power. Even after gulping it down outright, he had still completed its absorption in the most