Every kind of core came into being because a certain existence had become too powerful.
And once they appeared, they would make that existence even stronger.
Yet, even as they grew stronger, the existence of such a core also gave them an enormous weakness!
Take the Blood Clan, for example. Their Power of Qi and Blood was incomparably powerful, and they were born with the ability to achieve Blood-Drop Rebirth!
This made them extremely difficult to kill, but once they possessed a Blood Core, it was as though they had deliberately given others a chance to kill them in exchange for greater strength!
Or take gods. To grow stronger, they could only use their Divine Cores to condense laws, powerful laws that far exceeded the limits a living being's body could withstand.
But once a god was stripped of their Divine Core, things would get interesting.
"Enter the array!"
Xu Xuan pointed, and the Spirit-Gathering Grand Array immediately began operating at a frenzied pace, shrouding the surrounding space in mist-like spiritual qi.
At the same time, that pool of blood suddenly surged into the sky, vaguely taking on the form of a Divine Dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it circled without end!
"Condense!"
Xu Xuan did not shatter it. Instead, he extracted its essence and forcibly refined it into a massive Blood Core!
An intense yearning immediately welled up from the depths of Xu Xuan's heart.
This was not his own greed, but an instinct arising from his lifeform.
Xu Xuan immediately understood that as long as he devoured this Blood Core, he would certainly reap tremendous benefits.
It would nourish him on the very level of his life itself. Not only would it strengthen his Power of Qi and Blood, raise his cultivation realm, and