Leng Qi had not expected Xu Changxing to praise him, and his heart involuntarily began to race.
He said somewhat stiffly, "It was all thanks to the Demon King meat you bestowed on us, my lord.
Without that Demon King meat, I could never have made such progress!"
In truth, all the Star-Swallowing Toad's blood essence had already been extracted, greatly diminishing the quality of its meat.
But for Leng Qi, who was only at the Meridian Birth realm, it was still a rarely seen heavenly material and earthly treasure.
Xu Changxing did not pursue the subject.
He changed the topic. "I've finished my seclusion and plan to travel elsewhere for a while.
Would you like to keep following me?"
Leng Qi hurriedly said, "It's our honor that you're willing to bring burdens like us along, my lord!"
Xu Changxing nodded. "Then call the other two and come with me!"
Over the next month or so, Xu Changxing did not hurry on his journey, instead familiarizing himself with his current realm as he traveled.
Although he had fully absorbed the insights from the simulation, there was still room for further refinement.
Whenever he encountered a Great Demon, he casually sent out a sword strike and slew it.
Every time Leng Qi and his two companions saw a Great Demon killed so effortlessly, they could not help marveling.
To them, Great Demons were veritable stars of death, reaping lives.
Yet before Xu Changxing, they were like ants.
Sometimes, before the three even realized what had happened, a Great Demon in the distance had already met a grisly death.
Later, whenever they saw Sword Light flash, they knew another Great Demon was about to suffer.
What they failed to notice, however, was that every stroke of Sword Light Xu Changxing unleashed