Xu Zhiru suppressed the blood and qi churning within him.
The formation's backlash just now had been a little too much for him to bear.
Although his life was not in danger, his injuries were still far from light.
"We..." The remaining expert wanted to explain, but when he saw Xu Zhiru's icy gaze, he dared not say another word.
Xu Zhiru paid no further attention to these matters. He had yet to fully complete his task, and compared to his own task, everything else was trivial.
This expert was too close to Xu Zhiru, so no one dared pursue him any further.
Instead, they vented their fury on the others.
Devouring the essence blood aura should distract Xu Zhiru too, shouldn't it? Huang Xiao thought to himself.
He certainly would not charge over to attack again.
As for the others, he had no interest in them.
After all, Xu Zhiru probably would not care much whether these people lived or died.
Xu Zhiru certainly would not notice a small amount of essence blood being devoured, either.
So Huang Xiao became even more unrestrained.
His Devouring grew faster still.
The main reason was that four of the five men were dead, leaving them unable to stop him.
At this point, he was not afraid of exposing himself. Besides, he had wanted Xu Zhiru to notice in the first place.
Over thirty percent now, right? Huang Xiao thought.
He had devoured about this much last time, but now he could still continue.
The formation would last a while longer, so he could clearly devour more.
While devouring the essence blood aura, Huang Xiao also killed some people along the way and took Blood Crystals from them.
The essence blood aura in these Blood Crystals was negligible to him, but their advantage