Cho'Gath ate quickly, devouring the Fang Flame Hound's entire body in just one minute.
There had not even been time for the Fang Flame Hound to produce a Soul Ring.
The Soul Power stored within the Fang Flame Hound's body had also been converted entirely into nourishment for Cho'Gath.
Once Cho'Gath finished eating the corpse, Yu Tianlong felt a powerful hot current constantly washing through every part of his body.
Only after quite a while did that hot current slowly subside, and the instant it ended, Yu Tianlong seemed to hear the sound of a cork popping out of a bottle.
"Pop-"
The next moment, his Soul Power Level went from three to four!
How long had it been? Just over a month, and he had gone from level 0.1 to level four!
Was this a speed someone with his talent could achieve?
After taking a moment to compose himself, Yu Tianlong looked at Cho'Gath and asked eagerly:
"Little Cho, how was it?"
"Did you improve much?"
Cho'Gath stopped picking his teeth. After looking at his slightly enlarged claws, he said earnestly:
"Master, I feel like I can evolve again after devouring a few more opponents like that!"
A flicker of delight flashed through Yu Tianlong's eyes at the answer.
At this rate, it would not be long before his Soul Power Level reached ten!
But delighted as he was, Yu Tianlong had not forgotten that icy feeling of nearly dying just now.
If the Fang Flame Hound's claws had been just a little more accurate, his head might have parted company with his body.
So Yu Tianlong still spoke to Cho'Gath with utmost seriousness.
"Little Cho, what we need to do now is grow slowly. You absolutely mustn't keep looking for Soul Beasts like that one. Let's start by eating low-level Soul Beasts, all right?"
Cho'Gath was no fool either. Naturally, he knew how dangerous it had been, and that his master had nearly died, so he nodded apologetically.
"I understand, Master!"
One month later.
The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Dawn had only just begun to break, and a fine rain fell thickly. Some weak Soul Beasts hurried out of their caves to take advantage of this time to forage.
After all, the night did not belong to weak Soul Beasts like them, but to those predators.
"!!!!!!"
Suddenly, several Soft Bone Rabbits' ears shot upright. They stopped nibbling on Blue Silver Grass and warily surveyed their surroundings, as though they had sensed something.
Their surroundings were far too quiet.
Apart from the patter of raindrops falling on leaves, there was no other sound at all.
Traces of murderous intent seemed to lurk within the curtain of rain.
Sensing something was wrong, the Soft Bone Rabbits instinctively wanted to burrow back into their caves.
But before they could move their legs, a voice suddenly rang out from afar.
"Rupture!!!"
The next second, countless bone spikes erupted from underground within a ten-meter radius centered on the Soft Bone Rabbits. Unable to dodge in time, the rabbits were skewered straight through and left hanging in midair.
"Drip... drip..."
Blood slowly dripped down the bone spikes.
Two figures slowly emerged from behind an ancient tree.
"Little Cho, well done. You've improved today-you actually hunted nine rabbits in one go!"
After a month of devouring prey, Cho'Gath was now slightly larger than Yu Tianlong.
He looked increasingly ferocious and terrifying, too. Yet at Yu Tianlong's praise, he bashfully covered his large face with his forelimbs and swayed a little.
Seeing Cho'Gath putting on such an affected display, Yu Tianlong nearly lost control, repeatedly telling himself inwardly.
He's my Martial Soul, my own kid. Don't get angry, don't get angry!!
"Fuck!"
After holding back for one second, Yu Tianlong still could not help himself and brought a fist straight down on Cho'Gath's head.
"You're a big, imposing bug, yet you're acting like some bashful little girl. Are you trying to disgust me to death?"
At Yu Tianlong's reaction, Cho'Gath immediately felt wronged.
"But Master, wasn't that how those human Soul Masters expressed themselves when I saw them two days ago?"
Indeed, two days earlier, while Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath were hunting for food, they had encountered a party of Soul Masters who had come for Soul Hunting.
They had mistaken Cho'Gath for a Soul Beast and wanted to turn him into a Soul Ring.
The captain of that Soul Master squad had shown off in front of one of the female members.
After hearing those honeyed words, that female Soul Master had adopted that sort of bashful pose.
Cho'Gath had taken note of it and copied her example.
It had thoroughly disgusted Yu Tianlong over the past two days.
Thinking of those culprits now, he should have had Cho'Gath eat them slowly. Swallowing them in a few bites had really let them off far too lightly!
"You're you, and humans are humans. You don't need to learn this, understand?"
Ultimately, Cho'Gath was only a child who had been born just over two months ago. Though intelligent, he lacked common sense, so he often displayed this sort of foolishness.
Looking at Cho'Gath's half-comprehending expression, Yu Tianlong took a deep breath and calmed himself.
"All right, let's stop talking about this. You'll slowly understand in the future. Take those rabbits down first!"
Watching Cho'Gath's retreating figure as he trotted eagerly off to collect the Soft Bone Rabbits,
Yu Tianlong also revealed a trace of satisfaction.
Over the past month, the experiences of this human and beast had truly been full of twists and turns.
Several times, Cho'Gath's misjudgment of strength, along with his ignorance of what fear was, had landed them in life-or-death crises.
Their most incredible feat had been escaping from beneath the legs of a thousand-year Cave Demon Spider.
But high risks also meant high returns.
A few days earlier, Yu Tianlong's Soul Power Level had reached ten, and his body had become exceptionally solid.
After testing his physical strength, Yu Tianlong had decided to go Soul Hunting!
Although his body could continue growing, dragging things out would instead hinder the growth of his strength.
Without higher Soul Power, how could he enter the inner regions of the Star Dou Great Forest?
So, after Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath hunted down a thousand-and-one-hundred-year Evil Bone Berserk Lion and absorbed its Soul Ring, Yu Tianlong's Soul Power Level had successfully broken through to seventeen.
He had obtained his first Soul Skill, Rupture!
It consumed one-tenth of his Soul Power to rupture the ground in a target area, causing bone spikes to grow out before throwing enemies into the air.
As Cho'Gath devoured more prey, its range could expand, the bone spikes could increase in number, and its damage could rise.
And since Yu Tianlong's Martial Soul was special, an external Martial Soul like Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao,
Yu Tianlong could also use this Soul Skill, though its range was much smaller. Cho'Gath's covered ten meters, while Yu Tianlong's only covered five.
And it was precisely the appearance of this Soul Skill
that had made Yu Tianlong's expression turn strange.
Even I can use Soul Skills. There's no reason Yu Xiaogang can't!
They both had this sort of special external Martial Soul. But after thinking for a second, Yu Tianlong seemed to realize something.
Luo Sanpao's Soul Skill was farting, and it stank beyond belief. If Yu Xiaogang used this Soul Skill during a fight...
Hiss, the more I think about it, the more terrifying it gets!
No wonder Yu Xiaogang doesn't use it. I can't blame him for that!
After all, the sight of Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, renowned throughout the Soul Master World, furiously munching white radishes during a fight before pulling down his pants and farting at others was truly more than anyone could bear to admire.