During the brief gap when he relaxed a trace of control, Xiong Tianba also left a soul-force mark on that Nascent Soul, allowing him to sense its physical reactions at any time.
Xiong Tianba truly was a formidable hero of his generation, with a mind full of schemes. It was only because he had been within the "Soul-Suppressing Palace" at the time that he had needed to conceal his true self.
Thus, he had to act cautiously at every turn, making the others believe, after they came to "understand" him, that his combat strength surpassed his intelligence.
The dark yellow little cauldron encountered no obstruction as it smoothly touched the Nascent Soul. Then, beneath Xiong Tianba's focused gaze, a scene that astonished him unfolded.
The Nascent Soul he had imprisoned merely flashed once before vanishing completely. In its place remained only a dark yellow little cauldron the size of a walnut.
This gave Xiong Tianba a tremendous fright. He immediately withdrew his mana in an instant, his entire body entering a defensive stance.
This thing... had actually devoured a Nascent Soul?
Moreover, the entire process had unfolded beneath his close observation, yet he had not seen how it had devoured it. There was not the slightest trace of blood.
Not even a ripple of fluctuation had arisen. Even in the eyes of someone like Xiong Tianba, who killed without batting an eye, all of this seemed extraordinarily bizarre.
Yet after Xiong Tianba waited for quite some time, all he saw was the dark yellow little cauldron quietly floating there after swallowing the Nascent Soul.
It did not move again afterward. Even that faint aura from before had disappeared, let alone any attack against him.
After hesitating briefly, Xiong Tianba began to act. He directly used a spell to wrap around