I Can Devour Spirits

Duan Rong shivered, and soon a layer of frosty silk formed all over his body!

His eyebrows were covered in frost white!

In the moment when the cold air spread, Duan Rong had already pinpointed the elusive turning point of his breathing, dizziness swept over him, and he found himself within the Sea of Consciousness.

At this time in the Sea of Consciousness, a layer of frost had formed on the black earth, and the chill filled the space between heaven and earth.

Duan Rong dared not delay. He immediately sat cross-legged and began sealing and chanting. If the Cold Toad Cream lingered too long, it would harm the body...

As Duan Rong performed sealing and chanting, the Divine Shadows of the Four Great Kings appeared in this realm...

The Divine Shadows of the Four Great Kings gradually solidified, and at the same time, the rolling mist in the space started to settle...

The milky white mist settled on the ground, the air cleared, and finally, wisps of frost silk could be seen floating beneath the sky, like an image of a sky filled with frost...

Duan Rong knew clearly that these wisps of frost silk were transformed from the Ice Toad Cream!

Duan Rong flipped his hands to seal again, the Divine Shadows of the Four Great Kings shot light from their eyes, inhaling through their mouths and noses, and the settling milky white mist, like a dragon drinking water, flowed into the mouths of the Divine Shadows, then strands of light silk floated out from the noses of the Divine Shadows, heading towards the center of the sky...

The strands of light silk that floated out from the noses of the Four Great Kings wove together in the center of the sky, and the light silk seemed to have some sort of attraction, drawing in the floating frost silk from beneath the sky, weaving back and forth...

About the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, a vague outline of a baby’s shadow appeared not far from the two floating star bodies in the center of the sky...

As soon as the baby’s shadow appeared, the originally calm Tree Spirit Light Sea suddenly surged, large clusters of light silk swarmed towards the sky like a plague of locusts...

The baby’s shadow greedily sucked in the light silk, and its body of light gradually solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye...

As time passed, a thin cocoon formed on the baby, which, at a glance, looked like an ice clump, emitting a transparent white light...

The frost silk beneath the sky had become so thin it was invisible, and no more light silk rose from that Tree Spirit Light Sea...

Only the Divine Statues of the Four Great Kings were still inhaling the settling mist, extracting strands of light silk...

The Tree Spirit in that part of the Tree Spirit Light Sea had been completely devoured, leaving only the Four Great Kings to slowly extract from the settling mist, at a speed comparable to a tortoise crawling...

Duan Rong formed a seal with his hands and exited the Sea of Consciousness.

The moment Duan Rong exited the Sea of Consciousness, he exhaled cold air, the frost silk that had formed around his body had mostly dissipated, leaving only a clump of white frost on his brows...

He was now within Wild Boar Mountain, and the Tree Spirit had been completely devoured, so replenishment on the spot was possible.

Moreover, the Ice Toad Cream had been nearly consumed, he had to exit first, replenish, and then re-enter the Sea of Consciousness.

Just as Duan Rong exited the Sea of Consciousness, his figure flickered, disappeared from the stone bed, and flashed out of the cave, descending along the cliff face into the valley.

It was already deep night, a waning moon cast its mournful and pitifully faint moonlight onto the dark valley...

The mountain wind stirred, black waves rising and falling as if trying to swallow the waning moon whole...

At this moment, a black dot appeared among the trees at the treetops, fast as a shadow, disappearing and reappearing — it was Duan Rong...

About an hour later, Duan Rong returned to the cave, and upon entering, his figure flickered and assumed a cross-legged position on the stone bed.

Duan Rong reached out and grabbed the porcelain bottle with the Ice Toad Cream in his hand, tilted his neck, and poured it all down his throat...

Once the Ice Toad Cream left its extremely cold environment, it would dissipate in twelve hours. He had gotten it from Ximen Kankan around midnight yesterday, and it was almost out of time.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged, instantly frosting all over, his consciousness aligning with the point of breath transition, his vision blurred, and he entered the Sea of Consciousness...

At this time, Wutong Lane in the deep night was utterly silent.

In a dilapidated courtyard, suddenly a figure floated into the yard, his feet landing silently like a cat’s paws.

Jie Daohan listened intently. Besides the rustling sound of night wind sweeping through withered branches, there was almost no noise. The courtyard was even more silent.

Jie Daohan no longer used his body skills, but walked slowly through the courtyard to the main hall door.

In the dim and cold moonlight, Jie Daohan saw a lock hanging on the door of the main hall. He moved his feet and came to the window of the inner room, pressing his ear against it to listen carefully.

Only then did he suddenly draw out the Barrier Saber at his waist, inserting it into the window gap to carefully unlock the inner latch.

Jie Daohan sheathed his saber and pushed open the window, feeling the distinct texture of spider webs on his hand as he did so...

Jie Daohan leaped into the dark room.

Standing in the darkness, his nostrils flared slightly, sniffing the faint musty smell in the air. He could deduce that the room had been uninhabited for a long time.

Jie Daohan flipped one hand, taking out a flint from his sleeve, and igniting a flame, he used the weak light to examine the small room.

Everywhere was covered in dust, Jie Daohan was careful not to leave traces, yet he checked every corner of the room, including the wardrobe by the bedside, with its door swollen and requiring considerable effort to open, only to find a rusty pair of scissors inside...

Judging by this residence alone, Duan Rong’s background indeed seemed impoverished.

Jie Daohan searched the premises thoroughly, inside and out, finding no suspicious items.

Jie Daohan was not fazed, knowing that Duan Rong, who could commit such a large crime without anyone noticing and elude both his and Fan Yuanhai’s relentless pursuit, would not easily leave traces. If Duan Rong had not attended the Talent Selection Conference, he might not have been able to pinpoint him even now.

A person so shrewd would not carelessly leave a mistake.

Jie Daohan leaped away from the courtyard, his figure flitting like a wildcat, disappearing into the gloomy night beyond Wutong Lane.

The willow branches of Liu’s House had already sprouted, swaying gently in the chilly spring wind...

Suddenly, a figure jumped down from the courtyard wall brushed by willow branches, landing softly like a large bird!

Employing the same method, Jie Daohan searched Liu’s House inside and out.

Though Yuan Shun Escort Agency had night-patrolling hospital guards, Jie Daohan, being a True Qi Realm expert, could easily evade these guards.

The search of Liu’s House again yielded nothing.

Jie Daohan’s expression became grave. Duan Rong was even more cautious than he had imagined. This was already his usual dwelling place, yet after a thorough search, no clues were found.

Nonetheless, Jie Daohan realized in his heart: since both residences held no traces, then the clue must rest upon Duan Rong himself!

He believed Duan Rong’s departure from the city was not an escape. Having just become a Sect Named Disciple, would he abandon such a promising future?

He only needed to wait. Wait for Duan Rong to return to the city!

In the early morning of the Wild Boar Mountain valley, birds chirped softly, streams babbled, Duan Rong suddenly walked out from the depths of the cave, standing wearily on the platform at the cave mouth.

The spring breeze brushed his face, sunlight shone on his face, Duan Rong smiled, and suddenly exhibited his body skill.

With Cloud Serpent Step executed to its full extent, he leaped and galloped along the rocky walls, his clothes fluttering...

Duan Rong arrived at the side of the spring, first washing his face with the cool spring water, then scooping up two handfuls of sweet spring water to drink.

Duan Rong wiped the moisture from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, while two birds on a nearby tree chirped joyously...

Duan Rong’s gaze moved sharply, suddenly fixating in the direction of the two birds.

Those two birds, which had been chirping away, suddenly froze without warning, as if hit by a bullet, falling from the branch.

Duan Rong smiled faintly and approached where the birds had fallen, but as he took two steps, the fallen birds suddenly flew up, flapping their wings, and darted deep into the wilderness.

Duan Rong stood there, gazing in the direction the birds flew away, his eyes flickering.

”It seems that the Divine Soul Wave attack does not damage the divine souls, it only causes them to tremble and fall into a brief blank state.”