Though gravely wounded, the Dark Devilgod Tiger's immense life force refused to let it die immediately.
It lay collapsed on the ground, its massive body riddled with bloody holes. Its once-black fur was now soaked red, its breathing shallow, barely clinging to life.
Yet Ye Yu didn't approach.
His sharp eyes narrowed as he extended the tendrils of his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul once more.
Activating his sixth Spirit Ability: Parasitic Devour, he drove the tree's roots deep into the tiger's body.
While consuming its spirit power and flesh, Ye Yu simultaneously began to probe for the Dark Devilgod Core—the beast's inner core and source of power.
Sensing it had no path to survival, the Dark Devilgod Tiger's crimson eyes flickered with hatred and a trace of grim resolve.
In the next instant, a streak of pitch-black light burst from its broken body.
It didn't travel far—only a few dozen meters—before it began tearing open a rift in the air, attempting to escape into the void.
"Trying to run!?"
But Ye Yu had been waiting for this moment.
A cold smirk tugged at the corner of his handsome face.
With a surge of spiritual power, he launched a mental assault directly at the core.
At the same time, countless tendrils of the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree shot out from the ground, weaving toward the fleeing core with frightening speed.
"ROAR!!"
The tiger howled in pain as Ye Yu's spiritual strike slammed into it.
The fleeing Dark Devilgod Core trembled mid-air, pausing momentarily.
That was all the opening Ye Yu needed.
The tree's vines lashed around the core, binding it tightly.
Then, channeling his spirit power through the roots, Ye Yu converted it into pure lightning energy—
and sent a violent surge directly into the core.
Within moments, the lingering spirit within the core—what was left of the Dark Devilgod Tiger's soul—was completely annihilated by the lightning.
Seizing control of the core, Ye Yu yanked it back from the brink of the shattered void using his tree's vines.
Then, in a flash of lightning, he dashed forward and snatched the core into his hand, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.
He stored the Dark Devilgod Core in his Jade Dragon Bracelet.
Now fully aware that even severing part of its soul and trying to escape had failed,
the dying Dark Devilgod Tiger fell into true despair.
With one final growl of resentment, it drew its last breath.
Immediately, a torrent of dark spirit energy began to drift out from the corpse.
But both Ye Yu and Zhu Zhuqing had already reached their Spirit Ring limits—there was no way they could absorb another ring.
Not wanting such a precious corpse to go to waste, Ye Yu had already anticipated this.
He produced another Demon Willow Fluff and inserted it straight into the tiger's body.
Once inside, the thread—powered by his Spirit Bone skill Devouring Parasitism—burrowed through the flesh, devouring spirit energy at a terrifying rate.
By the law of conservation of energy, Ye Yu reasoned—
a Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone are formed from a spirit beast's life force and spirit power.
So if the Demon Willow Fluff devoured all of those...
then there simply wouldn't be enough energy left to form a ring!
This way, nothing from the Dark Devilgod Tiger's corpse would be wasted.
And since this Demon Willow Fluff came from the Demon Willow, a top-tier 90,000-year plant-type spirit beast Spirit Bone,
the dead tiger couldn't possibly resist its invasion.
Before long, the massive corpse was sucked dry—reduced to little more than skin and bone.
Its spirit power and life essence were completely consumed by the Demon Willow Fluff.
And since everything had been drained, there was no longer any energy left to form a Spirit Ring.
It was as if the system had encountered a bug.
The residual dark energy that had begun to form a ring above the corpse sputtered—
the embryonic ring collapsed instantly.
The black light dots that had floated out moments earlier reversed course, flooding back into the tiger's remains...
...only to be absorbed once again by the Demon Willow Fluff.
"All done."
Ye Yu smiled in satisfaction as he retracted the fully fed Demon Willow Fluff back into his body.
Later, when time allowed, he'd let it release the energy it had consumed from the Dark Devilgod Tiger—
to use as cultivation fuel.
With the beast finally defeated, Ye Yu looked around.
Countless towering Blue Silver Spirit Jade Trees had risen from the ground like blue crystal monoliths, glowing faintly with golden light.
The Star Dou Great Forest had been transformed into a Blue Silver Forest.
A triumphant smile tugged at Ye Yu's lips.
To reshape the land itself with a single battle—this was the true power and rightful path of a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master!
Thinking of the girls he had left behind—Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu—Ye Yu shot into the air, streaking across the sky as a silver-blue bolt of lightning.
Before long, he reached the spot where he had left them.
From above, he saw the three girls still waiting anxiously.
Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had worried looks on their faces, their eyes constantly flicking toward the direction he'd disappeared.
"Ye Yu!!"
"Big Brother Ye Yu!!"
The moment they saw him return, both girls broke into bright, joyful smiles and called out excitedly.
Only Xiao Wu's eyes flickered with a hint of disappointment.
If Ye Yu had died to the Dark Devilgod Tiger...
she would've been able to return to Tang San's side.
"Ye Yu! What happened with the Dark Devilgod Tiger? Did you drive it away?"
As Ye Yu landed, Ning Rongrong ran up to him, her refined and elegant face filled with worry and anticipation.
Her gem-like blue eyes sparkled with emotion.
"That Dark Devilgod Tiger… is already dead," Ye Yu replied with a faint smile.
He reached into his Jade Dragon Bracelet and took out the Dark Devilgod Core.
"Zhuqing, I have a gift for you," he said gently.
"Earlier, I gave Rongrong the Beautiful Silk Tulip to help her evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul."
"But I didn't have anything that could help evolve your Martial Soul."
"I never expected I'd be so lucky to come across a Dark Devilgod Tiger."
"This is its inner core—if you consume and refine it, it should help your Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul undergo evolution!"
As he spoke, he handed the Dark Devilgod Core to Zhu Zhuqing.
"Ye Yu... this is too precious!"
Touched that Ye Yu had thought of her, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes reddened.
Her heart swelled with emotion.