Chapter 537 - 448: Beyond the Spirit Control Realm, The Little Loli’s Special Hobby

Seeing the petite One-tailed spring into action, Xiong Batian froze completely. It suddenly felt like they were from two different worlds, on entirely different levels.

It was no wonder she was so shocked. In truth, she had never witnessed an attack of this caliber and couldn’t have possibly imagined it. All of a sudden, the Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm had condensed into a scarlet, whip-like blade that sliced the King Kong Ape, one of the Eight Great Dominators, into fragments of flesh and blood.

Xiong Batian couldn’t even fathom long-range attacks. She was a brute who relied on physical combat and hadn’t yet reached the stage of fighting from a distance.

In other words, Xiong Batian had always focused on tempering her physical body. Even after following Jiang Qiu and obtaining a superior Cultivation Technique, her training was essentially still about strengthening her physique. Her methods all revolved around her own limbs; she was nowhere near the level of condensing Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm into a tangible form.

Simply put, she couldn’t fathom how One-tailed had executed such a masterful attack, such a dazzling dismemberment!

After all, for the past three years, Xiong Batian had only ever engaged in physical combat with the other Overlord Great Demons. The most spectacular battle she had ever witnessed was when a Demon from the outside world invaded their territory and killed a Dominator. But even that wasn’t particularly flashy—it was essentially just a brawl, something she could have managed herself.

But now... without even laying a finger on the mountain-sized King Kong Ape, One-tailed had instantly killed it. It was such a thorough annihilation that the ape had no time to react, let alone fight back!

GULP.

Xiong Batian swallowed hard, her legs feeling a little weak. As she looked at the petite One-tailed again, a sense of inexplicable awe rose in her heart. She suddenly realized that a massive, gaping chasm had opened up between her and her Master.

Yes, in the past, she’d had a faint inkling that her Master was perhaps merely a newborn with a special Talent and bloodline, granting him immense natural strength and little else. But as time went on, he had subdued the Nine-tailed Fox.

And now, without the Nine-tailed Fox herself even needing to act, her very first clone, One-tailed, had displayed such transcendent combat prowess.

Xiong Batian now had no doubt. ’Were our previous enemies just too weak? Is that why Master never bothered using Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm and just casually punched them to death?’

’That first time we met, when he swatted me away... he must have been holding back an infinite amount of power. Otherwise, I would have died right then and there.’

As these thoughts connected, Xiong Batian’s reverence for Jiang Qiu reached an unprecedented level. At the same time, an unquenchable desire to catch up ignited within her. ’I must get stronger! I can’t keep holding Master back!’

’She knew full well that, as she was now, she had no special skills to speak of. She was inferior to the Nine-tailed Fox in every way. If even the petite One-tailed was this powerful, then she was nothing more than an ant that could be crushed at a moment’s notice.’

But she desperately wanted to follow Jiang Qiu. Her only choice was to eat with all her might and cultivate with all her might, to strive for an early Transformation and one day possess power like that of One-tailed, the Nine-tailed Fox’s clone!

"Ah Xiong, I see a lake up ahead. Go take a bath. You’re covered in blood and gore; you’ll start to stink."

Hearing One-tailed’s cute, bell-like voice, Xiong Batian nodded vigorously. She shook the blood and gore from her fur and trotted over. "Wait for me, Sister One-tailed!"

And just like that, the two of them concluded their battle against the King Kong Ape, one of the Eight Great Dominators. They cleaned up the battlefield quickly—by taking a bath and then roasting and eating the ape’s most vital organs.

The Fragrance of the roast spread for miles, making countless creatures drool with envy. However, the King Kong Ape’s oppressive aura had always dominated this territory, so they were all terrified and didn’t dare to enter.

Furthermore, the Nine-tailed Fox released a tiny bit of her own aura, making the pressure in the area overwhelmingly pure. The other creatures scattered and fled, not daring to even think about the meat.

Almost all of the good meat was left for Xiong Batian. Although she wasn’t large, and the King Kong Ape was practically the size of a mountain, the choicest parts contained the highest concentration of Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm and were the most nutritious. There was no need to eat the entire thing.

So, after Xiong Batian feasted heartily for a while, the aura within her began to condense. A steady stream of Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm provided her with the opportunity for a breakthrough. A steel-like radiance erupted from within her, enveloping her body as if forging an intangible Vajra Body capable of withstanding countless attacks!

That’s right—after devouring the essence of the King Kong Ape, she was on the verge of breaking through beyond the Spirit Control Realm and becoming a new Great Dominator!

However, it was still incredibly difficult. Some key factor seemed to be missing. Although her aura was surging, she just couldn’t quite touch the threshold and cross over.

Not far away, One-tailed had already plundered the cave where the King Kong Ape stored its resources. She found a Spirit Fruit and various other fruits infused with Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm. It was an abundant hoard.

Of course, it wasn’t as bountiful as the Nine-tailed Fox’s own hoard. The fox’s Realm was already so high that she had no need for such items in her Cultivation, so she had simply saved everything.

The King Kong Ape, however, was different. His Realm had not yet reached Perfection. Having only recently broken through to the realm above the Spirit Control Realm, he needed a vast amount of resources and had consumed many of them.

Even so, the hoard was still immense. One-tailed could have dived in and gone for a swim, and no one would have even noticed she was submerged. In other words, there was so much that it was basically impossible to carry it all away.