"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha"
His wry laugh was as slow and as fake as it could be.
"Don't tell me that it could really—" Feng Luotian murmured in expectation before sending a thought of refining all the cores.
Whoosh.
All monster cores instantly disappeared as an information from Kronos replaced them.
///// Level : Four Fang (66%)
///// [Last Dance Curse] Level 4 : Increase the user's power level by 1 for 10 minutes. However, the user has to collect 10 souls within 10 minutes. Otherwise, the user's level will be decreased by 2.
///// [Momentum Eyes] Level 4 : The user can see the momentum and projectile of every object within 55 meters.
///// [Pinnacle Flash Lightning] Level 1 (139/500) : Wrap the user's body in lightning. Speed +215%. Lightning Resistance +4%.
"No wonder Little Yun could catch up to me within a short period of time. Why did you not tell me about this? Or maybe her bloodline had a completely different feature." Feng Luotian exhaled a huge sigh at another mind-blowing thing Kronos could do.
Refining monster cores was a time-taking process.
Cultivators had to connect their Theríon with the monster cores and absorb the energy within. They then had to refine the energy to match their Theríon's nature within the body.
Absorbing too fast would result in their unstable cultivation growth, or even cause soul core's injury or explosion, spelling one's cripple or death respectively. That's why one should take time to absorb energy from the monster cores.
As for a commoner who wished to refine the cores?
They would have to linger around the cores to allow the energy that was seeping out to enter their body on its own, which would take ages. Or they could request a cultivator to connect the energy link for them to shorten the time it would take.
In Feng Luotian's case when he was still a cripple, he had the help and support from Peacock Lord himself.
But other than those sessions, he could only sit down, place the cores in front of him, and wait to absorb the energy from the monster cores. This process felt like forever to him.
But now, a single tap could instantaneously skip all that.
Experiencing one heaven-defying feature from Kronos after another, Feng Luotian felt his mind grew numb.
He thought that, from now on, he would not be more surprised to anything Kronos could do.
But well, he just had to wait and see.
"Let's call this Instant Refinement." He named.
After about half an hour, while Feng Luotian literally had nothing to do but wait, a massive shadow approached where the corpse was dropped.
When it entered his sight, Feng Luotian saw a three-meter-tall massive lion with silver fur and a blade at the end of its tail.
///// Six Fangs Blade Tail Silver Lion
///// [Poison Blade] : Imbue its tail with poison lethal enough to instantly kill those with 3 levels higher and paralyze those with one realm above.
"I can even sense the monster's bloodline and ability?! And to think that, my first training partner is Blade Tail Silver Lion! I'll be rich after this." Feng Luotian inwardly exclaimed.
After the lion was certain that there was no danger around, it pranced at the body and enjoyed its cultivating session.
However, at that moment, a young man jumped down and landed in front of it. He chose not to carry out a sneak attack as he did not wish to kill it. He only wanted a sparring partner.
Sensing someone appeared out of nowhere, the lion was startled and withdrew itself a bit to observe the situation. After confirming Feng Luotian's lack of aura, it charged straight at him, full of fury.
A claw larger than Feng Luotian's body furiously fell down upon him one attack after another, but all of its action did not escape his Momentum Eyes.
He dodged and slithered through its frenzy attacks until he reached the position under its neck. Aiming for the weakest part of its body, Feng Luotian jumped up as he threw his punch.
Bang.
Although his attack connected and the lion howled as it retreated in pain, the damage done was far less than what he expected.
Feng Luotian sighed in his heart: "Six Fangs monster's skin is so tough. As I thought, I need a body strengthening skill or an attacking skill. Or else, I can only dodge and cannot finish off those with higher cultivation levels. I have to find a way to obtain those skills as fast as possible. Anyway, let's train Pinnacle Flash Lightning first and worry about other things later."
He charged at the silver lion again, but this time he only focused on dodging. If he faced a critical situation, like when the lion activated its Poison Blade and swung its tail at a close-call angle, he would activate Pinnacle Flash Lightning to escape his death.
Coupling both Momentum Eyes and Pinnacle Flash Lightning, Feng Luotian continued to train his skill, body, and Theríon with a calm expression even though he had to face the possibility of death at any moment.
When he was about to run out of Theríon, Feng Luotian would retreat and vanish from its sight.
Not being able to sense Feng Luotian's cultivation, the silver lion had no choice but to look around blindly.
It did not even know that after Feng Luotian vanished, he jumped and rested up high on the tree.
As a matter of fact, the lion was also exhausted from ceaselessly attacking Feng Luotian. It was a mindless beast, after all. It only knew how to kill its enemies with its full might. When it could not find him, the silver lion decided to rest as well.
But how could Feng Luotian just wait for his Theríon to recover normally when he only had one month to train?
He fetched a Theríon Recovery Pill from his bag and swallowed it. It was one of the items he returned to his home to get before leaving the city.
The pills were given to him by Sun Wuji on his birthday a few years ago. At that time, he did not know whether his brother was playing a prank on him because Feng Luotian was still a cripple, or blessing him to awaken his bloodline sooner.
Now, those pills had become handy as they could immensely increase one's Theríon recovery rate.
After half an hour, Feng Luotian's Theríon was recovered to the full amount, and he checked his stat.
///// Level: Four Fangs (67%)
///// Skill 1: Pinnacle Flash Lightning Level 1 (146/500) …
"Only 1% energy increase even after spending all those Theríon, huh? This is quite tough. But, well, we still have a long way to go, right, Little Sliver?" Feng Luotian teasingly asked.
Right after that, he jumped down on its head and repeated his training session. and the lion could only be a dodge-training machine before Feng Luotian.
Half a day later, the lion finally collapsed unconsciously on the ground from exhaustion. If someone was to witness this, they would start to feel sympathy for the monster.
Subsequently, Feng Luotian chuckled and returned to his camp to rest a night.
After he woke up in the morning, Feng Luotian hunted some Four Fangs monsters, then he returned to where the lion was.
However, it was no longer there, nor was the corpse from yesterday.
He smiled as he dropped a couple of dead Four Fangs monsters on the ground. Today, he did not bother hiding up on the tree but stood there in front of the monsters' corpses.
After a while, the same lion appeared with his friend with red fur.
///// Six Fangs Blade Tail Crimson Lion
///// [Burning Blade] : Imbue its tail with flame strong enough to instantly incinerate those with 3 levels higher and burn those with one realm above, causing damage over time.
"Oh? I did not expect that you are willing to raise the difficulty of my training on your own, Little Silver."
A smile plastered on Feng Luotian's face as he reached out his hand and beckoned: "Come then."
After his taunt, two lions charged at Feng Luotian to initiate their fierce attacks. However, even though it had become much harder for Feng Luotian to dodge the attacks from two Six Fangs lions, it was still within his capability to survive their onslaught, albeit with much more Theríon spent.
A similar scene repeated itself over and over again.
On the next day, Feng Luotian's training speed drastically increased as the number of lions multiplied even further. This made him wonder whether these monsters were lions or hyenas.