After a while, the image projected to the large crowd cleared. A stunned silence overwhelmed the battle arena as they all watched Ryu slowly approach the corpse of the beast.
Ryu began to dissect the Fire Tiger. In reality, this was extremely difficult even now that its defenses had weakened. It took Ryu several hours to reach the Spiritual Root and meticulously displace the organ and the Blood Essence within it properly.
However, no one blamed him. The corpse of a Fourth Order beast was too precious. Plus, there hadn't ever been a time limit placed on a turn. As a result, Ryu could take all the time he needed. By the time he finished, the second day of competition had begun. Many Princes and audience members had directly taken time to rest. After all, not all of them had high enough cultivation to remain awake for extended periods of time.
