Matheus couldn't have been more astonished. Just what kind of refinement method was this?!
No matter how he racked his brain, he could have never guessed that this was Ryu's own unique path. He likely wouldn't be able to believe that someone Ryu's age could accomplish such a thing. Of course, he also had no idea that Ryu was just twenty years old. If he did, maybe the shock would have been even greater.
Fidroha could only watch as Edwin became nothing more than a skeleton. To make matters worse, when his corpse crashed back into the ground, it shattered to ash, blowing into the wind no differently from dust.
This was the special ability of Screaming Blood Root. Its gestation could only occur upon the corpse of high-level cultivators, but this wasn't the end of it. In order to grow, it must continuously absorb Vital Qi.
