Three minutes had passed since the system devoured the remnant soul.
Its time!
Yone was looking forward to this expert's cultivation knowledge on her arsenal.
He had more or less seen how Raven stood shoulder to shoulder against Albert. Even though the man didn't use all of his strength, Raven's feat of fighting without losing ground against an 8th layer of Qi condensation is commendable by itself.
But Yone knew that the only reason Raven had such capabilities was all thanks to his master, or else he would have been crushed to death.
Raven's indifference and cold demeanor were born out of an arrogance that had yet to be shattered. Unfortunately for him, his life was cut short before he could break through that arrogance and achieve a significant leap in both power and mental fortitude.
Right then, a System Prompt rang in his mind.
[Ding! You have successfully acquired the remnant spirit of the holy realm expert and accomplished your mission...]
[Eroor! detected a few seals placed on the target's soul to prevent her from accessing a few memories of her experiences...]
[Currently breaking the seals placed by the mysterious individual...]
[Ding! The multiple seals placed on the target's soul to prevent her access from her memories got successfully broken!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have received Aurora's cultivation knowledge and a ??? Key???!]
"Seems like finishing the mission was indeed the right decision." Yone thought with amusement.
'Use [ System's reward Aurora's cultivation knowledge!]
He then commanded after receiving his rewards. He urgently needed knowledge about this world and the realm's cultivation process.
Right after Yone commanded, another prompt sounded in his ears.
[Ding! System's reward Aurora's cultivation knowledge used successfully! Congratulations, Host! You are three missions away from opening a new System's feature!]
Hum!
In an instant, countless images surged through Yone's mind, causing a momentary wave of dizziness before he quickly regained his composure.
"This woman was hiding way more secrets than I anticipated... Not bad, not bad!"
Yone couldn't help but praise with his eyes closed.
Unlike the first time when he devoured the guard's memories, Yone felt no scruples in devouring the Holy Realm expert cultivation experience. He just enjoyed the feeling of getting stronger with a smile on his face.
At the same time, he looked through the memories of the so-called great expert in this world.
At the end of the day, cultivation realms progress from Foundation Establishment to Qi Condensation, Bone-Tempering, and finally, the Holy Realm.
Since this expert had reached the pinnacle of cultivation in this world, her knowledge should be unparalleled, far superior to anything he could glean from any lower-level cultivator he might kill in the near future.
At the same time, the greatest weapon in a mighty figure's arsenal, when they are in a life-and-death situation like Aurora, is their accumulated experience and knowledge during their lifetime, their deep understanding of the cultivation realms, and immense combat experience.
Why else would Yone be looking forward to the reward all day long?
But now, all of that belonged to Yone.
"The pleasure of strengthening my cultivation knowledge and combat experience by devouring a holy realm expert of a foreign world is truly incomparable..."
Whenever he recalled the guards' bland memories, it reinforced his belief that weakness was truly a sin.
"The world will surely not tolerate such a heaven-defying devouring technique, if someone sees me while taking out the amends, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole world hunts me down..."
When that time comes, not even the heavens will be able to protect me!
As he sifted through Aurora's memories, realization finally dawned on Yone.
"No wonder a seal was placed on her soul to prevent her from accessing a few memories and conveying others."
Yone was dumbfounded as he saw what Aurora received as benefits from the Snow Lake tournament.
One of the two geniuses who survived back then was Aurora's direct disciple and a candidate for the tournament. Having emerged alive, he was rewarded with a scroll containing the cultivation technique known as True Martial Arts.
Due to his crippled state, Aurora took possession of the scroll. However, a mysterious figure suddenly appeared before her. With an expressionless face, he extended his hand, and Aurora, without hesitation, knelt and placed the scroll into his palm.
"Ahh!" Yone screamed, clutching his head as his eyes turned bloodshot, desperately trying to sift through the memories.
Hum!
A destructive force suddenly swept across the floor, causing tens of cuts to appear on Yone's body one by one. Despite the intense pain, Yone gritted his teeth and continued probing those memories.
Suddenly, a sword slash made entirely of condensed Qi, several meters wide, materialized in front of Yone, inching closer each time he tried to delve deeper into the memories.
"Damn it!" Yone cursed as he felt the terrifying waves of pressure emanating from the sword slash.
Even though his cultivation was merely at the 4th layer of the foundation establishment, the terrifying pressure radiating from the sword was by no means hidden and full on display, threatening to annihilate the existence of Yone.
"Sigh..." Yone exhaled deeply, giving up on his attempt to break through the wall of memories and pushing them to the back of his mind.
The moment he stopped forcefully breaking through the wall, the dozens of cuts on his body accompanied by the sword vanished without a trace, it was as if what occurred in the past moments was none other than Yone's own imagination.
I'm still too weak!
Even with the system breaking the seal, he still couldn't access those memories.
However, he didn't exit the memories without any gains.
Indeed!
He managed to catch a brief glimpse through a small crack he had made in the wall. Unfortunately, it wasn't much.
He saw only a gigantic door hovering a few meters in the air. At its base, he could make out the image of a blurry figure holding a massive sword.
Unfortunately, whenever he tried to focus on the figure's features or look deeper into those fragments of memories, the sword appeared before him, forcing him out.
"Well, I'll look through them again after I go out of seclusion," Yone uttered as he focused on the other mission reward.
'Give me the key!'
Yone said in his mind.
He also wanted to see the key that was covered in question marks.
The system had already informed him that it couldn't identify the key without an upgrade, and Yone understood that.
He had seen the requirements for the upgrade and knew it was beyond his control, so he chose to ignore it and put it out of his mind.