C13 A Kiss with Taste

"Nice taste, Brother Zhan," Jiang Yuan sneered, watching Jiang Zhan mouth-to-mouth with the stinking maw of a silver roar tiger, as if they were kissing.

"Damn it!" Jiang Zhan was furious. As the strongest among the Jiang Family's younger generation and a rare martial artist among his peers, he was being humiliated by a nobody – an utter disgrace.

"Die! Earth Sinking Technique!" Jiang Zhan's body burst with spiritual energy, a flash of earthen yellow aura sweeping over him as he slammed his hands into the ground.

Boom! The earth cracked under Jiang Zhan's strike, a fissure racing towards Jiang Yuan's position. This technique was one of the rewards from the day's hunt!

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan's expression chilled, a surge of murderous intent rising within him. He scoffed, "Just as I thought, fitting for the Great Elder's grandson to have already claimed the prize."

Jiang Zhan laughed arrogantly, "Haha, should it have been given to you, the waste?"

"Let's see who the real waste is now!" Jiang Yuan's spiritual energy erupted, far denser than Jiang Zhan's by dozens of times.

With a stomp of his right foot, he severed the approaching crack.

"How is this possible!? How can you have such a dense spiritual aura!?" Shock, fear, and regret flooded Jiang Zhan in an instant. He couldn't fathom that Jiang Yuan had once again become a martial artist, with a spiritual energy concentration tens of times his own.

Smack! Jiang Yuan delivered a fierce slap to Jiang Zhan's face.

"Who's the real waste now!?"

"Me...?" In that moment, the world seemed to shrink to just Jiang Zhan, with Jiang Yuan's voice hauntingly echoing in his mind, shattering the self-confidence he had painstakingly built over the year.

"Jiang Zhan..." A voice called out, snapping Jiang Zhan back to reality. His right cheek was still searing, but the figure who had been carrying the tiger carcass was already gone.

"How should I go about eating you?"

Jiang Yuan pondered over the best way to consume the massive Silver Roar Tiger carcass before him.

"Ah well, let's keep it simple—grill it!"

He gathered some branches, fashioned a makeshift grill, skinned the tiger, extracted the Demon Core, and skewered the entire Silver Roar Tiger from rear to snout. With a flicker of spiritual energy, he lit a fire, and thus began Jiang Yuan's inaugural wilderness barbecue.

Oh, the scent was heavenly!

The meat's fragrance wafted through the air first.

As the tiger meat turned a succulent golden brown, Jiang Yuan couldn't contain himself any longer. He summoned his radiant sword pill, sliced off a chunk of meat, and popped it into his mouth.

Others would surely be livid if they witnessed how casually Jiang Yuan used his Martial Pulse for such a mundane task.

But even with the sword pill's precision cut, the meat failed to impress his palate.

It was dreadful!

Next time, he'd have to remember to bring some seasonings.

System Devour!

"Ding... Devouring a Level One Devil Beast—Silver Roar Tiger. Progress in basic metal-type Spiritual Force affinity cultivation increased, metal-type spiritual energy manipulation improved, and the potency of metal-type Martial Spells enhanced."

"Ding... Martial Pulse cultivation progress increased."

"Ding... Cultivation progress has advanced, cultivation level has risen by one, the host is now a two-star warrior."

A two-star warrior now!

Sensing the denser spiritual energy within his dantian, Jiang Yuan eagerly retrieved the Yellow Rank herb, Blood Withering Grass, he had found in the cave.

Let's see what kind of surprise you hold for me!