The little ghost beast squeaked and struggled desperately. If it could speak human language, it would have cried out, "Miss Ruler of Hell, please save me!"
The Earth Goddess, who was preparing a meal, watched in astonishment. "Is this a joke? What's happening? Has Little Ruler of Hell actually learned to attack others with her spirit consciousness?!"
Although it wasn't a real attack, being able to lift up the little ghost beast was still a form of attack.
The Earth Goddess muttered, "It's fake. It's all rumors. Get a hold of yourself…" However, she could guarantee that besides Lilly and the ghost beasts she had captured, there was no one else in her cave. All the ghost beasts were enclosed and couldn't break free from the Red Bracelet's confines. She hadn't touched the little ghost beast, and Lilly, who was in a state of enlightenment, hadn't moved either. So, besides her spirit consciousness, what else could it be? "No, I have to act quickly too." She felt a sense of urgency, sensing the danger of being surpassed at her age by a little girl.
Immediately, she raised her hand and stuffed one ghost beast after another into her mouth. "Spirit energy—I need spirit energy. I need to cultivate to get back to the top. I want to become powerful. Ah…"
The little ghost beast was already scared to the point of almost fainting for the second time, and now it saw the Earth Goddess devouring the ghost beasts with a ferocious appetite. She swallowed the ghost beasts one after another without even spitting out their bones. "Sob… Could a little creature like me watch such an act of bloody violence?"
Before the little ghost beast could recover from this "bloody violence," something unexpected happened.
Besides the Earth Goddess, there seemed to be an invisible entity next to her who was also devouring the ghost beasts...
The Earth Goddess was alarmed. "Didn't we agree that she'd hunt for me? Why is she stealing my food instead?"
The little ghost beast was scared out of its wits. "Aaaaaah! There's a ghost!" Its eyes rolled back, but it wanted to faint but couldn't, so it punched itself.
Lilly was immersed in enlightenment. The moment she was able to lift the little ghost beast with her spirit consciousness, she finally understood. "So, this is how to attack with spirit consciousness!"
In that instant, however, she also felt an unprecedented hunger. She had only saved a little bit of spirit energy after running the great circulatory cycles several times, and now it was instantly depleted.
She finally realized why her spirit energy was consumed so quickly when she was outside a few days ago. It turned out that mental power—or rather, spirit consciousness—also consumed spirit energy, and it was consumed even faster during a fight! She already needed a lot of spirit energy to use one of her supernatural powers, and now, there was her spirit consciousness, a big eater of spirit energy… Although it was brilliant, it could also be exhausting. She could instantly drain ten ghost cultivators to make up for the spirit energy consumed by both of her supernatural powers!
She felt pitiful, realizing that she was still too weak. Despite having supernatural powers and spirit consciousness, her spirit energy couldn't keep up with them. To be precise, it was because the accumulation of her purple elixir field and her purple golden substance didn't have enough storing power…
She was too much of a rookie, and her purple golden substance was so weak. She needed an upgrade!
If her purple golden substance could speak, it would have said, "So?"
After realizing her shortcomings, Lilly was quickly overwhelmed with hunger. She had to replenish her spirit energy immediately, as even a second's delay would starve her to death!
Even with her eyes closed during enlightenment, she instinctively sensed where there was spirit energy. She felt that there was a gathering of it nearby...
What she didn't know was that it was the compressed biscuits she had brought back.
Feeling famished, she subconsciously started eating them, taking one bite after another.
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