Su Mi glared at Shu Feng and pouted, "Stingy! Big Brother is so stingy!"

Compared to spending time refining Balao Na’s power, Su Mi much preferred absorbing precious resources like the Blood of the Divine Spirit to grow stronger.

Shu Feng had made it clear that he wanted Su Mi to slowly digest Balao Na’s power, which displeased her.

Shu Feng pretended not to hear her and began taking stock of Balao Na’s possessions.

Resources like Source Power, High-level Souls, Divinity, and the Blood of the Divine Spirit could also significantly increase Shu Feng’s own strength. If they were all used on Su Mi, his own evolution would slow down.

’As expected of a Blood Demon Duke. He had so many treasures on him.’

Shu Feng took out the Space Ring the Blood Demon Duke had been wearing. A look of ecstasy flashed in his eyes the moment he saw it.

The Blood Race Viscount’s Space Ring had an internal space of a three-meter cube, but this Blood Demon Duke’s Space Ring contained a thirty-meter cube, a thousand times larger.

There weren’t many items inside the Blood Demon Duke’s Space Ring, but every single one was a priceless treasure.

’Five Top-grade Demon Stones and three hundred Upper-grade Demon Stones. With these, I can replenish all the Void Demon Energy I used, and then some.’

Shu Feng took out two small boxes. As soon as he opened them, he saw Demon Stones radiating pure Void Demon Energy.

Spiritualists on Blue Star need Spirit Stones to cultivate. Similarly, the Void Demons of the Void Demon Realm need Demon Stones. On a world like Blue Star, which is protected by a Heart of the World, those Void Demons primarily rely on Demon Stones to replenish their Void Demon Energy.

Of course, the stronger among the Void Demons could also absorb the Spiritual Power from Spirit Stones and use a Secret Technique to convert it into Void Demon Energy. However, the efficiency was far too low. At most, only one-twentieth of the Spiritual Power from a Spirit Stone could be converted. Moreover, the absorption speed was much slower than absorbing Demon Stones directly. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Top-grade Demon Stones were also sought after on the black market, generally trading one-for-one with Top-grade Spirit Stones. These Demon Stones were either used by those who cultivated Demon Techniques or acquired by proxies acting on behalf of the Void Demon Nobles on Blue Star.

Furthermore, Demon Stones were required to perform Demonization rituals and to summon the terrifying Demons that hid within the Erosion Realm.

’This is the Blood of the Ancestor! And there’s an entire bottle!’

With a flick of his hand, Shu Feng produced a palm-sized Blood Bottle. Golden blood flowed within it.

"Mine!"

Su Mi’s eyes lit up. She snatched the bottle of the Blood of the Ancestor, flicked the cap off with her finger, and the golden blood inside instantly transformed into a thin golden line that shot into her cherry-red lips.

Su Mi smacked her lips and muttered, "Delicious! Too bad there was so little!"

Shu Feng gave a helpless smile and continued to rummage through the Blood Demon Duke’s possessions.

’Three Top-grade Spirit Stones! Fifty Upper-grade Spirit Stones! I’ve really hit the jackpot this time!’

With a flip of his hand, a Crystal Box appeared before Shu Feng. His eyes shone with excitement as he looked at the Spirit Stones inside.

A single Upper-grade Spirit Stone was worth over twenty billion, and they were so rare you couldn’t buy one even if you had the money. Top-grade Spirit Stones were even rarer. Once one appeared in the world, all the major Spiritualist factions would fight to acquire it.

A Top-grade Spirit Stone once appeared at an auction and sold for the astronomical price of five trillion, six hundred billion.

The reason Top-grade Spirit Stones were so precious was that the pure Spiritual Power they contained was easily absorbed by Spiritualists and could strengthen their physical bodies. Furthermore, they were a necessary resource for the cultivation of Spirit Saints.

If Shu Feng were to auction off a single Top-grade Spirit Stone, he could become as wealthy as a nation in a single day. The annual gross domestic product of a small country like the Leiyin Republic was just under one trillion.

"Source Energy detected. Absorb?"

Among the Blood Demon Duke’s possessions, Shu Feng also found some top-tier materials for refining Secret Treasures and several vials of high-grade elixirs that only the Blood Demon Race could use. It was when he came across a blood-red skull that a prompt suddenly sounded.

Shu Feng’s eyes immediately lit up. He began toying with the blood-red skull and asked Su Mi, "Mi’Er, what’s this Blood Skull for?"

Su Mi glanced at the Blood Skull and said, "That’s a trophy Balao Na picked up after slaughtering a tribe in a Little World. Aside from being incredibly hard, it doesn’t have any special Extraordinary Power. Balao Na couldn’t destroy it himself, so he just kept it with him as a collector’s item."

’If even Balao Na didn’t know what this Blood Skull was for, there’s no way I would. Better to just turn it into Source Energy!’

Shu Feng tossed the blood-red skull directly into the Resource Decomposition Pool.

"Source Energy +5,300!"

A prompt appeared.

"Brother... Brother Shu Feng! Give all that Source Energy to me, let me evolve, okay? Please? After I evolve, I promise I’ll protect you!"

Su Mi’s eyes lit up. She hugged Shu Feng’s arm and pleaded pitifully.

Shu Feng refused decisively, "No! I have a use for that Source Energy!"

’If all the resources were spent on Su Mi, Shu Feng had no idea when he’d be able to advance to the Spirit Sect realm. And if he wasn’t strong enough, how could he command the powerful Dominators, each with their own unique personality?’

Under the power of the Base, the Dominators were incapable of betraying Shu Feng from the moment of their creation and would always obey his commands.

However, the more the Dominators respected Shu Feng, the more diligently they would carry out his orders. If Shu Feng were a useless weakling, they would still obey his commands, but their performance would be lackluster; it was possible they wouldn’t even use ten or twenty percent of their full strength.

"Hmph, I’m not talking to you anymore!"

Su Mi’s face puffed up. She stomped over to one side in a huff and gave the Steel Beast a vicious kick.

With a helpless look, the Steel Beast reverted to its first form, curled into a ball, and let Su Mi kick it as she pleased.

Shu Feng continued to search through the Blood Demon Duke’s possessions. He found many more priceless treasures, but none that could be refined into Source Energy.

Shu Feng said, "Let’s go."

Su Mi, still pouting, said to Shu Feng, "Fine. But I’m not willing to just wait in the Base Space until you summon me. Give me a Blood Contract slot. That way, if you want to go off on your own, I can go out and have my own adventures. You can just summon me when your life is in danger."

Every Base Dominator possessed terrifying evolutionary potential and a unique personality of their own. Su Mi was clearly not like the Steel Beast, who was content to obediently wait inside the Base Space.