Chapter 1293 Knowledge Over Soul Essence.
That means he was attacking the soul prowler, retrieving the soul fragments, brainwashing the soul fragments, and grafting the soul fragments into himself at the same time.
If he didn't do that then this fight would be a waste of time. The nether water will eat everything and make it so that it is not worthwhile to fight another soul prowler.
"This spiritual dimension is too wicked." He complained as he chopped up the soul prowler trying to flee. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
"Soul prowlers can die trying to live by hunting." He said as the soul prowler shrieked and wasted more soul essence.
"This is not the survival of the fittest. This is the survival of no one."
More of the soul prowler disappeared as Nether water ate them.
He complained again, "At least leave something behind for the victor. Don't be so greedy."
He is complaining of wastage when he is not at any risk of death. The soul prowler he is butchering has greater concerns than that. After all, it is not leaking soul essence because it wanted to.
Not only is the soul prowler losing its soul essence to attack, it is losing them to the nether waters and also to the enemy cutting it. It is triple trouble for it which is not a wonder why it screamed shrilly in pain and tried to escape.
What's worse is that the spiritual dimension has made it uncertain that victory will strengthen the victor. But soul prowlers have to fight. If they don't fight for food, then they might relegate in strength and be digested by the world.
"What could the spiritual dimension be digesting the souls for?" He asked himself as he grafted the last batch of the soul prowler.
"Is it a natural process aimed at eliminating remnants? Or could it all be for the resurrection of Origin gods? Or is there something else that needs a massive amount of energy in the void universe?"
He considered the last possibility. "It is possible but there might be other reasons why the nether water is bent on destroying everything apart from Origin gods. After all, there is a lot we don't know about the void universe. But it has to be a good reason or the 40% that it stole from me would have been for nothing."
He is complaining despite the fact that his size has increased by 5 times because the loss means he could have become 6 or 7 times bigger. So this is more than his hatred for wastage. The nether water is literally an enemy preventing him from growing stronger and that's the kind of enemy he hates the most.
His strength has also increased by 0.01%. That is an increase of 100,000 points. It seems small only because he has a soul with 1,000,000,000 stats. So this harvest is pretty large. It is more than a thousand times better than the soul fragment he ate earlier.
He chuckled and said, "10,000 more of this and I will double my strength. It seems small but the knowledge might be more useful to me."
10,000 fights just to double one's strength seems like an inefficient endeavor but he also gains knowledge from the soul prowlers which might make up for the effort he put in.
If there is anything that is more precious than soul essence, it is knowledge. The best way to gain it is from others. He will need to hunt at least 10,000 of the same soul prowler that he just killed to become twice as strong as when he just entered the spiritual dimension. But a single piece of knowledge can empower him more than two times.
It is just like the knowledge he gained from the soul fragment of the great mother. The techniques he gained changed how he used soul force and enriched his understanding of the spiritual dimension. That increased his survivability more than the little strength he gained from the soul fragment.
