Lizarius , seeing Li Tianyuan fall and laying motionless on the ground, tilted its head slightly.
Its golden eyes widened in confusion as it let out a soft "Huh?"
Slowly, it began to move, rising to its feet, those glowing golden eyes still fixed on Li Tianyuan's body.
"Is it dead?" the lizard asked.
The system responded: "confirmed. The target is dead. Its soul was destroyed by your attack."
The lizard, bathed in a slow, steady light, began to walk closer to Li Tianyuan's body.
I didn't use a soul attack throughout the entire battle.
It hadn't used a soul attack throughout the entire battle—on purpose.
It didn't want to alert the human or make him wary.
The plan had been to distract it and finish it in one swift strike.
didn't expect it would die from just one soul attack.
If I had known it could be killed so easily with a soul attack…
I would've attacked its soul from the beginning....
Hmm
Stopping
Lizarius lowered its head, glancing down at its stomach.
Blood was still seeping from the wound.
Still bleeding... Lizarius thought.
it's last attack was strong.
But my scales held.
Lizarius white scales was stained with dark blood.
The spear had struck hard piercing the lizard, but it's armor-like scales had prevented a fatal injury—leaving only a flesh wound.
I need to heal... stop the bleeding.
raising his head
It continued walking, slow but steady, until it stood over Li Tianyuan's corpse.
Lizarius golden glow in its eyes brightened.
It opened its maw, long strands of saliva dripping between sharp, jagged fangs.
So hungry...
With a low growl, it bit down.
Fangs sank deep into the lifeless flesh.
Its acidic saliva sizzled, melting skin and muscle on contact.
The air filled with the stench of scorched meat and death as it tore off a chunk of flesh and began to chew.
Slow at first… then faster.
Savoring the taste of the fallen Cultivator.
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About two minutes later,
>The system notification echoed:
>
Gained 6000 Evolution Points
Inside the crater, Lizarius stood alone. Li Tianyuan's corpse had been completely consumed—flesh, bone, everything. Not even a trace remained.
Lizarius licked the blood from its maw, slowly, as if savoring the last remnants of the kill.
It lowered its head and looked down at its stomach.
Not bleeding anymore… but not healed.
Lifting its head again, it narrowed its glowing golden eyes toward the distance.
need to go back and eat the other humans.
With a slow stretch, it unfurled its wings.
But paused.
Its eyes moved over The wings membranes were shredded.
They're all torn… when the pot exploded.
won't be able to fly.
A strange thought crossed its mind.
Huh... I remember.
The humans... they were flying—without wings.
Lizarius stared up at the sky, golden eyes narrowing asked..
"How can humans fly without having wings?"
The system responded promptly:
"Human cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage are capable of limited flight by controlling their spiritual energy.
By condensing Qi into their dantian and directing it through their bodies, they can lift themselves into the air.
This allows them to fly without wings—but only for a few hours at most."
Lizarius blinked, intrigued.
The system continued, "To fly longer distances, cultivators use spiritual tools.
However, powerful cultivators can fly freely not need tools.
Using pure energy alone."
Lizarius golden eyes widened.
"That… sounds like how you said the human moved through the ground."
"Yes," the system replied. "But not exactly."
"Earth Escape moves the body through the ground by merging with the earth element using Qi. Qi Flight, on the other hand, pushes the body against gravity through the air."
There was a pause.
"Both use energy," the system explained further, "but one moves through solid matter… the other through open air."