—Dragon or not, this thing is a ball of aura anyway! Let’s just suck it up like an elixir so we can power up!1

It was a ridiculously simple idea, but its simplicity swayed the Fire Water Council members. The conference room, now a crater resembling an amphitheater, suddenly filled with murmurs.0

—Suck a monster that size like we do in aura cultivation? Is that… Is that possible?0

—This is ridiculous.0

—But if that monster is actually made out of pure aura, then there is no reason we can’t consume it.0

Chairwoman Saimeslam slapped the floor with her tentacle. 0

—Quiet.0

Everyone immediately fell silent. In the council, where the strongest was always right, the chairwoman’s slap was understood as “Excuse me, but you losers who are weaker than me, so please shut up.” Now, a graceful silence hung in the air. Saimeslam turned toward Uburka.0

—Let me ask you this directly, Uburka. Are you saying we can get rid of that monster using aura cultivation?0

—Ugor! That is precisely what I think.0

Saimeslam was much younger than him. Her tone was still authoritative as she spoke to him, but Uburka did not pay any heed. He just grinned like a naughty kid playing a prank.0

—Think about it. When you eat something, it becomes part of your body. Using the same logic, the aura we absorbed became ours even though it came out of that guy’s lungs.0

Uburka knocked his fists together with a loud thud. 0

—So you take a bite,...0