Ed waited patiently within the lava cavern. Soon, one of the remaining Fire Dragon Sect cultivators brought in an ordinary human. A short moment later, a flash of fire sparked from the lava, and a mutant appeared. The mutant looked like a type of mountain lion, and its limbs were severed. It couldn't fight back even if it wanted to.
Ed examined the mutant and saw that it had a mana-core. He opted to get started right away, as he couldn't afford to fall behind over the coming month. The human knelt down in front of him, seemingly already aware of why he was here. Ed activated his chimera form and bit into the human with his Camazotz fangs. Two strange liquids flowed through his fangs into the human's body and rapidly reconstructed it to be suitable for mana.