NOVPUB"Ah ah ah!"
The true blood, hot as fire, coursed through Su Changkong’s body, turning him into a volcano capped with a lid, his emotions becoming violently aggressive. He raised his fists high, his fingers tightly clenched, releasing that explosive force as he brutally smashed his fists down onto the ground below.
"Boom!"
The earth trembled mightily, as if an earthquake had struck within several miles around. Cracks crazily spread out, and the ground beneath Su Changkong’s feet collapsed thunderously, forming a huge pit nearly a hundred meters in diameter, as rocks and dust shot up towards the sky.
In Silver Moon Mountain, countless wild beasts were startled by that fierce aura, frantically scrambling in all directions to escape!
Standing in the pit, with skin red as iron molten from the forge, Su Changkong stood silently.
At this moment, he was no longer human; he was a wild beast, an alien beast. With every gesture and movement, the sheer power that his mere physique could unleash was enough to astonish and terrify onlookers!
"Once the true blood in my heart is stimulated... and the true blood flows throughout my entire body, my physique will be able to unleash power comparable to that of an alien beast, impervious to swords and spears, and with a casual strike, I could crush everything in my path!"
After venting his energy and feeling the overwhelming power within his body, Su Changkong gained some insight.
After consuming an entire massive alien beast, Su Changkong’s Giant Whale Skill had broken through the 10th realm. He visualized the True Beast Giant Whale and condensed a mass of ’true blood’ in his heart, akin in quality to that of a True Beast’s blood. Once stimulated, his body would become as terrifying as that of an alien beast!
To think, the previously encountered black scale huge lizard fought against a Martial Saint with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and more than ten Innate Martial Artists, relying purely on its powerful alien beast physique.
And now, Su Changkong possessed strength comparable to such alien beasts, but he was no simple-minded beast lacking wisdom and skill, incapable of technique, like a brute. He was proficient in blade technique, fist technique, archery—essentially an alien beast with martial arts skills. How fearsome was that?
"With my current state, if I were to face Dong Yunkuang head-on, I’m confident that I could kill him within a few moves!"
Su Changkong clenched his fist, excited in his heart.
The benefits brought to Su Changkong by that alien beast were too great. Previously, when facing Dong Yunkuang of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Su Changkong had killed him from a distance using his archery. But now, in close combat, Su Changkong could twist his head off with his bare hands!
"This move... let’s call it the Giant Whale Body Technique."
Su Changkong gave a name to his new technique.
The Giant Whale Body Technique, once activated, would stimulate the ’true blood’ in the heart to circulate through the body, enhancing it to become as formidable as a giant whale capable of overturning seas and mountains, unleashing power to rival that of an alien beast!
"Huff!"
Su Changkong exhaled the air he had inhaled, calming down his heartbeat and emotions. The wildly surging qi and blood within his body gradually returned to calm, and the mass of ’true blood’ returned to his heart. Su Changkong’s skin color also returned to normal.
Thirst and exhaustion were what Su Changkong felt next. The Giant Whale Body Technique was an overloading burst of power, and if used for too long, even his body couldn’t withstand it!
"If... all the blood in my body were to metamorphose into true blood, wouldn’t I be like a true human-shaped True Beast?"
Su Changkong couldn’t help but think of this, full of anticipation. Just a single lump of heart blood coalesced into True Blood, and it possessed such divine might—he could only imagine how formidable he would be if all the blood in his body were transformed into True Blood, likely not much inferior to a real True Beast.
But this was obviously unrealistic.
To reach that stage, Su Changkong would either have to devour a True Beast alive or consume dozens or even nearly a hundred alien beasts, allowing his Giant Whale Skill to advance further before there was a possibility of achieving this state!
True Beasts had long been extinct in the Great Flame Empire, a rare encounter in a thousand years, and even if there existed a live one, it would be a creature that could potentially cause a Martial Saint to fall—not something Su Changkong could covet. 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
As for dozens or nearly a hundred alien beasts like the black scale huge lizard... even if someone overturned every deep mountain and ancient forest in the Great Flame Empire, it’s unlikely that so many could be found.
After all, despite not being as powerful and rare as True Beasts, alien beasts were still exceptional and hard to find in the world!
"This trip has yielded far more than I imagined!"
Su Changkong was very satisfied. His purpose for coming was to strike first and deal with Dong Yunkuang and the others. Not only did he gain 13 strands of Innate Qi, but he also hunted an alien beast, refining it to break through his Whale Technique and coalesce True Blood.
Su Changkong felt that within the Innate Realm, probably only a Five-Qi Grandmaster could match him in skill!
"Let’s leave."
Afterward, Su Changkong did not delay. He packed up and set off to leave.
He had secluded himself in Silver Moon Mountain for a month.
"Elder Su... has returned."
Upon his return to Spirit Taoist Sect, Helian Yuan and the others saw Su Changkong safe and sound, they all let out a sigh of relief.
"Dong Yunkuang has been punished, there is no need to worry about the threat from East Star Sect anymore."
Su Changkong informed Helian Yuan and the others of this news, which, without a doubt, left everyone simultaneously surprised and emotionally complex.
Dong Yunkuang was the Sect Master of East Star Sect, a consolidator of the Three Flowers—a powerful individual—yet he still perished by Su Changkong’s hand!
And in fact, Su Changkong himself was not even thirty years old, and compared to his potential lifespan, he was still a ’youth’, a ’child’.
Even though Su Changkong spoke of it casually, one could imagine that a heart-stopping slaughter had occurred in Silver Moon Mountain.
"Elder Su... shows the making of a Martial Saint! At the very least, he has the capacity to become a Five-Qi Grandmaster!"
Helian Yuan sighed inwardly.
No one doubted Su Changkong’s future achievements. To become a Five-Qi Grandmaster—an event that might not happen even amongst over a hundred Innate Martial Artists—was considered only a matter of time for Su Changkong in their eyes.
