Lanling had actually killed this incomparably powerful Demon-Toothed Tiger? This, this was too astonishing!
Suo Mo was first stunned for a moment, then immediately rushed over with the large cauldron to catch the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s madly gushing blood.
This Demon-Toothed Tiger was truly too large. The blood on its body was several thousand jin at least.
After the large cauldron was completely filled, several more beast-hide bags were also filled to the brim.
And this Demon-Toothed Tiger only truly died after quite a long while.
At first, it only let out waves of miserable howls, its gaze toward Lanling filled with terror, filled with submission.
But after half its blood had flowed out, it stopped howling altogether, simply staring at Lanling like this.
After sixty percent of its blood had flowed out, its eyes slowly closed, finally dying.
Suo Mo used a small bag to hold half a bag of tiger blood, then fed it bit by bit into the near-human woman Amo’s mouth.
After all, she was a woman, and her cultivation was relatively weak. Although she had broken through to Demon Warrior, she still could not withstand this Demon-Toothed Tiger’s mad roar, directly being shaken unconscious.
After drinking the tiger blood, this woman slowly woke up, her gaze toward Suo Mo filled with passion and gentleness, and happiness. Toward the end, she even nestled into Suo Mo’s arm.
Suo Mo was very uncomfortable, but he could not just watch someone die without saving them.
After his wife and daughter died, his heart had completely died. He had absolutely no intention of accepting a second woman. But with her looking at him so affectionately, it made him extremely awkward.
This fresh Demon-Toothed Tiger blood was truly a great tonic, actually suppressing Amo’s nearly displaced internal organs, allowing her to recover her vitality.
“I am fine.” Amo said softly.
Suo Mo nodded, then quickly went to chop a pile of firewood, placing it beneath the large cauldron.
He lit the firewood and began boiling the blood inside.
This Demon-Toothed Tiger’s blood was already scalding hot, but after boiling for a full hour, the blood finally truly boiled and churned.
“Little Ling, get in.” Suo Mo said.
Without a word, Lanling stripped off his clothes and directly jumped into the large cauldron filled with tiger blood.
At this moment, the tiger blood inside was boiling, even exceeding one hundred degrees Celsius. Jumping in was undoubtedly incomparably painful.
For anyone else, the temperature of a blood bath could not possibly be this high. But demon descendants could boil the blood before conducting the blood bath.
After jumping into the boiling tiger blood, Lanling almost cried out in pain.
Because it truly hurt, it truly felt like being cooked alive.
That’s right, he had golden bloodline, golden demon body. Even if he fell into magma, he would not die. But this did not mean he would not feel pain. He had a very healthy and sensitive nervous system, so of course he would hurt.
Even, this pain completely exceeded falling into magma.
Because after falling into magma, the body would be instantly charred. The pain would only last a moment, then quickly exceed the body’s limit, almost unable to feel pain.
But during the blood bath process, this pain was continuous.
It was as if you thought this should already be the limit of pain, only to discover that of the eighteen layers of hell, you had only entered the third.
Such pain, Lanling could not roar, could not shout.
This breath had to be held.
The purpose was to boil open all the meridians in his body, all his limbs and bones.
Allowing the energy in the tiger blood to permeate into his body bit by bit.
Of course, if it was only the energy of the tiger blood, it would be useless. It could only temporarily remain in the body and quickly disappear. Equivalent to a one-time enhancement.
But after taking the Beast Origin Pill, this energy could be thoroughly consolidated.
So the blood bath must be combined with taking the Beast Origin Pill.
And if one simply took the Beast Origin Pill without conducting the blood bath, that would also yield half the results with double the effort.
If there was no blood bath, then all the limbs and bones, meridians and skeleton would be in a relatively closed state. The amount of Beast Origin Pill energy they could absorb would be minuscule, even forcibly tearing meridians and causing great damage.
So, when taking the Beast Origin Pill, one must also combine it with a blood bath.
The two complemented each other, neither could be lacking.
Suo Mo continuously added firewood, making the fire burn increasingly fierce, increasingly fierce.
The blood in the large cauldron boiled and churned more and more violently. Powerful energy continuously poured into Lanling’s limbs and bones, meridians and skeleton.
And Amo, seeing this tense situation, also immediately picked up her greatsword to chop more firewood.
A few minutes later, she brought over two hundred jin of dry firewood.
“Add tiger blood.” Suo Mo ordered.
Amo picked up a large bag of tiger blood and poured it into the large cauldron.
Suo Mo fanned the fire wildly with a fan, ensuring the flames remained at maximum.
“Pour three jin each time.” Suo Mo said, “We must keep all the blood inside the large cauldron boiling. If it does not boil, it cannot enter the body, and it will be wasted.”
“Alright.” Amo said.
Thus, the two cooperated closely, working with great fervour.
Suo Mo fanned the fan desperately, keeping the flames at their most ferocious state. And the near-human woman Amo continuously added tiger blood inside, three jin each time.
The tiger blood boiled violently, the flames burned ferociously.
Inside the entire large cauldron, the tiger blood always remained at the level of Lanling’s neck.
Unparalleled pain continuously madly swept through Lanling’s nerves.
Continuous streams of tiger blood energy madly surged into Lanling’s body.
Time continuously passed.
Half an hour, one hour, two hours.
This Demon-Toothed Tiger had over three thousand jin of blood, not a single jin could be wasted.
So the nourishing effect, tiger blood would remain useful for several days after being drawn. But as for the effect of enhancing cultivation level, at most half a day, the energy of this tiger blood would rapidly dissipate.
The firewood had burned through several hundred jin.
Amo poured bag after bag of tiger blood into the large cauldron.
Bag after bag of tiger blood was boiled dry, and the essence energy inside, the energy of several thousand jin of tiger blood, all surged into Lanling’s body.
And Lanling’s body had been boiled for a full four hours.
Unless one was a demon descendant, they would have been cooked and boiled to death long ago.
“There is only one last bag of blood left.” Amo said.
Suo Mo exhaled, adding thirty percent more firewood beneath the large cauldron, then increasing his fanning frequency.
Instantly, the flames showed a dark blue colour.
“Little Ling, open your mouth.” Suo Mo shouted loudly.
Lanling opened his mouth.
Suo Mo took out the Beast Origin Pill from his bosom and directly threw it toward Lanling’s mouth.
This blood-red Beast Origin Pill was condensed from the bloodline energy essence of several hundred wild beasts.
The moment the pill entered his mouth and slid down into his stomach, Lanling almost jumped up.
Because it felt as if he had swallowed a ball of fire.
Truly, he nearly thought his entire stomach was burning up.
His body was being boiled by boiling blood on the outside, and burned by the pill’s flames on the inside.
After the pill melted inside his body, it became a ball of energy, all surging into the depths of Lanling’s bloodline, fusing together with the bloodline power.
This feeling was like an external power source charging the body.
The bloodline energy deep in his heart grew increasingly condensed, increasingly condensed. Reaching the extreme, it suddenly exploded!
That’s right, it exploded!
The energy contained in the Beast Origin Pill surged into the depths of his bloodline, then suddenly exploded, rampaging madly into Lanling’s entire body.
No pattern, uncontrollable, completely rampaging.
All meridians became channels for this energy.
Incomparably powerful energy continuously exploded along these meridian channels.
“Boom boom boom boom…”
No wonder one had to conduct a blood bath before taking the Beast Origin Pill, opening all the meridian channels in the body to the extreme.
Otherwise, when the Beast Origin Pill exploded, the energy would have nowhere to vent. It would likely truly tear a person’s meridians to shreds.
At first, Lanling could still feel terrifying pain.
But later, he could not feel even a trace of pain.
He only felt incomparable swelling.
His entire body seemed to be continuously expanding, expanding, as if it would explode in an instant.
Countless energies battered Lanling’s meridians, battered his bones. Using an extremely violent method, they enhanced Lanling’s bone and tendon strength.
At this moment, Lanling truly felt his body was about to explode, about to be torn apart.
Actually, at this time Lanling’s body had already cracked open. Much energy had already mixed with blood and flowed out from wounds on his body.
But, the boiling tiger blood surrounding his body was a very good buffer.
The overflowing energy fused into the tiger blood, then was once again injected into his body.
Because no more tiger blood was being added, and the flames were very fierce, the tiger blood in the large cauldron rapidly boiled and diminished.
Only fifteen minutes.
The Beast Origin Pill energy finished rampaging inside Lanling’s body, the Beast Origin Pill energy completely exhausted.
And the tiger blood in the large cauldron was also about to be boiled dry.
“Come out.” Suo Mo shouted.
Lanling jumped out at the fastest speed.
In the instant he jumped out, Lanling’s body was bright red, like burning charcoal.
In the instant he jumped out, Amo suddenly threw a beast-hide bag over Lanling.
Lanling immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, beginning to circulate his bloodline power to suppress this energy that was about to explode out.
He had to suppress it. Otherwise, if this energy spilled out, it would be completely wasted.
After Lanling entered the beast-hide bag, Amo immediately sealed the bag, completely wrapping and enclosing Lanling inside the beast-hide bag.
And Suo Mo removed the firewood beneath the large cauldron, letting the flames grow smaller, boiling dry the last remaining tiger blood inside.
Only a few minutes later, all the tiger blood inside was boiled dry.
Suo Mo extinguished the flames, then quickly scraped down the layer of congealed blood gel inside the large cauldron.
While scraping, he rolled it into pill balls.
Although the tiger blood inside no longer had powerful energy, it was still top-grade healing medicine. If one suffered internal injuries, taking a few pills would greatly alleviate the condition. And if one suffered external injuries with excessive blood loss, taking a few pills could also preserve one’s vitality.
In short, Demon-Toothed Tiger blood pills were also very expensive medicine.
Previously, the Foreign Legion brothers, whether injured on the battlefield or in hunting, had never qualified to use such good pills.
Suo Mo moved extremely quickly. While the last congealed blood gel was still scalding hot, he rolled out over two hundred pills, filling a large bottle.
“This time, many brothers with internal injuries finally will not die in vain.” Suo Mo exhaled and said.
Then, something soft touched his face. It was actually Amo gently wiping his face with a damp deer-skin cloth.
Having conducted the blood bath for Lanling, Suo Mo had been busy for five to six hours, not stopping for a single second. And his body was only a chi or so away from the great fire. At first he was drenched in sweat, but later all the sweat on his body had almost dried up, his entire body covered in a layer of salt frost.
“Drink water.” Amo handed over a gourd and said, “Salt has been added inside.”
Suo Mo took it and drank in large gulps, finishing the full gourd of salt water, four to five jin in total.
Seeing his bold drinking posture, Amo’s gaze became somewhat dazed.
Truly a man worthy of admiration, even his drinking posture was so wild and attractive.
At this moment, Lanling was still enclosed inside the beast-hide bag, suppressing the surging energy in his body. He absolutely could not let it spill out. It had to be completely used to temper his bones and tendons, absolutely not wasting even a trace of energy.
One could see this sturdy beast-hide bag was completely swollen, like a balloon.
Suo Mo stepped forward and gently pressed the beast-hide bag, confirming it would not explode.
It was fine. Lanling’s constitution was too heaven-defying. The energy spilling out was very little, it would not explode this sturdy beast-hide bag.
Then, Suo Mo sat to one side, guarding Lanling while gazing at the star-filled sky.
It would probably be until tomorrow that Lanling’s cultivation would end.
Unexpectedly, after a while, a soft body leaned over. The near-human woman Amo nestled against Suo Mo’s shoulder.
“You, do not be like this…” Suo Mo said awkwardly.
“Do you despise me?” The near-human woman Amo said, “I have been married before, and had a child.”
“What is there for me to despise?” Suo Mo said, “But after my wife and child were gone, my heart also died. There is no room for any woman.”
“My husband is also dead, my child is also dead, my tribe has also perished.” Amo sighed, “Although my husband was far inferior to you, he treated me very well. After they died, I could not live alone either, so I ran off to commit suicide. As a result… I am a demon descendant. I cut my wrists several times and did not die. So the thought of seeking death also faded. From then on, I thought, if I am going to live in this world, I must have a goal. I had not yet finished loving my last child before he left, so I want to have another. When my last man died, I was still immature, I still looked down on him, I did not take good care of him. So I want to choose a man I like very very much, and take care of him. Otherwise… I feel I would have lived in vain, my years of living would have been meaningless.”
Suo Mo’s face twitched.
This woman’s words struck deep into his heart, truly sharing the same illness and pitying each other, both fallen people at the ends of the earth.
Next, this woman boldly wrapped her arms around Suo Mo’s neck, leaning in to kiss him.
Suo Mo was startled, then still turned his face away.
The woman smiled, not anxious, and asked, “Was your wife beautiful?”
“Very beautiful.” Suo Mo said, “In my eyes, she was the most beautiful woman in the world.”
For over twenty years, in Suo Mo’s heart, there truly was no room for a second woman.
“I am not anxious, because I do not want to replace her. I only want to take care of you in her place.” The near-human woman Amo said.
Suo Mo did not speak, his resolve so firm he did not even need to say words of refusal.
“Is Lanling your biological nephew?” Amo asked.
Suo Mo nodded.
“Before you, he is very cute, kind, and passionate.” Amo said, “Before others, he is a devil, black-hearted and ruthless, incomparably cunning.”
“In my eyes, he is the best child.” Suo Mo sighed, “Perhaps, he is the meaning of my survival for the rest of my life!”
…
Dawn the next day!
The beast-hide bag that had swollen like a balloon deflated. Suo Mo quickly stepped forward and unsealed the opening.
Lanling crawled out from inside, his body smooth as jade, without a trace of bloodstain.
Amo naturally handed over clothes for Lanling to put on.
After dressing, Lanling felt his entire body still seemed to be floating in the air, still fiery hot, with powerful energy still jumping inside.
Every step he took felt light and airy.
That feeling was truly strange, as if his skeleton had lightened by several jin.
Inside his body, there seemed to be boundless power.
The moment to test the final results had arrived.
Suo Mo felt incomparably nervous. He had not brought graduated stone bars. But last night, while guarding Lanling, he had used his greatsword to carve many graduated stone bars, all kinds of weights.
There was only a day and a half left until the duel with Du Yan.
There was no longer any opportunity for cultivation breakthrough. This was the final result. If this breakthrough was not significant, then in this duel Lanling would not only lose, but might even lose his life.
The current Du Yan had almost completely torn off all pretense, absolutely showing no mercy.
He had to break through to Seven-star Warrior level, at the very minimum Seven-star Warrior level! Suo Mo had silently prayed many times last night.
Taking a deep breath, Suo Mo suppressed his nervous emotions and said, “This is a two thousand seven hundred jin stone bar, our original target, Seven-star Demon Warrior.”
Lanling took a breath, his right arm gripping the two thousand seven hundred jin stone bar, easily lifting it up.
It was truly easy, without much effort.
Seven-star Demon Warrior, broken through just this easily.
Suo Mo was overjoyed, taking out another stone bar and saying, “This is two thousand nine hundred jin, Eight-star Demon Warrior.”
Lanling still easily lifted it.
Suo Mo was astonished. One blood bath plus one Beast Origin Pill, breaking through five hundred jin of strength, was already very very astonishing. And he had never expected Lanling to far exceed this.
“This, this is a three thousand one hundred jin stone bar, Nine-star Demon Warrior.” Suo Mo said in a trembling voice.
Lanling took a deep breath, his right hand gripping this three thousand one hundred jin stone bar, fiercely lifting it up.
Although not easy, it was absolutely not very strenuous either.
Suo Mo was truly stunned, completely unable to believe his eyes as he looked at Lanling.
Nine-star Demon Warrior broken through, and even more than that?
One blood bath plus one Beast Origin Pill, actually increasing seven hundred jin of strength. This… this was too heaven-defying.
“I only prepared a three thousand one hundred jin stone bar. I truly never expected your breakthrough to be this astonishing.” Suo Mo said in a hoarse voice.
Then, he used the fastest speed to use his greatsword to chop out a two hundred jin stone bar, then connected it to the three thousand one hundred jin stone bar with mortise and tenon joints.
After his processing, this stone bar was already roughly three thousand three hundred jin, which was Ten-star Demon Warrior.
Lanling took a deep breath.
Three thousand three hundred jin, for him, was definitely a terrifying limit.
He did not know if he could break through.
If he could break through, that would truly be a heaven-defying level miracle.
Breathing heavily, after preparing for over ten seconds, Lanling’s right hand gripped the three thousand three hundred jin stone bar, letting out a fierce great shout.
“Rise!”
Then, Lanling slowly lifted the three thousand three hundred jin stone bar bit by bit.
And Suo Mo, protecting him from the side, was completely stunned!
Truly completely completely unable to believe his own eyes. This was too astonishing, too heaven-defying, even too absurd.
With just one blood bath and one Beast Origin Pill, Lanling had actually increased nine hundred jin of strength, over double that of others.
What kind of body was this? What kind of bloodline was this? Completely a monster!
Originally his plan was merely to let Lanling break through eight levels in a month, to Seven-star Demon Warrior.
And he had never expected Lanling to actually break through eleven levels, reaching Ten-star Demon Warrior, only one step away from Greater Demon Warrior.
Instantly, Suo Mo was filled with confidence in Lanling’s duel with Du Yan!