Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Chu Shengâs mind.
âEh, wait a minute?â
âKing-level Essence Blood... that counts as part of a creatureâs corpse, right? Can this thing be recycled?â
He immediately focused his consciousness on the remaining two-thirds of the Deep Sea Profound Turtle Essence Blood in the Jade Box.
[Deep Sea Profound Turtle (King-level Four Stars) Essence Blood: Recyclable. Estimated to yield 85,000 Life Essence.]
âHoly shit! It can actually be recycled?!â
Chu Sheng was instantly thrilled, but then he was torn.
âThis is King-level Essence Blood! Every drop used is a drop gone forever!â
âShould I use it to continue raising my Qi Blood Realm? Or should I convert it into Life Essence to upgrade my underlings?â
Just as he was hesitating, something else suddenly flashed through his mind.
âEh? Wait a second...â
âThere seems to be something else I can recycle!â
âThe corpse of the King-level cub!â
âThe Golden Feathered White Tiger!â
âDamn it! Just thinking about it made him angry!â
Chu Sheng remembered it crystal clear. Back then, in front of everyone, Gu Yuexi had said, "kill it and feed it to the mosquito"!
But what happened in the end?
That woman turned right around and carved off several large chunks of meat to feed that damned Azure Flame Flying Lion of hers!
He didnât even get a single bite!
âYouâve got some nerve, Gu Yuexi!â
âSo what you said on the stage back then was purely for show, wasnât it?!â
The more Chu Sheng thought about it, the angrier he got.
He glanced at Gu Yuexi, who was sitting cross-legged not far away in a state of deep meditation, and snorted coldly in his heart.
âHmph, youâre the one who personally said youâd feed it to me. So if I take it and eat it myself, thereâs nothing wrong with that, right?â
Thinking of this, Chu Sheng no longer had any scruples.
His powerful Mental Power, which was already approaching the Second-Grade Late Stage, erupted.
Like an invisible tentacle, it instantly locked onto the Storage Pouch at Gu Yuexiâs waist and effortlessly broke through the Spiritual Restriction on it!
"Hm?!"
Gu Yuexi, who was deep in meditation, suddenly sensed that something was wrong. Her phoenix-like eyes snapped open, a trace of shock and anger flashing within them!
âThat damned mosquito! What is it trying to do now?!â
She immediately wanted to mobilize her Mental Power to expel the invading consciousness!
However, it was too late.
Chu Shengâs Mental Power was already inside the Storage Pouch. It had locked onto the Golden Feathered White Tigerâs corpse, and he activated the systemâs function without hesitation!
âRecycle!â
[Ding! Successfully recycled King-level One Star Demon Beast corpse! Obtained 12,300 Life Essence!]
[Current Total Life Essence: 13,558!]
âNot bad!â
âItâs enough to upgrade most of my underlings back to their former strength!â
Chu Sheng was overjoyed and immediately started the upgrades without a second thought!
[Ding! Consumed 13,558 Life Essence! 6,779 Spirit-Devouring Worms have been upgraded to the Peak of Second-Grade!]
[Current Swarm Details: 15,437 at the Peak of Second-Grade, 563 at the Second-Grade Early Stage.]
âAwesome, awesome! Almost all of them are back!â
Chu Sheng was completely satisfied.
On the other side, the moment Gu Yuexi felt the Demon Beast corpse in her Storage Pouch vanish into thin air, she was completely dumbfounded.
Immediately after, an uncontrollable rage erupted from the bottom of her heart like a volcano!
She whipped her head around and stared daggers at the mosquito perched on the Jade Box, which had an "I donât know anything" expression. She was trembling with anger!
âThis bastard!â
âRobber! Shameless! Despicable!!â
âI already gave you an entire portion of King-level Essence Blood! Couldnât you have left the corpse of the King-level Bloodline cub for the little lion?!â
âDo you have to be so insatiably greedy?!â
âAnd what kind of ability is this? How did it make the cubâs corpse vanish into thin air??â
Gu Yuexi couldnât figure it out at all. But then again, this mosquitoâs outrageous abilities were endless, and she had long grown used to them. What she felt more than anything was rage.
She desperately wanted to rush over and strangle this wretched mosquito to death, but she knew it was impossible.
She couldnât beat it, cursing it was useless, and even her Mental Power was about to be surpassed...
Gu Yuexi felt an unprecedented sense of frustration and helplessness wash over her. Her composure completely shattered.
She took several deep breaths to barely suppress the anger in her heart before closing her eyes again.
Her only consolation was that after a full day and night of arduous cultivation, her Mental Power had grown by a small amount.
In terms of numerical value, it was already around 1700, only a little over a hundred points away from the Peak of Second-Grade!
âAt last... Iâve managed to pull ahead of that mosquito by a tiny bit again...â
âI hope it lasts a little longer this time...â
Shaking her head, Gu Yuexi stopped dwelling on these depressing matters and prepared to spend another half a day stabilizing her newly increased Mental Power.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Chu Sheng certainly wasnât idle either!
He took another mouthful of King-level Essence Blood!
[Ding! Host has absorbed 659 Qi Blood! Current Total Qi Blood is 7,164!]
[Estimated digestion time: 6 hours...]
BOOMâ!!!
The moment that majestic Qi Blood surged into his body, Chu Sheng felt as if his body had turned into a furiously erupting volcano!
His already liquefied Qi Blood, at this moment, actually began a second qualitative transformation!
It rolled, boiled, and compressed wildly, finally condensing into a form as viscous and scorching as lava!
A terrifying power, several times stronger than before, erupted within his body!
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your Qi Blood Realm has broken through to "Qi Blood Melting Furnace Realm - Second Transformation"!]
âHoly crap! Second Transformation!â
Chu Sheng felt the terrifying power within him, a power seemingly capable of incinerating mountains and boiling seas. The mosquito was so excited he was practically trembling!
In less than two days, he had soared from the Peak of Third-Grade all the way to the Qi Blood Melting Furnace Realm Second Transformation!
This leveling speed was even faster than a rocket!
Not far away, Gu Yuexi was also startled by the commotion of his breakthrough. When she sensed the scorching, lava-like fluctuation of Qi Blood from within Chu Sheng, she went completely numb.
âIt... it broke through again?â
âThis mosquitoâs Qi Blood growth rate is just ridiculously absurd.â
However...
Gu Yuexiâs brows soon furrowed slightly. She had keenly sensed that something was amiss.
To enter the Qi Blood Melting Furnace Realm, whether itâs the First Transformation or the Second Transformation, one needs at least one Perfect Fulfillment Realm as a foundation.
The First Transformation, "Transforming Qi into Liquid," requires the aid of Realm Power to compress Qi Blood.
The Second Transformation, "Ignite and Forge," even requires a Perfect Fulfillment Realm to act as the kindling to ignite the fire of Qi Blood.
But this mosquito seemed to only possess a rudimentary Earth Realm. How did it manage to ignore this prerequisite and force a breakthrough?
âWhat an... unreasonable creature.â
Gu Yuexi felt helpless.
However, a realm achieved through such "brute force" would ultimately have its flaws.
Without the amplification of a Perfect Fulfillment Realm, the combat power this mosquito could unleash now probably couldnât compare to a true Second Transformation expert of the same level.
But...
Thinking of this, Gu Yuexiâs expression suddenly became a little strange.
Beast Tamers could "lend" the Realms they comprehended to their Contracted Beasts through the Blood Contract Mark, colloquially known as "giving a buff."
And she had comprehended at least forty to fifty types of Realms! She had even comprehended five of the ten great special Realms!
To be precise, what she had comprehended wasnât Realms, but Laws. It was just that with her current Mental Power, she could only use Realms.
Once her Mental Power broke through to the Fourth-Grade, she could even use the Power of Origin to give this mosquito a buff!
A heaven-defying Contracted Beast that could ignore prerequisites and break through like crazy, and a Reborn Empress who could compensate for its weakness in Realms...
âLooking at it this way, we... actually make a good match?â
The corner of Gu Yuexiâs mouth twitched uncontrollably, and she quickly threw the absurd thought out of her mind.