One more catty, one more attribute point-Chapter 520 - 433: With lingering fear, suffering a loss is a blessing

Chapter 520: Chapter 433: With lingering fear, suffering a loss is a blessing

Bang!

No time to react.

Su Heng’s extremely heavy punch had already fiercely smashed down.

The strength in this punch was completely unmasked, incorporating both the high distortion from the Dragon Blood and the horrific radiation released from the Second Heart.

The sudden increase in power left Shi Teng in a state of severe discomfort, dizzy and nauseous, feeling like the inside of his stomach was turning upside down, wanting to vomit, while the originally solidified spiritual power on his body also gradually began to lose control.

Involuntarily, his hands lifted to block, but then a painful sensation like thunder roared through, piercing his body like a raging beast.

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“Stand up.”

The smile on Su Heng’s face gradually turned to indifference, and then from indifference to bloodthirsty excitement.

He stepped forward, his body gradually contorting and expanding, covered with pitch-black armor amidst the loud clanking of iron, with sharp thorns extending outward from the gaps of the joints. Triangular bone armor covered the upper half of his face, revealing only a pair of eyes flashing with scarlet light.

Bang!

A horrific ticking sound arose within Su Heng’s body.

He raised his hand, golden light points collecting at the tip of Su Heng’s left index finger.

Then a fierce beam of light burst forth, hitting the ground beneath Shi Teng’s feet, causing a violent explosion that ionized the air, sending a huge flame expanding outward. The sunlight was obscured, followed by a small mushroom cloud rising.

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Wrapped in the hot airwave filled with sand and gravel, Shi Teng’s body could not stabilize in time and was thrown into the air again; he coughed up scarlet blood.

Lifting his head, he saw Su Heng’s nightmarish pitch-black figure hanging not far in front of him.

He lifted his foot and stomped down.

Boom!

The earth split apart under an irresistible force.

Large cracks extended outward, and a distant mountain collapsed amid the billowing dust.

Shi Teng clumsily stood up from not far away, still somewhat confused as to why things had suddenly developed this way. This was not the spar that had been agreed upon before; Su Heng’s overt killing intent was undisguised. If he couldn’t withstand the next attack, he would die. Shi Teng gasped violently, but his eyes gradually became excited.

Scarlet blood first exploded at the corner of his eyes and then spread outward.

Thick veins pulsed on his forehead, followed by a layer of pitch-black and terrifying fascia covering his entire face.

“Roar!”

A beast-like roar burst from his throat.

He exerted himself to the fullest, leaving afterimages as his physical body and spirit highly integrated, his fist leading with an unstoppable momentum towards Su Heng’s forehead.

This might have been the peak punch of his life; he even felt as if he had stepped into an unprecedented realm.

However…

“Too slow!”

Even in such intense combat.

Su Heng’s cold sneer was still clearly audible.

Snap!

A black, scaled hand appeared out of nowhere.

It grabbed Shi Teng’s disproportionate fist, squeezing it hard, immediately turning it into a bloody mess.

Before the pain could be felt, the world before his eyes began to spin. Just like a malicious child playing with a rag doll, Su Heng also swung Shi Teng’s body around, spinning, then violently smashing it to the ground.

Plop!

As Su Heng’s mind moved slightly.

Millions of tons of gravity instantaneously consolidated the loose soil into a solid far harder than steel.

Shi Teng couldn’t even dissipate this force and rebounded heavily upon impact; all his internal organs were simultaneously severely damaged, with blood spraying out from the pores on his back, further dispersing into crimson mist.

He lay on his back, looking up at Su Heng high above, his face indifferent.

Incapable of thinking.

He just instinctively supported himself to stand again.

He felt a kind of light emitting from Su Heng’s body, as if countless tiny needles were stirring inside his body.

An indescribable stabbing pain traveled along every nerve, but amidst the pain, changes were occurring, with the newly formed tissues becoming tougher during this process.

Like a tree growing, needing to firmly root deep into the soil.

The same transformations were occurring in Shi Teng.

He was constantly knocked down, then stood up again, allowing his body to unleash even stronger power.

And Su Heng, in this process, was playing the role of a stern mentor, no matter how much Shi Teng grew, Su Heng’s power was always a notch stronger, driving him to despair.

Once he decided to give up.

Not only would all his previous efforts be wasted, but he could also possibly die.

But compared to death, failure was clearly more unacceptable to Shi Teng.

He got up, swung his fist, then was pressed down by Su Heng, got up again, swung his fist, then was pressed down again, time and time again. Until in his vision, all was pitch black, Su Heng’s overlapping figures and terrifying laughter filled every inch of his senses.

Snap!

Su Heng threw another long punch.

But this time, as if blessed by a sudden insight, Shi Teng raised his hand and blocked it solidly.

A terrifying smile appeared on Su Heng’s face, followed by another kick that sent Shi Teng flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

He gasped violently.

Waiting for the next series of heavy blows.

But this battle ended here, and it took Shi Teng quite a long time to slowly regain consciousness.

At this moment, he found that his body had unknowingly swollen to nearly five meters, his whole body covered in explosive muscles, each inch of skin gleaming with a dense metallic luster.

The meridians crisscrossing his body also surged up with his breath, resembling chains entangled on the surface of a river.

Shi Teng first struggled to rise, crouching on the ground.

The muscles all over his body undulated violently like boiling water.

He opened his mouth and spat out a thick phlegm mixed with blood, took a deep breath, greedily inhaling a large amount of oxygen mixed with dust into his body, then slowly stood up.

“Clap!”

Su Heng clapped his hands.

The terrifying distortion on his body was undone, and his stature also shrank a bit.

Now he somewhat looked like a human, smiling as he looked at Shi Teng’s face, “Well done, it seems you’ve gained quite a lot.”

For some reason, seeing the smile on Su Heng’s face, Shi Teng felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart.

But he still said seriously, “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

Su Heng waved his hand, saying, “Since you’ve spent ten years to seek my guidance, then I must offer something truly worth that value.”

As he spoke, the corner of Su Heng’s mouth curled up again, “In this aspect, we are quite similar; neither of us likes to take advantage of others.”

“…”

Thinking about how he was almost beaten to death by Su Heng, Shi Teng showed an expression of lingering fear.

“Sometimes, it’s not a bad thing to suffer a little loss,” he said very seriously.

“Hahaha!”

Both of them laughed out loud at that.

Su Heng patted Shi Teng’s shoulder and then took a robe from inside the Flesh Furnace and draped it over himself.

He noticed that the short garb Shi Teng was wearing had already been shattered into ash by numerous powerful strikes during the fight. He then raised his hand and used the ability “Bodhisattva’s Cut Hair” to weave a robe of the same style and handed it to Shi Teng.

Shi Teng, feeling somewhat flattered, reached out to take it.

Su Heng took out a piece of jerky made from a Demon God Thigh from his bosom, and while chewing it vigorously, he said, “With the Golden Crow Radiation, the mutated tissues in your body should have undergone some benign changes, making them more in tune with your spirit. However, to step into a new realm with ‘Human Phase’ cultivation relying on these, it is probably still insufficient.”

Shi Teng immediately nodded.

He had a clearer control over his own condition than Su Heng.

Compared to integrating external powers that are not his own, seeking and excavating from within is undoubtedly much more troublesome.

But there were also benefits; on one hand, it was stable, without worrying about being controlled by others or being eroded and assimilated by the powers in Tian. On the other hand, his combat power was also much stronger than cultivators of the same level because each bit of power was painstakingly excavated from within, naturally wielded like his own limbs, operating as desired.

“I have created a Cultivation Technique called the Eight-Nine Mystical Skill, which is about advancing the Life Level through corporeal transcendence,” Su Heng said. “The method of cultivation has been inscribed by me on a stele placed within the Blood Realm, which with your talents you should be able to gain something from.”

“Thank you!” Shi Teng’s face immediately brightened.

At their level of cultivation, there isn’t much to learn from the predecessors.

In such a situation, a clear and distinct path has an immeasurable value; merely hearing about it made his heart throb.

“And this.”

Swoosh!

Su Heng flicked a dark red Elixir Pill.

A strong fishy smell immediately spread, and as Shi Teng caught it, he felt a tingling sensation in his flesh and spine, conveying a longing emotion.

“Is this…True Dragon!?” Shi Teng exclaimed in surprise.

“Mm.”

Su Heng said, “This is a Dragon Essence Pill I refined using True Dragon Essence Blood, it should even be effective for cultivators at the Destruction Level.”

Although Shi Teng’s interactions with Su Heng had been brief, he had roughly figured out his temperament.

Not being polite, he said, “Then I will impolitely accept it.”

Dragon Corpse had certain uses for those at the Destruction Level, but at that time Shi Teng was stationed in Wanyuan Plain and really could not leave.

Otherwise, the Dragon Corpse might not have ended up entirely in Su Heng’s hands.

“This is some of my insights into the ‘Human Phase’ cultivation, and some originals copied from Tian, which might give you some enlightenment in your cultivation.”

Shi Teng took out a Jade Butterfly and handed it to Su Heng.

Su Heng injected some of his spiritual power into it, quickly scanned it, and indeed felt something novel.

Stones from other hills can be used to polish jade.

Especially since Su Heng had a attribute panel which he could use to improve further.

This information was indeed useful, and Su Heng unhesitatingly accepted it.

“You heal first; after your injuries are recovered, come find me in the Blood Realm,” Su Heng instructed Shi Teng, after which he left alone to return to the Blood Realm.

As time passed…

Even if placed in the Flesh Furnace, some of the essence from the Demon God’s flesh would decompose and dissipate.

Su Heng’s Ninth Layer of the Eight-Nine Mystical Skill was not yet perfect, and many things had happened recently. Now that he finally had some free time, it was the moment to seize the opportunity to elevate and perfect it.

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