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"Snort snort!!"

"Boom—"

Hearing the pig-like squeals behind him and the thunderous crash of buildings being destroyed, He Zhao could not help feeling smug.

The Demon Eater was indeed formidable, but compared to Pig Woman, it was still merely an appetizer.

That thing had thick skin and tough flesh, practically the ceiling of physical defense.

"This time, it's in the bag!"

As soon as he spoke, he swung a fist in celebration and smashed it into the nearby wall.

"Bang!"

"Fuck, that hurt!"

"Pain, pain, pain!"

He Zhao sucked in a sharp breath, bent over, and clutched his right hand as he cried out in pain.

"Something's wrong. The stone wall shouldn't be this hard. It feels completely different."

He casually picked up a wooden club from the ground. It should have been a washing bat used by common folk to beat laundry.

He extended a finger and flicked it lightly.

"Clang!"

It was clearly made of wood, yet it rang out like metal striking metal.

"This isn't scientific. Forget it—if I start obsessing over what a laundry bat is made of, then I'll be the real bat."

Great Xuan was bizarre enough already. Besides, he had entered this world through Spiritual Vision; if science could not explain it, that was understandable.

"Ah—"

"I'll kill you!!"

Hearing the woman's miserable screams, He Zhao shuddered instinctively.

Clearly, besides himself, who else could the Demon Eater want to kill?

He had thoroughly screwed her over.

"I'll set an ambush."

With that, Ruthless He Zhao hid around a corner.

If Pig Woman could eat the Demon Eater, so much the better.

If she somehow escaped alive, he would beat the dog while it was down.

"Tap tap. Tap."

Footsteps sounded, but why did they seem a little off? Something felt strange.

He Zhao cautiously poked his head out and saw that the Demon Eater had lost half her body. With only one foot left, she hopped frantically away.

To be fair, even with one leg, she was still not slow.

Then again, Aberrations truly had tenacious vitality.

First, half her head had been shattered. Now, half her body was gone, yet she had stubbornly clung to life and escaped Pig Woman's jaws.

That was seriously impressive!

"How about taking an Aberration's Heart Blood from the Demon Eater?"

If he could use her blood to become a Secret Blood Warrior and obtain unimaginably powerful regeneration and life-sustaining abilities, would he not be able to sweep aside a whole swath of Martial Artists at the same level?

He Zhao pondered it in secret and felt that it had great potential.

The footsteps drew nearer and nearer. The Demon Eater's remaining head stayed fixed on Pig Woman behind her.

Perhaps everything had its gains and losses. Beneath that talent for thick skin and tough flesh and overwhelming physical might, her shortcomings were obvious as well—her speed and Agility severely held her back.

Pig Woman could only watch helplessly as the prey she had bitten fled at high speed.

"Snort snort!!"

Her furious roar rang out, sound waves spreading forth and shaking apart the surrounding buildings.

"Tap."

Footsteps sounded around the corner. He Zhao gripped the club in both hands, put all his strength into both arms, and swung it in a savage full circle.

"Clang!"

"Bang!!"

Caught completely off guard, the Demon Eater's only remaining head exploded on the spot.

"Thud!"

With only half her body left, she died instantly.

Had she spared even a little attention for what was in front of her instead of constantly guarding against Pig Woman behind her, He Zhao's sneak attack would never have succeeded.

Even with only one hand and one foot remaining, she could still have beaten Ruthless He Zhao until he was battered and scattered like fallen blossoms.

Before absolute strength and speed, skill had only one outcome—being crushed.

Seeing this, He Zhao moved with incredible speed. He hoisted the Demon Eater's corpse onto his shoulder and ran for his life.

By the time Pig Woman reached the "crime scene," both of her meals had long vanished from sight.

"Huff, huff, huff."

Inside a private house, He Zhao panted heavily.

"I'll rest for a while. Once my Spirit Power recovers, I'll escape."

Last time, he had been alone, so he had naturally reserved enough strength to return to Great Xuan.

This time, with one extra burden, he had nearly been drained dry.

Now that he had to bring the Demon Eater's corpse back as well, he naturally needed to recover to his peak condition.

"Golden Powder, Jade Dagger."

He Zhao suddenly realized that with his utterly penniless circumstances, getting those things would be harder than ascending to heaven.

Unless he returned to Hetu Dao!

At the thought of Cheap Master abandoning him and fleeing alone, Ruthless He Zhao ground his teeth in hatred.

He did not blame the man for fleeing in the face of danger, but they were master and disciple after all. Couldn't the man at least have given him a warning?

That Old Bastard had clearly left him behind as a target to draw fire and buy himself more time to flee.

"No. That bastard is cold and faithless. If I go back, I'm afraid I won't get anything good. Besides, how would I explain what I said before? And how did I kill the Demon Eater?"

"But if I don't go back, where am I supposed to get Golden Powder and a Jade Dagger?"

Judging by the fact that most people knew nothing about Secret Blood Warriors, anything capable of suppressing Aberrations was surely tightly controlled.

Forget that he did not have a single coin right now—even if he had money, what could he do?

"Wait a second!"

He Zhao slapped his forehead. He had fallen into a misunderstanding.

Golden Powder and the Jade Dagger were used to suppress an Aberration's Heart Blood, allowing humans to better integrate it into their bodies.

Then from another angle, was it possible to become a Secret Blood Warrior without using Golden Powder? If it worked, would his strength perhaps far surpass that of Martial Artists who used Golden Powder to suppress Heart Blood?

There was a way!

"I'll test it after going back. At worst, I'll waste 11 Simulation Coins."

He was now a wealthy man with several hundred Simulation Coins. He did not care!

Once he ran out of money, he could just keep grinding the first Simulation Scenario.

"Spiritual Vision."

As Spirit Power surged, He Zhao and the Demon Eater's corpse vanished from the spot in an instant.

After he returned to the Inn, an enormous eyeball filled the entire window.

"Thud!"

A heavy object hit the ground. He Zhao, carrying the Demon Eater, appeared once more at the kitchen entrance.

He casually tore off a piece of cloth and covered the corpse, then hurried toward the wilderness.

He could not stay at the Inn. Who knew whether Cheap Master would return with others?

When the two sides met, how awkward would that be?

Outside Qinghe Town, inside a cave.

He Zhao held the Demon Eater Heart in one hand and used the dagger to cut an opening. Drop after drop of blood flowed out.

Dipping one hand into the blood, he drew haphazardly across his body.

Fortunately, this thing was not too complicated. He only needed to remember a few key points and start applying it from the heart's source. It was not difficult at all.

Otherwise, he would truly have had to leave the Simulation Scenario and replay it over and over before succeeding.

Lowering his head to look at the crooked, twisted ghostly scribbles covering his body, He Zhao smacked his lips.

"It's ugly, but as long as it works, that's enough."

What came next was extremely dangerous.

He needed to use the dagger to pierce his heart and let the Aberration's Heart Blood flow into it.

And then?

There was nothing else to do.

According to Cheap Master, once the Aberration's Heart Blood entered the heart, one only needed to wait slowly. There was no technique or anything of the sort.

If all went smoothly, once the Aberration's blood spread throughout the body and finally returned to the heart, success would be achieved.

If any rejection reaction occurred along the way, endure it if you could. If you could not, you would report directly to the Yellow Springs.

This was why Secret Blood Warriors faced nine deaths and one chance at life. If there had been some method of circulation to reduce the rejection reaction, the death rate would not remain so high.

"Psh!"

The icy blade pierced his heart, and He Zhao's entire body jolted violently.

Under Death Resistance, he could clearly feel a powerful, scorching liquid flowing along the dagger into his heart.

"Boom—"

Almost the instant the Demon Eater's Heart Blood entered, He Zhao felt an intense rejection reaction. The burning blood rampaged through his body like a maddened bull.

Then fist-sized lumps of flesh swelled across every part of his body, finally converging at his head and exploding with a thunderous blast. Even the cave was blasted into collapse by He the Person's human explosion.

[GAME OVER!!]