Water-Offering Little Girl

Lu Chen wanted to stop the mist from leaving, but unfortunately, as nothing more than a brute, he had no way to hold it back.

No matter how he shouted, after a while, the mist still dissipated completely.

That left Lu Chen somewhat dejected.

"What a pity. That mist was definitely a big catch. If I could hunt it down, the Experience Points I'd gain would definitely exceed a thousand."

Though helpless, the mist had already left, so Lu Chen could only head back.

However, after taking just two steps, Lu Chen's mind suddenly turned cold.

He did not dare slack off. That chill was a warning from Direct Perception, so Lu Chen immediately turned his head and looked in the direction it indicated.

Lu Chen did not have to search for long. The moment he turned around, he saw a pretty little girl holding a bowl and smiling at him.

There was nothing seemingly wrong with the girl, nor did she reveal the slightest hint of malice.

But in the silent midnight wilderness, anyone who found an ordinary little girl and thought it was normal definitely had something wrong with their head.

Without any intention of responding, Lu Chen grabbed with his right hand and lifted his iron sword.

Then, taking great strides forward, Lu Chen raised the iron sword and charged at the little girl, clearly intending to smash her apart with a single blow.

Lu Chen's vicious charge did not frighten the little girl. Instead, like a kind little farm girl, she laboriously raised the bowl, intending to offer him water.

"Big brother, would you like some water?"

That behavior only made Lu Chen roll his eyes.

"Fuck, showing up in the middle of the night like this—what kind of idiot would drink your water?"

With that thought, Lu Chen did not slow his charge. In a few large strides, he reached the little girl.

Then, standing before her, Lu Chen actually withdrew his sword and said directly, "I'll drink!"

Without waiting for the girl to respond, Lu Chen took the broken bowl from her hands and drained all the water inside in one gulp.

The sight was extremely strange.

But on closer inspection, one would discover that as Lu Chen raised his hand to take the bowl, the muscles all over his body bulged and his veins stood out. His face was also twisted in extreme ferocity.

Clearly, he had not drunk the water willingly.

Yet no matter how he resisted, Lu Chen still swallowed that water in one gulp.

Just as Lu Chen had expected, the water was indeed no good thing.

The moment it entered his stomach, Lu Chen felt a scorching sensation burning through his body.

Under that searing pain, even with the willpower strengthened by Conqueror's Haki, Lu Chen bent over in agony, his face twisted savagely.

Yet despite the pain, Lu Chen did not pass out. The agony did not even affect his reason or actions.

Master-level Swordsmanship and the twenty points of willpower bolstered by Conqueror's Haki were not for nothing.

At the same time, the instant the water entered his stomach, Lu Chen felt himself regain control of his body.

Without hesitation, he extended his hand, and the iron sword that had remained clenched in his right hand smashed fiercely toward the girl's body.

Yet when the bloodstained iron sword reached her, the girl did not even dodge, and Lu Chen immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The facts proved his guess.

With a bang, Lu Chen's iron sword passed straight through the girl as if it had struck a phantom, smashing a huge crater into the ground.

The crater spanned several meters, more than enough to show Lu Chen's formidable strength. But now, Lu Chen was no longer concerned with his own power. He was focused on something else.

"I hit the wrong target. This girl isn't the real one."

Just as Lu Chen realized this, the little girl's innocent voice rang out again.

"Big brother, you look sick. Hurry and drink some water to rest up!"

After she spoke, Lu Chen discovered that the broken bowl in his hand had once again filled with water.

At the same time, his body moved on its own, raising the bowl and draining the water in a single gulp.

This time, however, when the water entered his stomach, Lu Chen no longer felt scorching heat, but bone-chilling cold. It was as though he had swallowed ten pounds of ice, and he felt as if his insides had frozen solid.

At the same time, the clash between extreme heat and extreme cold made Lu Chen cough violently.

With scorching heat and icy cold alternating inside him, Lu Chen coughed so hard that he was even afraid he might cough up his internal organs.

Yet even in such a state, Lu Chen's reason was not consumed by fear. His twenty points of willpower made him completely ruthless.

Not only did he not suppress his coughing, he even put more force into it and coughed with all his strength.

The violent coughing made the little girl beside him laugh.

"Oh my, big brother, you look terrible. Have another bowl of water..."

She wanted to say more, but the smile on her face vanished at once, replaced by terror.

"Stop, hurry and stop..."

She cried out in panic, but a savage smile appeared on Lu Chen's ugly face.

"Why are you afraid? You should be happy. Look how much blood you've made me cough up."

Yes. Lu Chen, coughing up blood and feeling the urge to cough, did not suppress it. Instead, he deliberately began coughing, spitting out mouthful after mouthful of hot heart's blood as he did so.

That blood did not spray onto the little girl in front of him, but onto the eerie broken bowl.

Because Lu Chen's will was firm enough for him to be ruthless, the broken bowl was filled with his blood in the blink of an eye, turning it into a Blood Bowl.

The transformed blood and vitality of barbarians were tremendously lethal to evil entities. As the blood entered the bowl, black mist rose from its surface. With the dissipation of that black mist, the little girl's figure grew increasingly blurred. That was why she had suddenly become afraid.

Out of fear, she even prepared to beg for mercy.

But she had no chance.

Lu Chen possessed the Barbarian King Bloodline, and the quality of his blood and vitality far surpassed that of others. The massive amount of blood and vitality quickly purified the bowl.

As the broken bowl turned crimson, the little girl who had been smiling all along vanished in terror.

System notification: The host has eliminated the Black Coffin Level Evil Soul—Water-Offering Bowl, gaining 700 Experience Points.

Seeing the little girl disperse, especially after hearing the system notification, Lu Chen finally let out a sigh of relief, despite his pale expression.

"Sure enough, this bowl was your true body."

However, although the little girl had vanished, Lu Chen was not in good condition.

The liquid he had swallowed had not dissipated. Instead, it continued to churn inside his stomach.

Extreme cold and scorching heat constantly alternated within him, making Lu Chen feel as if there were a bomb in his belly. He felt like he could die at any moment.

He even felt that if an ordinary person drank this water, a single bowlful would be enough to corrode their body hollow.

Fortunately, Lu Chen's constitution was high enough. His 46 points of Constitution allowed him to endure it by force.

Enduring the pain and struggling to his feet, Lu Chen relied on his constitution to run quickly back into the area covered by the Totem Pillar.

"Chen Lord, are you all right?!"

"A'Chen, I'll go call the Witch Doctor Master right away."

Lu Chen's miserable state sent the two barbarians into a panic.

However, Lu Chen stopped them.

"Wait. Give me that pottery jar, quickly!"

"Right away, right away..."

Lu Chen's shout was obeyed. Before long, the two barbarians placed the pottery jar containing medicinal soup beside him.

Lu Chen directly smashed the seal on the pottery jar and began gulping down the medicinal soup inside.

The warm medicinal soup entered his stomach, continuously nourishing Lu Chen's body.

Soon, he felt somewhat better in his boiling abdomen.

Only after drinking three jars of medicinal soup did Lu Chen finally feel as though he had survived.

Of course, although Lu Chen's Direct Perception made him feel that he had survived, he was still extremely weak.

After resting for a full hour and waiting for the medicinal soup to be completely digested, Lu Chen suddenly opened his mouth and spat out several mouthfuls of black blood.

Yet when the black blood came out, a smile appeared on Lu Chen's face.

"I survived."

Only after spitting out the black, tainted blood did Lu Chen finally escape the threat of death completely.