In the mountain forest.
Jiang Ning rose to his feet.
His long hair fell loose, dancing wildly.
"The toll on my body is even greater now!" he murmured, sensing the all-pervading hunger inside him.
The hunger in his belly burned his heart like fire, making his stomach spasm faintly.
"Perhaps the Third Blood Exchange will require the aid of external objects!" The thought flashed through his mind.
The Second Blood Exchange, reforging New Blood, clearly placed an even greater burden on the body.
His body was sending him the feeling that it had gone mad with hunger.
But at this moment, his gaze remained calm, without the slightest ripple.
Having reached this step, if he could not even fully control his own body, then he truly was trash.
The hunger of his body could not crush his mind.
Afterward, he faintly sensed the changes throughout his body once more.
Then he lifted a hand and spread his palm. A streak of golden light flashed in his hand, and a blood-red crystal appeared there.
The Crimson Flame Blood Crystal was a special ore formed when a powerful life perished and its blood seeped deep into the earth, forming within mineral veins.
Unlike Blood Jade, this kind of ore could be absorbed by the human body.
Some had guessed that perhaps it was because the life-forms were different, or perhaps because their levels of life were different.
But there was no doubt about it.
Crimson Flame Blood Crystal could be absorbed by Martial Artists and was of immense benefit to them.
It could increase Qi and Blood Power, strengthen the physical body, and enhance one's source.
To Jiang Ning, this thing was precisely the great tonic he needed most right now.
Afterward, he tossed the egg-sized Crimson Flame Blood Crystal into his