Crushed to Death, Child's Head

Realizing Xiao Qian had used her Beguiler ability to confuse the Dark Poison Child, Chu Ge immediately rushed forward.

An elbow strike, like a bull's horns reaching for the sky, shot out.

Crack, crack, crack--

In an instant, his spine pushed forward like an earth dragon turning over, and the muscles on his entire back coiled like a dragon's ridge.

Ten punches couldn't block one elbow!

Empowered by the Crimson Scale Claws, Chu Ge's elbow strike was incredibly potent, his Qi surging and almost forming a sharp cone.

Buzzzz!!

The Dark Poison Child was instantly jolted awake by this terrifying sense of mortal danger.

"No!"

He roared and turned, hastily blocking in front of him with both arms, his Qi and Blood surging.

Boom!

The elbow tore through the air, forcefully colliding head-on with the Dark Poison Child's own elbows, producing a bone-jarring sound of sinew and bone.

"Ah--!"

The Dark Poison Child cried out in pain. His arms, as hard as steel, were snapped and unnaturally twisted. His body was sent flying by the fierce Qi wave.

The chaotic Qi released from their collision swept outwards, also flinging Xiao Qian's form, who was inhabiting the paper figure, away.

This surge of Qi violently slammed into Chu Ge, tearing his clothes to shreds and revealing his solid, powerful physique, as rugged as rock.

However, all the poisonous Qi was unable to penetrate his surging Qi and Blood, which filled his strong body.

With his Qi and Blood boiling, Chu Ge let out a long roar and charged forward again like a leaping tiger.

The Tiger Crouching Technique was fully unleashed as his Qi and Blood boiled, his entire body's Qi erupting like a catapult.

The Qi condensed into solid steel, raging!

He struck the Dark Poison Child from a distance, slamming him hard onto the ground.

"Ah--"

The Dark Poison Child screamed as his clothes, blasted apart by the Qi strike, revealed his inner armor.

But before he could regain his senses or react!

The next moment, Chu Ge was upon him, suddenly grabbing his ankle and swinging him violently.

Under the Hardened Training, his arm muscles, now more than double their size, coiled like ancient tree roots, with veins the color of dark green and black bulging like earthworms from beneath his scales.

Whoosh--

The Dark Poison Child's body, weighing over a hundred pounds, was swung around like a straw doll.

Boom!

The ground beneath them collapsed and shattered under the immense impact, exploding into pieces.

"Gah!--"

A large mouthful of blood sprayed from the Dark Poison Child's mouth. His head buzzed and spun, blood flowing from all seven orifices.

If not for the fact that a Blood Change Realm Martial Cultivator's bones were like steel and his internal organs were protected by his powerful Qi and Blood, he would have been reduced to a bloody pulp.

Even so, he was still in extreme danger. Sensing a strong threat to his life, he instinctively opened his mouth to beg for mercy: "Wait..."

Chu Ge's arm exerted more force, and the Dark Poison Child's body was once again lifted and swung.

Boom!--

The ground shook, sending out a powerful shockwave of Qi that kicked up dust.

A chilling sound of shattering bone echoed.

Almost simultaneously, a pool of blood suddenly spread across the ground.

Boom--Boom--

The ground shook twice more.

Only when he confirmed that the Dark Poison Child's five viscera had ruptured and he was completely dead did Chu Ge let out a sigh of relief, his boiling Qi and Blood slowly subsiding.

The vitality of the Blood Change Realm was truly formidable.

His five viscera and six bowels, including his brain, were protected by his Qi and Blood. As long as his Qi and Blood remained, it was difficult to inflict significant damage to them.

His arms were numb before he finally managed to smash the Dark Poison Child to death.

"A Blood Change Realm Martial Cultivator of the same level doesn't seem this strong.

This person's Qi and Blood were very potent, and his hidden weapons and poison arts were insidious and dangerous. If I hadn't caught him off guard and directly used unorthodox methods and the Crimson Scale Claws..."

"That was close, so incredibly close. If not for the Crimson Scale Claws, I would have been invaded by poison the moment we clashed palms."

Chu Ge looked down at the Dark Poison Child, whose seven orifices were bleeding on the ground, and then at his own arms covered in pale red scales.

He felt a tingling sensation of poison being blocked outside by the scales, feeling somewhat dejected and lost in thought.

"Was it because I was too weak, or was the opponent too strong?"

He suddenly remembered that the other party had previously admitted to being someone on the Blood Ranking.

Thinking of this, Chu Ge felt much better, finding some solace.

Martial Cultivators in the Blood Change Realm were powerful, but not all of them could make it onto the Blood Ranking.

Those who could make it onto the Blood Ranking, even if they were ranked last, were all incredibly strong.

"Right, Xiao Qian!"

Chu Ge thought of Little Sprite Qian and, without even performing the usual ritual of sacrificing corpses, immediately turned to look for her.

Fortunately, the little one had only been blown away by the surge of energy earlier, her Shadow Puppet body torn into several pieces.

She was now sitting on the ground, crying silently while hugging the torn pieces of her purple-clothed puppet body. Tears streamed down her pretty face like shimmering rain, her pitiable appearance enough to break one's heart.

Seeing Xiao Qian like this, Chu Ge couldn't help but chuckle. He walked over to comfort her, "It's okay, don't worry. I'll make you an even prettier puppet later."

Xiao Qian, her pretty face streaked with tears, looked up with her deep, dark eyes. Her two small antennae trembled slightly as she conveyed her thoughts.

"Xiao Qian only likes Little Zi!"

Little Zi was the name the little one had given to the purple-clothed puppet.

Chu Ge chuckled, nodding, "Okay, okay! Little Zi it is. I'll make you a Little Zi then."

Xiao Qian's melon-seed face, still adorned with tear tracks, broke into a smile again. She playfully nodded.

"Okay, okay! Xiao Qian thanks Pillar."

Chu Ge's face darkened. He knew this little one, now that she was familiar with him, liked to tease him. She dared to call him Pillar instead of Master!

However, thinking of her righteous act of stepping forward earlier, he felt a touch of emotion. He said, "You can have any kind of puppet you want, but remember, you yourself are far more precious than any puppet. Next time, don't be so reckless and rush out by yourself!"

He had been terrified just now, afraid that something might happen to Xiao Qian.

Her abilities were extremely precious to him, especially her ability to assist his cultivation, which could allow him to go further on the path of Martial Arts.

Xiao Qian's emotions were very pure; her joy and sorrow were evident on her face. She cried when she was sad and laughed when she was happy.

Hearing Chu Ge's concern for her, she let out another giggle. Dimples appeared on her pretty face as she sweetly glanced at Chu Ge. Seeing his clothes torn and his strong, muscular body exposed, her face flushed with shyness, and she lowered her head, nodding gently.

Seeing her innocent and endearing demeanor, Chu Ge shook his head and chuckled. He wiped the toxins off his hands and extended his palm, allowing her to hop onto it.

Then, he walked towards the corpse of the Dark Poison Child.

After pondering for a moment, Chu Ge specifically used his torn clothes to cover his hands before cautiously searching the body.

In the end, he found over five hundred taels of Silver Notes, some hidden weapons, and a few poison bottles.

"Poor ghost! Risking your life for just a few hundred taels of silver?"

Chu Ge shook his head.

There were no divine skill manuals from the Yellow Turban Sect as he might have imagined, which was normal.

Sects and families in this world tightly controlled their 'techniques' to attract followers.

Techniques were not easily passed down, and it was even less likely for someone to carry a manual with them.

He wrapped the silver and the medicine bottles in cloth and put them away. Then, he chopped off the Dark Poison Child's head and sacrificed the body into the Dragon Bell.

The last time he had sacrificed the Soul Chasing Old Man into the Dragon Bell, he only realized afterward that the man was on the Blood Ranking and was a wanted criminal by the authorities. By then, it was too late to claim the bounty for his head.

If more than ten breaths passed, the Dragon Bell would not spit out what it had swallowed.

This time, Chu Ge cut off the head first before sacrificing the body.

A Blood Ranking expert from the Yellow Turban Sect was, by all accounts, a wanted criminal by the Great Zhou.

As expected, as the corpse was sacrificed into the Dragon Bell, the complete information about the Dark Poison Child appeared.

"Fei Shouquan: Introduction: (Qishui Deacon of the Yellow Turban Sect's Jiangcheng Prefecture, ranked hundredth on the Blood Ranking, nicknamed Dark Poison Child, a Class D fugitive of the Great Zhou. Proficient in Great Accomplishment Poison Rain Palm, Essence of Poison Cultivation, Perfected Sky-Filling Rain, and Perfected Soaring Crane Body Technique)."

Looking at the information displayed in the Dragon Bell about the Dark Poison Child, Chu Ge marveled.

"He really is a Class D fugitive of the Great Zhou! I wonder how much silver and merit his head is worth!"

Chu Ge felt that he wanted to learn all of this old man's martial arts, especially Essence of Poison Cultivation and Soaring Crane Body Technique.

The former could perhaps be combined with the Five Poisons skills from his Five Mao Mountain Marvelous Skill, greatly enhancing his poison-spreading and cultivation abilities, giving him another means.

The latter could make his body technique faster and more explosive.

He had witnessed the speed of the Dark Poison Child's body technique earlier. Knowing that his own body technique was inferior, he had used a static approach to launch a surprise attack.

"I wonder what martial arts abilities the Dragon Bell will extract in the end."

Chu Ge thought to himself, suddenly noticing that new information had appeared in the golden bell core.

It turned out that the Soul Chasing Old Man and the lesser Flying Head Zombie he had sacrificed a few days ago had already been refined