Liang Hu saw that even after taking the Blood Burst Pill, he still could not break through against Gu Chang'an after attacking for so long, and instead was driven back by his opponent several times, growing anxious as a burning fire.
He breathed heavily, pausing the spiked club in his hand as shattering gravel exploded across the ground, his eyes bulging wide as he stared dead ahead at the youth.
Damn it... What on earth is going on with this brat, why does he keep getting fiercer the longer we fight!?
He felt the churning of his qi and blood growing increasingly violent, his limbs heavy as lead, and the strength brought by the Blood Burst Pill was rapidly receding like a receding tide, leaving only exhaustion behind.
He knew that if he did not strike now, he would never have another chance to turn the tables!
"Duan Lie! Pei Xuan!" he suddenly roared, his voice hoarse and laced with hysterical madness, "Don't hesitate, eat the blood pills!!"
As he spoke, he fiercely threw two blood-red pills from his bosom, accurately hurling them toward the two men.
This sudden action startled everyone.
Gu Chang'an wanted to stop them, but it was too late.
He had already anticipated this scene, but he never expected Liang Hu to possess this many blood pills.
His heart sank heavily, his expression changing abruptly as he shouted:
"Stop! Don't eat them! Those blood pills are problematic, taking them guarantees you will go mad! Zhang Yuying went berserk from the blood pill and even killed her own people!"
"As long as you give up resisting, we can spare your lives."
Upon hearing this, Duan Lie and Pei Xuan paused in their tracks, looking at the orb in their hands that exuded a faint aura of blood, their brows furrowed and their expressions complex.
"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Liang Hu already roared up to the heavens, gritting his teeth as he shoved a blood pill into his mouth.
"This blood pill has been personally improved by our gang leader, how could it be wrong!?"
"Don't listen to their bullshit about giving up resistance sparing us."
"How can the words of these imperial running dogs be trusted?"
The moment the blood pill entered his belly, Liang Hu's entire body violently shook, his spine arching, his five fingers curling like claws as the spiked club clattered onto the ground. He looked as though he were being consumed by fierce flames, a web of bloody veins surfacing beneath his skin, his muscles swelling frantically while bulging veins crawled across them like pythons.
"Ahhhhhhh--!!"
He howled in a raspy shriek, his eyes glowing crimson as blood vessels burst, every inch of his body feeling as though it were about to split apart while his bones clicked and popped.
His teeth began to lengthen, his arms grew as thick as tree trunks, and his entire body transformed into a blood ape that had broken out of its cage.
The clarity that had remained in his gaze was now completely consumed by blood red, his pupils almost vanishing, replaced entirely by a field of mad scarlet.
He grinned, revealing teeth like bone-white fangs, and roared with spittle flying in all directions:
"Kill! Kill them all! Hahaha! No one gets to leave alive! I'll grind your bones to dust and refine your blood into pills! This is true power! This is my true body! Hahahahaha!!"
He abruptly raised his head, the flesh on his face twisted to the point of being ferocious, the corners of his mouth split all the way to his ears, and a pair of bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at Gu Chang'an like a beast hunting its prey, saliva and blood mixing as they slid down the corner of his mouth.
"Gu Chang'an! Did you think you had won? Right now, I can crush you to death with a single strike!!"
He viciously stomped the ground, the mountain rocks beneath his feet bursting open as shattered stone scattered in all directions, his entire body resembling a bloody iron tower that charged furiously toward Gu Chang'an with an unmatched, violent rage.
Shit.
Gu Chang'an's pupils shrank to pinpricks as he drove the Flowing Wind Steps with all his might, his figure flashing like an electric serpent as he skimmed perilously close to the ground.
"Boom--!!"
The spiked club came crashing down with a deafening roar, splitting a massive ancient tree straight down the middle. The trunk collapsed amid the cracking sounds of splintering wood, kicking up massive plumes of dust and wood chips while leaving a fractured crater in the earth.
Gu Chang'an had already leapt five zhang away, a slight chill settling along his spine and cold sweat beading on his temples. His gaze turned solemn as he felt a secret shock in his heart:
The strength after going mad has actually reached such a terrifying degree...
According to the system's display, Liang Hu's physique had actually surged all the way to 410.
The effect of this blood pill was even more formidable than the one Zhang Yuying had consumed.
Daring not to meet him head-on, he quickly retreated out of Liang Hu's attack range while simultaneously sweeping his gaze toward the other side.
Duan Lie and Pei Xuan were shaken by the sight before them. Looking at Liang Hu's frantic appearance and then lowering their heads to gaze at the bizarre, blood-red pill resting in their palms, their expressions both turned ugly.
"He's mad... This fellow has truly gone mad..." Pei Xuan muttered to himself, his expression filled with terror.
Yet the very moment he lowered his guard slightly, a red shadow swept toward them like lightning.
"Hah!"
Liang Hongye let out a sharp cry, an iron long whip lashing out violently with a piercing tear through the air as a loud crack of smack directly batted the blood pill out of Pei Xuan's hand with fierce force.
The blood pill traced an arc through the air, landing deep within the patches of grass.
"Are you out of your mind! Do you want to become like him?" Li Hongye shouted in a cold voice, her face stern.
Pei Xuan's face flushed crimson, the hand holding his sword trembling, but in the end he did not dare to counterattack.
On the other side, Jiang Yuan lunged toward Duan Lie, attempting to stop him from consuming the blood pill.
"Duan Lie, don't--!"
Yet Duan Lie's mind was already made up. Seeing Jiang Yuan's movement, he instead roared with rage and swallowed the blood pill into his stomach in a single gulp!
"You've come to stop me? What kind of thing do you think you are? What I, Duan Lie, want is power!!"
The blood pill melted the moment it touched his tongue, burning hot like fire as it instantly flooded his limbs and bones.
Duan Lie's entire body shook violently, his pupils dilating before he let out a miserable, piercing shriek!
"Ahhhhhhh--!!"
His skin turned completely crimson as if scorched by fire, his bulging veins rupturing while his muscles tore apart layer by layer before rapidly healing and expanding, pitch-black cracks surfacing across his back as though a bloodthirsty magic beast were concealed within his body.
According to the system's display, Duan Lie's physique had actually surged all the way to 328.
With his great axe in hand, he laughed up at the heavens, his gaze completely out of control and filled with violence and madness:
"Hahaha! I can feel it! True power... This is the power I've always wanted! Anyone who blocks me dies!!"
Duan Lie roared up to the skies, and amidst his frantic howling, he abruptly turned his head to see Jiang Yuan charging toward him at full speed. Lacking any shred of sanity, his face held only frantic brutality and bloodlust.
"Whoever you are, get the hell out of my way!!"
With an angry bellow, the great axe in his hand swept horizontally, carrying the crushing, mountain-heavy fury as it slashed directly toward Jiang Yuan's face!
Jiang Yuan's eyes widened. Knowing he could not dodge it, he could only shout in anger, crossing his twin hooks in front of him to put up a desperate defense!
"Clang!!!h"
An extremely muffled, explosive blast rang out. Jiang Yuan's body traced an arc through the air, slamming viciously into the cliff face like a tattered cloth sack as the entire rock wall caved in to form a massive pit, showering flying gravel everywhere.
"Ugh--!"
He spewed a mouthful of fresh blood, his complexion turning pale white and his aura weakening to the extreme as he slumped limply to the ground, unable to move!
Li Hongye's expression changed drastically: "Jiang Yuan!!"
Before she could even get close, the maddened Liang Hu and Duan Lie had already lost their minds. No longer recognizing friend from foe, everything they laid eyes upon was an enemy!
"Kill! Kill them all! Grind them all to pulp!!"
Liang Hu roared, his spiked club sweeping horizontally and whirling like a windmill as giant stones were batted away and trees and grass snapped in half.
"Hahaha, blood! I want more blood!!"
Duan Lie likewise charged about like a giant beast, slashing horizontally with his axe as though he meant to shatter the entire mountain peak.
Wherever the two men passed, not only constables and bailiffs, but even the remaining Firewood Gang soldiers collapsed amid screams, inadvertently cut down by their blades.
Gu Chang'an's expression darkened as he shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Everyone, fall back quickly!! These two have already gone mad, you can't block them!"
He narrowly dodged an approaching strike from Liang Hu, his figure retreating in a rush as he yelled:
"Senior Sister, take Jiang Yuan! The rest of you retreat toward the eastern side, now!!"
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