Hit Me!

Hit Me!

The next day.

Qin Yu and Xiong Tatian traveled onward, while the Abyssal Golden Lizard was not slow either. Yet every movement it made shook the earth. With the Abyssal Golden Lizard accompanying them, they did not encounter a single fierce beast along the way.

"Xiong Tatian, can you put Little Black into the beast pouch?" Qin Yu asked, glancing at the animal-hide bag hanging from Xiong Tatian's waist. Qin Yu recognized it—it was a beast pouch.

"Sure!" Xiong Tatian nodded. As he spoke, he removed the beast pouch from his waist, preparing to put Little Black inside.

"Wait, Xiong Tatian, could you... let a little blood from Little Black?" Qin Yu asked tentatively. Had he not known that Xiong Tatian had caught Little Black to temper his body, he truly would not have been able to ask.

"Big Brother Qin, what do you want Little Black's blood for?" Xiong Tatian asked in confusion.

"I'm a little thirsty..." Qin Yu's face reddened, and he felt as though he were deceiving a child.

"I thought I was the only one who liked drinking blood. So Big Brother Qin likes it too! That stuffed gourd Li Tianji even looks down on me. I said he was stupid. Oh, right, Big Brother Qin, drink this. It tastes much better than Little Black's blood." As though he had found a kindred spirit, Xiong Tatian excitedly took out a gourd and handed it to Qin Yu.

Qin Yu accepted it doubtfully and asked, "What's inside?"

"Blood. Not Little Black's—it's... I don't know what kind of blood it is either, but it tastes great. I've been drinking it since I was little," Xiong Tatian replied after pondering for a long while.

Qin Yu suspiciously pulled out the stopper and sniffed it, finding no particular smell. After a moment of contemplation, he took a small sip. The instant the liquid from the gourd entered his mouth, Qin Yu was puzzled. The blood had a sweet, nectar-like taste.

It really did taste good!

In his surprise, Qin Yu swallowed the blood. But the instant it passed down his throat, his eyes widened round. He felt a ball of raging fire fall from his throat into his abdomen, while a scorching heat swept through his entire body like the sky collapsing and the earth cracking. Qin Yu felt as if his body had fallen into a furnace.

"Oh, right, Big Brother Qin, you can't drink too much of this blood at once. Right now, I can only drink three drops at most each time. You..." Xiong Tatian suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said.

Upon hearing Xiong Tatian's words, Qin Yu nearly went berserk. The surging power within him made him unbearably miserable; he felt as though his whole body were burning. The agony was ten times worse than the Three Stages Bone Tempering Art.

Qin Yu immediately sat cross-legged, his face twisted in pain as he clenched his teeth and desperately guarded his mind. Yet he had no idea where this blood came from. The vitality and blood it contained were exceptionally terrifying.

Buzz! Buzz!

A resonant hum shook within Qin Yu's body. His originally lean frame rapidly swelled under that power, as though the force were about to burst out of him.

This is bad! Qin Yu cried inwardly. The power in this blood was too violent. If this continued, he would surely explode and die.

Mad Demon First Transformation! In the face of danger, Qin Yu had no time to think and directly unleashed the Mad Demon First Transformation.

In an instant, Qin Yu's aura erupted. A faint crimson radiance seeped from his skin, and pure, dense power filled his limbs. What terrified Qin Yu was that the power contained in the blood was still erupting!

"Hit me!" Qin Yu snarled at Xiong Tatian, his face contorted.

Seeing Qin Yu's twisted expression, Xiong Tatian guessed that Qin Yu had drunk a little too much blood. This left him at a loss, anxious as ants on a hot pan. Hearing Qin Yu's words, he looked at him doubtfully. "Big Brother Qin, you really want me to hit you? I'm afraid you... won't be able to take it..."

"Hit me!" Qin Yu roared, frantic with urgency.

Hearing this, Xiong Tatian slowly extended his hammer-sized fist and lightly punched Qin Yu.

Qin Yu was so furious that he nearly exploded. He leaped up and launched an attack...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Qin Yu's attacks battered Xiong Tatian like a violent storm. Xiong Tatian retreated again and again, but though Qin Yu's attacks were fierce, Xiong Tatian's body was incomparably robust. They were utterly useless.

"Hit me harder!" Qin Yu growled again. Only by being injured could he burn away more vitality and blood.

Xiong Tatian heard the urgency in Qin Yu's voice. He stared at him and said, "Big Brother Qin, then... be careful. My strength is very great."

Qin Yu smashed a fist into Xiong Tatian's chest, forcing him back a step, then roared again, "Hit me!"

Boom! Qin Yu felt the vitality and blood within him boil as a fierce force slammed into his chest. It nearly broke the ribs on both sides of his body. He was sent flying straight away, crashing into a large tree behind him like a meteor and snapping the tree, which would have taken two people embracing it to encircle.

Dizzy and disoriented, Qin Yu crawled to his feet. Although Xiong Tatian's punch had nearly displaced his internal organs, Qin Yu was delighted to find that the power had stopped swelling. Overjoyed, he charged at Xiong Tatian and shouted, "Again!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One muffled, thunderous blast after another erupted without end.

Who knew how vast the vitality and blood contained in that blood were? No matter how Qin Yu was injured, he could not burn it all away. In the end, Qin Yu simply began cultivating the Myriad Heavens Battle Art.

When he had created the Myriad Heavens Battle Art, it had been a body-refining Spirit Art focused on overlapping power. Qin Yu had drawn inspiration from an ancient text: once power reached a certain level, it could overlap, vastly increasing its might.

Now, with the Six Transformations of the Mad Demon activated, power surged through Qin Yu's body. He began attempting to condense overlapping power, which Qin Yu called Myriad Force.

"Every strand of power has a point of resonance. What I need to do is find that resonance point. Only then can I condense Myriad Force," Qin Yu thought to himself as he attacked.

Gradually.

Qin Yu immersed himself in the Myriad Heavens Battle Art, while Qin Yu's fighting spirit also stirred Xiong Tatian's battle intent. He shouted, "Big Brother Qin, I'll suppress my strength a little. Let's spar." As he spoke, Xiong Tatian let out an excited howl and launched his attack.

While Qin Yu and Xiong Tatian were "sparring," Li Tianji emerged from behind a large tree with an unpleasant expression. His face was full of unwillingness, and he repeatedly looked into the distance, seemingly still unwilling to give up, wanting to see whether the person his master had divined would appear. But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

In the end, Li Tianji gritted his teeth and simply stopped worrying about it. He began watching Qin Yu and Xiong Tatian's sparring. Seeing Qin Yu covered in wounds and radiating fiery red light, a cold smile appeared at the corners of Li Tianji's lips, as though he were mocking Qin Yu for overestimating himself.

Li Tianji had personally experienced Xiong Tatian's monstrous nature. That strength could be called tyrannical and fierce. Perhaps only cultivators of the Heavenly Tempering Realm were qualified to battle Xiong Tatian. With Qin Yu's Martial Realm Sixth Level cultivation, challenging Xiong Tatian was simply courting death.

Li Tianji, proud and arrogant by nature, was extremely disdainful of and disgusted by Qin Yu. This man truly knew how to push his luck. Xiong Tatian called him big brother, and he actually accepted it with a clear conscience. Xiong Tatian was of the Mad Bear Clan. Although very few people now knew of the Mad Bear Clan, Xiong Tatian possessed limitless potential. His future accomplishments would not be something ordinary people could compare to.

However, although Li Tianji did not want to admit it, hearing Xiong Tatian call Qin Yu big brother left a sour taste in his heart. He had known Xiong Tatian for nearly two years. Even though he had saved Xiong Tatian's life, Xiong Tatian had never called him big brother even once. Instead, Xiong Tatian would shout and yell at him from time to time.

Li Tianji had also guessed why Xiong Tatian called Qin Yu big brother. Over the past two years, Xiong Tatian had constantly emphasized to others that he was from the Mad Bear Clan, but all he received in response was indifference. Some even mocked him. This left Xiong Tatian, whose intelligence had yet to fully awaken, deeply stifled and unwilling. Yet Qin Yu had suddenly recognized Xiong Tatian's identity, making Xiong Tatian immensely excited.

"This is only Xiong Tatian acting on a whim," Li Tianji sneered. Though he understood the reason, he still could not swallow it. Why had Xiong Tatian not acted on a whim and called him big brother instead?

"Forget it. I wonder whether the person Master divined has entered the Land of Beast Burial yet. Master once said that person possessed endless potential, could become my friend, and could resolve many of my calamities... When Master made his calculations, he saw a vast sea of stars. That person's name should contain the word 'star,' and even if it does not, he must certainly be connected to stars... Wait, stars... could it be the Star Sect?" Li Tianji pondered inwardly.

Suddenly, he froze. His gaze returned to Qin Yu as he thought, Could it be him? There isn't a star in his name. Could it be possible... that he is from the Star Sect?

"Impossible! How could a disciple of the Star Sect come to such a remote little place?"

A bitter smile surfaced on Li Tianji's lips. He truly was letting his imagination run wild. How could this person be the one his master had expended such great effort to divine? At most, this person was... merely a clown jumping on a beam.

Li Tianji thought so.

One day later.

"Haha, Big Brother Qin, not bad! Keep going! Haha, it's been a long time since I've fought this enjoyably," Xiong Tatian laughed wildly.

Li Tianji looked at Qin Yu, who was still fighting Xiong Tatian, with surprise and suspicion in his eyes.

This man actually had such endurance?