Gold Mountain City, outskirts.
The noise of airplane propellers swept rapidly across the sky and descended into a low mountain in the suburbs.
With a sharp crack, two figures crashed through pine trees and fell into the forest.
"Cough, cough..." Kou Beiyue rolled amid the fallen leaves, curled up, his face twisted in agony as he coughed violently.
Little Round staggered to her feet and rushed to Kou Beiyue's side to check his condition, her heart immediately sinking.
Kou Beiyue's pulse was weak, his heart beating slowly, his organs rapidly failing. Earlier, he had relied on the blood reserves stored in Bewitching Demon's exclusive weapon to activate his frenzy ability and temporarily suppress the illness.
Now that the blood essence had been completely consumed by the bacteria, the disease once again began ravaging his body.
Little Round hurriedly opened the Inventory and brought out a black jar. She grabbed two plump, pale cicada pupae from inside, stuffed them into Kou Beiyue's mouth, and said urgently, "Swallow them."
Kou Beiyue's consciousness was already hazy, but upon hearing Little Round's voice, he instinctively swallowed.
Once the two cicada pupae entered his stomach, his breathing evened out and his heartbeat gradually returned to normal. But before long, Kou Beiyue began breathing rapidly again, his heartbeat falling into disarray.
Cicada pupae had the same properties as Life Source Fluid—they provided an enormous amount of vitality and were specifically used to heal injuries.
But bacteria were not injuries. While providing immense vitality could temporarily save someone on the verge of death, it also nourished the bacteria. It treated the symptoms, not the root cause.
To treat bacteria, what they needed was medicine!
Among all the professions, only Wood Demons and Scholars could refine medicinal pills.
Little Round's heart sank. In Kou Beiyue's current condition, he