So Envious, So Jealous

"Perfect timing~" Su Bo said faintly.

The Eight-Refinement demon corpses, comparable to seven strands of vital blood, possessed 56,000 kilograms of force—2,000 kilograms more than him at the sixth refinement of the flesh.

They truly were far stronger than those things from before.

The two demon corpses, one on each side, erupted with absurd speed. Almost at the same instant, they appeared at Su Bo's sides.

The demon corpse on the left threw a punch filled with icy yin energy, its chill piercing to the bones and freezing the soul.

The demon corpse on the right swung its claws, sending blade lights streaking forth, tearing through the air and targeting every vital point on Su Bo's body.

The attacks of the two demon corpses faintly followed the forms of martial arts.

The former used some extremely powerful fist technique, while the latter used an exceedingly bizarre blade technique.

Boom!!!

Blade lights and fist winds shattered as the two demon corpses slammed head-on into a wall of near-solid vital blood, sending them flying backward.

The vital blood Su Bo suddenly unleashed shrouded his entire body, comparable to that of a martial artist who had refined blood into astral force.

Though it could not compare to the blood astral force of an Astral Realm martial artist, it was still like refined steel. When blade lights and fist winds struck it, they produced the clangor of metal colliding.

At the same time, sounds of bones cracking and tendons snapping rang out from within the demon corpses.

However, to demon corpses parasitized by demon vines and seemingly incapable of dying or being destroyed, such injuries were practically no injuries at all.

The instant they were flung away, their bones crackled loudly, and their broken bodies were pieced back together in the blink of an eye.

"They seem a little weak~" Su Bo carefully assessed them.

56,000 kilograms of force?

Not quite. It was probably around 50,000 kilograms. Eighth refinement comparable to seven strands of vital blood was, in reality, only...

Mm, a little stronger than eighth refinement with six strands of vital blood.

Still, they were tough enough to take a beating.

Unlike those earlier ones, they could not withstand his vital blood and divine intent. The moment they made contact, their lingering demon corpse thoughts were crushed by his divine intent.

Once vital blood flooded their bodies, they were burned to ashes in an instant.

Su Bo looked at the two Eighth-Refinement Withered-Bone Demon Corpses that had been sent flying, a delighted smile appearing on his face. "Not bad. I finally have qualified punching bags!"

Boom!!!

The ground exploded, spraying mud in every direction.

Violent vital blood power and tyrannical divine intent moved with Su Bo, shrouding the two Eighth-Refinement demon corpses that had just steadied themselves.

Crack, crack, crack...

In the next instant, bursts of bones breaking and shattering rang out from the burial ground. Chunks of mangled flesh occasionally exploded apart.

Yet those fragments quickly pieced themselves back together, restoring the bodies of the Eighth-Refinement demon corpses.

Then...

Their bodies exploded into several pieces, dozens of pieces, hundreds of pieces, then recovered, exploded again, recovered again... endlessly repeating in an unceasing cycle.

A strand of divine intent did not erase the demon corpses' lingering thoughts.

It merely kept suppressing their movements while scorching vital blood relentlessly blasted them apart, crushing and incinerating the demon corpses' ruined bodies inch by inch.

"Roar..." The two Withered-Bone Demon Corpses howled without end.

It was only because they possessed merely a lingering remnant thought, with no self-awareness, and their corpses could move only due to the demon vines parasitizing them.

Otherwise, under such torment, they would have chosen to end themselves long ago.

Elsewhere...

Inside the massive cauldron cooking the martial meal, the Soul Vine's immense vitality had nearly all been refined out, and wisps of soul power gradually overflowed.

The emerald vitality and soul power intertwined, causing faint golden light to burst from within the cauldron.

"Three-Eyed, it's up to you." Yi You leaped onto the cauldron and pulled a huge vine rod from his storage space, stirring the broth inside.

Liu Yue held his breath and focused. Vital blood suddenly erupted from his entire body, swirling around his palms as he ignored the unimaginable temperature of the cauldron.

Palm after palm, he struck the cauldron with all his might, shaking the vessel that was boiling the Soul Vine.

His palm force penetrated the cauldron's outer wall. Layer upon layer of vibrating force seeped endlessly into the cauldron, working with Yi You, who stirred the broth, to shake the medicinal power from the Soul Vine and the many heavenly materials and earthly treasures used as supplementary ingredients.

In only a short while, Liu Yue's palms had turned bright red. Scorching heat seeped into them, and even with the strength of his seventh-refinement body...

His bare palms were scalded until they smelled burnt, giving off a faintly strange scent of cooked meat.

At the same time, the vital blood throughout his body was nearly exhausted, and the force of his palms striking the cauldron gradually weakened.

Seeing this, Yi You stirred his vital blood and roared, "Old Su, stop playing around!"

"If you keep playing, the Soul Vine will be ruined..."

"I'm coming!" Su Bo shattered the Withered-Bone Demon Corpse that used fist techniques with one palm. His tyrannical divine intent instantly erased its remaining consciousness.

Then he grabbed the Withered-Bone Demon Corpse that used claws like blades with his backhand.

The same method, the same divine intent, the same vital blood flooding its body and burning it away.

In the blink of an eye, the two demon corpses comparable to the eighth refinement were reduced to two soul flames burning quietly where they stood, radiating a lustrous emerald glow.

Su Bo seized the soul flames but did not refine them.

He had still underestimated his own comprehension and the strength of his soul. Soul flames had almost negligible effect on him.

With a flash, Su Bo appeared behind Liu Yue and directly slapped one soul flame into his body.

Then he grabbed the man and hurled him backward, taking his place as vital blood thundered through his palms.

Palm after palm struck the cauldron's body, the transmitted vibrations drilling directly into the Soul Vine and the various supplementary ingredients.

Dense medicinal power burst from each heavenly material and earthly treasure. Pale golden radiance flared, and strands of Dao resonance spread across the cauldron.

Just smelling a trace of medicinal power leaking from the cauldron made Su Bo's entire body tremble and his mind turn crystal clear.

Instinctively, he assumed the stance of the Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance. Bixi's divine form manifested, raised its head to the sky, and released a draconic roar as it inhaled the spreading Dao resonance.

As a result, while striking the cauldron, Su Bo also entered a state of enlightenment.

The Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance, which had long reached perfection, gradually transformed through his unconscious movements into a form completely different from the stance he had practiced before.

Strands of medicinal power were drawn into his body and absorbed...

Su Bo's vital-blood dragon underwent another transformation. Pale golden dragon blood gradually spread upward.

The concentration of dragon blood rose from ten percent to eleven percent, twelve percent...

The dragon's might emanating from his body also became increasingly terrifying!

"Fuck..." Yi You cursed outright at the sight, inwardly cursing his mother. What kind of joke is this? Heavens, could Old Su be your biological son?

He enters enlightenment whenever he wants...

What about me? What about me? What about me? Yi You cried out soundlessly in his heart.

I'm not envious, not envious. I'm not envious... Liu Yue had been flung into the distance. As he swallowed a pill and treated his injuries, he watched the scene unfold.

The instant he saw Su Bo take over, he entered enlightenment.

He was starting to lose it, and even his handsome face began twitching wildly.

He consoled himself inwardly, I'll have a chance to nurture an innate divine ability later too. No need to be jealous, no need to be jealous, not jealous at all...

"No, I'm so envious. I'm so jealous..."