After Qi Feng left, Su Yueli returned to the crevice among the rocks.
She took out the white jade medicine bottle, pulled the cork, and poured out the True Martial Blood-Soul Pill, blood-red from end to end and radiating blood energy.
She was about to swallow it when Little Black suddenly trembled violently on her right arm.
With a flash of black light, Little Black became a dark-gold blade in her palm. Its edge rubbed against the pill, conveying intense longing and greed.
Su Yueli hurriedly held it down. "Stop it. This is my chance to break into the Eleventh Realm of the Martial Dao. There's only one, and you're not getting any."
Little Black refused to accept that.
It thrashed wildly in her hand, radiating anger and hurt. Dark light flickered along its blade as it reminded Su Yueli of the promise she had made in the cave.
It was the spitting image of a child whose New Year's money had been swindled away.
Su Yueli felt helpless.
It was true: if Little Black hadn't taken the Earthsplitter Bear's desperate blow for her, she would still have struggled to lift that arm.
"All right, all right. You win. Half is enough, isn't it?"
Gritting her teeth, Su Yueli gripped the extremely hard True Martial Blood-Soul Pill with both hands and snapped it in two.
She gave Little Black one half. It snatched the piece away, its dark-gold markings erupting with dazzling light as it devoured the immense blood energy within.
Moments later, it gave a satisfied burp, turned into a streak of light, and slipped back onto Su Yueli's wrist, where it lay still.
Su Yueli looked at the remaining half in her hand, sighed, and swallowed it.
The moment the pill reached her stomach, it became a ball