Bloodthirsty State

Hand over half the Blood Pills to avoid a conflict.

At the same time, he could keep a lower profile. No one would pay attention to a newly initiated disciple like him.

That sounded as though it fit Zhou Feng's original plan perfectly.

That was to keep a low profile and follow the Way of Survival from start to finish.

However, after giving it some simple thought, Zhou Feng realized that this was actually an exceedingly foolish decision.

First of all, every new disciple faced enormous pressure.

Judging by the Bloodthirsty Gu's behavior, even though he had the Gluttony passive and could obtain additional blood qi,

if Blood Pills were a cultivation resource, his days of cultivation ahead would definitely be extremely difficult.

Second was the matter of personal perception.

In Zhou Feng's view, showing weakness to one's enemies was not a cure-all.

To ordinary people, if you showed weakness, they would only think you were easy to bully.

Whenever they thought of something later, they would think of you, the soft persimmon.

And squeeze you from time to time.

Let alone in an unorthodox sect like the Three Gu Sect.

Enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens? Concealing one's strength?

That would only cause you to lose even more resources. Even if your talent was good enough, without sufficient resources, it was all empty talk.

The perspective of someone who had lived two lives made him more rational, and his view of problems more lofty and far-reaching.

Besides, there was an even more important reason supporting his decision.

The progress bar on the Skill Panel had somehow just filled up?

That was right! You had not misheard this time either!

The Skill Panel's progress bar had filled up again!

He had clearly checked earlier and it had still been a long way off. How had the progress bar filled up just after he left the Hall of Receiving Merit?

Without any surprise, Zhou Feng had gained another passive skill.

And it was precisely because of this passive skill that he had the confidence not to hand over half his Blood Pills.

Self-Healing Physique (Level 1): Able to slowly recover from injuries on its own. Appropriate medicine can speed up this self-healing process.

This was a recovery-type passive!

There was no activation condition. As long as he was injured, it could keep activating.

Moreover, the speed of self-healing would also be affected by medicine.

Put simply, with medicinal assistance, the self-healing speed would become even faster.

Perhaps it did not seem particularly impressive from the description alone.

But if it was paired with the Old Skin passive he had gained earlier,

the situation seemed to be different.

Old Skin increased his defense every time he recovered from an injury, while Self-Healing Physique sped up the recovery of injuries.

By chance, this formed a small synergy.

Thus, based on his earlier considerations and the Self-Healing Physique passive,

Zhou Feng made up his mind.

Zhou Feng acted as though he had not heard Xiong Dan at all, his face still wearing that dull expression.

In reality, he was already prepared, his gaze fixed on Xiong Dan.

"Kid! Are you deaf?"

Seeing that expression on his face, Xiong Dan's inexplicable anger flared up at once.

Were all new disciples this arrogant now?

Did every single one of them dare to ignore him?

Faced with Xiong Dan's question, Zhou Feng did not answer. He simply continued walking forward in silence, as though he truly could not hear.

"Impressive! Could this guy really be deaf?"

"It's over! Xiong Dan's about to blow up!"

"He's going to hit hard! Look!"

"..."

Quite a few people around them were startled by the sight.

The new disciples of this batch were far too stubborn!

It seemed they still had not recognized the brutality within the sect.

Xiong Dan's enormous body suddenly displayed astonishing speed.

That seemingly cumbersome figure rushed before Zhou Feng in the blink of an eye.

For an instant, he truly looked like a bear king descending from the mountains, a baleful aura charging straight at Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng's reaction was equally swift. He immediately wrapped his arms around his head and crouched slightly.

Pfft!!

As though struck by a heavy blow, Zhou Feng spat out a mouthful of blood.

That simple punch was simply too heavy—so heavy that he felt as though a truck had rammed into him head-on.

But soon, the Bloodthirsty Gu inside him seemed to sense its host's danger.

A surge of pure blood qi gushed forth.

The intense pain immediately weakened considerably.

At the same time, Zhou Feng's eyes turned blood-red, and his reason was devoured in that instant.

The people around him did not know that the Bloodthirsty Gu within him had already transformed.

Though it had not yet reached the level of a first-rank Gu insect, it had gained the Bloodthirsty skill.

Within the Three Gu Sect, the main method of cultivation was actually raising Gu insects.

And whenever a Gu insect transformed, it would return many benefits to its host.

Among them, Bloodthirsty was the Bloodthirsty Gu's most basic skill.

It could allow its host to enter the Bloodthirsty State. After entering the Bloodthirsty State,

one's reason would instantly be weakened by half, while physical strength would rise in a straight line.

In gaming terms, it was a berserk skill. After the Bloodthirsty State ended, it would also cause considerable damage to the body.

At the same time, the Bloodthirsty Gu would devour a massive amount of blood qi. It was practically borrowing against the future to fight.

"Blood-red eyes? Is that the Bloodthirsty State? How is that possible!"

"He's a disciple who just entered the sect?"

"The Bloodthirsty Gu has started transforming so quickly? That's not right!"

"The Bloodthirsty Gu is actually willing to spit out so much blood qi?"

"..."

Seeing Zhou Feng's condition, quite a few older disciples who had been watching the show nearly had their eyeballs fall out.

Because this was clearly the Bloodthirsty State, a skill that could only be mastered after the Bloodthirsty Gu underwent at least one transformation.

And one also had to have an excellent relationship with the Bloodthirsty Gu in order to use it.

Many disciples who had entered the sect long ago could not use the Bloodthirsty State even after their Bloodthirsty Gu had transformed several times.

The reason was that the Bloodthirsty Gu was unwilling.

Only those born with physiques that had an affinity for Gu insects could easily use the Bloodthirsty State.

"Bloodthirsty State? A genius?"

Xiong Dan's eyes instantly turned scarlet as well.

A black shadow flashed past, and that body like a giant bear appeared before Zhou Feng once more.

With Zhou Feng in the Bloodthirsty State, his fighting was now entirely handed over to instinct.

His right hand swept up and directly blocked the punch.

At the same time, a move surfaced in his mind.

Iron Mountain Lean!

Zhou Feng twisted his body, then slammed his right shoulder fiercely into Xiong Dan's chest.

Crack!

It was the sound of bones breaking.

Zhou Feng felt as though he had crashed into a city wall cast from iron, and the bone in his right shoulder cracked slightly.

The gap between their realms was still far too great.

Xiong Dan was genuinely at the ninth level of Body Tempering, while Zhou Feng had only just begun cultivating.

Though Xiong Dan had not reacted at all to that instinctive strike,

he had not suffered much injury. He merely felt a tightness in his chest.

Then he sent Zhou Feng flying with another punch.

Yet this time, Zhou Feng did not feel much pain. In the Bloodthirsty State, even his sense of pain seemed to have diminished greatly.

Zhou Feng's faintly blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Xiong Dan.

At the same time, he took out the Blood Pills he had just collected and swallowed two or three in one gulp.

His previously withered blood qi filled up once more.