Gao Long and Gao Hu
At this moment, in Gao Long's room at the Gao Family mansion.
Gao Long frowned, his face somewhat gloomy. "Still haven't found Gao Hu?" he asked the guard in front of him in a deep voice.
"Reporting to Young Master Long, I have sent men to search the entire mansion and all the places Young Master Hu frequents, but we have not found any trace of him," the guard replied tremblingly, afraid of angering the capricious young master.
'That kid, he's vanished into thin air since that night...' Gao Long thought, increasingly annoyed. 'Is it because I was cold to him that day, and he's angry with me, so he's hiding away? Or...?'
He couldn't help but think of the missing, broken piece of iron. 'Could it be... that there really was something strange about that piece of iron? Is Gao Hu's disappearance related to that piece of iron?' This thought cast a shadow over his heart.
Looking at the timid and cowering guard before him, Gao Lu's last shred of patience ran out. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Forget it! No need to look anymore! A piece of trash, just let him go!"
"The most important thing right now is to successfully 'transport' these Blood Replacement Realm clansmen to the Central Continent!" A cold glint flashed in Gao Long. "As long as we sell them for a good price, we can get a large sum of cultivation resources! What is the Gao Family? What does sacrificing a few elders matter? Those who stand in my way can be abandoned! I, Gao Long, am destined to become a superior person and stand at the pinnacle of Martial Dao!"
Meanwhile, deep in a secluded, dense forest outside the city.
"Pfft!"
With a muffled thud as a sharp weapon pierced flesh, the struggling figure in black came to an abrupt halt, his eyes filled with terror and resentment, his Vitality rapidly fading away.
Gao Hu expressionlessly pulled the dagger from the other man's heart, letting the warm blood splatter onto his face.
He pressed that strange, broken piece of iron onto the corpse.
A chilling scene unfolded! The iron plate seemed to possess a life of its own, emitting an eerie red light. The corpse shriveled up at a visible speed, all its life essence being greedily absorbed by the iron plate, ultimately turning into a dried-up corpse!
A pure and powerful energy surged into Gao Hu's body through the iron plate! His muscles and bones crackled and popped, and his aura soared! His cultivation, which was originally only at the Lesser Flesh Refining, broke through barriers in a short period of time and directly reached the first Perfection level of the Flesh Refining Realm — the Mighty Bull's Strength!
"Ah... this feeling... it's so exhilarating!" Gao Hu, feeling the explosive power within him, let out a satisfied yet twisted growl! 'Slaughter... devouring... this is the shortcut to becoming stronger!'
He licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with a mad light. 'I will continue! I will become stronger! I will cultivate each realm to its ultimate, Ultimate Perfection!'
"Hehehe... Kid, you've got quite the ambition..." The eerie voice of the iron plate echoed in his mind again, tinged with mockery. "Want to reach the Ultimate Perfection of every level of the Body Tempering Realm? That's not something you can easily achieve just by devouring. Even in the vast Central Continent, among billions of living beings, those who can do that are as rare as phoenix feathers."
Gao Hu turned a deaf ear to this; at this moment, he was completely blinded by the sweetness of power and the flames of revenge.
"Where is the next target...?" He looked around, his eyes blazing with the predatory intent of a wild beast that had caught the scent of blood. "I'm going to keep hunting!"
' Dongfang Yueming! You just wait! It won't be long before I show you what true fear is!'
'And Gao Long! Didn't you look down on me? Soon, I'll prove to you that I, Gao Hu, am the true chosen one of the Gao Family!'