Su Yueli instantly tensed up, her body shifting as she retreated behind a shattered white jade pillar.
Frowning, she looked in the direction of the beast's roar.
From the deep shadows of the grand hall, a giant wolf the size of a bull slowly emerged.
The giant wolf was covered in needle-like black fur, with a dark red single eye on its forehead, emitting a foul, rancid stench.
A late stage First Realm demon beast, a Blood-Eyed Wolf.
Su Yueli felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy, cold sweat lightly coating her palms.
In this world, the gap between cultivators and martial artists was like a vast chasm.
Even if a mortal martial artist trained to the highest Tenth Realm, at best they could only trade a few blows with a Second Realm cultivator.
As for facing high-level cultivators, it was purely a situation where the opponent could casually throw out a spell and the martial artist would die instantly.
The late stage First Realm demon beast before her possessed strength equivalent to a Dao-entering cultivator at the late stage of the First Realm, perfectly illustrating the divide between immortals and mortals.
How the hell am I supposed to fight this? Skip it, bro.
Su Yueli cursed inwardly. Even though she had now broken through to the Sixth Realm, she did not dare to be careless in the slightest. After all, she had never fought a demon beast before.
At this moment, the Blood-Eyed Wolf's single eye also locked onto Su Yueli, a glint of intelligent greed flashing within it.
It had stayed in these deserted ruins for far too long and had not tasted fresh human flesh in ages.
“Roar!”
Loath to waste time testing her, the giant wolf kicked up a gust of foul wind and lunged madly at Su Yueli.
It moved so fast that it dragged a black afterimage behind it, arriving before her almost instantly.
So fast!
Su Yueli's pupils contracted. Relying on the instincts forged through countless life-and-death battles, she stomped her foot and dodged several feet to the side in a hair-raising maneuver.
Boom!
The wolf's claw slammed heavily into the white jade pillar behind her. The pillar, as thick as a man's embrace, was shattered to pieces by the claw, and the residual spiritual energy even snapped several giant trees behind it.
Su Yueli's heart shuddered as she fully realized the terrifying, insurmountable chasm between the levels of martial artists and cultivators.
This kind of pure physical strength and speed had already surpassed the common sense of mortal martial arts.
She did not dare to hold back in the slightest. With a shake of her hands, her Shadow Fist Blades instantly extended their sharp, glinting edges.
First form, Mountain Splitter!
Su Yueli focused entirely on close-quarters combat. With a sway of her body, she slipped beneath the giant wolf's underbelly. Her right fist, wrapped in Sixth Realm Martial Opening blood qi, smashed violently toward the wolf's soft flank.
Clang!
When the fist blades struck the wolf's belly, they actually produced a sound akin to clashing metal.
Su Yueli was slightly stunned. Are you kidding me? That seemingly soft layer of black fur is actually harder than mortal iron armor?
Stung by the pain, the giant wolf swept its tail in a violent rage.
The wolf's tail, like a steel whip, whipped through the air with a screech and struck Su Yueli's protective blood qi.
Bang!
Su Yueli was sent flying horizontally, crashing heavily into a ruined wall and smashing a large crater into the stone structure.
A sweet taste rose in her throat, and a trace of fresh blood trickled down the corner of her mouth.
“I'm not done yet!”
Su Yueli grit her teeth and stood up, a ruthless glint in her eyes.
Is this the power of the cultivation level?
It's indeed hard to deal with...
The giant wolf had succeeded with its strike and lunged forward once more.
Su Yueli took a deep breath, the Sixth Realm blood qi inside her body circulating frantically.
Fourth form! River Blocker!
This time, she neither dodged nor avoided it. Facing the giant wolf's bloody maw, and relying on the sharpness of the Shadow Fist Blades, she concentrated all of her mastered fourth form's short-range force into her fists.
The subterranean profound iron and the demon beast phalanges on the Shadow Fist Blades gleamed with a piercing, eerie light.
“Die!”
Su Yueli punched out, her fist clashing violently with the giant wolf's sharp fangs.
The mastered short-range force penetrated through the fist blades like countless tiny steel needles, erupting violently along the giant wolf's mouth. It instantly shattered its mouthful of steel-like teeth to pieces, before the force traveled straight into its brain.
Crack!
The sharp barbs at the front of the Shadow Fist Blades also seized the momentum to viciously pierce through the giant wolf's lower jaw.
The giant wolf let out a miserable whimper, its massive body twitching violently a few times before collapsing heavily to the ground, completely lifeless.
Thud.
Su Yueli also slumped to the ground as if drained of all strength, coughing up a mouthful of fresh blood.
Leaning against a withered tree trunk, she panted heavily, her entire body's muscles trembling uncontrollably. In this battle, she had exerted every ounce of her strength, sustaining significant internal injuries, including two broken ribs.
“Too weak... I'm still too weak.”
Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Su Yueli looked at the giant wolf's corpse with a bitter smile.
Just fighting a bottom-tier, late stage First Realm demon beast had almost cost her her life.
If she were to face Pang Jinbiao, who was at the peak of the Eighth Realm, or the cultivators behind the Pang family, she probably wouldn't even have the right to struggle.
Strength—she needed even greater strength!
Just then, as Su Yueli watched the hot demon blood constantly gushing from the giant wolf's wounds, her expression suddenly shifted.
She suddenly recalled what she had heard five years ago at the Martial Arts Tournament about the descendants of prominent families purchasing beast blood to boost their cultivation.
At that time, both Chu Feng and Yun He had mentioned that the essence blood of high-grade demon beasts had miraculous effects in cleansing a martial artist's marrow and tempering their bones.
Indeed, she had bought a bottle to try back then, and it had been extremely effective.
Although the beast before her was only at the late stage of the First Realm, it was still a genuine demon beast.
If she drank its blood, would she also be able to raise her cultivation?
Supporting her body with effort, Su Yueli stood up and walked over to the giant wolf's corpse. Looking at the viscous pool of blood, she hesitated slightly.
She had heard that the beast blood used by the descendants of prominent families was always refined by cultivators using special methods to remove impurities and purge the violent demonic qi.
If a mortal martial artist directly consumed raw, untreated demon blood, they would highly likely explode and die from being unable to withstand the violent energy.
She certainly didn't know any refining techniques.
“The bold feast, while the timid starve.”
Su Yueli stared at the pool of blood, biting her silver teeth.
Back then, those descendants of prominent families had used the essence blood of Fourth Realm demon beasts, so the energy of that stuff was naturally extremely violent.
But the one before her was only at the late stage of the First Realm. Although it was untreated, her own physical body had been thoroughly tempered by Sixth Realm blood qi, giving her a very solid foundation. Perhaps she could withstand it.
“With great risk comes great reward!”
If she kept training bitterly step-by-step, who knew how long it would take before she could seek her revenge.
Su Yueli hesitated no longer. Squatting down, she scooped up a pool of hot demon blood with her fair hands and brought it directly to her mouth.
It was viscous, foul-smelling, and even carried a trace of stinging pain.
Su Yueli forced herself to swallow it down.
After taking several large gulps in a row, she sat back down cross-legged on the ground and waited quietly.
However, after dozens of breaths had passed, there was still no reaction within her body.
Su Yueli frowned slightly, finding it a bit strange. “Could it be that this demon beast's realm is too low, so the energy in its flesh and blood is useless to a Sixth Realm martial artist like me?”
But before this thought could fully settle...
Boom!
In the next instant, a violent torrent of heat suddenly exploded from her stomach.
The heat was like scalding lava, running wildly along her extraordinary meridians.
Su Yueli only felt a buzzing sound in her head, and her entire body's blood qi actually began to surge frantically out of control.
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