FS-novel #134 - Let me see how many times you can swallow it!
#134 - Let me see how many times you can swallow it!
Within the battle arena, a moment passed.
The collision of two powerful forces stirred up violent winds, sending sand and stones flying.
The combatants fought until the heavens and earth turned dark.
The Black Serpent's speed was as swift as lightning.
In contrast, the giant Flower Serpent's serpentine body seemed somewhat clumsy, its movements and dodges showing signs of faltering.
After a few exchanges, the Flower Serpent had already taken several hammer blows.
Blood splattered from its body, but thanks to the crimson cloud protecting it, the injuries were minor.
"It hurts like hell! You damned, dirt-eating, belly-crawling snake!" the Flower Serpent cursed in anger.
"Shut up!" the Black Serpent frowned. "You're a snake too!"
"When I get fierce, I'll even curse myself!" Xu Chengxian snarled, spitting out a mouthful of bloody mist. "How about that? Scared now!"
The Black Serpent frowned, dodging the bloody mist that had transformed into a cleaving blade.
He thought to himself: This won't do.
He had learned the true meaning of Hong Lie's words about the Flower Serpent's powerful physique.
The demon's body was even slightly stronger than his own.
Its blood energy was abundant, readily available and inexhaustible.
The hammers infused with demonic power struck him, yet he felt no pain!
If he didn't use combat skills and divine abilities, it would be difficult to win.
But if he used all his abilities, he would expose his weaknesses and exhaust himself greatly.
"Its demonic body moves slowly, indeed somewhat like its divine soul is failing," the Black Serpent finally decided to take a gamble.
Taking advantage of a momentary lapse, he once again unleashed his demon core.
Whoosh—
The demon core shot out a beam of light.
It headed straight for the giant Flower Serpent's forehead.
As fast as a shooting star, impossible to dodge.
If it were any other demon, they could only gather their demonic power and endure the blow.
Victory or defeat would depend on the strength of their cultivation and divine sense.
Therefore, using the demon core to attack was often a last resort for those confident in their power, aiming to kill their opponent.
But Xu Chengxian, of all people, had another way.
"Haha! It's done!" he cried out in his heart.
He had failed to deceive Hong Lie earlier, but now he had succeeded in deceiving the Black Serpent!
He had to restrain himself, not to reveal his joy too obviously, lest he be seen through.
The blood energy cloud around him instantly surged like a monstrous wave, completely blocking himself and the demon core.
He probed with his divine sense, checking if the opponent had played any tricks on it this time.
Although the possibility of someone being able to tamper with the demon core during a fierce battle was extremely slim,
it was always good to be cautious.
[Blood Energy +10 +10...]
[Essence Blood Energy +0.1 +0.1...]
[Blood Energy +10 +10 +10 +10...]
[Congratulations to the host for refining a wisp of demonic power, gaining a total of Blood Energy...]
"Hiss hiss!"
The wonderful notification sound, the nostalgic taste, was back!
Had only a few dozen breaths passed?
It felt like several days had passed in just a moment!
Xu Chengxian did not dare to be careless.
While absorbing the demonic power from the demon core and constantly refining it, he fully expanded his divine sense, and as the blood energy on his body surged, he thickened the crimson cloud covering him by several layers.
If the Black Serpent attacked again, he could spit out the demon core at any time.
The timing of the demon core's return could be considered perfect.
The demonic power he had previously refined had almost been scattered throughout the snake's body.
Although the battle had only lasted a dozen or so exchanges at most,
its snake body was huge.
Each movement required mobilizing a large amount of blood energy.
And since his opponent was a Great Demon of the Later Stage, Xu Chengxian had to go all out.
This caused his blood energy to be consumed, but his physique and divine soul were constantly becoming stronger.
Battle.
It was indeed the fastest way to grow!
"That Black Serpent guy has now suffered losses twice!" Xu Chengxian thought gleefully.
The demonic power of the demon core was extracted.
The demonic power was consumed in battle.
In comparison.
Xu Chengxian had gained a great advantage.
It seemed that he was taking the Black Serpent's demonic power, refining it, and then using it to deal with the Black Serpent, which seemed like a break-even.
However, that was not how it was actually calculated.
"My blood energy consumption in battle is not small, but my overall combat power is gradually increasing."
"The consumed amount, the refined demonic power, is enough to replenish it."
Not only could it be replenished, but it far exceeded it.
Otherwise, why would he bother with this?
It wasn't like he was just full and had nothing to do.
And in this process, countless blood energy surged and rose, condensing into essence blood energy.
Finally, there was the tempering of the flesh and divine soul by the blood energy.
A Great Demon of the Later Stage, without murderous intent, without using combat skills and divine abilities, fighting a great battle with you.
What was the difference between this and sparring?
What's more, he selflessly gave you the demon core to cultivate.
This wasn't an opponent?
This was clearly a great benefactor!
Of course, the Black Serpent being kind did not affect Xu Chengxian's continued trickery.
Mainly, the two of them were now in a ring battle, willing to go on stage, destined to determine victory and defeat.
So-called, all's fair in war.
Fighting with some tricks, isn't that too much?
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen breaths of time had passed.
During this period, the Black Serpent tried to attack several times, but Xu Chengxian sensed it in advance and dodged it.
At this time, he spat out the demon core again.
"Here you go!"
The moment the word "you" came out, his tail also rose.
Continue fighting!
...
Practice makes perfect.
This time, Xu Chengxian pretended that his demonic body was not controlling smoothly in battle, becoming more and more skilled, and even had a sense of layering.
He had absorbed the demonic power from the demon core twice in a row.
When the Black Serpent took back the demon core, he couldn't have not sensed that there was less demonic power in it.
So, he pretended to be even more serious than the previous time.
After all, after devouring the demonic power of the demon core, the situation should be this trend.
But the opponent wasn't really stupid either.
During the great battle, the Black Serpent still hesitated.
He began to suspect Xu Chengxian's intentions.
Outside the demon core, there were Dao spirit patterns that were refined by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and formed spontaneously.
He couldn't understand why Xu Chengxian could absorb the demonic power without harming the demon core.
Moreover, he had absorbed half a year's worth of his accumulation in just a few dozen breaths.
But he was unwilling to stop now.
Hong Lie's words were still ringing in his ears.
The Flower Serpent's predicament was right in front of him.
Maybe, next time, the other party would lose control of his body!
"As long as the demon core is fine, the lost demonic power can be quickly replenished." At worst, he would consume some mid-grade spirit stones or swallow pills.
Moreover, the small amount lost would not affect his combat power.
"One more time!" The Black Serpent gritted his teeth.
So, he took advantage of the gap between fighting with Xu Chengxian and suddenly sacrificed the demon core!
...
"Hiss hiss!"
Xu Chengxian's vertical pupils shone brightly!
The third time he spat out the demon core and returned it to the Black Serpent.
He was afraid that the opponent would not be fooled this time, so he opened his mouth and persuaded: "Brother Black Serpent, listen to my advice, take the demon core back, don't use it to hit me anymore."
You must give it to me!
"Look, I'm not afraid of this!" He twisted his body, and in the midst of the blood cloud, he suddenly pounced towards the Black Serpent.
And the snake's tail was hidden in it.
"Humph!" The Black Serpent saw through his trick and jumped up.
His movements were as ghostly as a ghost, driving the demon light to pierce through the crimson cloud, approaching him!
He swung the hammer horizontally!
Bang!
More than a dozen rounds passed again.
Still no victory or defeat.
The Black Serpent even used the least consuming natal divine power combat skill - Water Dragon Formation.
However, he still couldn't cause too much damage to the Flower Serpent.
He also saw the Flower Serpent several times almost being injured in the vitals due to a momentary stagnation of the demon body.
This made him sacrifice the demon core again.
"I'll see how many times you can swallow it!" He gritted his teeth and thought to himself with blood-red eyes.