Chapter 99: Useful

Li Musheng formed a claw with his five fingers, grasping the void in midair; a sound of metal clashing against metal echoed between heaven and earth, as if a thousand-pound chain materialized before his floating fingers, transforming into countless invisible shackles that sealed and trapped Su Su Zhangqing's meridians, bones, sinews, flesh, and blood.

In an instant, faint green light emerged at Su Su Zhangqing's acupoints, and the flow of his meridians appeared clearly, shimmering like flowing light.

Immediately, Li Musheng tapped lightly through the air; in a blink, countless afterimages appeared, as if he had struck out hundreds or thousands of fingers, yet it seemed as though he had only thrown two.

One finger was like the Tianhe River damming its flow, reversing the blood qi; the other was like a cage trapping a dragon's sinew, gathering qi and condensing essence.

Only to see the true qi of the surrounding heaven and earth freeze instantly; in Su Su Zhangqing's incredulous gaze, threads of crimson-gold intermingled firelight and blood mist slowly drilled out from his heart.

The Fire Qilin blood originally circulating within his body was snatched away at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally condensing into a mass of blood wreathed in crimson-gold firelight.

Li Musheng gently spread his hand, and the crimson-gold blood fell into his palm.

The Fire Qilin blood before his eyes resembled burning, scalding magma; it scorched the air until it warped and swayed, emitting an extreme heat capable of melting gold and fusing stone.

Li Musheng raised his eyes to glance at Su Su Zhangqing once, then lightly raised an eyebrow.

One must admit this fellow is talented; swallowing this Fire Qilin blood must have been harder than swallowing a red-hot iron bar, yet he managed to endure it, no wonder he ended up looking half-man, half-ghost.

Thinking thus, Li Musheng shook his head, ignored the other man, and began to observe and study the Fire Qilin blood in his hand.

Of course, making him eat this thing was absolutely impossible.

This substance differed from the blood of any normal creature; it was hard to imagine any living being whose body could circulate such a high-temperature liquid resembling molten iron.

However, this Martial Way World was already extraordinary; perhaps the so-called divine beast Fire Qilin truly existed?

Li Musheng stroked his chin, shifted his mind, and immediately a golden vortex formed in his palm, beginning to attempt drawing the Fire Qilin blood in his hand into his body.

Immediately, an incredibly violent power began to sprout within Li Musheng's body; soon, it surged like a torrent, ravaging the meridians and acupoints within him.

In an instant, a layer of crimson firelight appeared on Li Musheng's skin, and his entire person seemed wrapped and burned by rolling flames.

Just then, a burst of unrestrained wild laughter suddenly arose.

Su Su Zhangqing, whom Li Musheng had previously ignored, suddenly erupted without warning; his single hand clenched into a fist, condensing terrifying heaven-and-earth true qi, and he struck down in a surprise attack toward Li Musheng's heart.

"Brat, you dare devour the Fire Qilin blood before my very eyes? You are simply asking for death!"

Su Su Zhangqing's face, covered in rotting flesh, was filled with ruthless expression; now that he no longer needed to suppress the Fire Qilin blood, he had already regained the strength of a Martial Way expert in the Heaven-and-Mortal Realm.

Although he knew Li Musheng's martial cultivation was powerful, he was confident that while the other man was occupied dealing with the Fire Qilin blood, he was little different from a lamb awaiting slaughter.

With this punch, even if he could not kill Li Musheng, inflicting serious injury on him was unquestionable.

However, in the next moment, Su Su Zhangqing suddenly froze in shock; his entire form, having only rushed halfway through the air, seemed to instantly lose all strength and abruptly froze motionless.

At some unknown time, a blood hole had appeared at his brow; the fist he held had not yet struck, yet his own life force was rapidly draining away.

Soon, his entire body fell straight down toward the ground.

From beginning to end, Su Su Zhangqing never imagined that Li Musheng, who should have been like a lamb awaiting slaughter, could strike out and kill him in a single move.

At this moment, Li Musheng glanced indifferently at Su Su Zhangqing's corpse, then turned his head to look at Han Meiyan not far away.

At this time, the other party still kept her head lowered, appearing completely nonexistent, as if she had seen nothing.

Even when she previously witnessed Li Musheng devouring the Fire Qilin blood, Han Meiyan seemed to have no intention of acting, nor did she even attempt to flee.

"You just ate the Fire Qilin blood like that?"

At this moment, Li Yuanling leaped from a distance and arrived.

When she saw Su Su Zhangqing suddenly launch a surprise attack, she was startled; she immediately rushed forward to stop him, but before she reached halfway, she discovered Su Su Zhangqing had simply fallen straight down, dead.

Seeing this, Li Yuanling knew her formidable sworn brother had no need for her help.

Nevertheless, she was still curious: after Li Musheng "swallowed" the Fire Qilin blood, he was completely unharmed.

At this moment, Li Musheng glanced at her leisurely and said:

"Sworn sister, seeing you rush over so urgently, are you upset I didn't share a bit with you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanling instinctively looked at Su Su Zhangqing's corpse covered in rotting flesh, then shook her head like a rattle drum and said:

"I didn't say that; don't drag me into trouble!"

Li Musheng chuckled, then shifted his attention to the Fire Qilin blood raging continuously within his body.

Although the power of the Fire Qilin blood was violent, it caused him not the slightest harm; those seemingly terrifying high-temperature flames never damaged even a single hair on his body.

On the contrary, the power of the Fire Qilin blood was rapidly integrating into his body.

Before long, the firelight appearing on Li Musheng's surface dispersed, and his eyes brightened.

During this period, Li Musheng had completely absorbed the power within the Fire Qilin blood into his body.

He discovered that the power contained in the Fire Qilin blood was completely different from Martial Way true qi; it seemed to be a very special "energy."

Although it still offered no improvement to his martial cultivation, it subtly improved his own physical body, including his bone constitution, aptitude, and his bones, sinews, flesh, and blood.

Of course, this change was extremely slight, even completely negligible, but for Li Musheng, it counted as a tiny, tiny improvement.

"Not bad, not bad; this thing is actually useful."

Li Musheng nodded slowly, then wore an expression of deep thought.

One must know that everyone's bone constitution and aptitude are innate; there are almost no divine pills or miraculous medicines in the world capable of altering them.

Yet this Fire Qilin blood was an exception; this thing could not only improve bone constitution but also subtly strengthen the bloodline; even for Li Musheng, who had already ascended to the peak of the Martial Way, it was not useless.

Thinking thus, Li Musheng stroked his chin.

Having only this small amount of Fire Qilin blood was far from enough; it could not bring about any substantial change or improvement for him.

If he could obtain more Fire Qilin blood, or simply find the legendary divine beast Fire Qilin and absorb the entire creature.

He might truly have a chance to find a path transcending the Martial Way through this.

Thinking thus, Li Musheng's eyes glowed slightly; after the Tianqi Secret Treasury, he had finally found another possibility for transcending the Martial Way.

Although the divine beast Fire Qilin was somewhat ethereal and vague, and no one seemed to have ever found it until now.

But since Fire Qilin blood had flowed out, then logically the divine beast Fire Qilin should not be nonexistent.

(End of this chapter)