Chapter 110

In the valley, Qin Jiang descended rapidly, reaching the valley floor in a few breaths' time.

Looking around, the surroundings were filled with low flowers and grasses, with only a few sparse old trees rooted and coiled.

Looking toward a spot at the edge of the valley floor, there was a cave with a powerful aura inside—it was the former Mountain Lord, Wang Wu.

Besides that, he also sensed an extremely intense energy contained within the cave, which was rapidly growing stronger! He strode forward, walking toward the cave entrance.

Roar—! Before he could even get close, a tiger's roar came from inside the cave, and simultaneously, a layer of crimson flame erupted, surging out from the cave and spreading across the entire valley in an instant.

The flames burned across the valley, yet strangely, they caused no damage.

Instead, the many flowers and grasses in the valley began to grow wildly under the scorching of the blood flames, and at the same time, the leaves turned blood-red, sprouting new leaves like sharp thorns and blades.

At the tips of the thorns and the edges of the leaves, a bewitching black-purple color appeared, shimmering with a faint, cold light.

In the blink of an eye, the entire valley had turned blood-colored, faintly shimmering with black-purple.

Roar—! Another tiger's roar, and a massive black shadow rushed out from the cave—it was a giant golden-furred tiger, its body burning with blood-red flames, and its golden fur was rapidly turning blood-colored.

Roar—! In just the blink of an eye, the giant tiger's fur had completely turned blood-colored; it stood in place and roared at the sky, its terrifying might scaring away the birds, and even Xiaobai, who was hiding outside the valley, could not stop trembling.

It was too terrifying; such a Mountain Lord was so frightening.

She hurriedly took out a ginseng root and ate it to regain some strength, only daring to reveal half her head to observe the situation on the valley floor.

On the valley floor, Qin Jiang looked at the blood-colored giant tiger before him; its aura was cold and extremely chaotic, yet it still contained a portion of the original aura of the Mountain Lord, Wang Wu.

However, the current Wang Wu clearly lacked self-awareness. And those blood-colored eyes were a sign of an Eye Weird.

Roar~ The blood tiger walked to the cave entrance and lay down, letting out a soft, low growl, clearly indicating submission.

Clang, clang, clang.

The sound of metal clashing came from inside the cave.

Qin Jiang looked over; blood-colored smoke flowed out like thick blood, emitting a pungent, fishy odor.

A humanoid figure holding a long-handled broadsword walked out from the cave; its body was two meters tall, its eyes were blood-red and piercing, and its entire body was encased in gray-green armor, like an iron man.

Qin Jiang's eyes narrowed slightly—an Eye Weird, an Eye Weird comparable to a twelfth-tier Secret Martial Artist.

The armored Eye Weird leaped directly onto the tiger's back, its broadsword drawing a diagonal line and dropping to the right side of its body.

"I am a Guard Captain of the Great Huai Forbidden Guard! You are not of Great Huai! You shall die!"

The sharp voice echoed in the valley, and all the blood-colored plants began to tremble.

With a fierce squeeze of its legs, the giant tiger beneath it leaped out instantly, attacking Qin Jiang.

Boom—! Surging black demonic Qi erupted suddenly; the armored Eye Weird did not retreat in the slightest, charging straight into the demonic Qi while raising its broadsword to perform a downward cleave.

Whoosh—! The next moment, a claw covered in black scales emerged from the demonic Qi, reaching straight for the armored Eye Weird's face.

The armored Eye Weird's eyes flared with blood light, and it unleashed a downward cleave, carrying terrifying blood-colored radiance.

Clang! The broadsword struck the dragon claw directly, only to be snapped by the massive counter-shock force; the broken blade spun and embedded itself directly into the armored Eye Weird's forehead.

The dragon claw did not slow down, pressing onto the end of the broken blade and forcing the entire blade into the armored Eye Weird's head.

Then, the five fingers exerted force, the hard armor deformed instantly, and with a 'pop', the Eye Weird's head exploded.

After crushing the head, the dragon claw pressed downward, directly smashing the armored Eye Weird's left shoulder, and simultaneously crushing its heart.

Almost the instant the heart shattered, all the blood-colored plants in the valley stopped trembling, then became withered, and the blood color gradually faded.

Bang! The blood-colored giant tiger collapsed to the ground with a heavy thud, the blood color on its body dissipating like smoke.

And the armored Eye Weird's body turned into black ash and drifted away with the wind.

The demonic Qi dissipated, and Qin Jiang stood quietly before the giant tiger. "It... it's you..."

The Mountain Lord Wang Wu regained consciousness and recognized Qin Jiang's face.

"I didn't expect it to be you; what rotten luck."

"You can close your eyes," Qin Jiang said.

Wang Wu shook his whiskers weakly; he no longer had the strength to make expressions.

"I will bury you here and will not sell your corpse; consider it payment for the exotic fruit I am taking," Qin Jiang said.

"Mountain Lord! Mountain Lord!"

Xiaobai shouted, leaping down from above the valley and running rapidly to the giant tiger's side.

"What happened to you, Mountain Lord! Don't die! I have mountain ginseng! Eat it quickly!"

Xiaobai took out a palm-sized, pure white mountain ginseng and stuffed it into Wang Wu's mouth, using both hands to pinch Wang Wu's chin and nose to control its chewing.

Wang Wu's pupils flickered with a faint light, and its form gradually shrank, turning into a human shape.

But compared to his previous majestic middle-aged image, Wang Wu now looked like a young child.

He looked at Qin Jiang, "Uh... Brother Long, our Golden Tiger Clan has strong vitality, and there is more than one of those exotic fruits; share one with me, and I can still live."

Qin Jiang raised an eyebrow, "Understood."

Having said that, he walked straight into the cave, passing through a ten-meter-long passage before arriving at a slightly more spacious area.

There were no displays, only a blood-colored vine rooted in the corner, bearing five fruits that were blood-red as jade throughout.

It really was Blood Bodhi!

His eyes lit up; he had once read records of this legendary treasure—it was a divine object that could allow one to be reborn!

His fingertips moved slightly, plucking the fruits; he casually picked one up and took a bite, and immediately a stream of pure Source Power surged toward every part of his body.

Moreover, this Source Power did not just increase his total amount of Source Power; the strange Source Power contained within it was further strengthening his physical body!

It was worthy of being a divine object! One had to know that his physical body had already reached a level of toughness that even he himself did not know.

Like that Eye Weird earlier, even though it was comparable to a twelfth-tier Secret Martial Artist, it was still not a match for him in a single exchange.

That it still had an effect on a physical body of this level was no wonder that Xiaobai had been able to directly achieve the body of a Great Demon just by eating one.

Arriving outside the cave, he casually threw two to Wang Wu and Xiaobai, then turned and walked back into the cave.

Looking at the Blood Bodhi vine before him, a hint of regret appeared in his eyes.

He raised his hand to grasp the vine, then pulled it fiercely; the developed root system was pulled out entirely, entangled with an armored skeleton.

The style of the armor was identical to that of the previous armored Eye Weird.

However, Qin Jiang did not care about these things; he casually brushed the root system aside and rummaged through the skeleton to find a blood-red jade bead the size of a pigeon egg.

Bodhi Blood Jade—this was the fundamental reason why the Blood Bodhi took root and sprouted.

No one knew the origin of this thing; they only knew it was a treasure containing a massive amount of Source Power.

Black scales emerged, and the palm holding the Bodhi Blood Jade turned into a dragon claw; the sharp claws exerted force, and the friction against the blood jade produced a piercing sound.

Crack~ crack, bang!

The blood jade exploded, and the blood flames inside had not yet had time to erupt before they were swept up and swallowed by a surge of demonic Qi.

(End of chapter)