Chapter 34: Blood Gu, Jiang Luoli's Breakthrough!

Jianghai City, Ginkgo Villa.

Jiang Luoli is currently wearing a loose training outfit, sitting cross-legged under that huge and ancient ginkgo tree.

In front of her sits a simple and unadorned large cauldron, its surface carved with various snakes, insects, rats, and ants of all sizes.

Now, blood mist permeates this large cauldron, and the scent even wafts out, thick with the smell of blood.

At this moment, if one were to look down from above, one would certainly be able to see a wriggling blood-colored insect inside the cauldron.

This insect is no longer than a finger, its entire body a striking blood-red; especially on the top of its head, there is a pair of black patterns that seem like eyes, staring fixedly at the sky, as if they were a pair of cold and evil eyes gazing at the surroundings.

This blood-colored insect is opening its mouth, mouthful by mouthful, continuously devouring the flesh and blood of other Beasts; in just a moment, it has covered itself in blood, appearing like a demon that has crawled out from countless pools of blood.

And its tiny body keeps devouring the flesh and blood of the Beasts, as if this body can never be filled no matter how much it eats.

After a short while, the blood mist surrounding the small blood-colored insect disappears completely, and all the Beast flesh and blood thrown in have been devoured by it.

Yet its body still shows no obvious change.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

Amidst a slight sound, the blood-colored insect crawls out from the large cauldron.

If an ordinary person saw such a terrifying thing, they would certainly feel disgusted and run as far away as possible, but at this very moment, a trace of a satisfied smile appears on Jiang Luoli's face, "The Blood Gu has finally been refined by me!"

As it turns out, the blood-colored insect before her is the Blood Gu insect; this thing just devoured a large amount of essence flesh and blood, so it possesses the strength of the Awakening Realm Mid-Stage the moment it is born.

So don't let its small size fool you; it is a very formidable existence.

The reason Jiang Luoli spent such great effort to refine this Blood Gu insect is not only because it is powerful, but also because it can help her cultivate!

The next moment, Jiang Luoli reaches out her hand, and the Blood Gu insect wobbles; the moment it touches her body, it enters her body directly through the blood vessels in her hand.

As the Blood Gu insect wriggles and crawls through her blood vessels, one can see bumps moving constantly under Jiang Luoli's skin, which looks slightly creepy, but Jiang Luoli does not care at all, and is even incredibly excited because of it.

"The realm has loosened!"

After noticing this, Jiang Luoli hurriedly circulates her cultivation technique, filled with joy, "This time, I will definitely be able to break through!"

Previously, during the battle with Lu Chuan, her realm had already loosened somewhat, which counted as helping her improve, and this time, with the addition of the Blood Gu and many preparations, she is confident she can charge into the Awakening Realm Late Stage in one go.

Once she reaches this level, she believes she can definitely fight Lu Chuan, restrain him, or even subdue him.

Several hours later, the aura on Jiang Luoli's body undergoes a huge change; one after another, unstable auras move rapidly within her body and on her skin, causing her to be shrouded in quite a bit of Spiritual Qi.

Clearly, she has successfully broken through to the Awakening Realm Late Stage.

Now, all Jiang Luoli needs to do is circulate her cultivation technique for a while longer to stabilize her realm.

"Miss."

However, not long after Jiang Luoli breaks through, the butler walks nearby and says to her, "Please take a look and see if this bow is the one you asked me to find!"

Hearing this, Jiang Luoli turns her head to look and sees the butler holding a bronze Ancient Bow; the bow is about 1.5 meters long, crafted entirely from bronze, with the two ends of the bow body connected to the bowstring by a black material with excellent flexibility.

On this bronze Ancient Bow are carved ancient runes; at a glance, they seem to be some kind of writing, but upon closer inspection, these runes have nothing to do with writing, as if they possess a unique meaning.

"Yes, this is it!" Jiang Luoli only glances at it a few times before her heart is filled with joy.

She reaches out to take the Ancient Bow, her fingers gently brushing over the ancient runes on it, as if producing some resonance.

This Ancient Bow is a great lethal weapon in Jianghai City that she knew about in her previous life, and after being reborn, she arranged for the butler to search for this bow.

After more than a month, she has finally found it.

"Butler, where did you find it?"

"It was quite lucky, actually."

The butler smiles slightly, "Following your instructions, I searched in antique shops, scrap yards, and various other places in the city, and even had designs on some noble families and financial groups to see if anyone was collecting it, but I didn't expect it to be in a low-end antique shop."

"In that case, the luck was indeed quite good."

Jiang Luoli nods, and the next moment, she uses her jade fingers to pull the bowstring tight while channeling strands of spiritual power into it.

Hum—

In an instant, these strands of spiritual power fill the runes, and after emitting a brilliant light, they make this Ancient Bow shine with radiance.

Only at this moment does the Ancient Bow seem to reveal its true face.

Jiang Luoli is very satisfied with this; after all, this Ancient Bow has not suffered any damage and can be used immediately.

As spiritual power fills every rune and brews for a period of time, one can see an energy arrow nocked on the bowstring out of thin air, ready to be fired.

"It truly lives up to being the Moon Gazing Ancient Bow!"

Feeling the energy fluctuations on the arrow, Jiang Luoli is overjoyed in her heart, liking this item more and more.

In fact, only by knowing of the existence of the runes on this bow and channeling spiritual power into it can it be used; this counts as an opportunity she has planned for a long time since her rebirth.

"Congratulations to Miss for obtaining this treasure; it is as if you have divine assistance!"

On the side, the butler congratulates her with a smile; Jiang Luoli nods while secretly pondering, her confidence greatly increased, "With this bow, plus the fact that I am now at the Awakening Realm Late Stage!"

"Gu King, at our next meeting, I believe you will not be able to escape my grasp!"

Next, Jiang Luoli browses through the recent major events, and naturally sees the news spread by the Powerful Group, causing her expression to tighten.

She has fought Lu Chuan personally and is a returnee from rebirth, so naturally, she will not be as surprised by the size of a Beast as ordinary people, and sometimes, a Beast's size cannot represent anything.

At this moment, Jiang Luoli frowns slightly; thinking of Lu Chuan's various performances, she always feels that beneath the appearance of this giant snake, there is actually a cunning human!

Especially the speed at which Lu Chuan grows stronger, which makes her very worried.

"I must make a quick decision."

Jiang Luoli's eyes flicker; she knows clearly that she must plan it this way, "If this drags on, I fear there will be other complications!"

She knows that now that her cultivation has broken through and she has the Blood Gu and the Moon Gazing Ancient Bow, plus the momentum she built before, many noble families and financial groups are already planning to surround and capture the Snake King, which will be her assistance; she will not be fighting alone.

At this very moment, Jiang Luoli has considered all aspects, and then she mutters to herself, "With so many arrangements, this time I will definitely not fail!"

(End of chapter)