Chapter 177: I used to be strong?!

Su Ming flipped his left hand, two bottles of 【Source Blood】 appeared out of thin air.

He showed no hesitation.

He twisted open the bottle, tipped his head back, and drained it in one gulp.

Now he treats this stuff like cola! The more he drinks, the more exhilarating it gets!

Glug, glug.

The caved-in wound on his chest actually began to wriggle and heal!

"This..."

The girls of the 【Qiang Wei Squad】 stared, their eyes nearly popping out.

What the hell is this?!

However, an even more blood-pressure-raising scene then occurred.

Su Ming walked straight up to the barely breathing 【Jingzhe】 and squatted down.

He pried open her mouth.

He poured the entire other bottle of 【Source Blood】 into her.

???

You… you stabbed someone straight through, then fed them a divine medicine to bring them back?

Is this some new kind of PUA?!

You're playing this so fancy?!

"My lord, what… are you doing?"

Fa Zheng and Jiang Wan, who had rushed over, looked at this scene and were equally bewildered.

Only Pang Tong.

He neither looked at Su Ming nor at 【Jingzhe】.

His Phoenix Eyes, which could see through all things, stared fixedly at the empty midair.

Deep in his pupils, shock and awe!

……

"Cough cough!"

【Jingzhe】 gradually came to amid a violent fit of coughing.

The fatal wound on his chest, nourished by the 【Source Blood】, had already stopped bleeding and scabbed over.

She looked at Su Ming, who was squatting before her, and her eyes first went blank.

Then they blazed with brilliant light!

Seeing this, Su Ming spoke up, preparing to explain a bit.

"Thank… thank you, King."

But 【Jingzhe】's words beat him to it!

【Mengdie】 and the others were completely dumbfounded.

"Th… thanks?!"

"This kid, did he really get stabbed stupid?"

"Or perhaps…"

"This 【Jingzhe】 guy, is he just a hopeless masochist?!"

"Beaten to a pulp like this, and he still says thanks?!"

"I know."

【Jingzhe】 met everyone's ghost‑like gaze, and a hint of satisfaction appeared on his face.

"King, you're forcing me."

"Forcing me to unleash my potential!"

"I can feel it… I've gotten stronger!"

"Next time, cut me again!"

Her gaze was clear and sincere, with not a hint of falseness.

Only a pure longing for the martial way, for becoming stronger.

Su Ming looked at her eyes and fell silent.

Good!

She indeed didn't remember the 【Divine Warrior】 having appeared.

Some things, knowing them too early, do her no good.

"Take her to rest."

Su Ming rose to his feet and instructed the women.

Immediately, he summoned 【Mengdie】.

"You, come with me."

……

Inside the quiet elegant room.

Su Ming sat in the chair, saying nothing.

He merely tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop.

【Mengdie】 stood to the side, gazing at the King's calm, waveless side profile, her heart full of worry yet she dared not speak to disturb him.

And Su Ming had already sunk deep into his own world.

In his mind, the few telepathic words of the Divine Warrior replayed over and over again.

"This feeling, you finally got to experience it once!"

"Now you…"

"So weak!"

If taken at face value, this is merely a deity's condescending rebuke and mockery of a mortal.

But…

Something's off!

That tone, that feeling…

Rather than calling it divine punishment, it's more like…

It feels more like an old friend long unseen, greeting oneself in a teasing way!

Just like after trashing a noob in a game, typing a taunt in the public chat!

If we follow this line of thought…

Su Ming felt a tingling on his scalp.

That Divine Warrior who presides over the concept of Combat knows him!

But he… has no memory of this being!

And moreover… says he's weak now?

Is the subtext of that sentence perhaps…

He used to be very strong?!

Strong enough to call gods brothers?!

Or perhaps…

All this is just me overthinking?

Is it my own illusion?

"Huh……"

Su Ming stopped striking, his thoughts shifted, and his consciousness sank into the Dimensional Reduction Warehouse.

In a corner of the warehouse.

A long spear of uniformly ancient simplicity, of unknown material, hovered there silently.

On its shaft, a galaxy seemed to swirl, exuding a terrifying will of indomitability and battling heaven and earth.

【Name: Battle Soul Immortal Gun】

【Quality: Myth (Growth-capable)】

【Function 1·Martial Resonance】: Holding this gun greatly enhances your combat intuition, making it easier to enter the Inner Eye state and discern the enemy's flaws.

【Function 2·Breaking Ten Thousand Laws】: This gun contains the true essence of Martial, allowing it to ignore Rule-level defenses and barriers, and each attack deals Real Damage.

【Function 3·Firewood】: Each time the gun drinks a strong enemy's blood, it draws a filament of their unyielding fighting will, turning it into a battle soul that nourishes the gun's body, increasing its power.

【Function 4】:???

【Function 5】:???

【Karma Overview】:???

【Annotation】:???

Myth tier!

And it's a Myth tier that can grow!

Even the Soul Dagger doesn't have this set of attributes…

Su Ming stared at the spear, and even with his temperament, his breathing became somewhat rapid.

This thing, at least in potential, is on the same level as the Han Soul Unquiet Flag!

【Divine Warrior】…

Su Ming slowly exhaled a puff of foul air.

Such a powerful thing handed over so generously to him?

It wouldn't fear that its ant—me, in its eyes—gets contaminated?

Unless…

Su Ming narrowed his eyes.

Unless, in its view, I have absolute qualification to wield this spear!

So…

Most likely it's not his narcissism.

But rather, on his own body, truly hides something even he doesn't know…

A world-shaking secret!