Chapter 104: After you die, aren't all these mine?

"Flesh and Blood Guard?"

Hearing Zhu Ge Chang Qing's reminder, Su Hao couldn't help but slightly startle.

Su Hao wasn't startled because the flesh and blood guard was a second-rank supernatural monster; he was startled that Zhu Ge Chang Qing could so quickly name its identity.

It seems the Divine Xia officials have already found the monster bestiary; I don't know if I can borrow it.

Su Hao secretly nodded, but now isn't the time to discuss that.

Afterwards, he looked at Da Xiong Mao and asked, "How many flesh and blood guards can you deal with?"

Roar! (Five!)

Da Xiong Mao nodded, extending five claws.

Although these flesh and blood guards are all second-rank supernatural monsters, Da Xiong Mao still has full confidence that he can 1V5 and deal with all of them.

Good, since you can deal with two, the two flesh and blood guards on the left are yours.

Roar? (Ah?)

Da Xiong Mao blinked, looked at its claws, counted them one by one, then extended them in front of Su Hao and shook them.

Roar! (Thigh, I said five, five! These five losers, I, a bear, can handle them all!)

Huh? You didn't extend two claws?

Roar! (Two, they're two...

Seeing Su Hao's half-smile, Da Xiong Mao's eyes twitched twice, and it silently retracted three claws.

Oh no, oh no, is thigh really going to sabotage me? No way, for the sake of my purple gold bamboo, I gotta put on a good show! Thinking this, Da Xiong Mao put on a fierce look and dashed toward the two flesh and blood guards on the left.

Su Hao glanced at Da Xiong Mao's side, then didn't look further.

Everything's handed to you, so what do I get to play with? And...

The condition of that meatball is unknown; we need to prepare in advance! "You guys step back a bit, don't get hit by friendly fire."

After giving Ling Xue'er and the others a word, Su Hao turned his gaze to the three flesh and blood guards on the right, controlling the blood-colored magic book, which hovered before him.

Then, Su Hao mobilized the mental power in his soul and the qi and blood in his body, infusing them into the blood-colored magic book.

The next moment.

The blood-colored magic book automatically opened, and on two blank pages, blood-red droplet-shaped runes appeared.

Twenty thumb-sized drops of scarlet blood appeared out of thin air above the blood-colored magic book; they shot forth like twenty bullets leaving the barrel, at astonishing speed.

In an instant, they reached before the three flesh and blood guards.

Boom boom boom—! The twenty bloody missiles exploded violently upon hitting the flesh and blood guards.

Scarlet blood, wrapped with tremendous impact force and special energy containing the blood element, shot out from the scarlet missiles.

The flesh and blood guards' bodies were blown backward, leaving holes of various sizes on them, with copious blood mixed with flesh chunks spurting from those holes.

But in the next moment, countless tender flesh sprouts grew from the wounds of the flesh and blood guards.

As these flesh sprouts writhed and grew, the flesh and blood guards' bodies quickly recovered.

Soon, their bodies returned to normal, those various-sized holes vanished completely, as if they'd never been injured.

"Su Hao, ordinary attacks can't do anything to these flesh and blood guards; we must smash their core to kill them, but I don't know where their core is..."

Seeing Su Hao's attack ineffective, Zhu Ge Chang Qing hurriedly reminded him.

No problem!

Su Hao waved his hand, as if he hadn't heard Zhu Ge Chang Qing's reminder, and again mobilized his mental power and qi and blood, pouring them into the blood-colored magic book.

On the blank pages, blood-red droplet-shaped runes appeared.

Again, twenty equally sized bloody missiles appeared out of thin air above the blood-colored magic book, shooting toward the three flesh and blood guards ahead.

But this time, the three flesh and blood guards were already prepared; they raised their flesh and blood shields in front of their bodies.

Boom boom boom—! Accompanied by dull thuds, the twenty bloody missiles struck the flesh and blood guards' shields, causing violent explosions.

A pool of scarlet blood remained on the shields, dyeing the surrounding ground red, and it also shoved their bodies backward several steps.

How's the hardness of this shield?

Looking at the few shallow dents on the shield, Su Hao smiled slightly and used the Item Appraisal Technique on the shield and spear.

【Blood Flesh Shield】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: A shield made of special flesh and blood, with decent defense; attacks of first-rank supernatural grade struggle to break its defense.

Furthermore, it has some regenerative ability; as long as it isn't too severely damaged, it can automatically recover.

……

【Blood Flesh Spear】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: (omitted, same as blood flesh shield but attack changed to defense)……

Not bad, not bad, these are all mine.

Looking at the appraisal results, Su Hao nodded in satisfaction and unilaterally decided the ownership of these shields.

While the appraisal was underway, Su Hao's offensive did not stop; the blood-colored magic book flipped another page.

As the blood-red droplet-shaped runes appeared, another twenty bloody missiles shot out toward the flesh and blood guards.

Boom boom boom—! The three flesh and blood guards hadn't even steadied their stance before being knocked back again by the bloody missiles.

Moreover, this time Su Hao deliberately controlled the trajectory of the bloody missiles, making them avoid the shields as much as possible and strike the flesh and blood guards' bodies.

Thus, Su Hao kept firing bloody missiles, causing the flesh and blood guards not to approach at all, but instead be driven step by step toward the cavern's depths, where that huge meatball was located.

On the other side, Da Xiong Mao's combat was even more filled with violent aesthetics.

Da Xiong Mao relied on his thick skin and sturdy flesh, completely ignoring the flesh and blood guards' spear attacks, letting their spears stab into his body.

"Be careful, heart……"

Seeing this scene, Lin Xue'er and Le Yun's faces instantly changed, their little hands tightly clasped together, and they exclaimed in unison.

However, before their exclamations were finished, they saw the two blood-and-flesh guards' spears viciously stab into Da Xiong Mao's body.

But this attack result was far beyond Lin Xue'er and Le Yun's expectations.

All that could be seen was the blood-and-flesh guard's full-force thrust, which pierced Da Xiong Mao's body, feeling like a toothpick forcefully stabbed into a piece of cowhide.

The cowhide merely sank a little, while the toothpick was flung away by the tremendous recoil.

The blood-and-flesh guard's full-force strike didn't even pierce Da Xiong Mao's skin; instead, he himself was shaken back two steps.

"Roar? (Is that it?)"

Da Xiong Mao raised his paw, brushed his shoulder, and his eyes flashed with contempt.

Since planting the purple gold bamboo seeds, Da Xiong Mao has devoured the two-month supply in just two days.

Compared to when he first met Su Hao, Da Xiong Mao's physique has increased who knows how many times.

Even if Su Hao wanted to break through Da Xiong Mao's defense, it would take considerable effort.

Although these blood-and-flesh guards are also second-tier extraordinary monsters, how could their attacks compare to Su Hao's?

Even a defense that Su Hao finds hard to breach—how could these blood-and-flesh guards possibly break it? With no worries about defense, Da Xiong Mao launched a one-sided fierce assault.

"Roar! (For the purple gold bamboo!)"

Da Xiong Mao let out a low roar, lunged at the blood-and-flesh guard on the right, and slammed his paw hard onto the blood-and-flesh shield.

Da Xiong Mao's paw strike was terrifyingly powerful; after suffering a bloody missile attack, the blood-and-flesh shield could only show minuscule indentations. But when Da Xiong Mao's paw came down, there was a loud "Bang!" and a deep claw mark was left on the shield, sending that blood-and-flesh guard flying over ten meters to crash heavily onto the ground.

Next, Da Xiong Mao ignored the blood-and-flesh guard on the left, lunged again, mounted that guard, and furiously pounded the shield he held in front of him.

Bang bang bang——! Accompanied by a series of dull thuds, in just a moment the blood-and-flesh shield was covered with Da Xiong Mao's claw prints, intersecting cracks spreading across its entire surface.

"Roar! (Shatter for me!)"

Da Xiong Mao roared angrily and brought down his paw hard, completely smashing the blood-and-flesh shield into pieces.

Seeing the shield shattered into pieces all over the ground, Da Xiong Mao slightly raised his head, a look of pride appearing on his face.

But just then, a sudden reprimand from Su Hao came from behind Da Xiong Mao.

"You idiot, how did you break my shield?!"

"Roar? (Huh? Your shield?)"

Upon hearing Su Hao's words, Da Xiong Mao's movements visibly paused, and his proud expression turned somewhat stiff.

"Isn't this shield the blood-and-flesh guard's? How did it become your thigh?"

Even the blood-and-flesh guard beneath Da Xiong Mao couldn't help but turn his head and shout strangely at Su Hao.

"Aji Guluyah?!"

"Big boss big boss, this blood-and-flesh guard is saying that this shield has always been his, and telling you not to spout nonsense, okay?"

Because Da Xiong Mao was accompanying them, Lin Xue'er's translation module had been on auto-translate, promptly providing Su Hao with a translation and explaining what the blood-and-flesh guard had said.

"Don't listen to his nonsense; once he's dead, his shield, spear, and even his body will all be mine, right?"

Su Hao pursed his lips and replied matter-of-factly.

"Even if it were the ice snow goddess's statue and temple, I'd say move it and I'd move it; you're just a measly second-tier monster, I can't even take your stuff? I don't know why, but Su Hao always feels that Lin Xue'er is mixing a bit of water into this translation."

"What are you looking at? Is what I said wrong?"

Su Hao glared at the blood-and-flesh guard and told Da Xiong Mao: "The hearts of these blood-and-flesh guards are located under their right armpits; that should be their core. Smash his heart to see—remember, crush it completely, leaving no residue!"

Through this period of observation, plus the blood-flesh controller's extreme sensitivity to blood,

Su Hao discovered that these blood-and-flesh guards, whenever injured, would have large amounts of blood surge from their hearts and flow to the wounded area.

Then, at the wounded site, tender flesh buds would sprout, accelerating healing.

From this, it can be seen that the way these blood-and-flesh guards recover from injury shares some similarities with Su Hao, the blood-flesh controller.

According to Su Hao's estimate, the weakness of these blood-and-flesh guards is also the same as his—their own hearts.

Even if his guess was wrong, there would be no loss; after all, these blood-and-flesh guards are being beaten down by Da Xiong Mao, posing no danger.

"Roar! (All right, thigh, watch my bear-bear heart-piercing claw!)"

Da Xiong Mao let out a low roar, raised his right paw, and slammed it down onto the blood-and-flesh guard's right shoulder.

"Gua-la gua-la gu!"

Seeing Da Xiong Mao's clearly aimed, powerful paw strike, the blood-and-flesh guard instantly showed terror, raising his spear to block his chest.

However, he overestimated his spear and underestimated Da Xiong Mao's strength.

With a loud "Thud!", the blood-and-flesh guard's blood-and-flesh spear in his hand was split into two by Da Xiong Mao's paw.

But that wasn't the end; after breaking the blood-and-flesh spear, Da Xiong Mao's paw retained almost all its force and continued down onto the blood-and-flesh guard.

"Pfft——!" Accompanied by a spray of blood and flesh, the blood-and-flesh guard's entire right chest, along with half his arm, was utterly smashed by Da Xiong Mao's paw, leaving a huge hole.

The blood-and-flesh guard's chest and arm, having suffered such severe injury, naturally could not spare the heart hidden in his right armpit.

Being struck by Da Xiong Mao's paw, it was turned into a puddle of minced meat, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

When that blood-and-flesh guard's heart was pulped, his gaze gradually dimmed, and in the end, unwilling and puzzled, he glanced toward Su Hao.

"Who is this person? How does he know my weakness? Why……"

"Roar! (That's all!)"

Seeing the blood-and-flesh guard slapped to death by his own paw, Da Xiong Mao let out a low roar, lifted his head slightly, and once again wore a self-satisfied expression.

But he hadn't been proud for long before hearing Su Hao's reprimand again: "You idiot, you just smashed another of my spears; if you break one more, I'll confiscate your purple gold bamboo for three days!"

"Roar! (No way! I'll be careful, thigh—don't confiscate my purple gold bamboo!)"

Da Xiong Mao's face instantly changed; he hurriedly begged for mercy, then turned to the remaining blood-and-flesh guards behind him, his expression turning stern.

"For the purple gold bamboo, I gotta pay attention!"

The battle on Da Xiong Mao's side was already settled, so Su Hao no longer paid it much heed; he turned his gaze forward to the three flesh-and-blood guards being tightly pinned by the scarlet missiles onto the mass of flesh.

What puzzled Ling Xue'er and the others was that Su Hao already knew the weakness of these flesh-and-blood guards.

Yet he continued to launch blood‑stained missiles at a leisurely pace, making harmless attacks on the limbs and such of the three flesh-and-blood guards, keeping them pinned on the mass of flesh and unable to move.

"Almost there!"

He waited until the mass of flesh and the surrounding ground were covered in scarlet blood, then Su Hao nodded and ceased firing the blood‑stained missiles.

Afterward, his eyes narrowed slightly as he mobilized a large amount of mental power and qi‑blood, pouring it into the blood‑colored magic book.

The next moment.

The blood‑colored magic book opened to a new page, and on this blank page appeared a tentacle‑shaped blood‑red rune.

At the same time.

Beside the huge mass of flesh, ten pools of blood appeared, and from them ten scarlet tentacles nearly a meter in diameter and about ten meters long stretched out, whipping toward the three flesh-and-blood guards.

In an instant, both hands of the three flesh-and-blood guards were torn off, and the spears and shields they held fell to the ground.

Immediately after.

These ten scarlet tentacles then coiled around the flesh-and-blood guards, continually increasing their constricting force.

At first, the three flesh-and-blood guards could still struggle a bit.

But as the constricting force of the scarlet tentacles gradually increased, their struggling diminished, and strands of bright red blood seeped out through the gaps in the tentacles.

Within a moment, the three flesh-and-blood guards could no longer make any movement, their legs going limp and hanging down.

However, after summoning the ten scarlet tentacles, Su Hao never glanced at those three flesh-and-blood guards again.

From start to finish, he never regarded those five flesh-and-blood guards as enemies; even if five more came, he would not take them to heart.

Even if he did nothing, Da Xiong Mao could easily settle the matter with a single bear.

His attention had always been on that mass of flesh, and all the preparations he had made beforehand were likewise for that mass of flesh.

The mass of flesh gave Su Hao a strange feeling; he could sense a powerful aura emanating from it, yet there was no sense of danger.

It seemed merely a formidable but harmless extraordinary object.

At the very moment the five flesh-and-blood guards all died, the human face on the mass of flesh suddenly opened one large and one small eye, both filled with bloodshot veins.

After glancing at the utterly slain flesh-and-blood guards, he let out a hoarse plea:

"Kill me, please, hurry and kill me—I can barely hold myself back!"

Hearing this, Ling Xue'er and the others couldn't help but stare in surprise.

"What the heck? This monster that looks like a boss is actually begging for death—what's going on? Could this be some trap? Would attacking this flesh‑and‑blood monster trigger something? Ling Xue'er and the others exchanged glances, not believing the monster was genuinely begging for death, and unanimously thought it was a trap."

However, Su Hao had a different idea.

When he first entered, his thought was the same as Lin Xue'er's group—that this monster was the boss here, and no matter what it wanted to do, it couldn't be easily trusted.

But after Su Hao learned what the blood‑red robe on the mass of flesh was, hearing its plea now made him begin to change that view.

(End of chapter)