Chapter 15: Consuming the Black Blood Stone and Slaying a Second-Tier Being!

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

The Red-Scaled Python was thoroughly enraged by Chu Han's blade strike!

Its massive head swung violently, crashing directly toward Chu Han.

Chu Han had no time to dodge at all; he immediately activated his Stone Skin state and took the hit head-on.

Boom!

A massive force surged through his arms, and Chu Han was instantly sent flying like a cannonball.

He smashed through three large trees in a row before his body slammed into the ground.

He felt the blood and Qi churning inside him, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of fresh blood. His entire body felt as if it were falling apart, racked with intense pain.

"Cough... the strength of this giant python definitely exceeds 100,000 catties."

Chu Han endured the agonizing pain to stand up, only to see the Red-Scaled Python open its maw, spewing a burst of flames even more violent than before toward him.

Everywhere the flames passed, the ground was scorched black. The surrounding air seemed to distort, and the blistering heat made it nearly impossible for Chu Han to breathe.

In this life-or-death moment, Chu Han desperately searched for a way to escape.

His gaze suddenly caught sight of a pond not far away. Despite the high temperature, the pond water was actually emitting wisps of cool air, clearly indicating it was very deep.

"Over there!"

Chu Han exerted every ounce of his strength, plunging into the pond like a sharp arrow.

A wave of coolness swept over his entire body, making him feel incredibly refreshed; even the pain on his body lessened by several degrees.

"The Red-Scaled Python has a fire attribute, so it shouldn't chase me into the water, right?" Chu Han pondered.

However, the Red-Scaled Python clearly had no such reservations. Its massive body writhed as it also dove into the water, pursuing Chu Han.

"This beast!"

Chu Han was both shocked and enraged, but he had no other options left. In the water, his movements were even more restricted, while the Red-Scaled Python remained incredibly agile. That bloody maw was getting closer and closer, looking as if it would swallow him whole at any moment.

"I'm going all in!"

Chu Han gritted his teeth, took the black blood stone from his storage space, and swallowed it in one gulp.

There were many ways to use a black blood stone, but swallowing it directly was the least recommended and most dangerous!

Human bodies were not like those of Beasts; they were very fragile. Directly consuming a black blood stone, which contained vast amounts of essence blood energy, could very likely cause one's body to explode and lead to death.

Even a Third-Tier Martial Artist would not dare to swallow it directly.

Even if they did, they would need other Medicinal Pills to protect their body.

Chu Han's direct consumption was a result of being driven into a corner.

As soon as the black blood stone entered his mouth, a surge of incredibly vast essence blood energy poured down Chu Han's throat and into his body.

The energy was like a tidal wave, instantly filling his entire body. Chu Han felt as if his body were about to be burst open.

Crack, pop!

Every bone in his body emitted popping sounds under the impact of this essence blood energy.

All his cells began to rupture from being overstretched by the energy. Chu Han instantly became a man of blood, with blood spraying out from every pore on his body.

The energy contained within the black blood stone was far more violent than he had imagined.

If this continued, he would inevitably be blown apart by this energy!

In his desperation, Chu Han immediately took out the remaining two body tempering pills from his space and swallowed them all at once.

Once the two pills were down, the medicinal power of the body tempering pills began to rapidly repair his flesh and cells while helping his body quickly absorb the essence blood energy.

Chu Han could feel his physical body becoming stronger at an incredible speed—thousands of times faster than his normal Cultivation!

At the same time, the essence blood energy that he hadn't yet absorbed turned into a blood-colored origin power that swirled around him.

And this blood-colored origin power was something he could control!

With this Origin Qi, his strength increased several-fold; he was now capable of fighting the Red-Scaled Python!

Furthermore, combat was the best form of Cultivation, as it could in turn help him rapidly absorb the energy of the black blood stone.

By now, the Red-Scaled Python had gone mad.

It had watched Chu Han swallow the black blood stone and was instantly enraged.

Its massive body twisted violently, its water-barrel-thick frame parting the water as it opened its bloody maw to bite Chu Han.

Previously, Chu Han would have been unable to dodge this strike underwater.

But now, he had undergone a complete transformation.

His feet kicked off powerfully in the water, and his body shot out diagonally upward like an arrowfish, incredibly sharp and swift.

The Red-Scaled Python's massive head missed again, slamming hard into a rock at the bottom of the pond.

"Now is the time!"

A cold light flashed in Chu Han's eyes as he gripped his long blade tightly.

The power within his body and the blood-colored origin power swirling around him converged onto the blade!

"Seven Forms of Army Breaking, Fourth Form!"

This time, it was the Fourth Form imbued with Origin Qi—the true Fourth Form!

A meter-long blood-colored blade glow extended from the tip of the blade, slashing fiercely at the Red-Scaled Python's seven-inch mark!

The python's seven-inch mark had already had its scale defense broken by Chu Han's previous strike; it was now the weakest point on its entire body.

Puchi!

Without any resistance, the blood-colored blade glow sliced directly through the Red-Scaled Python's flesh, half a foot deep.

Dark red snake blood instantly exploded in the water and spread rapidly, dyeing the entire pond a pale red.

Having suffered a heavy blow, the Red-Scaled Python let out a hiss of pain, sensing true danger for the first time!

It frantically writhed its massive body, sometimes slamming into the pond walls and sometimes striking the bottom with its head, trying to shake Chu Han off.

Chu Han was well-prepared. After delivering the strike, his left hand grabbed the flesh at the python's seven-inch mark, his fingers sinking deep into the wound. Using the force of the snake's writhing, he clung tightly to its back.

Splash!

Seeing that it couldn't shake Chu Han off, the Red-Scaled Python lunged toward the surface, instantly bursting out of the water and onto the land.

Once outside, it could use its flames to burn this damned human to death!

The Red-Scaled Python's massive body landed on the ground, and it immediately turned its head. Its bloody maw aimed at Chu Han on its back, and it spewed a burst of intense flames!

Boom!

Red flames instantly enveloped both Chu Han and the Red-Scaled Python.

Chu Han felt a bone-piercing heat wash over him. He hurriedly channeled his blood-colored origin power to protect his body, insulating himself from the burning flames.

Simultaneously, he poured even more Origin Qi into his long blade, executed the Fourth Form of the Seven Forms of Army Breaking, and stabbed it fiercely into the Red-Scaled Python's seven-inch wound!

"Die!"

The blood-colored long blade pierced straight through the Red-Scaled Python's seven-inch mark. The tip emerged from the other side, bringing with it a spray of scalding snake blood.

Hiss!

The Red-Scaled Python let out one last shrill hiss. Its massive body began to writhe frantically, its tail sweeping away nearby trees and black stones, leaving the ground in a shambles.

Soon, however, its body grew weaker and weaker. The intensity of its writhing diminished until it finally went completely stiff on the ground, devoid of any life.

Chu Han let go of his long blade and let out a long sigh of relief.

"A Second-Tier Beast... finally finished!"

After the battle, he had absorbed half of the black blood stone's essence blood energy, and his physical body was still continuously growing stronger.

At that moment, a violent surge of hunger hit him.

It felt as if he hadn't eaten for several lifetimes; he felt an immense hunger from his body down to his Soul.

Only then did he remember a side effect of absorbing a black blood stone: it would cause extreme hunger, and one had to prepare a large amount of food beforehand.

But caught in a crisis, he hadn't been able to worry about that.

He had to eat something now to replenish his energy and alleviate the hunger.

However, the desire for food grew so intense that it became uncontrollable.

Chu Han suddenly lunged at the Red-Scaled Python's wound and began devouring the python's flesh and blood in large gulps.

Gulp, gulp!

Chu Han sucked the Red-Scaled Python's blood into his stomach in massive drafts. His stomach was like a bottomless pit, greedily absorbing the blood.

After a bout of heavy drinking, the blood-colored origin power swirling around Chu Han's body seemed to ignite, radiating an astonishing amount of heat.