50: Earth-shattering

In the mountains and forests, a huge explosion resounded.

Like a heavenly thunder tearing through the sky, powerful Qi waves impacted the surroundings, destroying all the flowers, plants, and trees within a hundred zhang, revealing a large empty space.

Dust flew, and smoke billowed.

The powerful Qi waves crushed everything with overwhelming force.

The violent explosion was heard even by the villagers not far down the mountain.

The villagers' gazes uniformly turned towards the mountain.

On the mountainside, a visible Qi wave shot into the sky, with rolling dust and smoke.

"What's going on?"

"Did the mountain explode?!"

The villagers looked at each other in dismay.

Such a sudden massive commotion left all the villagers bewildered.

"This commotion, it couldn't be that person fighting with the monster, could it?"

"Could that young man have already killed the monster?"

Suddenly, a thought uniformly emerged in the minds of all the villagers.

All the villagers exchanged glances, looking at the rising dust and Qi waves, becoming increasingly certain.

With such a massive commotion, it was probably eighty or ninety percent true.

Thinking of this, the villagers' moods became excited.

If that monster was really eliminated, that would be great; they wouldn't have to worry about going up the mountain anymore... "Cough, cough..."

From amidst the dust and smoke, Han Li emerged, covered in dirt. His clothes were completely shredded, leaving him with only a pair of shorts.

With dust flying and blood at the corner of his mouth, Han Li's spirit and energy seemed somewhat dispirited.

"Ah, ptooey..."

Spitting out a mouthful of saliva, Han Li staggered a few steps.

"Wah—!"

But the next second, he abruptly bent over and directly vomited a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Cough, cough..."

Coughing violently a few times, Han Li clutched his chest with one hand, blood continuously flowing from the corner of his mouth.

After a while, when the Qi waves completely subsided and the thick smoke gradually dissipated, Han Li staggered to his feet.

Turning around, not far from him, a deep pit several zhang in diameter appeared.

The surrounding ground was covered with cracks.

Looking at the several-zhang-wide deep pit, Han Li's heart twitched.

Good heavens, if he hadn't reacted quickly enough just now, he would probably be lying flat by now.

The strange blood bead within this demon, after the demon's death, unexpectedly erupted with such immense power, it was simply impossible to guard against.

It almost killed him.

He was almost dragged down by the demon to be its scapegoat.

"Cough, cough..."

Coughing, Han Li circulated the True Qi within his body, calming the turbulent Qi and blood.

But he was still injured.

His internal organs had all sustained considerable impact.

Barely sitting down cross-legged, Han Li took out a Blood Origin Medicinal Pill from his hundred treasure sack and activated the Qing Yuan Skill to accelerate the absorption of the Blood Origin Medicinal Pill's medicinal power.

It took a full two incense sticks of time before Han Li opened his eyes.

Having taken the Blood Origin Medicinal Pill, his internal injuries were temporarily stabilized.

Standing up from the ground, Han Li exhaled a turbid breath, and a hint of color returned to his pale face.

He glanced around.

A hundred zhang radius was directly leveled, which was several times more powerful than a gunpowder explosion.

If he had been fully hit, even his body, which had been strengthened multiple times, would definitely not have been able to withstand it.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Divine Travel Eight Desolations allowed him to avoid fatal harm. Although he was still injured, at least his life was saved.

"Strange, how could this monster have such a powerful bead inside its body?"

Looking at the exploded deep pit, Han Li frowned deeply.

He really couldn't understand.

How could such a powerful bead be ejected from inside the monster?

Did it dare to swallow such a thing?

It truly wasn't afraid of death!

After washing himself in the mountain stream, Han Li took out a new set of clothes from his hundred treasure sack and put them on, then descended the mountain.

—

"So many people!"

Walking down the mountain, Han Li suddenly stopped. Down the mountain, a large group of people were gathered, all villagers from this village.

"It should be the explosion just now that attracted them."

Han Li's thoughts instantly turned, and he understood.

Such a large commotion could probably be heard within a ten-li radius.

As Han Li's figure appeared, the villagers rushed towards him.

Leading them was the village chief he had seen before.

"Young Hero, that commotion just now, could it be that the monster in the mountain has been eliminated by the Young Hero?"

The village chief looked at Han Li, his heart filled with apprehension, and the villagers behind him also looked on with anticipation.

Han Li nodded, and with a flash of light, a head appeared in his hand: "The monster is dead. You can rest assured from now on; no more monsters will eat people."

"!!!!"

Looking at the monster's head in Han Li's hand, all the villagers' hearts pounded.

After a brief silence, an earth-shattering cheer erupted.

"That's great, this beast is finally dead!"

"Good riddance, this beast should have died long ago."

...The villagers wept tears of joy, each face showing a joyous expression.

Han Li flipped his hand to put away the head, and was about to leave when the village chief was the first to recover.

"Young Hero, please wait. May I ask the Young Hero's name? We will surely express our gratitude to the Young Hero."

The village chief spoke, and the villagers also suppressed their joy, looking at Han Li in unison, their eyes filled with gratitude.

With this menace removed, they would no longer have to live in fear from now on.

"Slaying demons and eradicating evil is what I should do." Han Li smiled, and then, with a movement of Divine Travel Eight Desolations, he quickly transformed into a wisp of green wind and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Young..."

The village chief still wanted to say something, but Han Li's figure had already vanished without a trace. The words on the tip of his tongue could only be swallowed back... Leaving the village, Han Li returned to White Tiger County.

He needed to properly recuperate from the injuries caused by the explosion of the blood-colored bead.

The mission was not that urgent, and time was very ample for him.

Entering the county town, Han Li chose an inn and settled down.

In the room, Han Li closed the door and sat cross-legged on the bed.

Closing his eyes, he could perceive the injuries sustained by his internal organs.

The Blood Origin Medicinal Pill, after all, was just an ordinary healing Medicinal Pill. The damage from the explosion of the blood-colored bead was not enough to be fully recovered by a single Blood Origin Medicinal Pill.

"The monster's blood Qi should be sufficient to recover."

Han Li opened his eyes, and with a thought, the next second, in his mind, the purple demonic seed pulsed, and a vast surge of blood Qi rapidly gushed out.

"Buzz—!"

As the blood Qi entered his body, Han Li's entire body emitted a rich light of blood Qi.

Blood Qi vibrated, and his muscles and bones resonated.

"Crack, crack, crack!!!"

The monster's blood Qi rapidly strengthened his body, and his injured body was recovering at an extremely fast rate.

Wisps of blood Qi smoke rose.

The blood Qi continuously strengthened his body; the blood Qi of a monster-grade demon was still very strong for him.

His face turned crimson, lasting for a moment before dissipating, and the phenomenon vanished.

Han Li exhaled, his spirit and energy reaching their Peak.

The injuries brought by the blood-colored bead were completely recovered; not only recovered, but also improved a step further.

Inside his body, his blood became even more viscous, and endless power surged.

"It even improved a bit. The blood Qi of killing is stronger than any healing saint pill."

Han Li smacked his lips, feeling the changes in his body, and his heart settled down.

Immediately, he took out his identity token and checked the remaining two missions.

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