45: I don't want to play anymore. He reaches a new level every second.

Shi Hu's body plummeted from high in the sky like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground with a dull thud, stirring up a cloud of dust.

His eyes were wide open, and an expression of disbelief still lingered on his face.

Even in death, he couldn't understand why his proud Adamantite Umbrella had suddenly failed him.

Lu Ming slowly walked to Shi Hu's corpse; at this moment, the spiritual energy in his body had already been completely depleted.

“I admit I was gambling,” he thought.

“A 2% Execution probability isn't high.”

“If the last shot still hadn't landed the Execution mark, then I would have just watched this old monster escape.”

But fortunately, he won his gamble.

Lu Ming bent down and rummaged through Shi Hu's belongings.

Inside the storage bag were only two three-star martial arts techniques, some Spirit Nurturing Pills, and a crystal-clear bead.

The bead was about the size of a quail egg, completely clear and emerald green, with an ancient character for 'water' carved on its surface.

Lu Ming couldn't immediately tell what it was for, so he casually tossed it into his own storage bag.

“You poor ghost!” he muttered to himself, kicking Shi Hu's corpse, “And you call yourself a Reincarnator?”

Frankly, the items here were much better than Xie Jinyu's.

It was just that the Adamantite Umbrella had also split into two halves, which pained Lu Ming greatly.

A magical artifact that could allow temporary flight!

Something countless people yearned for.

The reason the Sky-Soaring Realm naturally suppressed the Qi-Moving Realm, besides having more abundant spiritual energy, was because they could fly.

Sky against ground, a pure numerical suppression.

Such a good item, yet he had personally destroyed it!

What a waste!

However, in such an emergency, he couldn't afford to worry about such things.

This also indirectly demonstrated the terror of the Execution talent.

It specialized in dealing with all insubordination; if you're a man, let me cut you a few times!

After stuffing the two three-star martial arts techniques and Spirit Nurturing Pills into his storage bag, Lu Ming finally remembered the Thunder Beast's essence blood.

He took out the glazed lamp, and a furious aura of thunder instantly surged from the crack, making all the hairs on his body stand on end.

In the center of the glazed lamp, a drop of dark red essence blood lay quietly.

Countless tiny lightning bolts coursed through the essence blood, exuding a terrifying power.

He carefully placed the glazed lamp in his palm and, circulating the last trace of spiritual energy in his body, tentatively touched the essence blood.

The moment he made contact, the drop of essence blood suddenly churned violently, and countless lightning bolts abruptly shot out from the lamp, spreading up his arm.

Lu Ming felt a tingling sensation in his arm and quickly reined in his spiritual energy, causing the lightning to obediently retract back into the lamp.

“What overbearing power,” Lu Ming frowned, yet showed no sign of retreating.

The more violent the power, the stronger the boost it would give his Thunderclap Killing Burst once tamed.

He looked around, confirmed there was no unusual activity, then placed the glazed lamp on the ground and sat down cross-legged.

He pulled out a few Spirit Nurturing Pills from his storage bag and popped them into his mouth; once the spiritual energy in his body had recovered somewhat, he extended his palm again.

This time, he held nothing back and directly shattered the glazed lamp.

“Zzz-lah—”

The Thunder Marsh immediately became turbulent.

Thunderclouds rapidly gathered across the sky, and the purple lightning in the heavens stirred once more.

Lu Ming's heart jolted: “So, the thunder power of the entire Thunder Marsh originates from this drop of Thunder Beast's essence blood!”

“Damn it, I wonder if I can handle it.”

A flicker of hesitation crossed his eyes, then he steeled himself and sent the essence blood into his mouth.

Lu Ming felt his body shake, and countless tiny electric filaments surged through his meridians, causing tearing pain wherever they passed.

“Hold on!” Lu Ming gritted his teeth, his forehead instantly covered in cold sweat.

He endured the intense pain and circulated the Thunderclap Killing Burst, attempting to guide this violent thunder power.

But the electric filaments were like wild horses, completely uncontrollable.

The vitality within his body was instantly destroyed by the violent lightning.

Lu Ming could clearly feel that the meridians in his limbs and bones were rupturing at a visible speed.

But the next second.

A system prompt suddenly sounded in his ear.

“Experience +1, Physical Body Sanctification successfully strengthened.”

“Experience +10, Physical Body Sanctification successfully strengthened.”

…A warm white light suddenly emerged from deep within his body, flowing through his blood vessels.

Wherever it passed, the rupturing meridians healed at a visible speed.

“Huh?”

Lu Ming noticed the anomaly amidst the intense pain; he could feel that a profound change was occurring in his limbs and bones.

The electric filaments that were tearing his meridians apart were still violent, but when they landed on the newly formed flesh, they seemed to have met their nemesis, crackling and continuously dissipating.

He looked down at his palms; the skin that had been scorched by purple lightning had already peeled off, revealing new flesh with a jade-like luster.

After a large portion of the Thunder Beast's essence blood's immense power was absorbed by his physical body, Lu Ming's pressure immediately lightened.

He quickly circulated his cultivation technique, and gradually, some of the electric filaments began to flow along the technique's trajectory.

Immediately after.

More and more electric filaments were tamed, exploding in his meridians to form a vast spiritual power.

Compress.

Compress forcefully.

Drip.

The first drop of spiritual liquid formed.

Immediately, like falling dominoes, a chain reaction was triggered.

The second drop.

The third drop.

The spiritual liquid became more and more abundant.

The 81st acupoint, Shenque Acupoint, became filled with spiritual liquid.

Yongquan Acupoint, Renying Acupoint, Guanyuan Acupoint... Lu Ming's realm also rapidly advanced.

Qi-Moving Second Layer.

Qi-Moving Third Layer.

Qi-Moving Fourth Layer... All the way to Qi-Moving Fifth Layer, the Thunder Beast's essence blood in his body completely lost its medicinal effect.

“Physical Body Sanctification successfully evolved; current realm is Fourth Stage Early-Phase!”

Lu Ming suddenly opened his eyes, and a brilliant flash of lightning shot through them.

He slowly stood up and stretched his limbs, feeling an explosive power filling his body, every movement carrying the force of a thunderous strike.

He stomped his foot hard.

“Boom!”

Crimson lightning exploded.

The hard rock ground instantly collapsed into a half-zhang deep pit, and as shattered rocks flew.

His figure actually flew into the air, his hair fluttering wildly.

“The Thunderclap Killing Burst, evolved to four stars, actually has temporary levitation ability!”

With a thought, his figure suddenly shot five zhang diagonally upwards, the airflow it generated kicking up the shattered rocks below.

After about ten breaths, Lu Ming returned to the ground.

Although the ten breaths of levitation time were short, the joy in his eyes was undeniable.

With this ability, it meant he could contend with an Early-Phase Fourth Stage practitioner!

...Meanwhile, inside the pagoda, Chen Ziliang looked at the constantly passing time, his eyes filled with anxiety.

Just as they were about to enter the painting's space.

Lu Ming slowly emerged, dragging the two corpses of Mo Ya and Shi Hu.

The pagoda was first silent.

Then, deafening cheers erupted.

“Brother Lu!”

“Patrolman Lu!”

Chen Ziliang was the first to rush forward; his previously tense face was now flushed red, and he ran to Lu Ming in three steps, his gaze sweeping over the two corpses before finally settling on Lu Ming.

“Damn it, I knew it, Brother Lu, I always believed you could do it!”

Wei Changfeng, on the other hand, stared wide-eyed at Lu Ming, a storm raging in his heart.

“His aura, it seems to have gotten stronger again!”

“Damn it! I'm not playing anymore, give me my sword, I'm going home!”

“Can't compare, absolutely can't compare…”