181: Chapter 181 This drug is a bit too strong.

Inside the secret chamber, the light was dim.

Gu Yan did not hesitate at all; even the act of swallowing seemed somewhat rough. He raised his hand and shoved the four crystals emitting eerie red light in his palm—three "blood-condensing divine crystals" and one top-grade "blood river bead"—into his mouth as if he were eating roasted beans.

"Gulp."

His Adam's apple bobbed.

The next instant, Gu Yan's body stiffened violently.

There was no gentle medicinal power dissolving, nor any so-called warm current nourishing him. He felt as if he had swallowed an entire erupting active volcano or a thousand razors cutting frantically inside him.

"Ugh…"

A muffled groan was locked tightly in his throat.

But he could not control his body's instinctive reaction.

Crack, crack, crack.

His entire body's bones let out an unbearable screeching sound in an instant. The surface of his skin, originally as tough as iron, instantly split open with countless fine bloody cuts. Dark red blood mist surged out, and in the blink of an eye, he was dyed into a blood-soaked man.

This medicine's kick was too fierce.

Back then, in order to achieve Core Formation, Saint Son Li Tianxing only dared to refine one cautiously, and he also had to use countless auxiliary medicines to neutralize the Evil Qi. Gu Yan, on the other hand, swallowed four in one go, and all of them were top-grade.

This was not just energy; this was a packet of explosives meant to blow a person apart.

[Warning! Warning! Internal energy threshold has exceeded 300%!]

[Physical Body load-bearing capacity has reached its limit! Meridians are disintegrating… Host's suicidal behavior detected; it is recommended to stop absorbing immediately!]

The System's red alarm flashed frantically on his retina.

Gu Yan was bleeding from his seven orifices, and his eyeballs were bulging from congestion, but on his ferocious face, there was not a trace of regret.

"Stop? Stop my ass!"

He gritted his teeth, his bloodied teeth looking ghastly white: "I Cultivate the Wild Tyrant Body, and I walk the path of the Demonic Path. What I want is precisely this feeling that's about to burst a person!"

"System, activate 'Bloodline Furnace'!"

"Suppress it for me!"

Gu Yan abruptly formed seals with his hands, forcibly mobilizing the blood river bead that had completely awakened within his body.

Hum—!

Deep in his Dantian, that illusory black-red furnace roared into operation. The violent medicinal power that had been rampaging through his body like an unbridled wild horse was forcibly pulled by an invisible suction force and swept into the furnace.

But this was not enough.

The medicinal power was simply too vast; the furnace's conversion speed could not keep up with the speed of the destruction.

Gu Yan's left arm exploded in a spray of blood with a "bang," and the asura armguard automatically appeared, clamping down tightly on the muscles that were about to tear apart.

"Still not enough…"

Gu Yan's eyes were filled with madness; he was making an extremely bold decision.

"Since the Meridians can't hold it, then stuff it into the bones!"

"Hammer all this energy into my bone marrow!"

[Host, you will die of pain.] The System was rarely serious for once.

"Better to die of pain than to die by explosion."

Gu Yan let out a low roar, his intent like a hammer, smashing fiercely onto the furnace.

Boom!

The purified blood Qi after conversion no longer flowed to the Dantian but was forcibly pressed by Gu Yan into the two hundred and six bones of his entire body.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

What kind of excruciating pain was that?

It was as if someone were taking a steel brush, scrubbing the bone marrow out of your bones bit by bit, and then pouring in molten iron.

Gu Yan's body convulsed violently, his fingernails digging deep into the cold jade bed, scratching ten deep grooves into the hard jade. The sweat that had just emerged was evaporated by the high temperature on his body surface, and the entire secret chamber was instantly filled with red steam.

...

Meanwhile, outside Qingyun Peak.

The originally clear sky had become somewhat gloomy at some point.

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi seemed to be under some kind of bandit-like plunder, frantically gathering toward the top of Qingyun Peak.

At first, it was just a breeze, then it gradually turned into a gale, and finally, it evolved into a visible vortex of Spiritual Qi.

And at the center of the vortex, which was above the main hall where Gu Yan was in seclusion, a blood-colored funnel with a diameter of several hundred zhang appeared. That was not a cloud, but an Evil Qi so thick it could not be dissolved.

The strength of this aura even alarmed the main peak.

Wan Jian Peak, by the side of the Sword Washing Pool.

Little Sword God Ye Gucheng was sitting cross-legged, trying to repair the Dao injuries left by the backlash of the Formation a few days ago.

Suddenly, the sword at his waist let out an uneasy hum.

Little Sword God Ye Gucheng opened his eyes abruptly and looked up toward the direction of Qingyun Peak.

When he saw that sky-covering blood-colored vortex, the teacup in his hand was crushed to powder with a "snap."

"This aura…"

Little Sword God Ye Gucheng's face was livid, and the jealousy in his eyes almost materialized: "He is achieving Core Formation?!"

"Such a huge commotion; even the Revered Master back then was nothing more than this… What kind of Heaven And Earth Treasure did this kid eat? Is he not afraid of bursting himself to death?"

He gritted his teeth, and the unwillingness in his heart bit at his Dao Heart like a poisonous snake. Why? A wild outsider, why is he capable of causing such a big scene?

On the other side, the Law Enforcement Hall.

Elder Su Ming, who was handling official business, had his hand shake, and his brush left a long ink stain on the official document.

He rushed out of the main hall, looking at the vision on the top of Qingyun Peak, his old face full of shock.

"This kid… is risking his life."

Elder Su Ming muttered to himself: "This is not achieving Core Formation; this is clearly creating a demon! With this level of Evil Qi, if he can't control it, he will become a demon himself before the Lightning Tribulation even comes down!"

"Quick! Pass down the order!"

Elder Su Ming shouted loudly: "Seal off a fifty-mile radius around Qingyun Peak! No one is allowed to approach! Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy!"

...

Inside the secret chamber.

Gu Yan did not know that the outside world had become a mess.

His full attention was now concentrated inside his own body.

After three hours of inhuman torture, the swelling sensation that wanted to tear him apart finally began to recede.

Replacing it was an unprecedented feeling of solidity.

His bones had turned dark gold, and pale golden blood, viscous as mercury, flowed in every inch of his bone marrow. It was a brand-new product after the Fusion of the blood river bead, the divine crystal, and his own Wild Tyrant Body Bloodline.

"Hoo— hah—"

Gu Yan's breathing became heavy and long.

With every inhalation, the blood-colored steam in the secret chamber was swallowed into his abdomen; with every exhalation, a white arrow of Qi was sprayed out, hitting the wall with a crisp "ding" sound.

"Close enough."

Gu Yan opened his eyes abruptly.

Deep within his originally pitch-black pupils, two dark red flames were burning fiercely.

The True Essence within his body had been compressed to the extreme; that ocean of Spiritual Qi, which was originally liquid, was now collapsing frantically with the Dantian as the center.

A dark golden sphere prototype was slowly condensing.

But just at this moment.

Hum!

A heart-palpitating pressure penetrated the thick mountain body without warning and descended directly into the secret chamber.

The hairs all over Gu Yan's body stood on end instantly.

He was very familiar with this feeling, but it was not exactly the same.

That was the lock-on of the Heavenly Tribulation.

But this time, the lock-on carried a malice that said, "I must kill you."

"Is it coming?"

Gu Yan looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through the thick stone wall, seeing the tribulation clouds gathering above the firmament.

Because he Cultivated the Heaven-Defying "Wild Tyrant Body," and devoured the Demonic Path supreme treasure, the blood river bead, and even killed a Golden Core while in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he had broken the balance of Heaven and Earth.

The Heavens were not having it.

"Boom—!!!"

The first muffled thunder exploded on the top of Qingyun Peak.

This sound was no longer ordinary thunder, but like the Heaven's fury, beating the war drums of execution.

Gu Yan stood up.

His clothes had long since turned to ashes in the previous explosion of blood Qi. On his naked body, dark golden muscle lines were smooth and ferocious, resembling a demon god who had just awakened.

He moved his neck, letting out a series of popping sounds.

"Want to strike me to death?"

Gu Yan grinned, raising a middle finger toward the sky above his head:

"Then come and try."

"Let's see if your lightning is harder, or my bones are harder."