58: Chapter 58 Blood Pig Inner Core, a Small Item for Nourishing People

"Snort!"

Facing the pouncing Sha Jin Wolf, the Blood Pig instinctively jerked its head up, attempting to pierce the Sha Jin Wolf's abdomen with its two sharp tusks.

Clack.

The wolf claws landed on the Blood Pig's tusks; the rugged tusks did not immediately pierce through the Sha Jin Wolf's paw.

At this moment, the Blood Pig's eyes, gleaming with a crimson luster, revealed a sense of confusion, simply because the sensation transmitted through its tusks did not feel like it had struck a body of flesh and blood.

It felt a bit like hitting a rock; it was hard, not soft, the kind of feeling where you can't pierce it in one go and need to try a few more times.

Using the Blood Pig's tusks for leverage, the Sha Jin Wolf braced its front paws and followed through with its hind paws, vaulting directly over the Blood Pig's head and landing behind it. After landing, the Sha Jin Wolf and the Blood Pig turned to face each other simultaneously.

The Sha Jin Wolf's movements were faster and more agile. Killing intent erupted in its pitch-black wolf eyes as it extended its claws, aiming like a scalpel toward the left ribs of the Blood Pig, which had just turned around.

During the Class Competition, having spent a long time with the Pink Pig, the Sha Jin Wolf hadn't learned nothing.

At the very least, it had become familiar with the Pink Pig's body structure and knew where a pig's heart was—right in the left rib area.

Qin Ding's eyes narrowed. Seeing the Blood Pig's exposed back, he didn't hesitate, gripping his spear and striding forward.

In an instant, a black light flashed. A conspicuous gash was sliced directly into the Blood Pig's blood-red abdomen, even exposing ghastly white bones. Blood sprayed onto the Sha Jin Wolf like a burst water pipe.

In pain, the Blood Pig shook its head violently, its sharp tusks slamming into the Sha Jin Wolf's side and sending it flying more than three meters away.

"Hmph, snort!"

The pain in its abdomen and the loss of blood caused the Blood Pig to completely lose its reason and become fully enraged. Looking at the Sha Jin Wolf trying to get up from the ground, it scraped its crimson hooves against the ground twice, its body like a mountain of flesh adorned with two tusks.

It looked exactly like a small car preparing to charge!

The Sha Jin Wolf did not move, watching the Blood Pig charging toward it, simply because it saw Qin Ding rushing over in advance.

Just as the tusks were about to strike the Sha Jin Wolf's body again, the Sha Jin Wolf exerted force with all four limbs and leaped into the air to the side, perfectly dodging the blow.

The Blood Pig, having missed, immediately braked hard and turned around, wanting to try again. However, what it faced was a spearhead emitting a blinding, cold glint in the sunlight.

Qin Ding gripped the spear shaft with both hands, his sharp gaze fixed on the Blood Pig's eyes—which were clearly large but looked as if they couldn't open.

"Die!"

The spear thrust out ferociously. The cold-glinting spearhead, like a viper flicking its tongue, precisely struck the wound on the Blood Pig's abdomen that had been sliced open by the Sha Jin Wolf, plunging into it without the slightest obstruction.

Qin Ding's eyes turned ruthless. He twisted and swung his hands violently. The Blood Pig's heart and lungs were instantly shredded by the sharp spearhead, and a large amount of blood overflowed from the corners of the Blood Pig's mouth.

However, a scene Qin Ding did not expect occurred. The Blood Pig, despite having its heart and abdomen shredded, did not expire. Instead, it opened its mouth wide, spat out a large mouthful of blood, and let out a terrifying beast roar.

"Huff!"

The Blood Pig, eyes fully open, began scraping the ground, facing Qin Ding who was right in front of it.

A look of astonishment flashed in Qin Ding's eyes.

Its heart is destroyed, and it didn't die immediately?

Inevitably, Qin Ding exerted force with both hands again. The spear shaft, made from the body of a wood-type spirit beast, began to bend, and in the next second, he thrust it deeper into the Blood Pig's abdomen.

This action caused the Blood Pig's body to shudder violently; its strength was spent, but it swayed without collapsing.

At this moment, Qin Ding's inner state could no longer be described as mere astonishment.

"This is a pig?!"

Just at this moment, the Sha Jin Wolf, having landed and adjusted its posture, rushed out. It slammed into the side of the Blood Pig with great force, toppling it over, while also forcibly pulling out the spear stuck in the Blood Pig's ribs and completely slicing open its abdomen.

A dull thud of a heavy object hitting the ground sounded. At this moment, the Blood Pig finally stopped breathing.

Qin Ding looked at the Blood Pig, which was staring with wide eyes, looking like it had died with a grievance, then looked at the red tassel of the spear, swollen and sticky with blood. Goosebumps inexplicably rose on his body, and he immediately shook off the blood stains on the red tassel.

This thing eats people, and has eaten quite a few. Could the blood on its body be anything clean?

Abruptly, this thought rose in his heart, and Qin Ding turned his head and shouted.

"Earth Dog, don't you dare eat that!"

Sha Jin Wolf: ?

The Sha Jin Wolf, which had confirmed the Blood Pig's death with a tackle and was just thinking about starting to eat from the Blood Pig's abdomen with its mouth open, immediately froze in place and slowly turned its head.

The Sha Jin Wolf, which had just been murderous, now looked exactly like a puppy that hadn't received a meat bone from its master.

Qin Ding ignored his Earth Dog's aggrieved gaze and firmly shook his head. "You can't eat it. This thing eats people. Who knows if there are undigested remains in its stomach? If you eat it, you'll be consuming those too."

"I don't really dare to imagine what would happen..."

Due to the Life and Death Contract, humans influence beasts. Even across species, Qin Ding's words were not hard for Da Hei to understand. After being stunned for a few seconds, Da Hei understood and climbed off the dead Blood Pig with a look of regret.

"Woo..."

[What a pity, I haven't eaten such a big pig before...]

"There will be opportunities. We are in the wild now; there will be plenty of such chances."

"There is... nearby..."

Qin Ding had meant to say there was a river nearby and to let it wash off the blood stains, but the rest of his sentence froze in his mouth.

This was because he saw a 'black line' as thick as an adult's thigh, the kind that could wriggle, spreading from the pile of white bones into the river.

"Let's walk a bit further along the river later. That side is the upstream area; let's go there to wash up."

It wasn't just Da Hei that needed to wash; his own spear needed washing too. The spearhead had plunged into the Blood Pig's abdomen, and a portion of the shaft below it had also been stained with blood.

However, before that, there was one more thing that needed to be done.

"Earth Dog, cut open that Blood Pig's head."

Cut open this pig's head?

Da Hei didn't quite understand the purpose of doing this; wasn't he told not to eat it?

Although it didn't understand, Da Hei still followed instructions. However, the Blood Pig's skull was a bit hard, and it took some effort to chop it open with its wolf claws—yes, chop.

This was what Qin Ding had taught it, because when Da Hei's claws were held together, they were no different from an indestructible kitchen knife.

Just as Da Hei was chopping away with gusto, a thumb-sized, earth-yellow bead with a hint of blood color was sent flying by Da Hei's actions.

Da Hei: ?

What is that?

Looking at the inner core lying on the ground, Qin Ding's eyes lit up. With a wave of his hand, a thick paper tissue appeared in his hand.

Under Da Hei's curious and puzzled gaze, Qin Ding squatted down and carefully wiped the blood-stained bead clean, restoring it to its original appearance.

Overall, it was a pale earth-yellow, with a few irregular blood-red patterns.

[Inner Core: Earth Element Inner Core (Mutated High-Grade)]

[Function: A mutated earth-element high-grade spirit beast inner core. It can be used normally, allowing the user to increase a certain amount of blood energy without side effects, provided the element is the same.]

Just by glancing at the introduction in the Life Records, Qin Ding's eyes lit up.

Because he thought of a small item on the market—a luxury item made from spirit beast inner cores. Not only were they beautiful, but they could also nourish and improve the wearer's body, though the effects took a long time to manifest.

The main effect was just for aesthetics and luxury.

However, the Blood Pig's inner core had the effect of increasing blood energy when eaten, so what if it were made into jewelry and worn all year round?

This would not only avoid problems for the weak, but could also steadily, slowly, and consistently increase the wearer's blood energy...

"Good stuff."