67: Chapter 67 What a stroke of luck!

Taking the jade bottle, he saw it was already half-filled with blood.

Su Mo squatted down, looked at the nearly fainting Li Da Niu, and then looked at the jade bottle in his hand.

How should he handle this? Should he transfuse it back into him?

He didn't even have a syringe here!

After thinking for a long time, a flash of inspiration struck Su Mo:

"Brother Niu, have you ever heard of 'using the original broth to digest the original food'?"

He rummaged through Zhu Xiaolian's Storage Pouch to find a detoxification pill, crushed it, and mixed it into the still-steaming blood inside the jade bottle.

"Come on, drink this."

He helped Li Da Niu up and poured all of the blood mixed with the detoxification pill into his mouth.

Su Mo wasn't quite sure if pouring it in like this would be effective.

After all, blood poured into the stomach wouldn't return to the blood vessels; unless he had a stomach ulcer, it would eventually just turn into poop.

After a few breaths, Li Da Niu's face became much calmer. With his eyes closed, he wore a peaceful smile. If not for the rise and fall of his chest, Su Mo would have truly thought he was ready to attend his funeral feast.

While waiting for Li Da Niu to recover, Su Mo didn't idle away the time; he took inventory of everything in Zhu Xiaolian's Storage Pouch.

The essence blood jade bottle, thirty-five Spirit Stones, a flying boat, a blood-colored Jade Slip, a mission jade piece, and some changes of clothes.

On the blood-colored Jade Slip, there were characters formed by spiritual light reading 'Three Hundred'. It was likely contribution points, anonymous, and usable by anyone. This was a bargain for Su Mo.

"Croak!"

A frog's croak jolted Su Mo back to reality.

Su Mo took off his outer garment, revealing his smooth, fair back, and flapped his wings to slowly fly over the swamp.

As Yao Beasts, these blood toads had low cultivation, mostly at the first or second layer of Qi Refining, but even a mosquito is meat, right?

No more talk! The spiritual power is all in the meat!

Several blood threads appeared all over Su Mo's body. Like living creatures, the blood threads filled the sky and pierced into every part of the swamp, precisely stabbing into each blood toad. Instantly, streams of spiritual power surged into Su Mo's body along the threads.

Su Mo could almost hear the notification sound of his cultivation increasing:

【 cultivation + 1 】

【 cultivation + 1 】

...

When the last blood toad was devoured, Su Mo's cultivation had already risen to the fourth layer of Qi Refining. But with this amount of spiritual power, even a Late Stage Qi Refining Cultivator would be no match for him!

"Refreshing!"

Suddenly, a massive splash of water erupted from deep within the center of the swamp!

Accompanied by a jet-black, reddish water arrow, a blood toad the size of a millstone burst out of the water. The dense, human-face-shaped bumps on its back simultaneously let out shrill wails.

This sound seemed to carry a mental attack, causing Su Mo's head to feel somewhat dizzy.

Dodging the water arrow, a female voice suddenly appeared in Su Mo's mind, clearing his head and allowing him to shake off the blood toad's mental interference.

"Oh, Young Master, you've hit the jackpot."

"This is actually a Ghost-Faced Blood Toad!"

"What is that? Also, can you stop suddenly speaking inside my head!"

Hua Rumeng explained:

"The Ghost-Faced Blood Toad is a variant Yao Beast, naturally possessing a powerful Divine Soul, and it lives by devouring Divine Souls. Each face on its back represents the Divine Soul of a Cultivator it has consumed."

"However, there is a Toad Pearl inside the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad. As long as you refine this Toad Pearl, you can strengthen your Divine Soul, making the influence of the Great Desire Heavenly Demon Scripture even stronger. Even a Cultivator one major Realm higher than you would be affected."

"Also, This servant does not know mind-reading; this is just Divine Sense transmission."

Upon hearing this, Su Mo's eyes lit up:

"Good stuff!"

"What is this blood toad's cultivation?"

"Just the third layer of Foundation Establishment. For you, Young Master, it's just a piece of cake~"

"You really think highly of me..."

Before the words had even faded, Su Mo was fully armed. A glossy, pitch-black exoskeleton covered his entire body, and the bone blades on his arms extended to three zhang.

While talking to Hua Rumeng, he had already tested it with his blood threads.

Although the blood toad looked fat, its pair of blood-red tongues were exceptionally swift. As they flicked in and out, they danced into an impenetrable defense, preventing Su Mo's blood threads from getting anywhere near it.

Coupled with the constant mental interference, an average Cultivator really wouldn't be a match for it.

However, for Su Mo, none of this was a problem.

The blood toad's mental interference had already been countered by the 'belly-band grandma', and as for close-quarters combat, he would only know after clashing with it.

"Heh... interesting."

"Using this tongue as a snack with wine would surely be quite exquisite."

Su Mo retracted his blood threads, flapped his four wings violently, and charged straight at the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad.

The ten-meter-long bone blades, having absorbed the skeletal essence of so many Yao Beasts, were now comparable to top-grade Magical Artifacts. Coupled with the augmentation of his immense Spiritual Qi, they were incredibly sharp!

"Swish!"

The bone blades cut through the air, emitting a piercing shriek.

The Ghost-Faced Blood Toad's long tongue met the bone blades, but after only a moment of stalemate, it was severed.

"Waaa—!"

The Ghost-Faced Blood Toad endured excruciating pain, and all the human faces on its back twisted simultaneously, emitting shrill screams.

"Young Master~ hurry up, This servant can't take it much longer~"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo clicked his tongue.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you are really too weak."

As Su Mo spoke, his hands did not stop; instead, they accelerated slightly.

He hurriedly flapped his wings to dodge the dense saliva sprayed by the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad, and thrust his ten-meter-long bone blades forward!

"Pfft!"

The bone blades entered the blood toad's mouth and pierced through its body without any resistance, reaching its rear, spraying out sprays of black-red blood.

"Oh~ Young Master, you like this style~"

Su Mo's face darkened.

"Shut up!"

Blood threads shot out again. Without the hindrance of its tongue, they easily pierced into the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad's brain.

The Ghost-Faced Blood Toad's body gave a violent jolt, and then it lost all signs of life.

The blood threads groped inside the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad for a moment before finally rolling out a blood-colored bead the size of a dragon's eye.

This was exactly the Toad Pearl that Hua Rumeng had mentioned!

The Toad Pearl was like a piece of blood-colored amber, crystal clear, soft and bouncy to the touch like jelly, and it also emitted an alluring, sweet fragrance.

He dragged the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad's corpse onto the shore and tossed the Toad Pearl into his mouth.

Before Su Mo could close his eyes to savor it, the Toad Pearl dissolved in his mouth, and a sensation of coolness rushed straight to the top of his head!

"Boom!"

Su Mo felt as if his Soul had broken through some kind of shackle; even with his eyes closed, he could clearly see everything within a fifty-meter radius.

"Is this Divine Sense?"

This kind of perception was clearer than the wild perception combined from all his talents, and he could even see the trajectory of Spiritual Qi flowing!

"The next part is the real big prize..."

Su Mo looked at the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad in front of him; he didn't know if its third-layer Foundation Establishment cultivation would be enough to allow him to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Su Mo licked his lips, and several blood threads pierced into it.

The surging Spiritual Qi of the Foundation Establishment Stage flooded into his body like a dam bursting. His Meridians were instantly swollen and distended by the Spiritual Qi. If not for the rapid refinement speed of his Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique, Su Mo would likely have been blown apart by now.

Fifth layer of Qi Refining...

Sixth layer of Qi Refining...

Seventh layer of Qi Refining...

...

When the last trace of Spiritual Qi was absorbed, an astonishing Aura erupted from Su Mo's body!

Ninth layer of Qi Refining Perfection!

He also gained a talent.

【 Ghost-Faced Blood Toad: Mental Interference, Soul Devouring, Tough and Swift Tongue 】

Opening his personal panel:

【 Host: Su Mo 】

【 Race: Human 】

【 Rank: Qi Refining (3600 / 3600) 】

【 Skills: Infinite White Porridge (Never Expires), Infinite Noodle Making 】

【 Talents: Myriad Races Furnace (Dog's Five Senses)... 】

His cultivation experience was also full.

"Now, it is time for the Foundation Establishment Breakthrough..."

Before the words had even faded, he was interrupted by Hua Rumeng.

"Young Master, don't be in such a rush."

"I am in a rush right now!"

The Spiritual Qi inside the Ghost-Faced Blood Toad was exceptionally immense. After breaking through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining Perfection, the Spiritual Qi within Su Mo's body was still filled to the extreme. His Meridians were already starting to ache faintly, as if they would burst at any moment.

"Young Master, the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot be broken through just by accumulating Spiritual Qi. You need to compress the Spiritual Qi in your body into a liquid state to form a Spiritual Lake, and only then can you break through to Foundation Establishment."

"Not only that, but Cultivators with low Aptitude must also rely on the medicinal power of a foundation establishment pill to complete this step."

"Young Master, do you have a foundation establishment pill on you?"