16: Chapter 16: The Empress was stunned after draining the spirit snake's corpse dry in one night!

"Whose blood should I drink tonight..."

Chu Sheng immediately ruled out his "long-term meal ticket," Gu Yuexi.

It wasn't that he looked down on her, but rather that this Empress was still too weak. As a first-rank mid-stage martial artist, her life force was so meager that if he took a sip now, it would probably be like drinking plain water—not even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.

"Hehe, my target, of course, is..."

Chu Sheng's gaze, peering through the opening he had sliced with his wings, precisely locked onto the large black bag under the bed.

Inside that lay a "snake blood buffet" of high-grade lineage!

However, now was not the time.

Gu Yuexi hadn't gone to sleep yet; if he stole a meal in front of her, he would definitely be stopped!

He had to do it sneakily!

Chu Sheng decided to restrain himself for now and play dead in the plastic box.

After experiencing the initial shock, Gu Yuexi gradually calmed down.

She took a deep look at the ferocious-looking "monster" in the box, tidied up the dried snake corpse on the floor with complex emotions, then, dragging her exhausted body and mind, lay on the bed and quickly fell into a deep sleep due to sheer mental and physical exhaustion.

She was asleep!

The opportunity had arrived!

After confirming that Gu Yuexi's breathing had become even and steady, Chu Sheng cautiously crawled out of the box and took flight silently. He deliberately suppressed the sound of his vibrating wings to the lowest level, resembling an imperceptible night breeze.

He landed lightly beside the large black bag under the bed.

The opening of the bag was only tied loosely, leaving a considerable gap—to him, it was practically an open door!

Chu Sheng crawled inside without any effort, and a rich, sweet scent of blood instantly enveloped him.

Let's feast, brothers!

He landed on the snake corpse and, without a word, drove his [Armor-Piercing Spike Lv3], which was comparable to a micro-drill, fiercely into it!

"Puchi!"

This time, he encountered almost no resistance! He didn't even need to look for any weak points!

The scaly skin of the Spirit Green Snake, which would be indestructible to an ordinary mosquito, was like paper in front of his Lv3 proboscis and was easily pierced!

The next second, a surge of monster essence blood, even more majestic and pure than when he had fed before, flowed into his body through his proboscis!

Awesome!

Chu Sheng felt every cell in his body cheering with joy!

[Life Force + 3.2] [Life Force + 3.5] [Life Force + 3.3...]

The system notification sounds were spamming wildly; this time, there were no warnings at all!

Clearly, after his evolution, his body's capacity to endure was no longer what it used to be, and he could fully withstand the impact of this energy!

He was like a strong man who had been starving for three days, devouring a table of Manchu-Han imperial feast. His belly expanded rapidly at a visible rate, soon becoming like a red balloon hanging off his body, looking almost bigger than his own body.

[Ding! Host has absorbed 10.5 Life Force! Current total Life Force is 22.1!]

[Ding! Blood is being digested, estimated digestion time is one hour, can obtain 3.2 Evolution Points! Lifespan + 10 hours!]

One sip! Just one sip, and his Life Force increased by over ten points!

Moreover, the digestion time had been shortened from the three hours it took when feeding on snake blood before to just one hour!

"Damn! The efficiency has tripled!"

Chu Sheng pulled out his proboscis with satisfaction, looking at the numbers on his panel, feeling overjoyed.

At this rate, he could definitely get at least forty or fifty Life Force tonight!

He lay contentedly beside the snake corpse and began his "post-meal digestion" exercise.

One hour passed very quickly.

[Ding! Blood digestion complete! Evolution Points + 3.2! Lifespan + 10 hours!]

Chu Sheng felt his round belly instantly deflate, and an intense hunger struck him again.

Without a word, he drove his proboscis into the snake corpse again.

Second sip!

[Ding! Host has absorbed 9.8 Life Force! Current total Life Force is 31.9!]

Another hour later. Third sip!

[Ding! Host has absorbed 8.5 Life Force! Current total Life Force is 40.4!]

Just like that, in the dark night while Gu Yuexi slept, Chu Sheng started his crazy buffet mode.

Take a sip, digest for an hour, then take another sip...

He was tireless, enjoying every moment of it.

He was like a diligent thief, emptying the owner's granary bit by bit.

Throughout the night, Chu Sheng went back and forth, feeding a full seven times!

It wasn't until the eighth time that he discovered he couldn't suck out any more useful blood from the snake's corpse; the rest was just ordinary blood and water.

"Burp~"

When the sky was just barely brightening, Chu Sheng let out a satisfied burp. After the final digestion was complete, he opened his panel.

Looking at that string of glorious numbers, he felt absolutely ecstatic!

[Host: Chu Sheng] [Race: Blade-Winged Blood Mosquito] [Lifespan: 95 days] [Life Force: 48.5] [Evolution Points: 16.5]

One night! His Life Force had surged by over thirty points! And he had gained sixteen Evolution Points!

It was mainly because the Spirit Green Snake corpse had been drained dry; otherwise, he could have gotten a bit more...

"Sigh, what a pity!"

Chu Sheng sighed slightly, then quietly crawled out of the bag, flew back to the table, and crawled back into the plastic box.

After closing his eyes to rest, he began to ponder how to spend these dozen or so extra Evolution Points.

Anyway, he needed to reach one hundred Life Force to evolve again. Since these Evolution Points were just sitting there, he might as well use them to upgrade his skills!

Should he upgrade [Armor-Piercing Spike], or upgrade his new skill [Wing Blade Slash]? Or should he upgrade [Blood Food Tracking] and [Zerg Space] as well?

Just as he was calculating how to maximize his benefits.

Gu Yuexi, on the bed, slowly woke up.

She stretched, feeling much more refreshed, and prepared to start a new day of cultivation.

She habitually walked to the side of the bed and bent down to drag the large black bag.

However, the feeling when she grabbed it made her freeze.

"Hmm? Why... is it so light?"

An ominous premonition surged in her heart.

She jerked the bag out and tore the opening open!

The next second, her pupils instantly contracted.

Inside the bag, there was no longer any plump snake corpse; only a shriveled, wrinkled snake skin, as if it had been air-dried for over a decade, lay there lightly.

"..."

Silence, dead silence.

After a full ten seconds or more, a thought, suppressing monstrous rage yet filled with endless bewilderment, exploded in Chu Sheng's mind!

"My Spirit Green Snake!!!"

This roar contained emotions that were far too complex.

There was heartache, anger, and frustration, but more than that, it was a sense of bewilderment and disbelief that shattered her worldview.

Gu Yuexi stared fixedly at the corpse on the floor that had completely turned into a "dried snake skin," then suddenly turned her head, her gaze shooting like a sharp sword toward the "culprit" on the table that was currently pretending to be dead!

It must be it!!

In the whole room, only it could drink blood! If it wasn't it, who else could it be?!

It was gone! Everything was gone!

The cultivation resources she had obtained by selling her house and gambling her entire fortune, her only hope for advancing to a second-rank martial artist in the next half month, had just been... drained dry by a mosquito in one night?!

What kind of situation is this?!

"You... what on earth are you?!"

Gu Yuexi's consciousness was trembling.

She couldn't understand!

How could a mosquito withstand such a massive amount of monster essence blood?

How did its tiny body contain such terrifying energy? Why didn't it explode and die on the spot?!

This completely defied logic! It defied all the knowledge from her two lifetimes of existence!