433: Chapter 433 Absorption

The hunger from the depths of his Bloodline was so intense that if Liu Xuan hadn't possessed a firm will, he would have found it difficult to resist swallowing it in one gulp.

'Why does the blood fiend tree heart make me feel hungry?'

Liu Xuan had experienced sudden hunger many times before, mainly in two situations.

One was when his Body Refining cultivation was about to break through a Bottleneck, and his body required a massive amount of blood and Qi energy.

The other was when he encountered spiritual items that would significantly improve the Kunpeng Swallowing Heaven Body Refining Method; his body would instinctively generate a desire to eat them.

Clearly, the blood fiend tree heart was such an item—a quasi-fifth-grade blood and Qi spiritual item. The hunger was stronger than ever before!

Liu Xuan salivated as he stared at the blood fiend tree heart, his eyes turning green with greed, which gave Peach Blossom a fright.

With a swift motion, she tucked the blood fiend tree heart back into her bosom. "Husband, you can't eat this. You won't be able to handle it!"

What was the blood fiend tree heart? It was a quasi-fifth-grade treasure refined from the flesh, blood, and souls of billions of creatures from the battlefield. Peach Blossom knew better than anyone how much blood and Qi it contained.

Even at her Peak Nascent Soul Demon Lord Realm, she found it difficult to use and had to be constantly wary of backlash. Although Liu Xuan's Physical Body was strong, it was only at the Golden Core level; eating this thing would cause him to explode directly.

Liu Xuan didn't argue. On one hand, he wasn't sure if he could actually handle eating it, and on the other, even if he could, he wouldn't dare to.

The blood fiend tree heart was a treasure Daoist Lord Lihuo had ordered Peach Blossom to nurture, and he had left a Divine Soul brand inside it. If Liu Xuan swallowed it now, he would surely be discovered.

Peach Blossom had already made an enemy of Demon Saint Xuanyu of the Demon Court. If he also made an enemy of Daoist Lord Lihuo, they would truly have nowhere left to go.

Even if he were to eat it, he would need a meticulous plan to avoid being discovered by Daoist Lord Lihuo, or wait until his cultivation reached a level where he no longer feared him.

"I won't eat it. Just let me take a suck," Liu Xuan said.

"Take a suck?"

Peach Blossom explained with a worried look, "I condensed the blood fiend tree heart using the Myriad Spirits Grand Array. It has already birthed a trace of spirituality and is a single entity. You won't be able to absorb the blood and Qi from it!"

"It's fine!" Liu Xuan waved his hand with a smile. "This thing is very compatible with my Physique. I just want to give it a try."

"Are you sure?" The worry on Peach Blossom's face deepened as she advised in a low voice, "The level of the blood fiend tree heart is too far above yours. If you absorb it directly into your body, even a single trace of blood fiend could injure you."

"I'm sure!" Liu Xuan said confidently. "Don't you know your husband's strength? Hurry up!"

Peach Blossom hesitated but didn't advise him further. Liu Xuan's Physique was indeed special. It was just a trace of blood fiend; at most he would be injured, it certainly wouldn't damage his foundation. There was no harm in trying.

"Only one suck! I'll protect you," Peach Blossom said, reaching out to hand over the blood fiend tree heart.

Thump, thump, thump!

The rhythm faintly throbbing within Liu Xuan's Golden Core grew stronger. He reached out to grasp the blood fiend tree heart. Seeing this, Peach Blossom forced out a trace of pure blood fiend.

Hiss!

As the quasi-fifth-grade blood fiend entered his body, the blood and Qi within Liu Xuan instantly accelerated tenfold. His body temperature skyrocketed, his skin turned a translucent red, and then a layer of red flames ignited.

Roar!

A dragon roar echoed from within him, startling Shuang Xue awake from her slumber and even giving Peach Blossom a fright.

Both women felt a terrifying Bloodline suppression from that sound. It was a form of submission that bypassed mental control, making it hard to even muster the will to resist.

"Sis... Sister Peach Blossom, is our husband also part of the Yao Race?"

"What kind of Yao Race Bloodline has such strong pressure?"

Shuang Xue, the White Tiger Saintess, was a bit dazed; this was the first time she had seen Liu Xuan reveal his True Dragon Bloodline.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't!" Peach Blossom gave Shuang Xue a cold look and warned, "If you dare to say a single word about this, I guarantee you will be turned to ash in an instant!"

The blood fiend entered Liu Xuan's body and immediately turned into terrifying blood and Qi, surging into his Meridians before converging into his Golden Core.

Blood fiend was extremely destructive. quasi-fifth-grade blood fiend was something an ordinary Early Stage Nascent Soul Demon Lord could not absorb or refine; it would tear their Physical Body apart and even damage their Demon Core.

Even Peach Blossom, with her Peak Nascent Soul cultivation, could not absorb it in large quantities. She could only use it as a special secret treasure to borrow power or assist her cultivation normally.

Blood fiend was fundamentally not meant for absorption and refinement, but was rather a highly destructive method of technique!

But Liu Xuan was different. When the violent blood fiend entered his Golden Core, it was immediately swallowed by a phantom of a Kunpeng and a phantom of a True Dragon. The originally violent blood fiend was instantly converted into pure blood and Qi.

"Invigorating!"

"Another trace!"

Liu Xuan opened his eyes, his vertical pupils filled with excitement.

Seeing that Liu Xuan truly could absorb the blood fiend, Peach Blossom did not hesitate and forced another trace of blood fiend from the blood fiend tree heart to him.

"Comfortable!"

"Another trace!"

After sucking nine traces of blood fiend in a row, Liu Xuan's Golden Core took on a black-red hue. The original hunger turned into a strong sense of fullness, and he finally stopped his technique.

Carefully checking his cultivation, he found that his Body Refining cultivation had clearly improved by a large margin. His physical strength had increased by at least ten percent and was still slowly rising.

'It will take about three days to completely refine these ten traces of blood fiend. If I can keep devouring blood fiend, the time it takes for me to advance to the Late Stage of Core Formation will be significantly shortened.'

"Peach Blossom, if I suck thirty traces of blood fiend like today's every month, will it affect the blood fiend tree heart?" Liu Xuan asked.

"Yes!" Peach Blossom thought for a moment and said, "The current blood fiend tree heart has about three thousand traces of blood fiend in total. Losing a little doesn't matter, but once more than three hundred traces are lost, Daoist Lord Lihuo might notice, and it will be hard to explain then."

Three hundred traces—calculating it out, that was only ten months, not even a year. Too short!

Cultivating by consuming high-level spiritual items across Realms resulted in significant waste. Liu Xuan's own energy requirements for advancement far exceeded those of Cultivators of the same level. To reach the Nascent Soul Realm, he might not even have enough even if he absorbed it all.

Of course! Liu Xuan never relied solely on himself for his cultivation. As long as he stretched out the timeline, he could break through even without sucking a single trace of blood fiend.

"Husband, is the blood fiend very helpful to you?" Peach Blossom asked.

"Yes!" Liu Xuan nodded.

"As long as it's helpful!" Peach Blossom explained, "Husband, don't worry about there not being enough blood fiend. Once the Pioneering War continues, the blood fiend can be replenished. As long as it's replenished in time, Daoist Lord Lihuo won't find out."

"Are you sure Daoist Lord Lihuo won't find out?"

Although the blood fiend was good, Liu Xuan considered the risks more. To him, the blood fiend was just the icing on the cake rather than a necessity. If the risk was even slightly high, there was no need for him to take it.

With the Liu Family's development, his Breakthrough to Nascent Soul was only a matter of time. Sucking blood fiend would merely make the advancement faster; there was no need to force it.

"Rest assured, Husband. I refined the blood fiend tree heart myself; others will absolutely not be able to find out!"

Liu Xuan pondered for a moment and nodded slightly. At worst, he would suck a little less. This thing originally belonged to his wife; how could he let others benefit for nothing?

In the end, Daoist Lord Lihuo was just a newly ascended Dao Lord. Once Liu Xuan reached Nascent Soul Formation, with his foundation, it wasn't certain who would fear whom!