17: A special envoy from the capital? A mere slap in the face!

Demon Suppression Division, meeting hall. The originally majestic and solemn hall was now filled with an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

Several injured Demon Suppression Guards lay on the ground, groaning in pain. The Division Head, Zhao Wuji, clutched his chest, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth as he leaned back in his chair, pale-faced, evidently having suffered a severe internal injury.

On the main seat of the hall sat a young man dressed in a blood-red robe with a feminine, pale face.

He toyed with two crimson blood beads in his hands, while behind him stood two "Blood Slaves" shrouded in black robes, emitting a thick, bloody stench. The Inspector from the Demon Slayer Division headquarters, Hate Heaven Li.

"Division Head Zhao, my patience is limited."

Hate Heaven Li took a sip of tea, his tone lazy and arrogant, "Has that guy called Gu Yang not arrived yet? If he doesn't come soon, I'll use your blood to moisten my throat first."

"Inspector Li, Gu Yang is a meritorious hero of my Demon Suppression Division, you cannot..." Zhao Wuji said, gritting his teeth.

"Meritorious hero? Heh." Hate Heaven Li laughed contemptuously, "In the eyes of the big shots in the capital, these Martial Artists from this remote place are nothing more than slightly stronger ants. Being refined into a Blood God Child by me is his honor."

Just then. Thump! Thump! Thump! Heavy footsteps approached, each step sounding like it was trampling on everyone's heartbeats.

The light in the hall dimmed.

A burly figure, two meters two tall, carrying a massive black iron coiling dragon pillar, blocked the sunlight at the entrance and strode in. The terrifying pressure instantly dispersed the bloody stench inside the hall.

"Which blind fool wants to use me as a Blood Slave?" Gu Yang casually slammed the 13,500-jin coiling dragon pillar onto the ground. Boom! The hard granite floor shattered instantly, and the entire hall shook three times.

Hate Heaven Li's originally lazy eyes instantly became sharp, staring fixedly at Gu Yang.

He could feel the Qi and blood inside Gu Yang's body like a volcano about to erupt; it was simply the most delicious tonic in the world!

"Good! What a fine Physical Body! Qi and blood like a Dragon, five viscera like a furnace!" Hate Heaven Li stood up excitedly, his eyes full of greed, "If I refine you, my 'Blood Transforming Demonic Technique' will definitely be able to break through the Bottleneck!"

He pointed down at Gu Yang, as if commanding a dog: "Kneel! Offer up your essence blood, and this seat will grant you the opportunity to be my servant!"

Gu Yang looked at him as if he were an idiot and picked his ear: "Did you forget to take your medicine when you went out? Or has all the blood in your brain been drained?" "Grant me a fortune? Do you even deserve to?"

"Presumptuous!" Hate Heaven Li's face darkened. As an Inspector from the capital, who dared to talk to him like that? "Rustic brute, refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit! Since you won't kneel, I will break your legs and drain your blood!"

Before the words left his mouth, Hate Heaven Li moved.

His figure transformed into a scarlet blood shadow, fast as lightning, his five fingers forming a claw, with nauseating blood evil Qi swirling around his fingertips.

Blood Transforming Demonic Hand! If this claw landed solidly, even a Martial Artist at the Viscera Refining Realm would have all their essence blood sucked dry in an instant!

Facing this incredibly sinister strike, Gu Yang stood still, as if he had been scared silly.

He didn't even take down the coiling dragon pillar from his back. He just curled the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a cruel smile. "Well come."

Hum— Just as Hate Heaven Li's demonic claw was about to touch Gu Yang's chest, the Primordial Indestructible Golden Body inside Gu Yang's body activated on its own. An invisible gravitational field instantly erupted with him as the center!

"What?!" The originally lightning-fast Hate Heaven Li suddenly felt his body sink, as if a great mountain was pressing on his back, and his movements instantly slowed by three times! But that wasn't the most terrifying part. When his palm finally pressed onto Gu Yang's chest—

Boom! He felt as if he hadn't hit a person, but a high-speed rotating millstone! A terrifying counter-shock force, both rigid and soft, perfectly unified, surged wildly back along his arm!

Crack! Crack! Crack! A series of teeth-aching bone-cracking sounds blended into one.

"Ah—!!!" Hate Heaven Li let out a shrill scream.

His right wrist shattered instantly, followed by his forearm, upper arm... The bones of his entire right arm burst inch by inch, flesh and blood flying everywhere!

"Is this the strength of a capital expert? Too disappointing." Gu Yang shook his head, his eyes full of disappointment. "You can't even break my skin, and you want to suck my blood?"

Taking advantage of the moment Hate Heaven Li was stunned by the shock, Gu Yang stepped forward.

That massive figure instantly blocked Hate Heaven Li's vision. He raised his palm-leaf-sized hand, without any fancy Moves, just like swatting a fly, and swiped it over lightly.

"No! I am from the Blood God Cult..." Slap!!!

A sound that was extremely crisp, yet dull as thunder, exploded.

Before Hate Heaven Li could finish his words, his head spun a dozen times rapidly on his neck.

The terrifying monstrous strength directly pulverized his cervical vertebrae, and his entire face instantly collapsed and deformed.

His whole body flew out like a cannonball, smashing heavily into the side wall, unable to be pried out.

Dead silence. The hall fell into dead silence once again. The two Blood Slaves who had originally prepared to attack were trembling all over, and with a thud, they knelt on the ground.

Gu Yang didn't even look at those two small fries, walking straight to the wall, and pulled Hate Heaven Li's corpse out of the wall like pulling a radish. "Sure enough, physical transcendence is the fastest."

He skillfully rummaged through the corpse. A few thousand taels of silver banknotes, a few bottles of Medicinal Pills named "Blood Essence Pills," and a yellowed sheepskin map.

Gu Yang unfolded the map and took a look; his eyes lit up.

[Discovered Hidden Map: Ten Thousand Monster Cave] The map marked a Secret Realm in the deep mountains outside the city, and in the center position, a bright red fruit symbol was drawn, with three small characters written next to it—dragon blood fruit.

"dragon blood fruit? A Heaven And Earth Treasure that can strengthen tendons and bones when eaten, and even allow one to possess a trace of Dragon power?" Gu Yang licked his lips and casually tossed Hate Heaven Li's corpse aside.

"Such good stuff, it's a waste on this dead person." "Since you delivered it to my door, I won't be polite."

He turned his head to look at Zhao Wuji, who was still in a daze, and waved the map in his hand: "Division Head, I'm taking leave." "Going to restock."