27: Even gods go crazy!

Puchi!

The moment the fist collided with the dragon's claw, the muffled sound of flesh being crushed rang out.

The Black Dragon's sharp claws, along with the front half of its forearm, directly exploded into a cloud of blood mist!

Roar—!!

The Black Dragon let out a shrill roar, the shock and fear in its eyes instantly replacing its previous aggression.

It never expected that this human's Physical Body would actually be stronger than its own as a Vicious Beast!

Instinctively wanting to flee, it twisted its body, trying to bolt back into the deep pool.

But Wang Ming's speed was even faster.

His figure moved like lightning, catching up in an instant. His left hand, with fingers held together like a blade, was wrapped in purple-black Destruction Sword Intent. He effortlessly pierced it below the Black Dragon's neck and then slashed horizontally!

Chila—!

The tough dragon hide along with the flesh was sliced open cleanly!

A flood dragon core the size of a longan, glowing with a strange pink light, was plucked out.

The Black Dragon's massive body suddenly stiffened, the light in its eyes rapidly dimming as it crashed heavily onto the side of the pool.

Blood gushed out, staining a large area of the water red.

[Ding! The host has completed the choice! Reward: Earth Rank High Grade Martial Skill, Shattering Moon!]

The cultivation method for Shattering Moon instantly flooded into Wang Ming's consciousness, directly reaching the entry-level proficiency.

This was a powerful sword technique that concentrated destructive power into a single point for an explosion. At its peak mastery, it could even shatter the moon with a single strike!

A sharp light flashed in Wang Ming's eyes.

This Shattering Moon was currently his most powerful move.

If he could master it and combine it with the fifty-fold amplification of the Desolate War Body, he was confident that he would have the strength to fight even a Core Formation Early Stage opponent!

He turned his head to look at the Mating Flood Dragon; at this moment, a thick pink mist was diffusing from the Mating Flood Dragon's corpse.

"Mating Flood Dragon Corpse Qi!" Wang Ming's consciousness sank into the Myriad Medicine Codex.

The Myriad Medicine Codex recorded a type of Medicinal Pill called immortals also go mad, and its primary material was this Mating Flood Dragon Corpse Qi!

The effect of this pill was the same as the dragon's venom, but it was more than ten times stronger than the venom!

Let alone Foundation Establishment, even Core Formation experts would be doomed if they were affected by this immortals also go mad!

Wang Ming flicked his finger to guide the Mating Flood Dragon Corpse Qi toward him. He then took out some auxiliary medicinal Materials from the System space, using the void as a cauldron to refine the medicine on the spot!

This refining process lasted for several hours.

"A Rank Three Medicinal Pill is still somewhat difficult to refine, but I succeeded nonetheless!"

Wang Ming opened his palm, and three Medicinal Pills diffusing a faint purple Qi lay quietly in his hand.

One of them had countless intricate patterns on its surface, clearly different from the other two.

Wang Ming put away the other two, leaving only the one with the patterns.

He turned to look at the Mating Flood Dragon's corpse, a mischievous smile curling on his lips. "Little Chen-chen, to prepare this surprise for you, I wasted a full seventy percent of the Mating Flood Dragon Corpse Qi. You'd better enjoy yourself."

With that, he stuffed the patterned Medicinal Pill into the Mating Flood Dragon's corpse, right where the flood dragon core originally was.

Only then did he turn and leave with satisfaction... Ye Chen was crashing through the wilderness like a headless fly.

He was very lost right now.

After leaving Qingzhou City, where should he go?

The best place would be to find a Sect to join, hide away inside, and slowly develop.

But his Sunflower Manual was enough to let him reach the Nascent Soul Realm and was even an Earth Rank peak-grade Cultivation Technique.

With such a Cultivation Technique, ordinary Sects simply couldn't catch his eye!

And those great Sects had fixed times for recruiting Disciples every year; it wasn't something he could join just because he wanted to.

Struggling with his thoughts along the way, he unknowingly arrived at the Black Water Pool.

"Where is this?" Ye Chen's footsteps paused as he looked around, his brow furrowing.

Along the way, he had encountered countless Vicious Beast attacks.

But since entering this area, he hadn't encountered a single Vicious Beast attack for at least half an hour!

"Something's wrong!" Ye Chen restrained his Qi and continued forward warily.

He eventually reached the core area of the Black Water Pool.

Ye Chen's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly restrained his Qi to the limit and crouched into a thicket.

He saw a dragon lying by the edge of the pool ahead.

Almost the entire pool had been dyed red by its blood.

"A dragon was actually hidden here!" Ye Chen's mind raced. "Looking at it, it's clearly been heavily injured, or maybe it's already dead."

Ye Chen hesitated for a moment before cautiously approaching.

"It really is dead!" After getting closer, the thick aura of death made Ye Chen breathe a sigh of relief.

The residual Qi on this dragon's body was very strong!

If it were in its prime, Ye Chen wouldn't be confident in being able to kill it.

"They say a flood dragon core can aid in cultivation. A flood dragon core of the same Realm can allow one to break through a Realm. This dragon's Qi is so vigorous, it's at least at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer. If I refine its flood dragon core, I might be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer in one go!"

Excited, Ye Chen began searching through the dragon's corpse.

Soon, he saw the wound on the dragon's neck—it was a sword wound.

"A sword wound? This dragon was killed by someone?!"

Ye Chen immediately became alert, and with a flash, he instantly returned to the thicket where he had been hiding.

When he was searching just now, he had touched the dragon's corpse, and it was still warm.

This meant the dragon hadn't been dead for long.

The person who killed the dragon might still be nearby!

Ye Chen couldn't be sure of the other party's attitude if he were discovered, so it was better to wait and see.

He hid there for four or five hours.

His whole body had gone stiff.

"They haven't appeared for so long; it seems they really left," Ye Chen murmured, stepping out of the thicket.

"I hope the flood dragon core is still there!" He prayed in his heart as he pulled open the wound on the dragon's neck.

A round object slid out.

It was pink and had intricate patterns engraved on it.

"What is this? A flood dragon core? Why does it look like a Medicinal Pill?" Ye Chen picked it up, momentarily unsure.

He had never seen a flood dragon core and didn't know if they were supposed to look like this.

Just as he was at a loss, scratching his head in confusion,

The pill-like object in his palm suddenly made a 'ka' sound, and a crack appeared!

Then, more cracking sounds followed in quick succession, and more and more cracks appeared.

"Holy crap! It's going to explode!" Ye Chen's face changed. Without thinking, he quickly used all his strength to throw it away.

But the moment it left his hand, the cracks reached their limit.

With a boom, it exploded!

A pink mist, so thick it wouldn't dissipate, instantly covered the entire area!

And it began to spread across the entire Black Water Pool!

Ye Chen was at the center of the mist. Even though he reacted quickly and held his breath immediately, he still caught a breath of the thickest mist unawares.

"You bastard, you set me up!"

Ye Chen was furious. How could he not understand by now? This thing wasn't a flood dragon core at all; it was some kind of Medicinal Pill!

And judging by the color, it was definitely poisonous!

He didn't dare stay in the mist and hurriedly circulated his Internal Energy, moving to escape.