novelraw Chapter 39: I Look More Like a Bad Guy Than You
Chapter 39: I Look More Like a Bad Guy Than You
The essence of the Medicine Master's blessing, put simply, was just that.
At least at the current level, its basic operating logic had been completely grasped by Li Qiuchen.
Just like something like pork stir-fry, essentially it was meat plus batter fried in oil. Sweet and sour made it old-style pork, salty made it sliced pork, dip it in salt and pepper and it became crispy pork, add pineapple and tomato sauce and it became sweet and sour pork.
The underlying logic of the Medicine Master's blessing was the transformation of life forms.
Limited by the followers' cognition, at this level they basically couldn't play many tricks.
When he saw Mohe the Perfected Being transform into a large tree, entangling the white crane and beginning to absorb blood, Li Qiuchen didn't feel terrified, but rather breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He was done for.
If he suddenly turned into a big tiger, or grew wings, spewed acid from his mouth, and sprayed fire from his rear, Li Qiuchen really couldn't think of a solution for the moment.
You just turn into a big tree... who can't do that?
Swallow one spirit pill, my fate is mine not heaven's... sorry, wrong lines.This was exactly the same as the situation that occurred when Li Qiuchen first took the Spirit Gathering Pill. Simply put, it was completely releasing mental restraints and letting plant consciousness take over his body.
In other words, "berserk mode."
Right in front of Mohe the Perfected Being, Li Qiuchen directly swallowed a Spirit Gathering Pill and began circulating his cultivation. Heaven and earth spiritual qi frantically gathered around. Countless sprouts burst from his spine.
Li Qiuchen's body continuously grew larger and taller. Wildly twisting branches coiled around Mohe the Perfected Being's trunk. The Medicine Master's blessing operated at full power, beginning to absorb power from the same root and source.
Mohe the Perfected Being realized the danger, but his reaction was half a beat slow.
He was poisoned.
How did I get poisoned again?
Mohe the Perfected Being's brain, which had become extremely dull at this moment, slowly turned.
Were there ground spikes in the trap?
No, it was just a pit, dug temporarily.
Mohe the Perfected Being belatedly looked at the white crane he had tightly entangled, suddenly realizing something.
You're still human? You actually poisoned your own spirit beast?
Facing Mohe the Perfected Being's shocked gaze, Li Qiuchen helplessly shrugged.
Talk is talk, joke is joke, don't joke about innocence.
Did I poison it?
Do you know how many jin of jam this pig secretly ate? It ate by the pot. Now it's even developed resistance to century-old nightshade berry toxins!
How can a crane love sweets so much? Was it abused at home when young and never ate anything good in this life?
Besides, I didn't tell you to suck blood, right?
If you'd honestly absorbed life force, you definitely wouldn't have been poisoned. Who cultivated this bad habit of sucking blood and eating meat in you?
Seeing Mohe the Perfected Being react, the white crane also stopped pretending. With a shake of its wings, it shredded all the branches coiled around itself, soared into the air, and repeatedly flapped its wings at Mohe the Perfected Being.
Sword lights shot out, slashing Mohe the Perfected Being's transformed ancient pine to pieces. Among them was a seemingly ordinary feather that flashed past like a meteor, circling around the ancient pine and weaving left and right. Each time it could leave marks deep enough to see bone on the trunk.
"Feathered beast! You go too far!"
Mohe the Perfected Being attacked in a rage. Although this white crane's feather sword couldn't cause much effective damage, he also lacked effective defensive means. Instead, quite a bit of his attention was drawn away, making it impossible for him to concentrate on dealing with the opponent before him who was exactly the same as himself.
Two human-shaped ancient trees were tightly entangled together on the hilltop, using all their strength, trying to absorb the life energy from the other's body.
Li Qiuchen's strength was indeed much weaker than Mohe the Perfected Being's, but he had just taken a Spirit Gathering Pill. His efficiency in absorbing heaven and earth spiritual qi instantly increased tenfold. The powerful suction made Mohe the Perfected Being completely unable to resist. He only felt increasingly empty inside. Before long, he'd be completely drained.
Seeing himself already at a disadvantage, and if he didn't work harder he'd really be buried here, Mohe the Perfected Being suddenly bit through his tongue tip and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, sacrificing the thick prayer beads hanging around his neck.
The blood-stained prayer beads scattered in mid-air, flashing with earth-yellow magical treasure light, and directly smashed down at Li Qiuchen.
Boom boom boom boom—!
Each prayer bead was like a cannonball, bombarding Li Qiuchen's body with terrifying force, beating him until his head bled and his skin split open.
If he'd still maintained human form, Li Qiuchen's brain would have been smashed out three meters by now but he was currently in the same half-human, half-tree form as Mohe the Perfected Being. This magical treasure obviously with earth and stone attributes could only wound him, and wounds of this degree could recover as good as new in the blink of an eye.
As expected, there was a magical treasure!
I knew someone respectable like you couldn't possibly not drop any equipment.
Senior, I see this item is fated with me!
Li Qiuchen gritted his teeth. Instead of retreating, he advanced, bending to hug Mohe the Perfected Being's trunk. His feet planted on the ground, he exerted force with a wrench.
Tiger Embrace Technique!
This was a martial arts manual found from under Xiao Tian's bed after sweeping the mountain stronghold. It was specifically provided for county yamen prison guards to cultivate, used to suppress those fierce bandit prisoners.
The technique was crude, but perfect for this kind of close-quarters combat situation.
Mohe the Perfected Being was squeezing out what little magical power remained in his body, driving his last magical treasure. Caught off guard, Li Qiuchen embraced him around the waist. Two hands grabbed his lower back, palm spikes piercing into his body. Hidden force erupted out, instantly disrupting the circulation of qi mechanism in his body.
Pff—!
A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from Mohe the Perfected Being's mouth. This time he finally truly received real damage.
The white crane flapped its wings and killed from an oblique angle. Sword light flashed. Mohe the Perfected Being's head flew high, instantly pierced through by the flying sword back and forth over a dozen bloody holes.
"Spine! Attack his spine!"
Li Qiuchen loudly reminded.
The white crane kicked Mohe the Perfected Being's head over a dozen zhang away. Its sharp talons dug into the flesh. Using all its strength to pull upward, it directly pulled Mohe the Perfected Being's entire spine from his body.
The flying sword swept past, weaving back and forth several times, instantly cutting the entire thick spine into the shape of lamb scorpion in a hot pot.
The ancient pine Mohe the Perfected Being had transformed into suddenly stiffened, pausing in place. Countless life energies lost their restraints and surged into Li Qiuchen's body.
The white crane spread its wings and flew into mid-air, looking with alarm and uncertainty at Li Qiuchen, who was almost completely lignified and whose body size was still continuously expanding.
"Go... help me find those... beads back."
Li Qiuchen, with only half a face left, spoke with difficulty, finding something for the stupid bird to do.
Otherwise, this stupid bird might start acting on him.
The intention was good, but Li Qiuchen's mental state this time was actually quite a bit better than when he first took the Spirit Gathering Pill because what he mainly absorbed was the life energy from within Mohe the Perfected Being's body.
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