Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Li Hong's mind raced with various thoughts, flashing by in an instant.

The next moment,

he resolutely opened the palm-sized Golden Box he held in his hands.

As the box opened, Jiang Ning's Heavenly Eye pierced through the rubble that covered Li Hong and saw the item within the Golden Box.

It wasn't the Three-headed Six-armed God Statue he had seen before, nor was there any trace of Hundred Spirit Blood, but a piece of dark-red flesh instead.

The flesh contracted and expanded, much like a beating heart, filled with vigorous vitality.

With the opening of the Golden Box, even though they were five hundred meters apart, Jiang Ning immediately felt a familiar aura, reminiscent of the one carried by the Black Lotus Sect Saintess on New Year's Eve.

His gaze suddenly sharpened as he whispered to himself, "This must be the flesh of the Blood and Flesh God! Tainted with the breath of the God, there must be remnants of Divinity!!"

Just then,

from within the collapsed ruins,

Li Hong grabbed the piece of flesh from the Golden Box and placed it into his mouth.

Determination flashed in his eyes at that moment.

How could he not know that by swallowing this piece of flesh, there would be no turning back, and he could only become a minion of the Blood and Flesh God?

But to fall into the hands of Hong Minghu and have everything about himself exposed would lead to an even worse fate!

Moreover, becoming a Favored of the God, although as a minion, might not be without its opportunities.

Now, as the God revived from annihilation, it signaled a transformation unthinkable in a thousand years.

Great Xia had reached a pivotal moment of instability, on the verge of a revolution that would turn the heavens and the earth upside down.

Under such circumstances, only the living could have a future, filled with endless opportunities.

Li Hong clenched his teeth, steeled his heart, and swallowed.

The flesh that throbbed like a heart in his mouth plunged straight down into his stomach.

The next moment,

he let out a deep, guttural roar, indicative of the ultimate pain that was impossible to contain within his body.

On the other side,

Hong Minghu stood in the courtyard, coldly observing the ruins.

When he heard the faint sounds, a smirk crept onto his lips.

"Just like that, without your desperate struggle, how could I firmly pin the crime on you?"

At that moment, sensing the activity beneath the ruins, Hong Minghu felt completely at ease.

He then took a few steps back, coldly watching the collapsed debris.

In less than ten breaths.

Boom——

The rubble exploded, and a figure emerged from the collapsed ruins, swelling continuously, with tumorous growths burgeoning all over, his body increasing in size.

The creature that now stood before everyone astonishingly had four legs and four arms.

Moreover, on each side of the creature, two more growths were swelling, gradually taking the shape of limbs.

The staff from the county government couldn't recognize this monstrous being as the County Lord Li Hong based merely on its appearance.

The only indication of his identity was the face at the front of its head.

"Li Hong, you truly are the ringleader of the rebels!" Hong Minghu bellowed, his voice piercing through the courtyard walls, reverberating for hundreds of meters.

"Hong Minghu, you forced my hand! You pushed me to this point!!" Li Hong's face was full of agony as he spoke through clenched teeth.

The third pair of arms on his body also fully formed at that moment.

The first-time transformation of his body brought unbearable pain straight to the bone marrow.

Meanwhile,

the county government staff, witnessing this scene, were greatly alarmed, their hearts shaking with a tremendous impact.

Seeing this, how could they not realize there was something wrong with the County Lord, much like the Inspector Mansion Master had said, deeply entangled with the God Worship Sect, and the head of the rebels.

The God Worship Sect had long been labeled as rebels.

Hence, they were subjected to extermination.

Worried and insecure, they feared that their close ties with the County Lord might lead to their purging by the Inspection Office.