One Pound Meat, One More Attribute Point

Lilith's wrist trembled slightly as she was pouring the wine, but she quickly recovered.

She nodded emotionlessly and said, "Oh."

"If you beg me, I might let him live," Su Heng said with a wicked smile, his fingers brushing over the girl's pale, icy cheek.

Lilith gently rubbed it in return, "He's just a stranger after all."

Having said that, she held the wine pot and returned to the shadows behind Su Heng.

"Tsk tsk!" Su Heng raised the filled wine vessel, gently shook it twice, the wine inside was as red as blood, aromatic and tempting. His smile faded, and he nodded slightly to the Dragon Guard below. The long axe was raised and then heavily fell, the surrounding audience let out excited gasps as blood spurted and Jialuo's head was chopped off.

This was not the end, but the beginning.

Bang!

The massive doors on both sides of the Duel Arena slammed shut, and the prepared pharmacists hurried over.

In their hands, they held a ferocious demonic skull with a metallic sheen, which was the first prize Su Heng obtained from the Original Blood River.

They laboriously lifted the demonic skull and placed it on Jialuo's severed neck.

As Li Hongxiu waved her sleeves on the side.

The originally clear sky instantly darkened, circles of dark clouds rolled outward, with a few blood-colored lightning flashes faintly visible. The atmospheric pressure became heavy, and vast swathes of red fog dropped down like colossal curtains from the sky. As the Scepter was activated, tributaries of the Blood River appeared within the Blood Realm. Some of its power, under the effect of the ritual, merged into Jialuo's fragmented corpse.

Then, something incredible happened, vigorous Life Force burst forth from Jialuo's body.

As blood surged, the skull-headed figure seemed to unexpectedly gain vitality.

Layers of capillaries stretched upwards around the bones, and two ghostly flames appeared in the pitch-black eye sockets.

Soon after, the gaping maw opened wide, emitting a roaring sound. Jialuo's spine arched upwards, sharp black spikes pierced through his flesh, and needle-like thick hairs grew on his pale smooth skin. Like the clattering of steel stirrups, continuous noises came from within his body. His fingernails and toenails visibly extended, locked together, and ultimately formed terrifying monster-like claws.

With a "thud,"

Circles of blood-colored ripples blossomed outward from Jialuo's body.

In the Duel Arena, everyone experienced a degree of Spiritual Shock, hazily witnessing a horrifying scene of mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

"It seems that this experiment could be successful." Watching the scene in front of him, Su Heng slightly nodded his head with a satisfied look on his face.

He snapped his fingers, summoning a narrow crack beneath the demonized Jialuo.

Red tendrils stretched out from within, twisting and coiling around the latter.

Regardless of the fierce struggle from the other party, it forcibly dragged him down.

...

He got up and left the Duel Arena.

Su Heng appeared in a laboratory located beneath a volcano.

Li Hongxiu appeared beside Su Heng, handing back the ring-shaped Scepter to her master.

Su Heng thought for a moment, but didn't take it, instead saying, "Keep it with you for the time being, this item is not of much use to me. However, in your hands, it can be used to strengthen the origin of the Blood Realm. Although the Demon Descendants and those Descenders have been eliminated, the war is not over yet, we still need to hurry and accumulate power."

"Alright!"

Li Hongxiu nodded, not hesitating.

The Blood Realm was born within Changsheng Heaven under the influence of the Original Blood River.

And this Scepter contained some of the authority of the Original Blood River, its amplifying effects on the Blood Realm were imaginable.

Not only can it guide the growth of the world's Origin, but it can also provide benefits to Cultivators within the Blood Realm, such as organizing a powerful army of Demons and so on.

As for other benefits, further exploration by Li Hongxiu is needed.

"The incident that just happened in the Duel Arena?" Li Hongxiu raised her head, inquiring curiously.

Although Su Heng's nature is cruel, he does not take pleasure in killing and torment. From what Li Hongxiu could tell from her experiences, the actions just now must have had their own considerations.

"I extracted the Origin of Jialuo and replaced it with the power from the Original Blood River, so I can create a powerful being controlled by me," Su Heng said, snapping his fingers. Jialuo was then released and now lay sleeping inside a semi-transparent cyst, with its wildly escalating aura stabilizing.

Li Hongxiu felt a threat from this creature, clearly its power was immense, surpassing that of ordinary Destruction Powers.

"However, its condition is still not very stable, it will take some time before it completely transforms."

Touching his chin, Su Heng moved his gaze away from the creature and said, "You can take it away and take good care of it for now. When it is fully nurtured, you can command it with the Scepter. According to my estimation, even if not at the peak of Jialuo, it shouldn't be far off; by then, it can completely be a trump card in your hands."

"Mm." Li Hongxiu seemed a bit surprised, but still gently nodded her head.

"Consider it a gift from me, go ahead and name it," Su Heng suddenly smiled and said.

"The gifts you give to a girl are truly thrilling, but I really like it, thank you, Master," Li Hongxiu smiled sweetly, "let's call it Bloodthirsty Demon Dog."

...

After sending Li Hongxiu away, Su Heng continued his Cultivation.

He was now at a very high level, at the top of the ladder, and the resources and energy needed to advance further were unimaginable.

But the higher the stakes, the less he could afford to slack. In the Blood River Battlefield, the words of Ji Zifeng were still vivid in his mind, Su Heng did not want such an event to happen to him one day. Hence, he was cruel to his enemies but equally harsh on himself. He utilized every bit of spare time to reflect on his current system, searching for every possible flaw.

With a large number of souls absorbed, both Su Heng's physical and spiritual strength were now exceedingly high.

Physically, Su Heng was at a stage where single strength could overcome ten skills; fancy tricks seemed more like a burden to him now.

He had spent a lot of Attribute Points in the past to master various Martial Arts and integrate them, which now seemed almost useless.

However, the improvement in Spiritual Cultivation still had many notable points.

Especially after merging with the souls of Demon Descendants, their memories were also fully displayed before Su Heng, like a book that could be browsed at will.

Demon Descendants are an ancient race, and many Spirit Secret Techniques recorded within were quite enlightening to Su Heng.

He planned to spend some time studying these things thoroughly.

Now, for every part of his spiritual power, he could exert an equal amount of destructive power. If there's a breakthrough in technique, perhaps he could display twice the power.

Given Su Heng's currently vast amount of spiritual power, this level of progress could have dramatic effects.

There's another matter to mention, that happened during the crash of the Revenge Goddess.

Due to violent friction with the Earth's atmosphere, Atomic Flames rushed directly into the warship, causing most of the Demon Descendants inside to be incinerated into ashes during the crash. Although many died by Su Heng's hands, he gained few Attribute Points. The next realm of Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill seemed far off, causing Su Heng some heartache whenever he thought about it.

Just like that, in the blink of an eye,

A month passed, and just as Su Heng felt he was making some progress, Li Hongxiu reappeared in front of him.

Her expression was a bit peculiar, playing coy, "I have one good news and one bad news, which one would you like to hear first?"

"The good news..."

"After relentless efforts over these days, we have located the trace of the Domineering Dragon in the Outer Sea."

"Tsk tsk." This matter was so long ago, Su Heng almost forgot about it. He thought for a moment, and immediately understood, his face showing an interested expression, "Then I can probably guess what the bad news is."