The white wolf was like a landlord patrolling his territory, inspecting the “crops” he had painstakingly cultivated with satisfaction.
Only after looking around did it turn back to look at Jiang Ye, its tone filled with boastful pride: “How is it, human? Is this 【Scarlet Marrow Taisui】 beautiful?”
Jiang Ye shook his throbbing head, finally recovering from the wave of dizziness.
Ignoring the white wolf's barking, he frantically searched the memories of his previous nine playthroughs, trying to recall the origin of this thing.
Seeing Jiang Ye remain silent, the white wolf assumed the young girl had not yet recovered from the Taisui's shriek.
It sized up the young girl before it once again. To be able to fight and defeat a Golden Core cultivator with only Foundation Establishment strength, she must have used some secret technique that overdraws her potential. However, one thing was certain: her spiritual root was definitely not bad.
Their Young Master loved girls with both outstanding looks and talent the most.
Even after the Young Master grew tired of playing with her, throwing her into the immortal slave market would still make her a highly sought-after commodity.
Bringing her back would be a guaranteed win, a major contribution no matter what.
Just as the white wolf was plotting how to pack up the young girl and take her away, Jiang Ye finally dug out a specific name from the deepest corners of his memory that had disgusted him for over half a month.
He suddenly raised his head, staring at the white wolf with a strange expression, and spoke directly: “Is this thing... actually used to cultivate the 【Scarlet Marrow Blood Armor】?”
The white wolf's proud expression suddenly froze. Its eyes narrowed, flashing with a dangerous, cold light: “Human, how do you know about that?”
On the surface, Jiang Ye was as steady as an old dog, but a storm of shock had already erupted in his heart.
Holy crap! The 【Scarlet Marrow Blood Armor】 was actually cultivated from this lump of flesh?!
One had to know that this thing was known as a “living magic treasure.” It could repair itself, parasitize enemies, conceal one's aura, and even change its shape!
Most importantly, it could continuously evolve by devouring flesh and blood, never becoming obsolete!
It was absolutely an essential, god-tier tool for travel, murder, robbery, and catching people off guard!
Moreover, he clearly remembered that he had only seen this thing on the White Tiger Royal Family in the mid-to-late stages of the game.
The White Tiger Clan was already extremely skilled in slaughter and possessed thick skin and flesh. Adding a piece of Scarlet Marrow Treasure Armor on top of that...
That was simply the ultimate cancerous monster among cancerous monsters!
At that time, Jiang Ye's level and equipment were already top-tier, but he still had to reload his saves countless times and grind for hours just to slowly wear that ultimate cancerous monster down to death.
What broke his mind the absolute most was that this thing didn't. Even. Drop!
As soon as its owner died, it would instantly wither and turn to ash!
Jiang Ye had been so furious back then that he literally slaughtered the entire White Tiger Tribe just to vent a fraction of his resentment.
Seeing the young girl remain silent for so long, the white wolf's eyes turned sinister as it slowly took a step closer: “Human, my patience is limited. Reveal the source of your information, or I will make you understand a torture far worse than death.”
The corner of Jiang Ye's mouth curled into an arrogant smirk as he said, “Sure. I have one last question. As long as you answer honestly, I'll tell you. This Taisui... how do you guys retrieve it?”
The white wolf's eyes narrowed slightly. Clearly, it had absolutely no intention of revealing even a single word regarding such core secrets of the white wolf clan.
Jiang Ye shook his head in regret, cursing inwardly, This big dog's IQ is indeed online. Not so easy to trick. But his super intelligence told him it was time to use super strength.
With that, Jiang Ye slowly closed his eyes, and the rhythm of the Sword Heart—which was beating wildly and absorbing the 【Killing Sword Intent】—gradually slowed down inside his body.
The next second, Jiang Ye suddenly snapped his eyes open!
The Grand Achievement 【Killing Sword Intent】 was released completely, without any reservation!
The violent sword qi transformed into a physical red storm, sweeping wildly with him at the center!
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The blood-red roots binding him snapped and exploded one after another as a towering killing intent, almost tangible, swept out wildly!
Even behind him, the churning blood qi began to condense, faintly manifesting a blurry and colossal phantom of a blood-red Asura!
Watching this terrifying scene, a very human-like terror finally appeared in the white wolf's usually arrogant eyes!
Although it possessed a noble bloodline, its strength was only at Tier Three Mid Stage! Facing such a violent sword intent, it instinctively took several steps back.
With a thought, the surviving white-furred werewolf let out a roar, fearlessly blocking the path in front of the white wolf.
Jiang Ye didn't even look at the two of them.
Forcibly releasing the complete Grand Achievement sword intent had pushed this physical body to the brink of collapse. He could only unleash one last strike.
Before this lump of Taisui could completely open its nine apertures and advance to Tier Four, he planned to properly test its metal.
He took a step forward.
Judging from the abnormal habits of those villagers—not lighting fires to cook during the day, and not lighting lamps at night—it was highly obvious that these anomalies were all due to the subtle influence of the underground Taisui.
There was only one truth.
This creepy, underworld thing was absolutely afraid of fire!
Jiang Ye took out the last 'Explosive Flame Blazing Fire Talisman' Gu Changqing had given him and slapped it onto the sword's blade.
The originally blood-red greatsword was instantly covered in a layer of scorching Explosive Flame true fire!
Immediately after, Jiang Ye forcibly stimulated the remaining thunder-attribute true qi in his body, causing purple arcs of lightning to crackle and run wild across the blade!
Blood light, blazing flames, and thunder—the three interwove, incomparably violent!
The corner of Jiang Ye's mouth curled up as he let out an extremely chuunibyou-style low shout: “Die, you cancerous boss! Behold my blood-colored thunderfire sword!!”
The white wolf also clearly saw Jiang Ye's intention to drag them down with him. “Stop her!!” the white wolf shrieked.
Rumble!
The ground cracked open as countless thick, blood-red roots surged wildly toward Jiang Ye like a tidal wave!
However, Jiang Ye was already prepared.
Tapping his toes, he stepped onto the magic tool flying sword he had already summoned, soaring into the air and instantly escaping the roots' strangling range!
The white-furred werewolf roared, leaping into the air recklessly and swinging its sharp claws in an attempt to block Jiang Ye's path.
Meanwhile, as the Grand Achievement 【Killing Sword Intent】 condensed, more and more cracks appeared on Jiang Ye's body. Blood-red light surged from the fissures, and his pure white robes had long been dyed completely crimson.
He could no longer care about the white-furred werewolf blocking his path.
The 【Killing Sword Intent】 was frantically poured into the greatsword, and even the blood-red phantom behind him seemed to solidify slightly.
“Break for me!!”
Griping the sword with both hands, Jiang Ye aimed at the massive, mountainous flesh Taisui and slashed down with all his might!
His arms holding the sword instantly ruptured, exploding into a cloud of blood mist!
Swoosh—!!
A massive, blood-red “crescent moon slash” howled forth, surrounded by violent thunder and fire!
The white-furred werewolf's pupils shrank. Its claws grew frantically in an attempt to defend, but the blood-red sword qi simply flashed past.
It was silently split in half right down the middle.
Boom!!!
The blood-red crescent moon slash struck the giant Taisui heavily, tearing open a hideous, bloody gash!
Jiang Ye could faintly see something pulsating like a heart, radiating a bloody light deep within the wound.
The Killing Sword Intent clung to the wound, emitting a constant, ear-piercing "sizzling" sound of corrosion!
However, fine blood threads began to continuously gush from the wound, slowly wearing down the sword intent on it.
Though extremely slow, the wound actually began to stitch itself back together bit by bit.
Meanwhile, the blood-red cracks on Jiang Ye's body had already spread to his neck. Clearly, this body was about to explode.
The white wolf, having escaped the disaster, burst into arrogant laughter upon seeing this: “Foolish human! Even if you exhaust all your strength and run dry, so what?! The Taisui's self-healing ability is unrivaled under heaven. You cannot harm its core at all!”
Jiang Ye slowly turned his head in mid-air, looking at the smug white wolf.
With great effort, he raised his blood-soaked right hand and slowly flipped the white wolf off: “Stupid dog. Next game... I'm stewing you in a hotpot.”
“Bang—!”
The young girl's blood-colored figure instantly exploded, disintegrating into a spray of blood mist.
Within her mind, Bai Zhirou felt her vision go black as endless darkness surged over her once more.
But before her consciousness completely faded, Jiang Ye's familiar voice drifted in: “Xiao Bai, let's... turn the tide.”
In the darkness, the young girl's choked up yet resolute response rang out: “Okay!”
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