Chapter 443: Chapter 164: The Furious Sea Leviathan! A Single Drop Penetrates the Stone!_3

But it was of no use, Su Changkong’s fists, palms, and fingers struck in unison, blowing Shan Weizhao’s hair backwards and bursting his body apart. Although his body healed quickly, under the succession of heavy blows from Su Changkong, it barely had time to repair before being torn apart again!

Crushing! One-sided crushing!

Even Shan Weizhao’s Immortal Body could only delay the inevitable under Su Changkong’s hands, and increase his suffering.

“Stop, stop! I know where there is Innate Qi… I can give it…”

Shan Weizhao became terrified. He noticed his body being destroyed on a large scale, his demonic power was visibly depleting. If this continued, he was only walking a path toward death. He cried out, claiming he had Innate Qi, hoping to incite Su Changkong to desire it and cease his attack.

“Pfft!”

But Su Changkong showed not the slightest hesitation. With one finger, A Single Drop Penetrates the Stone, he opened a fist-sized bloody hole in Shan Weizhao’s head.

Su Changkong was not so easily fooled by Shan Weizhao’s bluff. If he truly stopped and gave Shan Weizhao a chance to breathe, and once Shan Weizhao recovered, he might take off running, and it would be very difficult to kill him!

One must pulverize him to ashes, that is the righteous path!

“No!”

Not knowing how many times his body had been shattered by Su Changkong, Shan Weizhao, feeling his demonic power running out, let out an extremely unwilling roar. His body blown into pieces, scattered across the ground, flung in all directions. And this time, his body did not regenerate.

“Not as strong as I imagined…”

Su Changkong exhaled slightly, calming the agitated True Qi and Qi and Blood within. He felt somewhat fatigued from the consecutive full-force outbursts, it was a significant strain on his body. He mused in silence.

This Shan Weizhao was indeed strong, stronger than Zheng Feisha and Li Hongwu, who also had two Heavenly Pulses opened. But his greatest advantage was still the Immortal Body.

If the enemy’s power was comparable or not far apart, he could easily and pleasantly crush his opponent. However, facing Su Changkong, whose Giant Whale Skill had broken through to the 9th realm and was almost violently overpowering in direct combat, Shan Weizhao couldn’t even fight back. He could only be on the receiving end of punches, making the Immortal Body useful only for enduring a bit longer!

“Just a lower-level Demon Monster’s Crystal Core.”

Among the scattered remains, Su Changkong found a dark red Crystal Core. He picked it up, frowning inwardly.

Although Shan Weizhao possessed Innate level combat power, his Crystal Core was no different from the Demon Monster Crystal Cores Su Changkong had obtained before, all of lower-level Demon Monsters, with virtually no difference in the energy contained.

“It seems that even Monster Warriors who merge with Demon Monster Crystal Cores have differences… And the disparity in potential is in the quality of Demon Monster Crystal Cores they merge with,” Su Changkong pondered as he toyed with the Crystal Core in his hand.

When a Martial Artist merges with a Demon Monster Crystal Core, the higher the grade of the core, the greater the potential and the higher the growth limit.

However, Demon Monsters are rare to begin with, and the ones usually hunted are mostly lower-level Demon Monsters. Monster Warriors who merge with lower-level Demon Monster Crystal Cores are limited in potential.

As for higher-grade Demon Monster Crystal Cores, if hunting them is impossible, let alone merging with their cores!

But one can imagine how terrifying Martial Artists who merge with high-quality Demon Monster Crystal Cores would be!

“Now I have five Demon Monster Crystal Cores at hand,” Su Changkong was quite satisfied.

He obtained a Crystal Core from slaying Mo Ying of the Monster Martial Alliance, acquired three from the Pei Family, and with the one now, he had a total of five!

“Su… Elder Su, thank you for your help,”

At this moment, a voice filled with gratitude and shock came from beside Li Hongwu.

Li Hongwu’s gaze towards Su Changkong was filled with shock and amazement.

In Li Hongwu’s eyes, Su Changkong was merely someone who had learned the Heaven Silkworm Technique, which had granted him a respectable status in the Spirit Taoist Sect as a special talent. However, he could never have imagined that this young man, who hadn’t even reached the Innate Realm, could kill a Monster Warrior that had forced both him and his brother to flee, with nothing but his bare fists!

If it hadn’t been for witnessing it with his own eyes, Li Hongwu would have had a hard time believing it, which inevitably led to him wondering, “Could this Su Helai be a monstrous talent from a noble family or a top sect?”

Such a level of monstrous talent, even if found in the great families and top sects, would surely be cultivated with all resources available. It wouldn’t make sense for them to fail in obtaining even a strand of Innate Qi, right?

“It doesn’t matter… Does Famous Sword Mountain have Innate Qi?”

Su Changkong stored the Demon Monster Crystal Core and shook his head, then asked expectantly.

The next strand of Innate Qi from the Spirit Taoist Sect was estimated to appear in about ten years, and it was not even certain if it would be his turn when it emerged. Therefore, he might as well ask Li Hongwu.

Since there were Innate Martial Artists in Famous Sword Mountain, there must be Innate Qi!

If Famous Sword Mountain had it, he could reserve it in advance and have Famous Sword Mountain provide it to him. Once he became stronger later on, he would repay Famous Sword Mountain then. The potential and strength he had shown were all witnessed by Li Hongwu just now.

Upon hearing this, Li Hongwu smiled bitterly and shook his head, “Elder Su, our Famous Sword Mountain isn’t as well-off as your Spirit Taoist Sect… On Famous Sword Mountain, only my brother and I are Innate Martial Artists. The last strand of Innate Qi that emerged on Famous Sword Mountain was fifty or sixty years ago, utilized by my brother, and the most recent one appeared ten years ago, which I used.”

Su Changkong felt quite disappointed upon hearing this.

Famous Sword Mountain only produced one or two strands of Innate Qi every hundred years. Even Li Hongwu himself had to wait until ten years ago to get a strand of Innate Qi, hence his later entry into the Innate Realm, only recently opening two Heavenly Pulses.

In Central State, most sects that occupy places with excellent fengshui, aside from those with deep heritage and strong power, tend to use up any emerging Innate Qi immediately to avoid others coveting it.

If the Innate Qi emerged within their own sect and was not utilized quickly, the larger sects wouldn’t disdain having an excess of Innate Qi. If they came knocking for it or even attempted to seize it, it would become troublesome. Therefore, it’s better to use it right away to avoid complications that come with time.

“So Su Helai really is just at the Qi-Blood Realm… He desires Innate Qi so eagerly.” Seeing Su Changkong’s disappointed look, Li Hongwu was completely certain that Su Changkong hadn’t concealed his cultivation, but was indeed at the Qi-Blood Realm.

However, seeing Su Changkong’s disappointed look, Li Hongwu had an idea, “Elder Su, although Famous Sword Mountain doesn’t have any surplus Innate Qi, I know of a place that might.”

“Which place?” Su Changkong’s eyes immediately lit up at his words.

Li Hongwu said, “Snow Abyss Mountain. Recently, in Snow Abyss Mountain, not just one person obtained Innate Qi. A bloody battle erupted over the fight for Innate Qi. My senior brother and I originally planned to take our elite disciples there to try our luck.”

“Snow Abyss Mountain?”

Su Changkong was moved by the idea.

Snow Abyss Mountain, located in the southern part of Central State, was a massive snow mountain that stretched for thousands of miles and was perennially covered in snow. It was not a place suitable for ordinary people to live, hence desolate and uninhabited.

However, the less trodden a place was, untouched by others, the greater the likelihood that any emergent Innate Qi hadn’t been collected.

And according to Li Hongwu, Snow Abyss Mountain had recently seen more than one strand of Innate Qi being obtained!

Li Hongwu and Li Hongyi, the two Innate Martial Artists, were visiting Snow Abyss Mountain in hopes of good fortune, given that Famous Sword Mountain only produced one or two strands of Innate Qi every century, and several exceptionally talented disciples in their sect struggled to break through due to the lack of Innate Qi.

However, Li Hongwu had now given up on the idea of going to Snow Abyss Mountain since they were attacked by the Monster Warrior Shan Weizhao right after leaving, resulting in more than a dozen elite casualties and Li Hongyi’s severe injuries, which necessitated rest and recovery, leaving no more desire to wade into troubled waters at Snow Abyss Mountain.

Feeling somewhat tempted, Su Changkong thought, “I am currently at a bottleneck; without breaking into the Innate Realm, I will always be just at the Qi-Blood Realm. If I have enough luck in Snow Abyss Mountain and obtain a strand of Innate Qi…”

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