Chapter 31: Xiao Wu's Breakthrough

  After some careful consideration, Hu Gao made up his mind to change targets and go hunt a mid-stage demonic beast. Anyway, with his current strength, dealing with a mid-stage demonic beast shouldn't be too much of a problem.

  "Alright, alright." Xiao Wu naturally had no objections and immediately became excited and enthusiastic.

  Hú Gāo is too lazy to bother with this foodie, the reason he wants to work so hard to hunt down demonic beasts for Xiao Wu and personally roast them for him is mainly to see if Xiao Wu will bring him any surprises after breaking through, and let him benefit from it.

  To think that Xiao Wu is actually a divine beast, once it grows up, what a terrifying existence it will be!

  With every ten steps, one person dies; with a thousand miles, no trace is left. Hu Gao felt that he had transformed into a demon-slaying terminator, and as his combat experience grew richer, the speed at which he killed demons was simply astonishing.

  The moon was high in the treetops, and within a short period of time, Hu Gao encountered nearly twenty mid-term first-class demonic beasts. Without exception, all of these demonic beasts were killed by him one after another.

  However, the mid-term demon beast was not in its initial stage after all. Hu Gao almost got himself killed by the demon beast several times and his body had already been injured multiple times. If it weren't for the abnormal healing effect of the jade pendant, he would have probably retreated long ago.

  "Hmph!"

  Under the night sky, after a fierce battle, Hu Gao finally knocked down a tiger-like demon that could cast two different elemental spells.

  Blood splattered, dyeing the ground red, revealing Hu Gao's pale face. At this moment, he suddenly remembered his past life as Wu Song, and couldn't believe that he had actually cultivated to such an extent, truly astonishing.

  "Master, wait! This demon beast has a demonic pellet inside its body!" Little Five hastily reminded.

  "Huh? Youdan?" Hu Gao's face changed slightly, and he hastily walked forward, stretched out his hand, and pulled out a black object from the corpse. It was about the size of half a fist, and a strong, majestic aura continuously emanated from it.

  "Finally got something good!" Hu Gao was quite depressed, holding the demon pill in his hand, and his heart slightly balanced a bit. All the demons he had hunted before had become Xiao Wu's meal, and he hadn't gotten any benefits for himself. This time, it seemed like he had gained something.

  "Xiao Wu, what's the use of the demon pellet?"

  "Master, the effect of the demon pellet is quite significant. It contains a large amount of yuan energy, but it also has a hint of demonic aura. Therefore, it cannot be directly absorbed, or else the physical body will easily suffer from demonic aura damage and leave behind hidden injuries."

  "What's the use if it can't be absorbed?"

  "It seems like it's possible to get rid of the evil energy inside through alchemy, but I also remember it wasn't very clear."

  Hu Gao lowered his head, deep in thought, and didn't speak. In his heart, he was thinking that this thing should be sold to an alchemist, it must be worth a lot of money. He thought about how many demon beasts he had killed today to get just one of these, if not for his abnormal healing ability, at the very least, only a martial artist above the Transcending Realm could slaughter demon beasts like this.

  "Hey boss, can I have this thing?" Little Five asked with a greedy tone, his eyes gleaming with desire.

  Hu Gao inexplicably felt a tightness in his heart, as if someone was about to snatch away his wife.

  Xiao Wu immediately made another pitiful expression, "Boss, I feel that we've already reached the critical point of breaking through. If we absorb this demonic energy, breaking through shouldn't be difficult."

  "What did you say? Can you directly absorb the evil energy?" Hu Gao asked in astonishment.

  "Older brother, you can rest assured. The demonic energy is poisonous to humans, but for us divine beasts, it's a great tonic. By absorbing the demonic energy from one demon core, I've gained almost as much nourishment as devouring the flesh of five demons of the same rank." Little Five didn't seem worried at all and appeared very confident.

  "Wow, so fierce?!"

  Hu Gao didn't have any opinion, the other party was a divine beast, it was awesome, what could he say? "Alright, you eat the meat and I'll drink the soup, don't absorb the yuan energy inside, leave it for me."

  The demonic energy is gone, so it's definitely not possible to sell it. Otherwise, it would be easy for people to see through it and cause unnecessary trouble later on. So, Hu Gao decided to absorb the yuan force energy in the demon pill himself, rather than wasting it.

  Xiao Wu heard this and immediately jumped onto Hu Gao's hand excitedly, snatching the demon pill away and quickly absorbing the demonic energy inside.

  Hú Gāo quickly saw a wisp of black gas flowing out from the Yāo Dān, entering Xiǎo Wǔ's body, and on Xiǎo Wǔ's body, there was finally a wisp of energy fluctuation transmitted.

  In an instant, the black demonic energy was completely absorbed, and Xiao Wu also calmed down, no longer making a racket, nor mentioning eating the Tian Xue Hu's flesh, but instead lying quietly on Hu Gao's shoulders.

  The aura on his body was solid and stable, constantly rising.

  A faintly discernible, sacred aura emanated from it, and Hu Gao felt the primal energy within him stirring to life, as if it was about to grow.

  "Is it going to break through? The divine beast is indeed a divine beast. Just by breaking through, it can stir up the surrounding yuan force."

  Hu Gao was astonished. He could feel a special energy emanating from Xiao Wu's body, calling out to the energy within him, and there were signs of improvement.

  If he hadn't just broken through to the fifth stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm at this time, I believe that even without soaking in a large amount of medicinal waters, he would still be able to break through under these circumstances. Moreover, if he chose to cultivate now, his cultivation speed should also increase quite rapidly, right?

  Suddenly, he saw a thread of golden gas spew out from Xiao Wu's mouth, and then it was sucked back in.

  When the golden gas appears, the energy in the air seems to become chaotic.

  "This golden gas... is this the gas that transformed my body? Could it be Dragon Qi?"

  Hu Gao recalled the golden gas that overflowed from Xiao Wu's body during his cultivation, nourishing his physical body and making his physical strength comparable to those with Yuan Force cultivation. It was indeed quite extraordinary and of great help to him.

  "It seems that Xiao Wu has indeed reached a critical point of breakthrough."

  Huang stood seriously on one side, not practicing, even if he practiced at this time it would be of great help to him, but he concentrated all his energy on taking care of Xiao Wu, being careful in case any danger occurred.

  At the same time, he was filled with anticipation, wondering if Little Five would obtain some powerful techniques after becoming a first-stage initial demon beast.

  "Hmm...".

  Suddenly, Xiao Wu's aura surged violently, like a supreme deity ruling the heavens, emitting an overwhelming pressure that crushed all directions.

  "Gurgle..."

  Hu Gao felt a warm and gentle feeling emanating from the jade pendant on his chest, and as the powerful force passed through his body, it was like a gentle breeze that did not cause him any harm.

  However, the surrounding flowers, grass and trees were all broken, flying sand and rocks, violent winds raging.

  A small breakthrough can actually cause such a big stir, it's really shocking.

  Pong!

  Finally, Xiao Wu's aura suddenly surged up a notch, and Hu Gao felt his soul tremble instantly, as if he had been seen through.

  "Big Brother!"

  Xiao Wu's pupils suddenly opened wide, shining with golden light, and a burst of pressure was emitted, swooping down to land on Hu Gao's shoulder.

  "Did you finally break through?"

  Hú Gāo smiled and asked, while also sizing up Xiǎo Wǔ. He found that Xiǎo Wǔ's entire body had grown a circle bigger, and the scales on his body were more lustrous. The golden light in his pupils was even more intense.

  "Wow, finally broke through, didn't let you down, boss..."

  Xiao Wu answered excitedly, looking very happy. Suddenly, he pointed forward with his hand: "Boss, there's a mid-stage first-tier demonic beast ahead, and it has a demonic core! Hurry up and hunt it down, don't let it escape..."

  "Up front? A mid-tier demonic beast of the first rank? With a demon pellet?"

  Hu Gao's expression changed slightly, "How did you know?"

  "Because I broke through..."

  "After breaking through my cultivation, I felt a sudden surge in my perception. Within 500 meters, as long as the living being's cultivation doesn't exceed level three, I can clearly sense them and even discover their special characteristics."

  "So fierce?!"

  Hugao was overjoyed in his heart, the three stages mentioned by Xiao Wu were actually the Explosive Yuan Boundary. And among all the cultivators in Ning City, it seemed that only those who had reached the Explosive Yuan Boundary could sense anyone approaching within 500 meters of them and immediately perceive their opponent's strength and cultivation level.

  This method is neither great nor small.

  If he has few contacts and is not highly cultivated, this method can be said to be useless, because it doesn't help him in the slightest.

  But if someone wants to secretly assassinate him, this method can save his life and even help him set up a counter-attack against the enemy, it's like having a cheat device.

  And for Hu Gao, the most important thing is that Xiao Wu can find the demon pills, which is equivalent to having a living treasure...

  "Go now and hunt down the demonic beast."

  With this in mind, Hu Gao suppressed his inner excitement and rushed forward quickly.

  This can be said to be an absolute cheating device, just like now, Xiao Wu can feel the existence of the demon beast around him in the first time, and even know which demon beast has a demon core in its body. This reverse heavenly method makes Hu Gao as comfortable as a fish in water in the jungle.

  Soon, Hu Gao saw a five-meter-long giant snake in front of him, with a body full of flower patterns, fangs protruding, and a body as thick as a bowl. In Hu Gao's experience, such a large-bodied snake was usually non-venomous, and its main way of fighting was to bind the enemy to lose blood circulation and kill it, or directly swallow it into its belly.

  If it weren't for Xiao Wu saying that the demonic beast had a demonic pellet in its body, Hu Gao would have been very unwilling to fight it. In his previous life's jungle, pythons were generally not dealt with by brute force, as their bodies were extremely resilient and fighting them would absolutely consume a lot of spiritual energy.

  Hú Gāo calmly and unhurriedly searched around for a large branch, manipulated it a bit, and turned it into a sharp weapon. When dealing with this kind of monster, relying on fists wouldn't be effective.

  With a crude homemade weapon in hand, he tightened his clothes and crept silently towards the giant snake.

  "Roar!"

  When the distance was only over ten meters, the giant snake suddenly turned around sharply, its bloody huge mouth opened wide, and it spat out a mouthful of poisonous fog!

  Hugo collapsed, this is absolutely unscientific!