Chapter 79: Blood Replenishment

“There’s movement over there!”

“Listen… it sounds like Boss Tie Shan and the others!”

“ They must have cornered that brat!”

“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Maybe we can pick up the scraps!”

Just as Chen Chong left the wailing henchmen lying on the ground, the huge commotion echoed out. The henchmen who had been scurrying like headless flies through the alleyways immediately became like flies catching the scent of blood, howling with excitement as they dashed toward the source of the sound.

Gu Jun, Zhang Long, Qian Xu, Sun Yimao, and Wang Qianlie reacted even faster. They had already started heading over the moment they heard the noise and arrived in less than half a minute.

However, when they reached the spot and saw the alleyway that looked like it had been trampled by a vicious beast, along with the ground full of wailing henchmen, they were instantly stunned.

Zhang Long grabbed a henchman who looked to be the least injured and bellowed, “Where are they?! And what about Tie Shan and Li Bao?!”

The henchman seemed utterly petrified, his face full of terror. He shakily raised a trembling hand to point into the alleyway and stammered, “They, they, are in…”

Looking in the direction the henchman pointed, the five Awakeners, Gu Jun, Zhang Long, Qian Xu, Sun Yimao, and Wang Qianlie, felt their scalps explode in shock!

They saw a muscular body half-buried under the rubble, its side exposed. They also saw a headless corpse lying on the ground, blood dying the earth a dark crimson.

Judging by the build and clothing, it was indeed Tie Shan and Li Bao!

They never imagined they would see these two in such a manner after such a short time. The five Awakeners felt as if they had fallen into an icy abyss, their entire bodies going cold.

…

At the same time.

With most people drawn to the other direction, Chen Chong’s footsteps became light. He made no further loud noise, moving like a lurking, hunting tiger as he searched through the alleys.

The appearance of Tie Shan and the others had delayed him by a few seconds. This residential area was full of low buildings and complex terrain, and in those few seconds, he had lost sight of the Blood General.

However, Chen Chong’s nostrils twitched slightly, clearly distinguishing and locking onto the faint, unique scent of blood in the air.

It was the distinct blood aura belonging to the Transcendent, Blood General.

Thanks to the gifts from the Ultra Divine Water, Chen Chong’s senses had been greatly enhanced. His sight, hearing, and smell were so sharp they were inhuman. The scent of the Blood General’s blood, which had not yet dissipated, was like a guiding beacon in the air, allowing Chen Chong to easily discern the direction of his escape.

“General, oh General, you still want to struggle?”

Recalling the rumors he had once heard about the Blood General’s abilities, Chen Chong seemed to understand his opponent’s plan. A silent, ferocious grin appeared on his face as he quietly crept in a certain direction, following the scent of blood.

…

At that very moment, inside an earthen building with drafty walls.

A shriveled, pale henchman’s corpse lay on the ground, its eyes wide open in disbelief. An eerie, dim bloodlight reflected on the corpse’s skull-like face, looking utterly terrifying.

Nearby, the blood-soaked Blood General was hidden in the shadows. He lay prone on all fours in a bizarre position, pressing his chest against the chest of another henchman’s corpse beneath him.

It was visible that the grotesque tissue on the Blood General’s chest was like a mouth, tearing open the flesh of the corpse below and sucking fiercely. At the same time, a relieved expression appeared on the Blood General’s face.

This was naturally his ability, [Boiling Blood Combustion], which allowed him to heal his injuries rapidly. The materials he used came from his own henchmen. For the Blood General, pushed to a dead end, he would not hesitate to kill even his own blood relatives if it benefited him, let alone just two underlings.

It was visible to the naked eye that as the Blood General sucked, the corpse beneath him slowly shriveled up. An eerie bloodlight surged over the Blood General’s body, and combined with his bloodthirsty, cruel eyes, it filled the dark room with a sinister, terrifying atmosphere!

As a strange power flowed into him, the severe injuries inside his body healed at a rapid pace. The blood of the first person had already healed a small portion of his wounds. After draining the remaining two people of all their blood, he would be completely restored, and at that moment, it would be Chen Chong’s time to die!

“Just wait a little longer, just a few more minutes…”

Sounds of shouting and footsteps echoed faintly in the distance. The Blood General was like a lurking, patient venomous python, his eyes filled with a mad and cruel intent.

Today was one of the greatest crises he had faced since his rise to power, and it had brought immense humiliation to his consistently brutal and dignified image. If Tie Shan and Li Bao hadn’t appeared to intercept Chen Chong, he might have completely capsized in the gutter!

And all of this could only be washed away with blood!

As his body rapidly recovered and the pain gradually subsided, the Blood General murmured venomously within the bloodlight:

“…Chen Chong, I won’t kill you. I will cut out your tongue, gouge out your eyes, sever your four limbs and your manhood, soak you in a dung bucket, and let you experience it day and night…”

Whoosh!

At that moment, a muffled rush of air suddenly came from outside the earthen building’s window. The Blood General’s perception was incredibly sharp. He abruptly turned his head and saw a massive stone millstone, at least a meter square, falling from the sky. It was hurtling at an astonishing speed straight toward the roof of the earthen building where he hid!

It was Chen Chong?! Why didn’t Tie Shan and Li Bao stop him?! How did he find this place?!

As the heavy millstone whistled down, the Blood General, though he had not seen Chen Chong’s figure, instantly felt all his hairs stand on end, as if struck by five thunderbolts!

There was only one person who could have sent this heavy millstone crashing toward him: Chen Chong. The Blood General had never imagined his most capable underling, Tie Shan, would fail to stop Chen Chong, nor that Chen Chong would find him so quickly! Though his heart surged with shock and terror, the Blood General’s body instinctively pushed off the ground with his feet, and he shot out of the low building like an arrow!

Boom!

In the next instant, the roof of the earthen building was smashed open like tofu by the heavy millstone. The wild kinetic force, like an object falling from a great height, shook the small patch of ground violently. The walls on all four sides of the earthen building cracked and collapsed directly, sending broken stones and dust surging into the air!

That single millstone created an effect akin to a bomb. But the Blood General, having burst out of the building, had already evaded the range of the millstone’s impact.

But before the Blood General could celebrate his swift reaction time—

“General, were you planning to top off your blood and return at full health to fight me for three hundred rounds?”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amid a deafening series of crashes as doors, windows, and walls shattered, a section of an alleyway beside the Blood General burst open completely. Chen Chong’s ferocious and mighty figure then barreled through all obstacles, sweeping forth with a violent gale!

“The script was nice, but I’m going to beat you to a pulp right now!”

Chen Chong laughed manically, wasting no words. As his True Qi circulated madly, a large amount of electric current arced into being. He clenched his five fingers into a fist, and instantly the veins on his entire arm bulged as the air rolled around him. Facing the utterly horrified Blood General, he violently punched out!

Current Push: 10,000 Volts!