He felt that with this power, he could refine his physical body to an even stronger level.
However, now was not the time to cultivate.
His gaze fixed on the cave, he said to the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King’s second blood form, “I’m full too, I’m out of here.”
“Hey, wait!”
Seeing that Li Hao was actually going to keep his word and let it go, the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King was somewhat surprised and hurriedly called out to him as he was about to leave.
“Hmm?”
Li Hao asked with a hint of surprise, “You’re having second thoughts?”
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King :=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)
Why would I have second thoughts?
“Can you take me with you?”
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King pleaded pitifully through telepathy.
Li Hao raised an eyebrow and glanced around at the members of the Great Wilderness Heavenly Human Race, then thought for a moment and said, “Afraid of dying, huh? You can follow me, but there will be an extra charge for that.”
“What’s an extra charge?”
“It means you have to give me something in return.”
“I can let you bite me once more, but no more than that.”
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King said weakly.
The sight of Li Hao devouring its main body earlier had terrified it; this youth was too fierce.
But Li Hao’s attitude, acting as if he would really walk away, made the Demon realize that this fierce youth also had a compassionate side, prompting it to seize the opportunity to speak up and keep him from leaving.
“Deal.”
Li Hao agreed, and then said, “Then hurry up and get out of the cave. The guy from before has escaped; don’t take too long, he’s gone to bring back reinforcements.”
“Okay!”
With that, a flash of blood erupted as the Demon shot out of the cave, its body contracting and twisting as it hurried to Li Hao.
“They’re about to clash!”
The onlookers from afar all focused their gaze sharply.
But then they all widened their eyes in astonishment as they saw the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King’s blood form shrink down to a small segment of withered vine, winding around Li Hao’s arm like a vine bracelet. The glow dimmed, and it was clear that it had been subdued!
“No way, they didn’t fight, and it already acknowledged a master?”
“Is this vine demon so aware of current affairs?”
“No wonder it didn’t resist just now; it seems they’ve secretly communicated and made a deal!”
“I think the vine demon is trying to use this youth to get away from here.”
“Hmph, that youth is no pushover, this vine demon is playing with fire!”
Young prodigies from various tribes felt indignant, but recalling the terrifying combat power of the youth, they could only sigh with admiration.
Li Hao didn’t linger there any longer and, executing the Heaven and Earth Traceless Skill, dashed off in the direction previously indicated by Ji Yun Ge.
Once he had left Redwood Corpse Ridge, Li Hao noticed several faint presences were following him. With a sneer, he sped up and in a blink, he had shaken off those pursuers.
“There really are some who never learn. They guessed you would split from me outside the mountain ridge, hoping to rob you.”
After getting some distance, Li Hao said to the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King on his wrist.
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King had also noticed and quickly said, “Thank you, kind sir!”
“Don’t thank me so quick, we had an agreement. I’m not helping you for nothing; let me take that bite.”
Li Hao said.
“…”
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King paused briefly, then obediently extended a blood vine tendril to Li Hao’s mouth from its vine loop.
Li Hao didn’t stand on ceremony, biting it off directly and chewing with a crunching sound.
The taste, however, was not very good, like chewing on a very fibrous piece of meat.
Soon after swallowing the blood vine, Li Hao felt a warm surge of power flow into his body, but compared to the absorption of its main body earlier, it was much too weak.
Unless he devoured it all.
“This place is almost dealt with, you can go now,”
Li Hao said to the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King after having flown thousands of miles away.
Along the way, he encountered four Demon Kings, but he easily killed them, melting down their bodies and absorbing the essence of blood and flesh, along with the robust power of the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King’s main body, refining his physical body to be comparable to that of a Nine Cast Divine Weapon.
Now, even in the Dao Domain of the Grand Tao of Peace Realm, Li Hao could barely manage.
“Benefactor, may I continue to follow you?”
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King extended a tendril from the vine loop and gently stroked Li Hao’s arm, as if pleading.
Li Hao was surprised—how had it become so attached to him in such a short time?
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll eat you up?”
“…It seems the outside is more dangerous than I imagined. Could you, benefactor, take me to a safer place?”
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King asked timidly.
Li Hao suddenly understood.
It wasn’t that his own charm was too great.
It was that the intimidation of the Demon Kings around here was too strong.
“Fine, but before that, I’ll be collecting interest every day,” Li Hao stated.
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King fell silent for a moment, then promptly agreed, “Mm, that’s fine.”
“In the words of your Human Race, is it necessary to ‘pinkie promise’ to keep an agreement?” it asked.
At the same time, a blood vine tendril stretched out from the vine loop, bending to mimic a little finger.
Li Hao cast a glance and said indifferently, “Forget it, sometimes even promises sealed with a pinkie swear don’t count.”
“Really?”
Your next read is at empire
The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King sounded puzzled and then said, “Do you think I’m treacherous because I’m a demon? Let’s pinkie swear, I will definitely honor it!”
Li Hao snorted lightly, not bothering to reply or pay any attention.
Seeing that Li Hao ignored it, the Crimson Blood Vine’s tendril slowly coiled around his little finger:
“Then I’ll pinkie swear by myself, huh? Although I’m a demon, I’m one who keeps promises!”
Li Hao continued to fly forward.
He sped like the wind, occasionally stopping to rest before continuing his journey.
“Kid, you’re also from the Ji Family, aren’t you?”
On the road, Ji Yun Ge, who had been quiet for a long while after Li Hao’s battle with Qin Tianchen, speaking only once, now uttered his second sentence.
Upon hearing his voice, Li Hao’s advancing body momentarily stiffened slightly.
“Senior, don’t you know my origins?”
Li Hao quickly regained his composure and transmitted his voice in reply.
Ji Yun Ge, however, chuckled: “You little rascal, still pretending in front of me. During your battle with that Qin Tianchen, your Divine Blood was exposed. Although your self-healing ability is fast and you’ve cultivated some technique to conceal your own aura—making even me have difficulty detecting it—the aura contained in the blood you shed when you were injured can’t be concealed.”
“You have the blood of my Ji Family within you!”