Medical and Martial God

As Xu Zengshan swallowed the medicinal pill, his aura soared and his body erupted in a blood-red flame.

It really is a Blood Pill! Ye Xiu’s expression grew solemn. Shen Songshan had once given the Dragon Lord ten Blood Pills. The Dragon Lord gave one to Gun God Smith, leaving nine. To think he would give one to Xu Zengshan! This is trouble!

No one understood the terror of the Blood Pill more than he did. Compared to it, the Boiling series of Genetic Potions was nothing. With Xu Zengshan’s strength, consuming the Blood Pill would put his power on par with Ba Dao’s. Even if Du Long, Du Hu, Du Hang, and all the test subjects drank Boiling No. 2, they would still be no match for Xu Zengshan.

"Du Long, run!" Ye Xiu shouted, leaping from the rooftop to rescue him.

"Ye Liangchen, stay back! Second Brother, Third Brother, get him out of here!" Du Long roared. The moment Xu Zengshan had consumed the Blood Pill and his aura surged, he had wanted to run. But Xu Zengshan was relentlessly attacking him, making it impossible to disengage. Worse, Xu Zengshan was growing stronger by the second. Du Long was completely overpowered, with no chance of breaking free.

He braced himself against one of Xu Zengshan’s attacks, and as he was blasted backward, he pulled out a vial of Boiling No. 2.

"Damn it, don’t drink that!" Ye Xiu shouted.

But it was too late. Du Long downed Boiling No. 2 without a second thought.

Ye Xiu’s face fell. He knew that with the effects of Boiling No. 2, Du Long was a dead man, whether Xu Zengshan killed him or not.

"Big Brother!"

"Big Brother!"

Du Hu and Du Hang cried out in anguish when they saw him drink Boiling No. 2.

"Third Brother, take Ye Liangchen and the test subjects and get out of here!" Enraged, Du Hu cut down Long Wen with a single slash and roared, charging toward Xu Zengshan like a man possessed. At the same time, he pulled a bottle of Genetic Potion from his pocket—Boiling No. 2. He knew Du Long alone couldn’t buy enough time for Ye Liangchen, Du Hang, and the others to escape. He had decided to sacrifice himself.

"Damn it, don’t drink it!" Ye Xiu shouted, rushing toward Du Hu to stop him. But he was too far away, and Du Hu drank the potion too quickly. He was too late to intervene.

"Ye Liangchen, stay back! Run!" Du Hu roared at the approaching Ye Xiu. By then, he had already reached Xu Zengshan and joined forces with Du Long to attack their foe.

"Ye Liangchen, the Fire Seed Company is yours now! Big Brother, Second Brother, I’m with you!" Seeing his two brothers drink Boiling No. 2, Du Hang cried out in grief. He ignored the heavily injured Long Xiaoyun, shouted, and pulled out his own vial of Boiling No. 2. He drank it down and charged at Xu Zengshan.

Long Xiaoyun seized the opportunity and ran for his life.

"You damn..." Ye Xiu’s scalp tingled with frustration. Are these three idiots? Who rushes to be a martyr?

"Third Brother, are you insane?" Du Long cried out, panicked.

"You..." Du Hu was at a loss for words.

"We three brothers have been orphans since we were kids, relying on each other to survive. If my Big Brother and Second Brother die, what’s the point of me living on alone?" Du Hang said with a sad smile as he joined the fray.

Du Long and Du Hu laughed.

"Then we three brothers will face death together tonight!" Du Long declared with soaring heroism.

"And before we die, we’ll drag Xu Zengshan down with us," Du Hu added, grinning.

"Yeah!" Du Hang agreed.

Ye Xiu suddenly felt a pang of emotion. Although the three Du brothers had committed countless evils over the years, capturing people from all over the world for their experiments and causing the deaths of innumerable innocents, their bond of brotherhood was genuinely touching. And, they had been truly good to him.

He watched as the three brothers attacked Xu Zengshan with complete abandon, fighting with no regard for their own lives. Ye Xiu finally understood the old saying: the fierce fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those with a death wish. Knowing they were doomed, the Du brothers unleashed power that far exceeded the supposed limits of Boiling No. 2.

Although Xu Zengshan’s power had reached its peak, he couldn’t perfectly wield the sudden surge of strength. Furthermore, he had not comprehended ’Intent’.

The two sides are actually at a stalemate! It seems a desperate situation really can unlock a person’s potential!

However, Ye Xiu knew the effects of Boiling No. 2 lasted only five minutes. Once it wore off, the Du brothers would die for certain. But Xu Zengshan wouldn’t even give them five minutes. As he grew accustomed to his newfound power, his combat strength steadily increased.

Two minutes, tops. The Du brothers will definitely be killed.

Sensing Xu Zengshan’s power climbing rapidly, Du Long roared, "Ye Liangchen, what are you standing around for? Take the test subjects and run!"

"No one in this world can make me flee!" Ye Xiu proudly proclaimed. He leaped high into the air, then flipped upside down and slammed his palm onto Xu Zengshan’s head.

PUFF!

Xu Zengshan spewed a mouthful of blood and died on the spot.

A single blow. KO.

"You..." The three Du brothers and all the test subjects stared, dumbfounded, as Ye Xiu landed softly after killing Xu Zengshan. It was as if they were looking at a complete stranger. Three warriors who had surpassed the level of a War God took Boiling No. 2, and even by joining forces, they were no match for Xu Zengshan. Yet Ye Liangchen had killed him with a single palm strike?

"Ye Liangchen... you’ve been hiding your true strength all this time?" Du Long asked, his voice full of shock.

Du Hu and Du Hang sized up Ye Xiu, their eyes filled with wariness. They couldn’t be sure of his reasons for concealing his power.

"I don’t recall ever saying my strength was merely at the War God level, did I?" Ye Xiu shrugged.

The three Du brothers exchanged glances. He’s right. They had just assumed Ye Liangchen was a War God and never asked about his true capabilities. Only now did they understand. No wonder Ye Liangchen had yelled for them not to drink Boiling No. 2—he was strong enough to kill Xu Zengshan all along.

"Big Brother, I’m suddenly feeling like the three of us were a bit rash in choosing to die," Du Hu said dejectedly.

"Yeah! If I’d known Ye Liangchen was this strong, why the hell would I have drunk Boiling No. 2? Now we’ve died for nothing!" Du Hang’s composure completely shattered.

Just as a constipated-looking Du Long was about to voice his own regrets, he suddenly saw Ye Xiu take a Bloodstone from his pocket and place it on Xu Zengshan’s corpse. In the next moment, a thick blood-colored qi began to emanate from the body and flow into the Bloodstone.

"Ye Liangchen, what-what are you doing?" Du Long asked in shock.

Du Hu, Du Hang, and the test subjects were also captivated by the strange Bloodstone. They had never witnessed such a miraculous sight. The glowing Bloodstone appeared to be absorbing some kind of energy from Xu Zengshan’s body.

"During the War God assessment, Gaelin suddenly went berserk and his combat power surged. That was because he took a Blood Pill," Ye Xiu explained. "What Xu Zengshan consumed was the very same thing."

Du Long and the others were stunned. The incident with Gaelin going berserk during the War God assessment was world-famous, so of course, they had heard about it.

"What exactly is this Blood Pill? Its effects are even more terrifying than a Genetic Potion," Du Long asked. "And what does that Bloodstone—the one absorbing the blood energy from Xu Zengshan’s body—have to do with the Blood Pill?"