A hundred miles from the Gobi Desert.
The Elder, the Charioteer, and others, after killing a scorpion monster, felt tired and headed back.
Just as they entered the oasis, Lin Yu's clone met them.
The Elder chuckled, "Lin Yu, what are you up to?"
The Charioteer teased, "He must be bringing us treasures, right?"
The Elder shot him a look, then smiled, "We don't need anything, you don't have to send things to..."
He swallowed the rest of his words, stunned.
"My alchemy skills have been improving rapidly lately, and I've refined several ninth-tier Blood and Flesh Pills, which can enhance a ninth-tier life form's strength by ten thousand jin. If you don't need them, I'll give them to others."
Before he finished speaking, the Elder had already flashed to Lin Yu's side, a smile on his face, "Lin Yu, you are truly a genius. If we don't accept these pills, it would be impolite."
He reached out and took the pills from Lin Yu's hand, his face beaming with a kind smile. He patted Lin Yu's clone's shoulder, expressing his admiration, "Talent emerges in waves, old man, I can't compare to you! Keep it up, you are the hope of humanity!"
After speaking, he clasped his hands behind his back, slowly turned, and unable to contain his excitement, picked up a pill and swallowed it.
Instantly!
A surge of heat coursed through his body, warming him from head to toe.
The next moment, he let out a long roar.
"Great!"
The Charioteer and the others watched him with envy.
The Charioteer stepped forward, smiling, "Elder, where are the pills?"
The Elder opened his palm, revealing several pills. The Charioteer eagerly reached for them, but the Elder looked pained.
The Charioteer took the pills and also consumed one. His strength increased significantly, and he felt exhilarated.
"I thought my strength couldn't improve any further, and my next step would only be to become a demigod. I never expected this one pill to boost my strength so much!"
The Charioteer gave Lin Yu's clone a grateful look and said, "Thanks!"
As their strength increased, other ninth-tier awakened individuals soon heard the news and flocked to request pills. Lin Yu gave one to each of them without hesitation.
After all, he could refine about ten pills in a single batch, and he now possessed tens of thousands of ninth-tier Blood and Flesh Pills.
After consuming the Blood and Flesh Pills, everyone's strength grew by a small margin. They roared to the heavens, filled with exhilaration.
"This is amazing!"
"My strength has been stagnant for five or six years, and I never imagined a single pill would increase my strength by ten thousand jin."
"Lin Yu cultivates so fast, and his alchemy is so powerful. There's really no comparison."
"I have long looked up to him. I hope he can refine more good pills so we can all benefit."
"If we ate tens of thousands of such pills, wouldn't we be able to challenge demigods from the ninth tier?"
"You're dreaming. As far as I know, there are only about a dozen types of pills that can permanently enhance strength, and most of them can only be taken once."
"I'm just thinking aloud, can't I even dream?"
"Oh no, look over there! What is that patch of bloody clouds drifting over?"
"..........."
Everyone looked with curiosity. Indeed, a patch of crimson clouds was drifting in the distance.
The clouds were entirely blood-red, with strands of bloody mist coiling around them, giving off an eerie aura.
Lin Yu also quickly noticed the anomaly. He frowned and gazed into the distance, wondering, "I can't discern what it is."
At this moment, the Elder shouted, "Fuyao Zi, go take a look!"
Fuyao Zi nodded, opened his Void Eye, and peered into the distance.
Instantly, he clutched his bleeding eyes and collapsed to the ground with a scream.
The Elder was alarmed and rushed over to check. Seeing his eyes bleeding profusely, he asked, "How are you?"
After a while, Fuyao Zi spoke, "Elder, within the blood clouds, there is a withered corpse. It discovered me and looked at me, and I was repulsed to this state."
The thought of the entity within the blood clouds sent shivers down his spine. That entity was terrifying, its eyes containing endless negative emotional power, as if a single glance could drag one into hell.
"Quick, quickly inform Lin Yu! This entity is hostile. I sense its power level is even greater than that of a demigod!" Fuyao Zi urged.
The Elder realized the gravity of the situation and said, "You rest here for now. I'll be right back."
Lin Yu soon received the news and sighed, "That might be a divine corpse!"
A divine corpse?
The Elder was shocked, but then saw Lin Yu smile, "I was just wondering where to devour the power of my newly transformed talent. Now, a divine corpse has been delivered to me. Fate, you are truly too considerate!"
The Elder looked peculiar, but Lin Yu's expression suggested he had a surefire plan, which reassured him.
Lin Yu's clone smiled and said, "Everyone, retreat!"
As soon as Lin Yu's clone finished speaking, he waved his hand. The oasis below lifted into the air, carrying everyone hundreds of miles away.
Then, Lin Yu turned his gaze towards the blood clouds, which were now only ten miles away.
"Combine!"
The next moment, a familiar white light appeared.
Within the blood clouds.
A damaged divine corpse, its eyes half-open, held a broken scepter in its left hand, its lips slightly parted.
"So! You are not a true pseudo-god!" It looked at Lin Yu's clone, who was in the process of combining, and muttered, "Interesting!"
When it was slumbering, it thought it had nurtured a pseudo-god that could serve as a vessel for its residual soul. To its surprise, it was a false pseudo-god. It was disappointed and enraged.
"Mortal! You have deceived this god, and I shall grant you death!"
— Blood Curse!
Boom!
A blood-red light, invisible to the naked eye, shot towards Lin Yu's combined clone.
As the light rushed forward, it dissipated, and a colossal giant appeared before the divine corpse.
It was expressionless, holding a massive axe, and looked down at the entity within the blood clouds.
The divine corpse, seeing this giant, rejoiced, "What a perfect shell!"
It quickly became enraged again, "Such a perfect shell, and it's fake!"
It knew this was a product of clone combination, and recalling insectoid combinations, it easily deduced this.
However, it was surprised that other races besides the insectoids had mastered the skill of combination.
After all, the prerequisite for combination was too extraordinary. Apart from collective consciousness races like the insectoids, it was difficult for other races to use such a skill.
The giant appeared, looked down, and raised its colossal axe.
"Heaven Splitting!" it roared, and the axe descended!
Space vibrated slightly, and tiny spatial cracks appeared in the void. This axe strike directly hit the incoming Blood Curse light!
Boom!
The axe light and the red light collided, releasing a torrent of light and heat.
The next moment.
Both vanished simultaneously.