Mutated beasts and the like do not have blood pearls because their genetic lineage uses all substances to strengthen their flesh, so mutated flesh has such a great nourishing effect.

  The snake's blood flowed out endlessly, the mutated water snake had a massive body, its vitality was unparalleled, and the amount of blood it provided was naturally extremely large. However, Mu Xiao didn't stop drinking for five minutes, her belly was like a bottomless pit, and the rolling blood spring fell into it without showing any signs of fullness or discomfort.

  His body was like a piece of red-hot iron, emitting large amounts of steam that enveloped him entirely, making his outline appear blurry from afar.

  Muxiao felt as if his skeleton and muscles had all melted away, enduring the scorching heat that no ordinary person could resist. It was as if he had been placed on a stove to be roasted. However, the bloodline's devouring properties remained fierce and greedy, seemingly able to devour endlessly. Muxiao could only hold onto his consciousness, continuing to refine the massive replenishing energy that resembled raging flames, merging it into his bloodstream, expanding his vital energy and strengthening his life force.

  But this boundless devouring property made Mu Xiao's heart tremble at this moment.

  Because the variant water snake is only vigorous in blood and energy, with a strong life force, but the evolutionary power contained in its genetic bloodline is not too powerful, it cannot make the wood Xiao gene resonate and optimize, it can only increase the wood Xiao's blood energy and life force, as well as temper his physical strength.

  His physical boundary, Mu Xiao, was already at the peak of the "Double Peak" second heavy boundary, only half a step away from breaking through to the third heavy boundary.

  "My body has been tempered to the limit." Mu Xiao was clear that even if he swallowed more, it wouldn't lead to any further growth. At most, his bloodline's genetic storage would accumulate some energy, allowing him to exert his mental powers later without worrying about his body becoming weak. Moreover, the density of the snake's blood had gradually decreased, and it seemed that the refined blood near his heart had almost all been swallowed by him.

  This is Mu Xiao's second refinement of his physique, and this time the refinement is even more thorough. Every cell in his body has the power of a thousand kilograms condensed within it, with muscles and bones as thick and sturdy as metal, bulging like a dragon, tightly tense muscles, with extremely fierce explosive force, and the blood energy emanating from his entire body is like scorching flames, containing an exceptionally vigorous life energy.

  Mu Xiao withdrew his spiritual power, but the blood in his body was boiling, and he was like a huge furnace. It wasn't easy to calm down such vigorous blood energy. If he entered the city now, where countless mutated monsters roamed, he would be like a lantern shining brightly for all to see. All the mutated monsters would sense the powerful and unmatched blood energy emanating from him, and it would surely trigger a frenzy among them.

  "Hurry up and suppress the massive blood energy on your body, otherwise the bloody smell of the mutated water snake's death will spread out and attract many more mutated monsters, and you might even become one of their targets."

  Mushuo took a deep breath, adjusted his body's blood and energy, maintained a rhythmic breathing pattern, and began to practice the "99-81 Body Refining Technique". This was the only way to quickly digest the massive life force contained in the snake's blood, thoroughly merge it into his body, and truly enhance his own life force.

  First move with a flourish, second move smooth and natural, third move strong and powerful...

  Every movement is filled with a strange rhythm, sometimes gentle and slow as water, sometimes fierce and wild like fire...

  A wave of scorching hot air, like a burning climate, filled the three-meter radius around Mu Xiao, forming a small scorching zone. Every move he made, every breath he took, was in perfect harmony with the vital energy on his body.

  A crimson aura gradually formed around him, like a small snake entwining Mu Shao's hands and feet, quickly merging into his movements. Sometimes, the force of his movements would burst forth in waves of hot steam.

  Every time she finished a set of movements, the flush on Mu Xiao's face decreased by a fraction, her skin took on a metallic luster like bronze, and her muscles were full of vitality and elasticity, with a powerful beauty of strength and gentleness.

  The memory of Mu Xiao's refining technique became clearer, each movement more familiar, the circulation of blood and gas more lively, muscles, tendons, skin, internal organs... even every cell in his body began to move.

  The wooden sword's movements became increasingly swift, its rhythm in perfect sync with his body. Just as he reached the tenth form, his entire being was filled with a fierce and powerful energy, like a mighty torrent merging into the rhythm of his Cultivation Technique.

  Not long after, Mu Xiao had fully digested the massive blood of the variant water snake using his Ten-Form Body Refining Technique. If Mu Xiao had a lot of time, he could completely eat the snake meat, drink the snake blood, and practice body refining techniques, which would definitely allow him to break through the third minor boundary.

  What a pity, this huge water snake meat can't be packed and taken away, it's still completely wasted.

  "I don't know what cheap variant monster, but also want to take away the most valuable thing of variant water snake." Mu Xiao was reluctant to give up this big guy, only "little snake blood" and "giantization" source had some benefits.

  Mu Xiao retrieved the two high-vibration electromagnetic military knives that he had abandoned during the battle earlier. He quickly used his "mechanical" strength to repair the damage to the internal components, but the energy block was almost depleted. Since he didn't bring many energy blocks with him, the military knife could only be used as a cold weapon for now. If necessary, he would activate the last bit of high-vibration electromagnetic energy.

  The greatest value of the variant water snake lies in a "snake gall" inside its body.

  This is a precious material that can be made into medicine, and when combined with other medicinal ingredients, it may activate the body's potential abilities, such as night vision and toxin immunity. At the very least, it can regulate the human nervous system, increase clarity and sharpness of consciousness, enhance the immune system, optimize the endocrine system, and even delay physical aging, rapidly restoring vitality in combat.

  The mutated water snake's large snakeskin was peeled off by Mu Xiao, who held the snakeskin and washed it in the river. The bloody smell attracted countless fish monsters to attack, but Mu Xiao's mental power surged like a wave, stunning all the fish monsters in a wide range. A vast expanse of silver light floated densely on the surface of the river, creating a magnificent sight.

  "Hurry up, the smell of blood has probably spread far already." Mu Xiao knew that snake blood had a very strong smell, and if this wasn't an empty wilderness but in the city center, countless mutated monsters would have swarmed over.

  Although the snakeskin had been washed once, it still had a very strong bloody smell. However, Mu Xiao still had a way to deal with it. He took out two ray guns and used their "mechanical" and "weaponry" abilities in combination to change the way they fired, altering them to spray out high-temperature energy that quickly burned off the bloody smell on the snakeskin.

  After spending some effort, Mu Xiao finally dug out the variant water snake's body, a gallbladder the size of a ball, and also dug out a fragmented heart that was roughly the same size. Since the heart still had some value, it was packed up and taken away, after all, it was good meat to eat.

  Distant roars and wails of mutated creatures have begun to echo in.

  At this time, Mu Xiao quickly wrapped the two things in snakeskin and went to the riverbank to dig up a large clump of wet soil with his spiritual power. He then used the high-temperature energy emitted by his laser gun to bake the wet soil on the snakeskin into a sealed earthball.

  With two layers of wrapping and the spiritual power of Mu Xiao covering it up, the bloody smell of the Variant Water Snake was reduced to a minimum.

  Mu Xiao picked up a large clod of earth, and in the distance, a group of ferocious and malevolent mutated monsters surged forward, as if the starry night sky had also dimmed, filled with an aura of dark cruelty and savagery. The distant area had become a forbidden zone that was inhospitable to humans.

  Among them, there were not a few zombies. The most terrifying thing was that there was a group of mutated rats the size of small dogs, gathering in groups, with at least over a hundred of them. When girls saw this, they would definitely get goosebumps and scream loudly.

  Suddenly, a dark and undulating flock of birds appeared in the sky, emitting a long, piercing cry that was as sharp as metal.

  "It's a grand feast for the mutants indeed." Mu Xiao took a glance, transformed into a dark shadow and merged with the night, rapidly heading in the direction without any mutated monsters, retreating swiftly.

  Because this single mutated water snake is definitely not enough to feed such a large group of mutated monsters, if Mu Shuo doesn't retreat quickly, he will soon become the next blood food target for countless mutated monsters.

  ……

  Roar!

  A strong gust of chaotic wind and sand suddenly rose on the road, and several extremely agile zombies chased after them in a frenzy.

  Two railguns on his shoulders fired a pale blue beam, piercing the heads of several zombies that were pouncing forward. There were still too many mutated monsters attracted by the smell of blood on the road, and it was impossible to get rid of this area at once.

  Some of the strengthened zombies that were killed by the chanting force, Mu Xiao avoided getting entangled and led to a group of mutated monsters chasing up from behind, so he didn't turn back, absorbing the strengthening source left by several strengthened zombies, and even some blood beads weren't collected.

  After all, these are just undead with only over ten genetic resonances, the enhanced source that emerges is relatively weak and small. Now Mu Xiao's genetic resonance has around sixty times, and his physique is several dozen times stronger than those undead. Those low-level enhanced sources don't matter whether they are absorbed or not.

  As for blood beads, they can be harvested in large quantities with just a little time spent, there's no need to get into trouble for those small profits.

  Mushishi understood that getting rid of the large group of mutated monsters in the rear was the top priority. If they entered the urban area, it would attract a large crowd of mutants and onlookers, which would be an absolute disaster, even putting his little sister's life at risk.

  His legs suddenly burst out like a cannon, Mu Shuo's blood and energy converged on his legs, and he accelerated abruptly to the extreme. Every inch of his thigh muscles seemed to explode, whipping up a fierce gust of wind, transforming into a ferocious dragon-like airflow, and running wildly.

  Even if there were highly sensitive variant monsters, they couldn't catch up with Mu Shuo's speed when he was fully open.

  One minute later, Mu Xiao had shaken off a group of zombies behind him and they were nowhere to be seen.

  He sped along the highway until around 3 or 4 in the morning, when he approached the outskirts of the city. He then slowed down from his frantic pace and resumed a light jog, like a wisp of a ghost gliding over the poor districts and quietly entering the urban fringe area.

  She turned a big circle, without startling the few zombies scattered on the street, but Mu Xiao was still cautious and vigilant, making sure there were no strange movements behind her before she returned to her residence.

  "Finally back."

  Mù Xiāo saw an old building not far away, on the way back, no signs of a large number of mutated monsters were found. That means, Mù Huīyīn should not be attacked by external mutated monsters, thinking of this, Mù Xiāo couldn't help but put down half of his worries.

  It was finally confirmed by going upstairs in person.

  Recalling Moka's face, which seemed to always have a gentle smile, Mokuren's heart was filled with warmth. But then he thought of her delicate and fragile nature, like a tender little flower, and his footsteps quickened involuntarily.

  As soon as Mu Shu returned to his own floor, his spiritual power burst out in an instant, clearly sensing all the auras on the entire floor.

  "What's going on here?!"

  Mu Xiao's entire body stiffened with cold, his eyes like an abyss of hell, his face dark and gloomy as a malevolent spirit. A thread of dark energy emerged from his soul, quickly giving rise to destructive, venomous, and hateful emotions that invaded him.

  The extreme negative emotions hidden in his memories, like a shadow, seemed to have been reborn and could not escape the dark fate... even giving rise to an "omen".