Chapter 544: Little Kirin Shows Its Power

This bottle of essence blood had been sealed for too long. It contained the aura of a demon supreme being, accumulated over an immense period. Over time, it surprisingly developed a faint sentience, becoming an entity similar to an evil spirit.

Gong Caiyi hadn't anticipated this, giving it directly to Jiang Fan. This led to considerable trouble.

The tiger demon roared, pouncing again. Its earth-shattering demonic power seemed poised to shatter Jiang Fan into a bloody mist!

"Do you think I'm scared of you!" Jiang Fan bellowed, his palms surrounded by lightning. "Five Thunders Righteous Heaven Palm!"

The lightning power within his body gathered in his palms, forming an ethereal palm print. As he pushed his hands forward, the palm print grew against the wind, instantly expanding to a zhang (about 3.3 meters) in size.

It whistled, colliding fiercely with the pouncing fierce tiger. No matter how strong this tiger was, its essence was still that of an evil spirit. Lightning power was its bane.

The moment they collided, the tiger demon let out a pained roar, swept its tail, and retreated mid-air. Its fierce eyes glared at Jiang Fan from a distance. Its gaze held a hint of apprehension, but more so, savagery. It lowered its head, body crouching, and slowly circled Jiang Fan, searching for the optimal moment to strike.

Jiang Fan frowned secretly. What a nuisance, being targeted by an evil spirit with low intelligence. A smarter one, seeing Jiang Fan possessing lightning that could subdue them, would have given up and left. Yet, this one was determined to fight Jiang Fan to the end.

The tricky part was that it was still continuously absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, on the verge of reaching the peak of the Ninth Core Formation Layer. By then, his lightning power might not even be able to subdue such a formidable evil spirit.

Just as both sides were locked in a tense standoff, suddenly, something stirred in Jiang Fan's robe. The little Qilin?

Jiang Fan was speechless. This fellow had been asleep for two months straight. He had forcibly woken it once to feed it a spiritual pill, but after that, there had been no movement. Even when Jiang Fan fought fiercely, creating a huge commotion, it couldn't wake the Qilin. Why had it suddenly woken now?

As the robe parted, the little Qilin, with sleepy eyes, poked out its palm-sized head. It groggily surveyed its surroundings. A scene that astonished Jiang Fan unfolded. The fiercely grim-faced tiger demon, the instant it saw the little Qilin, trembled violently all over! Immediately, its tiger fur stood on end, its claws pressed tightly against the ground, and it let out low whimpers.

Its body continuously backed away. It retreated all the way to the exit before swiftly turning and dashing out of the cave, as if it had encountered something dangerous that suppressed its bloodline. It chose to flee for its life. The little Qilin had finally woken up.

Spotting the tiger demon's figure, its eyes suddenly widened, and it immediately leaped out of Jiang Fan's arms. In an instant, it vanished via spatial teleportation. It had evidently activated a spatial technique.

Terrified roars followed. The roars didn't last long. The little Qilin, holding the tiger demon's tail in its mouth, dragged it back into the hidden cave dwelling. It was like a small kitten dragging a mouse a hundred times its size. At this moment, the tiger demon's eyes were dim. The evil spirit hidden within it had been extinguished. The little Qilin greedily opened its mouth and inhaled. This phantom tiger, condensed from the demon supreme being's demonic power and essence blood aura, was sucked in by the little Qilin in large gulps, like a stream of air.

In less than a moment, the little Qilin patted its round belly, teleported back into Jiang Fan's arms.

"Little Qilin, what just happened?" Jiang Fan asked. Why would such a fierce tiger demon regard the little Qilin as its natural enemy? It was truly incredible. But his answer was a series of snores.

Jiang Fan's mouth twitched. Asleep again? What was wrong with this fellow? When did it start being so sleepy?

Nevertheless, he really had to thank the little Qilin. Although Jiang Fan possessed lightning magic, the tiger demon might not have been able to kill him. But if it had been allowed to escape, it would have posed a tremendous threat to the disciples of the Nine Sects on Mount Jie.

After this incident, Jiang Fan was much more cautious when he looked at the tiger demon's essence blood again. "After all, it was a being close to the Divine Transformation stage. A single bottle of its residual essence blood contained such immense power."

"I truly wonder how terrifying a being at the Divine Transformation stage must be." Confirming that the tiger demon's essence blood no longer contained the previous entity, he cautiously took out a drop. For safety, he dripped it into a cup of water, diluting it ten times. Only then did he carefully drink it.

As it barely entered his abdomen, Jiang Fan felt as if lava was churning, burning him so intensely that he gasped. His entire body's muscles tightened from the pain, and his face contorted into a grimace due to the intense agony. He was almost in so much pain that he would roll on the ground. If not for his previous body refinement experiences, which gave him a certain resistance to pain, he would have fainted on the spot.

Enduring the intense pain, Jiang Fan, trembling all over, circulated the final layer of the "Iron-Blood True Scripture." This scripture, one of the many legacies left by the half-demon Lu Jiulin in the Giant Sect's sacred land, had extremely stringent cultivation requirements. Jiang Fan had cultivated it from the Qi Condensation stage all the way to his current level. He had finally reached its last layer. Enduring the pain, he guided the hundred-fold diluted essence blood's effect into all corners of his body.

When the pain subsided, indicating the potency had weakened, he diluted two drops this time and swallowed them with a hint of dread. The piercing agony returned. This process repeated itself. In the hidden space, painful groans echoed intermittently over the next three days.

Until Jiang Fan poured out the last drop of tiger demon essence blood and swallowed it directly. Aside from a slight burning sensation, there was no other discomfort.

"Huuu..." Jiang Fan exhaled a long breath, releasing a strong burning aura. His body was covered in a thick layer of grayish-black mucus. This was clearly the effect of body transformation, a bone and marrow cleansing process. "During the Phoenix Blood Sacred Body cultivation, what was expelled was black viscous matter."

"Now, what's expelled is grayish-black mucus. This indirectly shows that my physique has undergone a qualitative change."

Jiang Fan clenched his five fingers. *Crack!* The air was instantly crushed! And a faint tiger roar lingered.

"Overlord Tiger Body! Great Accomplishment!" Jiang Fan could feel his physique was incredibly strong. Even if a Core Formation Layer Five demon beast appeared in person, Jiang Fan could easily shatter it with just his strength! And against a Core Formation Layer Six beast king, like the formidable Black Armored one, he could contend with it.

Next, Jiang Fan shed his old clothes, washed his body, revealing a perfect physique sculpted with blade-like muscle lines. Although still appearing slender, every muscle contained explosive power. Moreover, the bone and marrow cleansing effect had made Jiang Fan's skin even fairer than before, like mutton-fat jade, with no visible veins. It was the cool white complexion often sought after by girls. Combined with Jiang Fan's well-defined facial features, it added three parts to his handsomeness.

He put on a brand new robe, tidied up the cultivation area briefly, and, ensuring nothing was left behind, hurried back to Mount Jie. The three-day appointment with Wu Manyue was due.

When he arrived at Mount Jie, Wu Manyue was already standing where the Great Wall connected to Mount Jie. Her hands were clasped before her chest, her wine-red long dress forming a stark contrast with the snowy world. Coupled with her fiery figure, she presented an extremely aggressive visual impact.

However, she was clearly not happy at the moment. Her eyes coldly stared ahead, impatience etched on her brow. "Late for such an important operation?"

"Just wait till I give you a piece of my mind!" She had always wanted an opportunity to get back at Jiang Fan. Now that she finally had Jiang Fan's lateness to work with, she wasn't going to let it go.

In the distance, snow splattered. Someone was coming!