12 An Eruptive Increase of Strength!

Hum…

As the crystal core entered Su Han's stomach, it began to dissolve immediately.

If he were just a Dragon Vein Realm, Dragon Blood Realm, or Dragon Spirit Realm cultivator, the pace of absorbing the crystal core would have been extremely slow.

However, as Su Han's Dragon Vein Emperor Art began circulating, the crystal core melted instantly as if it was just water.

As the core melted, a vast and dense spiritual energy began flowing into various parts of Su Han's body according to his command.

This speed is more like it! Only absorbing the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth is simply way too slow… Su Han thought to himself.

"You're only a bunch of fiend beasts without any intelligence… I thought you wanted to kill me?"

Su Han curled his lips. After all, there was a reason he dared to remain behind.

How could the great and mighty Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor be hunted down by mere grade-one and grade-two fiend beasts?

If this happened in his past life, Su Han could destroy billions of such fiend beasts in an instant.

Whoosh!

The dagger suddenly flew out once again with an immense penetrating force that directly pierced through the head of one of the Fanged Porcupines and returned with the crystal core immediately afterwards.

As for the Fanged Porcupine, losing its crystal core was like losing its own heart. 

Any traces of life quickly dissipated, and it eventually disappeared into the midst of the fiend beast army.

"Another one."

Su Han absorbed the crystal core, and his Dragon Vein Emperor Art quickly refined it again.

"I have already opened thirteen meridians, and I want to open the fourteenth. The spiritual energy of these grade-one fiend beasts is still not enough, though."

Su Han had already opened eight meridians at the start. After that, Su Yunlie gave Su Han another three years' worth of spirit items, and within three days, Su Han had already opened a total of thirteen meridians.

Looking back, Su Han mumbled, "However, the quantity makes up for the lack of quality. With so many fiend beasts here, I'm excited to see how many meridians I can open today!"

It was a rare occurence to see so many fiend beasts on a trip to Fiend Beast Mountain Range. This was also the main reason Su Han had chosen to stay behind.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

In the bushes, flashes of black shadow kept flitting around. Every movement brought back a crystal core.

After retrieving the crystal core, Su Han would quickly relocate himself. Although the beasts moved extremely quickly, it was almost impossible for them to catch Su Han as he ran away in unpredictable directions.

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

As for Pang Qing, ten minutes felt as slow as ten years.

However, Su Han absolutely enjoyed the ten minutes.

"The sixteenth!"

Su Han looked at the beam of light that once again appeared on his body as his mouth curled up to show a faint smile.

Although Su Han had already opened sixteen meridians and grown much stronger, he was still only using eight of them.

To him, eight meridians were already sufficient to deal with grade-one fiend beasts.

Within these ten minutes, Su Han had already killed at least two hundred grade-one fiend beasts—most of which were Fanged Porcupines, then Giant Cyclops Lizards, Red Flaming Horses, etc…

He swallowed more than half of their crystal cores. As for the rest, he packaged them up inside a bag.

"I'm almost done."

Su Han's eyes darted as he suddenly went in a circle and headed towards the direction he had come from.

Chee chee!

Seeing Su Han returning by going around the side, a Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey among the fiend beasts seemed to get very angry, feeling provoked by him.

It suddenly charged out after pushing off the back of a Red Flaming Horse. Its agile hands and tail grabbed onto branches as it speedily charged towards Su Han.

"Huh?"

Su Han sensed something and lifted his head to look. Then, he revealed a smug and cold smile.

"The Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey? With my current strength, I would be scared if I had to face several hundred of you, but if it's just one of you… you're far from sufficient!"

As soon as Su Han spoke, the dagger in his hand suddenly shot out.

Bam!

The Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey had been keeping an eye on the dagger. After all, Su Han had used the dagger no less than two hundred times.

Seeing the dagger appear again, the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey's face actually revealed disdain. It swung its paw and, with a bam, sent the dagger back.

"Not bad. I expected no less from a grade-two fiend beast," praised Su Han.

Although this was the dagger's first failure, Su Han couldn't care less.

"For a second grade beast, the strength of eight dragon veins was indeed too small.

"Since eight dragon veins are too few, then how about ten?!"

Thump!

After he spoke, Su Han's body immediately trembled and two more light rays appeared.

With the appearance of the light rays, Su Han's strength also increased tremendously. His speed, strength, and attacking power increased all around.

Whoosh!

The dagger shot out once again. This time, it was several times faster and it whistled in the wind. The sharp, cold light made the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey's hair stand on end, and it chirped chaotically.

The Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey did not clash head-on with the dagger. Instead, it evaded the attack by jumping around.

"Scared?"

Su Han looked at the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey and shook his head slightly. "Sadly, you won't be able to escape."

The dagger turned as Su Han spoke. Its speed peaked, and it appeared right in front of the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey as the monkey moved around.

Seeing this, the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey suddenly stopped moving and tried to flee in the opposite direction.

However, right at this moment, a long, golden thread appeared in the Three-Tailed Fiend Money's sight. It got closer and closer, but it was too late for the monkey to react.

Splash!

The long thread sliced across the head of the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey, and fresh blood spewed out. Then, its body fell from the tree.

"A beast nonetheless. Its intelligence is just too low." Su Han sighed as he looked at the core crystal in his hand.

Fiend beasts might be strong, but their intelligence was too low. If the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey had been a human, Su Han wouldn't have been able to kill it so easily.

"The first grade-two fiend crystal. Moreover, it's a fiend crystal from the Three-Tailed Fiend Monkey—strongest among the second grade. I wonder if the spiritual energy within it would be enough for me to open my seventeenth meridian?"

Without another word, Su Han immediately swallowed the fiend crystal.

Thump!

At that moment, the fiend crystal melted and a berserk spiritual energy emerged from Su Han's body. Even the Dragon Vein Emperor Art began circulating faster under the influence of this spiritual energy.

"Hahaha, I expected no less from a grade-two fiend crystal!"

Su Han laughed as the spiritual energy caused an enormous amount of impurities to rush out from his seventeenth meridian.

After a short while, Su Han's aura suddenly increased. The seventeenth meridian had been opened!

"I wonder how Pang Qing's doing… He wouldn't be dead, would he?"

Su Han sped up and rushed towards the place where he had previously escaped from.

"Huh?"

When Su Han arrived, he didn't see Pang Qing, only the battered ground that had been trampled by the fiend beasts.

"He's really dead?" Su Han frowned.

Whoosh!

Right then, a figure rushed out from the bushes in the distance.

An overwhelming number of fiend beasts followed behind that figure.