Blood Path's Killing Intent!

"I only used 8.75% of my primeval essence to completely defeat him," Chen Wei reflects thoughtfully on his performance in the just-concluded fight. "The difference between cultivation realms is indeed something realy significant." He knows that this difference only increases in the future, especially between Rank 5 and 6, and Rank 8 and 9, which are the most qualitative changes in cultivation.

"And that's because I haven't refined the liquor worm to Rank 2 yet; otherwise, I would have only spent 4.37%," Chen Wei remarks, despite having all the materials for refinement, as he collected them throughout the year. However, he hasn't had time to attempt refining the Four Flavors Liquor Worm, but it's one of his priorities.

"Jin Gu, he chose the Water Saber Gu, a good choice since he seems to enjoy close combat and it's an excellent offensive Gu," Chen Wei is slightly worried about him, but more due to Chen Wei's cautious nature than Jin Gu having real chances of winning against him.

While Chen Wei is lost in his thoughts, Jin Gu is slashing with his water saber towards his opponent, who is in a desperate situation but still doesn't give up until Jin Gu is declared victorious by the overseeing guard, who sees that the match could lead to a fatal incident if it continued.

"That guy didn't even need to fight seriously to defeat an opponent in the middle stage with ease," he looks at his saber and then at Chen Wei, who seems not to notice or care about him. "Will he need to exert himself to defeat me?"

He quickly slaps himself after having these thoughts. "When did I become so defeatist with myself? I wasn't thinking about how to win, just whether I would lose easily or not!" He strengthens his resolve, swearing to himself to win no matter what.

Thus, after several battles, the first phase finally comes to an end, ushering in the second phase, where almost all Rank 1 initial stage cultivation students have been eliminated.

The second phase of the competition begins with a match between Ma Fei and Lin Ji, the girl who used the advantage of the Dripping Gu to defeat her opponent. However, this time, it won't be as easy for her as before.

"Begin!" The guard starts the match, and Ma Fei quickly tries to close the distance between them to diminish Lin Ji's advantages and increase his own.

"Her Gu has the advantage of consuming little primeval essence and attacking multiple times," he skillfully avoids her attacks while trying to close the distance, but the girl is constantly keeping her distance from him. "But that advantage means nothing to me, as I've used Wolf Strength Gu. So now I only need to expend the vitality of my body to keep fighting."

"Darn it! Why did my opponent have to be him! I've barely hit him ten times so far," Lin Ji is starting to feel desperate as, despite her Gu consuming little primeval essence, it still consumes some, and now her primeval essence is starting to run out. "I have to find a way—Ah!"

Due to her deep thoughts, she showed an opening that was quickly exploited by Ma Fei, who was now attacking her with the ferocity of a wolf, leaving the girl unable to react as she was quickly knocked out by him.

Thus, Ma Fei won this match and advanced to the next phase. He looks at his family in the audience and clenches his fists. "Mom, Dad, I swore I wouldn't waste this divine opportunity to become a great Gu master!" He also comes from a mortal family, so he's striving to give them a better future.

As he descends from the arena, Chen Wei passes by him, heading up for his second match against Liu Zhao, who is also a grandson of a clan elder and is at the peak stage, so many expect a tough fight for Chen Wei despite being at Rank 2.

"Begin!" The guard starts the match, and Chen Wei quickly activates the Blood Armor Gu and Blood Rush Gu, advancing rapidly.

Liu Zhao, prepared for this type of attack, isn't caught off guard and quickly uses the Water Armor Gu while creating a water spear using the Water Spear Gu, which is his vital Gu. However, Chen Wei stops before he's within Liu Zhao's range and starts using the Blood Arrow Gu to attack from a distance.

"Damn it... I was hoping he wouldn't fight with this strategy," seeing no other option, Liu Zhao has to advance rapidly so that his Water Spear is within attacking range.

In the meantime, three Blood Arrows hit him, leaving his water armor in a deplorable state, but he quickly begins to recover it when suddenly he feels a sharp pain as the Water Armor collapses rapidly.

"Fuck, this guy... he's too strong... he could have killed me if I didn't have the Water Armor..." Liu Zhao collapses to the ground, a deep cut running from his neck to his waist. This, of course, wasn't the effect of a Rank 1 Gu, but rather of a Rank 2 Gu.

This Gu is actually the reason why Chen Wei hasn't had time to refine the liquor worm to Rank two yet, as he spent most of his time refining the Blood Cut Gu to Rank 2. He called it Blood Killer Cut.

In fact, even after using it, Chen Wei was shocked by its strength and speed, which are at the top of Rank 2, and the best part is that it has moderate primeval essence consumption, only consuming 10% of Light Red primeval essence for each attack.

And the best part is that it can still be easily refined, as Chen Wei only needed to use the blood of beasts and some Rank 2 Gu masters who are prisoners of war under the clan's custody.

"Move aside, he's in critical condition!!!" A Rank 2 Gu master healer quickly comes to heal Liu Zhao, as he's the grandson of an elder. Quickly, several Rank 2 Gu masters are helping to heal him.

"Chen Wei! Do you realize how irresponsible that was? He could have died because of that attack!!!" He shouts angrily, but internally he's in shock, knowing that if he had to take that attack, he wouldn't be in a much better situation. And that's just one attack; Chen Wei could easily attack multiple times.

"The cut, despite being deep, didn't hit any vital points. With the care of so many Gu master healers, he'll be fine," Chen Wei rebuts the accusation as he leaves the arena and on the way, looks directly at Jin Gu, who seems quite nervous with a complicated expression on his face.

"This young man is truly talented. This new Gu of his is definitely at the top of Rank 2... that's worrisome," the clan leader ponders deeply while revealing only a neutral face before turning to look at his daughter, who is cheering for Chen Wei like a fangirl.

"Ah... this girl, she's already hopelessly in love with this young man, even with my corrections and warnings," despite the clan leader noticing some change in Wang Mei, after checking if she wasn't under the influence of any Gu and finding nothing, he simply attributed it to her age and the fact that she's now in love with a boy.

"Ah, my grandson is truly the most talented of this generation. What do you think, Liu Di?"

He hears Chen Wang taunting one of his political rivals, who is Liu Zhao's grandfather, while continuing to praise Chen Wei incessantly.

"Hmmm!" Liu Di only grunts but doesn't respond to Chen Wang's provocations as he sends one of his subordinates to check on his grandson's condition, who is still lying on the ground being healed.

"Hmmm, it's good to have knowledge about this boy's abilities. It seems the leader was right to fear his talent," a seemingly ordinary-looking Gu master sitting in the stands while watching uses a Gu to record everything. Of course, he's a spy from the Feng Zhi clan tasked with gathering information. "We really need to get rid of this boy before he can fulfill his potential!"