Chapter 217: Chapter 100: Breaking Through the Third Realm to Defeat the Drought Demon—From Now On, the Mountain and Moon I Dwell

In the past few days, he went demon hunting, but despite searching south of Red Flower Mountain over and over, he only found those two demons.

However, it doesn’t matter, because he felt he was just half a step away from "that critical point" before.

It seemed that this half step was in terms of physique.

Today, he has 16 spare Demon Points, and each breakthrough requires 2 points, so he thought it should work.

With a thought, he injected three physique-type demon bloods: "Rotting Buddha Corpse Rat," "Black Mountain Tuo," and "Ordinary Rhinoceros Spirit."

Li Xuan’s form transformed, turning into a demon body, and his physique reached 279 points.

Immediately, Li Xuan began adding points.

points were invested, and randomly the Spirit Attribute broke through by 1 point.

points were invested, and randomly the Strength Attribute broke through by 1 point.

points were invested again for Strength Attribute.

points continued to be invested, and randomly the Agility Attribute broke through by 1 point.

points were invested again, this time added to the physique.

Li Xuan’s physique officially reached 280 points.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the critical point of breaking the door was reached.

A bizarre feeling was born within Li Xuan’s body.

His powerful flesh and blood suddenly changed, even without exertion, the many blood-red lines under his skin emerged clearly, crossed within the blood vessels, penetrated the skin, resembling a crisscrossed blood-colored spider web, and Li Xuan couldn’t tell whether it was blood or liquid fire poison.

The two merged into one, quickly nourishing every inch of his flesh and blood, and as the flesh was nourished, it started to change.

Suddenly, Li Xuan started to sweat.

Red sweat.

As soon as these sweats flowed down, they directly set his clothes on fire, and when they hit the ground, they solidified like molten metal.

Li Xuan sniffed and caught a whiff of a fishy stench.

Clearly, these were impurities from his body.

With the sweat pouring down, Li Xuan also felt some muscle inside him starting to shift, seeing as if a bunch of little caterpillars were hidden beneath his arm.

These worms crawled swiftly, and when gathered to a certain size, they suddenly swelled into small lumps.

The small lumps jumped out, fell onto the ground, turning into a heap of festering flesh.

Clearly, these pieces of flesh were also the weaker parts of Li Xuan’s body.

After a long time, Li Xuan’s clothes were already ragged, and his skin had undergone quite noticeable changes.

The sense of strength and vastness before was gone, and he actually reverted to his original build.

Li Xuan clenched his fist, and his arms and fists began to swell, transforming into the previous form of a large hand with a black exterior and an inner red glow.

He exerted energy throughout his body, and his form rose to eight feet tall.

However, this time, he could control it more freely.

With a thought, he slid his fingers across his arm, but this time...he couldn’t cut through it at all.

His own attack couldn’t break his own defense.

He continued experimenting...

Gradually...

Under his intense attack, his arm finally showed a slight scratch.

But as soon as this scratch appeared, it healed instantly.

Li Xuan was shocked.

He glanced at the panel:

[Li Xuan]

[Lifespan: 21/160]

[Realm: Third Realm]

[Demon Points: 6]

[Strength: 92/280]

[Agility: 91/280]

[Physique: 110+170/280]

[Spirit: 91/280]

He had already broken through the Third Realm.

And he already knew that the so-called Third Realm was very likely the Tier Three demon.

He added three types of physique-type demon blood to barely reach this realm.

All limits increased again, from 90 to 280.

The blood gauge increased from three lights to four.

Li Xuan continued testing.

After all, it was his own body, he became familiar quickly.

Besides significantly increased defense, and enhanced self-healing, his flesh and blood also possessed two attributes.

First, complete "stability." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Unlike before, where he would only emit fire poison when exerting energy. Now, whether it was spittle or sweat, it contained toxins unacceptable to mere mortals.

Second, terrifying vitality.

But this vitality wasn’t where a limb would regrow if cut. Instead, if an arm was severed and left outside for long, as soon as he appeared nearby, it could instantly reattach.

At first, he experimented with a piece of flesh, then a bit of hand bone, and later...when he felt almost done, he ripped off an arm, and then directly attached it back.

After these tests, it was already night.

Li Xuan looked at his appearance, somewhat troubled.

Not only had his height reverted from a "tall strong man" to his original "aristocratic youth," but the fire poison trait of his body meant he couldn’t go home at all.

"What’s going on here?"

Li Xuan reflected on the whole process.

Initially, his physique was fine, then it became stronger, taller, and now it seemed to have undergone a cleansing and returned to his original form. However...his body became increasingly unstable and more sensitive.

Perhaps with a sneeze, his entire body would exude a terrifying pressure, and the spittle flying would undoubtedly be fire poison.

As for the "Ice Jade Robe" he got from Yan Fangbai before, it would probably be corroded by his sweat.

He had the body of a human, the skin of a human, even the essence of human life, but...the flesh and blood contained within seemed no longer to belong to the human species.

No!

Actually, it wasn’t unstable; rather...it was stable.

In the past, he still maintained a "weak ordinary person" side; as long as he didn’t exert energy, his physical characteristics were still like a "weak ordinary person," but now, after reaching the Third Realm, he completely transcended the "weak ordinary person."

A Fire Phoenix does not dwell among humans, because an accidental breath will ignite the town.

A dragon does not dwell among humans, because a twist of its body would destroy a swath of houses.