Seed of Titan-Chapter 83: The Black Pill

Looking at Donk with slight disgust, Venus eventually said, "Fine. You can have your candy later. But help me finish the job."

Donk’s expression instantly brightened. He propped his body in an attempt to stand up but he quickly fell, forcefully reminded that his wrists had been injured.

"Donk hurt. Help Venus hard," Donk said while raising both of his arms, showing Venus his swollen wrists.

"Tsk. Ivy is on another team, so we can’t heal you. Whatever—just take the black pill," Venus ordered.

Hearing the command, Donk’s expression darkened. He shrunk back from Venus and twiddled his fingers, seemingly apprehensive toward her words.

"What? Don’t you want candy?" Venus questioned the wary Donk.

"B-black pill no sweet. Make h-headache too. Donk hate," Donk meekly said.

"Oh? Are you bad mouthing the Order’s gift? Don’t you know that other people would gladly kill to get their hands on a black pill? I wonder what the higher-ups will think if they ever hear about this..." Venus cruelly teased, venting her annoyance.

Donk instantly paled. He wasn’t a stranger to the Order’s vicious ways since his unfortunate disposition had landed him in trouble countless times in the past, leaving him with inner scars.

Donk’s hand slid into his robe and pulled out a small item that resembled a ring box. He opened it and grabbed a round black pill with his fingers.

Donk glanced nervously at Venus and saw that she was staring at him closely with cold eyes.

Donk gulped and lifted the pill with his quivering hand, slowly putting the pill inside his mouth.

Suddenly, a series of loud shouts was heard.

"Qi Rejuvenation! Carp’s Vigor! Light Steps!"

Everyone in the vicinity watched as Jian suddenly leaped high into the air, brimming with blue qi.

Jian gazed at the two intruders below. He didn’t want to needlessly risk himself, but based on his cultivation knowledge, he was sure that the strange black pill would flip the tables on them.

After all, Jian had read countless fighting scenes where cultivators changed the tide of battle by consuming a mysterious pill that instantly boosted their power. It didn’t matter if it was a good guy or a bad guy—miraculous pills were often their salvation... either that or a passing expert.

Jian raised his sword high, pointing it toward the sky. He poured a great amount of qi into his attack, so much that a blue whirlpool started swirling around his sword.

"Have a taste of my new skill! Sundering Strike!"

Full Moon slashed down, releasing a ferocious long blue tide that vertically struck at Donk and Venus.

Donk paused and gazed at the attack, while Venus furrowed her eyebrows in annoyance.

"Just because you beat this idiot here, you think all second-stagers are pushovers, huh? Dream on!"

Venus spread her arms wide and made a flipping gesture. Following this, numerous rows of long teal lines materialized between her and Jian’s strike, which started zooming around in a spiral motion, creating a circular rotating shield.

The long blue line hit the teal shield and bounced off toward the building behind the two, cleaving a large part of its wall.

The teal lines vanished apart from a few which immediately zigzagged above Venus and Donk, swatting away the fallen debris from the impact of Jian’s powerful attack.

"Shit..." Jian muttered as he watched his strongest strike get parried easily.

Jian quickly twisted his body midair while repeatedly releasing his Crescent Slash, not even bothering to shout out the skill name. He launched himself away from the duo, heading toward the dorm entrance.

Venus snickered as she watched the rash student glide away. She didn’t pursue Jian as she thought that the young swordsman would make for an interesting game of cat and mouse later.

Venus turned back to Donk and sternly ordered, "Now eat it."

Donk, who had forgotten about his predicament due to Jian’s distraction, flinched at Venus’ words. He turned to the black pill between his fingers and let out a reluctant sigh.

’Black pill bad, but Donk want candy. Headache okay, sleep make better,’ Donk inwardly decided. He finally put the black pill inside his mouth and immediately swallowed it whole.

The pill melted in his throat, releasing its content which quickly spread inside Donk’s body.

Soon, Donk felt that his whole body was burning and he instantly dropped to the ground, wriggling around from the pain.

Amidst the unbearable heat, a pain struck Donk’s head as if a thousand needles were impaling it.

"Headache! Hurt!" Donk cried as he rolled around on the ground, occasionally bashing his head on the floor in the process.

’The pill’s effects come with pain, but this is probably the worst that I’ve ever seen. What an unlucky idiot,’ Venus thought as she watched her teammate suffer in agony.

At the side, Drai was still waiting for his cooldown that was close to resetting. He watched the poor man roll around and couldn’t help pitying him.

’Is it similar to Professor Ravi’s concoction?’ Drai wondered, recalling his own agonizing procedure, which closely resembled the process that Donk was undergoing.

Unlike Jian, Drai wasn’t too apprehensive toward the black pill. In fact, he was actually interested in seeing what effects it had, especially since it’s likely that each of these intruders had one on them.

’That Venus lady also mentioned about another team. That means there’s probably an attack at the girls’ dorm too. But since killing isn’t their goal, Nat and the others are probably safe.’

Drai gazed afar below the sky that was still dark red.

’Maybe the professors have begun helping out. Surely they can easily beat some average second-stagers. I hope Professor Ravi is safe.

’And in the worst case, I can just release my full power and finish them off quickly, although I don’t know what the aftereffects will be if people know that I can grow taller than a four-story building. Regardless, it’ll be a problem in the future. Handling the current situation is more important.’

Drai looked back at Donk and saw that he had stopped rolling around. But what shocked Drai was the change in Donk’s body. Instead of a fat dude, the one lying on the ground was a well-built figure draped in extremely baggy robes.

"Ugh..." the newly transformed Donk grimaced and pressed his hand onto his glabella, still feeling the headache from his transformation.

"Finally," Venus coldly remarked. "Get up, Donk. The barrier won’t last forever. We’ll have to finish before dawn."

Donk shook his head and propped himself up. He massaged his temples briefly before looking at his surroundings, his gaze eventually stopping at Drai.

"Oh it’s you, baby heretic. Did you enjoy the scene, fucker?" Donk smirkingly said.