The Golden-Winged Roc was different. With its Cultivation, it was impossible to digest and absorb Immortal Level Spirit Medicines. Therefore, it could only use its Bloodline Power to purify and soothe the Medicinal Power from these items of varying attributes. Then, using its Inner Core, it temporarily stored this Medicinal Power inside its body.

The problem, however, was that even though it was a descendant of the Three-legged Golden Crow and possessed the bloodline’s Holy Light Purification Ability—meaning it didn’t have to worry about the clashing energies—it was still only at the Void Realm. Its purification speed was limited.

After continuously swallowing fifty stalks of Immortal Level Spirit Medicine, it was already feeling the strain.

It calculated its limit to be eighty stalks, meaning it could eat at most thirty more before it was full.

’Damn it! Does this human brat have no limits?’

Seeing Mo Qi still devouring Spirit Medicines without any sign of stopping, the Golden-Winged Roc’s confidence was severely shaken.

Who would have thought a human Cultivator at the Vajra Realm could consume so many Immortal Level Spirit Medicines in one go? It defied all logic!

"Boss, it looks like the Golden-Winged Roc is about to hit its limit," the Armored Profound Turtle said slowly, its tone grave.

Bai Fa frowned for the first time.

’Something’s not right. Something is very wrong!’

Although it seemed the Golden-Winged Roc was bound to lose if this trend continued, giving the human the upper hand, Bai Fa couldn’t shake the feeling that things weren’t that simple.

From start to finish, Mo Qi had been far too calm, too composed.

It was so much so that Bai Fa found it unnerving.

But no matter how it tried to deduce the situation, it couldn’t figure out what Mo Qi was planning.

In the arena, Mo Qi and the Golden-Winged Roc both consumed their seventieth Immortal Level Spirit Medicine, pressing on toward the eightieth.

"Stupid bird, didn’t you say you were going to show me the meaning of despair? Why are you all talk and no action?" Mo Qi said, nonchalantly picking out a small black flower from among the Immortal Level Spirit Medicines and eating it.

"Human, don’t celebrate too early. It’s not over yet!" The Golden-Winged Roc’s heart burned with rage as it, too, ate a small black flower.

"But it looks to me like you’re about to collapse."

Seeing the Golden-Winged Roc eat the small black flower, Mo Qi stopped consuming any more, an unconcealable smile on his face.

The Golden-Winged Roc had been struck where it hurt, but it couldn’t refute him.

It cursed inwardly, ’So what if I let you win this round? It’ll be my turn to set the terms of the duel soon. I’ll settle all our scores then!’

"Hm? You can’t eat anymore?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Just as the Golden-Winged Roc was silently seething, pondering how to make Mo Qi die the most miserable death in the speed competition, it suddenly noticed that Mo Qi had stopped moving.

’Could it be... he can’t handle the Immortal Level Spirit Medicines and can’t continue eating?’

"Not at all." Mo Qi wagged a finger. "It’s not that I can’t eat anymore. It’s that you’ve already lost."

"Nonsense!" the Golden-Winged Roc flew into a rage. Although it was prepared to lose and was nearly at its limit, it hadn’t reached it yet!

"Nonsense?" Mo Qi’s eyebrow twitched upward as he pointed at the Golden-Winged Roc’s face. "Feel for yourself. See if you’re having a nosebleed."

The Golden-Winged Roc subconsciously wiped its nose. The sensation was sticky. It pulled its hand away and stared—its palm was covered in crimson.

’I’m really having a nosebleed?’

’Why didn’t I feel anything?!’

"Now press on the spot two inches above your navel. Does it hurt?" Mo Qi added.

The Golden-Winged Roc did as it was told. With just a slight press, it felt as if its organs were being torn apart. The excruciating pain nearly made it faint.

"This... What’s happening to me?" The Golden-Winged Roc’s face went pale with fright. Cold sweat beaded up all over its body in an instant.

It tried to extend its Divine Sense to investigate, only to discover that its Sea of Consciousness had been sealed at some unknown point.

Forget Divine Sense; it couldn’t even muster a sliver of Spiritual Power.

"What did you do to me?" The Golden-Winged Roc whirled around to face Mo Qi, its voice filled with terror.

"Don’t panic. This is only the beginning," Mo Qi said, his smile never wavering.

At this moment, his smile, in the eyes of the Golden-Winged Roc, was like that of a demon from Hell—savage and terrifying.

CRACK!

A soft snap echoed from within the Golden-Winged Roc’s body. Its prized Holy Light Purification Ability completely collapsed.

The Medicinal Power it had stored in its body was suddenly unleashed, beginning to expand and spread uncontrollably.

"What in the world did you do to me?!" The Golden-Winged Roc was now in a full-blown panic.

Without its Holy Light Purification Ability, its Void Realm Cultivation was no match for the Medicinal Power of nearly eighty Immortal Level Spirit Medicines. It was impossible to suppress them by force with its physical body alone.

Once this Medicinal Power erupted, even ten lives wouldn’t be enough to save it.

Mo Qi spread his hands innocently. "Out in the open, in front of everyone, what could I possibly have done to you? You’re the one who ate something you shouldn’t have. You clearly don’t have the stomach for it, yet you insisted on stuffing yourself. And now, look at you. You’ve overeaten, haven’t you?"

The Golden-Winged Roc wasn’t about to believe Mo Qi’s nonsense.

’Can my current state be explained by just "overeating"?’

’Who overeats to the point their Sea of Consciousness gets sealed and their bloodline ability fails?’

"Why are you fine?"

Mo Qi rolled his eyes. "Duh. My appetite is bigger than yours, so of course I wouldn’t overeat. Otherwise, why would we call it an eating contest?"

The Golden-Winged Roc was speechless.

’Could it be that there was a problem with the Spirit Medicines?’

’That makes no sense.’

’The Spirit Medicines were provided by Boss Bai Fa, and I ate them in the same order as Mo Qi.’

’If something was wrong, Mo Qi should have been the first to show symptoms.’

How could it have known that Mo Qi had a cheat like the Chaos Scripture? The Immortal Level Spirit Medicines never even stayed in his body; he was merely a transit station for their Medicinal Power.

As for the order in which Mo Qi consumed the Spirit Medicines, it was also very specific.

All the Immortal Level Spirit Medicines he had eaten before were arranged according to the four attributes of Metal, Wood, Fire, and Earth. Among the Five Elements, only the Water attribute was missing.

One link was missing from the cycle of generation and restriction among the Five Elements.

If this link had remained missing, a complete cycle couldn’t be formed, and everything would have remained peaceful.

The problem was, the small black flower Mo Qi ate last was a Water-attribute Immortal Level Spirit Medicine.

When the Medicinal Power of this small flower blossomed inside the Golden-Winged Roc, the Five Elements Cycle—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—became complete.

But compared to the other four attributes, the amount of Water-attribute Medicinal Power was far, far too little.

This made the closed loop extremely unstable, as the Energy conversion between the Five Elements could not be balanced.

At this point, it needed to plunder resources from an external source to compensate.

The Golden-Winged Roc’s Three-legged Golden Crow bloodline naturally became the primary target. This was why its Sea of Consciousness was sealed and its Holy Light Purification Ability had failed.

Once the Five Elements Cycle forms, it doesn’t break easily.

But if it were to break, the result would undoubtedly be a devastating explosion of Energy.

The total amount of Immortal Level Spirit Medicines the Golden-Winged Roc had consumed far exceeded its Realm. Its meager Bloodline Power was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

Never mind that it couldn’t satisfy the Five Elements Cycle in its body now; even if it could, its physical body wouldn’t have been able to withstand this power.

In other words, the Golden-Winged Roc had no way out. It was dead either way.