CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 38: PURPLE-WINGED SPIRIT INSECT

Inside the iron box, which made even Lin Feng’s heart flutter, there was no man-eating monster.

Only black worms crawled slowly at the bottom of the iron box.

These strange worms were black and purple all over and were only as long as a child’s pinky finger, somewhat resembling a small snake.

Their triangular heads had two horns, black in color, and their purple pupils looked somewhat eerie.

The long and flat bodies had small fleshy wings, but they couldn’t fly because there was a small round hole pierced in the center of their wings. At this moment, these dense strange worms were crawling inside the iron box.

"Purple-winged Spirit Insects!"

Looking at the black strange worm in front of him, even Lin Feng couldn’t truly remain calm.

It was a kind of heart-wrenching fear!

No one in this world understood the unique value of the Purple-winged Spirit Insect better than him.

Although the Purple-winged Spirit Insects had sharp teeth, they ate nothing but drank blood.

Human or Demon Beast blood!

The unique aspect of the Purple-winged Spirit Insect lies in the trace amounts of nerve toxin in its body, which it injects into people while sucking blood. The toxin doesn’t easily kill people but paralyzes them, akin to anesthesia.

In the wild, many martial artists used them as anesthetics when injured.

However, while a single Purple-winged Spirit Insect could serve as an anesthetic, using many would eliminate the numbness effect, replacing it with unimaginable pain!

Lethal pain!

The nerve toxin of three Purple-winged Spirit Insects could make a strong adult writhe in agony.

The Purple-winged Spirit Insect is a unique magical insect of the Otherworld, impossible to breed artificially.

Though not a Demon Beast, it had special utility.

This utility was known only to Lin Feng today worldwide.

This was that the toxin from more than ten Purple-winged Spirit Insects, amidst agony worse than death, would surprisingly have a Body Tempering effect without any side effects.

For martial artists in the Body Cultivation Realm, supplementing cultivation techniques mainly involved nourishing food and medicinal supplements.

That’s food and pills.

Consuming more Demon Beast blood and flesh could naturally enhance Qi and Blood, but food nourishment wasn’t as quick or effective as medicinal supplements.

However, whether it’s nourishing agents or Qi and Blood Pills and Body Tempering Pills that boost Qi and Blood, they all have side effects.

The saying "three parts poison in any medicine" holds truth.

Even those from big families had strict regulations on what pills to take and how many each month.

One could imagine how much of a sensation something offering Body Tempering effects to Body Cultivation Realm warriors and without side effects would cause.

Especially for those students about to take the high school entrance exams.

These terrifying little creatures before him were what Lin Feng bought after leaving the Thunder Martial Arts Dojo.

He and Gao Hai searched through many drugstores before finding these, scraping up all their inventory, and bought only thirteen.

After all, to many people, these little things held no value.

Only martial artists usually kept a few, using them as makeshift anesthetics.

When Lin Feng bought them, a single one only cost eighty yuan, which was outrageously cheap, but after discovering their special effect, the price of Purple-winged Spirit Insects surged to a hundred thousand New Coins, becoming unobtainable even at that price.

Preparing to use these terrifying little things, Lin Feng took out a crystal bottle from his chest pocket, containing a red Qi and Blood Pill, worth a hundred thousand New Coins.

This single pill nearly bankrupted Lin Feng, who initially earned 180,000 New Coins at the Martial Arts Dojo, with only a bit over 30,000 remaining now.

100,000 for the pill, 6,000 for dinner, and over 30,000 for confrontational expenses, the costs were truly high.

"This money is really not enough to spend."

With a sigh, Lin Feng swallowed the pill.

"Come, without sacrifice there can be no gain."

Lin Feng took a clean white towel and stuffed it into his mouth, although uncomfortable, it was to prevent him from biting his tongue during the intense pain later.

Taking a deep breath and hardening his heart, Lin Feng reached into the basin, quickly grabbed ten Purple-winged Spirit Insects, placed them in his palm, then covered the iron box and set it casually on the ground.

At that moment, the hungry Purple-winged Spirit Insects, as if smelling blood, eagerly opened their mouths filled with sharp teeth, bit into Lin Feng’s arm, and swiftly sucked his blood like leeches, injecting a bit of nerve toxin into Lin Feng’s arm as they did so.

"So comfortable..."

As the nerve toxin injected, Lin Feng’s entire body began to heat up.

After a few seconds, a strange, exhilarating numbness filled every part of Lin Feng’s body, with each cell seemingly rejoicing, his body feeling feather-light as if about to float away. Lin Feng felt full of power at that moment, but this pleasure lasted only five or six seconds before Lin Feng’s face suddenly turned pale.

As if from heaven to hell.

At this moment, an intense burning pain engulfed Lin Feng as if thrown into boiling lava, like an overwhelming fiery blaze intent on reducing him to ashes.

It also felt as if billions of tiny strange bugs were crawling through his blood, writhing through his limbs, torso, and organs, gnawing at his flesh and blood, bringing on pain akin to a thousand cuts.

This excruciating pain spread throughout his body in an instant, a suffering more terrifying than being sliced to death.

Especially as Lin Feng’s body was still in a state of unusual excitement, with his mind highly focused, making this agony worse than death even more acute.

Lin Feng, face contorted, shuddered violently into a ball, his face extremely pale with no trace of blood. He half-opened his eyes but closed them again due to weakness. His throat moved slightly as he tightly clenched his hands, nails digging into his flesh, with fresh red blood oozing from the wounds.

Trembling uncontrollably all over, the intense pain made him roll around continuously on the bed, but he dared not make a sound for fear of his family hearing him.

If his family saw this miserableness, they surely would be scared to death.

Time seemed to move very slowly.

This heart-wrenching pain continued for more than ten minutes before slowly fading away.

"Huff huff."

Lin Feng opened his mouth slightly, letting the saliva-soaked towel slide off slowly; even breathing was weak now, slowly opening his pitch-black eyes which at this point had almost turned red, filled with blood vessels, leaving only exhaustion and fear.

Supporting himself with his hands, Lin Feng tried to sit up, but with a "thump," his arm went limp, collapsing onto the bed as if without a skeleton, unable to muster the strength even to get up, his entire body soaked with sweat, utterly exhausted and weak, with even his vision somewhat blurred.

So painful, truly painful!

"Finally made it through."

Collapsed on the bed, Lin Feng couldn’t even sit up, slowly turned his head, looking at the shriveled, dead Purple-winged Spirit Insects on his arm, his eyes still carried a hint of fear, yet he felt a burst of relief in his heart.

Every time bitten by the Purple-winged Spirit Insects it was like a terrifying execution by slicing, the agony worse than death which no one would willingly attempt.

More than ten minutes felt like a century to Lin Feng.

The reward for this pain was quite substantial, as his physique compared to before was much stronger now.

The initially scarce Qi and Blood within him suddenly became abundant.

After resting for a bit, Lin Feng got down from his small bed and stood in front of the mirror.

Under the dim light, Lin Feng’s entire body was covered in dark red blood veins, counting precisely 81 of them. It was evident that Lin Feng had now reached the Eighth Rank of Body Cultivation.