Achieving physical sainthood begins with the Iron Shirt technique!

That pure, primordial energy soared into the sky, instantly dispelling the poisonous miasma above the mining area.

Immediately afterwards, the wolfskin pouch protecting Lu Chen's chest was pried open by a gentle yet extremely domineering force.

A series of crisp cracking sounds rang out.

"Snap—crack!"

Hundreds and thousands of spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of the dark gold jade cocoon enveloping Anan. A warm, jade-like light emanated from the cracks. The next second, the entire outer shell shattered with a roar, turning into countless tiny specks of light that disappeared back into the small body.

A baby with two pigtails peeked halfway out of a tattered wolfskin bag.

Her hair, which had been dry and brittle like straw due to years of hunger, now resembled fine black silk, gleaming with a smooth luster. Most astonishing were her exposed forearms. They were no longer the withered flesh of a poor peasant; they were clearly a piece of mutton-fat jade polished to a fine patina, with a subtle, dark golden sheen on the surface, representing the pinnacle of creation.

Jade Bone Transformation, First Stage Complete!

The blood-red jade cloth strip, which served as an eye covering, still covered A-Nan's little face. This layer of concealment could not block her ancient, true spiritual eyes at all. At this moment, in her vision, the world was a net woven from various kinds of blood and energy.

She could clearly see that dozens of miles outside the mining area, those cultivators were writhing with nauseating gray-black evil thoughts.

Anan ignored the evil thoughts outside. She reached forward with her two fair hands and grabbed Lu Chen's broad, rough shoulders.

The little head peeked down, and the Primordial True Vision Spirit Eye instantly pierced through Lu Chen's skin and flesh, striking directly at his internal organs.

She saw that deadly thing.

Deep within Lu Chen's left lung, in a hidden corner, lay a hard object the size of a walnut. Covered in green barbs, it hissed and emitted a foul-smelling, green, turbid gas. This was the turbid gas bone stone formed from the rotten lung toxicity of an entire warehouse that Lu Chen had swallowed during the day, forcibly compressed by extreme power.

The venom was slowly corroding the lung lobes, and the edge muscles were already burned and riddled with holes.

A-Nan's face instantly tightened.

She reached out her slightly chubby hand and slowly touched downwards, her little hand trembling uncontrollably. Her fingertips touched the bloody, mangled wound on Lu Chen's left rib, a result of the poisonous stone's backlash.

"Big guy..." A-Nan's voice was still childish, but it was clearly tinged with tears, "Was you bleeding the whole time you were carrying me?"

The violent and ferocious aura that Lu Chen possessed vanished completely the moment he heard the call.

He raised his large, rough hand, which was covered in black blood and mud, and casually smeared it on his face, making half of his face look like a grotesque scribble.

"Bullshit!" Lu Chen yelled at the top of his lungs, then quickly lowered his voice, grinned, and pulled out an extremely ugly, ferocious smile that was more frightening than crying.

"I'm sweating! I just overdid it, this is called detoxing!"

The voice just fell.

"Cough cough cough—!"

An uncontrollable spasm shot through Lu Chen's throat, causing him to bend over abruptly. Another mouthful of thick, black, poisonous blood, frothy with green foam, spilled from between his teeth and sprayed onto the pile of rubble in front of him.

The stone was corroded on the spot, emitting white smoke.

The eight veterans around him who were shielding him from the insects were so anxious they were stamping their feet. The old man's pickaxe was so tightly gripped that it was practically dripping with water.

A-Nan was not fooled at all by Lu Chen's clumsy nonsense.

She released one hand from Lu Chen's shoulder, her small fingertips curling slightly. In that instant, an extremely profound and ancient primordial pattern, representing absolute power of creation, emerged from her fair fingertips.

"Let me get it for you."

Ah Nan muttered something under her breath.

Lu Chen instinctively wanted to back away. His current physical body's defense was so weak that even a high-level Foundation Establishment stage flying sword couldn't leave a mark. He was afraid that if A'nan's tender little hand poked at him, it would break his finger bones on the spot.

Lu Chen stopped when he felt the familiar, shared aura emanating from A-Nan's fingertips.

He grunted. Instead of backing away, he straightened his back.

The protective layer of extreme qi and blood that had been guarding his left ribs was instantly dispelled without hesitation. His dark skin relaxed to the extreme, completely opening all his bloodline defenses to the little blind girl.

A-Nan's little hand went straight to Lu Chen's left rib.

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

The pure Yin energy of creation and the ancient forbidden body are of the same origin, perfectly intertwined. A-Nan's hand, as if probing into a pool of warm spring water, pierced through Lu Chen's indestructible layer of extreme muscles without tearing any skin or splattering a drop of blood, reaching into his chest cavity!

"hiss--"

The pain of having one's internal organs forcibly squeezed into the body is something that no ordinary person can endure.

Lu Chen clenched his teeth so hard they were practically cracking, his back teeth almost breaking.

On his broad forehead, veins throbbed wildly like thick earthworms. Sweat mixed with blood streamed down his chiseled cheeks.

He didn't utter a single cry of pain. Moreover, his distorted face desperately maintained that grotesque smile from moments before.

"It doesn't hurt. It doesn't hurt at all." Lu Chen lowered his voice, his tone carrying a hint of coaxing a child. "Take it easy, don't pull out my breakfast."

Ah Nan didn't have time to pay attention to it at all.

The Primordial True Vision Spirit Eye was used to its fullest extent. In its vision, the turbid bone stone covered with green thorns had nowhere to hide.

The small hands moved with extreme precision inside the chest cavity, avoiding all the important blood vessels and meridians.

Her five slender, fair fingers suddenly clenched together.

"Smack."

They gripped that slippery, foul-smelling bone stone!

The bone stone seemed to sense the threat and immediately unleashed an even more potent burst of green venom, attempting to corrode the foreign hand.

"Freeze it for Nan!" Nan's little face darkened.

An incomparably powerful force of jade bone energy surged wildly from his fingertips. That pure Yin energy, imbued with extreme cold, instantly froze the raging venom around the bone stone into layers of white frost. The poison was completely sealed off.

"come out!"

A-Nan let out a low, childish shout. A flash of dark gold light appeared on her forearm, and her whole body fell backward sharply, using the force to pull herself outward!

"Thud!"

A dull, chilling sound rang out.

A piece of bone stone, about the size of a walnut, covered with green barbs and emitting a foul stench, was forcibly removed from Lu Chen's left lung by Anan!

The moment the bone stone was removed from the body, it brought out a trail of thick, black, rotten blood that smelled foul.

"call--!"

Lu Chen suddenly thrust forward. The breath that had been trapped in his chest for most of the day, almost killing him, finally dissipated completely.

He opened his enormous mouth, big enough to swallow a fist, and took a deep, sharp breath of the cold, piercing air towards the night sky of the desolate wilderness.

Air flows smoothly and unimpeded into the lungs.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Deep within Lu Chen's broad chest, the long-silent Extreme Blood Furnace erupted with a deafening roar even more terrifying than muffled thunder!

The suppressed pure yang blood fire finally lost its restraint. Dark red qi erupted from every pore of his body like a volcanic eruption, instantly evaporating the surrounding cold air into a white mist.

A-Nan sat on Lu Chen's lap, wrinkling her little nose and looking at the disgusting stone in her hand with a look of disgust.

"It stinks!"

She raised her small arm and, as if throwing away a tattered rag, slammed the poisonous stone, which countless cultivators feared, heavily onto the muddy ground.

The bone stone hit the ground and created a crater, from which green liquid was still gushing out.

A-Nan's hands were inevitably covered with a thick, green venom. It was a deadly poison that could rot even the bones of a Golden Core cultivator if touched by it.

Before the venom could penetrate the skin, ripples of magical energy automatically spread across the surface of A-Nan's jade-like skin.

The toxic green liquid was instantly broken down and purified by this aura, leaving not a single red mark; the little hands remained white and tender.

The old man and the group of veterans were so shocked their jaws nearly dropped to the floor. Several of them rubbed their eyes, their faces showing expressions of utter disbelief.

Lu Chen slowly straightened up.

He stretched his previously withered and gray left arm. The joints crackled like popping beans.

Freed from the oppressive force of the poisonous stone, the Supreme Bloodline rapidly repaired its damaged body. Power once again filled this ancient, ferocious beast-like physique.

He reached out his big, dark hand and gave A-Nan's pigtails a hard squeeze.

"Well done, you little blind man. I'll treat you to extra meat tonight!"

At this time, it was thirty miles outside the Seventh Mining Area.

The head of the Enforcement Hall squatted in the grass, tightly clutching the Blood Mirror for Pulse Tracing in his hand.

Through the mirror, he clearly saw Lu Chen suddenly bend over, a large clump of thick, black, and gruesome blood bursting from his chest, before he knelt down on one knee in the mud.

The hall master's pupils dilated instantly, and he could no longer suppress the wild joy on his face.

"Hahahaha!" He jumped up from the bushes and kicked over a rock next to him.

"The Nascent Soul level poison pill has fully taken effect!" The hall master laughed loudly, pointing towards the mining area and roaring, "His heart meridian is severed! Even a Great Immortal couldn't save this fiend!"

He whirled around, kicked the still-stunned law enforcement officer to the ground, and drew his longsword from his waist. The tip of the sword pointed directly at the Seventh Mining Area.

"All members of the Enforcement Hall, form ranks and charge!"

The hall master's voice became extremely shrill due to extreme excitement.

"This is an incredible, freebie! Whoever rushes to the front gets the bounty for that top-grade spiritual vein! Get that big black monument back, and chop off that demon's head to use as a football!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the dozens of elite law enforcement officers turned bloodshot. Howling, they drew their flying swords and, like a pack of hyenas that had smelled blood, charged wildly towards the Seventh Mining Area.

They had no idea that the Supreme Asura ahead, now completely freed from his restraints, was grinning maliciously as he gripped the massive black iron chain.