The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile gave a sheepish laugh. "Sir, you must be joking. I’m such a coward, how could I ever dare to deceive you?"
It truly didn’t dare to deceive Su Mo.
Especially not after the moment it saw the Bone Dead Tiger smashed to dust.
Even the Bone Dead Tiger, with its Undying Body, had been slapped to death by Su Mo. With its mortal body, there was no way it could be Su Mo’s opponent.
Besides, it had already been defeated and taught a lesson by Su Mo.
But Su Mo still looked unconvinced.
’This thing is an Evil Demon.’
’Besides, this Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid looks like tar. How is anyone supposed to eat it?’
’It’s disgusting!’
"Why don’t you have a drop?"
Su Mo asked, testing the waters.
However, before the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile could agree, the Evil King spoke up. "Sir, allow me to test the medicine for you."
’How could I let an outsider benefit from something this good?’ he thought.
"Evil King, you..."
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile glared at the Evil King in annoyance.
’This guy is ruining my chance.’
"Fine, you try it first. If it works, I’ll reward each of you with some." Su Mo took out a thumb-sized piece and flicked it directly into the Evil King’s mouth.
GULP!
The Evil King swallowed.
BOOM!
A blast of scalding steam erupted from the Evil King’s body, sending the surrounding sand and gravel flying.
Immediately after, blood began to gush from the Evil King’s mouth.
"Holy shit!"
Su Mo jumped in shock and glared viciously at the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile. "You bastard! You dare to trick me? Your life is mine!"
BOOM!
A terrifying chill enveloped the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile. Paralyzed with fear, it collapsed onto the ground.
’I’m going to die!’
Just then, a familiar voice came from behind Su Mo.
"Sir, wait!"
Su Mo turned around to see a pitch-black figure standing before him. It was covered in a pungent stench that nearly suffocated him.
"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"
Su Mo asked, pinching his nose.
The pitch-black figure said in astonishment, "Sir, you don’t recognize me? It’s me, the Evil King, your loyal servant."
"The Evil King?"
Su Mo was completely dumbfounded.
The Evil King had never been much to look at, but he’d at least seemed normal. His skin had been a normal color. How did he suddenly turn into a ball of coal?
’Did the Evil King go mining?’ Su Mo wondered.
The Evil King explained, "This is the effect of the Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid. This stuff on my body is impurities expelled from within, that’s why I turned black."
’Impurities?’
Su Mo said, half-believing, half-doubting, "But that’s a lot of impurities on you."
The Evil King said awkwardly, "It’s because I was an Evil Demon before and absorbed a lot of Evil Qi. Too many impurities built up inside me, so..."
"Damn, so it really is you!"
Su Mo cursed out loud.
The guy had been spouting hot steam and gushing blood from his mouth; he’d thought he had been poisoned to death.
"Sir, I... I didn’t lie to you, did I?"
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile said, trembling.
Su Mo smiled. "My apologies, I misunderstood you just now. How about this? I’ll give you some Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid as compensation."
With that, Su Mo once again took out a thumb-sized piece of Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid.
"Open your mouth!"
Su Mo commanded.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile hastily tried to stop him. "Sir, that’s too much to take at once! I should take it in smaller portions."
One should only take one or two drops of Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid at a time.
The amount Su Mo had given it was easily a dozen drops.
If it consumed the entire thing, it would also end up spouting steam, coughing up blood, and turning into a black ball of coal, not to mention wasting a huge amount of the Spiritual Liquid’s medicinal power.
"Fine, do as you please!"
Su Mo handed the Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid to the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile, then gave some to Gu Tong and Gubo as well.
This time, the three of them didn’t gush blood.
They expelled a lot of impurities.
Gu Tong said with pleasant surprise, "The Dust-Removal Celestial Spirit Liquid is truly worthy of its name! It has expelled all the impurities I’ve accumulated in my body over the years."
"Senior Brother, I... I think I’m about to have a Breakthrough,"
Gubo said.
The next moment...
BOOM!
A tyrannical power erupted from within Gubo’s body, pulverizing the surrounding rocks into dust.
Gubo’s entire aura surged, rising by a huge margin.
It climbed madly!
The Evil King cried out in shock, "A Martial Emperor! That’s the aura of a Martial Emperor."
"A Martial Emperor?"
Su Mo said in surprise.
This was his first time seeing a Martial Emperor Powerhouse.
The Tianhu Sect Master he’d encountered before was only a Half-Step Martial Emperor, not a true Martial Emperor.
"There’s no mistaking it!"
The Evil King said with envy.
After expelling the impurities from his body, his strength had increased significantly, but he had only reached Martial King Great Perfection, not achieved a Breakthrough.
Gubo himself was already at Martial King Great Perfection, which was why he had a Breakthrough.
BOOM!
Just as everyone was reeling in surprise, violent fluctuations erupted from Gu Tong and the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile as well, their auras continuing to climb.
The two of them were also breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
The two men and the beast continuously exhaled foul air as their Realms broke through to the Early Stage Martial Emperor.
’I have Martial Emperor subordinates now?’
Su Mo looked at Gu Tong and Gubo with delight.
After breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm, not only had their strength increased, but their appearances had grown younger, their heads of white hair gone.
"Thank you for your help, Sir, allowing my Senior Brother and me to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm!"
Gubo trembled with excitement.
They had waited a full hundred years for this day, and now their wish had finally come true.
Gubo continued, "Sir, I know why we couldn’t break through to the Martial Emperor Realm before."
"Why?"
Su Mo asked curiously.
Gubo explained, "It’s because we consumed too many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the past to rapidly raise our Realms. The impurities from those treasures accumulated inside our bodies."
"I see!"
Su Mo understood. "So now that you’ve expelled the impurities from your bodies, you naturally advanced to the Martial Emperor Realm."
Gubo nodded.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile said excitedly, "Sir, I must thank you as well!"
"You?"
Su Mo’s brow twitched as he stared intently at the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile was stunned.
It didn’t understand why Su Mo was staring at it with such a look, one that even revealed a hint of killing intent.
"You’re an Evil Demon. Your advancement to the Martial Emperor Realm doesn’t seem like a good thing for humanity, does it?"
Su Mo said coldly.
He didn’t mind the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile advancing to the Martial Emperor Realm, but if this creature ran off to slaughter humans as blood sacrifices, wouldn’t that make him an accomplice to evil?
THUD!
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile fell to its knees and pointed to the heavens, swearing, "Sir, rest assured, I promise I will not hunt humans in the future."
"Why should I believe you?"
Su Mo demanded.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile said, "Because I’ve never caused trouble for humans before. Just look at this time, when you humans invaded on a massive scale, I stayed hidden in my cave residence the entire time. I never took a single step out."
"Well..."
Su Mo hesitated.
The Swamp Ferocious Crocodile had indeed stayed in its cave residence.
If they hadn’t provoked it, the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile would still be lying in its cave, eating its dried fish.
"Fine, I won’t kill you this time. But if I ever find out you’re doing evil, I guarantee you will die a horrible death."
Su Mo warned the Swamp Ferocious Crocodile, then asked, "By the way, do you know what the last supreme treasure is?"