You said you'd fail to awaken your powers, but you're actually a master of top-tier abilit

The moment the drop of earthworm blood fell into the bowl, the clear water turned dark red, radiating a powerful aura of blood and energy.

Seeing this, Su Ming did not hesitate. He picked up the bowl of blood water diluted with earth dragon essence and drank one-third of it.

Boom!!!

As the diluted earth dragon blood was swallowed down his throat, Su Ming felt as if he had drunk a mouthful of magma.

An incredibly hot sensation traveled from his esophagus all the way to his abdomen, followed by a burst of violent energy from his abdomen that was far more intense than the fourth-grade high-level natural treasure he had previously consumed, the "Three-Leaf Purple Blood Fruit".

However, Su Ming's physical condition is now much stronger than when he consumed the Three-Leaf Purple Blood Fruit. Even though the energy is extremely violent, he doesn't feel nearly as uncomfortable as when he consumed the Three-Leaf Purple Blood Fruit in Cave 2 outside Linjiang City.

"My body is far from reaching its limit. Perhaps I don't need to refine a drop of earth dragon blood in three separate steps, as Director Liu suggested."

"Just finish the last bite in the bowl. You don't need to dilute the earthworm blood with water afterward. Just swallow it drop by drop."

After sensing the intensity of the energy within his body, Su Ming did not hesitate and drank all the remaining blood in the bowl.

Boom!!!

After drinking the bloody water in the bowl, the energy in his body surged even more violently, and Su Ming's body only felt a slight swelling, but it was still within his tolerance range.

This energy instantly coursed through his limbs and bones, causing every cell in his body to cheer and frantically absorb this violent energy.

Although Su Ming is not yet a fourth-tier martial artist, his Qi and blood have reached 8900, which is not far from the standard of 10,000 Qi and blood for a fourth-tier martial artist.

His A-level superhuman ability made his physical strength stronger than that of other martial artists of the same level. He also possessed an S-level natural ice attribute ability, which could alleviate a lot of the energy impact. This allowed him to withstand the enormous energy of a whole drop of earth dragon essence blood with his body, which was not even a fourth-level martial artist.

As the energy of a whole drop of earth dragon blood essence erupted within his body, Su Ming immediately began cultivating the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique in the living room, and a faint golden hue instantly appeared on his skin.

After cultivating continuously for a full hour, he finally absorbed the energy of that drop of earth dragon blood essence.

[Qi and Blood: 9400]

"A single drop of earth dragon essence blood can increase my Qi and blood by 500 within an hour, which is far more than the increase I get from cultivating with Qi and blood powder!"

"So, if I use up this whole bottle of Earth Dragon Essence Blood, it will increase my Qi and Blood by 50,000. Two bottles of Earth Dragon Essence Blood can raise a person to the fifth-tier martial artist level. Is this the effect of an eighth-tier resource? It's truly powerful!"

After finishing his cultivation, Su Ming glanced at his current Qi and blood, and was immediately startled by the Qi and blood enhancement effect of the earth dragon essence blood.

However, what he didn't know was that not everyone who consumed earthworm essence could increase their blood and qi values ​​by so much.

Even if an ordinary fourth-tier martial artist were given a drop of earth dragon essence blood, it would only increase their qi and blood by a little over two hundred at most.

After all, not everyone is like him, able to cultivate an A-level body tempering technique to perfection and make the most of the energy of the earth dragon's essence blood.

Others who use the Earth Dragon's essence blood for cultivation will lose some of the Earth Dragon's essence blood's energy to varying degrees.

"Two more drops, I'll break through to the fourth-tier martial artist's 10,000 Qi and Blood this morning, then go accept the mission this afternoon!"

After closing his attribute panel, Su Ming turned his gaze to the transparent bottle containing the essence blood of the earth dragon on his desk. He reached out, picked it up, poured out a drop, swallowed it, and then continued to cultivate the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique.

Two hours later, Su Ming stopped cultivating. His qi and blood had broken through the 10,000 mark, and he officially became a fourth-level martial artist.

[Qi and Blood: 10400]

"My Qi and Blood have officially broken through the 10,000-point threshold for a fourth-tier martial artist. I am now a fourth-tier martial artist!"

"Let's see if there are any tasks that offer higher credits."

Looking at his attribute panel, Su Ming smiled with satisfaction.

"Butler, please list out all the tasks currently assigned by the school for me. I want to start with the tasks that offer the highest academic rewards and work my way down."

After breaking through to the fourth-tier martial artist, he did not continue cultivating. Instead, he asked the AI ​​assistant to open the school's task list and arrange the school's tasks from highest to lowest according to their academic reward.

"Yes, Master!"

Upon hearing Su Ming's command, the humanoid smart home assistant immediately nodded respectfully.

Immediately, a virtual screen appeared in front of Su Ming, displaying all the current tasks of the Demon Sea University, arranged according to his instructions.

[Pursue the A-rank wanted criminal from Sakura, 'Hikawa Okazaka'. Mission requirements: The player must be at least a late-stage fifth-tier character. Reward: 300 credits]

[Head to Cave 7 in Shanghai to hunt down the fangs of the peak Tier 5 ferocious beast, the Silver Moon Wolf King. Quest requirements: The quest taker must be at least a Tier 5 martial artist. Reward: 200 credits]

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[Recruit four students to assist Professor Zhao Renjie in collecting Demon Source Flowers in the No. 4 underground cave in Shanghai. The mission requires the recipient to be at least a fourth-tier martial artist. The current mission team is 3/4 full. Reward: 120 credits]

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"The highest reward for a mission is only 300 credits. It seems that the 500 credits I got from Ling Tianhou when I stopped the beast tide were really high."

Su Ming glanced at the first few rows of tasks and was somewhat surprised to see that the highest reward was only 300 credits.

Then, he stared at the first few columns of tasks and fell silent.

"These tasks with higher academic rewards all have certain prerequisites. My Qi and Blood have just reached the standard of a fourth-level martial artist, so I can take on this task of collecting Demon Source Flowers."

"It's a good opportunity to see just how powerful the ferocious beasts in the underground caves near Shanghai are!"

"Moreover, this gathering mission has already been accepted by three students from Magic Sea University. This is my first time entering the underground caves near Magic City. It's good to have senior students from these schools with me so that I can look out for them."

After a moment of contemplation, Su Ming chose to help Ai accept a mission that only fourth-level martial artists could take on.

After selecting the task, Su Ming put the bottle containing the earth dragon's essence blood in his room and stored it away.

With one hour remaining before all personnel were to assemble for the mission, Su Ming ate some dry rations he had brought from home at the villa and then rested for half an hour.

When it was almost time to assemble, he put on his A-grade combat suit, the "Blazing Sun Set," took out his A-grade weapon, the Obsidian Gun, and left the villa assigned to him by the school, heading to the assembly point specified in the mission instructions.