Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

Chapter 155 Enhancing Strength

"Xu Yao, how are you? Are you alright?"

"Damn it, you didn't fail at refining the pills, did you? Did it cause some side effects? What are we going to do if something happens to you?"

Hearing this, Xu Yao rolled his eyes at the two guys in annoyance.

"You two are really... I can't find any adjectives to describe you two. I'm fine."

"What I just vomited was just stagnant blood. My body is almost fully recovered now, but it will take some time for my spiritual energy to recover. Let's rest a little longer before we set off again."

Upon hearing this, Du Cheng and Du Gong nodded once again.

Only after Xu Yao had fully recovered did the three of them set off.

After walking for quite some time, Xu Yao witnessed that scene in the woods.

There were countless corpses lying on the ground all around, and the blood had stained the soil red.

A rough count revealed at least thirty corpses.

"Damn, Xu Yao, what happened here? Quite a few people are dead."

"Yes, although we've taken down more than a dozen scumbags before, the situation here is much more serious."

Xu Yao glanced around and frowned slightly.

His gaze fell on an old man.

The old man had suffered numerous injuries and died from exhaustion after being stabbed in the throat with a sword.

Moreover, judging from the traces left at the scene, it must have been a bloody battle between the two sides.

However, the contents of the spatial ring on the old man's body were not taken away.

Xu Yao immediately took out the old man's spatial ring.

There are many medicinal herbs inside, and also three Foundation Building Pills.

Upon seeing the three Foundation Establishment Pills, Xu Yao couldn't help but swallow hard.

Right now, he is only one step away from the seventh level of Qi Refining. With these three Foundation Establishment Pills, he should be able to truly raise his strength to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Moreover, the medicinal herbs in the old man's spatial ring could also be used to refine a Breakthrough Pill.

Although he had previously consumed a Breakthrough Pill, it had no effect, since he had no cultivation at all at that time.

If you eat it now, it should be effective.

This situation is far more serious than he anticipated, and who knows what kind of enemies he will encounter next.

If it could increase our strength, that would be the best outcome.

Besides, although it's most cost-effective to take the Breakthrough Pill when breaking through from the eighth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level, it still depends on the timing.

At present, Xu Yao is also paying attention to the secret realm, and it would be unreasonable not to improve his strength.

Thinking this way, he immediately shared his thoughts with Du Cheng and Du Gong.

"What? You want to cultivate now? What are you doing here? This is hardly the time for cultivation."

"What do you know?" Xu Yao glared at Du Cheng with annoyance.

"I am now only one step away from the seventh level of Qi Refining. I can get through it with these three Foundation Establishment Pills."

"But you still need to refine pills."

"How can I improve my strength if I don't refine pills? Look at how badly that guy Zhang Tianxing beat me up! If we encounter someone stronger, won't we be doomed?"

Upon hearing Xu Yao's words, Du Cheng and Du Gong both nodded in agreement.

They obediently did as Xu Yao said and followed him away from there temporarily.

Then, Xu Yao took out the medicine cauldron again.

They took out the medicinal materials they had obtained from the old man, along with the ones for refining the Breakthrough Pill, and placed them into the medicine cauldron in order.

Then, a rich aroma wafted out.

Seeing this scene, both Du Cheng and Du Gong couldn't help but swallow hard.

After a while, a cracking sound was heard from the medicine cauldron.

Then, three pills appeared in Xu Yao's hand.

"Great!" Xu Yao smiled upon seeing the three pills. "I was worried that I wouldn't have enough ingredients to refine just one, but I didn't expect to refine three. One for each of you."

Upon hearing this, Du Cheng and Du Gong jumped up excitedly.

"Great! There are pills we can take!"

"This is really helpful. By the way, Xu Yao, what exactly are the effects of this pill? Tell us about it."

"This is called the Breakthrough Pill. A person can only use it once in their lifetime. After taking it, as long as you are in the Qi Refining stage, no matter what level you are at, you can directly break through to the next realm."

Upon hearing this, Du Cheng and Du Gong couldn't help but swallow hard.

"My God, I never thought there were such good things."

"But wouldn't it be a bit wasteful to eat it now?"

“Yeah, we brothers are only at the fifth level of Qi Refining right now. If we ate it when we were at the eighth level of Qi Refining, wouldn’t it be amazing to directly become the ninth level of Qi Refining?”

Hearing the two brothers' conversation, Xu Yao glared at them both in annoyance.

"Are you going to eat?"

"Ah, this..."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm giving it to you now so you can eat it, not later. Right now, we need to focus on improving our combat capabilities. Who knows what kind of enemies we'll encounter later? Can you two be a little more reliable?"

After uttering these words in one breath, Xu Yao continued, "If you don't eat it, I'll take it back. Who wants to wait until later?"

"Eat, eat, let's eat."

"Exactly, it's free, so why not take advantage of it? Even though it's a little wasteful, there's nothing we can do about it, right?"

After the conversation ended, the two brothers swallowed the Breakthrough Pill.

Then, they sat cross-legged on the ground and began to refine the power within the Breakthrough Pill.

Xu Yao chuckled as he watched the two brothers' actions.

"Don't worry, I will be responsible for your safety during your cultivation period."

Not long after he finished speaking, Xu Yao heard a wild beast roar.

Upon hearing this voice, Xu Yao couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Really? I was just saying it casually, how did it actually cause trouble?"

Just then, the sound of trees breaking was heard, and a giant bear charged towards them.

Hearing the noise, Du Cheng and Du Gong felt a little flustered.

"Xu Yao, what happened?"

"Could something bad be going to happen? We just took the pills. What if something goes wrong?"

Xu Yao glanced at Du Cheng and Du Gong.

"Don't worry, leave things here to me. You won't lose a single hair."

After saying that, Xu Yao ran off into the distance.

In their field of vision, the giant bear's body was covered with hard iron blocks.

This guy is called Steel Armor Bear.

His combat strength is around the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage.

It's not very fast.