Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Soul-devouring Nether Flame’s Hidden Ability! Can It Purify Curses and Demon Beast Bloodlines?

The system’s voice sounded at just the right time, clearing up his confusion.

’Holy shit! Such a badass hidden effect?!’

Chu Sheng was shocked. He knew his flames were powerful, but he hadn’t expected them to be *this* powerful!

’Purifying bloodlines!’

If word of this got out, wouldn’t every Beast Tamer in the entire Federation go insane?

After all, the bloodline was the fundamental factor that determined a Demon Beast’s ultimate potential!

Countless Beast Tamers were willing to go bankrupt just to raise their Contracted Beast’s bloodline purity by even the slightest fraction!

’And me? I can purify their bloodlines with just a thought?’

’This… What does that even mean?’

Chu Sheng instantly felt his personal value skyrocket once more!

’In that case… I might as well help this fox purify its bloodline, too. I’ll consider it payment for the meal.’

Chu Sheng wasn’t the type to take things without giving back. Neither this lion nor this fox—nor their masters, for that matter—had provoked him. He couldn’t just suck their blood for free!

’How shameless would that be?’

He once again separated an imperceptible wisp of the Soul-devouring Nether Flame and injected it into the Moonlight Spirit Fox’s body.

The flame instantly flowed through the little fox’s blood vessels, incinerating all the impurities in its bloodline.

Having done all this, Chu Sheng flew back to his original spot, satisfied, and began to digest the blood he had just siphoned.

He glanced at his status panel. His Evolution Points had risen to 117. Adding the 6 points from the blood he’d just ingested, his total was now 123!

He was already more than a third of the way to the 350 points needed for his next evolution!

’This speed is insane!’

’Who said Du Nan was a bad place? Du Nan is fantastic!’

Chu Sheng rubbed his little legs together in excitement, already scheming about whether he should visit the Beast Taming Department at Du Nan First Middle School for an all-you-can-eat buffet…

「More than half an hour later.」

The door to the Cultivation Chamber slid open again.

Xiao Ran, Huo Mingxuan, and Ye Xiaotao returned.

Xiao Ran was carrying what looked like a very high-end food container and walked straight over to Gu Yuexi.

“Gu, you’ve been cultivating for so long. You must be hungry, right?”

Xiao Ran gently placed the container beside Gu Yuexi, his voice soft. “I specially ordered this Spiritual Food for you from the Celestial Fragrance Building. It’s three hundred thousand a serving and is excellent for restoring Mental Power and Qi Blood. Why don’t you try some?”

This was one of his classic plays for wooing girls.

It showed his thoughtfulness and gentle nature, while also subtly flaunting his wealth and expressing his admiration for her “diligence in cultivation.”

What girl could possibly withstand such a combo?

’Even if she’s a Cold Goddess, she should at least feel *something*, right?’

However, Gu Yuexi didn’t even raise an eyelid. She remained sitting cross-legged, her aura tranquil, as if she had entered a deep trance and hadn’t heard a word he said.

The smile on Xiao Ran’s face instantly froze.

’Seriously?’

’She’s still ignoring me?’

’Has my charm faded? Or are my moves just outdated?’

He couldn’t figure it out for the life of him and was just about to say something else.

But beside him, Huo Mingxuan suddenly frowned and strode over to the Three-headed Red Flame Lion.

“Xiao Ran, get over here and take a look!” Huo Mingxuan’s voice was grave. “Xiaoyan’s condition… it seems a little off!”

Hearing this, Xiao Ran forgot all about wooing the girl. His expression shifted, and he immediately rushed over.

He crouched down, pressed his palm to the Three-headed Red Flame Lion’s forehead, and focused his Perception for a moment. His expression changed instantly!

“Its Qi Blood has weakened this much?!”

He could clearly feel that the Qi Blood in his Contracted Beast’s body was at least ten percent weaker than before they left!

’What’s going on?’

’Even if the curse had flared up, it couldn’t have caused this much weakness all at once!’

’Unless…’

“Xiaotao! Your Moonlight Spirit Fox! Check on it, quickly!” Xiao Ran shouted, having suddenly realized something.

“Ah? Oh!”

Ye Xiaotao jumped in fright, scrambling to pick up her little fox, which was still dozing, and began to inspect it carefully.

The next second, the color drained from her face.

“M-My Spirit Fox… its Qi Blood has weakened so much, too… *sob*, how could this happen?” Ye Xiaotao’s voice was already choked with tears.

’They’ve been drained of blood!’

The same thought flashed through both Xiao Ran’s and Huo Mingxuan’s minds.

Only having one’s Essence Blood drained could cause such a significant drop in Qi Blood in such a short amount of time!

But this was the school’s most advanced Cultivation Chamber. Security was tight. How could something have possibly snuck in to drain their blood?

“Wait… this wound…”

At the base of the Three-headed Red Flame Lion’s hind leg, Xiao Ran found a minuscule, almost unnoticeable puncture mark.

At the same time, Ye Xiaotao shrieked, having found an identical pinprick on her Spirit Fox’s fluffy bottom!

A puncture mark…

Weakened Qi Blood…

Blood drained…

In an instant, the gazes of all three of them, like searchlights, locked in unison onto the Nether Flame Blood Mosquito perched on the case.

And its belly was round and taut, looking so full it was about to burst!

The weapon, the motive, the crime scene… and the culprit caught red-bellied.

Chu Sheng: “…”

’Was I that obvious?’

He looked at the three of them, their gazes growing increasingly hostile, and felt a little awkward.

’I may have left “payment for the meal,” but from the looks of it, they haven’t noticed, have they?’

’Maybe I should give them a little hint?’

In any case, Chu Sheng wasn’t worried in the slightest. It was precisely because he’d left behind such a generous “payment” for both meals that he hadn’t just grabbed the Empress and fled.

Otherwise, why would he have obediently waited for them to come back and demand justice?

“It… It was him?”

Ye Xiaotao pointed at Chu Sheng, her chubby little face filled with disbelief as her eyes instantly welled up.

She couldn’t understand how that mosquito, which looked so cool and domineering, could do something like secretly stealing another’s Contracted Beast’s blood.

That was just too mean!

Xiao Ran’s expression was so dark it looked like storm clouds were gathering.

He stared daggers at the mosquito, the rage in his chest like an erupting volcano, but he managed to forcibly suppress it.

“Gu.”

Xiao Ran’s voice was calm, but anyone could hear the fury simmering just beneath the surface. “I believe you owe me an explanation.”

For any Beast Tamer, their Contracted Beast is a life-or-death partner.

This is especially true before Fifth-Grade, when they have only one Contracted Beast; the two of them truly live and die as one.

For one’s Contracted Beast to be inexplicably attacked and have its precious Essence Blood drained—any Beast Tamer would fly into an immediate rage.

In that moment, wooing girls and Cold Goddesses no longer mattered to Xiao Ran.

If Gu Yuexi didn’t give him a reasonable explanation…

…he would show her the meaning of being Du Nan’s number one prodigy!

At this moment, Gu Yuexi finally, slowly, emerged from her deep meditation.

She had just managed, with great difficulty, to suppress the rage she felt over the mosquito draining all of her Spirit Grass.

But the moment she opened her eyes, she was met with the sight of Xiao Ran and Huo Mingxuan standing before her, their faces dark, clearly ready to demand an explanation.

And the little girl was hugging her fox, miserably wiping away her tears.