45: Chapter 45 Are you suffering from kidney deficiency?

After Ye Fan finished lecturing Li Hao, a crystal-clear zombie crystal core slowly appeared in his hand.

This zombie crystal core wasn't particularly large. Ye Fan held it in his hand, and after examining it for a moment, he quickly turned his head to look at Li Hao, who was clutching his buttocks, and asked in a deep voice.

"By the way, how do you use this thing?"

Hearing Ye Fan's question, Li Hao quickly turned around and looked at the zombie crystal core in Ye Fan's hand, his face full of confusion.

"Huh?" Li Hao thought he had misheard and quickly blurted out, "This thing?"

As Li Hao spoke, he pointed a finger at the zombie crystal core in Ye Fan's hand, looking somewhat dazed.

"Otherwise? Is there anything else here?" Ye Fan replied with a hint of irritation.

"Oh! This! You just need to break it. There's a liquid nurtured inside the zombie crystal core; you just need to consume that liquid."

Seeing Ye Fan's unfriendly expression and feeling that he was about to lose his temper again, Li Hao was suddenly gripped by fear and answered hurriedly.

After hearing this, Ye Fan quickly glanced at Li Hao. Then, he gripped the zombie crystal core tightly in his hand and exerted force, attempting to crush it directly.

Sure enough, as Ye Fan applied pressure with his palm, cracks began to appear on the zombie crystal core.

Ye Fan exclaimed, "Oh, this thing doesn't seem to be that hard!"

Then, a look of confusion appeared on his face again. He quickly scrutinized the cracked zombie crystal core in his hand and began to mutter to himself.

"But that's not right! If this thing isn't very hard, how did it withstand the lightning attacks and the burning flames?"

At this thought, the confusion on Ye Fan's face grew even more intense.

At the same time, he became even more interested in this zombie crystal core.

Ye Fan remembered the scene where he had used a Lightning Talisman to summon supreme lightning and kill those zombies.

That lightning could kill even Late-Stage Rank 5 zombies, yet these zombie crystal cores, which he could crush with his own strength, could remain perfectly intact under that lightning.

This was truly miraculous and interesting.

While Ye Fan was staring blankly at the zombie crystal core in his hand, another group of zombies in front of them rushed toward them, flailing their arms and legs.

Li Hao, who was still clutching his buttocks, immediately looked terrified upon seeing this.

With a face full of tension, he quickly reached out his other hand and waved it frantically in front of Ye Fan, shouting incessantly, "Master, Master, they... they're coming! That group of zombies is coming! Don't just stand there dazed!"

Ye Fan, who had been lost in thought, snapped back to reality at Li Hao's shout.

Ye Fan's gaze quickly swept over Li Hao before landing on the group of zombies rushing toward them.

"So what if they're coming? What's the big deal? And you call yourself a Rank 2 Ability User!" Ye Fan said calmly, then sighed and continued, "Sigh, it's embarrassing just to mention you."

Ye Fan casually waved his hand toward the charging zombies.

In the next second,

Several spikes condensed from fire appeared once more. Following the wave of Ye Fan's hand, they attacked the group of zombies frantically.

The zombies at the very front were hit by the spikes Ye Fan had condensed with his Supernatural Ability and fell one after another.

But at this moment, Ye Fan could feel that most of his blood qi had been consumed. He had to replenish it as soon as possible; otherwise, he would definitely enter a weakened state.

Ye Fan turned to Li Hao and said calmly, "Block this group of zombies for a while. I need to recover my body's blood qi."

"Recover blood qi? Master, you're not kidney deficient, are you?" Hearing Ye Fan's words, Li Hao widened his eyes in confusion and asked in a low voice.

He didn't know what the blood qi Ye Fan mentioned actually was.

He only knew that in real life, insufficient blood qi was a sign of Kidney Deficiency, wasn't it?

And now that Ye Fan said he needed to replenish his blood qi, didn't that prove Ye Fan was currently kidney deficient?

"Dammit, I think you're really looking for death! You're the one who's kidney deficient! Your whole family is kidney deficient!"

Upon hearing Li Hao's words, Ye Fan was instantly infuriated. His eyes were full of killing intent as he cursed loudly.

Following that, Ye Fan felt that the anger in his heart was still unbearable.

This guy actually slandered him as being kidney deficient; he was truly asking for it.

As a manly man, being called a 'kidney-deficient boy'—who wouldn't be annoyed by that?

Ye Fan grabbed Li Hao's collar with one hand.

Li Hao's heart instantly went cold, and his expression turned grim. He thought to himself, "It's over, I'm doomed again!"

At this moment, his face was full of regret.

He thought, why did he have to provoke him? Now he wouldn't be able to avoid a beating.

Just thinking about this, Li Hao couldn't help but want to slap himself a few times.

Ye Fan grabbed Li Hao's collar and pulled him in front of himself with a sudden burst of strength. Then, with a forceful swing, he threw Li Hao in the direction the zombies were attacking from.

Then, he raised his right foot high and kicked Li Hao's buttocks like he was kicking a soccer ball.

Li Hao's buttocks were already hurting! But now that Ye Fan had kicked him so hard, it was like adding insult to injury.

Li Hao's face instantly turned bright red. Holding the Star Blade, he quickly clutched his buttocks with his hands.

"Ugh~, ah... it hurts so much."

His whole body was like a jiangshi—face flushed red as he hopped and jumped toward the group of zombies ahead.

Ye Fan quickly looked at the zombie crystal core in his hand. He had to crush it as soon as possible and use it to replenish his consumed blood qi.

Ye Fan switched from using one hand to both hands, gripping the zombie crystal core tightly and exerting force between his palms.

With a "crack," the zombie crystal core in Ye Fan's hand was crushed.

The zombie crystal core turned into fragments that slowly drifted down from Ye Fan's hand, leaving behind a marble-sized clump of transparent liquid. It was slowly exposed from within the fragments and floated gently in Ye Fan's palm.

"Is this... the Essence within the zombie crystal core? Such a large zombie crystal core only has this much," Ye Fan said slowly, looking at the drop of transparent liquid floating in his hand.

Although Ye Fan was somewhat confused, his doubts vanished as he felt the terrifyingly pure energy contained within the Essence of the zombie crystal core.

Ye Fan slowly and carefully picked up the clump of liquid with his fingers.

On the surface of this transparent liquid, there was a protective film formed by energy, which allowed Ye Fan to pick it up easily.

Ye Fan slowly brought the clump of liquid to his mouth.

This clump of liquid containing pure energy melted the moment it entered his mouth. The instant it was in Ye Fan's mouth, it turned into a warm current that flowed down his throat and into his body.

At this very moment!

Ye Fan felt that most of the blood qi lost in his body had been restored!