FVN #359 - Blood Control Upgrade
#359 - Blood Control Upgrade
Chapter 356: Blood Control Art Upgrade
If judged by rank, status, and position, Xie Xuan was merely a leader of the Northern Inspection Department, an official of the second rank. He didn't even have a noble title, just a member of an official's family, not a true aristocrat. He was absolutely unqualified to form a marriage alliance with the Pacifying Border King's manor.
But now, the Pacifying Border King had great ambitions and had already broken ties with the imperial court. For him, practicality was paramount. Not to mention the Northern Territory's 50,000 elite Inspection Department troops, even the nearly 5,000 martial artists who had mastered Qi and blood were a powerful aid to him.
Even disregarding all other factors, Xie Xuan attaining the Yang God stage, if he could be brought to the Pacifying Border King's manor, would be a tremendous asset! He could be considered a stabilizing force for the Northern Territory.
Therefore, for the Pacifying Border King's manor, Xie Xuan was someone they absolutely had to win over at all costs.
However, that dog Xie Xuan was slippery and didn't give the Pacifying Border King's manor any chance to befriend him. After much thought, the Pacifying Border King could only try to manipulate Xie Lingyun. If he could win Xie Lingyun over, and Xie Xuan had no sons, only this one daughter, would he still have to worry about the other party not getting on board?
Facing the Pacifying Border King's earnest expression, Xie Lingyun simply smiled calmly and said, "Your Highness is joking." Then, she said nothing more.
Xie Lingyun secretly complained in her heart: "You old fogey, daring to swallow all the fortune of the Northern Territory, just wait and see if the imperial court will spare you! The matter of the Longevity Tree Coffin before had already made the imperial court furious. Now, with the large-scale appearance of mysterious substances in the Northern Territory, the imperial court can't possibly let you off. It's just that the laws of heaven and earth are turbulent now, and news can't be transmitted, otherwise the imperial court's twelfth-order mystics would have already come knocking."
Xie Lingyun secretly complained, and the atmosphere in the field gradually solidified. Everyone's eyes fell on the giant serpent, thinking about what items they could snatch from the serpent later.
Time passed quickly. After another three days, the Bashe's body had shrunk to fifty meters in length, and its height was only fifty meters.
At this time, Zhang Chen's Blood Absorption Art had finally accumulated enough experience points, two hundred billion, and reached the upgrade threshold:
【Skill 3 (Fifth Order): Body as Blood Light (20000000000 / 20000000000)】
【Status: Upgradeable.】
【Do you want to upgrade?】
"Fifth order? Great! Thank you, Bashe, otherwise how could I have accumulated two hundred billion upgrade points? Even if I worked myself to death, I couldn't have grinded it out. This is only absorbing a small portion of the Bashe's blood. If I absorb the complete Bashe's blood, I don't know what kind of incredible evolution will occur. It's a pity that the mysterious power in the Bashe's body is scattered in the world, what a waste of good stuff. If all the essence, qi, and spirit were for my use, I'm afraid I would be grinding for full level," Zhang Chen muttered to himself, vaguely filled with anticipation:
"I just don't know what skills I can get."
Zhang Chen's heart was full of anticipation for the acquisition of skills. His own Blood Control skill had never disappointed him.
"Upgrade!"
Zhang Chen secretly said in his heart.
【Skill upgrade complete】
【Skill 3 (Sixth Order): Blood Influence (0 / 200000000000)】
【Note 1: Can influence the flow of blood in the opponent's body, can stop or reverse the opponent's blood flow】
【Note 2: The higher the opponent's level, the smaller the effect.】
【Note 3: Each time, only one person of the same rank can be affected.】
Zhang Chen looked at the introduction on the Golden Finger panel, and his breathing couldn't help but stagnate: "Blood Influence!!!!"
"I can finally influence the blood in the bodies of living beings. Although the current skill is a bit lacking, only able to affect one person, this is a good start. Moreover, this skill has no upper limit and is not restricted by skill level. Even against masters who are stronger than myself, there will be some influence, only the effect will be weakened according to cultivation level, strength, etc.," Zhang Chen was ecstatic at this time. This skill has great benefits for increasing his combat power. It can be said that if someone duels with Zhang Chen in the future, his biggest weakness is almost made up for.
Sixth order, placed in the Divine Soul Dharma, has reached the realm of Manifestation of the Soul, and can already be considered a master.
Divine Soul Dao cultivation system: 1 Astral Projection - 2 Night Wandering - 3 Day Wandering - 4 Telekinesis - 5 Possession - 6 Manifestation - 7 Seizing - 8 Yin God - 9 Yang God.
Zhang Chen's Blood Control Art at the sixth order has the greatest influence on cultivators at Manifestation and below. For cultivators above that, although it can have some influence, it will gradually weaken, even approaching zero.
"This skill has the greatest impact on demon clans and martial artists. As for those Divine Soul Dharma cultivators, they usually send their souls out of their bodies to kill enemies, how could they give themselves a chance to discover the other party's physical body?" Zhang Chen thought to himself.
But even so, this Blood Control Art is already incredible.
After all, where are there so many masters in this world? Most are just ordinary martial artists and newbies who have just stepped into the mysterious.
Zhang Chen mastered the Blood Control Art, and was extremely happy in his heart. He continued to make a fortune in silence, hiding on the Bashe's back and absorbing the Bashe's blood.
It was just that as the Bashe's body became smaller and smaller, the atmosphere in the field became more and more tense, and the army began to approach, surrounding the Bashe.
That night, starlight descended.
Zhang Chen sat upright on the Bashe's body, secretly pondering: "After tonight, the Bashe's body will disappear. If I continue to stay here, I'm afraid it will cause trouble. That Ma Zhou has mastered pupil techniques. If he stabs me in the back at a critical moment and causes me to be surrounded by the army, it will be a troublesome thing for me to escape. It's better to leave early."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Chen turned into an inconspicuous drop of water without saying a word, flowing down along the gaps in the Bashe's scales and drilling into the soil.
At this time, layers of the army surrounded the Bashe's body. As the water flow transformed by Zhang Chen continued to approach the army, a trace of stagnation appeared in the circulation of the mana in his body, affected by the vast fortune of the dynasty, but fortunately Zhang Chen had the protection of dragon qi, and no mistakes occurred.
"No wonder the five thousand troops can slaughter Jiaolong. This dynasty's dragon qi belongs to the earth's dragon qi, and has absolute suppression power over true dragons that have not yet transformed." The water drop transformed by Zhang Chen was inconspicuous in the dark night, successfully penetrated into the soil, and then disappeared into the darkness.
However, although Zhang Chen went far away, he did not leave, but hid in a mountain dozens of miles away to watch secretly, waiting for the final victory or defeat. He also wanted to see if he could pick up any leaks after the Bashe's body completely disappeared, whether he could pick up any skills.
For Zhang Chen, the Bashe's body was a part of fortune, but whether he could pick up skill fragments dropped from the Bashe's body was the greatest fortune.
"If I can obtain the Bashe's ability to swallow elephants, then I will directly reach the destination in one step, and that would be awesome," Zhang Chen was somewhat expectant in his heart.
The mystery of a living god dying is that it drops skills. Zhang Chen didn't know if a creature like the Bashe would drop skill fragments upon death.
As Zhang Chen anticipated, the Bashe's body gradually shrunk. The blood pool had already dried up, and the demons on the mountain of flesh desperately tore at the Bashe's flesh. Unfortunately, even with the Bashe's wounds exposed, the demons couldn't bite through its flesh.
The five thousand soldiers of the Bureau of Investigation were eager to move, beginning to form ranks, preparing to encircle and kill the demon experts.
At this moment, the great demons also stood on the mountain of flesh, their eyes full of vigilance, watching the gradually gathering army, each with a serious expression.
"Should we fight, or just run?" The Rat Demon looked at Bai Cang, the Lord of Qingqiu.
Bai Cang pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then shook his head: "Tiger King hasn't been found yet. It's not advisable for us to clash with the human experts. This is human territory. Once a conflict starts, it won't be to our advantage. Especially facing the army of the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion and the Bureau of Investigation, if a real battle breaks out, facing the suppression of the Human Dao Dragon Qi, our strength will be greatly reduced. Not many of us will be able to break through the encirclement and escape. You are all elites of our demon race, and we can't afford any losses."
Bai Cang looked at the Great Bear: "I'll have to trouble Bear Demon King to take all of us away together."
Hearing this, the Bear Demon King nodded. With a roar, his body began to grow, transforming into a sixty-meter-tall hill. The next moment, the demons leaped onto the Bear Demon King's body. Then, wings grew from the Bear Demon King's back. The flapping of his wings created a level twelve hurricane, and he soared into the clouds.
"These beasts are going to escape!" Xie Lingyun's face showed anxiety when she saw the Bear Demon King and the others trying to escape. She said to the Pacifying Border Prince beside her: "Your Highness, please order the gods to stop those beasts. As long as we delay them for this night, and the Bashe's body flattens out, we can surround them with our hundreds of thousands of troops, ensuring that those beasts can't escape."
Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, the Pacifying Border Prince secretly slandered in his heart. Those were his allies; how could he let them die here? If the demon experts all died here, how would he explain it to the demon race in the future?
"Head Leader Xie, those great demons are powerful, and their numbers are more than double that of our gods. It's not realistic for us to stop them. We might as well wait until the Qi in the world stabilizes, and then ask your father to personally intercept those great demons. At that time, my Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion will definitely do everything to assist him," the Pacifying Border Prince said with a smile.
At this moment, the Pacifying Border Prince had other thoughts in his mind: With the world in turmoil and Yang God experts unable to act, wasn't this an opportunity for him to hunt down Xie Xuan? If Xie Xuan died, the Bureau of Investigation's fifty thousand troops in the Northern Territory would be nothing to fear!
At this moment, the Pacifying Border Prince had murderous intentions. Right now was definitely the best time to encircle and kill a Yang God True Person. Most importantly, his allies were all here, especially these demon experts, who had evolved and become even stronger after swallowing the Bashe's blood. The opportunity to encircle and kill Xie Xuan was very high.
Thinking of this, the Pacifying Border Prince turned to look at Fifth or Sixth Mr. The moment their eyes met, Fifth or Sixth Mr. had already read the murderous intent in the Pacifying Border Prince's eyes, and lowered his voice: "Xie Xuan isn't a fool. He has already secretly transferred to the Bureau of Investigation's army. With fifty thousand Bureau of Investigation elites protecting Xie Xuan, our chances of a sneak attack are very small."
The Pacifying Border Prince was somewhat disappointed, regretting such a good opportunity.
While everyone was talking and discussing, the demon experts had already gone far away, disappearing into the darkness. Xie Lingyun looked at the departing figures of the demon experts, her face turning livid with anger, but she was helpless.
At this moment, Xie Lingyun's eyes looked at the Pacifying Border Prince, feeling that something was not quite right, but she couldn't say exactly what it was.
At this time, Chen Xu, Li Donglai, Wu Minger, and the other three under the snake skin were also somewhat flustered. They quietly poked their heads out from the Bashe's body, looking at the surrounding army, also feeling at a loss, not knowing what to do for a while.
The identities of the three were very sensitive. One was a defector from the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion (Chen Xu), and the other two were traitors from the Yellow Heaven Dao. Now the Yellow Heaven Dao had defected to the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion, it could be said that the three were now surrounded.
Even if the three were strong, they didn't dare to rush out casually in the face of nearly two hundred thousand troops. The Dragon Qi suppressed them too much.
As the flesh and blood in the snake skin continued to evaporate, the three actually met inside the Bashe's skin. At this time, the three looked at each other, standing in the Bashe's skeleton, not knowing what to do.
"What do we do now?" Li Donglai said with a worried face.
Chen Xu on the side was not flustered. At this time, he calmly said: "I do have some ideas. Later, the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion, the Bureau of Investigation, and the Jianghu people will definitely fight over the Bashe's remaining skeleton and remains. We may be able to take the opportunity to mix into the crowd, and then slip away in the chaos."
With hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, the chances of a few people slipping away in the chaos were still very high.
After the three secretly plotted inside the Bashe's skeleton, they quietly hid in the Bashe's skeleton to wait. At this time, mysterious power flowed around the three, obviously all having gained great benefits.
Time passed little by little, and the mountain of flesh became flat at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, Ma Zhou 'slid' down from the Bashe's scales and landed on the ground. His eyes looked at everyone in the field, and finally walked towards the Yellow Heaven Dao's camp.
Facing Ma Zhou, who could control the Bear Demon King, Xu Wei immediately perked up and stepped forward to respectfully salute Ma Zhou: "Greetings, Senior Brother Ma Zhou. Senior Brother is so mighty. This junior was thrilled and admired you in my heart."
Ma Zhou glanced at Xu Wei. The Bashe's pupils flickered, feeling that this kid's heart was black. This guy was not a good thing. This intuition was inexplicable, and belonged to the Bashe's innate intuition.
The two looked at each other. Ma Zhou replied calmly: "I only obtained a little fortune from the Bashe. It's not worth mentioning!"
Then Ma Zhou's gaze swept over the disciples of the Yellow Heaven Dao, all of whom were elites who had been cultivated in the past and mastered the Jin. At this time, each of them had obtained the Bashe's fortune and had refined their Qi and blood, and had already become a force to be reckoned with.
Looking at the Pacifying Border Prince again, at this time, the Pacifying Border Prince looked over with burning eyes. Ma Zhou started a salute: "Greetings, Your Highness."
"We are all one family, no need to be polite!" The Pacifying Border Prince said with a smile: "Real Person Ma, would you like to come to the Prince's Mansion to serve?"
The Pacifying Border Prince once again wooed Ma Zhou. He was not stingy in recruiting capable people and strangers.