Chapter 105: The Awakened Blood Curse

Perhaps it was due to Gunei's own high bloodline talent.

Or perhaps because of the powerful idle function.

Or maybe both.

When Gunei had been devouring the blood of the Man-Faced Flower King for about two or three minutes,

"Crack, crack, crack..."

"Rustle, rustle..."

A small, swift stream of blood formed a vortex, rapidly rushing deep into Gunei's body.

"Gurgle..."

The blood pool was opened.

This newly opened blood pool was very small.

Fortunately, a continuous supply of blood followed.

At the same time, Gunei kept devouring the Man-Faced Flower King's blood to replenish his own.

After about five or six minutes, Gunei felt that his transcendent blood's devouring of the Man-Faced Flower King's blood had reached a critical point.

If he continued devouring, it would no longer be absorption and transformation of transcendent blood, but rather the direct infusion of the Man-Faced Flower King's blood into his own, which would impact his transcendent blood.

Gunei quickly adjusted the puppet silk thread conduit, placing the input and output ports inside the blood pool, and then swiftly cut off the channel between his own blood and the blood pool.

Thus, a closed loop was formed between the blood in the pool and the Man-Faced Flower King's blood, with Gunei's own blood no longer participating in the circulation.

As Gunei's source power drove it,

The blood in the pool also began to heat up, continuously drawing blood from the Man-Faced Flower King's body through the puppet silk thread conduit.

The drawn Man-Faced Flower King's blood accelerated the expansion of the entire blood pool.

By now, the blood in the Man-Faced Flower King's heart had already been completely devoured; Gunei was now devouring the blood in its main arteries.

Unknowingly, more than half an hour had passed.

"Hoo... inhale..."

Gunei, standing beside the Man-Faced Flower King, let out a long breath.

Then, Gunei slowly severed the spell of the puppet secret thread.

"The blood of this Man-Faced Flower King is indeed potent!" Gunei murmured softly.

If Gunei had relied solely on his own blood to open the blood pool, the newly opened pool would probably have been only the size of a fist.

But now, the blood pool, mainly opened using the Man-Faced Flower King's blood, was a full two fists in size.

Moreover, the Man-Faced Flower King's blood now perfectly filled the blood pool, able to supply Gunei's blood consumption for a long time, thereby enhancing the strength of his blood and adding a few transcendent properties to it.

Conventional methods to increase transcendent properties are very rare.

Gunei's absorption and digestion of high-quality blood, and even the high-level technique of "blood exchange,"

Essentially aim to obtain blood with stronger "transcendent properties."

This method is quite unique within the transcendent world.

"It's done." Feeling the gradually stabilizing blood pool within him, Gunei looked at Veya.

Looking at the seemingly unchanged corpse of the Man-Faced Flower King, Veya nodded.

"I'll take you back, to avoid any mishaps on the way."

"Then many thanks."

Late at night, snowflakes still fell.

Inside the carriage, Gunei sat with his eyes closed, resting.

"I have fully absorbed and digested the Man-Faced Flower King's blood; its scent and flavor are ingrained in my bones."

"As long as I encounter members of the Man-Faced Flower Sect who have planted Man-Faced Flower seeds in their bodies,"

"I can identify them with perfect clarity."

"The Man-Faced Flower Sect." Gunei rubbed his fingers slightly.

"I will slowly root you all out, one by one, until I uproot you completely."

...

More than an hour later.

Shenjue Castle.

Underground cultivation chamber.

Gunei sat cross-legged on the meditation cultivation seat.

"This time, the gains were truly substantial."

Feeling the blood pool already opened within his body, and the basic abilities of a blood curse master gained after its opening, a faint smile curled at the corner of Gune's mouth.

This time, he had opened the blood pool.

Gune acquired the basic talent ability "Blood Shield."

In the study of spell runes,

the "Source Power Shield Spell" is largely a homologous spell.

In other words, the "rune essence" of everyone's Source Power Shield Spell is similar, and the energy source is all "source power."

Even if the shape, form, size, and key defensive points differ, the essence remains the same.

And homologous spells with the same essence lead to one problem:

Source power shields cannot overlap with each other.

That is, no matter how powerful a spellcaster is, they can only possess one source power shield.

It is simply unrealistic to stack dozens of shields on oneself to enhance defense and survival.

For instance, since Gune already had the shield from the Magic Shield Necklace, he could not cast a full-body shield on himself.

If he wanted a full-body spell shield, he would first have to dispel the shield from the Magic Shield Necklace.

The "Blood Shield," however, is a talent ability, a shield rooted in the supernatural blood within the blood pool and the blood pool itself.

Its essence and energy source are entirely different from those of source power spell shields.

Therefore, the "Blood Shield" can overlap with the "Source Power Shield."

In other words, Gune can possess two energy shields.

Thus, Gune's defensive capabilities have been greatly enhanced.

On the way back, Gune experimented and found that this talent ability, "Blood Shield," could also be placed in the idle slot to level up.

As the Blood Shield's level increases, its defensive power multiplies geometrically.

However, this "Blood Shield" is only a basic ability.

Every blood curse master can acquire this ability after opening the blood pool.

The real point is that this time, when Gune opened the blood pool, he awakened a very powerful talent ability.

This talent ability that Gune awakened this time is of great significance to him, directly causing a qualitative change in his survival capabilities.

Blood Escape Technique!

This is the talent ability Gune awakened this time.

By performing the Blood Escape Technique, he can consume blood, using its power to instantly shift a certain distance.

It is not a flash or teleportation ability.

But this rapid shifting ability is still an excellent means of survival.

With this Blood Escape Technique, Gune now has enough capital to maneuver against enemies, and his tactical options have become richer.

Instead of now, where he could only rely on his physical body to endure.

As a mage, relying on the physical body to endure is often the most helpless choice.

"Acquiring the two blood curse talent abilities, Blood Shield and Blood Escape Technique, is significant for me—it's a small qualitative change," Gune said softly.

"Currently, I've only undergone the first awakening. According to the blood curse master's inherited information, there will be a second awakening."

"As for the third awakening, that depends on individual talent. Given my talent, the third awakening shouldn't be a problem."

"So, will there be a fourth awakening?" Gune searched through the blood curse master's inherited information.

"There is no relevant record, but the absence of a record doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

"For now, both the Blood Shield and Blood Escape Technique are only equivalent to the power of low-level spells."

"During the second awakening, these spells will advance to mid-level spells."

"The third awakening will make them high-level spells."

"If there is a fourth awakening, could they become secret pattern spells?"

"Looking at it this way, aside from the curse deep in the bloodline, the blood curse master is indeed a powerful spellcaster profession," Gune mused softly.

After some thought, Gune's mind once again immersed itself in his blood pool.

At this moment, within the blood pool, the blood of the Man-Faced Flower King was constantly in a state of swirling refinement under the effect of the idle system's "Blood Pool Codex."

This is the benefit of the idle system: ceaseless, ultra-efficient cultivation.

Without the idle system, opening the blood pool would likely require years of preparation and sedimentation, but now, in just a month or two, it has been opened.

With a flip of his hand, Gune took out a fist-sized piece of writhing flesh.

This was what Gune had tirelessly cut off over the past few days using the Magic Blade Curse.

Now, this piece of writhing flesh had stopped writhing and was completely still.

"I hope digesting this piece of flesh will bring some different changes to my physical body," Gune thought to himself, staring at the slightly dark, no longer writhing "writhing flesh."