The dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the bright moonlight shone down on the world.
Jin Sheng slowly walked over and sat down beside Yu Xian, poking Yu Xian’s hand with his finger and laughing, “Still alive?”
“Uh, can’t die.” Yu Xian groaned, speaking with difficulty.
Although his whole body ached, Yu Xian clearly knew he wasn't seriously injured; Jin Sheng obviously understood the characteristics of a Vampire well, striking only non-vital areas.
A few minutes later, Yu Xian sat up from the ground, his injuries already mostly healed.
“Tsk, sure enough, something’s off about you. I thought you’d be lying there for several hours, but you got up in less than ten minutes.” Jin Sheng looked at Yu Xian, feeling that Yu Xian was more abnormal than most of the Transcendent Beings he had seen.
Is this still a normal Vampire?
Yu Xian looked up at the moon and chuckled, “If it were daytime, perhaps it wouldn’t even take a minute.”
“Are you a Vampire or Superman?” Jin Sheng couldn’t help but retort after hearing that. What kind of Vampire recovers faster in the daytime? This is completely reversed.
Within the same team, trust is mutual.
When Jin Sheng chose to unconditionally trust Yu Xian, Yu Xian had already decided to give Jin Sheng the same level of trust.
The two of them seemed to be chatting idly just now, but Jin Sheng already had a good idea: Yu Xian could recover his stamina by absorbing light, which was also why Yu Xian didn't need to drink blood.
“Captain, are you a Superpowered Being? What exactly was that lion just now?” Yu Xian asked curiously at this moment.
Jin Sheng looked up at the sky and replied, “I am not a Superpowered Being, but a pure Martial Artist. I started practicing the 《Golden Light Child Skill》 from a young age. After mastering the 《Golden Light Child Skill》 at eighteen, I switched to practicing the 《Tiger Subduing Divine Skill》. About five years ago, I consumed a drop of Pangu Blood, and the 《Tiger Subduing Divine Skill》 mutated into the 《Golden Light Lion Divine Skill》. This is my exclusive cultivation method, and it was from that day on that I received my current codename, Lion Light.”
“So, you’re a Martial Artist, no wonder your close combat is so strong.” Yu Xian suddenly realized.
Upon hearing this, Jin Sheng reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, becoming agitated. He retorted indignantly, “What do you mean, Martial Artists are strong in close combat? Many Martial Artists actually have very weak close combat abilities, relying purely on their profound internal energy for long-range combat. You’ll understand once you’ve seen more; the only way to improve close combat ability is through more practical combat. There are no other shortcuts.”
He had been beaten by Jin Dajun since childhood to possess his current solid practical combat ability. This process contained so much blood and tears; how could it be overshadowed by a mere ‘So, you’re a Martial Artist’?
Seeing Jin Sheng suddenly agitated, Yu Xian could vaguely sense the resentment in Jin Sheng’s words and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“Tsk…”
Jin Sheng looked at Yu Xian, finally sighing helplessly, then shaking his head with a bitter smile.
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Over the next few days, control gradually eased.
The Alienated Insects within Silver City had been cleared, with only some areas outside the city still needing to be swept. Residents who had taken refuge in various gymnasiums began to return home in batches.
On the fifth day, Yu Xian returned to his home.
He changed into casual clothes and immediately lay down on a chair on the balcony.
He had been sunbathing these past few days, possibly because regenerating his severed arm consumed a lot of energy, so it wasn't until yesterday that he accumulated nine heartbeats.
Barring any accidents, he could awaken his second minor talent today.
He opened his phone and tapped to enter the mission section. After Silver City’s control was lifted, he could finally accept missions.
There were quite a few good items in the Merit Shop, such as Pangu Blood, silver, storage equipment, Transcendent weapons, and Transcendent armor.
All of these required merit points to exchange.
Although Jin Sheng said that once the Silver City incident was completely over, he should receive a substantial merit reward based on his contributions.
But Yu Xian felt that the more merit points, the better. Plus, he was idle anyway. Perhaps before school started, he could accumulate enough merit points from accepting missions to purchase one or two items.
The missions in the mission section were diverse, including tasks issued by the official government and also tasks issued by other team members.
Yu Xian limited the missions to Chong Class and Ant Level, immediately filtering out all higher-level missions, leaving only low-level ones.
He began to carefully search for missions he could complete:
【Chong Class Mission: Capture Cold Light Snow Ferrets, 10 merit points per ferret, Requirement: 100 ferrets.】
【Official - Chong Class Mission: Collect Mutated Ghost Hand Green, 15 merit points per jin, Requirement: 1000 jin.】
【Ant Level Mission: Collect Zombie Fangs, 25 merit points per fang, Requirement: 66 fangs.】
【Official - Ant Level Mission: Clear Zombies appearing in Fangshui Town, 50 merit points per zombie, Requirement: Kill all.】
Yu Xian found that official missions generally offered higher rewards but also had greater requirements. Moreover, many official and private missions actually overlapped in content, allowing one to accept both and receive double rewards.
As he was considering whether he could complete these missions, his heart suddenly pounded violently, and a warm current surged from his heart, rapidly spreading throughout his body.
Having experienced it once before, Yu Xian was not alarmed this time.
He took a deep breath, then closed his eyes, quietly waiting for the new ability to form.
After about ten minutes, he slowly opened his eyes, his expression a little strange. He opened his hand, and a streak of blood energy immediately formed in his palm, looking like both water and fire.
【blood energy】
This could be said to be the most classic and important ability of a Vampire.
According to the Popular Science section of the Kylin APP, this ability has an extremely low probability of awakening only in Vampires who have lived for over three hundred years, classifying it as a major talent ability.
The Popular Science also suggested that upon encountering a Vampire who has mastered blood energy, members below Sparrow Level should immediately retreat.
Because once a Vampire possesses blood energy, they can learn various Blood Spells, no longer being at the bottom among the many Transcendent races. Even among spell-casting Transcendent Beings, Vampires who master blood energy are considered relatively troublesome characters.
If ordinary Vampires are squishy assassins, then Vampires who master blood energy are noble mages, their status completely different.
However, as Yu Xian looked at the blood energy in his hand, the first question that came to mind was whom he should seek to learn Blood Spells from?
As far as he knew, currently only two races mastered Blood Spells: Blood Elves and Blood Kin.
The Blood Spells circulating within the Blood Kin were self-taught by their progenitor during his growth, benefiting from the forbidden fruit. As a wild Vampire, the Blood Kin not killing him was already restraint enough; it was impossible for them to teach him any Blood Spells.
As for the Blood Elves, because their progenitor had died in battle several centuries ago, their numbers were very scarce. They mostly gathered in Europe now, and they were even more exclusive than the Blood Kin, making it impossible for them to teach him Blood Spells.
This…
Was he supposed to unleash his hidden, world-shaking wisdom accumulated over many years and create various Blood Spells himself?
Yu Xian looked at the blood energy in his hand, his eyes gradually becoming sagacious.