The Yuwen Family's Blood Lotus

"Hmm? What is this energy?"

Suo Qiaoyun was stunned for a moment.

He shifted his attention away from the sarcastic remarks exchanged between the Dragon King and Jiqu.

Perception began to spread towards the source of the energy fluctuations.

She was very familiar with that power.

But that's precisely why she felt confused.

That was the energy fluctuation of a member of the main branch of the Yuwen Family, Human Race that had disappeared decades ago.

It carries the delicate fragrance of double-petaled Blood Lotus.

Before their complete demise, this family was also a family of Bound Captive under the control of Suo Qiaoyun.

Just like the Jin Family, where the brothers Jin Yuxi and Jin Yuze belong.

This is due to the Blood Lotus's ability to grow rapidly by absorbing blood, and the immense power that comes with that growth.

Moreover, the Yuwen Family's Blood Lotus possesses a rare talent where self-healing ability is as formidable as combat power.

This made the Yuwen Family quite useful in war and assassination.

It was so useful that even decades after their clan was wiped out, Suo Qiaoyun could still remember the fragrance of the Blood Lotus.

However, Suo Qiaoyun was certain that the Yuwen Family had no descendants.

Then why is there such a strong Blood Lotus scent?

Heaven-Controlling Realm's perception quickly traversed most of the Kaiyang Continent, reaching the southern part of the Moonfall Continent, and then followed the Turbid Water upstream.

The closer you get to Willow City, the stronger the smell becomes.

Suo Qiaoyun is now certain that this is the essence of the Yuwen Family's ancestral talent, [Blood Lotus].

Such a rich fragrance suggests that it has fully bloomed and is preparing to perish together with the enemy.

The idea had barely formed when, as its perception spread to the vicinity of Willow City, it crashed headlong into a wall of fog.

Suo Qiaoyun's perception could not penetrate any further, and therefore, she missed the opportunity to save Li Nai'an's brain.

Shisui weighed the somewhat heavy brain in his hand.

The Blood Lotus above bloomed even more beautifully.

However, several seconds had passed, and the brain hadn't offered any resistance.

Just as Shisui doubt, he felt his mist being stirred.

Immediately afterwards, the energy belonging to the Heaven-Controlling Realm split open.

Then, it seemed to sense that the Feather Powder surrounding it had become weak.

The damaged but still active brain, without hesitation, severed parts of its tissue, broke free from Shisui's grasp, and rushed towards the fallen body.

This bizarre scene would have terrified anyone else, leaving them completely stunned.

It's just a pity that it's Shisui standing here.

He felt more disappointed than surprised.

So, all that preparation was just to attract the Heaven-Controlling Realm of the Human Race?

"Boom!"

Just then, Shisui's fog wall was attacked again.

This time, the person who came was Jiqu from the Demon Race Heaven-Controlling Realm.

The interest that had been on Shisui's face vanished.

Now, something interesting is about to happen.

With a wave of his hand, several Radiant Feathers attached to the Koukaku instantly separated Li Nai'an's remains and trapped her brain inside.

He had a premonition that the "flower" he had just picked by chance might have uncovered some unknown dealings of the Demon Race.

The moment the scent of Blood Lotus spread, the first to sense it was indeed the Jiqu located closer in the Moonfall Continent.

Unlike Suo Qiaoyun's tentative and skeptical approach.

Jiqu immediately realized that this was one of the results of Wanren Laboratory's final project.

He recalled that the project was supposed to be an experimental verification of whether it was possible to control other races by implanting Undying Cells.

This research project took five years from its initial proposal to formal approval and successful verification.

Therefore, Jiqu was deeply impressed by this and naturally remembered Li Nai'an's finished product.

Speaking of this project, we have to mention the long-standing feud between Human Race and Demon Race.

In fact, the relationship between the two tribes was already very tense before the Sea Race invaded and destroyed Mao City.

Although neither side has formally declared war, various frictions and conflicts have existed between them for a long time.

The severe desertification in the central part of the Huaihuang Continent is a direct result of the fact that the two sides established a battlefield there.

As for the causes of the war, they were nothing more than territorial disputes and the struggle for resources.

Both sides believe that this land rightfully belongs to them and are unwilling to back down.

Therefore, the long-simmering conflict erupted.

However, as time went on, both races realized that the war had caused them enormous losses.

The ever-increasing military spending and the persistently high death rate have caused both ethnic groups considerable financial distress.

They all wanted to withdraw their troops and end this endless fighting.

However, due to a lack of trust between them, both sides worried that the other would take the opportunity to attack while they were withdrawing their troops.

Furthermore, both sides have invested a great deal of resources in this war, and it would be difficult to explain if they returned empty-handed.

Therefore, they all hoped to acquire ownership of the central part of the Huaihuang Continent to make up for their losses.

Thus, the war dragged on, and both sides were locked in a stalemate from which they could not escape.

During the war, in order not to be surpassed by the enemy's technological development, the two races naturally began an arms race.

Today, the Human Race might announce a new weapon; tomorrow, the Demon Race might activate a new experimental subject.

Both sides are constantly developing and improving their military technologies.

They attempted to end the war by gaining overwhelming technological superiority on the battlefield.

During this process, some warriors who perform well on the battlefield will naturally become the focus of the Demon Race's attention.

Not only because these people, if they grow further, will become a major threat to the Demon Race.

This is also because the Demon Race wants to obtain the genes of these outstanding Human Race to create more war "machines".

Among them, the Yuwen Family, possessing the Blood Lotus, became one of the many outstanding awakened individuals coveted by the Demon Race.

The Blood Lotus not only possesses formidable combat power, but most importantly, it grants its owner unparalleled self-repair capabilities.

Many members of the Yuwen Family who were on the battlefield were blown to pieces and unconscious the day before.

The very next day, they were able to annihilate the invading Demon Race squad, all of them alive and kicking.

Researchers from the Demon Race speculate that, possessing such powerful self-healing abilities, the Yuwen Family might be able to adapt well to the Undying Cells.

Therefore, the Demon Race launched a two-day, one-night siege against the area defended by the Yuwen Family.

They successfully killed all adult members of the Yuwen Family and, while carrying their corpses, captured more than ten descendants of the Yuwen Family.

After that, they continued to capture children with the Yuwen Family bloodlines in other Human Race territories.

This almost directly led to the decline of the Yuwen Family.

The experimental process will not be described in detail here.

As a result, nearly fifteen children from the Yuwen Family successfully fused with the Undying Cells.

Although only one person had few aftereffects, that is, the experimental subject whose original name was Yuwen Yanhe and is now called Li Nai'an.

However, the success rate is also much higher than that of other types of experimental subjects.

Except for the relatively precious Li Nai'an, all of these experimental subjects were deployed to the battlefield immediately.

Unfortunately, the frequent wars and the deliberate targeting by the Human Race army still caused many serious losses to the experimental subjects forming the Undying Legion.

As a result, Li Nai'an is now the only remaining experimental subject for the Yuwen Family.

However, the technology for transplanting Undying Cells is now quite mature.

Therefore, they didn't feel too bad about the loss of the experimental subjects.

Therefore, the Laboratory agreed to use Li Nai'an.

Otherwise, given that Hu Lingling was also an experimental subject, how could she possibly have the authority to approve Li Nai'an's entry into the Undying Legion?