Blood Beast Body Forging Art

After the Black Whirlwind Bandit Group incident was resolved, Mo Tang finally emerged from his comfortable little life.

Mo Family Fortress, the Great Elder's residence.

Early that morning, Mo Tang had been notified that the Great Elder wished to see him.

Though Mo Tang was puzzled, he did not dare delay and waited outside the door early.

When an old servant led him into the study, Mo Tang's heart stirred.

Generally speaking, only trusted subordinates received the privilege of being summoned to the study.

Although Mo Tang was Mo Ran's trusted subordinate, and Mo Ran was the Great Elder's confidant, Mo Tang did not think that the deeply scheming Great Elder would trust him.

Especially after what had happened before...

He simply had not expected to receive such treatment today.

Mo Tang felt no sense of honor. Instead, he was filled with doubt.

Mo Cheng's arrow-sharp gaze fell upon Mo Tang, as though he wanted to see straight through to his soul.

Mo Tang's expression remained calm and respectful...

Yet a bead of cold sweat had already formed on his forehead.

There was no helping it. The imposing pressure of a Dou Spirit level Strong individual was simply too overwhelming for Mo Tang, who was only a Dou Zhe, to withstand.

If he were not a Transmigrator with a resolute mind, he would probably have been crushed into a puddle of mush beneath that pressure by now.

A quarter of an hour later, after that icy gleam finally vanished, Mo Cheng's voice came from above.

"I heard that you are Mo Yun's son?"

Mo Tang secretly let out a long breath, then answered, "Yes!"

"Mm, very good." Mo Cheng's voice revealed no emotion. "Mo Yun was once one of my most capable subordinates and deeply trusted by this old man. I had originally intended to cultivate him properly, but unfortunately..."

Watching Mo Cheng shake his head with a regretful look, Mo Tang curled his lip inwardly.

He made it sound so nice, but in the end, hadn't this Original Body been left to fend for himself like trash because his talent was too poor?

Of course, what he said aloud was, "Thank you for your trust, Great Elder! My father fought for the family and for you, Great Elder. He surely died without regrets!"

Well, that was rather nauseating to say.

But there was no helping it. Since the man was already dead, he had to provide his descendants with at least a little help... after all, this Original Body was his son.

Mo Cheng looked at the young man standing below with his head bowed and nodded slightly.

After a moment of silence, Mo Cheng finally said, "Since you are Mo Yun's son, take this secret art of my Mo Clan and cultivate it.

Back then, your father was able to possess the strength to challenge opponents above his level while still a Dou Shi precisely because he cultivated this secret art.

Now that you have grown up and begun working for the family, you are qualified to cultivate this secret art as well.

But remember this well! This is an absolute secret of the Mo Clan. You must not reveal even the slightest bit of it! Otherwise, this old man will personally kill you!"

At the last words, a bone-piercing killing intent instantly rose from Mo Cheng, making Mo Tang feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"I would not dare!"

Mo Tang hurriedly bowed and gave his assurance.

"Mm, good."

The killing intent vanished, and everything seemed like an illusion.

Yet Mo Tang felt that his back was already soaked through.

Holding the so-called secret art, Mo Tang returned to his small courtyard.

However, thinking of how Mo Cheng had repeatedly pressured him, he felt extremely displeased.

Though the other party had given him a sweet date after striking him with a stick, the whole matter still left Mo Tang deeply unhappy.

Born under the red flag and raised in the new society, no one could stand having someone lord over them with such tactics of "kindness and intimidation"!

After dismissing the maid Xiao Hong, Mo Tang sat cross-legged on his bed.

He spread open the secret art scroll he had received from Mo Cheng. "An unranked secret art cultivation method, Blood Beast Body Forging Art, has been discovered. Record it?"

"Yes/No"

"Yes!"

"Blood Beast Body Forging Art successfully recorded. 4 Low-grade Energy Points consumed."

Name: Mo Tang Level: Seven-Star Fighter ↑

Cultivation Art: Thunderous Qi (Grand Completion) ↑

Dou Skills:

Triple Blade Qi (Perfection) ↑

Blood Beast Body Forging Art (Not Initiated) ↑

Available Energy Points: 14 (Low-grade)

Mo Tang could not help frowning slightly.

He had not expected that merely recording it would consume so many Energy Points, four times as much as recording the high-grade Yellow Tier Thunderous Qi...

After hesitating for a moment, Mo Tang tapped the upgrade arrow beside Blood Beast Body Forging Art once more.

"Upgrading Blood Beast Body Forging Art by one level requires 4 Low-grade Energy Points. Upgrade?"

"Yes/No"

The first level only required so few Energy Points?

A puzzled look immediately flashed through Mo Tang's eyes.

"Yes!"

"Requirements insufficient. First-rank Demonic Beast blood essence of any attribute required. Upgrade failed!"

Mo Tang suddenly understood. Upgrading required prerequisites; no wonder it took so few Energy Points.

Moreover, the scroll recorded that each advancement of the Blood Beast Body Forging Art required Demonic Beast blood essence of the corresponding rank. In theory, it could be fused endlessly... so long as one could obtain Demonic Beast blood essence of a sufficiently high rank...

Yet according to the family's records, since this secret art had been created, the highest anyone had cultivated it was only the third level.

That was equivalent to a Da Dou Shi. As for advancing to a higher level, there was no information whatsoever...

This made Mo Tang deeply suspect that everyone who had tried to reach the fourth level had died.

That was entirely possible!

The other branches of the Mo Clan might not know, but Mo Tang, who had read the original novel, understood very clearly that the Mo Clan's so-called secret art involved modifying and fusing one's own body with Demonic Beast limbs to enhance one's strength.

Although this method allowed people to gain the power of Demonic Beasts, the minds of those who received the transplants would gradually be eroded by beastly nature...

Given enough time, a perfectly normal person would likely turn into a Demonic Beast that knew only slaughter!

The Blood Beast Body Forging Art had actually been created by the Mo Clan's ancestors to address this hidden danger. They had originally thought that while its effects might not match direct transplantation, it should have been safer.

But long-term experiments showed that although Demonic Beast blood essence could grant certain special enhancements, the higher the level and the more blood essence one fused, the more intensely those blood essences would clash within the body.

Once the critical point was reached, everything would erupt, and the person's blood vessels would burst, killing them on the spot...

Mo Tang strongly suspected that this was how the Original Body's father, Mo Yun, had died.

Although he had doubts about the safety of this Mo Clan secret art, he was somewhat reluctant to abandon it just like that.

No matter what, the Blood Beast Body Forging Art was still extremely important to him at present.

Especially the terrifying increase in combat strength after refining Demonic Beast blood essence—the effect even surpassed that of Mysterious Tier Dou Skills!

Mo Tang wrestled with the matter for a long time, but when he saw the pale blue screen before him, he immediately made up his mind.

Why the hell am I worrying about all this? I'm not like those ordinary people! I'm a man with a system! As a man with a cheat, am I really going to chicken out over this little bit of danger?

"I'm doing it!"