Transformation

Very quickly, the second inscription was complete.

Su Hao took one look and immediately frowned. "This time, five new nodes appeared. It seems the number of nodes is far from limited to this. The good news is that three more stable nodes have been discovered."

Again!

Su Hao threw himself wholly into inscribing the Beast Pattern. As long as he had enough energy, he would inscribe Beast Patterns, temporarily tossing all other matters aside.

He could inscribe at least twenty times every day.

Ten days later.

Little Light had received more than two hundred sets of inscription data. After constant comparison and adjustment, the Beast Pattern's structure had become highly compatible with Su Hao. Even if he inscribed the Beast Pattern immediately, he could directly advance to an Initial Grandmaster Warrior.

But he still felt it was not perfect enough. The minute details could still be adjusted, until everything flowed without the slightest hitch.

Pursuing a perfect Beast Pattern inscription was something others would not even dare imagine.

Ordinary people would spend at least a year making continual adjustments before attempting an inscription. Coupled with the possibility of failing halfway through the process, their patience would have long since been ground away. If they found a structure that could barely be inscribed successfully, they would certainly Solidify it without hesitation and advance to Grandmaster Warrior.

After all, not everyone had Little Light's ability to collect and analyze data. This long process of enduring time and making attempts could make many weak-willed people choose to give up.

More importantly, without Little Light's navigation-like guidance during inscription, most people would fail halfway when faced with such a complicated pattern.

Su Hao adjusted the structure once more. After completing the inscription, he observed the Rune's movements, repeatedly confirming that every node had reached a smooth state.

Then he suddenly frowned. "One node is still producing a slight conflict and repulsion."

He immediately ordered Little Light, "Little Light, analyze Node 94 and calculate the direction in which the node should be adjusted."

"Calculation successful. Node 94 has six adjustment methods."

Again!

Su Hao exited Marble Space once more and began another inscription attempt.

As he grew increasingly proficient, his inscription speed had greatly improved. Very soon, the inscription succeeded.

Su Hao entered Marble Space again to observe it.

"This spot won't work!"

Again!

When Su Hao tried the fourth position—

A sensation of complete, unimpeded smoothness flowed through his entire body. Su Hao immediately exclaimed in delight, "It worked!"

He immediately entered Marble Space and observed the state of his body.

The Rune between the inner side of his chest cavity and his spine seemed to have fused with his body. It was incomparably harmonious, rising and falling with his breathing and the tremors of his muscles, as though it had been born with him.

After observing carefully for a while, Su Hao found that there truly were no problems. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. "This is the structure! It can be branded and Solidified."

After exiting Marble Space, he glanced at the slanting setting sun outside the window and sighed from the bottom of his heart. "Advancing to Grandmaster really is too difficult! I can't imagine how people in this world, without the help of computers, completed such complicated inscriptions! All I can say is that every Grandmaster Warrior is a favored child of the Human Race."

"Fortunately, I know programming! As expected, knowledge changes fate." Su Hao was in an exceptionally good mood.

But he had something even more important to do: Solidify the brand.

Su Hao entered Meditation again, sinking his mind into his body.

"Solidify, brand!"

Under Su Hao's conscious control, the Blood Qi forming the Rune began to boil. It wriggled through his body like Worms, forcibly pushing aside the surrounding flesh and blood, forming a pattern drawn from flesh and blood.

Ignoring the numb itch from the flesh being pushed apart, Su Hao carried out the branding process step by step. "First, push aside the flesh and blood to form the patterned design. Then swiftly gather more Blood Qi and fill it in. I only need to maintain it for two days to Solidify the Rune."

After Su Hao filled the Rune formed by the displaced flesh with Blood Qi, he opened his eyes.

Now, he only needed to wait two days.

Only then did Su Hao finally relax. "After ten days of high-intensity work and study, I can finally get a proper night's sleep!"

After going out to inform the administrator, Su Hao left directly, returned to his dormitory, and fell asleep the moment his head hit the bed.

Two days later, as the flesh-and-blood Rune within his body Solidified, he began to undergo a transformation as well.

The Perception Rune within his body underwent subtle changes. Every node seemed to possess consciousness, automatically growing tiny tentacle-like organs. Like nerve ganglia, they connected the Rune to his flesh and blood, fusing the two together.

Through the miraculous connection of the physical body, the Perception Rune linked the Nine Palaces and established contact with the Blood Qi within them. The Nine Palaces distributed throughout his body thus formed a complete network, with the Rune as the hub of that network.

All the Blood Qi in his body was connected through this network as well.

The function of this network went far beyond that. As time passed, it would become an enormous Blood Qi storage vessel, capable of holding a vast amount of Blood Qi.

What Old Liu had told Su Hao—the difference between a bucket of water and a river—had not been exaggerated in the slightest.

If the amount of Blood Qi Su Hao had previously stored in the Nine Palaces could fill one bucket, then the newly formed network could hold the amount of water in an entire river.

And now, inside this network that could hold a river, there was only a single bucket of water.

It made Su Hao feel as though his whole body was empty, letting him experience "weakness" and "craving" once more.

The characteristic of this Rune was Perception. It could greatly enhance his perception ability, but Su Hao had not yet clearly felt an improvement in his Perception.

He guessed it was because this had only just begun and the Blood Qi had not yet completed its transformation. Or perhaps there was too little Blood Qi, and he needed to completely replenish the dried-up river within his body until it reached the "surging, violent" level Old Liu had described before any obvious changes would occur.

"Then next, I'll transform Blood Qi as quickly as possible!" Su Hao had a new goal.

Half a month later.

Su Hao, seated cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes. Feeling the Blood Qi that was only half replenished, he was speechless. "For the past half month, I've been transforming Blood Qi efficiently without stopping every day, yet I've only replenished half of it? My efficiency is already fast enough. How long would other Martial Artists need to completely fill their Blood Qi? It would probably take more than half a year!"

However, Su Hao had overlooked one very important factor.

His Rune Network was different from everyone else's Rune Network.

When he inscribed the Rune, he had pursued perfection with all his might, making every part of the Rune natural and smooth, without a single trace of obstruction.

A perfect Rune inscription like this could naturally carry an enormous amount of Blood Qi.

When others inscribed Runes, however, it only needed to function normally. Their standards were not high, so their Rune Networks naturally would not be built as completely. The amount of Blood Qi they could hold would not be much either, and the effects of their attributes would be greatly reduced.

If the average amount of Blood Qi other Grandmasters could hold was compared to a pond, then the Blood Qi Su Hao's body could contain could be compared to a lake. The two were simply not on the same plane.

This was high technology's dimensionality-reduction strike against primitive society.

In other words, he did not need to worry about others taking too long to transform Blood Qi. What he should worry about was himself.

Su Hao habitually entered Marble Space.

"Age: 10 years and 5 months;

Height: 153.5 cm;

Weight: 53 KG;

Physical condition: Healthy;

Level: Initial Grandmaster Warrior; Elite Blood Qi: 869;

Rune: Perception; Weapon Mastery: Basic Blade Technique (Mastery); ...; Basic Combat Technique: Ascending Fist (Ultimate Skill); ...; Basic Footwork: Basic Footwork (Mastery); Sliding Shadow Step (Mastery); ...; Variable Control: Blood Qi Strengthening Function (Mastery), ..."

Other than the explosive increase in Blood Qi, nothing else had changed.

He checked the logs again.

"1532656, July 13, 0:00:00, 'Light of the Universe 2.3' had no update tasks;

Physical condition: Healthy, no abnormalities;

'Perception' Rune under monitoring, operating normally, no abnormalities; Lingyun Warrior Academy's Academic Year Competition would be held tomorrow, please arrange your schedule accordingly; Lingyun Warrior Academy would dismiss classes in 3 days, please arrange your schedule accordingly;

Paused task: Read Lingyun Library materials. Current paused progress: 57%;

Martial Artist advancement data successfully recorded. Recording progress: Ordinary Martial Artist, Elite Warrior, Grandmaster Warrior; ...

Statistics: Current account balance: 2 Gold Yuan, 34 Silver Yuan;

..."

One entry he suddenly noticed made him freeze.

"The day after tomorrow and the day after that will be the two-day Academic Year Competition. After that, vacation begins."

Time passed so quickly!

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