Kindling

Rustling sounds.

A huge and strange figure emerged from the woods and stopped in front of Bai Wei.

He must be human.

Because his entire body consists of human limbs and organs.

But the reason I say "should" is because there are... a lot of these limbs and organs.

Not to mention the severed limbs that grew out of all directions like tentacles, his face alone had seven mouths. And each mouth looked like a starving person who had finally seen food, with saliva dripping uncontrollably.

This is Abeike.

He stared intently at Bai Wei, making indistinct "gurgling" sounds that were impossible for most people to understand.

But Bai Wei could hear it clearly.

He was shouting "Visas".

Bai Wei sighed softly, "We really did create something amazing by accident."

Clearly, Abeike had also devoured and assimilated the remains of the Devourers that had previously been [controlled] by Bai Wei on his way here.

Hmm... should I call it assimilation?

Or is it that two madmen got together and became even mader?

"Do you remember my voice, Front Tooth Mr.?" Bai Wei asked kindly.

Abeike tilted his head and looked at Bai Wei, a struggle flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by his endless devouring instinct.

"Visas..."

"Here..."

I've found you!

"Found you! Found you!"

One sound came from his mouth after another, his tone shifting from bewilderment to excitement, and then to an irrepressible impulse.

Then he rushed towards Bai Wei, and the seven mouths spoke in unison, a rare occurrence.

"I'll eat you up!"

After making a soft "tsk" sound, Bai Wei immediately stepped back and formed a hand seal. Instantly, countless Magic Chains shot out from the ground and headed straight for Abeike.

However, he has many Magic Chains, and Abeike has many hands as well.

Most wild beasts walk on all fours, but Abeike had an unknown number of limbs on the ground. He used only a few of his thickest limbs to run, while the rest of his limbs reacted quickly and firmly grasped the incoming Magic Chains.

His speed was not affected in any way. At this moment, he looked like a bull breaking free of countless shackles, rapidly approaching Bai Wei.

But Bai Wei did not panic. He first controlled the captured Magic Chains, making them wrap around Abeike's limbs, deepening the connection between Abeike.

Then, the roar of chainsaws rang out, and the limp Magic Chains trembled as if suddenly injected with electricity.

Overload!

In an instant, these Magic Chains, which were as thin as ropes just a second ago, became strong and powerful, like driven machines, their strength and intensity increasing dozens of times.

"Swish!"

Abeike's dozens of limbs were dismantled by these Magic Chains in an instant, and the severed limbs and flesh flew through the air like dandelions.

Abeike is like a dandelion that has lost its stamen, leaving only a bare stem.

But he still didn't stop approaching Bai Wei, as if he felt no pain at all. In fact, with those burdens gone, he ran even faster than before.

"Clang!"

Bai Wei took out the Serrated Knife behind him. As he unfolded it, he used the blade to cut open his palm, letting his blood stain the knife.

Then he stepped forward and swung his knife.

Abeike's movements were already very fast, but with the boost from [Overload], Bai Wei was able to achieve a speed far exceeding Abeike's for one or two moments.

So the Serrated Knife began to cut into Abeike's left chest.

With a "whoosh," the knife was pulled from Abeike's right shoulder.

The already bare body was split in two.

However, it only split in two a few seconds later.

Countless tiny tentacles suddenly gushed out from the cuts in Abeike's upper and lower body.

These tentacles began to grow wildly in just a few seconds, intertwining together and forcefully pulling the two body segments back together before they hit the ground, merging them back into one.

This scene also caught Bai Wei's eye, but he wasn't surprised at all, because this attack wasn't originally intended to kill Abeike.

Instead, he allowed the blood he had previously spilled on the blade to enter Abeike's body.

As for why this was done...

Under the gaze of his left eye, Bai Wei watched his blood spread wildly through Abeike's body, like an uncontrollable virus rapidly spreading to his brain.

Then he formed hand seals.

The same handprint as the "Bloodlust" Hunter Statue behind Abeike.

With a loud "boom!"

Abeike's head exploded, and blood and brain matter splattered in the air like watermelons that had been smashed on the ground.

Rustling sounds.

The shattered head sprouted countless fine tentacles, attempting to repair it as before.

However, the scattered blood turned into flames at this moment, burning everything it could touch.

Yes, this is the Bloodlust Technique of the Senro Hunter.

As the soul of Visas, Bai Wei has always been able to inherit the host's abilities.

For example, Ulu's [Mist Obstruction Karma Fire] and [Magic Chains], Jie La Er's [Overload], and some of He Wei Ni Ya's Movement Spell.

Just a few days ago, Bai Wei had a new host.

Even though they only worked together for an hour, the other party didn't even know who Bai Wei was.

But that doesn't matter; Bai Wei still obtained his most important ability.

Yes, it's the Bloodlust Technique of the Old Hunter Ryan.

The Bloodfire of the Senro Hunter is naturally able to resist all strange and immortal beings. No new tentacles grew on the parts of Abeike that were burned by the flames, and he finally stopped just shouting "Visas" and started screaming, as if he finally felt the pain.

He rolled desperately on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on his body.

But the Hunter's fire cannot be extinguished before it devours everything.

Bai Wei looked at him quietly.

Minutes later, he stopped struggling and turned into charred remains.

"Are you sure it's blood therapy?" Yi Weina asked incredulously after hearing Wei Ke's words. "Isn't it resonance?"

"Yes, it's blood therapy, not resonance," Wei Ke said.

"But how is that possible?" Yi Weina said. "Blood healing should be the most useless of all Hunter techniques, because Hunter themselves have excellent self-healing abilities, and they don't need to use blood to heal others."

After Yi Weina laid out all four statues she remembered, she assumed that Wei Ke and A De had gone to the Statue of Harmony for half a month.

Although Resonance, like Blood Heal, is rarely chosen by Hunter because it is not a combat skill, it does seem like a skill that Wei Ke, who has such deep feelings for A De, would choose.

Moreover, Wei Ke's current condition is very likely a consequence of some form of resonance.

But now Wei Ke tells Yi Weina that two weeks ago he chose blood therapy instead of resonance.

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Yi Weina couldn't help but ask again.

"I'm sure!"

He remembered what Wei Ke had said to him... no, what he had said to A De two weeks ago.

"A De and I were already in sync, so we didn't need this extra technique," he said in a low voice. "On the contrary, he noticed that I... no, I noticed that A De had been feeling unwell, so he wanted to obtain the blood healing technique to cure A De."

Upon hearing Wei Ke's words, Yi Weina's eyes widened involuntarily, and she was speechless for a long time.

Although Yi Weina already knew from Wei Ke's previous account that A De had been feeling unwell since arriving here, as if he were ill, she never expected that Wei Ke would choose his Hunter skills because of this.

What's this?

They finally made it here, finally reached this place, but in the end...

"Saintess?" Wei Ke asked cautiously, noticing Yi Weina's sullen expression. "Did I make the wrong choice?"

Yi Weina instinctively wanted to say, "Of course, do you know what you're missing?"

But the words wouldn't come out.

Because she was reminded of her grandmother.

"You didn't make the wrong choice," she said softly. "You're just a little silly."

"Huh?" Wei Ke tilted his head, somewhat puzzled. "Is being stupid necessarily wrong?"

"Maybe," Yi Weina said, "But I'm not in a position to say that about you, because I'm just as stupid as you."

Although he didn't know why Yi Weina called him stupid, Wei Ke could clearly sense that Yi Weina's mood had improved a lot, so he scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions.

"Now that you're certain you went to the Blood Healing Statue, do you remember what happened afterward?" Yi Weina asked. "Did you gain the ability to heal with blood?"

"This... I just can't remember," Wei Ke said with a wry smile. "I can only recall a tiny bit each time, just a tiny bit. Father Ulu said it's because I haven't stored it up yet..."

"Store what?"

"Save point".

What does this mean?

"I don't know." Wei Ke shook his head. "Father Ulu likes to say strange things and doesn't like to explain them."

"Alright." Yi Weina for a moment and said, "There's a very direct way to verify whether you've mastered the blood healing technique."

"What method?"

"Let's see if you can heal me." Yi Weina rolled up her sleeves, revealing her pale arms, and then found a sharp branch. "I'll injure myself, and then you can try to heal me with your blood. If you really have the skill of blood healing, then your blood can heal my wounds very quickly."

Wei Ke was a little stunned. "Is it really necessary to do this? Why can't we just go directly to the Blood Healing Statue?"

"The Blood Healing Statue is the furthest of the four statues, and because almost no Hunter seek this skill, its location, as it's passed down, isn't necessarily accurate," Yi Weina said. "And most importantly, if you don't have the Blood Healing skill, that indicates something."

"What's the problem?"

"It's very likely that you and A De ran into trouble on your way to the Blood Healing Statue," Yi Weina said seriously. "If that's the case, then we need to consider more things, or even take a detour. After all, now that Rhine Father is gone, we are very afraid of accidents."

Wei Ke hadn't expected Yi Weina to be so thoughtful, but he still hesitated. "But..."

"Don't hesitate!"

To make Wei Ke make up his mind, Yi Weina gritted her teeth and, in a fit of rage, slashed her wrist with the branch.

Fresh blood immediately gushed out.

"Alright, you can give me the blood now," Yi Weina said to Wei Ke, forcing herself to endure the pain.

Seeing this, Wei Ke had no choice but to cut his hand and drip his blood onto Yi Weina's wound.

Then the two of them stared intently at the wound.

But after looking at it for a long time, the wound not only did not heal, but the bleeding increased because it was not treated for half a day.

"It seems it didn't work," Yi Weina said, frowning. "That means you didn't acquire the skill of blood healing."

"Definitely not," Wei Ke said. "My Hunter were given to me by Ryan. Before that, I didn't know anything."

Yi Weina was stunned. "Then why didn't you say so sooner?"

Wei Ke scratched his head. "You didn't ask."

Yi Weina: "..."

Never mind.

She tore off a corner of her clothes and used it to cover the wound.

During this time, Wei Ke said, "How about I help you take care of it?"

"Can you handle this?"

Wei Ke nodded, then pointed to his protruding tongue. "I can lick it for you, then it won't hurt anymore."

"Uh..." Yi Weina was a little unsure how to answer Wei Ke's method.

Has he been spending too much time with dogs? This guy really does look like a dog.

Did they really not choose to echo each other?

Yi Weina was very skeptical.

But she didn't dwell on it for long. Instead, she looked up at the darkening sky and said softly, "Let's not do those pointless things. Let's just have the Blood Healing Statue. Let's go there now!"

Wei Ke nodded repeatedly.

Just as he was about to catch up with Yi Weina, his own voice rang in his mind again.

"Don't come back."

"A De."

The fire gradually died down, and the charred remains looked lifeless.

But Bai Wei did not leave; he remained watching quietly, as if waiting for something.

I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly the coke trembled with a "crack", and then shook off all the black charcoal on its body like a roasted sweet potato.

A fair hand emerged from the black charcoal.

Mouths grew all over its hands.

Its mouth opened, revealing a ring of fine fangs.

Beneath the fangs were rows of bewildered eyes.

"Pain..."

The mouth started making sounds.

"It hurts..."

"Why..."

"It hurts so much..."

"Where am I...?"

They resumed their conversation until the mouth in the palm saw its current appearance and, after a moment of stunned silence, let out a terrified roar.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"

"Why... did I become like this?!"

Seeing this, Bai Wei spoke again, "It seems you've finally regained your senses, Front Tooth Mr.."

Upon hearing Bai Wei's voice, his arm paused for a moment.

Then all eyes turned to look at Bai Wei, staring intently at him.

"That voice, it belongs to..."

His voice was trembling.

"Hand Eye?!"