Blood Control (Part 2)

Zhang Chen slumped onto the ground, golden light swirling in his eyes as he looked directly into the neighboring house. He let out a sigh of relief. "Good thing the Fox Spirit and that impoverished Scholar next door aren't home. If the Fox Spirit saw this, it would probably stir up another mess."

Zhang Chen turned his gaze to the other roe deer that was still alive. Its face was full of terror; Zhang Chen's methods had frightened it badly. It kept crashing about the courtyard, its eyes brimming with panic.

Zhang Chen did not continue devouring the blood of the other roe deer. His symptoms had eased, and he did not want to waste such fine food. He intended to give this roe deer to Little Sister and his mother, so he wanted to keep it. Besides, he knew his greatest crisis had passed. If he wanted to devour blood later, he could simply go hunting in the mountains again.

"But the changes in my body still haven't stopped." Feeling the boiling heat within him, Zhang Chen could not help but reveal a worried look. "What exactly has changed in my body? And I don't even know whether this change is good or bad."

Just as Zhang Chen was fretting, his heart suddenly gave a jolt. Then the rice-grain-sized crystal nucleus trembled faintly and actually flowed along with his blood throughout his entire body. The next moment, his vision blurred, and the Golden Finger Interface popped up before him:

Name: Zhang Chen

Skill 1 (Second Tier): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000)

Skill 2 (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)

Skill 3 (Unranked): Blood Drain (0/10000)

Points: 4650

Zhang Chen was very familiar with the Golden Finger Interface before him, but in the next instant, it twisted violently. All the words exploded into static that filled the screen, then countless flecks of static gathered together and formed new text:

Unknown force interference detected. Skill mutation: Blood Drain -> Blood Control

The Golden Finger Interface before Zhang Chen refreshed in the next moment:

Name: Zhang Chen

Skill 1 (Second Tier): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000)

Skill 2 (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)

Skill 3 (Unranked): Blood Control (0/100000)

Points: 4650

"What the hell??? One hundred thousand points!!!" Seeing the number behind Blood Control, Zhang Chen cried out before he could even study the skill's effects.

He thought his dizziness had blurred his vision, so he hurriedly rubbed his eyes. Then he opened them wide and stared fixedly at the points behind the third skill. "One hundred thousand points!!! Are you kidding me? How far would I have to upgrade the other skills?"

"What kind of potential does this Blood Control skill have, to dare demand one hundred thousand points just to become ranked?" Zhang Chen could hardly believe his eyes.

Then Zhang Chen sensed the third skill and cursed under his breath, "Let me see just what mysteries this skill holds, daring to demand one hundred thousand points before it can be upgraded."

As Zhang Chen focused on the third skill, a flood of information poured into his mind. The next moment, he froze and sucked in a breath of cold air. "Hiss—"

"I can control all the blood in my body!" Zhang Chen looked at the third skill and felt the information it conveyed. At once, he felt that this skill was insanely awesome—far beyond ordinarily awesome.

In the next moment, Zhang Chen stretched out his palm. Countless beads of blood seeped out through his skin and gathered at his fingertips into a ball of blood the size of a glass marble.

Then, with a thought from Zhang Chen, the blood seeped back through his skin and flowed back inside.

Zhang Chen picked up a piece of wood from beside him and sliced his palm. A wound appeared, yet not a drop of blood flowed out.

"This skill is insanely awesome. In the future, I can stop my blood from flowing and play dead. Even if someone pierces one of my internal organs, as long as the blood doesn't flow out, can't I remain in a state where I won't die?"

"Even if my heart is pierced, combined with Blood Drain, as long as there's blood, I should be unable to die, right?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of shock.

It already possessed such abilities while unranked. How wondrous would it become after attaining rank?

Zhang Chen could say that although this skill was not ranked, it was more precious than a ranked skill! Spending one hundred thousand points to upgrade it would not be a loss at all!

"Unbelievable!" Zhang Chen secretly marveled.

With a thought from Zhang Chen, the countless blood vessels within his body and the flow of blood all appeared in his mind. He grasped the flow of his own blood and every blood vessel as clearly as if he were inspecting flowers in the palm of his hand.

With another thought, his blood stopped flowing and his heart ceased beating, making him seem like a dead man.

At another thought, the blood in part of his body stopped flowing, while the blood in the rest continued circulating as usual.

"As long as my head isn't cut off and doesn't suffer a fatal injury, if I have a chance to use this divine ability, then even if my heart is pierced, I should still have a chance to survive. Of course, if my heart is dug out, that's another matter!" Zhang Chen muttered to himself, astonished by how heaven-defying this divine ability was.

"I only have One-Tenth of a normal person's blood left. No wonder I felt dizzy, weak in the hands and feet." As Zhang Chen sensed the flow of blood in his body, he came to a judgment about his condition. But he had no clue where the rest of the blood had gone or how it had suddenly vanished.

"So hot! This transformation still hasn't ended. What matters most for me now is getting a good rest, then eating more meat to replenish the blood missing from my body." Zhang Chen stopped testing the skill. He now had a rough idea of the situation, but a wave of drowsiness washed over him. It was extremely abnormal, impossible to resist, like the drowsiness that came with a cold—only a thousand times stronger, making him want nothing more than to collapse and sleep at once.

Zhang Chen ignored the roe deer on the ground. He rose unsteadily, his limbs weak, and walked into the house before lying directly on the bed. His head felt heavy, as if he could fall asleep immediately. Just as countless stray thoughts came flooding into Zhang Chen's mind, Wang Wu led a somewhat gaunt man dressed in Qing Yi in through the door.

"Song Physician, hurry and take a look! This child accidentally ate wild fruit from the mountains. Can he still be saved?" Wang Wu led Song Physician into the room, his voice filled with urgency.

Upon entering the room and seeing Zhang Chen lying on the bed with his eyes open, his breathing not yet cut off, Wang Wu could not help secretly sighing in relief. So long as he was alive, that was what mattered.

Hearing this, Song Physician stepped forward and examined Zhang Chen's eyes for a while. Then he listened to Zhang Chen's heartbeat, reached out to take his pulse, and listened carefully for a long time. Only then did he release Zhang Chen's wrist, take silver needles from his bag, and prick Zhang Chen's ten fingers.

Zhang Chen did not resist. He was not sure of his own condition either, so having Song Physician examine him was not a bad thing. Wang Wu, standing to one side, was even more tense. Watching Song Physician's movements, he scarcely dared breathe, his eyes full of worry. He regarded Zhang Chen as his own son, and seeing him poisoned by food made his heart ache as well.

Song Physician pricked Zhang Chen's thumb with a silver needle, but no blood emerged. He then used golden needles to prick the other ten fingers in succession. Looking at Zhang Chen's ten fingers, none of which bled, his eyes turned grave. He then pulled open Zhang Chen's clothes and began squeezing from his arm, pressing all the way down to his fingers. At last, a drop of dark-red blood was squeezed out.

Seeing that dark-red drop of blood, Song Physician let out a breath of relief. A smile appeared at the corners of his mouth as he cleared his throat and said, "It's nothing. This boy is not seriously affected; the poison from that fruit has already dissipated."

"That's wonderful!" Wang Wu's face immediately lit up with joy. He could not help clapping his hands, nearly jumping up in celebration.

"However..." Song Physician suddenly paused, his tone shifting as he drew out his words. "This boy has less than One-Tenth the blood of an ordinary person in his body. He is severely blood-deficient and needs to eat more meat and nourishing foods to replenish his blood."

At this point, Song Physician's voice was filled with amazement. "From this boy's pulse, the lack of blood has made the transmission of his heartbeat's rhythm extremely faint. Pricking ten fingers without drawing blood clearly means his blood deficiency has reached the utmost limit. By all reason, even those swordsmen who spend their lives licking blood from their blades should have died after losing this much blood! And this boy has no blade wounds on his body—how could he have lost so much fresh blood?"

Song Physician's voice was full of disbelief. By ordinary reasoning, a person would be in mortal danger after losing half their blood and would die without prompt treatment. Yet Zhang Chen had less than One-Tenth of his blood remaining.

Lying on the bed, Zhang Chen could not help looking surprised when he heard Song Physician's words. This Song Physician had some skill—he actually knew Zhang Chen had lost blood, and that he had less than One-Tenth remaining. Zhang Chen had no idea how he had determined it.

Thanks to the big boss "Heaven and Earth 99999" for the reward of one hundred coins.