Mysterious Blood

"It's finally starting!"

In the farm, Wang Xian muttered.

A year before Blue Star was gamified, he had gambled everything.

Even though he knew Blue Star would be gamified a year later, he wasn't entirely sure. After all, who knew if he had truly reincarnated or if his mind had gone astray?

But now, it was good. He had finally gambled correctly.

"Open the status panel."

Wang Xian silently chanted in his mind.

"Please set a nickname first."

The same voice from before echoed in his mind.

Wang Xian was silent for a moment before saying, "Immortal King."

Nicknames could sometimes be deadly. His death in his previous life was related to his nickname.

After Blue Star was gamified, many new races appeared, including the Immortal Clan. They were the Immortal Clan, and he called himself 'Immortal King.' Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

Although for some reasons, the Immortal Clan couldn't openly kill him, they had stabbed Wang Xian in the back during the first national war, causing him to die on the battlefield.

When he was finally killed, the Immortal Clan also revealed a secret.

'Immortal King' was related to a certain inheritance.

Regardless of whether it was due to the inheritance or not, Wang Xian still decided to call himself 'Immortal King.' This time, he would properly deal with those Immortals.

After setting his nickname, a light screen appeared before Wang Xian.

Name: Wang Xian

Nickname: Immortal King

Race: Human (Dragon Country)

Occupation: Individual Farmer

Age: 24

Talent: [Learning (Common)]

Level: 0

Experience: 0/100

HP: 100

MP: 80

Physical Attack: 12

Magic Attack: 8

Critical Hit: 0

Physical Defense: 11

Magic Defense: 5

Strength: 12

Agility: 11

Spirit: 8

Constitution: 10

Stamina: 11

Skills: None

Remaining Death Count: 3

Rather than saying Blue Star was gamified, it was more like it had become a game. This status panel was exactly like a game panel.

As someone who had reincarnated, Wang Xian was naturally very familiar with status panels.

The five basic attributes were very important. Strength affected physical attack, agility affected movement and attack speed, spirit affected magic attack and magic points, constitution was related to HP, and stamina was related to defense.

As for critical hits, they required equipment or titles.

What differed from online games was the death count. Online games allowed infinite revivals, but Blue Star's gamification had a death count limit. Everyone initially possessed three death counts.

When the death counts were depleted, it meant complete death.

Of course, since there were death counts, they could also be obtained, such as from the first kill of a wild BOSS or the first clear of a dungeon.

Besides that, there were various events and fortuitous encounters.

In short, it wasn't difficult, nor was it easy.

Talents were something everyone possessed.

Wang Xian's [Learning] talent was the same as in his previous life, the most common one. Its effect was that after using a skill, he would gain additional proficiency, with only about a 1% bonus. It was somewhat useless.

But that was no longer important.

Wang Xian looked at the Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant in his hand, and information about the pendant appeared before his eyes.

Low-Grade Jade Pendant: Worthless, but it seems to contain something within. You might want to try breaking it.

These were the attributes of the Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant.

Wang Xian didn't know where this jade pendant came from; he only knew it had always been at home, as if he had found it.

In his previous life, Wang Xian was trapped in that big city. When he finally returned to his hometown after immense hardship, he was already over level seventy.

Although he discovered the secret of the jade pendant, it was ultimately a bit too late.

This life was different. He was only level zero, the perfect time to use whatever was inside the jade pendant.

Crack!

Wang Xian casually struck the jade pendant on the table. The pendant instantly shattered.

After it broke, a faint, fresh fragrance wafted towards him. The blood-red color in the center of the pendant quickly coalesced, forming a single drop of blood.

The blood floated in mid-air, which was very magical and unscientific.

But Blue Star had already been digitized; who cared about science anymore?

His gaze fixed on this drop of blood, its attributes appeared.

Mysterious Blood: Blood of an unknown existence.

A very simple description.

Wang Xian didn't hesitate. He directly picked it up and consumed it.

"Ding! Consumed Mysterious Blood, obtained new talent [Growth], and will gain a new talent every ten levels."

That's right. The purpose of this drop of Mysterious Blood was to grant the user an extra talent, and one every ten levels at that.

In his previous life, he had accidentally consumed it and only then learned about its effects.

Wang Xian summoned his status panel and checked the attributes of the [Growth] talent. In his previous life, when he consumed it, he hadn't received the [Growth] talent.

[Growth (Forbidden)]: Gain attribute points equal to your level upon each level-up.

Wang Xian's eyes widened instantly, almost popping out of their sockets. He even rubbed his eyes, afraid he was seeing things.

As far as Wang Xian knew, talent levels were divided into Common, Elite, Prodigy, Legendary, Epic, and Mythic. He had never heard of a Forbidden-level talent.

In his previous life, after consuming this blood, he had only obtained an Epic talent.

Also, this [Growth] talent was too overpowered!

After everyone levels up, their five main attributes each increase by 1 point, and they also gain 5 free attribute points. This means each level-up grants a total of 10 attribute points.

This [Growth] talent actually granted additional attribute points upon leveling up. While a few points might not seem like much initially, the accumulated total would be terrifying.

If we don't consider other ways of obtaining attribute points, from level 0 to level 100, a total of 1450 attribute points would be gained (5 fixed attribute points per level, 5 free attribute points per level, and an additional 5 fixed attribute points after job advancement at level 10).

What about with the [Growth] talent?

The base 1450 points plus the 5050 points from the talent, totaling a massive 6500 points.

And the maximum level wasn't capped at 100.

Although his highest level in his previous life was only 113, he had encountered wild BOSSes exceeding level five hundred and NPCs exceeding level one thousand in the wild.

Wang Xian couldn't even imagine the immense gap he would have with others once his level fully matured.

Hoo—

Hoo—

Hoo—

After taking a few deep breaths to calm his heart, which was nearly leaping out of his chest, Wang Xian's gaze shifted to the things he had been raising.

At this moment, those things were also beginning to transform into monsters, and the transformation was nearing completion.

Wang Xian turned, picked up a shovel, and went to the breeding room filled with earthworms.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

As information began to appear on the earthworms, Wang Xian unhesitatingly brought the shovel down on them.

"Ding! Killed level 0 monster Earthworm, gained 1 experience point."

"Ding! Killed level 0 monster Earthworm, gained 1 experience point."

"Ding! Killed level 0 monster Earthworm, gained 1 experience point."

"..."

Continuous notification sounds echoed in Wang Xian's ears.

Wang Xian ignored these notifications and frantically swung the shovel, smashing the earthworms.

"Ding! Experience is full, level up to 1, gained 5 free attribute points."

"Ding! First level-up, obtained title 'Vision of the Pioneer'."

After this notification sounded, Wang Xian stopped swinging his shovel, a relieved smile appearing on his face.