Mysterious Blood

"It's finally begun!"

At the farm, Wang Xian murmured to himself.

One year before his rebirth and Blue Star's Datafication, he had wagered everything.

Although he knew Blue Star would be datafied in a year, he could not be completely certain. After all, who knew whether he had truly been reborn or had simply developed a mental problem?

But now, it was all right. He had ultimately won the gamble.

"Open the Attribute Panel."

Wang Xian silently recited the command.

"Please set a nickname first."

The same voice as before sounded in his mind.

After a brief silence, Wang Xian said, "Immortal King."

Nicknames could truly get people killed sometimes. His death in his previous life had been related to his nickname.

After Blue Star's Datafication, many new races had appeared, including the Immortal Clan. They were the Immortal Clan, while he called himself the 'Immortal King.' Wasn't that just asking to offend them?

Although the Immortal Clan could not openly kill him for certain reasons, they had stabbed Wang Xian in the back during the first national war, causing him to die on the battlefield.

When they killed him in the end, the Immortal Clan had also revealed a secret.

'Immortal King' was connected to a certain Inheritance.

Whether or not it was because of that Inheritance, Wang Xian still decided to call himself 'Immortal King.' This time, he would have some fun with those Immortal Clan members.

After the nickname was set, a light screen appeared before Wang Xian.

Name: Wang Xian

Nickname: Immortal King

Race: Human (Dragon Kingdom)

Class: Individual Farmer

Age: 24

Talent: Learning (Common)

Level: 0

Experience: 0/100

HP: 100

Mana: 80

Physical Attack: 12

Magic attack: 8

Critical Hit: 0

Physical defense: 11

Magic defense: 5

Strength: 12

Agility: 11

Spirit: 8

Constitution: 10

Endurance: 11

Skills: None

Remaining Death Count: 3

Rather than saying Blue Star had been datafied, it was more accurate to say it had been turned into a game. This Attribute Panel was completely a game interface.

As someone reborn, Wang Xian naturally understood the Attribute Panel perfectly.

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

As for Critical Hit, it had to be granted by equipment or titles.

The one difference from online games was the Death Count. Online games allowed unlimited resurrection, but Blue Star's Datafication imposed a Death Count limit. Everyone started with three deaths.

Once the Death Count was exhausted, death became permanent.

Of course, since there was a Death Count, it could also be earned—for example, through the first kill of a field BOSS or the first clear of a dungeon.

Beyond that, there were various events and fortunate encounters.

In short, it was neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy.

Everyone had a talent.

Wang Xian's Learning talent was the same as in his previous life. It was the most ordinary talent, and its effect was to grant a little extra proficiency after using a skill—only around a one percent bonus, making it rather underwhelming.

But that no longer mattered.

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

Inferior Jade Pendant: Worthless, but something seems to be contained within it. Perhaps you should try smashing the jade pendant.

That was the Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant's description.

Wang Xian did not know where this jade pendant had come from. He only knew that it had always been at home and seemed to have been picked up somewhere.

In his previous life, Wang Xian had been trapped in that major city. By the time he returned to his hometown after countless hardships, he was already over level seventy.

Although he had discovered the jade pendant's secret, it had ultimately been a little too late.

This life was different. He was only level zero, the best possible time to use what was inside the jade pendant.

Smack!

With a backhanded strike, Wang Xian slammed the jade pendant onto the table, shattering it instantly.

After it broke, a faint fragrance wafted toward him. The crimson color at the center of the jade pendant rapidly condensed, gathering into a single drop of blood.

The drop of blood floated in midair. It was miraculous, and utterly unscientific.

But Blue Star had already been datafied. Who cared whether it was scientific or not?

As he fixed his gaze on the drop of blood, its description appeared.

Mysterious Blood: Blood from an unknown existence.

The introduction was very simple.

Without hesitation, Wang Xian took it into his hand and swallowed it.

"Ding! You have consumed Mysterious Blood and gained the new talent Growth. You will also gain a new talent every ten levels."

That was right. The effect of this Mysterious Blood was to grant its consumer an additional talent, and one more talent every ten levels at that.

In his previous life, he had consumed it by accident and only then learned what the Mysterious Blood did.

Summoning the Attribute Panel, Wang Xian examined the properties of the Growth talent. When he had consumed it in his previous life, he had not obtained the Growth talent.

Growth (Forbidden Grade): Each time you level up, gain additional attribute points equal to your level.

Wang Xian's eyes instantly widened, nearly popping from their sockets. He even rubbed his eyes, afraid that he was seeing things.

As far as Wang Xian knew, talents were ranked Common, Elite, Genius, Legendary, Epic, and Myth. He had never heard of a Forbidden Grade talent.

After consuming this blood in his previous life, he had only gained an Epic talent.

And this Growth talent was far too overpowered!

Whenever someone leveled up, each of the five basic attributes increased by one point, and they also received five free attribute points. In other words, every level granted a total of ten attribute points.

Yet Growth granted additional attribute points after leveling up. A few points or even ten points might not seem like much at first, but once accumulated, it was simply terrifying.

Assuming no attribute points were gained through other means, going from level 0 to level 100 would grant a total of 1,450 attribute points: five fixed attribute points and five free attribute points per level, with another five fixed attribute points gained after Class Advancement at level 10.

What about after obtaining the Growth talent?

The original 1,450 points, plus the 5,050 points granted by the talent—an entire 6,500 points.

Moreover, level 100 was far from the maximum level.

Although the highest level in his previous life had only been level 113, field BOSSes above level 500 had been discovered in the wilderness, as well as NPCs above level 1,000.

Wang Xian simply could not imagine how vast the gap between himself and others would become once his level fully grew.

Huff—

Huff—

Huff—

After taking several deep breaths and calming the heart that was nearly leaping out of his chest, Wang Xian turned his gaze toward the creatures he was raising.

At that moment, those creatures had also begun transforming into wild monsters, and the transformation was nearly complete.

Wang Xian turned around, picked up an iron shovel, and entered the breeding room filled with earthworms.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

When lines of information appeared above those earthworms, Wang Xian swung the iron shovel in his hand at them without hesitation.

"Ding! You have killed a level 0 wild monster, Earthworm. Gained 1 experience point."

"Ding! You have killed a level 0 wild monster, Earthworm. Gained 1 experience point."

"Ding! You have killed a level 0 wild monster, Earthworm. Gained 1 experience point."

"..."

A continuous stream of notifications rang in Wang Xian's ears.

Wang Xian ignored the notifications and frantically struck with the iron shovel.

"Ding! Experience is full. Level increased to 1. Gained 5 free attribute points."

"Ding! You are the first to level up. Obtained the title 'Vision of the Pioneer.'"

After that notification sounded, Wang Xian stopped swinging the iron shovel. A relieved smile appeared on his face.