January 4.
Magic Martial University, first-year dormitory area, Room 1.
Every muscle, tendon, and patch of skin on Lu Hao's body trembled. Tempered by his Vital Blood, they expelled their impurities one last time. Then a shudder ran through his entire body as his bones, tendons, skin, and flesh began to fuse.
Lu Hao could feel all his attributes rising. It wasn't just his Vital Blood and mental power increasing; his skin and flesh were merging into a unified defense, and his Vital Blood was flowing freely throughout his body.
An ordinary Rank Three martial artist wouldn't be able to break through Lu Hao's defenses now. Only those who had mastered their Vital Blood could breach this protective layer.
The transformation was still underway.
One hour, two hours...
Five hours passed before Lu Hao's body stopped trembling. His transformation was complete.
With a thought, Lu Hao brought up his panel.
[Slaughter Point System] [Host: Lu Hao] [Vital Blood: 107/1406 cal] [Mental power: 48/399 Hz] [Storage Space: 1000 cubic meters] [Slaughter Points: 6254]
His Vital Blood had surged by nearly three hundred calories compared to when he was at upper-stage Rank Three. Fortunately, only a hundred of those calories had come from the transformation just now. The other two hundred had accumulated gradually as he tempered his skin, tendons, and flesh.
Otherwise, a sudden increase of three hundred calories would have dropped his Vital Blood control straight below the ultimate move level. He was still at that level now, though his control had slipped considerably.
He couldn't keep breaking through for now. He had to improve his Vital Blood control first. If he advanced straight to Rank Four, his control would definitely deteriorate.
Looking farther down, he saw that his mental power had also increased by 20 Hz.