The Evil Era, Cthulhu's Prototype

Lin Tian gripped the Blood Extraction Needle once more.

This time, his gaze was exceptionally grave.

Carrying the momentum of success or death, he plunged it directly into his own arm.

The sharp tip of the Blood Extraction Needle pierced through his skin and blood vessels.

Under the influence of air pressure, blood from his veins quickly gushed out through the needle.

Lin Tian felt a wave of dizziness, followed immediately by a look of pleasant surprise on his face.

He immediately sealed the Blood Extraction Needle and restored everything to its original state.

Sure enough, without activating his Martial Soul, he could influence the interior of the Blood Sea from the outside.

Since that was the case, things would be much easier!

After treating his wound and confirming that this chamber was a Soul Guidance Secret Chamber, which no one could enter without the orders or tokens of Blood Fiend, he relaxed and dragged his exhausted body to the bed to lie down.

He had researched just about enough by now:

In the state of Martial Soul Possession, interfering with the Blood Sea from the outside would shrink everything down to normal size.

In exchange, he could exploit a bug for infinite blood, and in the future, he could even get a water pump to extract it.

Although it was a bit absurd to think about, blood was, to some extent, hard currency in the territory of an Evil Soul Master, and it could also increase his intimidating presence.

He was an Evil Soul Master now, after all; if he secured a territory later, set up a blood pump, and created a sea of blood, others would be scared witless at the sight of it—that wasn't too bad either.

But when not in the state of Martial Soul Possession, under external interference, the Blood Sea would undergo heaven-defying changes, given the proportions involved.

Just like a moment ago, when the Blood Sea Martial Soul became corrupted, and he had extracted nearly a small cup of blood—

Lin Tian truly dared not imagine just how many blood cells and Sea Soul Beast essences were contained within that small cup of blood.

The only pity was that the blood released in this state, It was normal blood, incapable of manifesting Blood Sea Cell Monster or Sea Soul Beast. Lin Tian now needed to immerse himself in his own sea of blood to see exactly what changes had occurred. After all, the corruption of his Martial Soul was a matter of utmost importance. Just like when he had silently chanted to leave before, he lay down on his bed and frantically repeated in his mind: "Descend to the Blood Sea, descend to the Blood Sea, descend to the Blood Sea!"

He did not know how long he had been chanting, but it was not until he drifted into a deep sleep that his consciousness reappeared within the vast, boundless sea of blood. This was not the battlefield from just a moment ago, but another region—the Evil Spirit Orca clan was engaged in a fierce struggle against the cell monsters. After his consciousness descended, the most intuitive sensation Lin Tian felt was that the temperature in the sea of blood had dropped slightly, and the blood as a whole carried a faint black hue, though it was not very obvious.

What truly surprised Lin Tian were those cell monsters: originally, all the cell monsters only possessed simple tentacles and mouthparts, with no eyes, noses, or anything of the sort, but now everything had changed. These cell monsters, whether they were Red Monster, White Monster, Blue Monster, or Purple Monster, had all undergone significant changes in appearance; they had all grown a single eye, their bodies were covered in black patterns, and jet-black tentacles had sprouted from their backs. Paired with their original colors, they had transformed directly into Red-Black Monster, White-Black Monster, Purple-Black Monster, and Blue-Black Monster, their forms looking somewhat twisted.

The fact that they had no eyes originally just made Lin Tian feel strange, but now it gave him a feeling of pure creepiness. He discovered that this was not just an individual mutation; after taking a tour, he saw that almost all the cell monsters had mutated into this twisted form. Upon seeing this, Lin Tian immediately realized the truth: this must be the change brought about by the corruption of his Martial Soul! These blood cells were a part of his Martial Soul.

So these monsters were also affected by the mutation, and corrupted along with it.

Damn it, this is completely different from what he imagined!

What is this supposed to be?

A Blood Sea Evil Era?

If all the sea monsters have been corrupted, then what kind of hellish thing will this evolve into?

How many trillions of blood monsters are there in the Blood Sea of the entire arm?

Lin Tian studied medicine, and he knew very well that the human body has hundreds of trillions of blood cells in total.

This arm accounts for about one-tenth of the body, so there must be at least tens of trillions of them.

If they all mutate into evil blood cells, won't it evolve into Cthulhu in the future?

Damn it, it's over!

However, in the following few days, Lin Tian found a glimmer of hope amidst his despair—

he saw normal blood cell monsters again.

These were automatically replenished by the body after those evil blood cells were killed.

The newly generated blood cell monsters were in their normal form, which didn't have any impact.

Over these past few days, Lin Tian also successfully located the corpse of Blood Fiend, and he now used that spot as a fixed coordinate point.

He also made another discovery:

whenever he sustains an injury while not in the state of Martial Soul Possession, it has a severe impact on the ecology of the Blood Sea, almost like an apocalypse.

That small cup of blood actually contained an entire Sea Soul Beast population.

The Starfish soul beast clan was caught in the crossfire;

the area he cut happened to be where the Starfish were densely populated.

That Blood Extraction Needle, which was like a super divine artifact, sucked away all the Starfish in this area like a god, and they were still trapped in the cup now.

He didn't know if these Starfish that had left the Blood Sea world were still alive, but he figured they were dead for sure, given the barrier of the laws.

But even if they weren't dead, as a medical student, he couldn't possibly put this contaminated blood back into his body—

it was no longer sterile.

If he put it back, this Evil Era might just turn into a zombie era.

By now, the vast majority of the entire Starfish clan had gone extinct.

Only a few scattered Starfish tribes remained outside.

This left him sighing with emotion.

A minor injury, and just that little bit of blood spilled, was enough to wipe out an entire clan.

If he had bled any more, these Sea Soul Beast would likely all be finished.

Therefore, after confirming his physical condition and the state of the Blood Sea, Lin Tian made a firm resolution:

From now on, his martial soul must remain released at all times;

this was his first principle.

He had to ensure that nothing would happen to the Blood Sea, as it was his only golden finger, and he had to make good use of it.

Keeping it released at all times was not enough;

he had to craft a gauntlet in advance

to protect this hand of his.

No, not just one;

he would become a Battle Armor Master

and cover this entire arm in battle armor

to safeguard the safety of the Blood Sea.

After leaving the Blood Sea, Lin Tian returned to his body

and began to organize the legacy left behind by Blood Fiend.

There is a reason they say "murder and arson lead to wealth";

Blood Fiend's corpse was now within his own body, so he could smoothly acquire everything Blood Fiend possessed

and perfectly inherit his entire estate.

This Blood Fiend was not only a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master, but also a Level 9 Soul Engineer;

one could say he was incredibly wealthy.

First was Blood Fiend's identity token from the Holy Spirit Sect:

He was a powerhouse at the Titled Douluo level, yet he turned out to be merely an elder, and just a regular branch elder at that.

Above the branch elders were the church elders, core elders, followed by the Four Heavenly Kings, the Two Emperors of Underworld Ghosts, and finally the Demon Emperor;

the hierarchy was extremely strict.