Lin Tian tightened his grip on the Blood Extraction Needle once more,
This time, his gaze was especially grave,
And he carried the determination to succeed or die trying,
As he suddenly plunged it straight into his own arm.
The needle's sharp tip pierced his skin and blood vessel,
Under the force of the air pressure,
The blood inside the vessel quickly gushed out through the needle.
Lin Tian felt dizzy,
Then delight spread across his face.
He immediately sealed the Blood Extraction Needle,
And restored everything to how it had been.
Sure enough,
Without releasing his Martial Soul,
He could affect the inside of the Blood Sea from the outside.
If that was the case,
Then things would be much easier!
After treating the wound,
And confirming that this was a Soul Guidance Secret Chamber,
Where no one could enter without Blood Fiend's orders and token,
He finally relaxed a little,
Then dragged his exhausted body over to the bed and lay down.
He had nearly figured everything out:
While in the Martial Soul Possession state,
Interfering with the Blood Sea from outside would shrink everything down to normal size,
But in exchange,
He could exploit an infinite-blood bug,
And in the future, he could even use a pump to draw blood.
It sounded pretty absurd,
But blood was still hard currency in the territory of Evil Soul Masters,
And it could also bolster his fearsome reputation.
He was an Evil Soul Master now, after all,
So in the future, he could claim some territory,
Use a blood pump to draw blood,
And create a Blood Sea.
Anyone who saw it would be scared shitless,
Which wouldn't be bad.
But without Martial Soul Possession,
Interference from the outside would bring about heaven-defying changes in the Blood Sea,
After all, the difference in scale was enormous.
For example, just now,
The Blood Sea Martial Soul had become corrupted,
And he had drawn out nearly a small cup of blood—
Lin Tian hardly dared imagine
How many blood cells and Sea Soul Beasts that tiny cup of blood contained.
The only pity was,
The blood released in this state was ordinary blood,
And it couldn't manifest Blood Sea Cell Monsters or Sea Soul Beasts.
Now Lin Tian wanted to immerse himself in his Blood Sea
And see what exactly had changed.
After all, the corruption of his Martial Soul was a matter of utmost importance.
Just as he had done when silently repeating the words to leave,
After lying down on the bed,
He frantically repeated in his mind:
"Descend into the Blood Sea,
Descend into the Blood Sea,
Descend into the Blood Sea!"
He didn't know how long he kept repeating it,
But only after he had fallen into a deep sleep
Did his consciousness reappear in the boundless Blood Sea.
This wasn't the battlefield he had just seen,
But another region—
The Evil Spirit Orca Clan was locked in a fierce battle against the Cell Monsters.
After his consciousness descended,
The most immediate thing Lin Tian noticed was
That the Blood Sea had grown a little colder,
And the blood had taken on a faint black tint,
Though it wasn't very noticeable.
What truly surprised Lin Tian were the Cell Monsters:
Originally, all the Cell Monsters had only simple tentacles and mouths,
And they had no eyes,
Or noses, or anything like that,
But now everything had changed.
All these Cell Monsters,
Whether Red Monsters,
White Monsters,
Blue Monsters,
Or Purple Monsters,
Had undergone striking changes in appearance.
They had all grown a single eye,
Their bodies were covered in black markings,
And pitch-black tentacles had sprouted from their backs.
Combined with their original colors,
They had become Red-Black Monsters,
White-Black Monsters,
Purple-Black Monsters, and Blue-Black Monsters,
Their appearances now somewhat twisted.
The fact that they had no eyes had merely seemed strange to Lin Tian before,
But now they gave him a spine-chilling feeling.
He realized it wasn't just a few individuals that had mutated.
After looking around,
He found that almost all the Cell Monsters had turned into these twisted forms.
Lin Tian immediately understood:
This had to be a change brought about by the corruption of his Martial Soul!
These blood cells were part of his Martial Soul,
So the monsters had mutated too,
Becoming corrupted right along with it.
Damn it,
This was completely different from what he had imagined!
What was this supposed to be?
An Evil Era of the Blood Sea?
All the Sea Monsters had become corrupted along with it,
So what the hell would they evolve into?
The Blood Sea monsters in his entire arm numbered far more than a trillion.
Lin Tian had studied medicine,
So he knew the human body had several hundred trillion blood cells in total.
The arm made up more than one tenth of the body,
So it contained at least tens of trillions.
If all of them turned into evil blood cells,
Wouldn't they evolve into Cthulhu in the future?
Holy crap,
It was over!
However,
Over the next few days,
Lin Tian found a sliver of hope amid his despair—
He saw normal Blood Cell Monsters again.
They had been replenished naturally after the evil blood cells were killed.
The newly generated Blood Cell Monsters were normal in form,
So this hadn't caused any lasting harm.
Over the past few days,
Lin Tian had also managed to locate Blood Fiend's corpse.
He had now made the area around Blood Fiend's body a fixed landmark.
He had also made another discovery:
Whenever he was injured without being in the Martial Soul Possession state,
It had a severe effect on the Blood Sea's ecosystem,
Almost like the end of the world.
That tiny cup of blood
Had actually contained an entire Sea Soul Beast clan.
The Starfish Soul Beast Clan had unfortunately been caught in the crossfire.
The area he had cut into
Had happened to be teeming with Starfish Soul Beasts.
That Blood Extraction Needle, which was practically a Super Divine Artifact,
Had sucked up every Starfish in the region like a god,
And now they were still trapped in a cup.
He didn't know whether the Starfish that had left the Blood Sea World were still alive,
Though he figured they were completely dead,
Given the barrier between the two worlds.
But even if they weren't completely dead,
He had studied medicine,
So there was no way he would put this contaminated blood back into his body—
It wasn't sterile anymore.
If he put it back,
Maybe this Evil Era would turn straight into a Zombie Era.
By now, the vast majority of the Starfish Clan had already gone extinct,
Only a few scattered Starfish tribes remained outside,
which left him sighing with emotion:
He had only suffered a minor injury,
and spilled just a little blood,
yet an entire race had vanished.
If he spilled any more blood,
all these Sea Soul Beasts would probably be done for.
So, after confirming the condition of his body and the state of the Blood Sea,
Lin Tian made up his mind:
From now on,
his Martial Soul would remain released at all times.
That was his first principle.
He had to make sure nothing happened to the Blood Sea,
because it was his only cheat,
and he had to make good use of it.
Keeping it released at all times still wasn't enough.
He had to make an armguard in advance,
to protect this hand of his.
No,
not just one piece.
He would become a Battle Armor Master,
covering this entire arm with Battle Armor
to protect the safety of the whole Blood Sea.
After leaving the Blood Sea,
Lin Tian returned to his body
and began sorting through Blood Fiend's legacy.
As the saying went, "Murder and arson put gold belts around your waist."
Blood Fiend's corpse was inside Lin Tian's body,
so he could claim everything Blood Fiend had
and inherit all of his legacy perfectly.
Blood Fiend wasn't just an Evil Soul Master and Titled Douluo;
he was also a Level 9 Soul Engineer.
He was rich beyond measure.
First was Blood Fiend's identity token from the Holy Spirit Cult:
He was a powerhouse at the Titled Douluo level,
yet he was only an elder,
and not even a central elder—just an ordinary branch elder.
Above branch elders were Church Elders,
Core Elders,
then the Four Heavenly Kings,
the Two Emperors of Underworld Ghosts,
and finally the Demon Empress.
The hierarchy was extremely strict.