Corpse Chunks
What are the drawbacks of the Blood Control Method?
First, the target must be alive and a living being with blood; the water corpse Li Wei encountered at the beginning is clearly not an example. Second, it will not work if the user's combat power is equal to or higher than the user's. Furthermore, people who also possess this technique or other special skills will not be affected.
However, most creatures would be affected by this Blood Kill Technique. The water snake, its head severed, hissed in pain, and its left head suddenly spewed out an indestructible water arrow.
Li Wei quickly ducked, and the water arrow grazed past his head, instantly creating a terrible gap in the Rock Wall behind him. Just as Li Wei looked up, another water arrow came hurtling towards him.
So Li Wei kept dodging, and at this moment, the middle head of the Three-Headed Water Snake began to spew something out—it was the magic 'Water Bomb'.
If the water arrow possessed extremely powerful cutting force, then this Water Bomb possessed extremely strong impact force. Li Wei was caught off guard and was hit squarely by the water bullet.
Bang!
The feeling was as if he had been hit by a speeding train. Li Wei felt as if all the bones in his body were about to fall apart, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, which landed some distance away.
Seeing this, the water snake, now with only two heads remaining, hissed excitedly and twisted its massive body as it crawled out of the lake and towards the spot where Li Wei had fallen.
Just then, the snake's body shuddered violently, and its remaining two tongues fell off simultaneously, leaving clean cuts and gushing out a large amount of blood. Then, the headless snake swayed twice before collapsing to the ground.
The water snake had a total of 5000 health points, and the first Blood Kill took away 1500 of them. The final Blood Kill completely wiped out the water snake's remaining health, since its three heads had been severed and there was no reason for it to still be alive.
Li Wei sat up from the ground, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and thought to himself, "The blood in this water snake's body is too viscous. To use the Blood Slaughter Method, I need to expend twice the usual true essence. But the three-headed snake is powerful enough. A mere A1 level snake actually managed to injure me!"
Li Wei got up from the ground, walked to the snake's corpse, and began to examine the fallen items.
Although this giant snake is troublesome, the items it drops are quite generous, including a 'Basic Water Magic Skill Book', a 'Water Bomb' Skill Book, a snakeskin armor, and of course, Water Soul Fragment that can enhance water magic.
Li Wei picked up all the spoils of war, then took out a basic water magic Skill Book and chose to learn it.
This is only a D-rank Skill Book, but it forms the foundation of water magic. A tall building starts from the ground up, and the most important thing is the foundation. The same is true for learning magic. Without learning low-level skills, you cannot continue to learn high-level skills. This is the skill system of Shadow Street.
The Skill Book transformed into a ball of light particles and entered Li Wei's body. Li Wei felt as if he were enveloped by a warm current, which was indescribably comfortable.
A few seconds later, the light disappeared. Li Wei stretched his arms and checked his basic information.
Clearly, he now has an additional attribute: 'Water Magic: Basic'.
Li Wei smiled slightly, immediately took out the Elementary Water Magic Book, and chose to learn it again. This time, the light ball lasted much longer than before, and when the light dissipated, Li Wei's water magic had reached the 'beginner' level.
"Finally, there's been progress. The next step is to upgrade water magic from 'beginner' to 'intermediate,' then to 'advanced,' 'master,' and finally 'grandmaster.' Without a doubt, it's a long road!" Li Wei shook his head with a wry smile, but he also knew that the 'Mirror Image' was absolutely worth the effort.
Now that my water magic has reached the 'beginner' level, can I also learn some basic water magic skills?
Li Wei took out the 'Water Bomb' that the water snake had dropped earlier, only to find that this spell actually required water magic to reach the 'intermediate' level.
Helpless, Li Wei packed everything away and slowly approached the lake. This time, nothing rushed out of the water, but that didn't mean there was no danger.
Li Wei approached the lake and squatted down, discovering many fish shadows swimming in the water.
Not far away, the blood flowing from the water snake also flowed into the lake. Instantly, a spectacular scene appeared on the water's surface, with thousands of palm-sized strange fish vying for the blood. Li Wei had a flash of inspiration and cut off a large piece of water snake meat, throwing it into the lake. As soon as the piece of meat hit the water, it was devoured by the strange fish. In the blink of an eye, not even a scrap of meat could be found.
Li Wei gasped, "It's a piranha! Maybe the water snake's blood lured them out. They can't get wet now!"
He then took out a flight card. Since he couldn't travel by water, he would fly to the small island in the lake.
Li Wei was eager to know whether the jar on that small island contained the legendary remains of the Archmage, and what purpose those remains served.
At the same moment, the fat man in another tomb chamber was also filled with curiosity, but even more so with fear.
After escaping the pursuit of hundreds of 'Sacrificial Maiden' and finally reaching the passage, he discovered a large stone coffin at the end of the passage.
There was no other way out of the passage. Clearly, the fat man knew he was trapped here and had no other way out except to summon the Yellow Paper and return to Shadow Street.
But before that, should we explore the sarcophagus?
The fat man's intuition told him not to go.
Inside a tomb chamber, a huge, eerie stone coffin was discovered. Anyone with a modicum of sense knew that there was absolutely nothing of value inside. The 'Sacrificial Maiden' in the smaller stone coffins outside further indicated that this 'Mage's Tomb' was fraught with danger.
"Could there be a Sacrificial Maiden over 2 meters tall lying in here?" the fat man thought jokingly. He just wondered how big her breasts would be Sacrificial Maiden were over 2 meters tall.
Thinking this through, the fat man decided to investigate. What if there weren't any monsters inside, but a coffin full of Water Source Magic Stone? One Water Source Magic Stone could be exchanged for 50 points, and such a large coffin could easily hold tens of thousands of them. Wouldn't he be rich if he exchanged them for points? With those points, exchanging them for a 'Superman' bloodline from the Shadow Merchant wouldn't be difficult at all.
After all, exchanging for Superman's bloodline only costs 600,000 points, which is an A-grade bloodline. For a moment, the fat man was lost in his own fantasy.
Wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, the fat man slapped his chubby face, revealing a fierce expression. "It's settled then. Let's go see what's there. If we're lucky, we'll be able to turn the tables; if we're unlucky, we'll just retreat. It's no big deal!"
Thinking of this, the fat man pulled up his pants and walked over with a resolute expression.
This stone coffin is indeed enormous, with a height of at least 2 meters and a length of an astonishing 5 meters.
The fat man circled the stone coffin but found no mechanism; however, he did see many murals carved on the coffin.
The fat man had always looked down on this kind of art, but he wasn't stupid; perhaps he could glean some clues from the mural.
It took the fat man a long time to understand that the mural depicted a process.
If I understand correctly, it was an extremely cruel process of 'dismemberment'. A man in a robe was cut into six pieces by six extremely bizarre-looking monsters, each monster holding a piece of the corpse. Then, the mural began to change the scene, and only one of the six monsters remained. Beside it, there was a huge stone coffin. The monster put the pieces of the corpse into the coffin and then entered the coffin as well.
The murals ended here, but they conveyed a very important message.
The fat man looked at the stone coffin in front of him, then at the stone coffin in the mural, and suddenly a bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
"Damn it, could it be the same stone coffin?"
At this point, the fat man became a little scared.
If the cruel stories depicted in the murals are true, then there should be a corpse and a terrifying monster inside the sarcophagus in front of me.
The monster depicted in the mural was very simple, but this only fueled the fat man's imagination to conjure up its true appearance.
The biggest difference between humans and other animals is their imagination.
Imagination gave humanity wings, enabling the creation of cars, airplanes, and ships, and allowing humans to successfully fly to the moon. It can be said that imagination is humanity's greatest asset. At the same time, imagination is also a source of fear; at this moment, the fat man was almost frightened by the monster he had imagined in his mind.
"Pah! I've survived a Resident Evil mission, lived through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. What haven't I seen? A mere stone coffin and a broken monster think they can stop my get-rich-quick scheme? Don't even think about it!" The fat man slapped himself hard across the face.
"Right, this must be a scam. Maybe the stone coffin is full of Water Source Magic Stone, or other treasures, and they deliberately carved such a scary scene to frighten people. You think I'd believe that? You think you can make me back down? You underestimate me!"
The fat man laughed heartily, seemingly having found the perfect excuse for himself. He decided that no matter what, he had to open the coffin and see what was inside. Even if there really was a monster inside, the fat man was determined to fight it. After all, monsters in the dungeon world would drop a lot of good stuff after being killed.
Thinking of this, the fat man leaped onto the stone coffin, intending to push the lid open.
The fat man used almost all his strength, but the lid weighed at least tens of thousands of pounds, which made him feel powerless. After trying for a long time, the stone lid did not budge.
The fat man cursed and was about to roll up his sleeves to try again when he suddenly heard a creaking sound coming from the stone coffin.