Uses of Blood Energy

At Superpower Academy, the afternoon was another self-study period.

The teachers had already gone over the material for senior year countless times.

Now, aside from all kinds of quizzes and exams, all that remained were self-study periods. Of course, the main reason was that teachers from every school had been killed or crippled; only a handful were still able to teach, and they simply could not spare the time.

In the classroom, Zhang Shou lay sprawled over his desk, fast asleep, with a book covering his head. His snoring could still be heard.

Sunlight streamed through the window. Sitting beside Zhang Shou, Yu Xian was "playing" with Blood Energy. Beneath the desk, he held a ball of Blood Energy in each hand, then controlled them to bulge outward into two vague humanoid shapes.

The two humanoid figures made of Blood Energy fought in his palms with spears in hand, their weapons constantly clashing.

The Blood Clan had two major sources of combat strength, one of which was Blood Energy. Any Vampire who awakened a talent for Blood Energy would receive the Blood Clan's focused training.

Yu Xian knew very well how important Blood Energy was.

Besides, when he was in middle school, he had read plenty of webnovels related to the Blood Clan.

The one that had left the deepest impression on him was called After Awakening Blood Energy, I Reached the Peak of Life.

In the novel, the protagonist accidentally saved an important figure of the Blood Clan and received the chance for a First Embrace. However, his first talent was so poor that other Vampires looked down on and mocked him. Yet his first major talent turned out to be Blood Energy, and he was hailed as a once-in-a-century super genius of the Blood Clan. In the end, he not only humiliated the Vampires who had despised him, but also got promoted, received a raise, married a rich and beautiful Blood Clan woman, and reached the peak of life.

It was worth mentioning that the novel featured a great many fictional blood spells.

Back when Yu Xian was in his second year of middle school, he had once been crazily obsessed with that novel. He had even imagined himself as the protagonist.

Perhaps the Yu Xian who had been in his second year of middle school could never have dreamed that one day, he would not only become a Vampire, but that his third talent would be Blood Energy. It was simply even more unbelievable than a power-fantasy novel.

It had to be said that the old saying had only become more valuable with time.

Ever since awakening his Blood Energy talent, Yu Xian had been pondering blood spells.

The Qilin App contained quite a few videos of Vampires using Blood Energy. There were techniques that summoned enormous Blood Sickles, Blood Chains capable of sealing off an area, the Blood Wing Technique for flight, the Blood Cloak used to block sunlight during the day, and even the Red Cloud Black Sky Technique used by the Progenitor in daytime battles.

Many of those blood spells were impossible to understand just by watching their effects.

In the end, Yu Xian set his sights on the Blood Sickle. Though that spell was hardly simple either, he felt he might be able to make a convincing imitation.

The reason he controlled the little Blood Energy figures to fight now was actually to train his ability to shape Blood Energy. The spears in their hands, meanwhile, were meant to test the stability of Blood Energy after forming it into weapons.

Since no one was teaching him, he had no idea whether his ideas were correct or how far they differed from the Blood Clan's blood spells.

He had actually developed another use as well: bubbles.

After making Blood Energy sticky, he only needed to add a little air for it to blow into bubbles as easily as chewing gum.

If he controlled a large number of bubbles beneath his feet, they could create tremendous elasticity, making his speed especially outrageous.

He had also considered laying down countless tiny bubbles as a cushioning layer within armor woven from Blood of Silver. Against opponents with immense strength, it should provide fairly good defense.

The bell rang for the end of class.

Yu Xian drew the Blood Energy back into his body, then took out his phone to browse the trending news and relax a little.

Although sunlight did not make him tired, constantly staying focused brought another kind of exhaustion. It was like working in a factory: even if your body was not tired on the assembly line, you would still grow weary.

It was best to balance work and rest. When it was time to relax, he should relax.

"Salty Fish, are you free tonight?" Chen Ling chatted quietly with Nora for a while, then turned to Yu Xian and asked.

Yu Xian nodded. "I'm free. What is it?"

Night patrols were not required every day.

He and Zhang Shou only needed to patrol twice a week. The rest of the time, the battle police took turns handling the night patrols.

Since he and Zhang Shou had already carried out a patrol mission last night, it definitely would not be their turn again today. He truly had time.

"There's a finale performance at the Beast Arena tonight. Nora wants to invite us to watch it together. Are you and Zhang Shou going?" Chen Ling asked.

Yu Xian glanced at Nora. Seeing her pretend not to care, he could not help smiling. "Since the silly goose is treating us, of course I can't miss it."

The Beast Arena was where superhumans captured all kinds of extraordinary creatures in the wilderness, then put those creatures and superhumans into cages to compete. It was somewhat like bullfighting, and it always ended with those extraordinary creatures being killed.

Yu Xian had never watched a match in person, but there were plenty of paid videos online, and he had watched many of them before.

Those famous beast-fighting warriors were essentially big celebrities. Not only did they endorse all kinds of products, they also had huge fanbases. They could make hundreds of millions just from merchandise alone.

If he had not joined Qilin, Yu Xian felt that once he became strong enough to no longer fear the Blood Clan, he might very well have become a beast-fighting warrior.

"You're the silly goose."

Nora rolled her eyes dramatically at Yu Xian, but the corners of her mouth secretly curled upward.

Actually, because of Yu Xian, Nora's status within the Blood Clan had not declined during this period. Instead, it had risen rapidly. If she had once merely been jokingly called the Blood Clan's little princess by Superpower Academy, then now she was truly close to becoming the Blood Clan's little princess.

Yu Xian had become a Vampire using her blood, yet he was equally unafraid of sunlight. This was an enormous breakthrough. If every Vampire she gave a First Embrace to was immune to sunlight, the Blood Clan would no longer be limited to acting at night. They could declare their presence even during the day.

It could be said that Nora was the Blood Clan's new hope. Even the Progenitor had turned its gaze toward her and was considering granting her Progenitor Blood.

The next class was another self-study period.

After the three of them agreed on where to meet that evening, they all quieted down and went about their own business.

Yu Xian still kept his hands beneath the desk, but this time, he condensed a small blood-red knife. He pressed the blade against his palm, feeling its hardness and sharpness.

If I keep compressing the Blood Energy...

Through touch, Yu Xian determined that the knife he had made was only comparable to an ordinary iron weapon. He then began compressing the Blood Energy with his mind.

Although most Vampires were fragile, Yu Xian was an exception.

For some reason, his build had indeed become similar to that of an ordinary Vampire. He was slender and even slightly thin. Looking only at his face and muscle definition, no one would ever imagine that he could easily lift objects weighing one or two tons.

To adapt to his own strength and speed, his skin, tendons, and bones had all become extremely tough.

Especially after awakening Blood Energy, ordinary kitchen knives could no longer cut his skin. Weapons such as iron rods could hardly inflict any effective damage on him.

At that moment, he compressed the original fifteen-centimeter knife down to ten centimeters.

The blade made a light cut.

A bloody mark appeared on his palm, but under the sunlight, it vanished in an instant.