Two Great Talents

Vampires! The dark sovereigns of ancient legend, elegant nobles, and at the same time, the cruelest hunters of the night!

They possessed handsome appearances, outstanding temperaments, and refined manners.

Yet they also craved blood to moisten their parched throats, to use that scorching, vivid liquid to fill their hollow hearts and souls!

Though he had long been mentally prepared, Li Ye still found it difficult to calm his heart when he truly saw what he looked like now.

Transmigration, vampires—he did not know whether this was his calamity or a turning point in his fate.

Actually, ever since he woke up and discovered that his body, which should have been weak and injured, was completely unharmed and even brimming with vitality and strength, he had already suspected it.

"A vampire... Does that mean I'll have to become a night owl from now on?"

Remembering those pitiful vampires from movies who turned to ash the moment they saw sunlight, Li Ye felt somewhat hesitant. He glanced out the window. It was noon, when the sun was at its most vicious, and he had no idea what would happen if he stepped outside.

"Damn it, I can't stay holed up in this room forever! I'll risk it!"

Gathering his courage, Li Ye opened the door a crack. At once, a ray of sunlight pierced through the narrow gap and shone into the room.

Staring at that ray of sunlight, Li Ye gritted his teeth and extended his hand.

"At worst, I'll lose a hand! Vampires have nearly immortal regenerative bodies anyway. No need to be afraid!"

When his hand bathed in that ray of sunlight, it did not burn or turn to ash. Though he felt an intense scorching sensation, there were no other problems.

"Not afraid of sunlight?" This discovery made Li Ye breathe a sigh of relief. Still, he instinctively felt that his current self did not like bright sunlight very much.

Now that he had discovered sunlight was harmless to him, Li Ye finally relaxed.

At the same time, he began studying the effects brought about by the changes in his body.

First, he found a small knife and cut open his skin. It was clear that his skin was somewhat fairer than that of an ordinary person, enough to make countless women burn with envy. Once he cut a wound, it stopped bleeding and scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, within a few breaths, the scab fell off, revealing equally fair skin. Where was there any trace of a wound?

"As expected, my body's recovery ability is far more monstrous than that of an ordinary person."

Yet this discovery was nothing much. On the Cloud Soaring Continent, without powerful strength, one could only be an ordinary mortal.

Next, Li Ye tested his strength. He could easily smash a brick, equivalent to more than five times an ordinary person's strength. That was quite impressive.

"In terms of strength, I'm about the same as a martial cultivator at Spirit Martial Rank One."

With the memories in his mind, Li Ye did not need to worry about being unable to adapt to this world. For martial cultivators of the Cloud Soaring Continent, the Spirit Martial Rank was the foundation and the gateway to cultivation. Those who awakened their bloodlines and activated their Blood Souls underwent earth-shaking transformations, their constitutions greatly improving. Their strength and other attributes would rise substantially. For example, a martial cultivator who had just activated a Blood Soul was at Spirit Martial Rank One, and possessed three to five times an ordinary person's strength.

In terms of raw strength, Li Ye was now roughly comparable to a Spirit Martial Rank One martial cultivator.

Of course, Spirit Martial Rank One was only the beginning, the lowest trash among martial cultivators. Every rise in rank increased one's strength by three to five times, depending mainly on talent. But the gap in strength between every rank was no small matter.

After that, however, Li Ye made a pleasant discovery. He found that his body was now as light as a feather. With a casual leap, he could rise four or five meters high, and with a single step, he could cover two or three meters. At the same time, his sight, hearing, and sense of smell were exceptionally sharp, allowing him to clearly distinguish every blade of grass and tree within ten meters.

"In terms of speed and reactions, I can at least match someone at Spirit Martial Tier Three!"

A Spirit Martial Tier Three martial cultivator was at least more than ten times stronger than a Spirit Martial Rank One martial cultivator. They were simply not in the same league. Although Li Ye's strength was only equivalent to Spirit Martial Rank One, in terms of speed, there was not much difference between him and Spirit Martial Tier Three.

This meant that when facing someone at Spirit Martial Rank One, he held an absolute advantage. His opponent would not even be able to grasp his shadow, much less fight him. Even someone at Spirit Martial Tier Two would likely only be able to flee with their head in their hands upon encountering him. And even against Spirit Martial Tier Three, Li Ye now had the strength to barely put up a fight.

"Unfortunately, my strength is too weak. That's a shortcoming."

Though delighted, he had not let it go to his head. He knew his disadvantage clearly. Though his vampire constitution gave him the qualifications to contend with someone at Spirit Martial Tier Three, without an activated Blood Soul, he could never surpass those martial cultivators supported by Blood Souls in the future.

"I wonder what this Blood Soul even is. Could it really be impossible to activate?" Though unwilling, he knew that this body had begun trying to activate its Blood Soul at the age of three, yet had achieved nothing for over a decade.

Many descendants of great lineages began trying to activate theirs while still children. Generally, activating one at around sixteen was considered very poor talent; before fourteen was fairly good; and activating a Blood Soul before twelve meant one was a genius! As for activating a Blood Soul before ten, only one person had appeared in all of Wuzhou City over the past century! That person was the missing head of the Li Family, Li Kainian.

As for Li Ye, he was already sixteen, yet there had not been the slightest sign of success. His reputation as trash had long spread throughout Wuzhou City.

After all, even among youths born into ordinary families, many had activated their Blood Souls by his age. Yet he, a descendant of a great lineage like the Li Family, inheriting the powerful bloodline of his ancestors, had still failed to activate his Blood Soul. If that did not make him trash, what did?

He had no clue where Blood Souls were concerned. But Li Ye was unwilling to leave things at that.

"I wonder if vampires can level up?"

Suddenly, such a wildly absurd thought popped into his mind.

The vampires of legend were far more than this. Even the legendary True Ancestor-level vampires were terrifying existences feared by gods themselves.

"If I had the terrifying strength of a True Ancestor, what Blood Soul or peerless martial cultivator would matter? They'd all be ants! Not worth a single blow!"

But what rank of vampire was he now?

That truly was a headache-inducing question. He had inexplicably turned into a vampire; how the hell was he supposed to know basic vampire knowledge?

"If only that beautiful woman had transmigrated too." Thinking of the stunning woman who had turned him into what he was now, he had a feeling that she was definitely no ordinary vampire! She might have been a vampire of an exceptionally high rank!

Just then, a piece of obscure, incomprehensible information surged out from the depths of his mind. In an instant, it overwhelmed Li Ye's consciousness, and he fainted.

He did not know how long had passed. When Li Ye woke again, night had already fallen outside the window.

"I actually fainted for half a day? Good thing Aunt Yun didn't come by, or I really wouldn't have been able to explain it!"

A wave of lingering fear rose in his heart. Li Ye climbed up from the floor, and then his memories from before fainting resurfaced. At the same time, much information that had not existed before had appeared in his mind.

After roughly sorting through it, Li Ye's expression kept changing. There was surprise, confusion, and, more than anything else, excitement and exhilaration.

That information was actually about how vampires cultivated! It contained a complete set of methods for vampire survival.

"Unafraid of sunlight... Does that mean I should be a Marquis-level vampire? But that's not right. If I were a Marquis-level vampire, I couldn't possibly be this weak. Did something go wrong?"

Li Ye could not make head or tail of it. Shaking his head, he temporarily cast aside these doubts and continued reading.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Ye finally gained a rough understanding of his current situation.

Vampires began with the weakest rank, Baron. Above that came Viscount, Count, Marquis, then Duke and Prince. Of course, there were also the legendary True Ancestors, as well as Ghouls, which were so weak they could barely be considered vampires and were even weaker than Barons.

Among them, Baron, Viscount, and Count vampires were the most common, matching many myths and legends. They emerged at night, and sunlight harmed them. Barons were the weakest; a single ray of sunlight would reduce them to ashes, and they also feared garlic and silver. Viscounts were somewhat stronger, but still could not remain under sunlight for long and became extremely weak in the sun. Though immune to garlic, silver remained their nemesis. Only Counts possessed some resistance and could move beneath the sun, though it greatly weakened their strength. Other than that, they had no weaknesses.

As for him, barring any accident, he should be a Marquis-level vampire. Aside from feeling hotter than an ordinary person under sunlight, he felt no discomfort whatsoever. Yet according to the strict vampire classification, not to mention a Marquis-level vampire, even the weakest Baron vampire possessed strength at least equivalent to a martial cultivator above Spirit Martial Tier Six on the Cloud Soaring Continent!

"Why am I so weak?"

However, Li Ye found two things in those memories that delighted him.

First, he did not need to live on the blood of living people. This made Li Ye let out a huge sigh of relief. After all, mentally, he was still a normal person. Drinking living people's blood might be acceptable once in a while, but eating it as a daily meal would be disgusting.

Then, vampires possessed two great innate talents!

The first was that in the darkness of night, any vampire's strength would double! There were no side effects whatsoever! This was an incredibly monstrous ability. On the entire Cloud Soaring Continent, there were Combat Techniques that could increase one's strength for a short time, but they all came with side effects! Vampires, however, could double their strength at night without paying any price at all!

On the night of a full moon each month, they could even increase their strength tenfold! It was practically heaven-defying!

The second was that vampires were born understanding illusion and spiritual attacks. They possessed an eye technique called Blood Eyes, somewhat like an enhanced form of mental hypnosis, but far more terrifying. A single glance was all it took. Of course, it would be useless against opponents with steadfast wills, powerful spiritual strength, or vastly superior strength.

As for the other vampire traits, such as enhanced constitution and speed, they were not even worth mentioning before these two great talents.

"Even someone at Spirit Martial Tier Three would definitely be no match for me at night!" A powerful confidence appeared on Li Ye's face!