Blood Clan Inheritance

A scream tore from Wu Hao's mouth. This time, he was smashed straight into the ground by a single punch, blood spraying from his mouth.

"You brat, you're absolutely astounding! How did you do it?"

Li Yuan Jia could scarcely believe it. That was Wu Hao—the Wu Family's second-ranked genius, sixth place at the previous Wuzhou City Genius Summit! Against such a powerhouse, even if he were cautious, his odds of victory would not reach forty percent!

"Just luck. I didn't expect to break through at a time like this. Otherwise, I'd probably have been finished too."

Li Ye spoke modestly, but Li Yuan Jia gave him a deep look and asked no further questions. Everyone had their own secrets; he was no exception. During the Inner Disciple battles, Li Ye had already displayed a terrifying talent for fighting above his level. Now, he had defeated a peak eighth level of the Spirit Martial Realm Martial Dao Master while only at Spirit Martial Tier Six. Such a record was shocking not only in Wuzhou City, but even throughout the surrounding towns.

By then, Wu Hao had already been helped to his feet by his companions. Blood streamed down his face, yet his eyes were like those of a beast as he glared viciously in their direction.

"Brat! What's your name?"

Clearly, Wu Hao appeared unharmed on the surface, but he had still suffered some injuries. His eyes were gloomy as he asked in a low voice.

"Li Ye!"

"Good! Li Ye! I, Wu Hao, will remember you! At tomorrow's Genius Summit, I hope you won't be absent!"

They had come today intending to humiliate the Li Family, yet this outcome had caught all three of them by surprise. Still, they did not dare act rashly. This was, after all, Li Family territory. Challenges and sparring were acceptable, and the Li Family elders would not intervene, but if the three of them made any other move, then even if they were from the Wu Family and Yu Family, they would not leave through these doors today.

Just then, everyone's expressions changed as they sensed a powerful aura drawing near.

"Wu Hao!"

"Li Mo!"

The newcomer was Li Mo. He casually swept his gaze over Li Ye and the others. Seeing Wu Hao's group of three, he was slightly surprised, but his expression remained as arrogant and untouchable as ever.

"Hmph. I was wondering who had come to my Li Family to cause trouble. So it was you. Wu Hao, the Genius Summit hasn't even arrived yet, and you're already so eager to come here and let me humiliate you?"

Li Mo sneered repeatedly, but when he noticed the blood all over Wu Hao's face, a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He knew Wu Hao's strength better than anyone. A year ago, they had fought once at the Genius Summit. Though he had won that time, it had not been easy. Other than Wuzhou City's Four Great Geniuses, Wu Hao was considered one of the leading talents of the next tier.

"Li Mo, you're still as arrogant as ever. What a pity you don't have the strength to match that arrogance. Don't forget, you weren't first last year! You were only third!"

That single sentence immediately changed Li Mo's expression, turning it utterly ugly.

Third! To many, that was an honor—being ranked among the Four Great Geniuses!

But to the proud Li Mo, it was like a thorn lodged in his throat. For the entire year, he had waited day and night for the Genius Summit to arrive.

"Wu Hao! Even if I kill you here, what could your Wu Family do about it?"

A terrifying killing intent erupted from him, and Wu Hao's expression changed. Before this, although he was no match for Li Mo, he had not feared him. But now, he found the man before him to be like a terrifying beast in the wilderness's dark forest, ready to pounce and devour someone at any moment!

"One of Wuzhou City's Four Great Geniuses, Li Mo, is nothing more than this!"

Wu Hao sneered, showing no fear.

Sure enough, after falling silent for a moment, Li Mo did not attack. Instead, he gave a cold laugh. "Wu Hao, I'll spare your dog life. At tomorrow's Genius Summit, pray that you don't run into me. Otherwise, next year will be your death anniversary!"

"Let's go!"

Wu Hao called to his two companions and turned to leave.

Watching him depart, Li Mo made no move to stop him. He then swept a cold gaze over Li Ye's group, as if they were strangers, and snorted. "All of you are trash. So many of you, yet you let three people humiliate you! The Lineage is completely wasting resources on you!"

Those words filled many people with fury, but before Li Mo, the Lineage's current most favored figure, they could only remain silent. After all, compared to Li Mo, even Li Yuan Jia, second among the Inner Disciples, was separated from him by an enormous gap.

Spirit Martial Tier Nine, a Martial Dao Grandmaster! He stood almost at the pinnacle of strength in all of Wuzhou City! Other than those King Tier experts rumored to have entered the Innate Realm, Martial Dao Grandmasters could practically walk sideways through Wuzhou City.

With Wu Hao's departure, everyone gradually dispersed as well.

The excitement stirred by the Genius Summit slowly cooled.

Li Ye and Li Yuan Jia were the last to leave. It was clear that today's battle had weighed heavily on Li Yuan Jia's heart. After all, his goal was to break into the top ten of the Genius Summit, perhaps even the top eight!

"Li Ye, I never expected your strength to grow so quickly. You can even defeat Wu Hao. At this Genius Summit, I'm sure you'll give them a tremendous shock!"

Because of Li Hou Nian, the two had become quite close. With no one else around, Li Yuan Jia spoke without much restraint.

"Just luck. If we truly fought all-out, Wu Hao would beat me completely."

Li Ye did not want to reveal too much about his strength. In his battle with Wu Hao earlier, he had clearly seen that Wu Hao had held back from beginning to end. Even when facing Li Mo, Wu Hao's composure showed that he possessed a powerful trump card.

Of course, Wu Hao had trump cards, and so did he. The Sword Control Technique had steadily matured. Once he used it, he was ninety percent confident he could instantly kill anyone below the level of a Martial Dao Master! Even against a Martial Dao Master, the all-pervading Sword Control Technique would surely force them to hold back and move with bound hands and tied feet.

Then there was Blood Eyes' mental illusion technique, his greatest trump card. At the very least, he had discovered that even Martial Dao Master-level experts would be greatly affected beneath Blood Eyes' gaze.

After returning to the small courtyard where he lived, Li Ye did not know why, but he thought of that strange Ancient Castle he had entered before.

"Blood Clan Inheritance Space."

The moment that thought arose, with a swish, Li Ye discovered that he had arrived in that strange space once more.

A black sky, barren earth, and the Ancient Castle perched atop a steep peak rising from this land.

With his previous experience, he quickly reached the room containing the Blood Clan Marquis inheritance. Just as before, an elegant man resembling a medieval nobleman was waiting for him.

"Welcome, young Blood Clan member. What may I do for you?"

The man who called himself the Inheritance Spirit smiled faintly at Li Ye.

"What exactly is the Blood Clan inheritance you mentioned before?"

The Blood Clan—the Vampires of ordinary people's eyes. Li Ye had only learned a little about this race through films and the like.

Since he had become a member of the Blood Clan, and now this Inheritance Space had appeared, he naturally wanted to understand it properly. In particular, he was greatly looking forward to whether it could help his strength grow.

"That must begin with the origins of the Blood Clan..."

After listening for a while, Li Ye roughly understood. The so-called Blood Clan were actually human as well, except that they had undergone some kind of mutation. According to the Inheritance Spirit, the Blood Clan were an ancient and noble race, one of the many ancient clans.

The Blood Clan drew their power from blood. That was why they gave people the impression of being Vampires, because they gained power from blood! They could even live forever without aging!

Of course, they were not truly immortal. Their lifespans were merely far longer than those of ordinary people.

"Blood Clan members of different ranks possess different levels of power and lifespan. For example, the lowest-ranked Barons fear sunlight, garlic, and silver items, and their lifespan is only around two hundred years."

"Of course, Blood Clan Marquises like yourself possess relatively noble bloodlines among the Blood Clan. You need not fear sunlight, garlic and silver items are also ineffective against you, and barring accidents, your lifespan can reach one thousand years!"

One thousand years! Li Ye's eyes widened!

One had to know that although martial cultivators on the Cloud Soaring Continent defied the heavens and changed their fate, extending their lives through cultivation, even King Tier experts who entered the Innate Realm would not live beyond two hundred years! Yet countless people remained trapped at the Martial Dao Grandmaster level for their entire lives, unable to break through, and ultimately died when their lifespan ran out.

"As noble members of the Blood Clan, you may absorb the blood essence within others to increase your own power, and transform them into your own bloodkin, strengthening your forces."

"Absorb blood essence?" Li Ye recalled how he had condensed a Blood Soul because of this before. "What is blood essence?"

"Blood essence is what ordinary people call a Blood Soul. You may understand it as absorbing the Blood Soul within another person."

Blood Soul!

Li Ye nodded. He was becoming more and more expectant. This ability of the Blood Clan was practically the nightmare of martial cultivators on the Cloud Soaring Continent. But he knew very well that this absolutely could not be discovered by others. Otherwise, he would easily be branded as evil, and drawing the pursuit of countless people would not be worth the gain.

"How are bloodkin created?"

In the end, those Vampires in films could often turn someone into their bloodkin after taking just one sip of their blood. He suddenly thought of himself. Having changed from a human into what he was now, was he also that woman's bloodkin?

Unfortunately, the Inheritance Spirit could not tell him anything about this.

Frowning, Li Ye also learned some other common knowledge about the Blood Clan.

It was largely similar to what he had learned before. The difference was that the Blood Clan did not need to survive by drinking blood. Like ordinary people, they could obtain what they needed from other food. His own experiences over these past days had already proven this; the Blood Clan drank blood more to gain greater power.

In other words, unless the target was stronger than oneself or possessed a higher bloodline, Vampires would not feel any urge to drink blood at all.

"What exactly is going on with these eyes of mine?!"

The Blood Clan had no such thing as Blood Eyes! Though they indeed possessed powerful spiritual strength capable of beguiling people's hearts, these eyes were absolutely extraordinary!

Yet when faced with this question, the Inheritance Spirit was once again unable to answer. Li Ye did not know whether it had some unspeakable difficulty or simply did not know.