Chapter 45: Blood and More Blood

[Item: Blood Demon Spear (Modified)

Rank: Saint-Tier

Description: Weapon forged from the blood of a Demon God, capable of withstanding the weight of a galaxy and using the power of the Demon God to tear space-time apart.]

Once again, Levi’s lips twitched.

He was reminded of the similarities with the previous item.

Both were ridiculously powerful, but he could be pretty sure he wouldn’t be able to use them.

Just as he expected, he saw more information below the description. Since this was a weapon, it showed him the effects and state.

[State: Sealed (Unlocked- 1st Level)

Effect 1: Holds the power to absorb blood to enhance itself

Effect 2: Increases the user’s blood energy amount by double

Effect 3: Uses the blood of the enemy to heal the user

Note: Each level can only be unlocked by reaching a certain level of strength.]

Looking at the note at the bottom, Levi sighed.

Sure enough, just because they were powerful didn’t mean he could use them. No matter how good they were, he had to get stronger first.

Fortunately, it was a spear. He believed the system modified this part as well. After all, how lucky would he have to be to get a spear like this?

Of course, Levi didn’t think much and opened the panel of the third item.

[Item: Blood Puppet Art

Rank: Saint-Tier

Description: Using the blood of your enemies to raise an army, this is a forbidden technique feared by all, as your past enemies become your future allies.]

Just like the technique, the information about it was quickly sent to his brain. As Levi accepted this information, he noticed the situation of this art.

It turned out he could create a blood army with the blood of his enemies. Even the blood that was spilled on the ground could be summoned.

Even his own blood could be used to create a puppet.

Unlike the previous technique, all the information about the Blood Puppet Art was sent to his mind.

Because he couldn’t use it to its full potential, even if he wanted to.

This art was divided into three parts.

-Inferior Blood Puppets

-True Blood Puppets

-Blood Puppets Kingdom

Among these three parts, the last two were almost impossible to achieve because True Blood Puppets required him to channel a soul into the puppet.

So, he must prepare a soul first. Fortunately, he could use a monster’s soul or an alien’s soul as well.

As long as they were souls, they could be used.

But even so, he didn’t have a method to pull a soul from others. This art only had instructions on how to fuse the soul with the blood puppet.

So, he had to first find a Martial Art that could pull out a soul, then refine that soul and fuse it to the blood puppet, making a True Blood Puppet.

As for Blood Puppets Kingdom, it was simply a domain.

Something he didn’t know much about. After two months, he only knew Domains were accessible to the likes of Martial Saints.

Because of this, he didn’t think he could pull off the second and third parts of this art.

Of course, Inferior Blood Puppets were also difficult to make, but at least he could make them.

He just had to gather the blood using this art and then refine it. Then, he needed three materials to forge an Inferior Blood Puppet.

Of course, he would also need more materials for True Blood Puppets and even more for the Blood Puppets Kingdom.

The items for Inferior Blood Puppets were: Yin Stone, Red Sun Grass, and Azure Lotus Petal.

Yes, the one that was used in creating the first star of the Nine Stars Patterns.

Because Azure Lotus Petal could provide an enormous amount of energy for both projects.

In this situation, Yin Stone was used to turn blood into an actual body. Then, Red Sun Grass was utilized to provide this body with some vitality.

Finally, Azure Lotus Petal was used to provide energy that enhances the power of Yin Stone and Red Sun Grass.

Of course, he would still need to provide it with his spiritual energy and blood energy.

Only then could he make an Inferior Blood Puppet.

Just because it was called Inferior didn’t mean it was truly inferior. The only thing that made it inferior to a True Blood Puppet was a soul.

It couldn’t evolve actively.

These puppets could train together with him, and after each training, they could get stronger, but in the process, his spiritual energy would be exhausted.

But the True Blood Puppet had a soul. This allowed them to recover their spiritual energy and continue training.

That’s what made this Puppet Art Saint Tier.

At least, according to the introduction, it was a Saint Tier Art, but it didn’t feel that way until he read this information.

Imagine making hundreds, or even thousands, of puppets, letting them get stronger while also getting stronger himself.

Then, in any kind of war, he wouldn’t lack people.

More importantly, if he made a Blood Puppet, could it also sign the contract and become a part of the Council?

Maybe he could use it to cause some chaos in the world.

Of course, these ideas were far-fetched for now. He would simply need to focus on one thing.

Kill as many monsters as possible.

With his new Evil Eyes, he believed he was capable of fighting Advanced Beast Cub.

Of course, even without that, he should be able to fight them, but he wasn’t sure if he could win.

"I’ve recovered. Levi, what about you?"

Mike stood up and excitedly walked towards Levi.

Levi nodded, and they waited for Sonya to recover her blood energy level. Fortunately, they didn’t need to eat any nutritional bar this time.

But they were pretty sure they couldn’t do it every single time. They would need to recover their blood energy level in just a few minutes.

So, all three of them were saving protein bars.

"Mike, I think I can kill an Advanced Beast Cub."

Levi proudly held his Demon Blood Spear and said.

"Levi, did you change your spear?"

Sonya gave him a confused look, asking a question she considered foolish.

"Of course not! I just changed the color."

Levi answered. That wasn’t wrong. Except for the dark red color, the spear didn’t look that different.

It still had the same top with a sharp tip and edges. The patterns on the spear hadn’t changed, as it didn’t really have any patterns.

It could be a coincidence or the system’s interference. Honestly, it didn’t matter.

What mattered was that this spear could indeed work like that.

"I see. But shouldn’t your color be more yellowish?"

Mike asked.

Sonya’s eyes lit up.

"Oh, I see! You bought a weapon that can change its appearance based on the attribute of your blood energy. Since you use flame, it turned dark red."

Levi didn’t know about that, but he shamelessly nodded.

"Yep! So, what about the thing I just said? Should we attack Advanced Beast Cub?"

Levi asked.

Mike and Sonya became a bit hesitant and looked at each other.

Mike eventually said.

"How about we take this slow? Let’s attack an Intermediate Beast Cub, but if we encounter an Advanced Beast Cub, we can fight."

Levi’s mind snapped back to its place as he realized that he was almost consumed by the blood energy spike.

After all, he had a lot of fun fighting those intermediate beasts and wanted more.

But his friends were still there. He shouldn’t put their lives on the line.

"Sorry, Mike, Sonya! I almost got too excited."

Levi apologized.

Mike shook his head and said.

"It’s okay. We understand. After all, you have been improving your blood energy level for almost two months."

"I faced a similar situation with my sister."

Sonya also said.

"Levi, you don’t have to apologize every single time. If you do this again, we will feel bad about this."

Hearing her words, Levi realized the problem.

They were too weak to help him. Naturally, they didn’t want to waste his time, but they also couldn’t take risks.

Especially since Levi was the one who invited both of them.

"You’ re right."

Levi smiled and patted Sonya on the shoulder.

"Let’s go hunting."

"Man, I can’t wait to shove my fist through a beast’s neck."

"Come on, you need to practice your spiritual power first. Sonya has a better chance of killing a beast than you."

"Well, it’s only because I have a weapon; otherwise Mike is stronger than me."

"Sonya, you don’t need to feel inferior to this guy. Do you think he can’t access a weapon like an axe or a club? He is just lazy."

"I am telling you, Levi. I am just relaxing for the time being."

"Yeah, yeah, everyone is trying to ride a car, and you think you can catch up with a bicycle. Brave, Mike!"

"Damn it! After this hunt, I am going to raise my Divine Axe."

"Don’t tell me it’s called Rita?"