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Chapter 30: Exploiting a Glitch for a Blood Transfusion
Chapter 30: Exploiting a Glitch for a Blood Transfusion
The study was brightly lit and serene, occasionally disturbed by the sound of pages turning. Su Nan sat behind his desk, engrossed in his reading. In the invisible space around him, notifications for spell learning progress kept flashing at regular intervals.
He had already successfully mastered the Shield Spell. Now, he was learning the Charm Person spell, and the progress bar had already surpassed 90%. It would only take another two or three days to fully master it.
However, after that, he would have no more spells to learn.
"Although I've commissioned the Firefox Guild to help, finding the right first-level spells isn't easy. I wonder how things are progressing," Su Nan muttered to himself as he closed the book.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he looked up toward the door, a smile spreading across his face.
"Where have you been running off to? Haven't been causing trouble, have you?"
"Hisss!"
A raspy hiss was his answer. As if a veil had been lifted, a massive lizard materialized near the door, shaking its head and nodding at Su Nan.
Perhaps due to being confined in a cage for too long, Hidden Dragon had fully embraced its freedom, running around the inner castle every day. Fortunately, it had the perfect camouflage and the ability to shift between reality and the ethereal, which prevented any panic.
To this day, no one, not even Knight Commander Koi, had noticed its presence.
Su Nan couldn't help but marvel at his incredible luck. His first magical pet had awakened such a powerful ability. While its physical strength was only at the level of a Junior Knight Commander, its camouflage and reality-shifting abilities made it a formidable threat, even to a Senior Knight Commander.
Moreover, Hidden Dragon's physical strength had a lot of potential for development, thanks to the Dragon Lizard bloodline in its veins. According to the information provided by the Synthesis Cube, Hidden Dragon's Dragon Lizard bloodline concentration was currently only 18.35%.
If he could increase this concentration, it would significantly enhance Hidden Dragon's power.
"Boost the bloodline concentration, huh?"
Su Nan's eyes flickered with thought. He had tried giving Hidden Dragon a Dragon Blood Potion, but the effect was minimal. While the potion contained sub-dragon blood, it had been modified to strengthen the body. Even if Hidden Dragon consumed it, it wouldn't increase the bloodline concentration, only slightly enhancing its physical strength.
After much deliberation, Su Nan decided to take a different approach: a blood transfusion. With the Synthesis Cube, he could extract Dragon Lizard blood from Hidden Dragon, synthesize it into a more advanced sub-dragon blood, and then inject it back into Hidden Dragon. By repeating this process, he could continuously increase Hidden Dragon's bloodline concentration.
It was worth a try!
"Am I exploiting a glitch here?"
Su Nan chuckled to himself. Of course, the process would be lengthy. The synthesized blood volume would be significantly reduced, and injecting it back into Hidden Dragon wouldn't replace the blood lost during extraction. Hidden Dragon would need time to regenerate new blood and recover.
Therefore, the blood transfusions could only be done at intervals. As for extracting blood from the Black-Scaled Lizardmen captives, the small amount of blood wouldn't be enough, and the risk of blood incompatibility between different individuals would make the procedure more difficult and dangerous.
Regardless, the blood transfusion seemed feasible, and Su Nan believed it was worth trying.
"Besides, my Biological Modification skill just reached level 2. Performing a blood transfusion shouldn't be too difficult."
Under Su Nan's intense gaze, Hidden Dragon, lying on the floor, shivered, recalling the fear of being dominated by the blood extraction.
Chapter 31: The Hidden Menace
The night was deep, and the silver moon hung high in the sky, casting a gossamer-like light over the land.
In the darkness, two figures silently scaled the walls and slipped into the courtyard.
Looking around the silent compound, the two men exchanged puzzled glances. How was it possible that the younger brother of the Blackstone City Lord lived in a place with no guards in sight? Had the security in the inner fortress of Blackstone City become this lax?
If the security at the other target's location was equally poor, their assassination mission would be far easier than expected.
After a brief exchange of glances, the two men, dressed in dark attire, gripped their sword hilts and moved in unison toward the inner corridors of the courtyard.
According to their reconnaissance, Su Nan rarely allowed his servants into the courtyard, so they had no idea which room he slept in. They would have to search each room one by one.
Fortunately, there were no guards, so they didn't have to worry about being discovered if their search took too long.
Under the cover of night, their movements were smooth and unobstructed, encountering no resistance.
Yet, despite the ease, a sense of unease gnawed at their hearts, sending a chill down their spines. It was as if they were being watched by some unseen, dangerous presence.
But a quick look around revealed no one.
They dismissed their unease as mere overcautiousness, shook their heads, and continued their infiltration.
They crossed the courtyard and arrived at the entrance of the long corridor.
Seeing the closed doors at the end of the corridor, the two men simultaneously tightened their grips on their swords and silently drew them from their scabbards.
At the moment they unsheathed their swords, their deep-seated unease intensified, and a bone-chilling cold shot up their spines.
In that instant, they both felt an overwhelming sense of impending death.
Years of combat experience left them no room for hesitation. They instinctively leaped to the sides.
However, the man on the right had barely covered a few meters when his body froze mid-air. Several crescent-shaped blood holes appeared in his chest, and his body twisted into an unnatural, contorted shape.
The other assassin, having landed and steadied himself, saw this and his pupils shrank to pinpricks.
The moonlight, filtering through the spray of blood, revealed the silhouette of a massive creature, over ten meters long, covered in scales, and moving on all fours.
Its mouth, filled with sharp, jagged teeth, was clamped tightly around his fallen comrade, blood gushing from the convulsing body.
It was clear that his companion was already dead.
"By the stars, what is this monster?!"
The man gasped in horror.
He had seen his fair share of ferocious beasts, but a creature over ten meters long, capable of invisibility, and undetectable even to two seasoned knights, was unheard of!
Thud!
The monster spat out the corpse and hissed, its massive body slowly vanishing in the moonlight.
The surviving assassin's scalp tingled with fear. Without a second thought, he turned and ran, reaching the courtyard wall in a flash and leaping to scale it.
But in the next instant, he was struck as if by a high-speed boulder. His bones shattered with a sickening crunch, and he was sent flying over a dozen meters, landing with a thud.
Despite the severe impact, the man still struggled to rise, spitting out a mouthful of blood and meat, determined to escape. But then he felt a heavy weight press down on his back.
The next second, a wave of excruciating pain overwhelmed his senses, and he lost consciousness.
Thank you to Leixian An for the support!
(End of Chapter)
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