Chapter 215: God-melting Blood
The villa's underground research lab.
"Finally!" Xu Yi stared at the semi-transparent potion in front of him, took a deep breath, and his expression was filled with excitement.
[Demon King's Blood, "Quality: A", "Fusion Success Rate: 42%", "Promotion Potential: Red Rare"]
After the Moonlight Grass was delivered, Xu Yi immediately began to verify his hypothesis. After several failures, he finally found the right formula.
The mixture of nine types of demon blood was a success!
He named this blood "Demon King's Blood."
"This is a moment of epoch-making significance!"
Xu Yi was extremely excited, the successful configuration of the blood meant that he had taken a big step towards his goal of reaching the "Blood Throne."
It also meant that his "Nest of the Evil God-Mysticism Inspiration-Palace of Memory" scientific research system was entirely feasible.
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In the future, he would be able to use this research system to study even more things.
"Even letting the 'Bloodline Potion' shine once more is not impossible!"
Bloodline potions, like alchemy, were also things that had been lost for a long time, with only bits and pieces of descriptions left behind.
The ultimate goal of the MIT Blood Group Five, the "Olivedo Dragon Blood Elixir", was also a type of bloodline potion.
Xu Yi took out the "Blood of Olivedo."
[Blood of Olivedo, "Quality: A", "Fusion Success Rate: 23%", "Promotion Potential: Red Rare"]
As a member of the MIT Blood Group Five, he naturally could come into contact with this type of blood.
There would inevitably be a little "scrap" left over from experiments; Xu Yi used the Annabelle doll unnoticed to take a bit.
Xu Yi took out another type of blood.
[Ryan's Blood, "Quality: A", "Fusion Success Rate: 11%", "Promotion Potential: Red Rare")
Ryan's flesh, after being cultivated artificially, regained its vitality, allowing Xu Yi to have a continuous supply of Ryan's blood.
The prerequisite, of course, was to remove the Evil Deity's blood within it.
After purification, Ryan's blood's fusion success rate had increased from single digits to double digits, but that was already the limit.
"Three kinds of A-grade quality blood; I wonder what they can fuse into!" Xu Yi was somewhat expectant.
Simply A-grade blood was nowhere near enough to satisfy his ambition.
In fact, he also had S-grade quality "Evil Deity's Blood" on him. But no matter what he tried, whether it was purification or blood fusion, the fusion success rate of the Evil Deity's Blood was 0%.
Clearly, there was some factor he didn't know about that prevented the Evil Deity's Blood from being fused.
Xu Yi took a deep breath and began the most basic of attempts.
The neutralizing solution was first injected into the steel cup.
Previously he had been using glass cups, but the Otherkind blood when mixed was too volatile, and the glass cups easily shattered, so he switched to steel cups.
Because it was just the first attempt, the three types of blood began to fuse in an equal one-to-one ratio.
The blood was injected in turn, first the pale red Demon King's Blood, then the golden Blood of Olivedo, and then the dark red Ryan's Blood.
Xu Yi held no hope for this tentative experiment, but miracles often happen when least expected.
The three types of blood mingled and a dazzling light lit up within the cup.
The high-quality blood stirred the ability to sense blood, and the information about the blood appeared before his eyes.
[Unnamed Blood, "Quality: S-", "Fusion Success Rate: 9%", "Promotion Potential: Red Epic"]
Xu Yi was stunned. S- grade blood had appeared before his eyes without any warning.
But his excitement lasted only a short second. As more blood was mixed, the unnamed mysterious blood became contaminated with "impurities" and exploded with a bang.
Xu Yi quickly dodged behind a cabinet to avoid being affected.
The laboratory was a mess, yet Xu Yi's eyes were gleaming brighter and brighter as he noticed new information popping up in the system.
"[Mysticism Revelation triggered! This moment you understand that this path is feasible, even if thorns cover the way ahead.]"
Xu Yi suddenly realized, he had thought it was the Goddess of Luck bestowing her mercy, but it turned out the Mysticism Revelation had been triggered.
In the "Mysticism Master" entry, a Mysticism Revelation is like a lottery ticket bought on a whim—dispensable but hitting it meant a "jackpot."
Scientific research is like exploring in a maze, with countless paths appearing before you, not knowing which is right and which is wrong.
If you find out early that the path is wrong, that's okay, but the worst is thinking you're on the right path.
When you exhaust all your mental strength and reach the end of the path, only then do you realize it's a dead end, that feeling is simply devastating.
Although he did not manage to fuse a finished potion, just knowing this path was viable was a tremendous achievement.
Xu Yi quickly tidied up the laboratory and tried again.
But without triggering the Mysticism Revelation, the experiments were too dreadful to behold, with little to no progress made in half a day.
"God-melting Blood is indeed not that simple!" Xu Yi sighed deeply.
The so-called God-melting Blood is "a blend of various mystical bloods prepared for the assault on the Blood Throne."
Xu Yi started cleaning up the laboratory, as he had no time for further experiments—the "Damnation Plan" was about to commence.
...
Upstream of Charles River, near the Ar Mountains.
Xu Yi stood on high ground, surveying the expanse: the Stone Mountain range intertwined like tangled gray snakes, this desolate area showing only traces of wildlife.
He turned to Martin beside him, "Old Martin, is the Evil Deity hidden inside?"
Martin nodded and handed Xu Yi a bottle with a colorful potion, "This potion from the Crystal Frog can mask your scent when applied, preventing the Evil Deity from detecting you later."
"Team Leader Martin! This potion looks pretty good, give me two more bottles!" Xu Yi's eyes lit up as he heartily clapped Martin on the shoulder.
The Crystal Frog is a rare mystic creature, skilled in camouflage and very elusive, making its potion naturally precious too.
"No more! Just this one bottle!" Martin rolled his eyes. When there's trouble, he's Team Leader Martin; when there isn't, he's Old Martin; Xu Yi really could be enough.
Martin led Xu Yi to a cave entrance, whispering, "You've fought with the Evil Deity before, and its scent is all too familiar to you. Our mission is simple: determine that the being inside is the Evil Deity."
Xu Yi nodded, as he was already aware of these details before coming.
The cave wasn't cramped enough to prevent two people from passing through but was extremely low, forcing them to bend as they proceeded.
The path inside was complicated, a veritable maze; somehow Martin managed to navigate it smoothly.
They walked in the darkness for roughly an hour, neither using a light to avoid startling anything; Martin relied on a night vision device to see, while Xu Yi depended on his Eyes of Obscurity.
Suddenly, the space before them opened up, and Xu Yi halted. He finally realized why this cave was so flat.
Densely packed wolf spiders gathered below; normal ones are at most as big as a dinner plate, but any below were larger than a grown wild buffalo.
Clearly, they were not ordinary natural species but supernatural creatures.
Xu Yi stood at the edge of the Dissolving Cave, his muscles relaxed, not ready for a confrontation.
All the spiders below were dead, their bodies shriveled, their blood drained.
Xu Yi began to believe the Evil Deity was here; to welcome its "Metamorphosis," it needed to absorb the blood of numerous supernatural creatures, and the giant wolf spiders were evidently an ideal choice.
Martin suddenly gripped Xu Yi's arm, his body shivering uncontrollably.
Xu Yi followed Martin's gaze, instinctively holding his breath, his muscles tensing up, his hand reflexively reaching for the Alchemy Revolver at his waist.
In the depths of the Dissolving Cave, amid the pile of giant wolf spider corpses, a black cocoon floated there, with a heartbeat like a drum pounding away.
With each heartbeat, Xu Yi felt a prickling pain in his body, and simultaneously, his blood olfactory ability kicked in.
Indeed, what he saw was the Evil Deity! And it was an Evil Deity on the verge of Metamorphosis!