Outside Panshi Fortress, Jiuan City Zoo.
A massive, ferocious figure, like an out-of-control meteor, violently crashed through the Zoo's dilapidated barbed wire fence, sending iron scraps and dust flying everywhere!
It heavily smashed into the relatively open space in the center of the park, which used to be the beast performance arena!
It was Zhuang Han! Or rather… Zhuang Han in his beast form!
His massive body heaved violently! His bone armor was covered with scratches of varying depths and charred burns! A large section of bone armor on his left shoulder was shattered, revealing dark red, lava-like pulsating flesh beneath!
Evidently… during the slaughter and breakout within the fortress… he paid a considerable price!
But… his mission… was accomplished!
Zhuang Han's scarlet beast eyes locked onto the center of the open space!
From deep within his throat… came a suppressed, rumbling sound, like muffled thunder… a guttural growl!
He suddenly opened his massive, fanged maw! A strong smell of blood and… a chilling, heart-palpitating aura… instantly permeated the air!
Pfft—!!!
A viscous, dark red chunk of flesh… mixed with shattered internal organs and mucus… was violently… vomited out from deep within his throat… and slammed onto the cold, muddy ground!
That chunk of flesh… was still twitching slightly! Dark red blood flowed like a stream… from the severed blood vessels… gurgling out, staining the mud beneath!
That… was none other than… Ling Chen's… upper body!
His severed spine protruded whitely from his flesh!
His chest cavity was torn open! His shattered heart and lungs were vaguely visible!
His head… was relatively intact… but his face was as pale as paper! His eyes were tightly shut! Dark red blood foam still lingered at the corners of his mouth!
Zhuang Han's massive body swayed slightly, and a low whimper escaped his throat.
“Hmph, mission… accomplished. Master… is “dead.””
His massive body began to shrink violently, his thick limbs reverting to human form!
In just a few breaths, Zhuang Han's figure… reappeared! He was naked from the waist up, his face pale, his eyes hollow and weary, his chest heaving violently, and a trace of blood still at the corner of his mouth.
He cast one last glance at the broken “chunk of flesh” on the ground, an imperceptible ripple flashing deep in his eyes, then turned and staggered away, disappearing into the depths of the Zoo.
On the open ground. Dead silence. Only the rustling of the night wind through the wild grass, and… the extremely faint… gasping… from the broken “chunk of flesh” on the ground.
Ling Chen's “upper body”… lay quietly on the cold, muddy ground.
His torn chest cavity was exposed to the air, his shattered internal organs and broken bones clearly visible. The aura of death… was as thick as substance!
However!
In this desperate, dying situation!
A sudden… strange change occurred!
Buzz—!!!
An indescribable… tremor, as if from the deepest part of the soul… suddenly… erupted from Ling Chen's broken body!
Deep within his shattered chest cavity!
At the location of his heart, which had long stopped beating and was even largely torn apart! A very faint, yet dazzling golden light… suddenly illuminated!
The golden light instantly spread! Like flowing liquid gold! Along the severed blood vessels! It frantically spread! Wherever it passed! Those grotesque wounds! Were as if touched by an invisible hand of God!
Sizzle—!!!
Flesh… frantically writhed! Grew! Severed blood vessels extended and reconnected like living things!
Shattered organ fragments gathered and reassembled as if attracted by a magnet!
Torn muscle fibers stitched themselves together! The broken spine made “crunching” sounds! Reconnecting! Growing!
Golden light flowed! Like the most precise nanobots! Frantically repairing this… badly damaged… husk!
Even more shocking was this!
Below his remaining… upper body!
At the grotesque severed waist! Golden light gushed out like boiling lava… frantically!
Bones! Muscles! Skin! Grew frantically… from the severed end… at a speed visible to the naked eye!!
Legs! Ankles! Feet!
In just a few breaths!
A… complete! Naked! Male body… covered in a faint golden glow… suddenly… appeared in the center of the open space!
The golden light slowly receded!
Melting into his skin! Disappearing! Leaving behind… a… perfectly intact! Even… smoother-skinned! More fluidly muscled! Full of… vibrant vitality… body!
Ling Chen slowly opened his eyes!
Those eyes were no longer the “blank” and “weak” ones from before! Instead, they were deep! Cold! Like ten thousand years of profound ice!
He slowly sat up. He lowered his head, looked at his perfectly intact hands, and then touched his smooth chest—where… there had once been a huge bloody hole! But now… not even a scar remained!
“Heh…” The corners of Ling Chen's mouth slowly curved into a cold and… playful arc.
That smile carried a wantonness of breaking free from shackles! And a hint of indifference that looked down on all beings!
“Finally… I don't have to pretend to be… that weak anymore.”
He slowly raised his right hand. His five fingers spread! Palm facing upwards!
With a slight thought!
Buzz—!!!
An invisible… energy fluctuation, carrying a strong scent of blood… erupted from him as the center… spreading with a roar!
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Around the open space! In the half-human-high wild grass! Several mutated rats, the size of wild dogs with scarlet eyes, lurking in the shadows, attracted by the scent of blood! Their bodies suddenly stiffened!
Immediately after!
From their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose… all seven orifices! Viscous, dark red blood… spurted out uncontrollably… like a fountain!
The blood… did not drip to the ground! Instead… it was pulled by invisible threads! Suspended in mid-air! Converging! Twisting! Forming clumps of… fist-sized, constantly writhing, strongly bloody… blood balls!
On the surface of the blood balls… dark red light flowed! Pulsating slightly… like living things!
“Roar… Ugh…”
Several mutated rats let out agonizing wails! Their bodies convulsed violently! The blood within them… was being forcibly drawn out! Plundered! They could clearly feel… their life force… rapidly draining away!
A few seconds later!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Several mutated rats fell limply to the ground… like mummified corpses from which all moisture had been drained!
Completely losing all signs of life! And the blood balls suspended in the air… slowly drifted towards Ling Chen… like tired birds returning to their nests! Merging into his palm! Disappearing!
A faint warmth… flowed into his body through his palm!
Ling Chen slowly clenched his fist. Feeling the viscous and warm… sensation of blood remaining in his palm! Feeling the power within his body!
Blood Ripple!
Awakened through special conditions later! A large-scale blood manipulation ability! His old friend.
Among the many people who cultivated to the Asura rank in his previous life, why was he the only one called Blood Asura?
Naturally, there was a reason.
Although it was only first-tier! Although the control was still very rough! Although the lethality of the condensed blood blades was limited! But the coverage! The domineering power of plundering life force!
All made him… feel an unprecedented exhilaration!
He slowly stood up.
Disguise? Serious injury? Weakness?
It's all over!
From this moment on!
He… Ling Chen!
Will no longer need… any disguise! He will… in his true form! Walk through this apocalypse! Plunder! Evolve! Until… he reaches the pinnacle!
Ling Chen's thoughts stirred, and the reverse scale pendant appeared in his hand. Looking at the dragon scale-shaped jade pendant, a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.
Then his gaze swept across this silent, desolate, yet… beast-filled Zoo. The corners of his mouth… again curved into that cold arc.
“This place… is good,” he murmured to himself. “There are… many mutated beasts. Plenty of… flesh and blood.”
He needed flesh and blood! A large amount of flesh and blood! And a large amount of crystal cores! To raise the rank of the mutated! To raise the rank of Blood Ripple! To… accumulate strength for the coming… storm!
He slowly raised his hand. From his palm! A wisp of dark red, writhing… blood… slowly seeped out! Suspended in the air!
Blood Ripple's innate spiritual skill—Blood Pool Meat Forest… activated!
Buzz—!!!
A larger, more viscous, energy fluctuation, filled with endless blood and… cold plundering will! Like an invisible ripple! Centered on Ling Chen! It suddenly spread out! Instantly… enveloping the entire Zoo!
Because the ability was awakened through special conditions, unlike ordinary small-scale blood manipulation, Blood Ripple is a large-scale blood manipulation. Although it is not as precise as small-scale control, it has the advantage of a large range. At the same time, under Ling Chen's training in his previous life, it can also achieve the precision of small-scale ability control.
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
This time! It was no longer just those few mutated rats!
The entire Zoo! Every corner! In the grass! In the beast cages! In abandoned buildings! All… lurking! Sleeping! Weak mutated creatures! Rats! Wild cats! Scavenger birds! Even… some smaller mutated dogs!
Large animals currently cannot be controlled due to the low intensity of the ability, and even if they could be controlled, blood cannot be extracted from them.
Their bodies simultaneously stiffened! From their seven orifices! Viscous blood spurted out uncontrollably like a fountain!
Countless tiny bloodlines converged from all directions like rivers flowing into the sea! Gathering above Ling Chen's head! Merging!
Forming a constantly rolling, writhing, dark red blood cloud, radiating a strong smell of blood and an aura of death!
The blood cloud rolled! Like a living thing! Faint, mournful wails and desperate screams emanated from within! As if countless souls whose lives had been plundered were struggling in agony within the blood cloud!
Blood Pool Meat Forest! Its embryonic form appeared!
Although the range only covered the Zoo! Although it could only plunder weak creatures! But… that bloodiness that covered the sky! That domineering power that devoured life! Had already… revealed its ferocity!
Ling Chen stood beneath the blood cloud. His naked body bathed in a crimson aura. He slowly spread his arms! As if embracing this bloody domain created by his own hands!
Although these small mutated animals had weak individual energy, they were numerous. Under the irrigation of the blood-colored waterfall, the blood patterns at the corners of his eyes grew wildly.
At the same time, Ling Chen's face revealed the first heartfelt, unrestrained smile since his rebirth!
The innate spiritual skill Blood Pool Meat Forest is essentially blood control, large-scale blood control.
Blood Ripple itself is a large-scale blood control ability, and this innate spiritual skill gives it an even larger range. Although it cannot be precisely operated, it can make the controlled person's entire body immobile due to blood coagulation.
Because the range is extremely large, it can control a great many people. From the ground, it looks like pillars of flesh standing in a sea of blood, hence the name Blood Pool Meat Forest.
“The feast… begins.”
Deep within the Zoo. Behind a dense, putrid thicket.
A pair of amber eyes, like a startled fawn's, stared intently through the gaps in the branches at the demonic figure in the center of the open space!
She saw… that terrifying giant bone-spiked beast vomit out half a mutilated body!
She saw… that half-mutilated body… regenerate completely in golden light!
She saw… that reborn man… drain the blood of all surrounding small animals with a raise of his hand! Converging into… that… sky-covering… terrifying blood cloud!
Fear! Made her body stiff! Unable to breathe! She desperately covered her mouth! Afraid to make the slightest sound! To alarm that demon who seemed to have crawled out of hell!
Who is he?!
What… exactly is he?!!
