Chapter 76: Near Death and Severe Injury

【-25！】

A scarlet damage number jumped out from above Lucy's head; in just an instant, Lucy's health bar was emptied.

【Lucy: 0/33】

【Near Death!】

【Your Partner【Alchemist Lucy】has entered the 【Near Death】 state!】

【Near Death: Attack Power, Spell Strength, Resilience, Dodge, Speed, and Precision Correction decreased by 20%!】

【After taking damage again, determine whether death is immediate based on 【Death Resistance】.】

【Your Partner 【Alchemist Lucy】's Death Resistance is 40%!】

"Hmph," Lucy's projection let out a muffled grunt, then knelt powerlessly on the ground, her face showing pain as she said, "I'm fine, don't worry about me."

"Don't worry about it, my foot!"

Although she had long known that player-side characters would not die directly like enemies when their health bars were emptied, but would instead enter the 【Near Death】 state first.

It wasn't until this so-called 【Near Death】 state was triggered that Yun Mu truly felt relieved.

After all, that was just a setting she made while developing the game; who knew if it would carry over after transmigrating.

What if they died immediately after the health bar was emptied? What if the 【Death Resistance】 attribute didn't exist at all?

In short, there were simply too many things that couldn't be confirmed, and she couldn't possibly have let a monster empty her health bar just to test this.

And this accident could be considered as confirming the existence of the 【Near Death】 state for her. With such a safety net, could she have more room for error when challenging Dungeons in the future?

"Anyway, use the item first, Blood Brewing Bottle."

After it became Lucy's turn, Yun Mu immediately issued the order.

Although the Blood Brewing Bottle was indeed on her person, this item was considered a game item rather than equipment, so as long as it was a turn where they could act, any character could use it.

Upon hearing her words, Lucy's projection immediately took out a small bottle exactly like the one in her arms and drank it down.

【+10】

A pale green healing number jumped out from above the projection's head, and Lucy directly exited the Near Death state.

However, in the status bar, a debuff named 【Severe Injury】 replaced the 【Near Death】 state.

【Severe Injury: Attack Power, Spell Strength, Resilience, Dodge, Speed, and Precision Correction decreased by 15%!】

"Sigh, a real headache." Yun Mu sighed with a worried face, then issued the next command to Lucy's projection.

【Transformation】

【Support/Single Target】

【Range 0】

【Convert race from 【Blood Clan/Bloodline】 to 【Bloodline/Blood Clan】】

【This skill will not Skip Turn!】

【Gain temporary trait 【Babble (increases Stress by 15 per turn)】】

【Stress: The higher the Stress, the more likely a character is to refuse commands or even Skip Turn; when the Stress value reaches 100, 【Virtue】 or 【Torment】 will be triggered based on the character's will.】

After releasing the skill, Lucy's projection curled up her body, looking extremely pained.

Under Yun Mu's shocked gaze, her petite body began to grow taller, and her previously flat chest became increasingly full, even stretching the shirt inside her coat upward, revealing the sexy abdomen beneath.

In just a few seconds, she had changed from the blonde loli vampire in Yun Mu's impression into a blonde mature-woman vampire!

Even magical girl transformations don't change one's figure, how could you just change like that?

【Stress +15】

"Let's finish this quickly," Lucy's projection said with a cold and arrogant expression after the transformation ended.

"Fine."

Yun Mu reluctantly accepted this setting and glanced shallowly at her own chest.

Ahem, she didn't mean anything else by it, she just looked subconsciously.

Don't overthink it, and don't misunderstand.

【Blood Magic: Blood Healing】

【Support/Single Target/Spell Strength】

【Range 4】

【Randomly restore 0-15 (Spell Strength) HP / Bleeding 30%】

【Bleeding: Within three turns, -1 HP each turn when acting.】

"Blood Like a Spring!" After transforming into a mature woman, Lucy clasped her hands together and shouted with a resilient voice.

The next moment, a pale green light rose from beneath her feet.

【+12！】

【Lucy: 22/33】

"Feels like it healed a bit too little..."

It was mainly because the 【Severe Injury】 state lowered her Spell Strength; otherwise, the healing amount should have been 0-18.

Sigh, 0-15 and 0-18, the maximum value only differs by three points; looking at it this way, the gap doesn't seem that big.

Speaking of which, this skill is a bit of a trap; to think it could actually heal for zero HP?

She always felt that skills that rely entirely on luck for healing were a bit ominous.

After all, she didn't consider herself a lucky person; was recovering 12 HP this time actually considered quite a lot?

While thinking, Yun Mu summoned the painting 【Falling】 from behind her.

Cold black fog surged from the painting, quickly enveloping the three monsters in front of her.

If one wants to grind skill proficiency, 【Falling】 is still the most useful; this thick sense of security—returning to the Black Fog is just like returning home.

She decided that from now on, whenever she encountered a situation where Falling could take effect, she would mindlessly release the Black Fog of Falling on the first turn!

The effect of Perception Shielding, which reduces fifty Dodge, thirty Precision Correction, and sixty Skill Precision, is simply too good.

She must have been an idiot for not releasing this equipment skill immediately in the previous few battles!

She thought to herself.

Just at this moment.

After the active skill Black Fog of Falling finished releasing, the Mushroom Parasite also began its turn.

It was seen tilting its head back and opening its withered mouth, emitting a rhythmic, hoarse roaring sound from within.

Among the poisonous gas sprayed out earlier, those spores attached to Yun Mu and Lucy rapidly expanded after perceiving this sound!

Detonation Mark

Ranged / Mark Damage / Spell Strength

Range 8

Base Precision 120 / Damage Correction +50% / Corrosion 80%

Corrosion: Within three turns, -5 HP when acting each turn.

"Bang!"

The disgusting spores burst open on the two of them, splashing out a large amount of disgusting acid.

-13!

Corrosion!

Dodge!

Yun Mu: 14/46 | Lucy: 22/33

Clumsy Pounce!

Melee / Single-Target Damage / Attack Power

Range 4

Base Precision 80 / Corrosion 40% / Advance 1

Corrosion: Within three turns, -3 HP when acting.

One of the only two skills of the Mushroom Infected; compared to Clumsy Pounce, it has 5 more points of Base Precision and 1 more point of attack range.

It has no special effect on targets with a Mark.

After releasing the skill, it can move the position forward by one space.

Hmm, a skill with no threat, only used when facing enemies without a Mark on them or when Blind Pounce cannot reach the enemy.

Dodge!

Dodge!

Unsurprisingly, the Clumsy Pounce of both Mushroom Infected missed completely.

Then it was Lucy's turn to act again.

Stress +15

Blood Magic: Blood Healing!

+0

Bleeding!

Grass!

PS: My stress is already almost at 100!

Watch me enter the Torment state directly!

Wow oh oh oh oh~

(End of chapter)