Chapter 2743: Protagonist Team

The sound of rain pattering outside the window, flames rising in the fireplace, dispelled the chill of the second half of the night. Although it was midsummer, the area where "Moon Fortress" was located belonged to the Western Border, which was originally the territory of the Chaos Legion.

It was hot during the day, but at night it could reach several degrees below zero, with a huge temperature difference between day and night.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed. The peeping feeling that appeared just now disappeared. The other party's ability was biased toward the perception type, seemingly integrating mental power into water, moving with water as a medium, to achieve a remote reconnaissance effect.

This was a very troublesome ability. Unless one was in a desert area, it was difficult to avoid the existence of water in the surroundings.

Just now, Su Xiao invaded the other party's mental power with blood energy. What happened afterward was not yet clear. His blood energy was relatively special, having grown in the ancient battlefield.

Su Xiao could have his current blood energy mainly because of an ability called "Aura Release." Originally, this was a conventional ability that allowed him to improve his own aura. The problem lay in the process of improvement.

When Su Xiao was in the skill upgrade warehouse, consuming Paradise Coins to improve the "Aura Release" ability, because of the characteristics of his own aura, he was teleported to the ancient battlefield.

The original way to improve "Aura Release" was to release one's own aura in the ancient battlefield and resist the blood energy of the ancient battlefield.

Su Xiao took a different path. He didn't resist the blood energy of the ancient battlefield but used Qinggang Shadow energy to construct a "Devouring Core Simplified Version" outside his body, using it to filter the blood energy and absorb it for his own use.

The blood energy filtered through the "Devouring Core Simplified Version" was very pure. After all, he had temporarily constructed a large Devouring Core and more than a dozen small ones, filtering and purifying layer by layer before absorbing it into his body. Finally, he also released these Devouring Cores to avoid being eroded by the variegated substances within the blood energy.

The blood energy Su Xiao absorbed at the beginning was indeed pure enough, but blood energy was not something easy to control, especially since this blood energy came from the ancient battlefield.

In the long period that followed, Su Xiao often faced chaotic battles. Because of killing a large number of enemies, his blood energy was further strengthened, which allowed him to completely control his own blood energy.

From then on, for Su Xiao, releasing blood energy was as simple and natural as raising his arm. His own hand couldn't suddenly slap himself in the face, and blood energy was the same principle.

If the enemy was eroded by blood energy—no, that didn't count as erosion. Blood energy didn't have the erosive power of energy nature. The other party was losing their mind because of the runaway mental power.

Based on Su Xiao's experience, the perceiver who used water as a medium just now was likely not the Son of the World. Their willpower wasn't firm enough. Someone recognized by this world would have very firm willpower.

Su Xiao closed his eyes and perceived. In the dark, he felt a mass of water, weak and resilient. That was the person affected by his blood energy.

Su Xiao's hands were held in a void, and blood energy gathered between his hands, vaguely forming a human shape. It was a female image. This wasn't under Su Xiao's control, but a shape constructed by his blood energy.

Strands of blood-colored silk threads were linked to Su Xiao's ten fingers. Suddenly, these blood-colored silk threads all pierced into the blood energy human shape between his hands.

Su Xiao's mental power exploded most perception types. The reason was that every time he interpreted the Alchemy Secret Tome, he was exercising the toughness of his mental power. If his mental power wasn't tough enough, interpreting the Alchemy Secret Tome would kill him.

Su Xiao's ten fingers moved. He could feel that this blood energy figure could only be maintained for a few dozen seconds. The distance was too far. Although the tiny consciousness on the other side was weak, it was very persistent. At such a long distance, he could only influence it and couldn't control it. He didn't have the ability with this kind of control characteristic.

Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of kilometers away from Moon Fortress, inside a cave. Deep inside the cave was a karst cave. The campfire was kicked apart, and the glowing red charcoal flew everywhere. The still-burning firewood scattered around, illuminating the karst cave completely.

A silver-haired girl stood in the center of the karst cave. Her upper body was slightly hunched, her arms hung naturally, and the index finger and middle finger of her right hand, which were like scallions, were holding a short blade.

And around the silver-haired girl, two men and one woman were surrounding her in a triangular formation. Among the two males, one was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a full head of short silver hair, clearly having a blood relationship with the silver-haired girl whose mental power was running wild.

And the other two, one was a fat dwarf. He had many pockets sewn on his clothes, many things hanging on his waist, and a backpack on his back.

The last one was a woman with a full head of wine-red wavy long hair, wearing tight leather armor, with a explosive figure.

"Zange, does your sister have a mental problem? She almost cut my throat just now!"

The fat dwarf spoke with lingering fear. He was a mixed-blood of Dwarf and Duoyin, and had been wandering since he was very young.

Two years ago, after being saved by Zange, the fat dwarf joined the other party's adventure team. Although it was a temporary join, to this day, he had no intention of quitting. Zange's sister was very beautiful.

Diagonally opposite the fat dwarf was the red-haired woman with an explosive figure. Everything about her was somewhat mysterious. She had only joined the adventure team a few months ago.

The fat dwarf, the red-haired woman, and Zange formed a triangle, vaguely with Zange as the leader. After all, the adventure team was organized by him. Although they didn't choose a nominal leader, most of the decisions were made by Zange.

"Vinika, stay awake!"

Zange shouted, although anxious, he didn't do anything too impulsive.

Zange and Vinika were siblings. Their full names were Tarta Zange and Tarta Vinika.

The Tarta family was very famous, dedicated to exploring ancient ruins, tombs, etc., all over the continent for generations. "The Rise and Fall of the Canglong Era" was written by the Tarta family. One had to know that at that time, this continent hadn't been named Canglong Continent, from which the influence of this exploration family could be seen.

To this day, the Tarta family had declined, leaving only the family's ancient castle and these two siblings, but as long as Zange and Vinika said their surname, the Northern Border, Duoyin, and the Elven Forest would all give this family some face, in consideration of their contribution to historical records.

Zange, Vinika, the fat dwarf, and the red-haired woman were the four members of the adventure team. Or rather, calling them the protagonist team of the Canglong Continent was not impossible. Zange was the Son of the World.

Vinika was surrounded by the three in the center. Her face was covered in blood-colored patterns, giving her a unique beauty, especially those red eyes of hers.

"Zange, your sister is not looking good."

The fat dwarf held a short stick in his hand. He didn't use the weapon he usually used. If he used that thing, Vinika would be smashed to pieces.

"I know."

Zange spoke in a deep voice. He had already roughly guessed what was going on.

"Red Woman, you go outside the cave. If the Chaos Legion arrives nearby... you run."

"Oh?"

The red-haired woman looked at Zange with doubt.

"Vinika is responsible for monitoring the War Demon. She suddenly became like this, likely influenced by the War Demon. The War Demon discovering this place is not surprising. We cannot confront a legion."

"..."

The red-haired woman didn't move. Seeing this, Zange sighed, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He believed in himself, as well as his sister, and his two good friends. No difficulty could stop them.

"Be careful. That person now is not Monica, temporarily not, but..."

"We know, we won't attack her vital parts," the fat dwarf lowered his center of gravity and continued: "And, your sister is not strong."

The fat dwarf had just finished speaking when he took the lead and strode forward. Zange and the red-haired woman also rushed from the other two directions.

In the center of the three, the silver-haired girl Vinika flipped the short blade in her hand. After gripping the hilt, she immediately lowered her body, silver hair flying, just dodging the fat dwarf's pounce.

Psh!

Blood splashed. With her arms spread, the fat dwarf who was pouncing forward had his chest sprayed with blood, his eyes full of disbelief. Vinika had suddenly become stronger.

With a slap, the hand Vinika was holding the blade with was grabbed. Zange's other hand grabbed the blade edge with his bare hands, forcibly snatching the short blade from Vinika's hand.

Ding!

The short blade was nailed into the rock wall. Without seeing Zange make any moves, Vinika was pressed to the ground by him.

Crack, crack, crack~

The bones of Vinika's whole body were making sounds. Zange felt a chill in his heart and immediately released Vinika. If he continued to press, his sister would die here.

Zange leaped backward. The fat dwarf and the red-haired woman were about to step forward when they were blocked by his raised hand.

"Vinika can no longer move. Her bones are broken a lot..."

Before Zange finished speaking, Vinika stood up from the ground in a strange posture. No, she should be floating up slowly. 【2743

The fresh blood on Vinika's hands evaporated, turning into blood energy. One-third of the blood in her entire body transformed into this energy, drifting out through the wounds on her palms.

The blood energy formed a blood beast that appeared behind Vinika. This massive blood beast held its two sharp claws in a phantom grip, the tips of the claws connected to threads of blood energy, while Vinika looked like nothing more than a toy in its hands.

"What... what kind of monster is this!"

The fat dwarf's cheeks twitched; an extremely ominous feeling arose in his heart.

Just as Zange and the red-haired woman were at a loss for how to respond, the phantom behind Vinika rapidly faded, finally dissipating into the air.

With a thud, Vinika collapsed to the ground, losing consciousness. What no one noticed was that a blood-colored mark had already appeared on the skin of her spine.