Chapter 501

Wang Yu tapped his fingertip against the “blood rune” between his brows, releasing a surge of spiritual sense that swept over the stones, then muttered, “Stone Armor.”

“Whoosh.” “Whoosh.”

Stones on the ground leapt into the air and clung to Wang Yu’s body, instantly forming a strangely shaped but crudely constructed “armor.”

Wang Yu glanced at the armor—merely a pile of stones stacked together—and felt speechless.

What kind of attack could this possibly defend against?

It probably couldn’t even withstand a single strike from a Qi Condensation cultivator.

But if the stones forming this armor weren’t ordinary “stones,” they might still offer some defensive value.

He pondered this, then shook his body; the Stone Armor shattered with a crash, reverting to a dozen stones that fell back to the ground.

Next, Wang Yu closed his eyes and silently sensed something.

After a full cup of tea’s time, he opened his eyes again, frowning slightly.

He had deliberately cultivated anger in his mind for a long while, yet there was no sign whatsoever of the “Blood Surge” ability activating.

Was his emotional buildup insufficient, or had this ability simply failed to awaken this time?

Wang Yu shifted his thoughts, deciding to set this matter aside for now; according to the texts, Blood Surge didn’t seem particularly useful anyway, and failing to awaken it wasn’t a big deal.

Wang Yu shifted his shoulders, and the blood rune between his brows vanished in a flash.

“Puff.”

His body rapidly shrank; the scales on his skin and the emerald-green tattoos on his cheeks faded just as quickly.

In an instant, he returned to his normal human form—naked, with not a stitch of clothing left on him.

Wang Yu turned his gaze to the mirror, glancing at his naked body.

He now stood over two meters tall, no longer towering at several zhang, yet his frame had grown noticeably bulkier, his muscles bulging, his chest and abdomen especially massive; if he entered a bodybuilding competition on Blue Planet, he might even win a high ranking, perhaps even attracting wealthy women eager to sponsor him.

Wang Yu chuckled at this thought, and in the next instant, tiny glimmers of light swirled around him, conjuring a white long robe that slipped effortlessly over his body.

He raised his hand and summoned the stones again; they rose from the ground and clung to him once more.

He drew his arm back, dispelling the ability; the stones crashed down again.

Wang Yu smiled in satisfaction—it seemed the Stone Armor ability still functioned normally even after deactivating the bloodline activation.

But the Copper Skin, Iron Bones ability…

He moved his limbs, pinched his skin a few times, testing its resilience.

The ability was still present, but its effect was nowhere near as astonishing as when his bloodline was activated.

Then Wang Yu released threads of spiritual sense, scanning his body inside and out once more—no abnormalities detected.

The unknown biological energy had vanished again within his body, whether consumed by activating the bloodline or merely hiding once more, he could not tell.

If it was the former, fine; but if it was the latter…

Wang Yu’s eyes flickered.

This unknown biological energy could trigger a second awakening of the bloodline, but since it was uncontrollable and originated from that strange yellow eye, he must find a way to expel it completely.

This second awakening of the Iron-Eating Crocodile bloodline was merely an experiment within the login interface; only by replicating this process in the real world outside could his body’s bloodline truly awaken.

But before that, he needed to trigger the unknown biological energy several more times within the login interface to verify certain things.

Wang Yu thought of this, made no further delay, raised his arm, and struck his chest three times in succession, uttering, “Hyperbiological Simulation.”

Everything remained silent; his body showed no change whatsoever.

Indeed, this ability was only usable once and has already been consumed on the login screen.

“Log out interface”

After waiting a moment, Wang Yu no longer hesitated and silently murmured.

The next instant, white light swirled around him; when he opened his eyes again, he stood in the secret chamber of the real world.

He stood up, released his spiritual sense to scan his body, and found it had indeed reverted to its state before entering the login interface—his limbs, once heavy, now felt light and agile once more.

As expected, the “Stone Armor” and “Copper Skin, Iron Bones” abilities gained in the login interface had vanished entirely.

After confirming his real body was unaffected by changes in the login interface, Wang Yu flipped his wrist, producing a spirit beast bag, and tossed it high into the air; with a single fingertip, he pointed at it from afar.

“Puff.” A thick white mist gushed from the bag’s mouth; inside, a miniature white snake stretched its body, shook its head once, and surged violently in size—within moments, it became a giant serpent over ten feet long, with a prominent horn sprouting from its head.

“Sssss.”

As soon as Xiao Bai revealed its true form, its massive head nuzzled affectionately against Wang Yu’s chest.

Wang Yu patted Xiao Bai twice, smiling at the white spirit beast.

“Xiao Bai, I need a bit of your essence blood… just a small vial… yes, this is very important to me.”

Xiao Bai lifted its head, staring at Wang Yu with large blue eyes, hissing softly in response, its gaze filled with unmistakable, almost human reluctance.

“Xiao Bai, no need to be so reluctant—I’ll hunt you a second-rank beast when I’m free, give you all its flesh and blood… fine, two beasts… yes, none for Da Lv, all for you.”

Wang Yu nearly coaxed the spirit beast into a reluctant nod, then joyfully pulled a small jade vial from his storage bag and placed it beneath Xiao Bai’s mouth.

The white giant serpent opened and closed its jaws for a while, then—“puff”—spat out a small clump of essence blood, which the vial absorbed completely, leaving not a single drop.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Bai’s aura weakened noticeably, becoming listless.

Wang Yu quickly tossed it a Qi-restoring spirit beast pill, then returned it to the spirit beast bag; holding the vial, he murmured, “Login Interface.”

The next instant, white light flashed before his eyes, and he reappeared in the silver hall.

Wang Yu instinctively glanced at his body.

As expected, the login interface’s body had reset again, retaining its original state—the same body before the second bloodline awakening.

Wang Yu toyed with the essence blood vial in his hand, pondering silently, then suddenly glanced at the nearby massive screen.

There, in the center of the mechanical funnel icon, four white characters glowed faintly: “Simulation Complete.”

The design blueprint for a second-rank core artifact, which should have taken two months to complete, had already finished.

Wang Yu raised an eyebrow, but did not rush to extract the artifact blueprint; instead, after glancing once more at the vial in his hand, he raised his arm and struck his chest three times, uttering, “Hyperbiological Simulation.”

He had activated the ability again—after re-entering the login interface, the Hyperbiological Simulation ability, previously consumed within the interface, had fully restored itself.