Chapter 161: Storming the Blood Clan High Council!

Wails of the Blood Clan echoed intermittently throughout the castle.

Some were Blood Clan members hiding, some were Blood Clan members seeking to loot amid the flames, and others were simply the Blood Clan members making a desperate stand.

Under the sweep of the Shadow Demon Wolves, they were slain one after another.

Within the ruins of the Blood Clan Castle chapel.

A solitary mirror nearly ten meters tall stood amid the shattered walls and ruins.

A column of dense Holy Light poured into the Blood Pool Mirror at a 45-degree angle.

At this moment, three quarters of the Blood Pool Mirror had been claimed by Holy Light, and its entrance was about to be shattered.

Meanwhile, Ta Ke sat cross‑legged nearby, quietly summarizing the many details of this battle.

First, the Blood Clan was indeed formidable inside the castle.

If their rank was high enough, Ta Ke's usual methods truly could not inflict effective damage on them.

Ta Ke's eyes narrowed slightly.

But compared with the powerful Blood Pool constructed by the Blood Count within this Blood Clan Castle.

Although Ta Ke had previously killed members of the Dark Sun Church and obtained the Blood Pool construction method from their storage bracelets.

For a moment, both the newly arrived Ta Ke and the many powerful Blood Clan members in this network dimension were stunned.

They were actually using steam to massively absorb the fresh blood source energy within the Blood Pool.

Xi Luoer also breathed the fresh blood source energy.

If it were someone else, it would be hard to know why, and there would be no way to counter it.

Ta Ke just looked at the praying Blood Pool Mirror.

"If... Xi Luoer can absorb and utilize the fresh blood source energy."

The dense blood aura instantly flooded Ta Ke's nostrils.

The ruins were pried open, and a Blood Pool appeared there.

Ta Ke naturally didn't want to interrupt the possible 'metamorphosis' Xi Luoer might be undergoing.

The only bright method employed was the newly acquired Holy Light Healing Technique.

"Hmm... physical change is also change."

"Fortunately I opened the Origin Dark Sea early, and its depth and width increase daily."

"Pong!"

Initially intending to perceive and study this Blood Pool.

One clever use is that Ta Ke can employ puppet strings to wield his spirit‑sensing Steam Origin State, deeply feeling and touching those dangerous entities.

"If it truly succeeds..."

As Ta Ke uses Steam Origin State and spirit‑sensing to permeate the depths of the Blood Crystal Tree, aligning with the deep network world of the Blood Clan Castle.

"That would indeed have a considerable effect on their Steam Knight sequence."

"This is a powerful sorcery that can alter the ecological environment."

Because this Blood Pool Tree is entirely made of Blood Crystal material, it can also be considered a Blood Crystal Tree.

"The current era of sequences is far better than the ancient magical era."

Ta Ke's gaze swept over the collapsed Blood Clan chapel around him.

The world layer of the mirror surface is superimposed.

"But this effect indeed matches what the three-star rune arcane describes."

But for Ta Ke, this is all too familiar.

Yet... there is always a force encircling Ta Ke as he delves into the deeper network dimension of the Blood Clan Castle.

But Ta Ke employs his non‑light methods, which contain profound rune principles.

When Ta Ke has mastered the Blood Pool method and combines it with the Demon King's ecological network.

"Whether using precision, Steam Origin State, or the power of phase, entry is possible."

Ta Ke discovered that Xi Luoer was sitting cross‑legged beside the Blood Pool, accompanied by surging steam.

Generally, directly touching those terrifyingly dangerous entities leaves Ta Ke no time to evade if abnormal danger arises.

This is a 'mimetic world' constructed from the Blood Clan's layers and network.

"The Holy Light Healing Technique, when sustained, does not consume much steam energy, after all it is a two-star sorcery."

He examined this peculiar scene.

"Nowadays, my source energy's richness is about forty to fifty times that of a wizard of the same tier."

With the emergence of the Blood Pool Tree.

A meticulous investigation summarized and absorbed the construction rules and techniques of this Count's Blood Pool.

Those bats will likely turn into a torrent, swarming to devour the Blood Pool and the Blood Crystal Tree completely.

There are countless organizations of various forms: worshiping evil spirits, revering live sacrifices, constructing ancestral hero spirits, pledging allegiance to evil gods, worshiping the unspeakable, and so on.

"Xi Luoer might be able to forge a Steam Knight path of their own."

Then one end of this puppet string was thrust into the Blood Pool Tree's root.

Ta Ke's precision correction, phase vision, Steam Origin State and other methods continuously blossomed.

"But the three-star Rune Hurricane Hold consumes considerably more source energy."

But when capturing those Dark Sun cultists or other evil god organization members.

There's no need to discuss morality with them.

Ta Ke certainly would not voluntarily perform a blood sacrifice on a town, nor on a city‑state.

The Blood Pool Tree stands about five or six meters tall, its trunk roughly the thickness of a bowl's rim, with lush foliage and some sequence crystals that contain peculiar Blood Clan abilities.

Taku was about to cut down this Blood Pool Tree.

Large swathes of blood mist surged and billowed, constructing an outlined scene around Taku.

"At the very least, the bloodling ecosystem of this bloodling castle has indeed been destroyed."

Taku could likewise construct his own peculiar blood pool ecosystem inside the wondrous cabin.

It was still possible to dispose of these bloodlings.

But right now, Xiluo'er was beside the Blood Pool Tree, continuing to inhale blood source energy in great gulps.

"Xiluo'er could naturally also absorb blood source energy compatible with knights, thereby permeating it into the Steam Knight sequence framework."

Taku extended a finger, and a puppet thread swiftly condensed from his fingertip.

"After all, the Steam sequence itself is a sequence with enormous potential yet to be developed."

With Taku's breathing, blood source energy began to pour ceaselessly into his body.

Yes!

To greet them with the most ruthless methods was the greatest mercy toward them.

Taku did not particularly care about those peculiar abilities belonging to the bloodlings.

Some scattered glass crystal shards even clearly reflected peculiar blood-colored ripples within.

Having a 【Blood Pool】 was also a very good means and method for disposing of enemies' corpses.

It was exactly the same as the Dark Sun Church's use of various city-state strongholds to construct their Dark Sun ecosystem.

And this was also the reason why Taku, in this slaughter against the bloodlings, had not employed light-based methods and had only used non-light methods.

Rather than giving a man a fish, it is better to teach him to fish; Taku naturally wanted to learn this powerful 【Blood Pool】 method as thoroughly as possible.

But……

And the more core portions converged into network trajectories that permeated into peculiar dimensional layers, linking to other bloodling castles.

By the time Taku had observed the blood pool until it was more or less understood.

"Otherwise… given the source pool size of other wizards, if one forcibly sustained it, the witchcraft would first drain the spirit, then drain the blood source, and finally drain away one's life entirely."

As the blood pool mirror surface shattered.

Amidst his thoughts, Taku looked at the networks of the bloodling castle that radiated outward in all directions, centered on the Blood Pool Tree.

"Crack, crack, crack…"

The entire enormous mirror surface shattered with a bang, transforming into large swathes of peculiar glass crystal shards.

The power of spirit-touch perception, using the puppet thread as a medium, permeated toward the powerful network the bloodlings had constructed.

Taku did not look toward the mirror surface's position, but instead turned around to look at the central position of the collapsed ruined church.

Taku aligned with the talent power of Precision · Correction and lightly tapped a network obstruction before him.

"Blood source energy was originally the core reason why bloodlings possessed long lifespans and powerful recovery abilities."

From this single Blood Pool Tree alone, Taku had reaped a rich harvest.

Even, had it not been for the dense holy light disk illuminating the surrounding area.

The Principality of Celions was a nation that worshipped gods, possessing a relatively high civilization sequence legacy.

And the extraordinary world outside.

Taku cut in precisely and perfectly, the power of correction modifying the errors that obstructed his entry.

The density of blood source energy around surged sharply; not only was Taku absorbing this blood source energy.

The sound of the mirror surface shattering rang out.

"Hum…"

"Only this could sustain the massive consumption of a powerful three-star witchcraft over a long period."

This peculiar power gathered from blood and source energy seemed as though it possessed life.

The bloodling ecosystem network that the bloodlings constructed using castles.

Safety would increase substantially.

After the dimensional layers around Taku had completely clarified.

With the previous experience of constructing a blood pool, and knowing the basic principles of blood pool construction, Taku's absorption at this moment was remarkably fast.

And this was also the extraordinary characteristic that the mirror layer itself inherently possessed.

"It is said that in relatively ancient times, the magical era before sequences had been pioneered."

It was precisely because puppet threads had many wonderful uses.

What Taku cared about was the Blood Pool Tree.

Many of the networks were spread throughout the surrounding ecosystem, drawing power from within the blood tide.

"My Steam Core can absorb the power of the Light Angel sequence that is compatible with me."

"The dimensional layers of the world's trajectory?"

The viscosity and bloodiness of the scent of blood permeated and seeped through.

"Hmm… let's use Precision!"

The Spear of Light-Shaping, the Bracelet of Blazing Light, and even Taku's innate luminous and heat-generating "Blazing Form" and so on—Taku had hardly used any of them.

This many materials were more than enough to craft a flying wondrous cabin.

All along, the reason Taku studied puppet threads.

The network dimensional world around Taku was undergoing drastic changes.

Just as Allen Dia had said before, the 【Flight】 characteristic within was very rich.

With puppet threads, that was equivalent to adding a layer of insurance.

Steam · Origin Spirit Form, spirit-touch perception!

Magicians often, due to insufficient magic power, are forced to draw upon the source of life.

Ta Ke's thought stirred.

Moreover, the warehouse of the vampire count provided by Ellen Dia also contains a considerable reserve of blood crystal materials with the 【flight】 property.

Just as Ta Ke was pondering.

There is still a considerable gap.

A number of vampires, though not many, each with a powerful aura, were gathering.

They seemed to be conducting a certain meeting.

And Ta Ke was the abrupt intruder into this vampire meeting.