Chapter 189

"Synthesis!"

With anticipation in his heart, Su Hao used item synthesis on the white flame before him and the Blood Flame Technique rune in his mind.

The next moment.

The soul fire in Su Hao's hand was enveloped by a cluster of golden light, shrinking to a light point the size of a soybean, flying toward his head and drilling into the space between his eyebrows.

At the same time, Su Hao felt that the blood-red rune of the Blood Flame Technique deep within his soul was also enveloped by a golden light, merging with the essence blood that had flown into his brow, forming a golden light sphere.

Currently, the highest Supernatural Grade ability Su Hao possesses is Scarlet Touch, which is at Third Tier.

If all goes well, using Supernatural Grade Fourth Tier soul fire to synthesize with the Blood Flame Technique can produce a Supernatural Grade Fourth Tier ability.

If it were Su Hao who had just been reborn and become a flesh-and-blood controller, even if he had such an ability, he would not dare to do such a thing.

The reason is simple: it's not that a higher Supernatural Grade ability yields a greater boost in combat power.

An ordinary Supernatural Second Rank, even if able to learn a fourth-tier ability, lacks sufficient spiritual power and physique to activate it.

In that case, a fourth-tier ability becomes mere decoration, its actual effect even inferior to that of a first-tier ability.

However, Su Hao is an exception; although he is also only a Supernatural Second Rank, his spiritual power and physique are in no way inferior to those of a Supernatural Third Rank.

Placing a fourth-tier ability in his hands makes it unlikely to be mere decoration.

Even with Su Hao's current spiritual strength and physique, unleashing one or two attacks should still pose no major problem.

Moreover, Su Hao can continually enhance his physique and spiritual power by consuming supernatural items such as Scarlet Essence Blood, the Headless Knight's soul fire, White Bone Essence, and Purple Gold Coiling Dragon Bamboo.

Even if Su Hao's Supernatural Grade does not rise, he will soon be able to use fourth-tier abilities with ease.

That is precisely why he made the decisive decision to synthesize the Blood Flame Technique.

As time passed, the golden light sphere in Su Hao's mind grew brighter and brighter, eventually bursting with blinding golden light, as if illuminating his soul.

Immediately after.

That light sphere then vanished, and a rune resembling a flame appeared in Su Hao's soul—its outer part blood-red, its center a pale white.

Compared to the Blood Flame Technique's skill rune, this new rune is more complex, larger in size, and its center additionally contains a cluster of pale white flame.

At the same time, the aura emanating from this skill rune is noticeably stronger.

From this aura alone, Su Hao could tell that the newly synthesized skill could not be matched by any of his existing abilities. Immediately, he turned his thought and opened the information panel for this new skill.

【Bloodthirsty Soul Fire】

Proficiency: Mastery

Supernatural Grade: Fourth Tier

Effect 1—Soul Fire: Consuming sufficient spiritual power, fire a Bloodthirsty Soul Fire; enemies ignited by it will have their souls burned by the flame.

Effect 2—Bloodthirst: During the burning process, the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire will automatically absorb all surrounding blood-related power, allowing it to burn longer and more vigorously.

"Holy shit! This effect is a bit too strong!"

Seeing the content displayed on the skill details interface, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The strength of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire's effect completely exceeded his expectations. Originally, he thought that if the synthesized new skill could retain the blood-burning and soul-attacking effects, that would be enough.

But upon seeing it now, not only are both effects present, they are also perfectly fused together.

As long as the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire lands on an enemy, it can ignite their soul, causing continuous burning.

Furthermore, while burning, the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire can absorb energy from the surrounding blood, allowing it to burn longer and its flames to become more vigorous.

In theory, as long as there is sufficient blood, the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire can burn continuously, and its flames will keep growing.

Moreover, the blood that the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire can absorb is not limited to the person attacked; any blood present in the surroundings will be drawn in by the flame.

This amounts to: as long as the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire is present, it can absorb the blood of all nearby enemies.

Besides that, Su Hao can actively add blood to make the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire burn more fiercely and spread to a larger area.

In other words, as long as there is plenty of blood, even if Su Hao's spiritual power can only release a single cluster of Bloodthirsty Soul Fire, it can spread over a large area in a short time.

Speaking of releasing blood, Su Hao has no trouble with that.

Whether using Scarlet Missiles or releasing Scarlet Touch, he can summon a large amount of blood, and this blood is of Supernatural Grade, containing even greater extra energy.

However, the result of this synthesis is not entirely good.

After synthesis, the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire lost the ability to control blood, burn blood, and dispel toxins and other negative factors, leaving Su Hao somewhat disappointed.

Fortunately, the Crimson Bone Demon itself possesses blood-control ability, so the loss of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire's blood-control effect is not a major issue.

As for the ability to dispel negative effects, that's likewise not a big problem; later, learning a purification technique will settle it.

All things considered, compared to the mighty effect of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire, this little loss is indeed not a problem.

However, the exact effects of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire still need to be tested personally to know.

Afterward, Su Hao took out the Blood-Colored Magic Book; a large amount of spiritual power first passed through the magic book, then surged into the skill rune in his mind.

After consuming about one-third of his spiritual power, the Blood-Colored Magic Book automatically opened, and on a blank page appeared a skill revival with an outer blood-red and inner pale white.

"Bloodthirsty Soul Fire!"

The next moment.

A flame identical to the skill rune flew out from the Blood-Colored Magic Book, and under Su Hao's control, it landed on his own body.

Here, the only living thing is himself, so to test the skill he can only use it on himself.

"Hiss—!"

"It hurts so much!"

When the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire landed on Su Hao's head, he felt a sharp pain transmitting from within his soul.

The blood on his body also rapidly drained, and in this process the volume of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire noticeably increased, its temperature became more terrifying, and the damage to his soul also became more terrifying.

In just three short seconds, the scale and temperature of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire increased severalfold, Su Hao's body withered at a visible speed, and his soul suffered severe trauma.

According to his estimate, if he does not recover from his injuries, his body will likely be burned to a husk in less than a minute.

(Chapter End)