Chapter 280

The Aberrant Blood Demon supernatural sequence has a total of three abilities; the Crimson Incarnation and Hell Bone Demon—these two abilities—are the super-enhanced version of the Crimson Bone Demon.

And the remaining final ability is mainly granted by the Physician sequence.

【Effect Three Aberrant Transformation Clone: possessing the ability for wounds to recover extremely quickly; any wound on the flesh can recover extremely quickly.

By injecting one's own flesh and blood, any corpse can be transformed into a clone under one's control.

The transformed clone can, according to its own strength, exhibit the corresponding abilities the corpse had in life.

Furthermore, one can perform bodily modification and suturing on one's own clone or any flesh-and-blood living being.

Gain the exclusive skill—Flesh Aberration. }

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「Clone……」

Looking at the content displayed on the information panel, Su Hao stroked his chin, revealing a hint of contemplation.

If this advancement had been completed before today and he had obtained this ability, Su Hao still could not develop it too effectively.

After all, finding a relatively intact corpse with considerable strength is not a simple matter.

Those so-called first- and second-tier supernaturals, Su Hao looks down on; even a third-tier supernatural fails to interest him, and only reaching the Supernatural Fourth Rank can be considered barely meeting his requirements.

However, as of now, fourth-tier supernaturals are already considered relatively high-end combat power, and finding even one or two is not easy.

Let alone killing it and preserving an intact corpse as a host for flesh parasitism, turning it into one's own clone.

But with sixth-tier Infinite Cells, everything changes completely.

If Su Hao's guess is correct, as long as he has enough sixth-tier Infinite Cells in hand, he only needs a small part of the opponent's body to repair it fully and obtain an intact corpse.

After his body is fully repaired, he can also use Infinite Cells to replicate the entire corpse.

In other words, Su Hao does not need an intact corpse, nor does he need to kill the opponent; as long as he has a small piece of the opponent's bodily tissue, he can continually obtain an intact corpse through endlessly bizarre.

According to the introduction on the Aberrant Transformation Clone information panel, as long as it is a corpse, Su Hao can, via the supernatural sequence's ability, inject sufficient fresh blood into it to turn it into his own clone.

Furthermore, this clone can also exert part of the corpse's former abilities; how much exactly depends on the gap between Su Hao and the corpse's former self.

According to Su Hao's own estimate, if the corpse is fourth tier or lower, after transformation it should be able to exert most of the abilities it had in life.

As for fifth tier and above, since Su Hao's own strength hasn't reached that level, he cannot make a judgment.

However, even if only a small portion of abilities can be exerted, the overall combat power should not be inferior to that of a fourth-tier supernatural.

On Su Hao's person, there are also some Crimson Nests, Crystal Stone Giants, and……

The bodily tissue of a sixth-tier supernatural black dragon and Shadow Priest, if we could restore their corpses and then transform those corpses into our own clones, just imagining that scene makes one's blood boil.

Moreover, Su Hao can also modify and suture his own clone, enabling it to exert greater combat power.

Of course, these are merely Su Hao's speculations.

Whether sixth-tier supernatural Infinite Cells can use a heart and a few drops of fresh blood to repair a complete body.

As well as what limitations exist for clone transformation, how much ability the transformed clone can exert, and a series of experiments are still needed.

Because the current quantity of Infinite Cells is too low, the corresponding experiments to repair the flesh cannot yet be conducted.

Furthermore, the information panel for the Aberrant Transformation Clone merely states that one has the ability to create clones, modify them, and suture them.

However, how many clones one can possess is not displayed on the information panel.

Whether one can possess one or two clones, or there is no numerical limit, or some other requirement—Su Hao currently does not know.

In order to avoid wasting this ability, after some thought, Su Hao

He decided to wait until the sixth-tier Infinite Cells grow to a certain amount, then see if he can restore the Shadow Priest's and black dragon's bodies, and afterwards use this ability for experiments.

Otherwise, if Su Hao were to transform a second- or third-tier corpse into his own clone and then discover that the Aberrant Blood Demon's clone quantity is limited, that would be a huge loss.

Subsequently, Su Hao lightly tapped his finger, opening the Aberrant Transformation Clone's exclusive skill—Flesh Aberration.

The Hell Bone Demon's exclusive skill—Hell Gate—whether viewed from strategic significance or practicality, is an extremely powerful skill.

Likewise, as an exclusive skill, Flesh Aberration is surely not far behind.

As Su Hao opened the skill's information panel, the relevant abilities of Flesh Aberration popped up.

【Flesh Aberration】

Supernatural Grade: Fourth Tier

Effect: By consuming one's own mental energy and blood qi, one can cause all units within at least a five-kilometer radius to have their flesh mutate according to one's will.

The more abundant one's mental energy and blood qi, the larger the area of effect will be, and the more pronounced the mutation effect will become.

……

「At least five kilometers? That range is not small……」

Su Hao raised his eyebrows, showing a hint of surprise and shock.

The minimum effective range of Flesh Aberration is 1 kilometer, and the targets can be all units within that range.

Such a large-range AoE skill, Su Hao has never heard of before.

Furthermore, this is still the minimum range; as Su Hao's mental energy and blood qi become more abundant, this range will also grow larger.

「I don't even know how large the coverage of my Flesh Aberration could be given my current condition. 」

Su Hao's forefinger lightly tapped the tabletop; immediately his mind stirred, and he exerted full force to use the Flesh Aberration skill.

As long as he does not activate the mutation effect, it will not affect people like Ling Xue'er within the range, so testing the skill's range in his territory will not cause accidental harm.

The next moment.

In Su Hao's mind, a series of figures appeared.

There were treemen rooted in the soil, basking in sunlight while accelerating the growth of surrounding plants.

There were people crouching on the ground, chatting with supernatural plants, causing them to undergo gigantic mutations—flower Yao people.

There was Ling Xue'er lying on the sofa, gripping a communication bracelet while diving into various groups.

There was a Da Xiong Mao leaning against a tree trunk, eating Purple Gold Coiled Dragon, slacking off.

There was also Pu Wenyao, lying in the bathtub taking a bubble bath, and Xue Nv, who had kicked the blankets to the foot of the bed and was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Su Hao: ……

Ah? This skill also has this function? This is too damn proper……

Hmm……

To be frank, Pu Wenyao's figure is truly ample—there's zero padding. Not only does she look like a peak from any angle, but she even floats in water……

Su Hao admired the beautiful scenery, nodding thoughtfully.

However, what surprised him most was that he hadn't expected Xue Nv to be so deeply hidden.

But just then, the Xue Nv who was lying in bed asleep suddenly opened her eyes.

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, the room's temperature plummeted, and that unknown force was utterly shattered.

And a snowflake seemed to sense the source of that power, flying toward the ceiling.

Seeing this, Su Hao hastily severed his mental power and wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead.

"I'm getting too carried away—Xue Nv is a Supernatural Fifth Rank, almost Sixth Rank; how could I just casually spy on her……"

Bang bang bang! At that moment, the door was suddenly knocked on—no need to guess who it was.

What should I do……

Su Hao rubbed his nose, feeling a bit guilty after the close call.

Just as he was agonizing, a sudden flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Immediately, without even moving a thought, the skin and flesh on his scalp turned into drops of blood that fell away, coalescing into a blood sphere that hovered above the table.

"No change in expression—impossible!" He then went to the door, opened it, and asked calmly:

"What's wrong?"

Xue Nv looked at Su Hao's skull, devoid of any flesh, and blinked in slight surprise.

But she didn't press further, after all Su Hao had been performing this kind of art in his territory for days.

When she first moved into the shelter, she often saw Su Hao gouge out his eyeballs and play with them in his hand.

Now sporting a skull head, it actually fits his character quite well.

Afterward, Xue Nv stretched her fair neck from under the blankets, surveyed the room behind Su Hao, and her face showed a mix of confusion and bewilderment.

"I just felt a strange presence, as if someone were scouting our shelter. Do you know what's going on?"

Sure enough, I've been discovered—luckily I was prepared……

Su Hao scratched his smooth skull and replied offhand, "That should be the commotion from my testing a new skill. Rest assured, outsiders cannot spy on what happens inside the shelter."

"Oh, okay, I was just too nervous—then I'll go back to sleep……"

Xue Nv nodded, harboring no doubt about Su Hao's words, then she tightened the blanket around her neck and, barefoot with her jade‑white little feet, walked downstairs.

Su Hao: ……

This is too easy to deceive……

This makes me feel like after peeping, I'm now using a clumsy lie to coax an inexperienced little girl……

But having said that, this damn thing is a Fifth Rank, almost Sixth Rank powerful Supernatural being—if she found out I'd secretly looked over her whole body, she'd surely tear me apart.

"From now on I gotta be careful—I can't just use this skill willy‑nilly in the shelter like this time……"

Su Hao shook his head, sighed, shook off his thoughts, and tucked that beautiful scene away in his heart.

Of course, besides admiring the view, Su Hao hadn't forgotten his business.

Regarding the coverage range of the Flesh Metamorphosis skill, he had a rough idea.

Perhaps because his mental power and physique had both reached the upper echelon of Supernatural Fourth Rank, just a step shy of Fifth Rank, the skill's coverage range is outrageously large—nearly twenty kilometers.

Even the Da Xiong Mao fighting abroad was sensed by him.

However, this is the limit distance; merely maintaining that range's perception consumes enormous amounts of mental power and blood‑qi.

Wanting to apply the Flesh Metamorphosis effect to every unit within that range is still beyond his current strength.

However, applying the effect to a few hundred or even over a thousand units within that range is no problem—in fact, it's extremely easy.

Even if those units were all Third‑Rank Supernaturals, with a few Fourth‑Rank Supernaturals among them, Su Hao could still do it.

He just isn't yet sure what kind of metamorphosis he could inflict on their bodies.

This can't be blamed on him—after all, he had only just glanced at the beautiful scenery when Xue Nv discovered him, forcing him to cancel the skill release.

Afterward, he still wore the skull as he went outside the shelter to determine how much material was needed to solidify a Hell Gate.

He then began continuously summoning Pale Bone Claws and using the Item Refining Technique to repeatedly refine them into Pale Bone Pearls.

He refined from daytime until night, until he obtained twenty tons of Pale Bone Pearls; only then did Su Hao stop, carrying those pearls to the edge of the T235 Experimental Base and begin constructing the Hell Gate.

Strictly speaking, this isn't really construction; more accurately, it should be using those twenty tons of Pale Bone Pearls as a summoning medium, at the designated spot, to permanently summon a Hell Gate.

As Su Hao's mental power poured into the Hell Gate rune in his soul, the Pale Bone Pearls on the ground were gradually enveloped by a black light, forming a black sphere.

Then the sphere began to expand and deform—first stretched from a sphere into a vertical ellipsoid, then widened from both sides, ultimately becoming a rectangular prism over a hundred meters tall.

Immediately after.

The black light emitted from that black rectangular prism began to converge inward, finally revealing a gate ninety‑nine meters high.

The gate's surface was covered in layers of white bone; these bones looked ancient and hard, each piece emitting a faint cold light, forming a monster's bas‑relief.

Strands of black gas coiled around the gate, appearing dangerous and eerie.

Su Hao's fingers lightly stroked the gate; instinctively he pressed his palm against the door panel, wanting to push it open and enter the world beyond.

Now there is only one Hell Gate; entering it leads to the Hell Plane!

"Looks like this Hell Plane isn't a benevolent place……"

Su Hao came to his senses in time and pulled his hand back from the Hell Gate.

Fortunately, only he and Hell Demonic Beasts can enter the Hell Gate, so there's no need to worry that Ling Xue'er and the others will be tempted into it.

As for the hell demon creatures, there's no need to worry either; although they do possess a certain level of intelligence, they have always obeyed Su Hao's orders without question.

Even if the temptation of the Hell Gate is great, without Su Hao's permission they could not possibly enter it on their own.

Afterwards, Su Hao summoned a pallid undead army, ordering them to stand guard beside the Hell Gate; if any hell demon creature truly could not resist the temptation, he would have them slain outright.

However, Su Hao himself does not intend to recklessly enter the Hell Plane; that does not mean he has no intention of exploring the Hell Plane.

After arranging the security issues near the Hell Gate, he then called over five hundred or so magic-flame pumpkin heads, had them carry miniature cameras into the Hell Gate to scout ahead for him and learn about the environment inside.

This process would take some time; Su Hao did not wait here, but after returning to his room to sleep, he boarded a mechanical troop transport ship and flew toward the dwarves' tribe.

(End of chapter)