Chapter 65: Synthesis Scarlet Touch

Synthesis!

Su Hao's mind stirred slightly, and he used the Synthesis Heart again.

Next moment.

The bloody tentacle on the bed was wrapped in a ball of golden light, shrinking to a light point the size of a soybean, flying toward Su Hao and merging into his glabella.

At the same time, Su Hao felt that deep in his soul, the crimson rune belonging to the Blood Whip Technique was also wrapped in a golden light and merged with the flying tentacle.

After the golden light faded, the bloody tentacle disappeared, and the blood-red rune of the Blood Whip Technique became more complex, its shape turning into a tentacle-like form.

Hiss—!

This aura is way stronger than the Blood Whip Technique!

Feeling the aura emanating from that rune in his mind, Su Hao knew this brand-new skill absolutely could not be compared to the Blood Whip Technique.

Immediately, Su Hao mobilized his mental power, began communicating with this tentacle-shaped rune, and opened the skill's information details.

【Scarlet Touch】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Proficiency: Entry

Effect: Consumes mental power and part of blood, at a designated location, summons three scarlet tentacles to strike or bind enemies.

Scarlet tentacles are composed of supernatural blood—thick scarlet blood, containing supernatural power, can harm spiritual bodies, and are a superior medium of blood magic.

……

Holy shit?! Scarlet blood, or thick scarlet blood?!

Looking at the content displayed on the skill info panel, Su Hao's eyes widened instantly.

As Su Hao thought, Scarlet Touch perfectly inherited the ability of the bloody tentacle and was further strengthened.

The blood that originally composed the bloody tentacle, although also supernatural-grade blood, absolutely cannot be compared to 【Thick Scarlet Blood】; this is supernatural second-rank blood!

A few days ago, Su Hao used four synthesis chances, using nine drops of Polluted Blood, synthesizing one drop of 【Thick Scarlet Blood】.

After consuming this scarlet blood, Su Hao's physique and mental power instantly increased by nearly 50%.

After becoming a Flesh-and-Blood Controller, Su Hao's physique and mental power were originally going to be stronger than many first-rank supernatural beings; this 50% increase is no small amount!

Now, the scarlet tentacles summoned by Scarlet Touch are actually composed of scarlet blood.

If one could extract 【Thick Scarlet Blood】 from the summoned scarlet tentacles, or use Item Refining Technique to refine even a drop of 【Thick Scarlet Blood】, that would be a terrifying gain!

More importantly, as long as Su Hao continuously uses Scarlet Touch, summoning scarlet tentacles, he will have an inexhaustible supply of scarlet blood.

Thinking of this, Su Hao's heartbeat quickened considerably.

No, I have to try it!

Su Hao hurriedly pushed open the door, walked out of the shelter, and headed downstairs.

……

After arriving at the forest downstairs, Su Hao directed his gaze at a big tree, mobilized a large amount of mental power, which flowed into the deep part of his mind, that tentacle-shaped crimson rune.

Scarlet Touch!

The rune of Scarlet Touch flashed a red light; part of Su Hao's blood inside his body, as well as the mental power flowing into the rune, were absorbed by the rune.

Next.

Around that big tree, three pools of irregular blood, each about half a meter in diameter, suddenly appeared.

Three tentacles, each over thirty centimeters in diameter and nearly three meters long, entirely composed of scarlet blood, extended from those three pools of blood, swaying slightly in the air.

These three scarlet tentacles, using the Scarlet Touch rune in Su Hao's mind as a link, are connected to his mental power.

As Su Hao's thoughts turned, these three tentacles, without any delay, immediately reacted, violently lashing at the nearby big tree.

Puff puff puff!

With three dull thuds, the big tree over twenty centimeters in diameter, having no resistance, was lashed into four sections by those three tentacles and heavily smashed onto the ground.

Conversely, those three scarlet tentacles, after lashing the big tree, suffered no surface damage; only the energy contained within them slightly weakened.

Toughness is not bad, just the consumption is a bit high.

Su Hao roughly estimated that, with his current mental power, he can only use Scarlet Touch continuously five or six times.

Afterwards, Su Hao continued testing the power of the scarlet tentacles, controlling the three tentacles to wrap around three sections of the broken tree, gradually increasing force, tightly squeezing those three tree sections.

Under the continual tightening of the scarlet tentacles, the tree, as if unable to bear the load, emitted creaking sounds.

Soon, a 'bang' sound was heard; the thick tree, under the continually increasing force of the Scarlet Touch tentacles, was strangled into two sections.

Sharp wooden splinters shot from the break point, some flying to the ground and deeply embedding into the soil, some flying toward the scarlet tentacles, piercing these three tentacles made of blood.

Being able to strangle a tree with a diameter of thirty to forty centimeters is already a terrifying power.

However, these three scarlet tentacles, after strangling the trunk into two sections, continue to increase force.

Finally, the trunk tightly entwined by the scarlet tentacles, under their continually increasing force, was compressed into a small wood block.

Hiss—!

This force is even more terrifying than I imagined!

Looking at that small wood block in the middle of the scarlet tentacles, Su Hao involuntarily sucked in a breath of cold air.

Frankly speaking, even if his own current fleshly body were to be entangled by the scarlet tentacles, he would be strangled into minced meat.

With such tremendous power and also being able to harm spiritual bodies, even if the summoned scarlet tentacles lack the effect of enchanted weapons, Su Hao still has full confidence in future battles.

Usually, spectral entities like wraiths aren't very strong; if a second-rank wraith is bound by the scarlet tentacles, it would not be easy for them to break free.

Moreover, in another test, Su Hao also noticed a detail.

That is, when a wooden splinter pierces the scarlet tentacle, the blood inside the tentacle merely flows twice, then the wound is repaired, without consuming even a second of time.

Could it be that...

The scarlet tentacles are made of blood, being liquid, so ordinary physical attacks cannot destroy them?

Su Hao stroked his chin, then immediately took out the Gravity Rock Axe and swung it at one of the tentacles, cleaving that scarlet tentacle into two pieces.

But the next moment, the two severed pieces reattached themselves, becoming a complete scarlet tentacle again, only its surface color looked somewhat dimmer.

"Looks like that's exactly right!"

Su Hao nodded in satisfaction, then he proceeded to chop at that tentacle with several axe strikes.

Through these several experiments, Su Hao confirmed two things.

First, the scarlet tentacle is indeed as Su Hao thought, because its main body is composed of blood.

Therefore, when subjected to pure physical attacks, the tentacle cannot be destroyed; only its internal energy can be depleted.

Only by repeatedly attacking and completely exhausting the tentacle's internal energy can the scarlet tentacle be destroyed.

This is practically a nightmare for purely physical units—before all its energy is used up, they can only take hits for nothing.

Second, Su Hao also discovered that the blood composing the scarlet tentacle cannot be separated out.

He chopped at the scarlet tentacle eight times before and after, yet not a single drop of blood appeared on the Gravity Rock Axe, nor did any blood fall onto the surrounding ground.

If it cannot be separated, then doesn't that mean it's impossible to obtain scarlet blood from the tentacle?

Thinking this, Su Hao furrowed his brow slightly and applied the blood-controlling effect of the Blood Flame Technique to one of the tentacles.

As a result, Su Hao could only control the tentacle's movements, but he was unable to extract the scarlet blood.

However, Su Hao did not give up; since conventional methods failed to extract it, he decided to try the Item Refining Technique.

As long as he could apply the Item Refining Technique to the scarlet tentacle, he would surely be able to refine 【thick scarlet blood】!