Chapter 9: Terrifying Blood Flame Technique, an Unblockable Fire Attack!

【Blood Flame Technique】

Proficiency: Beginner

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Effect: While controlling blood, it can also ignite surrounding blood from a distance, and by burning blood it can dispel negative conditions such as poisoning; the stronger the mental power, the better the effect.

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「Nice! This is much stronger than Blood Control Technique! 」

Su Hao excitedly waved his arm.

Blood Flame Technique retains the ability of Blood Control Technique and adds the effect of igniting blood, usable to attack enemies or treat conditions like poisoning; its effect is stronger by an unknown amount.

It's a pity that all the butchers in this village have been killed by Su Hao; to test the power of Blood Flame Technique, he still needs to go elsewhere to find monsters.

Afterwards, Su Hao carefully searched the church inside and out, confirmed nothing was missed, and then left the church.

「Huh? It's snowing? 」

Just after leaving the church, he saw a snowflake drifting down before his eyes.

Su Hao reached out to catch the snowflake, and his brow involuntarily furrowed slightly.

「The extreme cold calamity will arrive the day after tomorrow; we must hurry to build the fireplace. 」

There's still a little girl in the shelter; without the fireplace for warmth, given the supplies in that building, she probably won't survive until the last day of the extreme cold calamity.

In his previous life, even with the aid of Divine Summer, many children still perished in the extreme cold calamity.

「Let's continue onward! 」

After checking his condition, Su Hao headed toward the large mountain behind the village.

Because he became a Blood Flesh Controller, Su Hao's resistance to the bloody curse has increased.

At first, after merely killing two butchers, he felt his murderous desire surge in his mind.

But after becoming a Blood Flesh Controller and killing two more butchers, he felt no particularly noticeable effect.

His condition is still fine, and since it's still early, there's no reason to go back and rest.

The more places he explores, the more resources he can gain, and the stronger he becomes.

At the same time, he must gather the materials needed to build the fireplace within these two days and construct it.

Since he chose to bring the little girl home, he should do his best to let her survive; of course, this is also so he himself can better endure the extreme cold calamity.

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Looking at the mountain not far away, Su Hao walked for over an hour before reaching the foot of this large mountain.

This is still the result of Su Hao's physical quality greatly increasing after becoming a Blood Flesh Controller, which sped up his movement speed.

If it were his condition from when he left this morning, the time needed to reach the mountain's foot would likely double.

Pff—!

Suddenly, a tearing-through-the-air sound came from the side; before Su Hao could even see the enemy's appearance, he was fiercely struck by a whip-like weapon.

This unknown enemy's strength is extremely great, not at all weaker than the butchers encountered in the village; if it struck an ordinary person, that single blow could likely break several of their bones.

However, Su Hao's physique is not comparable to an ordinary person's, and he also has the protection of Rock Armor.

Being ambushed only caused his body to jolt slightly.

「Huh? Nobody? 」

Turning his head toward the direction of the attack, a hint of doubt appeared in Su Hao's eyes; he saw no monster.

Pff—!

At that moment, another tearing-through-the-air sound came from behind Su Hao, and the whip struck him again.

Yet when he turned to look, he still found no trace of the enemy.

Could this be a monster capable of invisibility?

In his previous life, although Su Hao had also come to this mountain, this area belonged to the territory of a Demon King; the fallen monsters nearby had already been cleared out, and he didn't know what monsters were here.

「Hmph! If you're a monster without blood, I'll just turn and leave! 」

Su Hao gave a cold snort, his eyes slightly narrowed, Blood Flame Technique primed and ready, waiting silently in place.

Pff—!

「Found you! 」

The familiar tearing-through-the-air sound rang out again, but this time Su Hao's mouth corners twitched upward, revealing a faint smile.

「Blood Flame Technique! 」

Immediately after.

Then, a crimson flame suddenly appeared behind Su Hao, spreading at a visible speed; in less than a moment, the outline of a monster was traced by the fire.

「Roar—! 」

Under the burning of the blood-colored flame, the monster emitted a painful wail.

This is not to say the monster's will is insufficient; once the flame burns it, it immediately lets out a miserable cry.

If it were merely ordinary flame, it probably couldn't even burn through his scales, let alone walk through a sea of fire; that would be nothing.

But the flame of Blood Flame Technique is different.

First, the flame of Blood Flame Technique is not mundane fire; it is a special flame with extremely high temperature.

Second, ordinary mundane fire, when it lands on a person, burns from the skin outward, whereas Blood Flame Technique's flame directly ignites the blood inside the body, starting combustion from within.

The blood-colored flames now on the monster's body are due to its blood being ignited, spurting out from the gaps in its scales.

This temperature is extremely high, and since it directly ignites the blood inside the body, the resulting flame—no matter whose body it lands on—will make them shout twice.

In less than ten seconds, Blood Flame Technique burned the monster's blood dry; the fire gradually weakened, revealing a charred black corpse.

「So it's a chameleon, no wonder it could hide. 」

After the Blood Flame Technique was completely extinguished, Su Hao finally saw the monster's appearance.

This was a mutant chameleon, nearly two meters long, and the weapon it used to attack Su Hao was its tongue.

But now the chameleon's whole body was charred black; its sturdy scales, under the high temperature of the Blood Flame Technique, had burst apart, and its tongue—needless to say—was more than half burnt to charcoal.

"Tsk tsk tsk! The power of the Blood Flame Technique is more terrifying than I imagined!"

Looking at the chameleon's gruesome death, Su Hao couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, sighing from the bottom of his heart.

This kind of attack, which directly ignites the blood from within the body, cannot be defended against without special abilities; one can only endure the damage of the Blood Flame Technique.

Without exaggeration, any species with blood is completely restrained by the Blood Flame Technique!

However, the consumption of the Blood Flame Technique is much greater than merely controlling blood; Su Hao estimated that if he only controlled blood, he could use it continuously about ten times.

But if he uses the Blood Flame Technique, at most five times, his mental energy will be completely exhausted.

However, in the early stages of the Strange Descent, three uses are enough as long as one doesn't court death!

Su Hao calmed his excited emotions, and using the Item Refining Technique on the chameleon's charred corpse, a blood-red light wrapped the corpse.

After the red light faded, the chameleon's corpse disappeared, leaving only a skin on the spot; but when Su Hao picked up that skin, it also vanished.

"Huh? Is this automatic color change?"

If there weren't still a tactile sensation in his hand, Su Hao would really have thought the skin had disappeared.

【Chameleon Skin】

Effect: It can change color according to the surroundings, blending itself into the environment to achieve a camouflage effect, making it an excellent material for crafting stealth clothing.

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"Great stuff!"

Su Hao lightly rubbed the skin with his fingers twice, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

If he combined this chameleon skin with armor, he could probably make an invisibility cloak; then, paired with the Blood Flame Technique for long-range killing, both efficiency and safety would be greatly improved.

Gurgle——!

After storing the chameleon's skin in his Storage Bag, Su Hao's stomach suddenly protested; it was already past one in the afternoon, time to eat something.

Afterwards, Su Hao walked to under a big tree, took out two pieces of bread and ate them with water; having nothing to do, he casually opened the group chat and looked at it.