Chapter 91: with translation of chapter title

line: we need to ensure no Chinese. The line we wrote: "【2】 Infected Cells – "Infected Cells"? This is a term, likely a named entity (technique/item). It's not in the glossary but appears. Should we include it? It's a named term (maybe a technique). It's a coined term. Should be translated? According to the rules, cultivation terms must be translated by meaning. "Infected Cells" literally means infected cells. It's a term describing something. Should we translate it? It's not a proper name; it's a descriptive term. The glossary says to list every named entity/coined term. It says to exclude common words/objects, generic forms of address, etc. "Infected Cells" is a specific term used as a name for something (like a type of cell). It's likely a coined term. Should we include it? The instruction says: "List every NAMED entity / coined term in these lines: characters (including the protagonist and minor ones), places, sects/clans/factions/peoples, official and sect ranks/titles, techniques, cultivation realms/pills/treasures, named beasts/items, fan-fiction names." So techniques count. "Infected Cells" is a technique? It's an effect. It's a named thing. So we should include its English translation? The glossary says to reuse the exact English from the glossary for terms already listed. For terms not in the glossary, we need to

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank – "Supernatural Grade: Second Rank"

Effect: Take out an infected cell, place it into any flesh tissue not exceeding Supernatural Grade Second Rank, can convert that flesh tissue into infected cells, and can also convert infected cells into that flesh tissue.

…… – ellipsis, no named entities.

"Proliferating Meat Chunk…Infected Cells…"

Su Hao stroked his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

The effect of the Proliferating Meat Chunk is to absorb surrounding energy to complete its own proliferation, generate new flesh, and increase its volume.

The effect of the Infected Cells is to convert flesh tissue of Supernatural Grade not exceeding Second Rank into Infected Cells, or to convert Infected Cells into that flesh tissue.

So does this mean that, as long as there is enough energy, we can infinitely convert Value-Added Meat Chunks into Infected Cells, increasing the number of Infected Cells? Once the number of Infected Cells is sufficient, later if we obtain the desired flesh tissue, couldn't we use Infected Cells to infinitely replicate it? For example, take the Butcher's Heart: with just a sample, plus enough time and enough Infected Cells, couldn't we infinitely replicate the Butcher's Heart? The Butcher's Heart is a key ingredient for synthesizing the Blood Flesh Controller's Magic Potion; Second Rank requires it, and Third and Fourth Ranks likely also need it, and the quantity needed is not small.

We need to list named entities: "Value-Added Meat Chunk" (maybe a typo but treat as term). "Butcher's Heart" (Butcher Heart). "Blood Flesh Controller's Magic Potion" (Blood Flesh Controller Magic Potion). Also "Butcher Gathering Place" (Butcher Gathering Place). Also "Third Rank", "Fourth Rank". Also "Second Rank" already.

Although there is a Butcher Gathering Place near Le Yun, clearing this gathering place, Su Hao can synthesize a Second Rank Blood Flesh Controller's Magic Potion, which should pose no problem.

But later it might not be so fortunate; wanting to find a second Butcher Gathering Place is not that simple.

But if we could achieve self-sufficiency in Butcher's Hearts, then whether we can find a Butcher Gathering Place later would not be so crucial.

"Just try and you'll know!"

Su Hao without hesitation immediately took out the Proliferating Meat Chunk again, cut off a small piece about the size of a fingernail from it, then took out an Energy Crystal and bound it to this small piece of Proliferating Meat Chunk.

Immediately after.

Then one could see on this piece of Proliferating Meat Chunk, pinkish meat buds growing at a faster speed, constantly wriggling and intertwining with each other, forming new flesh.

In a short while, the volume of that small piece of Proliferating Meat Chunk had nearly doubled.

"Hmm... one Energy Crystal can be used for about a day, allowing this fingernail-sized piece of Proliferating Meat Chunk to increase to roughly five hundred catties."

Su Hao nodded in satisfaction, waiting until this small piece of Proliferating Meat Chunk grew to about one catty, then Su Hao took out a small clump of Infected Cells the size of a mung bean from his Storage Bag and placed it on the Proliferating Meat Chunk.

The next moment.

Then one could see the Proliferating Meat Chunk, under the influence of the Infected Cells, gradually turning into something like Infected Cells, bright red and forming a foamy meat mass.

"The conversion speed of the Infected Cells is somewhat slower than the proliferation speed of the Proliferating Meat Chunk; after that Energy Crystal is exhausted, there should still be over a hundred catties of Proliferating Meat Chunk left."

After observing for half an hour, Su Hao reached this conclusion.

Furthermore, during that half hour, Su Hao, in order not to miss anything, turned back and made a trip to the Goblin Tribe, carefully searching through the Sea of Fire.

Unfortunately, aside from the corpses of five Heavy Armor Goblin Warriors, which still had some value, everything else was worthless, not even worth hauling away as trash.

After refining the corpses of those five Heavy Armor Goblin Warriors, Su Hao obtained some Tainted Blood and the sharp teeth of the Heavy Armor Goblin Warriors.

Afterwards, Su Hao returned to where the Proliferating Meat Chunk was placed, took out a backpack, and put the ground's Proliferating Meat Chunk, Energy Crystal, and Infected Cells together into the backpack.

After roughly determining the direction, he headed toward the area where the Dark Dungeon is located.

Since the Storage Bag cannot store living things, placing the Proliferating Meat Chunk inside it would stop its growth, so Su Hao could only carry it on his back.

When its volume grew too large for the backpack, he would cut off a piece and place it into the Storage Bag.

Thus, Su Hao would periodically stop, cut off a piece of the Value-Added Meat Chunk and Infected Cells, and place it into the Storage Bag.

After spending over six hours, Su Hao had circled the vicinity several times and arrived in front of a small hill.

At the foot of this small hill, there is a cave overgrown with weeds that is hard to notice if one is not careful.

Inside the cave, it was pitch black, as if it could swallow light.

"A cave with extremely poor lighting effects, this must be the place."

Su Hao held the Awakening God Lantern and shone it inside the cave, but it hardly brought any light; combining with his memories from his previous life, he could basically confirm that this is the entrance to the Dark Dungeon.

According to his knowledge, inside the Dark Dungeon, aside from individual building complexes, most areas are completely lightless and gloomy, with not a glimmer of light.

Moreover, ordinary lighting equipment in the Dark Dungeon can only exert less than ten percent of its effect.

Furthermore, most areas of the Dark Dungeon are relatively open; even with a searchlight, only an area of less than a hundred meters can be illuminated.

If there is no effective lighting tool, inside it would be pitch black; not to mention exploration, even distinguishing direction would be impossible.

While the Awakening God Lantern's illumination range is too small and its brightness insufficient, exploring a house like Grandpa Andrew's would still be fine, but exploring the Dark Dungeon is clearly insufficient to see.

"We must first synthesize the Awakening God Lantern, but with what should we synthesize it to increase brightness?"

Su Hao found a sheltered spot, took out the Soul-Nurturing Wood Chair, sat on it, and began to think seriously.

The best way to increase brightness is naturally to synthesize using a flame, but Su Hao currently has no flame-type Supernatural Items on him.

The only flame he had obtained during this period was initially used to forge the Flame Ring in his haste to boost combat power.

"Huh? Wait a moment, couldn't I use Item Refining Technique to re-refine the Eternal Unextinguishable Flame?"

Su Hao suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked at the Flame Ring on his left index finger.

Originally, it was because his skills were too lacking; to increase his skills and make his combat style more diverse.

Su Hao had no choice but to take the Eternal Unextinguishable Flame and combine it with the Damaged Flame Ring, obtaining a Flame Ring capable of shooting Flame Fireballs.

However, after acquiring Arcane Missile and Blood Whip Technique, Su Hao never used the Flame Ring again; after further synthesizing Blood Whip Technique into Crimson Touch, it became even more useless, making the Flame Ring somewhat redundant.

Especially with Blood Flame Technique, using Crimson Touch as a medium to summon Crimson Tentacles to generate higher temperatures, the Flame Ring becomes even more optional.

If we can re-refine the Eternal Unextinguishable Flame and combine it with the Awakening God Lantern, it will surely enhance the lantern's illumination effect.

With a good lighting setup, the subsequent journey to explore the Dark Dungeon would become much smoother.

However, Su Hao had no confidence in whether he could refine these two items.

"Just give it a try; even if it fails, the loss won't be too great."

Su Hao immediately took off the ring on his hand and applied Item Refining Technique to it.

The next moment.

A scarlet beam of light wrapped the Flame Ring, forming a scarlet sphere.

The Flame Ring is merely a First-Tier Supernatural Item, and the refining was completed shortly after.

As the blood-red light sphere disappeared, the original Blazing Flame Ring turned into a mass of red flame, appearing in Su Hao's hand.

【Unextinguished Flame】

……

「Nice! Really possible! 」

Looking at the flame floating above his palm, Su Hao showed a look of joy.

Although only the 【Unextinguished Flame】 was refined out, the 【Damaged Fire Ring】 disappeared.

However, as long as part of the synthesized item can be re-refined, it means the fault tolerance for future synthesis will be greatly reduced. 「It's a pity the skeleton bone armor broke; otherwise we could still refine a supernatural item. 」

Su Hao shook his head; he still valued the 【Flaming Skeleton Skull】 quite highly, after all, it's a good thing that can provide fire resistance.

「Hmm…」

「It doesn't seem that just because something is broken it can't be refined; the bloody butcher's good brothers were shattered into many pieces, yet what could be refined could still be refined! 」

Su Hao tapped the chair's armrest with his finger; if he could pick up the fragments of the skeleton bone armor, perhaps he could proceed with refinement.

The skeleton bone armor broke in the Withered Forest, where a third‑tier supernatural tree demon guards; Su Hao currently dares not go there.

However……

After advancing, it's hard to say! Afterwards, Su Hao looked at the flame floating in his hand and felt some hesitation.

Actually, using this flame to synthesize with the Blood Flame Technique is the best choice; it can be certain that after synthesis, the Blood Flame Technique will burn longer and be harder to extinguish.

「Forget it, let's first synthesize a lantern. 」

But soon, Su Hao shook his head, dismissing the idea of synthesizing the Blood Flame Technique.

What Su Hao needs to do next is explore the Dark Dungeon.

Although after synthesizing the Blood Flame Technique, the released blood flame might emit a brighter light.

However, the Dark Dungeon is not a small place, nor is it a safe one; if a large amount of mental power is consumed in burning the blood flame, perhaps before even arriving, one would exhaust themselves to death……

Therefore, synthesizing the Awakening Lantern has become the most important matter at present.

As for the Blood Flame Technique, it can only be left pending for now.

After exploring the Dark Dungeon, the lantern's usefulness will diminish; perhaps then refining it again could possibly regain the Unextinguished Flame, though it's uncertain.

After making up his mind, Su Hao no longer hesitated; he used today's first synthesis on the Awakening Lantern and the Unextinguished Flame.

A moment later.

With a flash of dazzling golden light, the Awakening Lantern disappeared, leaving only a red flame hovering in mid‑air, emitting bright light that makes people feel relaxed.

Judging by appearance, aside from the flame's volume being more than double, it is no different from the Unextinguished Flame.

Clearly, in this synthesis, the Unextinguished Flame had a greater influence on the outcome.

【Eternal Burning Flame】

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Effect: It can absorb fire elements from the air to burn automatically; the more abundant the surrounding fire elements, the stronger the light and heat produced by the burning.

At the same time, one can also use energy crystals or consume mental power to increase the flame's burning.

By constructing runes (images) inside the flame using mental power, various controls can be applied to the Eternal Burning Flame.

When the Eternal Burning Flame absorbs sufficient fire elements, it can raise its own supernatural grade.

……

「Oh ho～! This is still a growth‑type supernatural flame! 」

Su Hao raised his eyebrows, showing a look of surprise.

Although I don't know the growth limit of the Eternal Burning Flame, reaching the second rank is certainly no problem.

By the time the dungeon exploration is finished, perhaps the Eternal Burning Flame's supernatural grade could be raised to the second rank.

When the time comes to use the second‑rank supernatural flame to synthesize with the Blood Flame Technique, the effect will surely be better than that of the first rank.

If another supernatural flame can be obtained inside the Dark Dungeon, then synthesizing the two flames beforehand would be even more perfect.

「Unextinguished Flame, this is truly a pure‑hardworking model! 」

Thinking about the flame's past and present effects, Su Hao couldn't help but smile knowingly.

The Unextinguished Flame was first synthesized into a Flaming Ring; when the apocalypse just descended, it gave Su Hao a greater sense of security.

Now it has been refined again, synthesized into the Eternal Burning Flame, helping Su Hao illuminate the surroundings during the upcoming dungeon exploration.

After the exploration ends, it can also be used to synthesize the Blood Flame Technique, boosting Su Hao's combat power.

Just ask one thing: if this isn't a hardworking model, what is?

Afterwards, Su Hao lightly tapped the chair's armrest with his finger.

「There are still three chances left; what should they be used for synthesis……」

This is not to say that Su Hao has nothing left to synthesize.

On the contrary, it's because he has too many good things on him; to maximize synthesis profit, he needs to think carefully.

Weapons, skills, and a bunch of other materials all need to be synthesized.

「Hmm…… let's first synthesize the Arcane Missile! 」

After careful consideration, Su Hao had decided on the remaining three syntheses.

Among Su Hao's three combat skills, the Arcane Missile is the most useless.

Although the Arcane Missile can be cast instantly, its power is really damn small.

Moreover, the casting speed of Crimson Touch is not much slower than that of the Arcane Missile.

Furthermore, now that he also has a One Body, Two Souls ability, enabling him to multitask, Su Hao simply doesn't need the Arcane Missile to disturb enemies and gain more casting time for himself.

As for disturbing enemies, Su Hao can completely wield the Gravity Rock Axe himself, smashing it into the enemy's face for melee output while simultaneously using the Blood-Colored Magic Book to prepare magic.

Therefore, rather than wanting the Arcane Missile, which only has an advantage in casting speed but lacks power, it would be better to synthesize it to boost its power.

Actually, strictly speaking, the Arcane Missile, as a basic skill of mages, is also a required skill; its power is not that bad.

However, compared to Scarlet Touch and Blood Flame Technique, it seems rather useless.

As for the Arcane Missile's synthesis plan, Su Hao also had an idea: to synthesize it into a Blood Magic!

After obtaining the Crimson Magic Book, Su Hao's Blood Magic power increased significantly.

Especially on the way to the Flower Sprite Tribe today, Su Hao used 99 drops of Scarlet Blood, raising the Crimson Magic Book's Supernatural Grade to Supernatural Grade Two.

The Crimson Magic Book further shortened the casting time and increased the power of Blood Magic.

So, Su Hao's idea is to synthesize the Arcane Missile into a new Blood Magic.

Even if the Arcane Missile's power hasn't increased much after synthesis, with the Crimson Magic Book's bonus it can still deal considerable damage.

After having a target, Su Hao took out three drops of Scarlet Blood.

To synthesize the Arcane Number Missile into a Blood Magic, one must use a blood‑magic‑related medium.

(End of Chapter)