Chapter 92: Synthesizing Bloody Missile

"Synthesize!"

As Su Hao's thoughts turned, a golden light wrapped three drops of scarlet blood inside, forming a golden light sphere, starting today's second synthesis.

If nothing unexpected happens, using three drops of scarlet blood as material can synthesize a third-rank supernatural item.

A third-rank supernatural item combined with a first-rank supernatural skill means the third-rank item's influence on this synthesis is definitely greater.

Furthermore, scarlet blood is also an excellent medium for blood magic, so there is a considerable chance to synthesize a completely new blood magic.

About an hour later.

The golden light sphere emitted a dazzling light; a drop of blood, like jelly, only the size of a red date, hovered in Su Hao's hand.

At the center of this drop of blood, there is a speck the size of a fingernail cap, like crystal, of blood-red substance.

【Faint Scarlet Essence Blood】

Supernatural Grade: Third Tier

……

"Scarlet essence blood, that probably doesn't belong to scarlet blood, right?"

Su Hao tapped his finger on the chair's armrest, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Because too much scarlet blood has been consumed, its enhancement to physique and spiritual power is now negligible; to continue improving spirit and physique by consuming fresh blood, one needs to switch to a new supernatural blood.

However, scarlet essence blood is synthesized from scarlet blood; judging by the name, scarlet essence blood seems like an upgraded version of scarlet blood, and Su Hao isn't sure whether it belongs to a different kind of blood.

"Forget it, we'll know after synthesizing another drop another day."

Su Hao temporarily set this aside and continued to look at the appraisal results.

【Effect: Scarlet essence blood contains a strand of essence blood; consuming it greatly enhances resistance to the scarlet curse, granting immunity to part of the scarlet curse's effects.】

【Furthermore, after consumption, there is an extremely small chance to gain a random blood magic talent; this effect can only be triggered once per person.】

……

"Talent?!"

After seeing the effects of scarlet essence blood, Su Hao's eyes widened instantly.

Usually, talents are more precious than skills; even a trashy talent is equivalent to a decent passive skill.

Moreover, the talent that scarlet essence blood can grant is still a talent exclusive to blood magic; such an exclusive talent, for blood magic, cannot be useless trash!

Although the chance to gain a talent is extremely small, as long as the quantity of scarlet essence blood is sufficient, even if there is only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, one can obtain it in a day.

Now, regardless of whether scarlet essence blood counts as a new kind of blood, from now on Su Hao will have to treat it like candy pills to eat.

The best way to obtain scarlet essence blood in large quantities is to take a drop of scarlet essence blood and synthesize it with scarlet touch.

Perhaps after synthesis, the scarlet touch's summoned scarlet tentacles are composed of scarlet essence blood.

"Hmm..."

"Still, forget it; let's talk about it tomorrow."

But after Su Hao thought it over carefully, he still gave up the idea of immediately synthesizing scarlet touch.

Next, whether to go to the dark dungeon or prioritize synthesizing arcane missile, the latter gives a greater boost to combat power.

After possessing a dual soul in one body, Su Hao, besides being able to use two magics simultaneously with divided attention, also saw a considerable increase in his casting speed.

Simply put, the casting speeds of Blood Flame Technique and Scarlet Touch are faster than their cooldowns, already insufficient for Su Hao to use.

Especially after using the blood-colored magic book, the casting speed becomes even faster.

If he could have one more skill, Su Hao could use magic more efficiently and better improve his strength.

After making the decision, Su Hao didn't think further; using the scarlet essence blood in his hand and the arcane missile skill rune deep in his soul, he performed today's third synthesis.

The next moment.

The scarlet essence blood in Su Hao's hand was wrapped in a mass of golden light, shrinking to a light point the size of a soybean, flying toward his forehead and drilling into the center of his brow.

At the same time, Su Hao felt that the blue rune of the arcane missile deep in his soul was also wrapped in a golden light, merging with the essence blood that flew into his brow to form a golden light sphere.

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

Immediately after.

The light sphere then vanished, and a blood-red rune composed of complex symbols, shaped like a water droplet, appeared in Su Hao's soul.

Compared to the arcane missile's skill rune, this rune is obviously more complex and emits a stronger aura.

Just from this aura, Su Hao could determine that this newly synthesized skill is stronger than arcane missile by a notch! Immediately, Su Hao's thoughts moved, and he opened the information panel for this new skill.

【Bloody Missile】

Proficiency: Mastery

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: Toward a designated target, launch ten bloody missiles composed of scarlet blood; upon hitting an enemy, the bloody missiles will detonate the scarlet blood within, causing magical damage imbued with the blood element.

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"Holy shit, ten? Fire ten at once?!"

After seeing the detailed information of the bloody missile, Su Hao became somewhat unsettled.

Although third-rank scarlet essence blood and arcane missile merely synthesized a second-rank supernatural bloody missile, they did not synthesize a third-rank supernatural skill.

However, the bloody missile's skill effect still left Su Hao stunned.

Originally, the arcane missile could only launch one missile per cast, and each missile's damage wasn't very high.

But after synthesizing into bloody missile, one can launch ten bloody missiles at once! Even if the bloody missile's power is similar to that of the arcane missile, this equates to a tenfold increase in power!

Moreover, Su Hao doesn't think the arcane missile's power can rival that of the bloody missile.

Just the aura emitted by the bloody missile's skill rune is who knows how many times stronger than that of the arcane missile.

The bloody missile is still a blood magic, and its power can be increased via the blood-colored magic book. Moreover, the bloody missile unexpectedly inherits the arcane missile's skill proficiency, which Su Hao hadn't anticipated.

"What a pity; if I had known earlier, I would have used the arcane missile a few more times, and if I had raised the proficiency by one level before synthesizing, it would have been even better."

Su Hao shook his head. Arcane Number Missile is a basic skill; raising its proficiency is easier than many first-rank skills.

It's obvious without thinking that increasing the proficiency of the Blood Missile is much harder than that of the Arcane Missile.

But in the long run, this is fantastic news.

This means that Su Hao's existing skills, after being synthesized in the future, will not need to have their proficiency refined again, saving a great deal of time.

According to Su Hao's memories from his previous life, after a skill's proficiency is raised to the maximum, it can even undergo a qualitative change! With synthesis, the proficiency inheritance effect remains, and Su Hao is fully confident in raising the proficiency of these three skills on his body to the maximum! "Let's not think too much; first, get familiar with the Blood Missile."

Although the Blood Missile inherits the proficiency of the Arcane Missile, it is still a new skill; to exert its proper effect in battle, one must first become familiar with it.

Afterward, Su Hao stood up, took out the Blood-colored Magic Book, mobilized his mental power to flow into the book, and communicated with the Blood Missile rune within his soul through the book.

The next moment.

The magic book automatically opened, and on a blank page, a crimson rune shaped like a blood drop appeared.

Almost as soon as the rune appeared, Su Hao's qi and blood flowed from his palm into the rune.

Immediately afterward.

Ten crimson missiles then hovered above the Blood-colored Magic Book.

"Holy shit, that fast?!"

Su Hao blinked in surprise; such a casting speed was completely beyond his expectations.

Almost in the instant his thoughts turned, while his mental power was consumed, ten crimson missiles appeared above the magic book—such speed could truly be called instantaneous.

This near-instantaneous casting speed left Su Hao quite satisfied, though he wondered about the Blood Missile's power.

Immediately, Su Hao narrowed his gaze, looked at a large tree not far away, and lightly waved his right hand.

"Blood Missile!"

The next moment.

The ten scarlet missiles hovering above the Blood-colored Magic Book shot toward that large tree.

Boom boom boom! Accompanied by a series of dull explosion sounds, the ten scarlet missiles struck the tree trunk along different trajectories, one after another, causing violent explosions.

Scarlet blood sprayed from the missiles, blasting the tree trunk into countless tiny wood fragments that flew outward in all directions.

After the explosion, the scarlet missiles left trails of bright red blood on those tiny wood fragments and the surrounding ground.

"This power is far greater than that of the Arcane Missile."

The casting speed of the Blood Missile is not slower than that of the Arcane Missile in the slightest; its number is ten times that of the Arcane Missile, and even each missile's power is several times greater! Aside from requiring several times more mental power to use the Blood Missile than the Arcane Missile, plus consuming some blood, in every other aspect the Blood Missile completely outclasses the Arcane Missile! Given Su Hao's current mental power limit, this consumption is easily manageable, and as for the blood loss, it's no problem either—even with the natural recuperative ability of a flesh manipulator, it recovers in no time.

"And furthermore…"

Looking at the crimson blood left around after the Blood Missile explosion, Su Hao slightly narrowed his eyes.

The Blood Missile is composed of crimson blood, so the blood left after its explosion belongs to diluted crimson blood.

This is an excellent medium for casting blood magic! Even if one later encounters spirit beings without flesh, elemental entities, or any other monsters, one can still use the Blood Flame Technique via the diluted crimson blood left after the Blood Missile explosion.

Afterward, Su Hao used the scarlet missiles more than ten times in succession, gaining sufficient understanding of casting intervals, flight trajectories, and so on.

Then he finally smiled slightly, sat back down on the Soul-nurturing Wood Chair, and lightly tapped the chair's armrest with his fingers.

"What should I synthesize for today's final synthesis…"

Su Hao currently has three ideas.

The first idea is what he previously thought: synthesize another drop of crimson essence blood to combine with the Crimson Touch.

Perhaps because the Arcane Missile skill is too ordinary, and moreover the Arcane Missile is only a first-rank skill, combining it with third-rank crimson essence blood merely yields a Supernatural Second-Rank Blood Missile.

However, combining a Supernatural Second-Rank Crimson Touch with Supernatural Third-Rank Crimson Essence Blood has a fairly high chance of raising the Crimson Touch's Supernatural Grade to third rank.

A Supernatural Third-Rank Crimson Touch can have its power increased; this is just one of its benefits.

But more importantly, Su Hao wants to see whether the crimson tentacles summoned after synthesizing the Crimson Touch can be refined to produce crimson essence blood.

If that is possible, it would mean that Su Hao will have an endless supply of crimson essence blood in the future; even if consuming crimson essence blood only gives a tiny chance to gain an exclusive blood magic talent.

As long as the quantity is sufficient, one can likewise obtain a talent from the crimson essence blood! Moreover, crimson essence blood can also be used to raise the Supernatural Grade of the Blood-colored Magic Book, and perhaps even enhance Su Hao's physique and mental power.

In the long run, crimson essence blood can bring Su Hao enormous benefits.

But today's synthesis opportunity is only left once, so Su Hao thought it over and plans to wait until tomorrow to perform the synthesis.

The second idea is to take out three pieces of proliferating flesh or three clusters of infected cells and synthesize them to see if the Supernatural Grade can be raised by one rank.

After the Supernatural Grade rises, whether it's the speed of proliferating flesh or the conversion speed of cells, both will definitely increase.

However, this matter is likewise not urgent; after some thought, Su Hao set it aside and chose the third idea.

That is to synthesize the Gravity Rock Axe, making it Su Hao's strongest melee weapon in hand, which is also very wieldy to use.

The feeling of cleaving an enemy in half with a single axe strike makes Su Hao feel extremely gratified; if all goes well, the Gravity Rock Axe will accompany him on a long journey.

Therefore, in future syntheses, as long as suitable materials are available, the priority of the Gravity Rock Axe will be placed relatively high.

As for this synthesis target, Su Hao also has an idea: the axe of the Stone Person.

Although that axe's Supernatural Grade is only first rank, as a weapon of the Stone Person, its weight is by no means light.

Even with Su Hao's current physique, it takes considerable effort to lift that axe.

If the Stone Person's axe is combined with the Gravity Rock Axe, although the chance of raising the Gravity Rock Axe's Supernatural Grade is not high, increasing its weight should still be feasible.

For heavy weapons, increasing weight equals increasing lethality, and this is especially true for the Gravity Rock Axe.

The Gravity Rock Axe has the effect of increasing weight; likewise, increasing weight to boost killing power can further enhance the Gravity Rock Axe by several times.

Having made the decision, Su Hao immediately thought of it and took out the Gravity Rock Axe and the Stone Person's axe.

(End of Chapter)