8: Chapter 8 Continuous Synthesis
There was no other way.
After fusing the Queen Ant, Chi Anlin only had 667 blood energy left, not even reaching a fraction of what was needed.
But the Ice Spirit Wolf definitely had to be contracted. Chi Anlin thought for a moment, eventually sighed, walked to the refrigerator, and took out a large block of ice.
"Ding, would you like to perform Fusion on [Ice Spirit Wolf] and [Ice Block]?"
blood energy required: 100
Fusion success rate: 99%
"Confirm."
Blood threads surged out, wrapping the Ice Spirit Wolf and the ice block, forming a blood cocoon.
[Fusion starting, remaining Fusion time: 10 minutes]
This works too?
Chi Anlin praised his own wit. The Ice Spirit Wolf was a high-grade mortal rank beast. If fused with other low-level Mortal Rank materials, he probably wouldn't be able to afford the required blood energy. Although these ice blocks wouldn't cause much change in the Ice Spirit Wolf, they could at least meet the requirements for a contract.
While waiting, Chi Anlin looked at the Iron Fierce Ant egg with some restlessness. His pocket money was always spent as soon as it was received; he had never saved any. This bad habit was hard to change, leading him to want to use up all his blood energy now that he had it.
He happened to buy many ores today, so he might as well try a bit of Fusion.
Although this Iron Fierce Ant wouldn't become his beast, it was more than enough to serve as the Queen Ant's guard.
"Ding, would you like to perform Fusion on [Iron Fierce Ant] and [Gold Sandstone]?"
blood energy required: 500
Fusion success rate: 80%
"Fuse"
[Fusion starting, remaining Fusion time: 10 minutes]
...
The quality and materials of beasts are graded as: Mortal Rank, Yellow Grade, Spirit Rank, and Profound Grade, where Yellow Grade corresponds to a cultivator's First Realm.
As for the rest, Chi Anlin didn't know; with his current strength, he simply couldn't come into contact with them.
After waiting for a while, the Ice Spirit Wolf successfully broke out of its cocoon. Chi Anlin couldn't see any real changes in it; if he had to describe it, maybe it just got a bit whiter?
His mental power reached out again, wrapping the Ice Spirit Wolf's mental core. With his first experience, Chi Anlin quickly succeeded in the contract.
A weak trace of ice spiritual energy entered Chi Anlin's body. At that moment, the ice crystal on his neck suddenly lit up. The pure ice spiritual energy split into two strands, entering Chi Anlin's sea of consciousness and meridians respectively.
His originally fragile and thin meridians were washed by the ice spiritual energy, becoming translucent and slowly expanding.
Before long, Chi Anlin's aura changed abruptly. The barrier that hadn't budged for years shattered, and spiritual energy surged like a flood through a broken dam, entering his Dantian.
Mortal Grade Second Stage, breakthrough!
"I finally broke through!"
Chi Anlin felt an indescribable, complex emotion surge in his heart. This was a regret left from before he transmigrated, and now it was finally resolved. Chi Anlin felt he had finally fully integrated into this world, and many memories began to clear up.
At this time, the Ice Spirit Wolf beside him let out a long howl, also surpassing the limit of a beast and becoming a Mortal Rank monster.
[Name]: Ice Spirit Wolf
[Attribute]: Ice
[Level]: Mortal Rank First Stage
[Potential]: high-grade mortal rank
[Skill]: Ice Seal (Upgradable)
Hmm? Could it be that the Fusion just now gave this little guy a skill?
Good things come in pairs.
A smile spread across Chi Anlin's face. This way, there shouldn't be any issues with military training.
However, Chi Anlin clicked to check the upgrade prompt; it also required a lot of blood energy. Since the Ice Spirit Wolf's level was still very low, he wouldn't upgrade it for now.
After successfully contracting, Chi Anlin closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the bed. Once his memories merged, the cultivation technique he couldn't remember before appeared in his mind.
The technique he practiced was called "Guiyuan Profound Manual," which was also the technique his father practiced. It was a Yellow Grade technique, much more powerful than the "Mortal Profound Manual" taught at school.
The breakthrough was like a blind cat running into a dead mouse, simply due to the large amount of energy. If he had been running the technique, his strength would probably have reached the peak of the Mortal Grade Second Stage by now.
Since he had to wait for the Queen Ant and that ant egg to hatch, Chi Anlin closed his eyes and entered cultivation mode.
Four hours passed...
Chi Anlin slowly opened his eyes. After some cultivation, his realm became more stable. Previously, he was just an empty shell, unable to even defeat an ordinary person. But after being washed by spiritual energy during these two contracts, Chi Anlin's physical body had even reached the peak of the Mortal Grade Second Stage.
The Queen Ant's Fusion was successful. Now, the Queen Ant's color was even darker, and its head had grown a size larger.
[Name]: Iron Fierce Ant Queen
[Attribute]: Metal
[Level]: Mortal Rank Third Stage
[Potential]: Peak Mortal Rank
[Productivity]: Mortal Rank First Stage: 3/day
Ordinary Ant Soldiers: 300/day
[Skill]: Bloodline Control: Can completely control insects that possess its own bloodline.
Deterrence: Inflicts a mental shock on a selected creature. The higher the user's mental power, the greater the shock effect.
Nice. Chi Anlin's eyes lit up. Although its strength hadn't changed, the Queen Ant's attributes had been greatly improved in all aspects.
This wasn't just the effect of that spirit tempering pill; the main reason for such a big change was still the blood energy.
*Crack...*
Just then, a strange sound came from the desk. Chi Anlin quickly looked over and found that the Iron Fierce Ant egg from before had already hatched and was currently eating metal.
[Name]: Gold Fierce Ant
[Attribute]: Metal
[Level]: Mortal Rank First Stage
[Potential]: high-grade mortal rank
[Skill]:
Hardening: Greatly increases defense for 10 minutes
The Fusion caused the Iron Fierce Ant to hatch faster, so this Iron Fierce Ant had completed its hatching and cocooning as early as an hour ago.
This was too great. If it weren't for Father Chi's forced power-up, it would probably have taken several days to reach this step.
This way, Chi Anlin actually began to look forward to the military training.
He could bring the Queen Ant along since he had the beast taming pouch. He also wondered if the Queen Ant's Deterrence skill was powerful...
Thinking of this, Chi Anlin looked at the Queen Ant and commanded with his thoughts, "Queen Ant, try using the Deterrence skill on me."
The Queen Ant tilted its head, staring at Chi Anlin hesitantly for a while...
It had to be said, being young is great; one can fall asleep the moment their head hits the pillow.
Looking at the sky, I told you to try it, not to use so much force!
...
When he woke up again, it was already the next morning.
Chi Anlin rubbed his temples. A sense of dizziness lingered, giving him a bit of a headache.
Fortunately, the energy of the ice crystal had improved his mental power; otherwise, he would definitely have been the most pathetic transmigrator to die.
But this sleep was actually quite good? Chi Anlin looked at the clock by the bed. He had actually slept until eight o'clock... Holy crap, I'm going to be late!
Quickly putting the three beasts into the beast taming pouch, Chi Anlin was about to run out dragging his suitcase when he suddenly noticed a dark mass on the table.
On the desk, two hundred Iron Fierce Ants stood together neatly. These were all ordinary Iron Fierce Ants that Chi Anlin had previously asked the Queen Ant to hatch.
"No time to explain. Queen Ant, have them all crawl into the box."
Soon, all the Iron Fierce Ants entered the box. Chi Anlin put it into his backpack and rushed out.
As for the reason for carrying so many ants... he planned to take them all to the military training site.