96: Chapter 96 The Queen Ant Mutates Again
The system began its upgrade. Chi Anlin summoned Xiao Yue, preparing for the return journey.
The Ice Spirit Gryphon would continue following the Ant Soldiers to find and hunt those First Realm Demonic Beasts; meanwhile, he could go back first and spend a wave of blood energy.
Before long, Chi Anlin returned to the underground cave and found the Queen Ant.
During his return journey, the Ice Spirit Gryphon had cooperated with the Ant Soldiers once again to slay two First Realm, Seventh Stage demonic beasts.
[Killed a First Realm, Seventh Stage Blood Rainbow Stone-Wave Monkey, obtained 5 million blood energy; extra 1 million blood energy obtained for cross-level combat]
[Killed a First Realm, Seventh Stage White Pear Sheep, obtained 4 million blood energy; extra 1 million blood energy obtained for cross-level combat]
At this moment, Chi Anlin's blood energy value had reached 26.12 million, which was enough to perform a Fusion for the Blood Devouring King.
After having the Queen Ant summon the Blood Devouring King back, Chi Anlin took out the iron block and aimed it at the Blood Devouring King.
"Xiao Yi, order this Ant Soldier to relax its guard. It is not allowed to move."
Because of bloodline suppression, the Blood Devouring King could only watch helplessly as Chi Anlin walked toward it.
"Damn it! I really was discovered! What is this guy trying to do!"
Chi Anlin didn't know what was going through the Blood Devouring King's head; he directly opened the system and selected confirm.
In the next moment, the Blood Devouring King began to struggle frantically.
"The power of laws! It's actually the power of laws! This isn't a Shapeshifting Great Demon, this is a supreme..."
Threads of blood wrapped around it one by one. Chi Anlin breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed his luck was still quite good. In all this time, he had only failed twice.
Unfortunately, the Blood Devouring King was not his own tamed beast. After spending these twenty million blood energy points, he wouldn't get any kickbacks.
While the Blood Devouring King began its Fusion, Chi Anlin took out his very first space ring.
This space ring only had ten cubic meters of storage space, whereas the one Phoenix Fire Lord had given him later had a hundred cubic meters of space.
With a smaller space, the required blood energy would also be less. He would use this to test the waters first; if the effect was good, he would use the other space ring for Fusion as well.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse [Fierce Biting Ant Queen] with [space ring]?"
blood energy required: 1.5 million
Fusion success rate: 60%
Fusion time: 2 hours
Due to the improvement in the Queen Ant's strength, the Fusion success rate had also become higher. Chi Anlin rubbed Xiao Xing's head and decisively chose to confirm.
A second later, the Queen Ant was wrapped in a blood cocoon, signifying a successful start to the Fusion.
With several million blood energy points remaining, Chi Anlin pulled over a Tiger Armor Ant Soldier and took out the anteater saliva.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse [Tiger Armor Fierce Biting Ant] with [Iron Obsidian Anteater Saliva]?"
blood energy required: 1.8 million
Fusion success rate: 5%
Huh? The Fusion rate is this low?
Chi Anlin raised an eyebrow, in no hurry to gamble like this.
He had noticed that things he fused only turned out well, never badly.
Could it be that the system's blood energy doesn't just have a Fusion effect, but can also optimize the Fusion results?
Chi Anlin shook his head; he still needed to experiment more. The success rates for previous Fusions were relatively high, representing good compatibility. This time, why not try one with a low Fusion rate?
————————
Time passed quickly. After the Blood Devouring King emerged from its cocoon, Chi Anlin let it go off to roam with the Ice Spirit Gryphon.
The current Blood Devouring King still possessed its own thoughts, but it was absolutely loyal to Chi Anlin.
This loyalty meant treating Chi Anlin as its closest person, without any psychological impulse to harm him, so the impact on the Blood Devouring King itself was not significant.
Through Xiao Xing's relaying, Chi Anlin also understood that the Blood Devouring King could grow stronger by devouring blood and souls. Since the Ice Spirit Gryphon was currently hunting high-stage demonic beasts, it was a good chance for the Blood Devouring King to leech some experience.
On the other side, the Queen Ant also successfully emerged from its cocoon.
[Name]: Space Ant Queen
[Attributes]: Space, Fire, Metal
[Level]: First Realm, First Stage
[Potential]: Spirit Rank, Mid-Grade
[Production Speed]:
Queen Ant: 1 / 90 days
First Realm, Third Stage: 2 / 1 day
First Realm, Second Stage: 25 / 1 day
First Realm, First Stage: 200 / 1 day
Mortal Rank Ninth Stage: 600 / 1 day
...
mortal rank first stage: 1,500,000 / 1 day
Ordinary: 15,000,000 / 1 day
[Skills]: Deterrence (Yellow Rank, High-Grade), Bloodline Control (Special)
Gene Extraction: (Yellow Rank, High-Grade) Can extract genes from devoured demonic beasts and integrate them into its own body using blood energy.
Production: (Spirit Rank, Peak-Grade) Produces Ant Soldiers. The higher the skill level, the faster the speed. Can produce different types of soldiers through gene sequencing (Note: The inherent strength of the soldier type affects Production speed).
[Genes]:
[Fire Poison]... (omitted)
[Space]: Possesses a space within the body that can store non-living matter. The stronger the individual, the larger the space.
Every Fusion brought new surprises.
Chi Anlin almost jumped for joy; he really was using a cheat code!
Setting aside the five-fold increase in Production speed, what delighted Chi Anlin the most was that this new [Space] was actually in the gene column.
This meant that the Ant Soldiers produced by the Queen Ant could also possess this gene!
It meant he could create true Transport Ant Soldiers!
However...
Chi Anlin looked at the description of the [Space] gene; there were limitations.
Creating a transport soldier type was equivalent to having one more storage ring.
In the next second, Chi Anlin took out a beast taming pouch.
A beast taming pouch was different from a space ring. A beast taming pouch could store living creatures but couldn't store other items; that alone was enough.
Within two hours, the Ice Spirit Gryphon had already hunted most of the high-stage demonic beasts discovered by the Ant Soldiers. All that remained was to wait for the Ant Soldiers to continue exploring.
And Chi Anlin had also obtained over sixty million blood energy points.
As long as he got another twenty million, the system could continue upgrading.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse [Space Ant Queen] with [beast taming pouch]?"
blood energy required: 100 million
Fusion success rate: 97%
The Fusion rate is so high! This direction is indeed correct!
The corners of Chi Anlin's mouth curled up slightly. He could create a true mobile arsenal!
By carrying one Ant Soldier, he could carry countless Ant Soldiers!
This also meant that Chi Anlin could bring the Ant Soldiers to other Otherworlds.
"Queen Ant, what does the Blood Devouring King say?" Chi Anlin suddenly asked.
He had found a Second Realm, First Stage demonic beast. However, if he let the Ice Spirit Gryphon fight this demonic beast, it was unknown who was stronger or weaker; the Ice Spirit Gryphon might also get injured, which wouldn't be convenient for subsequent battles.
When fighting demonic beasts two stages lower than itself, the Ice Spirit Gryphon only needed to be a little careful and wouldn't get hurt. Against First Realm, Ninth Stage demonic beasts, although it was still a landslide victory, it would more or less suffer some injuries.
As for a Second Realm demonic beast, if it fought desperately, there was a possibility the Ice Spirit Gryphon might fall.
The Queen Ant's antennae vibrated slightly, and it soon gave Chi Anlin a reply.
After absorbing so many souls and so much blood, the Blood Devouring King's strength had reached the First Realm, Fourth Stage. Most importantly, the current Blood Devouring King could temporarily simulate its King-rank aura for 0.5 seconds.
Within those 0.5 seconds, a Second Realm demonic beast would definitely not dare to move.
However, the Blood Devouring King would also pay a certain price for this, so the corpse of this Second Realm demonic beast had to be given entirely to the Blood Devouring King to consume.
"Then let's do it. For a Second Realm demonic beast, the accumulated blood energy after slaughtering it will definitely exceed a hundred million!"