【Scarlet Shepherd】

【Sequence Level: B-3 (Unenlightened)】

【Sequence Ability 1 (Grave Pasture): The Scarlet Shepherd possesses a vast expanse of pasture. Opponents deemed worthy will have their reflections appear within the pasture. Upon being slain, they will transform into tombstones, serving as Herd Spirits to eternally guard the Shepherd and grow alongside him. Current Tombstones: Blood Ghost Tomb】

【Sequence Ability 2 (Pasture·Sacrifice): Upon the death of the Scarlet Shepherd, Herd Spirits will sacrifice themselves to resurrect the Shepherd, simultaneously destroying their tombstones. Each Herd Spirit can resurrect the Scarlet Shepherd once. The state of resurrection depends on the Herd Spirit's strength. Such is the fate of his flock.】

【Sequence Ability 3 (Pasture·Blood Herd): Summon all tombstones at once to inflict massive damage upon enemies, simultaneously releasing the Herd Spirits to fight for the Shepherd. As long as the tombstones remain unbroken, the Herd Spirits are immortal. While in the herding state, Herd Spirits carry the risk of losing control and rebelling.】

【Sequence Ability 4 (Herding Beast·Soul-Herding Wolf): The Shepherd's exclusive pet beast. Can intimidate Herd Spirits. Evolves by feasting on Blood Mist.】

【Sequence Ability 5 (Scarlet Herding Chains): Unleashes Scarlet Herding Chains. Enemies bound by the chains will enter a bleeding state and have a portion of their value, including their Sequence, extracted.】

【Dorm Building Comment: On the sacred and sinful plateau, the Scarlet Shepherd herds his flock, for all eternity... This Sequence possesses immense potential, it is recommended to develop it well.】

"Woof woof woof woof!"

A black wolf with a white mark on its forehead roared furiously as it pounced towards Xu Lang, its cries sounding very strange.

Xu Lang raised his hand and patted this big dog... wolf, his face wearing an exceptionally unrestrained smile.

This crimson plateau was his domain. He could laugh however he wanted.

B-grade Sequences were truly too authoritative, starting with five skills right from the beginning.

The blood-red grass of the plateau swayed gently, stretching as far as the eye could see. The sky above was black, the horizon sharply divided by red and black, distinct and clear. A blood-colored tombstone stood quietly upon the plateau, inscribed with mysterious and terrifying curse-like patterns.

Xu Lang's gaze shifted towards it, and his steps followed.

【Blood Ghost Tomb】

【Herd Spirit: Blood Ghost】 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

【Special Ability: Attaches to the Scarlet Shepherd's bladed weapons, significantly increasing their sharpness】

【Introduction: This Herd Spirit is formed from the accumulated deathly baleful aura, killing intent, and resentment gathered upon the Shepherd's person】

"So it even has a special ability. This means I can use a portion of these Herd Spirits' abilities even without activating Blood Herd."

Xu Lang's pupils contracted slightly. His eyes then turned to the Blood Ghost manifesting from the tombstone.

This Blood Ghost had no lower body, resembling a humanoid ethereal form. It wore armor, holding dual blades in its hands, radiating overwhelming killing intent!

"You're not convinced?" Xu Lang flipped his palm, and a scarlet chain materialized, coiling around his arm like a spiritual serpent.

The Blood Ghost gave Xu Lang a deep look, then seemed to want to retreat back into the tombstone.

"Go to hell!" Xu Lang viciously kicked the tombstone!

Cracks instantly appeared on the tombstone!

"Quite tough!" Xu Lang raised an eyebrow, sneering disdainfully.

The Blood Ghost hurriedly prostrated itself at Xu Lang's feet, not daring to put on airs anymore.

"Woof woof woof!"

The Soul-Herding Wolf was furious, barking chaotically at the Blood Ghost.

The Blood Ghost's ethereal form fluctuated, becoming much fainter.

Xu Lang patted the Soul-Herding Wolf's head, signaling it to calm down a bit.

The Soul-Herding Wolf licked Xu Lang's palm with its red tongue, becoming obedient.

Next, Xu Lang spent a very long period of time on the Bloody Pasture, mainly to familiarize himself with the Scarlet Shepherd's abilities.

This Bloody Pasture seemed to have no boundaries. As long as he moved, the boundaries moved with him, and the tombstone was always within his field of vision, as if he were the center of this world.

"Guard this place well for me. I will make good use of your power." Xu Lang raised his hand, and strands of blood-red energy repaired the cracks on the Blood Ghost's tombstone.

The Blood Ghost hurriedly manifested from the tombstone, bowing to Xu Lang in salute.

During this time Xu Lang spent familiarizing himself with the Scarlet Shepherd's power, the Blood Ghost had received quite a few beatings.

This was Xu Lang's method of managing his flock—disobedient? Then beat them. Beat them until they obey, beat them into submission!

That's how he used to train the local dogs back in his hometown to be obedient, back before there were animal protection activists.

Seeing Xu Lang leave, the Soul-Herding Wolf wagged its tail, then lay down on the ground. From time to time, it opened its wolf eyes to glance at the Blood Ghost Tombstone. After several times, seeing no unusual movement from the Herd Spirit, it settled down to rest.

...

Xu Lang did not wake directly from the dream. Instead, he entered another dream.

Controlling dreams was an operation so basic it couldn't be more basic for him, the Nightmare Lord.

Fusion Dream.

Gray mist swirled hazily. The boundaries seemed to have expanded slightly.

A divinely clear piece of information surfaced in Xu Lang's heart and materialized as text before him.

【Fusion characteristic further developed. Daily fusion count increased to 10 times】

【Current fusion count: 10】

Xu Lang sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

"Could it be that I'm actually a genius?!"

Xu Lang eagerly began the fusion process. Before that, he thoroughly reviewed his own fusion categories from start to finish.

Facilities, True Qi, Fire, Weaponry, Eye Technique, Fist Technique, Kicking Technique, Transformation Cards, Primary Weapon, Primary Equipment.

"Maybe I can try adding Blade Technique and Clothing. Also, burst skills, I'm quite lacking in those too."

Thinking of clothing, Xu Lang couldn't help but feel a surge of annoyance.

The Lottery Machine was basically a scam machine. Back then, the Survivor Set that Tong Qi drew was a purple item, but its rarity was only Rare.

And the clothing sold in the Supermarket, aside from being extremely charming, had no other effects.

"Clothing can wait until there are more items of the same type... Hmm, let's try fusing facilities first. After all, so many blueprints dropped this week."

To be honest, Xu Lang felt the possibility of a qualitative change from facility fusion wasn't high.

He had tried many times before. It was very difficult to improve a facility's quality. If the fusion count hadn't doubled, he wouldn't even attempt it.

You must understand, facility fusion was different from all other fusions. It had a "Level Transfer" option. Once he fused a facility of Uncommon or Excellent-grade, Xu Lang could keep transferring levels to upgrade it, and its quality would never change!

This was the most bug-like aspect of facility fusion!

As expected, the results aligned with Xu Lang's predictions. Five consecutive fusions all ended in failure, and the final product was somewhat laughable.

【Sand Eye】

【Type: Turret Facility·Reconnaissance】

【Level: 10】

【Rarity: Rare】

【Lethality: 0】

【Durability: 600/600】

【Attack Speed: Special】

【Sand Pupils: 0/3 (10,000 Copper Coins per attack)】

【Auto Range: One kilometer】

【Effect (Vision Sharing): Deploys three Sand Pupils within one kilometer that are difficult to destroy, sharing their vision】

【Decomposition Yields: Yellow Sand Essence X10, Sand Element X3】

【Upgrade Condition: 15,000 Nightmare Coins】

【Introduction: I'll be watching you!】

"Abstract. They even gave me a reconnaissance-type turret... But since it's sand attribute, and the sand attribute is so prominent in this round of the game, I'll keep it. There might be many more turrets of the same type later."

Xu Lang took a light, cool breath, then began fusing skills.

Tong Qi's spirit attribute was about to reach 150 points in these two days. He needed to get a couple of decent skills for Tong Qi and Senior Sister Red Butterfly.

That's right. After Senior Sister Red Butterfly was resurrected, she could also learn skills, no different from ordinary players.