Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 371 - 268: Fourth Level Dragon Blood

Eternal Day Merit: 146 points!

Ji Xinghuo checked his own merits, a smile spread across his face. In this battle, he had gained 141 points of merit, which was a bit more than he had expected.

The number of monsters that had gathered just now must have reached over ten thousand.

Only a small portion of them were killed by himself, mainly because the ionization storm he released had instantly cleared out the monsters within its range, and the Eternal Day Badge recorded the merits; the majority died under the bombardment of laser cannons.

But he was quite satisfied.

From the start of luring the monsters and attracting more of them, to the final annihilation, it had taken nearly three hours. This could only be done during the day, as the daylight on Earth Abyss Star lasted only seven and a half hours, meaning he could at most lure monsters twice a day.

"Twice is enough anyway," he said to himself.

With the gains from this time, twice a day, the daily harvest could exceed twenty thousand points of Spiritual Origin Ability, as well as nearly 300 points of Eternal Day Merit.

Of course, that’s provided nothing unexpected happened, but Ji Xinghuo always felt it wouldn’t be that smooth.

He looked up at the sky; there was still plenty of time.

The over ten thousand monsters had all been obliterated by the laser cannons, hardly leaving a few corpses, naturally no Alien Species. Ji Xinghuo didn’t waste time searching, he didn’t even take a proper rest, just recognized the direction and continued to look for the next group of targets.

The monsters in the vicinity had been almost completely cleared out.

Therefore, Ji Xinghuo could only head to a neighboring area, also a First Level dangerous zone.

He didn’t want to venture into higher Level areas for now; after all, whether it’s any kind of monster, the Spiritual Origin Ability he obtained was 1 point, so there was no need to take the risk.

On the way, his Star Power had recovered to its peak state.

Over an hour later.

Ji Xinghuo discovered a group of Thorny Vipers, which looked like dead wood lying on the ground, camouflaged with weeds and shrubs, very well hidden.

These ferocious plant snakes had great potential for growth. The smallest ones were also three to four meters long and easily grew over ten meters, with a girth like a tree trunk. Their grey, dull bodies weren’t covered in scales but were instead bristling with sharp wooden spikes. Their fangs were highly poisonous, making them considerably dangerous.

There were even more of them than the Sawtooth Mantises, with this nest numbering over two hundred.

Ji Xinghuo opened the satellite map, planned the monster-luring route, then approached the nest and fired toward them, shooting a few dead.

In the midst of gunshots, the snake nest was instantly disturbed.

Then, they rapidly slithered towards him.

As hundreds of large snakes surrounded him, the shaking of the vast forest was immensely oppressive, sending shivers down one’s spine.

Ji Xinghuo immediately ran, maintaining distance from the monsters while occasionally looking back to shoot a few times.

He led the snake group on a wild chase through the forest, soon encountering another group of Sawtooth Mantises. Employing the same tactic, he fired from afar to lure the creatures and then ran in a different direction, circling back to keep both groups in pursuit as he continued to look for more monsters.

Wolf Soul Wood, Sawtooth Mantises, Thorny Vine Balls, Swamp Crawlers, and various other monsters converged on him.

The number of chasing monsters increased.

The noise they made grew louder and louder, attracting even more monsters from farther away to join the large pursuit.

After over two hours, the number of monsters had reached six to seven thousand.

Ji Xinghuo wanted to gather even more monsters, but this area was mountainous with complex and rugged terrain, not conducive for pursuit. Some of the monsters gave up chasing along the way, and he had to double back to get close to them, allowing the creatures another chance to catch up.

Moreso, "Membrane Leaf Midges" appeared in the sky.

They resembled the huge fanged midges enlarged by thousands of times, with two pairs of green leaf-like membrane wings that spanned over three meters, and a pair of huge fangs each side of their mouths. They emitted a poisonous gas and looked fierce, although they were not self-destructive, they posed a greater threat than Spore Bats.

The number of Membrane Leaf Midges wasn’t as high as that of Spore Bats, but there were still several hundred.

Their flight speed was faster.

Several times, Ji Xinghuo was nearly caught by the Membrane Leaf Midges, forcing him to consume Star Power to burst with speed and shoot them down while maintaining distance.

Flying monsters significantly increased the difficulty and danger of luring the ground monsters.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t press his luck.

Thus, he lured the group of monsters to a valley found through electromagnetic induction, where a fierce battle ensued.

The Spirit Sword Bracelet activated, and swords flashed, slicing through the monsters.

Gunshots rang continuously.

Then came an ionization storm. When his Star Power was nearly exhausted, Ji Xinghuo immediately took flight, and the Turbo Laser Cannon from the orbit rained down huge crimson beams, bombing the entire valley, turning the remaining monsters into ashes.

Ji Xinghuo landed back in the devastated valley.

Due to the narrow terrain with no place to escape, the power of the laser cannon reflected back and forth in the valley, killing almost all the monsters.

He fiercely reaped a wave of Spiritual Origin Ability, and his Eternal Day Merit also increased significantly.

"277 points of merit now!" he thought, feeling immensely satisfied.

On the forum, many Eternal Day Guards complained about the difficulty of earning merits. Most people hunted monsters in teams, splitting the Eternal Day Merit amongst teammates. Braving the risks on Earth Abyss Star for an entire cold season might not even yield 100 points of merit.

Yet here he was, on his second day on Earth Abyss Star, and his Eternal Day Merit had already reached 277 points!

The efficiency was worlds apart.

In the Eternal Day City’s exotic auction house, the treasures auctioned by the Crystal Elite Clan were sold at dual prices, bidding with Ether Crystals and merits. As long as either bid surpassed the competitors’, one could win the auction.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t have many Ether Crystals, but he could use Eternal Day Merit to trump his competitors.

Directly at the starting price, he could put down an amount of merit difficult for others to reach. That way, no matter how many Ether Crystals the others had, it would be useless.

"This can save a lot of money in the auction!"

The sunset on Earth Abyss Star descended.

Before the darkness set in, Ji Xinghuo hurried to the nearest underground shelter and safely entered. After having a simple dinner and resting for a moment, he entered the cultivation room of the shelter. Cultivation was an evolver’s most important privacy, so the cultivation room was the only place in the shelter without surveillance.

He did some light exercises and activated the interface of his Wanxiang Star Pupil.

[Spiritual Origin Ability: 25663]

This was the total gain from the past two days.

The second wave of monsters today was smaller in number than the first, so the spiritual origin ability gained was correspondingly lesser, adding up to over twenty-five thousand points.

Ji Xinghuo checked his ability information.

With this spiritual origin ability, several abilities could be upgraded.

Thousand Spirit Skillful Hand, Instant Step, Alien Coexistence, Thunderbolt Hand, Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, Star Force, Overclocking Thought. Several abilities of Qing Hong could also be upgraded. Before this, he had contemplated that should he have spiritual origin ability, he should prioritize upgrading Alien Coexistence or Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood.

Considering the current circumstances on Earth Abyss Star, what he needed more was stronger stamina and more profound star power.

Therefore, Ji Xinghuo was more inclined to upgrade Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood.

If Alien Coexistence was upgraded another level, he could share an ability from Qing Hong. However, aside from Miniaturization and Giant Transformation, Qing Hong’s current abilities didn’t match him well.

Ability sharing was random, and Ji Xinghuo wasn’t sure he could acquire these two abilities.

Even though there was a gene recombination from the Star Fall Ability, to be honest, he wasn’t very interested in this ability. The premise of gene recombination was being able to completely consume a creature. What if the desired ability came from an enormous beast? How could he possibly consume it?

The worst-case scenario was sharing "Spirit Smell," which would be completely useless.

"Better to play it safe."

After pondering, Ji Xinghuo decided to first upgrade Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, glancing at the current progress, [Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood (Third Level 2120/7639)].

When he advanced to a super mutant, Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood also improved somewhat.

A little over 5500 points of spiritual origin ability was needed to upgrade.

"Let’s begin!"

Ji Xinghuo poured his spiritual origin ability into it. Immediately, he felt the blood in his body flowing rapidly.

Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood was capable of comprehensively enhancing physical fitness, and the most prominent effect was the increase in strength.

At the same time, it granted skin hard as titanium alloy, greatly increasing resistance to energy damage, accelerating wound self-healing, and remarkable recovery power. For Ji Xinghuo, Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood could also amplify Rotating Magnetic Field and Holy Scale Armor, with the effects stacking.

At this moment, as the Dragon Blood rose to the fourth level, he once again experienced that unparalleled enhancement, clear and exhilarating.

Most noticeable was the increase in strength.

When over five thousand points of spiritual origin ability were invested, Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood finally reached the fourth level.

The enhancement didn’t stop there; Ji Xinghuo felt changes in his body, Holy Scale Armor automatically activated, producing thick scales in gold, silver, and green on his body.

Inside his body, the blood flow became faster and faster, as though boiling.

Ji Xinghuo’s body emitted steam, feeling as if he was about to explode, his eyes turning silver and radiating a terrifying mental deterrence. His body also uncontrollably grew larger, though not as exaggerated as Bloody Frenzy or Gigantification.

Finally, after a few minutes.

He adapted to this "frenzy"-like state, his mind shook, and the interface of his Wanxiang Star Pupil once again displayed information.

[Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood (Fourth Level 1/44449)]

The upgraded to fourth-level Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood.

As expected, Ji Xinghuo immediately knew he had awakened a new ability, which increased the flow speed of Dragon Blood, continuously consuming a large amount of star power to amplify strength.

He raised his hand to his eyes to observe, clenching and unclenching lightly.

"Strength has increased by about half, I should be able to bench over 75 tons now!" freēnovelkiss.com

The barbells in the shelter’s cultivation room were too light to perform strength testing. Ji Xinghuo thought, "If I let my blood boil, my strength could be even greater, roughly the same effect as Bloody Frenzy, which could double my strength at least!"

And entering this boiling blood state, there were no noticeable outward differences, potentially deceiving opponents.

His stature would increase slightly but not noticeably.

Ji Xinghuo tried to calm his boiling blood and quickly cooled down without any discomfort besides star power consumption.

"Very good, none of the usual frenzy side effects."

This way, he could trigger it at will, just considering the star power consumption.

Compared to the limitations of Bloody Frenzy, this Dragon Blood boiling strength enhancement was just as good and had higher potential. As more star power was consumed, the strength enhancement also increased.

After experimenting for a moment, Ji Xinghuo mastered the application of Dragon Blood boiling, and after some thought, decided to call it "Dragon Madness."

Fourth-level Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood awakened Dragon Madness.

In addition, the progress of Holy Scale Armor increased, defense was stronger, wound self-healing and physical recovery skyrocketed, and Ji Xinghuo felt he had endless strength, even capable of fighting on par with a legendary giant.

Seeing there were still over twenty thousand points of spiritual origin ability left, Ji Xinghuo, after much deliberation, chose to upgrade Alien Coexistence.

"Time to try my luck."

"Later on, Qing Hong will have more abilities, and the probability of sharing the desired ability will be even lower. Might as well give it a shot now."

He watched the progress of Alien Coexistence rise rapidly, full of anticipation.