Chapter 35: Live Test subjects (1)

Chapter 35: Live Test subjects (1)

With the recent revelation of his abilities but also caution as to what he had experienced. He sneaks into Slaughter City again and 'collects' some kind helpers for his experiment.

He gathered 5 helpers for now and took one to the cultivation room while the other 4 are unconscious inside the domain refining room. After finishing most of his preparations to ensure nobody would escape. He wakes up the first 'volunteer'.

SLAP

"Huh, what, who the hell are you? Where am I?" The man wakes up and confusion is the first emotion which quickly changes into rage as he tries to get up but only finds his hands and arms are locked.

"Release your martial Spirit" "HUH, let me go you bastard." Xue Tie says but only gets a very vocal form of declining which is met with another slap to the face.

"Release your martial Spirit. I will only hurt you more until you listen" He threatens

"You can't use spirit power in Slaughter City, There is no point in bringing it out" His words might be true anywhere else in slaughter city, but this is the hidden underground base that is unaffected by such things.

The proper response to his words is naturally, to smack the shit out of him again. Xue Tie decided to accelerate this a bit by taking out his trident and outright smacking the man with it like a baseball bat.

"ARGH, YOU FUCKER" "Release your martial spirit. I won't ask anymore" He says and simply points his trident at the man's chest.

The man's fear of death overcomes his rage and a beaver martial spirit covers him. His 3 yellow rings revolve around him. He tries to break the binds but his efforts are only met with another smack with the trident. The volunteer falls over and struggles to get up as the trauma to his head is making him dizzy.

Xue Tie simply takes his change and activates his first spirit ring and stabs at the first ring of his test subj….ahem, good friend who is helping out.

The ring is stabbed and veins spread out all around it. The man begins groaning in pain as his rings is forcefully strengthened. The man naturally notices that Xue Tie used a spirit skill and it didn't cancel. So while he can still manage, he activates his own 2nd ring and attempts a slam whip at Xue Tie but is interrupted as he begins screaming in pain over what Xue Tie can only believe is similar to what he had.

The life experience of the spirit beast he killed for his ring. Xue Tie has a smile as he realizes that he could potentially empower others and not face any backlash himself like he did with the bone. Which he is confused over why he experienced it in the first place for the spirit bone since he hasn't absorbed it yet.

These thoughts are interrupted as the yellow ring gains a shade of purple in it but the man also collapses and Xue Tie begins experiencing life of the yellow rings beast as well. But it's only halfway. He deactivated his spirit skill and the illusion fades. The yellow Ring still has a shade of purple but it's not fully. As such, Xue Tie can only assume that it has grown a few hundred years and is on the border of 1 thousand years old.

Xue Tie checks on the man, his face all red and covered in tears and snot. Eyes are bloodshot. Not even a twitch from the man. He checks the man's brain and finds it inactive.

"Damn buddy, i fucked you up good. Good thing though, It's possible that other than me, nobody else can handle the strain, or this guy was just abysmally weak for a spirit Elder. I guess I can only try to find the upper limit of what others can handle or if it differs from person to person." He mutters and tries to see if his healing blood can help him recover but to no avail as he is simply brain dead. As such, Xue Tie discards the body and collects a new friend to help from the other room.

He wakes them up a bit gentler and they are just groggy as they wake up.

"Huh, what? Where am I?"

"Good afternoon sir, You have been volunteered for a special project in the possible increase of spirit ring strength post absorption. Please release your martial spirit" Xue Tie has remodeled his white aprons into a makeshift lab coat to become more presentable.

"What, spirit ring strengthening? Why am I chained up?"

"It is for your own safety, our team has learned that patients experience the memories of the beast the ring is from, as a result there is some thrashing around. The bindings are for your own safety. We have healing items at hand as well, all for the purpose of your own safety. We hope you may cooperate" Xue Tie continues his doctoral act professionally by showing the bottles of blood with healing effects and explaining the effects of the test.

"Can you tell me more about this test before I accept" The man falls for the blatant lie in front of him as he is given hope for an increase of strength far beyond his original limits.

"Certainly, we have already had a few successful tests. A spirit bone of 23 thousand years old had increased in power by 2 and a half thousand years. Another patient before you gained a few hundred years to his first yellow spirit ring. Another factor is the medicine I have shown you, the vitality in these drops of bloods have increased to a point where it can now heal deadly wounds and possibly increase spirit power but that 2nd effects requires extra testing." he proclaims, omitting the fact that the patient died but is truthful about the other aspects.

The man almost has his eyes shining and warily asks. "What is required of me for the test?"

"You must simply release your martial spirit. I will then begin by stabbing your spirit ring. In which case you will experience the life of the spirit beast you killed. This puts plenty of pressure on your brain and I will be feeding you the blood medicine as we go. I will begin with the first ring and then once it gains a few hundred years or reaches 1 thousand, I will stop and let you rest" Xue Tie explains the procedure and the man falls hook line and sinker for his explanation. The benefit and care shown to him after spending years in Slaughter City's slums almost brings tears to his eyes and he releases his martial spirit. It's a medieval chest plate like armor. 2 yellow and 1 purple ring appears.

"Hooh, you are quite talented sir. Much more so than our previous volunteer. Do you care to introduce yourself and your martial spirit?" Xue Tie asks so he may have more data for any potential changes that may occur.

"Lin Boshuang, Pristine Cavalry armor, level 36 Defense agility system spirit master" He gives his introduction and even explains. "My first spirit ring was from a 500 year old Stone Frog. It covers my armor in dense rocks, increasing my defenses greatly"

"I see, I thank you Sir Boshuang for your help. Are you ready to start?" Xue Tie says as he holds a bottle of blood in hand and trident in the other. Lin Boshuang nods and Xue Tie stabs the ring. As expected the man begins thrashing around but less so than the previous one even though they are both Spirit elders. Xue Tie thanks his luck for finding multiple people of the same level. He begins feeding his new friend the blood potion.

The test continues and the ring begins turning purple and Xue Tie checks Lin Boshuangs mind, and he sees it is still active and the potion is doing its work. Or the man is just more capable. He keeps going and the ring soon solidifies at Purple. Xue Tie retracts his trident and feeds the patient more blood to heal him as his body has become covered in cracks in the final transitional moment.

His body is healed and his mind is still active, the natural assumption becomes that he is just unconscious.

Nevertheless, Xue Tie is ecstatic over his success. He has a maniacal smile on his face before it turns to pondering as he contemplates over what to do with his 'best' friend here.

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Greetings everyone

I hope you have all enjoyed this chapter

For those wondering why the character has shifted so much. It's mostly for 2 reasons, the first being his madness foray into Slaughter City left it's mark with the foreshadowed 'madness' of the Xue family.

The 2nd being his life as a spirit beast. 20+ thousand years is alot for a human brain to comprehend, even if it's not actually 20k years as it's just their cultivation. But living the life of a beast will make one more beast like. His mental fortitude is strong enough to resist any sort of primal urges but he has grown more callous to human life.