Chapter 151: Spiritual Blood Ki Harvest
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Ding!
[Your Familiar: [Bone Golem: Number One (Tier 0: Rank 0)] has received a new name from you: [Ezekiel]!]
[Ezekiel] has been baptized by your Holy Light, becoming a [Holy Bone Golem: Ezekiel (Tier 0: Rank 0)]!]
[Ezekiel] has learned a new Skill: [Little Light (F)]!]
[This is a new form and not an evolution.]
After Chris ended up accepting the little bone golem, he even gave him an interesting name, bonding the small artificial life to his own soul and even managing to evolve it, although its rank didn't increase at all.
However, it did gain one Skill called [Little Light], which was somehow perhaps attached to the power of light that Chris imbued into the artificial being.
The thing was, he had no idea what it could really do for the little golem, and right now, he had even less idea what it could even evolve into.
And that was without even considering how he even did that? It felt as if his powers worked in mysterious ways, perhaps in ways that no skill described to him through the game system.
Nonetheless, Chris felt pretty proud of that.
"No way, he got a bit stronger?! Pretty cool I can do that, hahaha!"
Chris felt awesome at that moment, as Emerlinda and Gofumina glanced at the little bone golem moving around and jumping.
"Eeeh, isn't that little guy kind of cute?" Gofumina laughed.
"Yeah, he is! He's very cute!" Emerlinda nodded. "V-Vlad? I was wondering… Um, can you make one for me too?"
"Hm, I guess I could, sure," Vlad nodded. "I don't know what the limit is, though, but perhaps it shouldn't be impossible to make another."
"Eh?! Wait a second, I thought this one was unique for me?" Chris wondered, feeling slightly jealous of someone else for getting attention.
"Well, that doesn't mean I can make more…" Vlad muttered.
"B-But it doesn't make it special anymore…" Chris sighed, looking a bit annoyed.
"Aah…" Paul felt confused; he didn't really know what Chris was trying to communicate here. "I don't really—"
"A-Ah! It's fine… You don't have to mind," Emerlinda muttered. "I wouldn't want to upset Chris…"
"Well, I'll work on something later," Paul said. "For now I have another thing I need to check. Once I'm done, I plan to go check out our buildings and army… So wait a minute or two."
After he said that, Paul quickly decided to check his other skills, while leaving Chris and Emerlinda to their own devices for the time being. He was a bit confused and annoyed Chris acted so spoiled sometimes; he was probably going to make several Bone Golems eventually either way.
"Alright, this has been pretty interesting so far; the potential of my Bone Manipulation has become greater than I imagined. I'll have to check what I can do later. Now let's see the other Skill and the secondary growth ability I possess comes from it too. I think it developed a little; I've absorbed some of that spiritual energy after all."
And that Skill was [Spiritual Blood Ki Harvest].
He tapped the Skill sign within his Status Screen, glancing at the Skill Description.
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[Spiritual Blood Ki Harvest (S): Lv2]
[Skill EXP]: [0/60.000]
A Subclass Skill born from the Farmer Class archetype, corrupted by the Blood Demon's Legacy. By activating this Skill and spending Arcana, you can now harvest Spiritual Blood Ki Essence from your foes, which can be used to strengthen your body and soul, and also to activate powerful Martial Arts related to this essence and the subclass' origin.
Any foe you're fighting that is bleeding can be chosen to have their Spiritual Blood Ki harvested over time; when they're alive, the rate is much slower at 10% -> 15% of its original rate, but when they're heavily wounded, it increases to 40% -> 45%, and when they're about to die, it increases by 60% -> 65%.
Those that have already died can be instantly harvested within the first hour after they die; more than that, and the energy is impossible to be absorbed and will be turned into negative poisonous energies for the body and soul.
You currently have a Spiritual Blood Ki Heart within your Soul, where this energy will be stored; its maximum capacity will increase over time through leveling and also by cultivating other parts of your body. As the Rank of the Spiritual Blood Ki Heart increases and as more of this essence you gather, you will gain additional Bonus Stats.
Additionally, you can use the Spiritual Blood Ki for a variety of purposes, from strengthening your body to infusing and enhancing targets, be they friends or even demonic plants, which are very compatible. When demonic or spiritual plants are infused with this energy, they will undergo special evolutions and become even stronger.
{Spiritual Blood Ki Heart: Rank 1}: {16.500/5.000} (Ready for Rank Up!)
{Bonus Stats}: {All Stats +1000}
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The Skill had reached Level 2 already through all his fights when he absorbed all of this energy through yesterday's many battles. And it seemed Vlad had managed to get a lot of that energy, over seventeen thousand points at that.
However, the {Spiritual Blood Ki Heart} didn't Ranked Up on its own but required the manual input of the wielder of this power, so energy might get overly accumulated. Vlad had felt strangely heavy for some reason, more than usual; his soul was "strange," and that might be due to this energy over-accumulating.
Right now, at Rank 1, he had a Bonus of +1000 to all Stats, which was really good, but it seemed the higher the Rank the more Bonus Stats he could get! He had no idea what the maximum Rank was, whatsoever, but he was going to find out eventually.
"Alright, let's see… How do I do this? Like this?"
Using his index finger, he tapped the holographic window showing his skill, in the section that showed the {Spiritual Blood Ki Heart}.
And then…
Ding!
[Do you wish to spend 5.000 Spiritual Blood Ki to Rank Up your {Spiritual Blood Ki Heart}?]
[Yes] [No]
Vlad smiled, glancing at the notification with his eyes glowing brightly in excitement; it seemed it was that simple.
He nodded, quickly tapping the [Yes] option without hesitation.
And then, the results were immediate.
FLUOSH!
He felt a surge of crimson energies surging from his body, rapidly wrapping around him and then spreading through his body, and then his soul.
His golden soul turned deep red as the crystallized heart inside began to absorb this energy and refine it, growing stronger.
BA DUM!
BA DUM!
BA DUM!
He felt his heart constantly beating rapidly, not his own, but the heart of his soul.
Vlad felt tired, as he started sweating constantly and his pale skin became completely red; even steam was being released from his body.
"W-What's going on?!"
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