Chapter 93: New Ability — Boiling Blood, Blood Plunder Upgraded

About half of the evolutionary source power merged into Zhang Ran’s body, optimizing his genes and cells and enhancing his physical attributes. The remaining half stayed within his sea of consciousness, where it gathered and compressed beside the Tree of Evolution, quickly taking the shape of a brand-new ability sigil.

Threads of evolutionary source power welled up from the Tree of Evolution, then surged madly toward the newly formed sigil, merging with its nascent form.

As more source power flowed in, mysterious and intricate patterns began to appear across the surface of the new sigil, so complex that merely looking at them could make one dizzy. They shifted, rotated, and flickered at different rhythms; some slowly faded away, while others fused with neighboring patterns to form entirely new runes.

After a full ten minutes, the newborn sigil finally stabilized. Its appearance no longer changed, and all the patterns upon it had vanished, leaving only a mark shaped like a flame.

It was a fiercely burning flame, deep crimson in color. But upon closer inspection, it was not truly fire at all; it was a flame-like figure formed from blood.

Once fully stabilized, the sigil was drawn as if by a magnet, swiftly flying toward the center of Zhang Ran’s sea of consciousness. It drew close to the Tree of Evolution, then settled upon one of its branches, beside the spatial box sigil, occupying the third ability slot.

And beyond the formation of this new sigil, a portion of the evolutionary source power also merged into the first “Blood Plunder” sigil.

After the source power poured in, the Blood Plunder ability sigil also flickered with a faint red glow. Patterns surfaced upon it and fused with the image at its center, causing the sigil to undergo a mysterious transformation.

“Let me see what my new ability is! A flame made of blood—could this be an arcane ability?”

With the advancement complete, Zhang Ran was filled with anticipation. He looked toward the newborn ability sigil and, with a thought, separated a strand of consciousness to touch the red rune.

“[Ability Name: Boiling Blood]

[Ability Effect: Burn the blood within your body to fully stimulate your physical potential, greatly enhancing all attributes for a short period of time. Grants a 25% boost to strength, 15% to constitution, 20% to agility, and 10% to spirit. However, after the Boiling Blood state ends, if more than one-third of your blood has been burned and not replenished, you will enter a weakened state, with all attributes reduced by 20% until recovery.]”

At Zhang Ran’s will, the red sigil flickered softly, and a stream of information poured from it into his sea of consciousness, explaining the effect of the ability it contained.

“Although it has some side effects, it really does provide a very comprehensive boost. This counts as a pretty good combat-type ability—at least B-grade! More than that, this Boiling Blood ability can work together with my Blood Plunder ability, reducing its drawbacks to the minimum, or even eliminating them altogether!”

Looking at the sigil’s effect, Zhang Ran nodded in satisfaction. Though this ability was not as heaven-defying as the Spatial Box, it was still excellent, capable of providing him with powerful explosive bursts and greatly improving his combat strength.

“Right, there’s also the evolved Blood Plunder sigil! It absorbed some source power just now too—let’s see whether it has gained any new effects!”

With hope in his heart, Zhang Ran moved his mind again, sending out a thread of consciousness to touch the first Blood Plunder sigil upon the Tree of Evolution.

“[Ability Name: Blood Plunder]

[Ability Effect: After activating this ability, you may condense the blood within your body and launch up to five Blood Spikes to attack your opponent, dealing piercing damage. If a Blood Spike breaks through the target’s defenses, it can further absorb energy from the enemy’s blood and convert it into blood qi for storage. Those whose blood energy is plundered will enter a weakened state. You may store blood qi equal to up to 20% of your own stamina, and when needed, you can refine that blood qi to replenish your stamina or blood.]”

After Zhang Ran’s consciousness touched it, the Blood Plunder sigil also flickered slightly, and a stream of information entered his sea of consciousness, conveying the effect of this ability sigil.

“This is amazing! It can absorb blood energy rather than blood itself, which means I can also make use of the blood of mutated beasts and continuously replenish my stamina! Even better, after evolution, Blood Plunder can work in perfect harmony with Boiling Blood, allowing me to keep bursting forth without any aftereffects!”

Reading the description, Zhang Ran’s eyes brightened. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

“Chip, scan my body!”

After entering the bathroom and turning on the shower, he washed away the black, foul-smelling sweat rich in genetic impurities that had seeped from his skin. He also moved around a little to adapt to his evolved body, then returned to the bed.

“Chip, perform the most precise-level examination and analysis of my body!”

With his eyes gently closed, Zhang Ran silently issued the command to the chip in his mind, beginning a thorough, all-around examination of his body from every angle.

“Command received. Beginning scan...”

The chip’s prompt sounded in Zhang Ran’s ear. His body stiffened slightly as large amounts of neural signals and bodily conditions were captured by the chip, which then modeled, studied, and analyzed the data to perform the most meticulous inspection possible.

“Beep! Scan complete. Diagnostic report generated. Please review, host.”

Five minutes later, the chip’s prompt sounded once more. Immediately after, a flash of silver light appeared before Zhang Ran, condensing into a data panel in front of his eyes.

“[Name: Zhang Ran]

[Age: 8]

[Strength: 3rd-Level Evolver]

[Evolution Points: 03]

[Current Evolution Point Condensation Progress: 0.00%]

[Abilities: Transcendent Evolution, Blood Plunder, Spatial Box, Boiling Blood]

[Strength: 8.800 (6.526+2.274)]

[Constitution: 8.573 (6.420+2.153)]

[Agility: 8.297 (6.170+2.127)]

[Spirit: 8.010 (5.975+2.035)]

[Cell Vitality: ......]”

On the left side of the attribute panel was a three-dimensional live image of Zhang Ran’s body, created from the scan and perfectly reflecting his physical condition. On the right side were listed the various attributes of his body, along with the improvements gained after advancing.

“What a delightful feeling! My strength has grown even greater!”

Looking at his attributes, the smile on Zhang Ran’s face deepened, and a faint sense of accomplishment rose within him.