CHAPTER 383: CHAPTER 383: BLOOD SPIRIT SECRET SKILL

No matter whether the Blood Spirits are strong or weak, they are now trapped in the Sea of Blood and unable to move.

Chen Guan thought to himself: "Now that these Blood Spirits are immobile, if I go and absorb their energy now, wouldn’t they be completely unable to resist?"

"I wonder if the energy I have now can be brought back to my body. If that’s possible, taking back such a massive amount of energy should allow me to quickly level up, right?" Chen Guan’s mind raced with this thought and decided it was worth a try.

The Blood Spirits within the Blood Spirit Banner are countless, numbering at least in the tens of millions, with the lowest tier comprising the vast majority, so Jin Taohua might not even notice if a thousand or so were missing.

Even if Jin Taohua did notice, it wouldn’t really matter.

The Blood Spirit Banner and the Soul-Calling Banner are quite similar, so mutual devouring among Blood Spirits should be a normal behavior.

However, to avoid Jin Taohua discovering it, Chen Guan dove into the Sea of Blood, planning to secretly absorb some Blood Spirits to see the effect.

He targeted some relatively weak Blood Spirits, and sure enough, he experienced some growth after absorbing them. But gradually, he found that the effects diminished with continuous absorption. After devouring a few more Blood Spirits, there was no change or enhancement whatsoever in himself.

Yet, Chen Guan felt that his current strength was still far from comparable to that of second-tier Blood Spirits, and his abilities were insufficient for absorbing such strong Blood Spirits.

Chen Guan carefully sensed that even among the lowest tier of Blood Spirits, there were differences in strength. He wanted to find a slightly stronger low-tier Blood Spirit to see if he could continue to enhance himself.

Before long, Chen Guan discovered a special phenomenon.

Although they were all low-tier Blood Spirits, there were still differences among them.

Inside some low-tier Blood Spirits, there was a kind of blood pearl that felt like a gelatinous substance, similar to uncured silicone.

After absorbing these blood pearls, Chen Guan immediately felt his body gain a lot of strength.

However, low-tier Blood Spirits with blood pearls were rare, and the pearls varied in strength. Chen Guan quickly figured out how to identify which Blood Spirits contained blood pearls.

Blood Spirits with blood pearls appeared bright red, while ordinary Blood Spirits looked much duller.

Chen Guan sought out these Blood Spirits to absorb the blood pearls, and his body energy became significantly stronger.

Suddenly, Chen Guan found another Blood Spirit and, upon extracting its blood pearl, noticed something different about this pearl.

This blood pearl faintly emitted a streak of violet radiance.

After attempting to swallow this pearl, Chen Guan’s body was instantly flooded with a massive amount of energy, filling every part of him.

Simultaneously, some inexplicable information surged into his mind.

Secret Skill: Purple Qi from the East (Unparalleled).

Cultivation Requirements: Level 31.

Primordial Energy Consumption: 68.4 points.

Skill Level: 39.

"This Blood Spirit still retained its Secret Skill from its lifetime..." Chen Guan’s feelings were mixed.

Chen Guan had now acquired this Secret Skill, but he wasn’t sure if the Secret Skill obtained by the Daluo Dream Butterfly Body could be brought back to his original body.

If it could be brought back to his original body, it would be an unparalleled opportunity, allowing him to obtain many high-level Secret Skills here.

"Forget it, I’ll just collect them first." Chen Guan continued to navigate through the Sea of Blood, where these immobilized Blood Spirits were like a colossal treasure trove to him.

Chen Guan could now confirm that the Blood Spirits here, just like when they were alive, were divided into Fourth Awakening, Fifth Sense, and Sixth Sense. Currently, he could only absorb Fourth Awakening Secret Spirits.

If he could become powerful enough to devour Sixth Awakening Blood Spirits, could he directly acquire the Secret Skills of Sixth Awakening Blood Spirits?

No matter how poor the quality of Sixth Awakening Blood Spirit’s Secret Skills, as long as the Secret Skill Level was over fifty, its intrinsic power would be far superior to a level-20 Unparalleled Secret Skill.

Unlike pets, Secret Skills can still be used as long as the primordial energy is sufficient, even if their level exceeds the user’s awakening range.

Imagining bringing these Secret Skills back to his original body was exhilarating.

At his level of 17, using a Secret Skill of over fifty levels, even if it was just an ordinary quality skill, would be shocking at the same level.

"Please let me bring them back to my original body," Chen Guan repeated in his heart while searching for Blood Spirits that carried Secret Skills.

Blood Spirits with blood pearls were already rare, and those with Secret Skills were even rarer, making it challenging to find even one.

Chen Guan didn’t know what conditions were required for the formation of Secret Skill blood pearls, as theoretically, these Blood Spirits should have all possessed Secret Skills in their lifetime, likely more than one.

Why can’t the majority of Blood Spirits even form blood pearls, and even when they do, why do most lack Secret Skills?

While studying the Blood Spirits in the Sea of Blood, Jin Taohua had already flown to a castle among the clouds.

In the castle, people greeted Jin Taohua without fear, and many even approached her to say hello proactively.

Jin Taohua smiled and exchanged greetings with the people here, completely different from her usual cold demeanor.

Above the castle gate was inscribed the word "Abyss City," a place quite famous in the Divine Land.

The residents here call this place Abyss City, but outsiders have another name for it: "Exile City."

Initially, this city was used for exiling criminals or deserters. However, after humans lost control of the areas around Abyss City, it broke away from human control and became what it is now, Abyss City.

Jin Taohua entered a chapel within the castle, where a priest was praying with closed eyes before a deity statue.

"Your god can’t protect you. What’s the use of praying to him all day?" Jin Taohua spoke irreverently but did not forcibly interrupt the priest’s prayer, instead sitting down on a bench nearby, waiting for him to finish.

After a while, the priest completed his prayer and turned to Jin Taohua: "It’s been a long time since you last returned, hasn’t it?"

"What’s worth coming back to this lousy place for?" Jin Taohua replied disdainfully.

"The Demons have been increasingly active lately. There might soon be large-scale operations, and keeping Abyss City secure could be tough. Everyone’s discussing whether to evacuate. If you have no other business, you should join the discussion next time," the priest said.

"What’s there to discuss? Besides Abyss City, do you even have anywhere else to go?" Jin Taohua replied coldly.

The priest let out a wry smile: "True, there’s indeed nothing much to discuss. They shouldn’t stay here, though. If possible, you should take them away with you."

"They, like you, have nowhere else but Abyss City to go. Stop worrying about this nonsense. Here, take a look at this." Jin Taohua handed a piece of paper to the priest with a flick of her wrist.