The thirst for blood food stems from the peculiarities of the gargoyle's own life form.

　　Bufex had once mentioned to Carlos that the outer skin of a gargoyle appeared to have the texture of granite, but was harder than normal steel.

　　So much so that a full strength claw from Bufex, who had the strength of a Knight of Glory, would have a hard time piercing through it, and that was in fact exactly what happened.

　　The life energy of the whole body of the stone ghost in the sleeping cycle is concentrated in a special organ called "heart core" under the middle part of the backbone, except for the heart core, the rest of the body will be completely "cooled" into inorganic rock.

　　When the sleep cycle is over, the core, which has been nourished and stimulated by the concentrated life energy for a whole cycle, will develop further, attracting more earth elements to condense on the surface of the body, and the gargoyle's body will "grow" even bigger.

　　The more blood food a gargoyle sucked before it slept, the stronger the concentrated life energy would be when it slept, and the longer the gargoyle went through the slumber cycle, the more and thicker the earth element on its body surface would condense.

　　In this sense, Bufex's full force claw was equivalent to grabbing onto an entire disk of earth elemental rock, or the kind that had been constantly condensed over the years, so naturally, it was fruitless.

　　The stone ghost leader in front of us has obviously undergone many cycles of "condensation" to grow to such a huge size.

　　Such a body strength was already far beyond that of a normal rock disk, and it was feared that it was no match for rock crystals that were completely condensed from the earth element.

　　No matter what, a mosquito is still meat, besides, the blood of this orc in front of him surprisingly exuded some kind of pale and thick aura, not enough to shock the stone goblin lord, but instead made him excited.

　　The greater the strength of the bloodline in the blood absorbed, the stronger the life energy that could be condensed.

　　And if this little thing in front of him could be eaten, then the next cycle of slumber would most likely usher in evolution and gain the abilities corresponding to this little thing's bloodline.

　　"Hiss!"

　　Thinking of this, the Stone Ghost Lord couldn't hold back any longer, and with a slap of his hand, he flew away a few of his men who were in the way, and rushed towards Carlos with the momentum of a landslide!

　　"Damn what kind of speed is this?

　　!"

　　The Stone Ghost Lord who was still disdainful in the last second had already rushed to a distance of less than a hundred meters away from Carlos in an instant, and even the wind brought up by the astral wind scraped Carlos's face slightly raw and painful.

　　Without much thought, a mouthful of frozen spit sprayed out of the chute, and Carlos turned his head on his light drive and began to run wildly.

　　The gargoyle lords behind them cared nothing for what was in the path of their charge, rocks, trees, and even smaller mounds crashed right through them.

　　From a distance, it looked like Carlos was racing a mudslide.

　　"Frozen Spit!

　　Light energy drive! Frozen Spit!

　　Light energy drive!

　　Ice. Frozen Spit!

　　. Spit . Spit!

　　. Cough. Cough . Spit!

　　. Rest!"

　　It was the first time 　　since he had eaten the Frost Crab that Carlos had emitted so many freezing spits in a row.

　　The rush of magic washed over Carlos's throat again and again, the burning sensation literally making Carlos think he was going to spew out Inferno Exhale in his next mouthful, and the chest that couldn't get his breath back in time added to the wave of dizziness that washed over him.

　　In an instant, a "man" and a "beast" had already chased out more than three kilometers, and in Carlos's eyes, an exceptionally thick tree in the distance was zooming in and out of view.

　　"Roar!"

　　The agitated gargoyle lord only had eyes for the weak yet tantalizing prey in front of him, completely ignoring the tree and crashing headlong into it.

　　Knocking down a tree was really easy for the hill-like Gneiss Lord!

　　The tree, which should have crumbled at the touch of a button, was now like a piece of fine iron, sturdily tripping the gargoyle lord to the ground and plowing a long furrow in the ground!

　　Not only that, from the broken trunk of the tree grew a large number of vines, and see the wind as long as, in an instant actually grew to be thicker than the original tree.

　　The countless vines were like a net that bound the Stone Ghost Lord firmly to the ground, making it difficult to break free for a while.

　　"Ow!"

　　Stone Ghost Lord is already furious incomparable, body surface of the thick stone skin cracked several lines, even hidden lava like red light in the depths of the light up, obviously to launch what ability!

　　"It will not be as you wish!"

　　Carlos　　, who had been running lifelessly and wildly, had somehow arrived at the side of the stone goblin lord and swung his blood-drenched right arm open, striking the ground with a fist!

　　"Shock Slam!"

　　Under one punch, it actually struck out a deep pit ten meters in circumference!

　　And the gargoyle lord who crashed into the pit was horrified to find that the pit was full of twisting vines!

　　It wasn't that Carlos's Shock Slam already had a destructive power, but long before provoking the Stone Ghost Lords, Carlos had drilled a large crisscrossing tunnel under the tree with a large number of revitalized vines with the assistance of Avril.

　　This was what allowed for such a rigid effect to be struck with a single Shock Slam, and at the moment the Gneiss Lord was deep in such a hell of vines!

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　　It was all just a flash in the pan!

　　Originally wrapped in the momentum of a thousand pounds of the stone ghost lord in a split second has been like a clay cow into the sea, rampaging vines not only will he be firmly trapped in the hole.

　　Even more, it kept drilling through the supposedly hard stone skin, demolishing one crack after another in the gargoyle lord's body!

　　Originally, gargoyles had wings, but at the moment, the gargoyle lord who landed in the hole not only didn't have the space to unfold his wings, but behind him, he was also dazed by the concussive slam of Carlos' punches after punches, and coupled with the destruction of the vines, death seemed to be a matter of time.

　　But right at that moment, a red light suddenly blossomed around the body of the Stone Ghost Lord, who looked to be in a state of disrepair!

　　The layers of stone skin on his backbone cracked, revealing a heart-like, constantly pulsing organ deep in the center!

　　The magical fluctuations emanating from just the high-speed pulsing pulled the magic within Carlos's body up and down in burst after burst!

　　"With a mouthful of blood, Carlos couldn't suppress his injuries any longer, and the red light of his heart core was a hundred times brighter than before!

　　The Stone Ghost Lords didn't have a fire attribute, but at the moment just the burning of life energy in his heart core made Carlos almost think he was facing a volcano!

　　And the consequences of this massive energy accumulated over the years are unimaginable once it is released!

　　But now Carlos, exhausted and badly wounded, could do little more!

　　"All of you today . . are going to die!"

　　What came roaring out of the Stone Ghost Lord's mouth was actually the common language of the continent!

　　"You. . and those rats will all become my blood meal!"

　　"Fart NM's ass!

　　Burial for the old man's clan first!"

　　A furious roar came from the sky, and like a meteor wrapped in a thousand pounds, Eboue slammed headfirst into the stone goblin lord!

"Boom!"

　　"This kid really needs to lose some weight" Flying in mid-air, Bufex shook his sore paws.

　　Then in a stern voice he shouted to Carlos "Destroy that heart core!

　　Only by bursting the heart core can we stop the Stone Ghost's rebirth once and for all!"

　　And originally a touch of the heart core was so smashed by Eboue, the surging energy suddenly out of control, along the wounds in the body of the gargoyle lords in all directions rushing and raging, simply to blow the gargoyle lords into a pile of rubble!

　　But even so, Carlos was still horrified to see that the stones near the core of the heart were rapidly regrouping, and in half a minute at the most, they would cover the core again!

　　"MD!

　　How can I get it without entering the tiger's den? I'll fight today!"

　　With a fierce determination, Carlos gritted his teeth and drummed up the remaining magical power in his body!

　　"Light Energy Drive + Shock Slam!"

　　Shedding his body, he rushed towards the core of the heart, which was already much dimmer!

　　The punch that spelled out his entire body once again pierced through the outer layer of the heart core's not-yet-repaired stone skin, and then in one move, the dragon swung its tail, and the tail spike skyrocketed by several meters, piercing the heart core right through! "Boom!"

　　A mushroom cloud rose from the pit, and the scattered waves of air flipped the dazed Bufex in mid-air several times in dislike.

　　"Lords!"

　　"Carlos!"

　　Bouffex and Avril in the distance simultaneously hissed and rushed towards the center of the explosion!

　　The original ten-meter square deep pit has now become a radioactive pit more than 100 meters wide, as if hit by a meteorite general smoke rolling heat waves!

　　And in the smoke and dust, there was a figure standing proudly.

　　When the smoke cleared, it was Carlos who had his eyes closed tightly and his face solemn, and the Ghost Lord, who had been reduced to rubble at his feet, was still warm.

　　"Carlos!"

　　Avril could no longer restrain her emotions and rushed towards Carlos, but was pulled back by Bufex "It is better not to disturb the lord at this moment", and his words had already taken on a bit of respect.

　　"Your Lordship won the bitter battle and has such a solemn expression at this moment, presumably he has realized something?

　　Let's not interrupt and just wait here."

　　Indeed, Carlos did have a "realization" now, but it was a confusing one.

　　One blow pierced the stone goblin lord's heart core, and the surging life energy not only dissipated most of the injuries on Carlos' body.

　　It also provided him with as many as ten thousand bloodline points, directly stepping into the threshold of the advanced bloodline.

　　But in contrast, the abilities gained made Carlos wish he could dig up the Stone Ghost Lords and beat them up again.

　　"Al, is that what this thing can do?"

　　Carlos simply cursed as he looked at the list of systems in front of him.

　　"Breeze Plus, Sand Evasion, Flesh and Blood Sense . What's all this nonsense?

　　And all first order abilities?"

　　"Yes master, the system analysis has learned that this seventh-order stone goblin lord has a total of four hundred and eighty-five years of accumulated lifespan.

　　There are a full thirty-five types of skills in itself, of which the three abilities above the fourth rank are Life Drawing, Petrified Resurrection, and Elemental Cohesion, and the rest of them are all first rank abilities."

　　"Elemental cohesion?

　　What is it?"

　　Carlos asked suspiciously.

　　"Elemental cohesion is a natural ability gained by the Stone Ghost Lords in their constant reciprocal cycle of slumber-growth to coalesce earth elements to form a tough protective layer on the surface of their bodies.

　　However, the system must remind the owner that the process of elemental cohesion will change the owner's physical form accordingly to the type of element being coalesced.

　　For example, if the master takes the same earth elemental cohesion as the Stone Ghost Lords.

　　Then the cohesive earth element will cause the owner's turtle armor to thicken to a great extent, eventually turning into a giant rock turtle, commonly known as an earth turtle."

　　"Shit!

　　I've accomplished walking upright with great difficulty, and now I'm going to lie down again?

　　Forget it.

　　What about the petrified resurrection?"

　　"Petrified Rejuvenation automatically generates an earth elemental overlay around the heart core to the owner's heart when the owner is mortally wounded.

　　And will automatically draw on the discrete magic around it over time to reinforce this cladding." "Stop, it just turns into a statue, I get it no need to say more, I don't want to get myself into a museum in a fight.

　　What about life drawing?

　　This should be of some use," Carlos asked reluctantly.

　　"Unfortunately, life drawing requires the drawing of a large amount of blood food, and it must be physiologically active.

　　That means it can't be cooked food, it has to suck up fresh biomass with abundant life energy, like sucking blood."

　　At that, Al's voice couldn't hide the laughter anymore.

　　"This I fucking this I don't want me to continue to be a human being ironically, right?

　　Taking bloodline points is one thing, becoming a vampire is another!"

　　Carlos was practically in tears.

　　"Master don't worry, for the reward of breaking through from intermediate to advanced bloodline, the system can provide the owner with the option of "ability fusion" only once.

　　The master can choose to invest all the abilities gained this time and all the bloodline points that exceed the boundaries, and the system will automatically generate an ability that suits the master oh."

　　Al's words held endless temptation like a demon from hell.

　　"..." Carlos was silent.

　　They say that a betting dog has nothing to lose in the end, but the situation at hand didn't seem to allow Carlos to make any other choice.

　　Investing close to nine thousand bloodline points to generate an unknown ability may sound extremely risky, but it's a little better than turning into a vampire or stopping thinking anyways, right?

　　"Decided, let's do what you said and generate a random ability!"

　　Determined, Carlos no longer hesitated, and with a clench of his teeth, he threw in all of his remaining bloodline points.

　　"This system-generated ability for the master is Boiling (1st level).

　　This ability is taken from the last stand of the gargoyle lords, and when activated, it allows the owner to increase each of his or her abilities by anywhere from 1-3 ranks for a short period of time.

　　It depends specifically on the owner's attribute bias, and dramatically improves all of the owner's physical qualities at the same time.

　　However, it should be noted that the ability is extremely taxing on the body.

　　With the master's current physical strength it is recommended to use it at most once a day, and there is a three hour weakness period after use, so please be careful."

　　"Whew that's more like it, finally, no waterworks."

　　Carlos was then relieved that the conversation with Al had been nothing more than a matter of seconds in the real world.

　　Only, in those few seconds, Carlos's consciousness was the equivalent of leaving his body and entering a purely mental space.

　　Immediately after getting out of this state, the injuries and fatigue from the bitter battle surged uncontrollably to the limbs and bones.

　　The absorbed life essence of the Stone Ghost Lord only healed him of most of his flesh wounds, while the internal damage from forcing his abilities.

　　As well as the burning pain of depleted magic, but it was a matter of waiting for the body to relieve itself.

　　Before he could open his eyes, his feet had stumbled.

　　However, it was different from the expected pain of falling onto the rocks.

　　Carlos,at the moment, was surrounded by a warm and soft scent.