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After seeing that Camilla was doing fine without being negatively affected, Vlad continued seeing his Status, checking his Skills and then the list of unequipped Skills he had so far.
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[Player Name]: [Vlad Von Sange VII]
[Titles]: [Iron Blood Empire’s Seventh Prince]
[Blood Core]: [Blood Evolution Realm (Tier 6: Rank 1)] (Blood Energy: 0/200.000)
[Bloodline]: [Lesser Vampire Chimera Bloodline (Tier 4: Rank 1)]
[Soul]: [Spiritual Golden Red Sea Psyche (Tier 4: Rank 3)]
[Race]: [Dhampir (Weak Bloodline)]
[Class]: [Ancient Crimson Demon Prince of the Bleeding Moon: ★★★]
[Subclass]: [Demonic Spiritual Blood Ki Harvester: ★★★]
[Blood Power]: [56.850]
[Soul Ether]: [24.350]
[Strength]: [33.200]
[Arcana]: [41.300]
[Vitality]: [44.500]
[Dexterity]: [31.650]
[Credits]: [10.250.000]
[Character Background Traits]: [Insatiable Gluttony (Legendary Grade)] [Heavenly Demon’s Soul (Legendary Grade)] [Blessing of Achlys, the Goddess of the Crimson Moon (Epic Grade)]
[Character Background Flaws]: [Triple Shattered Meridian Physique (Legendary Grade)] [The Lonely Demon’s Last Wish (Legendary Grade)]
[Racial Skills (6/7)]
[Blood Demon’s Immortal Chimera Body (SS): Lv2] [Blood Bending (A): Lv4] [Moonlight Boost (C): Lv4] [Blazing Soul (A): Lv3] [Blazing Doppelganger (A): Lv3] [Blood Fever (C): Lv2] [Mist Form (B): Lv1] [Blood Bomb (A): Lv2]
[Class Skills (8/8)]
[Soul-Eating Fist Technique (S): Lv6] [Treacherous (D): Lv6] [Beast Hunter (D): Lv6] [Dual Blazing Blade Arts (S): Lv5] [Crimson Moon Arcane Arts (B): Lv3] [Flames And Thunder Of Judgement (S): Lv3] [Cursed Obsidian Insectoid Exoskeleton Creation (A): Lv3] [Magnetism Manipulation (S): Lv3] [Ancient Blood Demon’s Skeleton (S): Lv1]
[Subclass Skills (8/8)]
[Alchemy (C): Lv8] [Crafting (D): Lv6] [Runic Engravement (B): Lv6] [Sewing (D): Lv6] [Echolocation (D): Lv5] [Spiritual Ki Farmer Agricultural Arts (A): Lv3] [Blessing of the Martial Spirits of Harvest (A): Lv3] [Spiritual Blood Ki Harvest (S): Lv1]
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“A lot of Skills leveled up…” he noted. “But these two new Skills, what do they do?”
He quickly decided to see their information and find out what they were even for, rapidly beginning to read their descriptions, which weren’t the shortest, but not that long either.
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[Ancient Blood Demon’s Skeleton (S): Lv1]
[Skill EXP]: [0/30.000]
A Class Skill bestowed to those who have triumphed over the Trial of the Blood Demon’s Legacy. After fighting hundreds of Blood Demon Skeletons, the essence of their crimson bones has been imbued into yours, enhancing your own internal skeleton and making it red-colored, covered by hundreds of Blood Demon Runes that strengthen its durability, flexibility, strength, regeneration speed, and increase their weight.
With each Skill Level, your Skeleton becomes stronger, increasing their Durability, Flexibility, Strength, Regeneration Speed, and Weight by 30%. The Stats of your own Skeleton are separate from your main Stats and are not affected by any status effect or Curse.
As your Skeleton becomes stronger through fighting, training, and consuming bone-strengthening items, these stats will naturally increase, at the same time as more Blood Demon Runes will appear through your Skeleton, increasing the power of your Blood Demon Transformation based in each Rune by 1%.
Additionally, by infusing Arcana and Blood Energy into your own Skeleton, you can unleash the power of the {Ancient Blood Demon Skeleton Armor And Weapons} using your own bones as Armor and Weapons. Their Defensive Power and Attack Power will be based on your Skeleton Stats plus 20% with each Skill Level.
[Bone Durability]: [1000]
[Bone Flexibility]: [600]
[Bone Strength]: [600]
[Bone Regeneration Speed]: [1000]
[Bone Weight]: [20Kg.]
[Blood Demon Runes]: [50]
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“My Bones have Stats?!”
Vlad felt weirded out as he read this Skill, wasn’t it way too weird?
Also, he was surprised his bones were so heavy; twenty kilograms was a lot!
From what he recalled; most normal people’s entire skeleton didn’t weigh more than 10 kilograms.
Was it because of all the Strength Stat or something? Maybe Vitality? He couldn’t tell.
“Well, it’s not too bad; it’s quite interesting.”
If he couldn’t strengthen his physical body yet or cultivate a physique, this Skill was the next best thing he could get for now.
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[Spiritual Blood Ki Harvest (S): Lv1]
[Skill EXP]: [0/30.000]
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% of its original rate, but when they’re heavily wounded, it increases to 40%, and when they’re about to die, it increases by 60%.
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}: {0/5.000}
{Bonus Stats}: {All Stats +1000}
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“Oh, that’s interesting…”
It was another very weird Skill, it seemed that both ended up having overly long descriptions, with even more bizarre effects, but they were all tailored around him to help him grow and create loopholes around the curse, making his body weaker.
“With this, I’ll be able to overcome the curse a little bit better,” Vlad smiled, nodding. “Now…”
There was another thing in his mind: to combine some Skills, he wanted to free up some more space if he could help it.
For a while now, he had been contemplating fusing his combat skills into a singular and powerful Skill of his own.
Now that he held the Legacy of the Blood Demon King, it might be possible for this fused skill to also gain the power of these Blood Demons, becoming stronger.
“Alright… Let’s fuse these.”
He quickly selected the Skills he wanted to combine; they were five like before.
Ding!
[You have selected the following Skills for Skill Fusion: [Soul-Eating Fist Technique (S): Lv6] [Dual Blazing Blade Arts (S): Lv5] [Venomous Claws (B): Lv2] [Goblin’s Pack Hunting (D): Lv1] [Death-Cleaving Underworld Scythes (A): Lv1]!]
[Fusion Cost: 800.000 Credits]
[Do you wish to continue?]
[Yes] [No]
“800k Credits…” muttered Vlad. “Ah, that’s a whole lot. Good thing I’ve got a lot of them anyway.”
Vlad didn’t hesitate, pressing the [Yes] button and instantly initiating the Skill Fusion without any further delay.
FLUOSH!
He saw the skills emerge as spheres from his body, then rapidly fuse together into a larger form, overflowing with new power.
Then, the sphere was reabsorbed by him, giving him access to a new and powerful Skill Fusion.
Ding!
[You have successfully fused the [Soul-Eating Fist Technique (S): Lv6] [Dual Blazing Blade Arts (S): Lv5] [Venomous Claws (B): Lv2] [Goblin’s Pack Hunting (D): Lv1] [Death-Cleaving Underworld Scythes (A): Lv1] Skills to create the [Soul-Devouring Underworld Blade Arts (SS): Lv1]!]
It seemed that the new Skill mostly took its name and powers from the strongest skills used, such as the Soul-Eating Fist Technique, the Dual Blazing Blade Arts, and the Death-Cleaving Underworld Scythes Skills. However, this didn’t mean the other two skills disappeared, as their effects could appear within the new skill’s description.
“Let’s see…”
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[Soul-Devouring Underworld Blade Arts (SS): Lv1]
[Skill EXP]: [0/50.000]
A Fusion Skill created by fusing the [Soul-Eating Fist Technique (S)] [Dual Blazing Blade Arts (S)] [Venomous Claws (B)] [Goblin’s Pack Hunting (D)] and [Death-Cleaving Underworld Scythes (A)] Skills.
A Powerful Fusion Skill that encompasses several Skill Effects and Martial Arts unified together. By using the user’s very Soul, Arcana, and Spiritual Blood Ki, it is possible to wield the user’s soul as a powerful Blade, imbued with the power to Devour other Souls from foes it slices through by a small amount every time it lands a direct hit.
The Soul-Devouring Blade is imbued with the Element of the Underworld, encompassing Death, Poison, Miasma, and Decay, giving the power to the Blade to cut through most living beings and cause terrifying wounds into their bodies. However, the potency of the Underworld Element is based on the amount of Negative Karma the user has, plus 30% per skill level.
The Soul-Devouring Underworld Blade, once summoned, can be shaped into many forms; infusing them into the fingers can transform them into the shape of powerful bladed claws that can tear and slice through most foes; they can also be infused into swords themselves or other weapons as well, or even as floating phantasmal blades.
The total power of the Soul-Devouring Underworld Blade is based on 500% of the user’s Arcana and Strength Stats, plus an additional 25% per skill level. The Blade, when imbued with the Element of the Underworld, can pierce through 50% of a foe's defenses and inflict negative status effects. Total Soul Damage is calculated based on 5% of the total damage dealt per hit against a foe, with an additional 1% per skill level.
Additionally, by summoning the Soul-Devouring Underworld Blade, it is possible to unleash Unique Arts made for this powerful Soul Sword. The more you hit a target with these Arts, the more a special Combo Meter will fill. At 10 Combos, Damage Dealt increases by 100% for 5 Seconds, at 20 Combos you can pierce through an additional 20% of the Foe’s Defenses for 10 Seconds, and at 50 Combos you can unleash {Underworld Soul Garden of Phantasmal Swords}, trapping a foe within a Domain for 20 Seconds where they’re attacked every second from every angle.
Available Arts:
Level 1: [Soul-Cleaving Scythe] [Shadow-Cutting Sword] [Life-Draining Vampiric Blade]
Level 5: ???
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“It was definitely worth the Credit Price, dammit.”
Vlad couldn’t help but smile in disbelief; this Fusion Skill ended up being incredible.
Not only did it take away the necessity for him to even need swords anymore, but it even allowed his damage to scale based on the growth and cultivation of his soul!
Aside from that, the underworld Element seemed very deadly, the Combo Mechanic was original and interesting, and the Arts seemed quite lethal.
“I can’t wait to test this~”
Somehow, overtaken by his own avatar’s personality, Paul felt an intense amount of bloodthirst, as if he wanted to test this powerful skill with anything to see how much blood he can spill and how truly deadly it could be.
“Ah, why did I say that out loud…?”
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As he facepalmed and tried to calm down, he glanced at Camilla, who was suddenly releasing a strong gray and near transparent psychic aura.
“She’s growing stronger… And- Huh?!”
RUMBLE!
A tremendous tremor made the entire church tremble, as Camilla’s aura erupted with tremendous power, to the point it blew up a hole through the church’s ceiling!
“Camilla?!”
Vlad stepped back in disbelief; the intense pressure released from his sister’s incredibly strong aura was like nothing he had ever seen before.
His mind and sense of self felt like they were being twisted, as he felt like he was being asphyxiated by it alone.
“Ungh…!”
He resisted such power by using his Blood Aura, holding up as much as he could.
“Camilla! What’s going on?! Camillaaa!”
As he called for her name, Vlad felt an even stronger pressure trying to crush his entire body as Camilla finally opened her eyes.
And glanced at him, at his very soul, at his very mind…
Her eyes were blue and gray instead of red, and her gray aura was transforming into countless tentacles.
“What’s… going on?!”
Camilla slowly started walking towards him, making the world around him begin to become distorted and warped.
As she stepped forward, the floor started disintegrating, the entire church was being destroyed, the sky turned black, and the ground melted and divided, showing an endless void beneath.
As Camilla lifted her arm, about to touch Vlad, she suddenly stopped.
Her eyes glanced at him with a slight sense of surprise.
“Marked one. Soul Sealed. Cannot touch. Irritating.”
Her voice was not hers.
“I don’t know who the fuck you are, but let my sister go!”
Vlad released his Aura, hugging Camilla as he tried to dispel whatever being was within her.
“Observe. Watch. Silence. No More.”
And then the presence disappeared completely.
“B-Big brother?”
Camilla was back to normal, just like that.
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