“Lanling, have you ever been embraced by a blood-drinking demon race?” Dina suddenly asked.
Lanling was stunned, but he still understood what a vampire’s embrace was. It was when after being bitten by a high-level vampire, the other person also became a vampire.
“Of course not.” Lanling said.
Dina said, “The blood-drinking demon race is a very mysterious race, with very few numbers. Everything about them is a secret to us. We only know that regardless of whether male or female, blood-drinking demons are all incredibly handsome and beautiful. The men’s skin is like jade, the women’s skin is like porcelain and milk.”
With that, Dina specifically glanced at Lanling.
Suomo said, “What Dina speaks of as the embrace ritual is merely a rumour from barbarian tribes, it may not be true, otherwise blood-drinking demons would be everywhere.”
In the legends of the Western world on Earth, vampires were often accompanied by werewolves, and in a certain sense the two races were even similar.
And werewolves were normal humans for the vast majority of the time, only transforming into werewolves during the full moon.
However, in the barbaric world, the so-called werewolf race was merely the wolf race possessing a relatively high demon bloodline, thus becoming upright walking wolves with a certain level of intelligence, completely unrelated to the werewolf legends of Earth.
Of course, the blood-drinking demon race of this world and the vampires of Earth’s legends were also completely different.
The vampires of Earth’s legends were merely a mutation of humans.
But in the barbaric world, the blood-drinking demon race were not humans, but rather a branch of the demon race.
What Dina said about being bitten by a high-level blood-drinking demon and also becoming a blood-drinking demon, in a certain sense this was also somewhat possible. This was much like when Zhi Li was implanted with demon blood.
After a blood-drinking demon race bit someone, they planted their own bloodline into the bitten person’s body, causing the other party to also complete their transformation.
Of course, all of this was merely Lanling’s speculation.
Suddenly, Suomo asked, “Lanling, when you drank that werewolf dry, did anyone see your fangs?”
Lanling said, “The people in the prison cell at that time saw me drink the werewolf dry. As for whether they saw my fangs, I do not know. But everyone in the entire prison cell died, only Mulon survived.”
Suomo nodded, saying, “I will ask Mulon. If he saw, I will make him keep his mouth sealed. Lanling, from now on do not show your fangs before anyone, and do not drink blood before anyone, understand?”
Lanling said, “Will there be danger?”
Suomo said, “In the northern barbaric lands, blood-drinking demons are viewed as nobility. But in the southern barbaric lands, blood-drinking demons are viewed as evil heretics. Once discovered, they are chopped to pieces by random blades, and every piece of flesh is burned to ashes.”
The moment these words were spoken, Lanling’s heart gave a violent shudder.
Previously, every time he drank blood, he had done so with such heroic boldness. He felt that in the barbaric world, everything was evil, so it did not matter if he was a bit more evil.
Suomo said, “Actually, they are afraid, because the blood-drinking demon race lives by drinking blood, and also raises their power by drinking blood. This would cause panic in every tribe.”
Indeed!
Once there was such a blood-drinking demon in a tribe, probably everyone would sleep uneasily, fearing that one day the blood in their own bodies would be completely drained.
However, when barbarians saw near-humans, they immediately captured them to rape them, ** them to death, then killed them for meat, and they did not feel this was evil. Yet when someone drank their blood, this became an evil heretic.
Suomo said, “Child, you… do you live by drinking blood?”
Lanling shook his head, saying, “No, I can eat and drink normally. It is only that if I want to directly obtain power, I do so by drinking blood.”
Dina said, “Then are you afraid of the sun?”
Lanling said, “Not at all!”
Suomo said in astonishment, “That is strange. Blood-drinking demons are all afraid of the sun. Even powerful blood-drinking demons greatly dislike sunlight.”
Lanling said, “I really like the sun… even, when my body has completely no energy, the sun shining on me can also provide me with a certain amount of energy, only it is very faint.”
This time, Suomo and Dina were completely stunned, completely unable to understand.
This… what kind of reason could this be?
In all the world, there was no blood-drinking demon race that liked the sun, yet Lanling liked it.
No one knew the reason, including Lanling himself.
And the reason was actually very simple.
When the demon army attacked the Blood Shore Lost City, they slaughtered countless humans, and these people’s blood flowed into the blood sea.
And the demon army also died in countless numbers, their blood also flowing into the blood sea.
So, this blood sea contained the blood of who knew how many demon army members and humans.
All humans were children of the Divine Dragon, possessing more or less dragon bloodline.
All demon army members had demon bloodline flowing in their bodies, more or less.
Later, dragon flames boiled the entire blood sea, burning away all impurities, leaving only the most essential parts.
The blood of countless people was boiled down to merely two or three millilitres of golden dragon blood.
And the blood of countless demon army members, after being boiled by dragon flames, had all impurities completely purified.
Over a million jin of demon race blood finally condensed into the most essential golden demon blood, also only two or three millilitres.
After Suolun was killed, the Demon Star drilled into the dragon flame crystal, causing both the golden dragon blood and golden demon blood to enter Suolun’s body.
So, Lanling was resurrected.
Not only that, but he also simultaneously carried both golden dragon blood and golden demon blood.
The golden dragon blood made Lanling like the sun, the golden demon blood made Lanling like the night.
As for raising energy by drinking blood, this was merely one of the demon talents in his body.
What other demon talents did he possess? Only heaven knew, and Lanling could only slowly discover them for himself.
“Child, I have one request.” Suomo said.
Lanling said, “Please speak.”
Suomo said, “Within this tribe, do not drink anyone’s blood. Once panic is caused, possibly the entire foreign army would die without a burial place, and you are still too weak. Once your blood-drinking demon talent is exposed, you will certainly be torn to pieces.”
Lanling nodded, saying, “I understand.”
Suomo said, “Also, after you drink blood in the future, if you feel tremendous surging energy in your body, you must refine it in time, transforming it into your own physical power. Only then will this power truly be your own.”
Lanling also deeply felt this point.
After he drank blood, he felt there was much power in his body, but this power would recede and dissipate. For example, if he was hungry, or if he encountered danger, this power would go to fill the body’s deficit.
Only when truly transformed into strength, speed, and spiritual power would it be power that truly belonged to oneself.
“How does one refine it?” Lanling asked.
Previously it was very simple. The Demon Star directly manipulated this energy to temper the body’s tendons, skeleton, and muscles.
But now… the Demon Star was gone.
Suomo said, “Very simple. Terrifying weight-bearing training to increase your strength. Countless chops to increase your speed. Countless meditations to increase your spiritual power.”
This was indeed the most direct, simplest method, transforming bloodline power into body power.
Then, Suomo turned to Dina, saying, “From now on, Lanling’s martial training will be handed to you.”
Dina was stunned, saying, “Yes.”
Suomo said, “Lanling, it is already too late to arrange a barracks for you today. Tonight you will go to Dina’s cave to stay, and tomorrow morning I will bring you to demand your foster daughter back.”
Lanling was stunned!
Uncle Suomo was truly too direct, pushing his foster daughter and nephew together like this.
A lone man and a lone woman staying in one cave, was this appropriate?
“Father.” Dina’s voice trembled slightly.
Suomo said, “You must be brave, and this is also the best opportunity to get away from the young chieftain.”
With that, Suomo directly returned to his own cave, leaving Lanling and Dina standing on the training ground.
After a long while, Dina said, “Father misunderstood. The reason my tail rose at that time was because I felt myself being locked onto by your spiritual power, so I instinctively became alert.”
Lanling nodded, saying, “Yes, I know.”
“Then follow me.” Dina said.
Then, she led the way ahead.
In the night, her figure was truly fiery to the extreme. These super long legs surpassed any supermodel on Earth, this ** was round and pert, also surpassing any human beauty.
The only somewhat unusual thing was this tail.
However, Lanling had just vented all his desire upon the chieftain’s concubine, so he was sufficiently calm and composed at this moment.
Coming to the outside of Dina’s cave, there was similarly a training ground.
“If you want to sleep, please feel free. I still need to practise my blade.” Dina said, “Ten thousand chops today are still not complete.”
Then, Dina came before a huge wooden stake, both hands gripping a dark curved blade, her legs spread slightly bent, then fiercely chopping at the huge wooden stake.
Every chop had a different angle, a different position.
But it had to be absolutely precise, hitting every mark on the wooden stake.
“Bang bang bang bang…”
Dina gripped the blade with both hands, chopping frantically. In merely half an hour, her entire body was steaming with heat, fragrant sweat pouring down.
After an hour, she was almost sweating like rain.
Three thousand chops in an hour, every time with different direction, angle, and force.
After completing three thousand five hundred chops, she set down the dark wooden blade, sat cross-legged on the ground, and closed her eyes to rest.
Lanling stepped forward, wanting to pick up that wooden blade she had placed on the ground.
Then, he was horrified to discover that this wooden blade was as though rooted to the ground, completely impossible to lift.
He mobilised his bloodline power, and discovered he still could not lift it.
“This is dead wood, with extremely high density, even surpassing the vast majority of metals.” Dina opened her eyes, saying, “My dead wood blade weighs a full one thousand three hundred jin.”
Instantly, Lanling was completely stunned.
This wooden blade of merely over three chi in length actually weighed one thousand three hundred jin. The density of this dead wood was truly astonishing.
In the human kingdom, this was completely unheard of and unseen.
Dina said, “Of course, raw dead wood blades are not this heavy. After the dead wood blade is crafted, it must first be placed in a ghost pit, allowing it to soak in a very special demon beast corpse oil, only then will it become this heavy.”
Then, Dina said, “When I was thirteen, Father crafted a dead wood blade for me to practise martial arts, roughly two hundred and seventy jin heavy. Do you want it?”
“Yes.” Lanling said.
Dina walked into the cave, took out a two chi red dead wood blade, and handed it over.
Lanling took it, and his hand immediately sank.
This seemingly light and floating red wooden blade actually weighed over two hundred jin.
“Father asked me to teach you martial arts, starting from tonight?” Dina asked.
“Will it affect your rest?” Lanling asked.
Dina said, “During hunts, going several days and nights without sleep is normal.”
“Very well, then let us start from tonight.” Lanling said.
Dina said, “We barbarians practising martial arts do not have so many fussy details. It is speed, strength, and precision. We do not focus on specific sword techniques, blade techniques, and the like.”
Lanling nodded, saying, “What is your current cultivation level?”
Dina said, “Seven Star Demon Warrior!”
“Demon Warrior?” Lanling was puzzled.
“Yes.” Dina said, “After ten levels of warrior comes Demon Warrior. Only after becoming a Demon Warrior can one be considered a true expert of the barbaric world.”
In the human kingdom, only after breaking through to Dragon Warrior could one be considered a true expert.
However, the Divine Dragon Temple could suppress the martial power of the secular kingdom’s humans, so after Dragon Warrior there were no more level divisions.
But Lanling believed that within the Divine Dragon Temple there was certainly a separate level division, and Dragon Warrior was merely the beginning.
For example, Yan Nai’er was also a Dragon Warrior, but she could defeat three to five entry-level Dragon Warriors.
Zhi Yan was also considered a Dragon Warrior, but she could defeat over ten Yan Nai’ers.
And in the barbaric world, no one suppressed the martial path, so only after becoming a Demon Warrior could one truly enter the hall of the martial path.
Lanling asked, “Then what level must one reach to be considered as having broken through Demon Warrior?”
Dina said, “Single hand strength exceeding one thousand three hundred jin, bloodline explosive power exceeding two thousand six hundred jin.”
And at this moment, Lanling’s single arm strength was five hundred jin, bloodline explosive power was one thousand jin, classified as a third-level warrior.
Lanling closed his eyes to convert. Calculating thus, the Demon Warriors of the barbaric world and the Dragon Warriors of the human kingdom were indeed at a comparable level, perhaps even slightly higher.
It was only that the human kingdom’s Dragon Warrior assessment standard was far more complex, and not merely strength or speed.
Lanling said, “Then from when you started practising martial arts to breaking through Demon Warrior, how long did it take in total?”
Dina said, “I started practising martial arts at nine, broke through to Demon Warrior at eighteen, taking nine years.”
Lanling instantly sighed with emotion. As expected of a demon descendant, martial talent was truly far, far higher than that of humans.
Ling Ao was an absolute genius, yet he had spent a full fifteen years to break through to Dragon Warrior.
Dina took the wooden blade, standing before the wooden stake, saying, “This set of blade techniques was taught to me by Father, named Fierce Wind, a total of one hundred moves. The moves are very direct, respectively chopping at one hundred targets on the enemy’s body. Do you see the marks on this wooden stake? They were carved out by my long years of practice and chopping, absolutely precise positions. And every move of the Fierce Wind blade technique ensures the fastest, most energy-saving, most direct method to hit the target position.”
Lanling nodded, saying, “I understand.”
Dina said, “This set of blade techniques can train not only strength, speed, and precision, but in battles before Demon Warrior, one can use this set of blade techniques. If there are no accidents, your martial arts practice for the next several years will all involve this set of blade techniques.”
Lanling nodded. Since transmigrating to this world, he had learned several sword techniques, including the most difficult Nine Swords of Calamity, but sword techniques truly used in actual combat were almost none.
Because from beginning to end, he practically never had the opportunity to make a move.
And this set of Fierce Wind blade techniques Dina spoke of had a feeling of “With one technique in hand, I possess the world.”
Before becoming a Demon Warrior, one only needed to learn this one set of blade techniques.
As expected, the martial arts of the barbaric world were simple, direct, and effective, everything for the sake of killing.
Dina said, “Below I will demonstrate the Fierce Wind blade technique once, a total of one hundred moves. My movements will be very fast, you may not be able to see clearly, but I only wish to display its power and lethality. Next I will demonstrate move by move. This set of blade techniques is very direct and simple, but for every move to have precise angles is very difficult. We will strive to completely master the movements of this Fierce Wind blade technique in ten nights.”
Lanling nodded, saying, “Very well.”
Taking a deep breath, Dina began to execute the Fierce Wind blade technique.
Incredibly fast, incredibly fierce, incredibly direct!
Without any flourishes, truly a killing blade technique!
Every move fatal, every move attacking a vital point.
Dina executed it extremely fast, in less than a minute, the one hundred moves of the Fierce Wind blade technique were already completely executed.
Truly like a fierce wind!
Dina said, “My movements just now were too fast, it does not matter if you could not see clearly. Next I will explain move by move.”
However…
Lanling had already completely remembered every angle, every force, with perfect clarity.
Lanling himself was startled. There was no Demon Star in his mind to help him now, so there was no camera-like memory.
Yet, he still remembered everything after a single viewing.
All of this was because his spiritual talent had reached a nearly heaven-defying level!