Divine Throne of Primordial Blood - Volume 3 - Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Shadow Servants

Within the inn .

The room had been completely filled by a massive workbench and all kinds of research equipment scattered everywhere . A crystal lantern hung from the wall, shining so that it appeared as if it were still daytime .

A bandit lay on the research workbench, completely powerless . Su Chen held a needle in his hand, slowly carving something on his flesh .

This kind of engraving process originated from the Ferocious Race’s body inscriptions, which were improved by Ancient Arcana Techniques . This made them even more complicated and mysterious .

Of note was that the person whose body was being engraved on couldn’t feel the slightest bit of pain – Su Chen had finally succeeded in creating a numbing medicine .

After three hours, Su Chen’s experiment finished .

Using nine needles of various sizes, Su Chen had engraved an intricate tattoo on the bandit’s entire body; almost every area of skin had been covered with thick black ink . When the light shone on those engravings, there was actually no reflection of light, as if they were unfathomably deep .

Su Chen examined the bandit’s internal condition carefully and nodded, saying, “The medicine is beginning to soak into the marrow . Just a bit more and it should begin to take effect . ”

As Su Chen spoke, he watched as the bandit suddenly began to tremble violently as if there was an electrical current going through him .

Su Chen pulled open the bandit’s eyelids, only to find that his eyes had rolled into the back of his head .

After inspecting the bandit’s internal condition, Su Chen knitted his eyebrows and said, “The medicinal power was too strong . His body isn’t able to withstand it, so I have to decrease the medicinal strength next time . ”

The bandit spasmed uncontrollably for a bit before finally becoming motionless .

He had died .

“Iron Cliff, practice dissecting him,” Su Chen said .

Su Chen didn’t even want to waste their corpses . They would be good practice for Iron Cliff .

“Got it!” Iron Cliff walked over and carefully pulled out a surgical knife, then began to dissect the corpse under Su Chen’s direction, identifying and studying the organs one by one .

The Cliff Race wasn’t the most intelligent, but that didn’t mean they were imbeciles . In the past, they never had much of an opportunity to study due to their low social status . Iron Cliff knew very deeply how amazing of an opportunity he had been given, so he studied diligently and with great focus .

At dawn, Su Chen hopped onto a carriage, then continued to take the hostages with him .

This time, they were setting out for the distant Clear River . They still had quite a journey ahead of them .

During the day, Su Chen would research which combinations of medicines complemented each other, and at night he would perform experiments .

At first, he kept failing . If it wasn’t that he had used too much medicinal strength, it was that he had used the wrong ingredient, which had begun to erode their body; or, he had created an energy imbalance, resulting in the body attacking itself; etc . , etc .

There were so many reasons for failure that Su Chen was basically discovering a new one every day .

Slowly but surely, however, Su Chen was able to fix these reasons for failures . Eventually, there was no more room for failure to go, and it could only reluctantly give way to success .

Su Chen continued his experiments .

Needles covered the body of his target . Once the last needle had gone in, a black glow began to emanate from the bandit’s body .

A formless energy began to suffuse from the bandit’s body, slowly gathering into a shocking amount of power .

Next, an incredible scene appeared before their eyes .

The bandit’s figure began to slowly fade before it completely disappeared from sight .

Upon seeing this, Su Chen revealed a smile . “Finally, success . ”

“I…… I…… What did you do to me?” The bandit couldn’t help but yell in fright upon seeing his illusory body . The instant the experiment had finished, the bandit had broken free of his restraints, finally regaining his freedom .

“Don’t be afraid . Draw in your consciousness and feel the energy in your body . Try and control the way it’s moving in your body, and your body will reappear……”

Under Su Chen’s instruction, the bandit’s figure reappeared .

He stared at himself in excitement . “I…… I can turn invisible?”

“It would be more accurate to call it shadow concealment . It requires a source of shadow power to activate,” Su Chen replied .

Shadow power was actually just a type of Origin Substance that Su Chen called Shadow .

Su Chen had extracted this Shadow Origin Substance from that pile of black rocks .

After analyzing the black rocks over the course of a year, Su Chen could already control one of the Origin Substances within . He discovered that this Origin Substance could give a person shadow-like qualities .

The bandit was simply manifesting this “shadow power” by shadow concealment .

Upon concealing himself in a shadow, his figure began to disappear .

This kind of disappearance was on the physical level . It would be difficult to detect even if someone passed their hand through the previously occupied space . The user could only be detected via Origin Energy .

The Hemolytic Totem wouldn’t give someone that much power . It was just a vehicle that was responsible for transferring power . It was like a blank slate in that regard . If you wanted some kind of ability, you would need to first give it a corresponding supplement . Naturally, this would consume Origin Energy .

One could say that the Hemolytic Totem had realized a transition away from the Ferocious Race’s Totemic Inscriptions . In addition, there were many more available possibilities, and its future potential was much higher .

The first individual with a completed Hemolytic Totem had been augmented with Shadow Origin Substance .

Even though the current Shadow Origin Substance could only confer Shadow Concealment, its further development could result in even more shadow-type moves . The specifics depended on what aspects Su Chen wanted to focus on improving, as well as the physical composition of his Shadow Servants .

In some sense, this was like a bloodline . However, it had no way of being passed on, and it couldn’t help a person raise their cultivation base or break through a bottleneck .

It could, however, be used in conjunction with a bloodline . This had profound implications .

Now that the first Shadow Servant had been completed, Su Chen and Iron Cliff were incredibly excited .

That bandit was in similarly high spirits .

He constantly controlled the flow of energy in his body, feeling out the changes, and his body faded in and out of view .

“I’ve gotten stronger! I’ve actually gotten stronger! Haha!” The bandit was extremely excited .

He glanced at Su Chen, a thought suddenly appearing in his heart .

If I were to hide myself in a shadow and ambush him from behind, would I be able to kill him?

That thought had just emerged when the bandit suddenly saw Su Chen’s amused expression . His heart trembled violently as he cursed at himself; if this prince could create him, he could just as easily destroy him . His shadow concealment was probably nothing in the prince’s eyes . Making a move against the prince was equivalent to asking to die . If the prince had put some restrictive measures on him, he might even be incinerated just for having such a thought .

As soon as he thought of this, he instantly knelt down in fear . “This little one, Chang Er, greets Prince . Many thanks for Prince’s

Upon seeing his behavior, Su Chen grunted . “At least you’re aware of the situation . ”

How could Su Chen not place some kind of restriction on his target? If Chang Er wanted to try and kill Su Chen, Su Chen wouldn’t even need to make a move; just a thought from him was enough to give Chang Er a tragic fate .

At that moment, Su Chen said, “You are all criminals . Since you’ve landed in my hands, I control whether you live or die . You’re quite lucky – you’re the first successful individual to become a Shadow Servant . Not only did you not die, but you’ve also gained the ability to turn invisible . From this day onwards, you’ll be one of the Shadow Servants under my command . As long as you obey my commands, you’ll find that I’m actually not too terrible of a master . But if you don’t……”

Su Chen paused, then said, “I won’t kill you either . I’ll just make you a subject of my other experiments instead . ”

Chang Er was badly startled . He instantly kneeled and said, “I will be loyal to Prince Su even unto death!”

“Very good,” Su Chen said indifferently .

Of course, he wouldn’t place any trust in the loyalty of a bandit .

But it didn’t matter . He had enough self-confidence that, no matter how sly the bandit was, he wouldn’t be able to escape from his grasp .