Chapter 1280: 1280
“Roar!!”
Long Lan had to repress a roar of pain from when the Black Dragon King bit onto his throat . He prepared himself to throw off the Black Dragon King, but then he realized, for some reason, his body was unable to move!!
That wasn’t the only peculiarity . Somehow, his energy was being forced out from his body along with his blood toward the wound on him and into the Black Dragon King!
He felt a sliver of fear shoot up his spine . Trying as hard as he might, Long Lan began to use his soulforce to stop the flow from escaping from his wound!
“He’s trying to steal my lifeblood!!”
The realization hit him like a sack of cold ice .
This bitemark wasn’t supposed to do any physical damage—the Black Dragon King was using some kind of technique to draw away Long Lan’s lifeblood!
He hadn’t anticipated such a tactic . He had neither a defense or strategy prepared for something like this, meaning he was caught in a trap without any proper defenses!
Lifeblood differed from regular blood since it was blood that was also infused with the essence of both life and soulforce . Originating from the essence originseed, lifeblood was something vital to the body of a soul cultivator like a soulgem in a soulbeast . Not only did it contain the very life of a person, but it also contained their power!
In battles, many experts would often burn up their own soul or lifeblood in exchange for power . In other words, they were sacrificing a portion of their life or training for a temporary boost . It didn’t mean they’d die, but the reprecussions would be serious . A decreased lifepsan or limited power would often dissaud many from using these power-boosting soul skills liberally .
The lifeblood of any person or soulbeast would differ much like blood types . In the case that one was related to another, such as through a familial bloodline, then the lifeblood of two individuals could be similar to one another . Cases like these were known as an inherited bloodline, but those were especially rare in the soulbeast world .
There was one method in particular where one could absorb the lifeblood of another if the compatibility was high enough . If enough of one’s lifeblood was absorbed, then they’d be able to inherit the most of that person’s bloodline and become even more powerful . In the ancient past, many powerful soulbeast clans would often place their bloodlines on a very high pedestal for this very reason .
Long Lan didn’t use any special technique to absorb the lifeblood of the Black Dragon King . It was through chance that he was able to absorb it and have his body adapt and evolve . But that was an exception to the rule .
Gui Nu’s Bloodsoul Dark Artes actually allowed him to devour the lifeblood of others . But as the name implied, the technique was an especially dark and sinister one and required a heavy price in addition to being available only to a very select few .
It’d be impossible for the Black Dragon King to ‘steal’ the lifeblood of another in most cases . However, Long Lan had his lifeblood in him, and there was, of course, no problem taking his own lifeblood back .
The Black Dragon King was more than happy to take in as much as he could . The lifeblood he was taking back was rich and filled with power! He could already feel his body start to swell with energy . If he kept this up, he’d be able to become a mid-stage class eight soulbeast!
The only problem was that he was pressed for time . He had to hurry up and escape from this place!
He was formulating a plan to escape even as he absorbed Long Lan’s lifeblood . In his mind, Long Lan was nothing but an ant to him . If the other insisted on pursuing him, then he’d be more than happy to take back all his lifeblood . How would Long Lan fight after that!?
What the Black Dragon King didn’t know was that this so-called ‘ant’ was…capable of defying the norms!
“Roar!!”
It took Long Lan just a half-second for him to figure out a countermeasure . Eyes gleaming with fury, he twisted his neck and snapped onto the backside of the Black Dragon King’s neck!
The Black Dragon King was essentially defenseless right now . It was the prime time for him to return the favor!
Whether he was driven by his instincts or he was simply replicating what he saw, Long Lan managed to draw blood and begin the process to absorb the Black Dragon King’s lifeblood . And at the same time, a strange energy began to grow from within him…
“Bzz…”
The space around them began to flicker and twist as the two stood there . Some sort of energy was rippling and changing in wavelength every second as if two separate sources of energy were meshing with one another…
……
On the other side, Bai Yunfei had been ready to fight Mo Ni when Gu Jimie and Shangguan Xiongyan abandoned the fight .
The battlefield was already a chaotic mess by the time Bai Yunfei managed to clear his head .
That also when he noted Mo Ni had escaped from Li Chengfeng, but only with the help of Gui Nu .
Bai Yunfei’s eyes gleamed dangerously . Given the hatred he had for Mo Ni, it was inevitable that Bai Yunfei wanted to chase after him . Thrice he had failed to kill Mo Ni . He didn’t want a fourth failure .
He took a step forward in preparation to give chase, but then his instincts began to scream at him to watch out . Snapping his head left, Bai Yunfei took off into the air for safety!
“Die!!”
A furious roar met Bai Yunfei as a figure seemingly made from pure darkness appeared . The energy radiating from his person flowed with an especially strange pattern .
Nether!!
Bai Yunfei knew what that strange flow of energy was right away—it was the ultimate soul skill of Nether that once nearly killed him those years ago! Samsara!
His soul had once nearly been rendered apart by the hands of Nether’s avatar . If his avatar had that much power, Bai Yunfei shuddered to think how much more powerful it’d be in the hands of Nether’s actual body . The two members of the Fate School and Yang Yao would definitely be in danger if they were hit by it!
Like a bright-red bolt of lightning, Bai Yunfei shot toward Nether with sickening speed . As he flew, a near-transparent barrier covered his entire person .
+10 Additional Effect of the Soul Sealing Mandate, activated!
Create a spiritual barrier and gain immunity to all mind-based attacks for up to 5 seconds .
Cooldown of 24 hours .
It was an extremely powerful ability whose only drawback was in its activation time . The soul attack of an enemy could happen any second and would only be for a second, meaning being immune for 5 seconds was slightly overkill . But for a soul skill like Nether’s Samsara, whose effects could last for an extended period of time, this additional effect was especially valuable .
Bai Yunfei felt the pressure around him lighten when he activated the Soul Sealing Mandate . In a second he was right in front of Nether, and as his opponent stared at him in confusion, he took out the Fire-tipped Spear and stabbed at his throat!
“Wha—!”
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