Dark Blood Path
Chapter 20: Crystal of Inheritance

Boom, boom, boom!

The violent fireballs erupted one after the other, scattering flames over the sky and burning the wooden structures and trees.

Under normal circumstances, the forests in the continent of chaos would not easily catch a large fire because most of the vegetation on it has an ability, where as long as the trees were ignited, they will emit a substance while burning. This substance had the capability to be quite helpful in extinguishing large fires, whereas a huge amount of thick smoke will be created throughout this process, which was both blinding and pungent, but also easier to suffocate in.

At this moment, most of the goblin dwellings were shrouded in thick smoke and flames. The flame goblin roared and shot hot fire all around; explosions rang out one after the other, burning additional dwellings and trees. However, it was clear that the monster’s power wasn’t endless. After all, the more this monster continued on its nonstop rampage, the more it weakened energy-wise, and its attack frequency was getting lower and lower. In addition, there was dense smoke all around the place, severely blocking its vision, and only one or two nimble figures could vaguely be seen scurrying around.

“Roar!”

The flame goblin put its hands together, parted up a huge fireball, roared, and threw it fiercely in the human’s direction, instantly burning a wooden house to ashes. After that attack, the goblin panted slightly; it was already very tired and looked dispirited. There was a deep bone wound on its chest, and red blood was constantly oozing from it. With a surprise assault just now, that outrageous human with strong evasive abilities got close to it once, and a slash injury was left from that time.

Fortunately for it, it reacted promptly, and at that key moment, a concentrated group of lesser flames condensed to force the opponent back; otherwise, it would’ve been a tragedy.

The burning flame was gradually extinguished, yet the smoke was getting thicker and thicker.

…………

Xiao Yu was sitting in a certain corner amidst the thick smoke, holding the bone blade in his hand and breathing hard. Many areas of his body were burned black, particularly his right arm, which had nearly decaying skin, emitting a kind of burnt scent in the air.

This was already the fifth time.

He got repelled by the fierce attack of the flame goblin for the fifth time. If he didn’t have a rich combat experience or the assistance of his eyes of insight, he would have died eight or ten times over. The Flame Goblin did not appear to be as feeble as he had expected. Although it lacked the strength of the goblin leader, it was nonetheless incredibly tough to deal with.

He felt dizzy after inhaling a lot of smoke, and he felt suffocated.

Xiao Yu took two deep breaths; his blood-red eyes quickly faded and turned pitch black again. He had to save the last bit of his strength and launch one last attack. In his current state, another failure would mean losing the battle.

The roars outside subsided, as did the flame goblin’s attacks. It possessed a certain level of intelligence and knew that the opponent was now resting, and it didn’t want to burn all its remaining strength because its current circumstances were not much better than Xiao Yu’s.

“How could you be injured to this point?!” Han Kexin fumbled to Xiao Yu’s side and was immediately taken aback by his state.

Although Xiao Yu’s injuries were not serious, they looked far scarier. He looked like black charcoal, though his core wasn’t harmed. He remained calm and adjusted his breathing, trying to recover as much energy as possible for the next assault. He opened his eyes and started Looking at Han Kexin with surprise as he asked, “Why are you here?”

She smiled bitterly and said, “Actually, I have been watching the battle between you and the goblin for a while now. I originally thought that I could help you after entering the elementary realm. But…you are so fast, my eyes can’t even keep up with you. I couldn’t interfere at all.”

Xiao Yu said lightly: “there is no need to feel discouraged. Everybody’s talents are different. My innate ability, ‘ eyes of insight’, is suitable for high-paced battles. What’s more, as a late elementary being, my physique is two or three times stronger than yours. My speed and power are also a notch above yours.”

Han Kexin’s eyes flickered, “Can you continue fighting in this state? Why don’t we just retreat for now? You know ‘As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood’.” (Idiom meaning that they can always come back to defeat it)

“Don’t worry; everything will be fine. I’ll be rational about it. Even if I can’t win, I’ll conserve every last ounce of power to escape.” Xiao Yu took two more deep breaths before rising, his scarred body supported by the blade, “I can’t wait any longer, the monster can recover faster than me, and the surrounding environment is getting worse by the second. So it’s not favorable to drag it on like this. Stand farther away so as not to be affected. Once I attack, the fire goblin will go berserk again, and this whole area will be dangerous.”

Han Kexin clenched her fists and suddenly thought of something, “Perhaps, I can help you!”

“Don’t be stupid, you have just entered the elementary level, and our opponent is a first-order monster. Therefore, you have almost no chance of fighting it.”

“I really can help you!”

Han Kexin looked at him. Her beautiful eyes fluttered, and she hastily turned around and left without saying anything.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a while as he gazed at her bewitching back, then his eyes grew blood red once again, and he approached the flame goblin slowly. The goblin that was resting became alert; its intuition was extremely acute, making it nearly impossible to launch a sneak attack against.

Xiao Yu pushed a boulder out from beneath his feet and kicked it up. In the heavy smoke, the boulder flew quickly toward the monster. Hearing the sound of the boulder bursting through the sky, the flame goblin produced a burst of flame in its palm and waved its arm. The boulder was blasted apart in mid-air, and the shattered stones flew all over the sky. Right then, something unexpected happened. Just as Xiao Yu was about to rush out, a swift figure one step ahead dashed towards the creature from the side—it was Han Kexin!

What the hell!

Was she crazy?!

Xiao Yu was taken aback.

The flame goblin spotted a figure approaching it. Right then, it let out an enraged growl, amassed a fireball with both hands at the same time, and hurled it at her with great force. The fireball burst into the air, transforming into a terrible tongue of flame that sprayed toward Han Kexin.

A shocking scene happened afterward. The woman actually walked forward inside the scorching flames. As a result, her clothes were burnt off in an instant, her delicate skin suddenly became charred, and her flesh and muscles showed signs of carbonization. The originally lovely and beautiful woman almost became a humanoid charcoal!

The monster was overjoyed; it had finally killed this tricky human being!

But then the most incredible thing happened. The charred humanoid figure continued onward, hugging the flame goblin with its scorched black hands tightly as a hoarse voice came out from her sore throat. “Kill it…”

The Flame Goblin was terrified, it felt a dreadful strong wind coming from its rear, but it couldn’t escape or turn around, as the nearly burnt figure in front of it had great strength, and her hands firmly clasped its body like iron tongs.

A grey bone sword slashed down, and a massive head flew up, its eyes filled with horror and disbelief.

Han Kexin let go of her arms, stretched out her coal-like hand, and placed it on the goblin’s severed neck. That hoarse voice sounded again, “Blood sacrifice!” before all the blood in the monster’s body was absorbed by her instantly like a flood. The monster’s original burly body shriveled and turned into a mummified corpse!

Unimaginable changes took place in the scorched Han Kexin. Her almost carbonized body swelled up, while a large number of cracks appeared on her burned black skin, turning into black powder and falling down to the ground. Her long pink hair spread out again, and her tender white skin exuded charm once more. Her body began healing rapidly at speed visible to the naked eye.

After about twenty seconds, a plump, mature body full of infinite temptation appeared in front of Xiao Yu’s eyes.

At this moment, Han Kexin lost all her clothes and stood there completely naked, shrouded in a thin layer of bloody mist. Even without the support of a bra, her pair of huge proud peaks remained firm and defiant. Her hair looked as pink as the bloody forest, her buttocks plump and round, and her legs round and slender, full of temptation. Even Xiao Yu felt his heart beating at that sight; nevertheless, he was still more surprised by Han Kexin’s terrifying ability.

“Only at the low elementary level, and she possesses such heaven-defying power, the power of the bloody queen, she wholly deserved her reputation…”

“Ah, it hurt like hell just now; I almost fainted from the pain… What? Were you surprised?” Han Kexin, now fully recovered, walked towards Xiao Yu step by step, then she put her soft little hand on his chest, “I’ll help you heal your wounds, hold still, and don’t move around.”

A pink and delicate arm hooked into his chest, and the bloody mist which had enveloped Han Kexin slowly surrounded Xiao Yu, moistening the wounds on his body. After a while, the bloody mist dissipated, and his wounds healed by more than half.

Without the veil of the bloody mist, her fiery seductive body was completely exposed in front of his eyes.

Han Kexin realized that her entire body was still nude and quickly covered her breasts, but she could only hide a tiny bit. Then, seeing Xiao Yu looking straight at her, she suddenly smiled, moved her hands away, pushed her chest slightly forward, and spoke with a charming voice that could melt bones: “What do you think? Does my body look good? You have seen everything, so you should take responsibility!”

Her tone was brimming with coquettishness.

Sure enough, her personality also began to shift toward that of the Bloody Queen!

“Your innate skill…”

“This trick is called blood sacrifice.” Han Kexin showed a charming smile, “I can extract power from blood. This power can not only temporarily boost my physical strength, but it can also be used to heal wounds. It can even help me regenerate severed limbs. Of course, this healing power can be used on others as well, but its effect will be much worse. How is it, my powerful skill that is.”

Xiao Yu sighed and replied sincerely, “It’s very strong!”

If Xiao Yu’s eyes of insight could keep him stay alive on a battlefield filled with bullets, then Han Kexin’s ability could make her unbeatable on the battlefield altogether since she was practically immortal as long as there was blood nearby!

Of course, there was a limit to strong abilities. After all, Han Kexin’s “Blood Sacrifice” could not be used infinitely. But while he didn’t know how often she could use it in a single day, he knew that the more her strength grew, the more she could use it. Han Kexin’s potential was indeed limitless!

After the flame goblin died, three balls of light floated up. And since Han Kexin didn’t cause any direct harm to the goblin, all the energy was absorbed by Xiao Yu, as he clearly felt his power rapidly increasing and finally stopping at a critical juncture.

He actually reached the peak elementary level. Just a little more, and he can advance into first order!

Han Kexin removed the flame goblin’s ragged robe and donned it on her body. Her figure looked very plump in those garments. A part of the chest area was cut open by Xiao Yu before, and now that she was wearing it, you could see the skin tone of her chest from that gap—a lovely pink and white color.

“Xiao Yu, we struck it rich!” Han Kexin was a little excited, pointing at the two light balls on the ground and saying: “Two items dropped.”

Xiao Yu picked up one of the white light balls, the light gradually dissipated, and a red ring appeared in his hand, “Blast Flame Ring, a medium white equipment, can release a ‘Blast Flame’ spell once, and after each use, the ring needs to absorb energy for forty-eight hours before it could be used again.”

“Medium white rank? Your bone blade is a medium gray rank weapon. Isn’t this ring very powerful?”

“Indeed, there are different ranks of magic, and this blat flame one is second-rank, and its power cannot be underestimated. At this stage, there are almost no existences that can take a blow from a flame explosion and remain intact. This ring can be used for a long time. The only disadvantage is that it requires lots of energy, and its replenishing speed is too slow. We can only use the blast flame spell once every two days, and this period is way too long.”

Han Kexin aimed at the other ball of light, “Take a look at this one too!”

Xiao Yu picked up the light ball, and the light gradually dissipated. There was a light red prismatic crystal the size of a thumb on his palm. Now he couldn’t calm down anymore, and his face showed surprise, “This… this is a crystal of inheritance. This is a treasure that is hundreds of times more valuable than a single piece of equipment. It carries a special skill that can be learned through it.”

“Aren’t skills comprehended when we evolve? Can they really be learned that way?”

Xiao Yu shook his head, “Innate skills are one kind. In truth, there are several types of skills and numerous methods for acquiring them. For example, crystals of inheritance carry skills of creatures that passed away, and if you fuse with those crystals, you can quickly master their power… Let me see what’s recorded in this one.” Xiao Yu closed his eyes, immersed himself in it for a moment, and thought carefully, “Fire Missile! This skill is called Fire Missile. It’s a first-rank type of magic.”

Fire missile!

Han Kexin looked at the flame goblin’s body, “Could it be its ability to throw fireballs!”

Xiao Yu nodded and said, “The flame goblin dropped this crystal of inheritance, so obviously, the skill it bears should be one of the abilities it previously used. Also, this monster’s abilities are rather straightforward, so it should be that one.”