Chapter 51: Mutated Blood Origin Fruit, Blood God Fruit!
Translator: AstralGhost Editor: Kurisu
A small mountain of golden cicadas laid before the Vampiric Vine, crawling about weakly like a gigantic, throbbing pimple. If anyone apart from Bei Feng were to look at it right now, they would definitely feel the hair on their body stand on its ends!
"Shua!"
Countless thumb-thick root hairs shot through the air, creating tiny sonic booms as they flew towards the golden cicadas!
A hazy screen of afterimages filled the area as the root hairs crisscrossed through the air with impossible speed. If a regular person saw it, they would immediately feel themselves going dizzy as their dazzled eyes strives to keep up with the motion!
As the golden cicadas’ carcasses rained down onto the ground like a never-stopping flood, the red hue, which originally covered only the top of the Blood Origin Fruit started to slowly spread downwards onto the rest of the fruit. It was almost as if someone was pouring red dye on a painting.
By the time all the 100,000 golden cicadas were completely absorbed by the Vampiric Vine, the Blood Origin Fruit atop its topmost branch had also turned into a deep red so dark it was almost black.
His eyes lighting up in delight, Bei Feng dashed forward and plucked the fully ripened Blood Origin Fruit off the Vampiric Vine, his movements as swift as a sudden clap of thunder that left no time to cover one's ears. With even greater speed than the one he displayed earlier, Bei Feng immediately backed far away from the Vampiric Vine and cowered behind the Banyan tree as he observed the Vampiric Vine with caution.
Against all his expectations, the Vampiric Vine actually did not display any reaction despite having its fruit plucked. In fact, even the branches and tendrils which had been dancing in the air a short moment ago had completely ceased to move!
A gentle breeze blew across the yard and all was quiet. Without any notice, the Vampiric Vine suddenly transformed into a red mist and rode with the wind, disappearing far into the distance before Bei Feng’s disbelieving eyes! It was just like a scene out of a fantasy novel!
"HUH?! That’s it?! It’s only good for one bloody fruit?"
Bei Feng looked at the dissipating red mist, shocked and wistful. His beautiful dream of an endless supply of Blood Origin Fruits had been brutally smashed!
The Vampiric Vine had disappeared without a trace. If not for the Blood Origin Fruit in his hand, Bei Feng might have suspected that the entire affair had all been nothing but a dream!
"Ding! Grade 2 treasure obtained! Blood God Fruit! (One of a kind item appearing due to the mutation of the Blood Origin Fruit after the Vampiric Vine consumed a large amount of its favorite food! The medicinal essence of the Blood God Fruit is more than ten times that of the Blood Origin Fruit!) As the item was created domestically, no experience points will be awarded," the System’s robotic voice echoed out.
"Grade 2 treasure!"
Bei Feng was first surprised, then ecstatic. He never imagined that his strange method of farming would actually yield him a Grade 2 treasure!
‘With this Blood God Fruit, I should be able to practice the Minor Illumination Breathing Technique without any worries for a long time!’ Bei Feng thought. Following that, he stuffed the Blood God Fruit into his mouth and swallowed unhesitatingly.
"Boom!"
The moment the Blood God Fruit entered his stomach, a vast amount of energy exploded forth like a boundless sea, permeating his entire being!
Countless thread-like strands of dark-red energy rose up and covered Bei Feng’s body in an extremely dense layer.
A dark-red glow also appeared around his body, pulsating from time to time, covering him like a giant cocoon.
Within the cocoon, the scabs on Bei Feng’s body fell off as his scars healed without a trace. His entire body looked as graceful as a deity’s!
As though he had been returned to his mother’s womb, a contented smile unconsciously appeared in the corners of Bei Feng’s lips as a comfortable and warm feeling enveloped him.
Other than the bountiful medicinal essence of the Blood God Fruit within his body, threads of an unexplainable, strange, domineering energy with its origins in the heavens and the earth also began to seep into the dark red cocoon, as though they were attracted by something!
If the medicinal essence of the Blood God Fruit could be likened to a docile sheep, the new foreign energy would be a hungry, savage tiger!
The current state of Bei Feng’s body was, simply put, a disorderly mess! Large amounts of cells, blood and flesh were brutally destroyed over and over, and then put back together by a special regenerative force.
It took three hours before the blood-red cocoon finally showed signs of thinning.
Bai Xiang was pacing anxiously about the yard. Such a huge commotion would naturally not go unnoticed by him. But as much as he wanted to march up to Bei Feng and forcefully tear that red cocoon apart, Bai Xiang knew that such situations were generally a beneficial thing for the person involved. Thus, he decided to wait patiently.
‘What kind of person is boss?’
Bai Xiang thought deeply to himself. When he had first met Bei Feng, he felt that he was just a regular person. But within such a short amount of time, his rate of progress had been nothing short of outrageous!
Seeing such a startling amount of energy swirling around Bei Feng this time caused even him to feel secretly terrified!
‘It’s over.’
Bei Feng opened his eyes, a deep-red light flashing across his pupils as the last strand of red energy disappeared into his body.
A screen like that of a computer’s interface appeared in his mind.
Human race: Bei Feng
Strength: 56
Speed: 48
Mental Power: 47
Minor Illumination Breathing Technique: Peak of Minor Completion!
Weapon: Extreme Arctic Frost
Required experience points to reach level 2 Fisherman: 5,700!
The benefits he had obtained from consuming the Blood God Fruit were absolutely immense! Bei Feng’s physical stats had exceeded that of a regular person’s by four to five times!
Although that was how it was calculated, the current Bei Feng was not someone who could be defeated by having four, five people gang up on him.
The reason was very simple. With his physical strength, even if Bei Feng stood still and allowed an adult with 10 points of strength to hit him as he pleased, Bei Feng would still barely feel any pain!
But if Bei Feng were to throw a punch at that person, they would likely be killed. If they somehow managed to avoid it and ended up being grazed by his punch, they would still be severely injured!
And that was without even considering his speed! Otherwise, there would only be the question of him beating up others and not the other way around. If Bei Feng truly unleashed his full power, there was no way a regular person could even react before getting smashed into the ground!
Right now, Bei Feng’s entire skin was covered with shades of red, giving him a very strange, devilish air.
This was caused by the large amounts of energy within the Blood God Fruit settling into Bei Feng’s body as it concealed itself within him.
"Come, Bai Xiang, let’s spar a little!"
Bei Feng clenched and unclenched his fists, feeling the power within them. He would not feel good if he did not give vent to the power pent up within him!
"Sure!"
Bai Xiang interest had also been aroused. He too wanted to know just how strong Bei Feng had become!
Alas, Bei Feng was still not a match for Bai Xiang in the end. His strength was weaker, and his speed was only barely on par with Bai Xiang’s as well. The most important thing was that the damnable Bai Xiang was well-versed in martial techniques too!
"Argh! That’s enough!"
Bei Feng laid flat on his back on the ground, the expression of a man with nothing to live for on his face.
They had only exchanged a few moves and Bei Feng had been slammed onto his back repeatedly by Bai Xiang the entire time. All the self-confidence he had amassed a moment ago had been thoroughly smashed through.
"Actually, Boss, you’re already very strong."
Bai Xiang put on his most honest smile. He didn’t know how to comfort his boss who seemed to have lost all will to live.
‘Che, I can’t even defeat a simple-minded giant like this idiot. How strong can I be?’
Bei Feng did not for one moment believe Bai Xiang’s words, no matter how honest he looked.
"Bai Xiang, was that a martial technique you used just now? What martial technique was that?" Bei Feng was really curious.
"En. The martial technique I practice is called the Golden Geng Immortal Body. The move I used just now was one of the foundational moves of this martial technique," Bai Xiang seemed to consider something briefly before replying honestly. [1]
‘Jesus! It’s so bloody domineering? Even the name sounds so impressive!’
Bei Feng was stunned. Why was there such a strange feeling lingering in the air?
‘Which bloody idiot came up with this name? It sounds exactly like the sort of stuff that came right out of a cultivation world!’
Bei Feng rolled his eyes. This Golden Geng Immortal Body might be a powerful technique on Earth, but it should not be worth much of a mention and might probably be regarded as the costume of minor characters in an opera if it were placed in a real high-level cultivation world. Bei Feng decided. It’s even possible for it to be a martial technique as commonly seen as a random passer-by on a busy street!
Thinking to this point, he did not continue with his line of questioning, causing Bai Xiang to heave a sigh of relief.
If Bei Feng really wanted Bai Xiang to teach him this martial technique, Bai Xiang would truly be at a loss of what to do.
After tidying the yard and clearing it of golden cicada carcasses, Bei Feng sent Bai Xiang off to cook and, Purple Bamboo Fishing Rod in hand, he proceeded to the Ancient Well.
Before the civil war is won, the comrades must continue fighting hard! There was still 5,700 points to reach level 2 Fisherman. There was much to be done!
The last few days had been spent running around, fleeing and stalking. Then, he had to waste two more days treating his injuries. If he did not get something nice from the System this time, Bei Feng would not be able to reconcile himself to it in his aggrieved state of mind!
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A group of people of varying ages sat within a great hall somewhere within a strange world. The auras emanating off them were extremely heavy and overbearing. If a regular person were to accidentally wander into this great hall, they would be instantly crushed to death by the tyrannical auras which the experts radiated passively!
For some reason, this group of people who each possessed great power were currently all wearing very serious and solemn expressions on their faces.
There appeared to be two kinds of power classes in the hall. The first could be classified as warriors. They were all dressed in leather armor, with arms thick enough for horses to race upon!
The other group had frailer bodies and were garbed in elegant robes. They also each held an exquisite staff in their hands.
If a normal person from that world could see this scene, they would be shocked to the core! The lowest ranked group of people within this gathering were all magicians! Powerful warriors formed the top echelons!
It must be understood that the total number of magicians and warriors within a slightly smaller kingdom would not even exceed a hundred!
But here, in this great hall, was packed a gathering of hundreds of magicians and warriors!
[1] TL/N: The Shang people believed that there were ten suns, each of which appeared in order in a ten-day cycle (旬; xún). The Heavenly Stems (tiāngān 天干) were the names of the ten suns, which may have designated world ages as did the Five Suns and the Six Ages of the World of Saint Augustine. Geng is the 7th heavenly stem, and stands for Yang Metal. The martial technique could also be thus translated: Golden Yang Metal Immortal Body. ED/N: So what significance does it hold now? They’re used for counting some things in some contexts (for example, apparently they’re somehow used for students’ grades in Taiwan). Also, they hold some significance in astrology and Feng Shui. Btw, the Shang dynasty is like 1250 B.C., according to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_stem).