Chapter 95: Blood core

Lorevil was undoubtedly incredibly powerful, but she hadn’t expected her reputation to be this widespread.

As a Third Order, Leina knowing about her made sense, since they had participated in the same practical training before.

However, this afternoon she didn’t want any unnecessary complications.

She just wanted to farm points with Fini.

“Leina, Fini and I are teaming up to hunt blood beasts this afternoon, so let’s part ways here.”

With that, the silver-haired girl walked a few steps toward Leina and said calmly.

“You know how fierce and dangerous high-rank blood beasts can be. A two-person team with good coordination will be more efficient.”

Fini nodded eagerly at that, agreeing wholeheartedly.

She didn’t want to travel with Leina either.

“That’s fine. I got that blood core yesterday, so I owe you a favor. Let me give you a few tips about the Blood Hunting Ground. Points can be exchanged for ranking rewards, but they can also be used to obtain high-rank cultivation secret arts.”

Leina raised her eyes to look at her, and there was no discernible emotion in those eyes, as if she hadn’t been surprised by this suggestion at all.

“Especially when it comes to blood qi absorption, the quality difference is massive.”

“Blood qi absorption?”

Lorevil furrowed her brows slightly.

Could there be a secret art similar to her blood web?

“Yes. To absorb the blood qi within a blood core, you must rely on the corresponding secret art to guide it.” Leina continued to explain.

Only then did Lorevil understand.

So it was about blood cores, something every vampire could learn.

She had briefly thought her innate secret art had become commonplace.

“As for the Violent Blood Energy you exchange with points, if you try to absorb it forcefully, you’ll easily suffer backlash. Worst case, your bloodline gets damaged. In severe cases, blood qi flows in reverse, and the loss outweighs the gain.” Leina shrugged and said, “The energy within a blood core is extremely condensed, and it carries the violent blood energy of the blood beast. It must be processed through a secret art.”

Still, this did remind Lorevil of something.

Could she use her blood web to directly absorb the blood qi within a blood core?

After all, her blood web could purify violent blood energy.

If she could directly absorb blood cores, wouldn’t her advancement speed be even faster!

But Leina’s words also made her more cautious, indicating that blood core absorption was indeed quite risky.

“Thanks for the warning. We’ll be careful.”

Lorevil gave Leina a slight nod of gratitude.

After saying this, Leina picked up her weapon and left, as if she had been waiting there all along just to warn them.

Fini pouted at Leina’s retreating figure and muttered, “Hmph, once I break through to Third Order, I’ll be able to help Noxia too.”

“What are you mumbling about? Let’s go.”

Lorevil pulled Fini along and headed in another direction.

The deeper they went into the outer reaches of the Blood Hunting Ground, the thicker the mist mixed with blood qi became.

Low-rank blood beasts along the way were easily dealt with by Fini.

The sharp dagger in her hand was no decoration—it was a family heirloom passed down through generations, named Moon Blade.

Though her combat skills were far inferior to Lorevil’s, she excelled in fundamental techniques.

The Moon Blade danced effortlessly in her hands, and its lethality was nothing to scoff at.

It was more than enough to handle these common mobs.

Meanwhile, Lorevil took this opportunity to continue using her blood web to process violent blood energy while focusing on sensing the aura of Third Order blood beasts.

Vivian’s words had given Lorevil a great inspiration—the characteristics of her blood web shouldn’t be limited to scattered blood qi.

She kept pondering the possibility of using her blood web to absorb blood cores.

Perhaps her mastery of the secret art wasn’t deep enough, or perhaps the blood web itself was lacking some condition.

After going about half a shichen deeper into the Blood Hunting Ground, a blood-maned lion with fur like burning flames suddenly burst out from the jungle.

Its body was massive, its fangs razor-sharp, and it radiated violent blood qi from every pore.

It was clearly the overlord of this territory.

And Lorevil and Fini had just barged into its domain.

“Peak Second Order?”

Lorevil’s heart stirred, then her gaze sharpened: “No, that aura is wrong. It’s a false Third Order.”

This blood-maned lion before her was actually pushing close to Third Order strength.

If not for bloodline restrictions, it would likely have already stepped into the Third Order ranks and become a true beast.

Rather than retreating, Lorevil advanced.

Blood qi condensed in her hand, forming a crimson blade that slashed toward the blood-maned lion.

“Boom!”

The blood blade tore through the air with a sharp whistle and collided with the lion’s claws.

Lorevil felt her arm go numb, blood qi surging within her.

That natural blood armor formed on the blood beast was truly troublesome.

It was like a sharp weapon, producing a piercing metallic clang whenever they clashed.

Fini wasn’t idle either, circling around and launching attacks from the side to disrupt the blood lion’s rhythm.

After grinding for a while, they soon slaughtered this peak Second Order blood beast.

“Fini, this peak Second Order blood beast should have a blood core.” Lorevil spoke up.

“A blood core! Now that’s a good find.”

Fini’s eyes lit up, and she immediately looked at the lion’s body: “Let me go find it.”

Fini leaned down with her Moon Blade, rummaging through the blood-maned lion’s body, and soon retrieved the blood core.

The core was about the size of a fist, entirely crimson, with rich blood qi flowing inside, radiating a startling fluctuation.

“Looks like it’s good quality.”

Fini handed the blood core to Lorevil with satisfaction.

Sunlight filtered through the mist and struck the surface of the blood core, refracting into a dazzling rainbow of colors.

The girl was momentarily stunned, murmuring to herself, “I didn’t expect blood cores to be so pretty. Hehe, I like this.”

Lorevil smiled, took the blood core, and gripped it tightly in her delicate palm.

She immediately activated her blood web secret art.

Fine blood threads spread across her palm, forming a web that wrapped around the blood core.

Yet no matter how much blood energy Lorevil output, the blood web seemed to hit an invisible barrier.

It couldn’t penetrate the interior of the blood core at all, let alone draw out the blood qi within through the threads.

“The blood web is helpless against such condensed core energy?”

Lorevil furrowed her brows slightly, though this was within her expectations.

Right now, she was Third Order and could absorb the violent blood qi of Second Order blood beasts.

To absorb the blood core of a Third Order blood beast, she would at least need to wait until Fourth Order.

“Can’t absorb it?”

Fini leaned in, her small face filled with confusion.

“Is the method wrong? Maybe try using a Blood Rune Stone as support?”

Lorevil’s beautiful eyes widened as she stared at Fini, seemingly sparked by those words.

“Fini, what did you say?”

“Huh?”

Fini was startled, confused as she asked, “I said Blood Rune Stones can guide blood qi flow. Want to try using a Blood Rune Stone to assist the blood web?”

“You’re a genius! Why didn’t I think of that?”

Lorevil exclaimed in delight.

She recalled what Vivian had said—if the blood web’s characteristics weren’t strong enough, it couldn’t break through the blood core’s energy barrier.

So she needed to approach it from another angle.

Waiting until Fourth Order to absorb Third Order blood cores through her blood web would take far too long.

Devouring blood cores also made Lorevil think of Linuoer from the Jingji group.

That girl, though young, had a physique different from other vampires.

She could directly gnaw through high-rank blood crystals with her teeth, and her digestion and absorption speed surpassed even secret art guidance.

Maybe she had a special method for handling blood cores too.

But Linuoer wasn’t by her side right now, so that thought had to be set aside for the moment.

“If you like it, keep it. I’m not in a rush anyway, and it can be used to cultivate blood energy.”

Lorevil handed the blood core back while praising, “You really are clever.

I was indeed stuck in a rut by myself.”

“Hehe.”

Fini scratched her head sheepishly and took the blood core.

But she didn’t plan to absorb it—this was a gift personally given to her by Lorevil.