Chapter Sixty-Four: The Blood Blade’s Form

The Spark Knight fell to the ground, returning to silence.

After confirming your safety, you slowly glance at your right arm, where you see crimson markings, and a profound sense of exhaustion overwhelms your body.

Did you finish digesting the Blood Blade Fruit during this battle?

Chen Qi rubbed his hands together and looked at the next text.

Blood Blade Fruit fully digested, special skill acquired—Blood Blade Form.

As the text appeared, a surge of scorching vitality subtly radiated from his right arm.

It hurt, but he could feel his body's abilities breaking through their limits.

Chen Qi looked at his right arm; the blood-red veins were both exhilarating and terrifying.

At this moment, his real-world attributes were almost identical to his game character.

Chen Qi continued to read.

Blood Blade Form:
Alignment: Blade
Description: Only by offering all the strength of your body can you truly be called a warrior.
Skill Type: Your blood will surge rapidly, driving your body beyond the limits set by instinct. Strength increases by 30%, resistance to mental damage, and a significant boost to reaction speed.
During this state, you gain potent suppression of bleeding! Even when gravely wounded, your combat ability will not decrease!
Also grants partial pain suppression and resists the spread of cold, burning, toxins, and other special effects. (Lasts up to 5 minutes)
Note: After the skill ends, your body will return to normal, bleeding will resume, and you will suffer mental and physical damage based on the extent of your injuries.

Strength raised by 30%!

Mental resistance, suppression of bleeding, and resistance against other negative effects.

Chen Qi scanned the text—this was essentially a berserker skill!

In the New Sun game, once you enter the severe injury state, all attributes drop sharply, and bleeding itself affects combat.

This mode was a special berserker state, allowing his combat abilities to surge for a short time!

A quite impressive skill, though afterward, bleeding resumes, so he’d still need enough healing items.

But with the help of the Tower of Medicine, regular healing potions shouldn’t pose a problem.

Chen Qi moved on to the next text.

Your gaze shifts away from the Spark Knight’s longsword.

Your right arm has been overdrawn, now weak.

You have slain the Spark Knight Lv10, parasitized by the Laughing Flower, and gained 190 experience. Blade alignment triggered, granting an extra 38 experience.
Your level rises to Lv7. You receive 3 free attribute points. Current experience bar: 95/300.

Another level up!

With the exploration of the Domain of Black Fire and the guidance of the Morning Star, plus the fact that the opponent was already a corpse, this leap in challenge wasn’t too difficult.

Not bad.

A fairly relaxed battle. Next, he’d gather the Dancing Flower and then return to complete the quest.

Chen Qi read on.

The Laughing Flower is sliced apart by your blade, its black, icy flames gradually extinguished. You look at the Spark Knight’s corpse—a truly silent body.

Do you wish to loot?

Yes.

You search the body, but aside from the exquisite longsword, you find nothing useful.

Will you take the Cremator’s longsword?

Chen Qi checked the panel and examined it in the real world.

It was a fine longsword, its blade etched with charcoal-black fire patterns, the interior carved with magical circuits to enhance fire spells.

Gripping the hilt, he could feel the magical circuits, though the flow of spiritual power was not as smooth as with the Debt Collector’s sword.

It could serve as a backup weapon, or perhaps be sold somewhere; such quality magical weapons often fetched around one White Day Coin.

Or perhaps given to the Shadow Soul—on second thought, the Shadow Soul had no skills; giving him a sword might let him withstand a few more hits.

Chen Qi took the longsword, preparing to finish the herb-gathering quest.

According to the quest description, there was a plant here called the Dancing Flower.

The strength of the Domain of Black Fire lay in its low spiritual power consumption, and Chen Qi’s reserves were still ample.

Morning Star, target: Dancing Flower.

Guided by the Morning Star, you find a red Dancing Flower in a rocky corner.

You acquire a Dancing Flower.

Guided by the Morning Star, you find another red Dancing Flower in a hidden nook.

You acquire a Dancing Flower.

Guided by the Morning Star, you discover a Laughing Flower by a puddle.

With a single stroke, you block the Laughing Flower’s parasitism and stash it in your pack.

…

Dancing Flower:
Alignment: Flower
Description: A flower that parasitizes animals, causing its hosts to dance uncontrollably.
Let us all joyfully dance together!

Laughing Flower:
Alignment: Flower
Description: A flower that parasitizes animals, causing its hosts to grin widely. If it parasitizes a freshly dead corpse, it can briefly revive the body to perform the thing it loved most in life.

The Dancing Flower makes you dance, while the Laughing Flower makes you laugh. Perhaps the Laughing Flower is worth keeping.

After confirming there was nothing else of value, Chen Qi had his game character return to the Flower Wine Tavern.

You return to the Flower Wine Tavern. The drunken voice echoes once more.

“Prepare to die, Cremator! Hahaha, I’ve already sent the Debt Collector to kill you, daring to steal... steal my wine!”

You see the Flower Wine Elder, swaying drunkenly, punching at the air.

He’s drunk again.

You grip the Cremator’s longsword and approach the Flower Wine Elder.

Suddenly, the Flower Wine Elder senses the aura of the blade, instantly sobering up and looking at you in surprise.

“This speed... No wonder you’re the Herbalist, sir!” The Flower Wine Elder shakes his head, glancing at the two longswords at your waist, instantly understanding everything.

He staggers toward you.

“Herbalist, sir, the scent of blood on you is thick indeed. I imagine you’ve been through much danger lately. After all, to walk here from being a Night Watcher is no easy feat.
But don’t forget to rest. Life is short; as long as there’s bliss, any place can be the ideal high heaven.”

The Flower Wine Elder, generous as ever, grinned and handed you the wine at his waist.

“Believe me, Debt... no, Night Watcher, sir, this is definitely the good stuff.”

Bang!

After handing you the wine, the Flower Wine Elder collapsed drunkenly to the ground.

A highlighted text appeared.

You have received Joyful Flower Wine.