Chapter 1096: Blood Incineration - One Thought, Asura
The laboratory was a mess from the explosion!
Everyone quickly gathered around, their hearts hanging in suspense!
Jiangnan's body temperature was slowly dropping back to normal, and his heartbeat went from weak to strong and powerful!
"Boom!"
Spiritual energy surged, and just like that, Jiangnan rose a star, his rank shooting up to Platinum Nine!
Yang Cheng stared excitedly at the big screen: "All vital signs are back to normal! Blood Incineration reagent fusion rate 100%!"
"Damn! Nan Shen's physical condition is insane! And he leveled up?"
"Ice God! Our experiment succeeded!"
Li Bing stared at Jiangnan's body with wide eyes, as if admiring a perfect work of art!
With deep fascination!
(∗❛ั3❛ั)(˘～˘#)
As experimental material, Jiangnan had never let her down!
Since the lignification problem was solved, the accumulated spiritual energy pushed him up a star, right?
"Hehe～Part of Jiangnan's body now was given by me!"
Everyone swallowed hard!
Why does that phrasing sound so suggestive?
"It's time to wake him up!"
She pursed her lips and lightly kissed Jiangnan on the forehead!
(∗❛ั3❛ั)(˘～˘#)
Jiangnan's eyelashes fluttered slightly as he slowly opened his eyes, looking dazed and confused.
He found hundreds of people gathered around him, staring down without stopping.
Jiangnan's eyes shot wide open: "Staring this close is a bit much, okay? Can't I have any secrets?"
His face flushed a little.
Even with the thickest skin, he couldn't handle being stared at like this!
Li Bing said happily: "Ooh hoo～Looks like you didn't get burned stupid. Can you still move your lower half?"
"I performed an implant surgery on your spinal cord. If it didn't integrate properly, you'll lose sensation below the waist."
Jiangnan: !!! (=͟͟͞͞(#ò口ó)ﾉﾉ)
Hiss～You never told me about this before!
Can you not be so reckless?
No sensation?
That would mean being completely useless!
So he quickly climbed up, jumped lightly, and stretched his limbs—no abnormalities at all.
But Jiangnan suddenly froze, his expression extremely strange.
With a thought, the skin on his spine split open, and four vine-like tendrils as thick as arms burst out!
Since they were entirely sustained by Jiangnan's own blood, they were a deep crimson, radiating a red glow!
The crowd was shocked by the sight and stepped back one after another.
These four tendrils looked exactly like Kaneki-chan's kagune!
Cool!
Sinisterly cool!
The four tendrils pushed against the ground, and Jiangnan's whole body levitated, using them to walk and jump!
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The tendrils now acted like extensions of Jiangnan's hands and feet, controllable directly by his brain!
Next, the tendrils stabbed into the floor, activating the Blood Drain technique!
Life Essence was absorbed, repairing the wound on his back.
But it was very slow, since the Vine Martial was only at Black Iron for now.
Jiangnan was ecstatic: "What an amazing feeling! I can also control the Vine Martial to use Thorn Whip and Parasitic Spores!"
Li Bing's eyes were filled with excitement: "The Parasitic Vine Martial really worked!"
"This is a creation that transcends the era! Strictly speaking, you're no longer human!"
"You've surpassed the human category, implanted with a living Beast Martial, and become a plant person—you've evolved, you know?"
Jiangnan: (≖_≖)…
"It feels like you're insulting me! I evolved from a human into a plant person?"
Li Bing circled around Jiangnan without stopping, hopelessly obsessed.
"What do you know? This represents a possibility for human evolution!"
"If the Vine Martial can stably coexist with you, it can be mass-produced and implanted into Spirit Martial Forces! Even just the Blood Drain technique has endless applications!"
"Even spirit beasts can be used as weapons for humans, and you're the first to implant a Vine Martial into your body—you've created a precedent!"
With Li Bing's explanation, Zi Yuan, Li Si, and the others all swallowed hard.
They all realized the immense value of the Vine Martial.
This was a crazy era; humanity had to seize every opportunity, use every possibility to arm themselves and strengthen themselves!
And this was a bold attempt!
Jiangnan grinned, stroking the crimson tendrils, full of affection.
Then the tendrils retracted, and the next moment, a bright red vine tendril extended from his wrist!
It wrapped around his wrist once, looking like a beautiful red jade bracelet!
Leaves grew on it—the Vine Martial needed photosynthesis; it couldn't stay inside the body all the time.
And the tendril exposed at the wrist could photosynthesize right there.
Jiangnan looked thoughtful: "Hmm～From now on, I'll call you Small Whip!"
Everyone facepalmed—only you could come up with a name like that.
Xiao Jiuwo looked pitiful.
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Another name with "Small"? Its position was seriously threatened!
After testing Small Whip, Jiangnan's heart burned with excitement!
"Now that three cheats are combined, I want to see how powerful this thing is!"
Li Bing hurriedly said: "Don't!!!"
But it was too late!
With a thought, Blood Incineration activated directly, his heart rate broke ten thousand beats in an instant, every cell in his body seemed activated!
The extreme heartbeat sounded like the roar of a demon!
A piercing ghostly screech spread outward with Jiangnan as the center!
In an instant, all the glass in the laboratory shattered!
Everyone's ears stung sharply; it was hard to believe that was a heartbeat.
Jiangnan's entire body turned deep red, muscles bulging, veins popping, a scalding mist of blood spurted from his pores, swirling around him!
The four tendrils on his back burst open; the moment Blood Incineration activated, even without Jiangnan's control, all eight gates opened!
Violent spiritual energy pushed everyone back, like a lit powder keg!
Crimson demon patterns spread all over his body, like flowing rivers of magma!
His scarlet eyes were like two blooming blood moons in the sky!
Everyone's pupils contracted!
At this moment, Jiangnan's aura made gods and ghosts weep, his expression ferocious beyond compare!
Zi Yuan was terrified!
(☍﹏⁰。) "Th-this... this really isn't human? He looks like an Asura demon!"
Xia Yao got goosebumps all over: "X-Xiao Nan... he's so freaking cool!"
Wu Liang's eyes bulged: "Originally, with all eight gates of Blood Incineration open, Big Brother would enter Blood Demon form. This time it's even stronger, like a demon! Asura!"
Jiangnan's ears were ringing; he couldn't hear anything, and the world in his eyes was blood red!
He felt his body completely ignited, surging to explosive power that made him feel like a volcano at the breaking point!
He couldn't help wanting to vent!
"I..."
He only took one step forward, and with a "Boom!"
Jiangnan's body shot out like a blood-red razor, three consecutive sonic booms exploding, air rings spreading!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Seven concrete walls of the laboratory were smashed through.
By the time everyone reacted, Jiangnan had already appeared on the drill ground hundreds of meters away!
Vomiting large mouthfuls of blood, he lay motionless on the ground, dead on the spot...
And the floor of the laboratory was ruthlessly stomped into craters!
Li Bing: !!!
"I told you not to activate it! You cheated yourself into death! Mila, quick! Jiangnan's heart is broken!"
Everyone rushed over, only to see Jiangnan dead, his stepping leg soft as noodles, bones broken, muscles snapped—clearly completely wrecked.
Mila quickly cast single-target Time Reversal, and Jiangnan sat up with a start, gasping for air.
(ʘ̆⌂ʘ̥̆‖)՞ "Oh my god! Wh-what is that? I couldn't control it at all!"
"And! Didn't you say the Vine Martial could help me recover? Why..."
Li Bing said with annoyance: "The Vine Martial is only Black Iron, how could it help you recover? You need to level it up to at least Platinum or Diamond!"
"Besides, the new Blood Incineration was made to match your body strength at Diamond rank!"
"Your current body can't handle this kind of abuse—activate it and you die."
Jiangnan's mouth twitched: "Just now... I wasn't even fully activated..."
Everyone's eyes bulged.
Even that ridiculously powerful wasn't full activation?
Zi Yuan's mouth twitched: "Are you planning to snatch the title of World's Strongest Diamond the moment you reach Diamond?"
Jiangnan looked devastated—having a treasure he couldn't use!
Even though this thing was insanely powerful, he couldn't activate it now.
Not only could he not use Blood Incineration or the Eight Gates, he also had to level up Small Whip...
He could only work hard to reach Diamond, right?
Jiangnan looked solemn.
(͡ಠʖ̯͡ಠ)و "I want to practice hard! Huh? When did I become Platinum Nine?"
Wu Liang and the others were speechless—here comes Jiang the Versailles!
Practice hard? Who would believe that?
When have you ever practiced properly?
You're either fighting or on your way to fight!
Li Bing was also a little excited about the effect of the new Blood Incineration: "Give it a new name? It's very different from before!"
Everyone looked forward to it, wanting to see what name the naming genius Jiangnan could come up with.
Jiangnan propped his chin, deep in thought.
"Hmm～The Blood Incineration form doesn't look very human. Let's call it Blood Incineration: One Thought, Asura."
One thought—body becomes Asura!
Where the eye sees—none shall live!
Everyone was disappointed—it actually sounded nice?
Bad review!
Over the next few days, Li Bing dragged Jiangnan into many strange experiments, leaving behind a ton of physical data and samples.
Then Jiangnan planned to head back to the academy.
Of course, he couldn't forget the Sky Island he'd painstakingly brought back from the Void Sea!
It was still tied to the signal tower at the main base!