88: Chapter 88 Synthesis Failure
The Demon Ginseng's body turned into a dried corpse. As the dust settled, Xiao Yue appeared in Chi Anlin's field of vision, looking somewhat disheveled.
"Not bad, not bad!" Chi Anlin narrowed his eyes. That move Xiao Yue just used was also a type of martial arts technique.
However, from this battle, Chi Anlin noticed some limitations in Xiao Yue's combat. Although Xiao Yue was slightly faster than the Demon Ginseng, its defense and attack power were too weak.
His main purpose in raising Xiao Yue was for combat, not for disruption.
Now that it had reached the First Realm, the original Ice Seal skill was becoming less effective. Chi Anlin pondered for a moment, then spent 400,000 blood energy to upgrade Xiao Yue's Ice Seal skill to the low-grade Spirit Rank.
After waiting for Xiao Yue to finish upgrading its skill in the Blood Energy Space, Chi Anlin returned to the War God Tower.
"By killing this First Realm, Third Stage Ice Hundred Lion, this seat will finally be able to break through to the First Realm!" A flash of killing intent crossed the eyes of the Blood Devouring King, who was currently in the form of a five-meter-tall ice lion.
Recently, the Ant Queen had produced a new type of Ant Soldier. Not only was its attack power strong, but its innate concealment skill was also insane. Even demonic beasts of the same realm wouldn't notice it, even if it got close.
Thinking of these new Ant Soldiers, the Blood Devouring King felt exasperated. Once, when it was injured, it had almost been killed directly by the Blood Fiend Ant Soldiers.
According to the rules that the Ant Soldiers had to follow, if any Ant Soldier lost its combat ability, it had to be killed.
It didn't know why that silly Ant Queen had set such a cruel rule, which resulted in the Blood Devouring King not daring to get injured now.
If it were injured, the surrounding teammates would instantly become enemies. Most importantly, this group of Ant Soldiers was like they had no brains; they were completely impossible to communicate with.
"Once my strength reaches the Second Realm, I will go retrieve my Demon Heart." The Blood Devouring King thought to itself. Although this Ant Soldier body was decent, its potential was still too low.
And this Demon Heart could greatly increase the potential of this body, even allowing it to reach the Third Realm, Fifth Stage.
The surrounding Ant Soldiers began to swarm toward the Ice Hundred Lion, while the Blood Devouring King circulated its cultivation technique, concealing its aura, and looking for an opportunity to approach the Ice Hundred Lion.
After the Ant Soldiers killed the demonic beasts, they wouldn't take away the beasts' souls; these souls could all be used to increase its strength.
And these Ant Soldiers were all considered its combat power, so it didn't want these Ant Soldiers to suffer too many casualties.
However, the biggest reason was that after an Ant Soldier died, its soul power was pitifully small, even less than some Mortal Rank demonic beasts.
"This seat will recover its strength sooner or later and lead this Ant Queen to invade the human world again."
"Demon Subduing King, you just wait for this seat, and that old geezer too!"
【Killed First Realm, Third Stage Ice Hundred Lion, obtained 470,000 blood energy】
A notification came from the system backend; another large sum of blood energy had been credited.
Inside the War God Tower, Chi Anlin tossed the ice-blue crystal in his hand; this was his reward for the thirtieth floor.
【Name】: Moon Crystal
【Quality】: Top-grade Spirit Rank
【Attribute】: Ice
【Description】: A crystal of the moon, filled with Taiyin Qi.
His eyes turned to Xiao Yue. It seemed he hadn't performed any synthesis for a while; he had almost forgotten his old trade.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse 【Extreme Ice War Wolf】 and 【Moon Crystal】?"
Required blood energy: 300,000
Fusion success rate: 40%
"The success rate is a bit low..." Chi Anlin stroked his chin. Xiao Yue's own potential was only at the top-grade Yellow Rank, which was a full major grade lower than the Moon Crystal, so a low success rate was normal.
However, Chi Anlin felt this item was quite suitable for Xiao Yue. After all, in many novels, wolves were always associated with the moon, and he had even named it Xiao Yue.
If it fused with the Moon Crystal, would it turn into a werewolf during a full moon and have its combat power doubled or something...
Anyway, there were three Moon Crystals, and he had over a million blood energy. Chi Anlin was rich and generous now; he could afford the consumption.
"Synthesize."
"Fusion failed, auxiliary synthesis material has disappeared."
300,000 blood energy and one Moon Crystal disappeared in an instant. Chi Anlin felt a heartache so intense he couldn't breathe for a moment; this was his first failure!
After all, he had always chosen high Fusion rates before. Chi Anlin hadn't expected that with his current luck, he would fail even with such a success rate.
"Fuse again!"
"Fusion failed, auxiliary synthesis material has disappeared."
600,000! Chi Anlin's eyes were somewhat hollow; he had also lost two top-grade Spirit Rank treasures.
"Synthesize again!" The reason he was so persistent was mainly because the Moon Crystal contained Taiyin Power, and the sword technique Chi Anlin practiced also involved Taiyin Power.
If Xiao Yue's spiritual energy could be imbued with Taiyin Qi, then Chi Anlin's sword technique proficiency would advance by leaps and bounds, and his War Body would also be greatly improved.
Fortunately, the prompt for synthesis failure did not appear this time, which made Chi Anlin breathe a sigh of relief.
His eyes turned to Xiao Xing. Chi Anlin walked over, took all the treasures, and said, "These are useless to you. See what you want, and I'll get it for you."
Xiao Xing's treasures made even Chi Anlin envious: high-grade Spirit Rank Red Cloud Bone, low-grade Mysterious Rank Glazed Flame Fur... they were even richer than what he and Xiao Yue had obtained together.
He was out there risking his life, yet in the end, he couldn't even compare to this guy.
When Xiao Xing saw its things being taken, its first instinct was to cry, but after hearing Chi Anlin's words, its eyes rolled, and it quickly said, "Little Mousey me wants to open a little mousey harem!"
Chi Anlin was stunned, then grabbed it: "Do you want to check your own gender? Are you a male mouse? Every single day, it's either flight attendant mice or black-stocking mice; what on earth are you thinking about?"
"Little Mousey me, I just like this!"
He felt a faint sense of helplessness in his heart, but since Xiao Xing wanted female mice, there wouldn't be a scenario of a pig trampling the cabbage, so Chi Anlin agreed to its request.
He would just buy it two hamsters from a pet store when he got back, to save this guy from using his phone to flirt everywhere all day.
After taking Xiao Xing's rewards, Chi Anlin entered the Blood Energy Space and began to cultivate the fourth level of the Mysterious Lord Body Refining Method.
Meanwhile, outside the War God Tower, a crowd of students was whispering and discussing, appearing somewhat noisy.
"The thirtieth floor! Is this guy cheating! He actually managed to beat the Holy Emperor King's record!"
"Several Kings have come over. Military University has produced another monster!"
"I heard this new War Body cultivates three professions simultaneously, and all have reached the First Realm, Second Stage. This is simply not human!"
"The new War Body; not long ago, that Bing Fa Battle Body also gave several sophomore juniors a hard time."
The students continued to discuss Chi Anlin, but at this moment, a lazy yet extremely hot figure appeared in the sky, and instantly, everyone shut their mouths.
"Disperse, all of you. If you aren't cultivating properly, why are you gathering here to make a scene!" The voice carried a sense of laziness, yet it revealed an unquestionable tone. The next second, the students around the War God Tower fled the scene as if escaping.
On the ground, the Beacon Fire King restrained his arrogance and took the initiative to greet her: "Phoenix Fire Lord, you actually came here in person."
"I came to take a look at that girl's younger brother, lest that girl comes to Phoenix Peak to annoy me again later." Phoenix Fire Lord said indifferently, her eyes sweeping over the stone tablet, flashing with a hint of surprise.