Chapter 681: Mona's Enhancement Begins, the Bloodline River Descends Once More

Ah—

Knight's body radiated a dense molten aura.

But unlike before, within this molten aura, faint ripples of blood energy could now be detected.

Two completely different energies clashed briefly within Knight's body.

Yu Yuan watched as Knight's aura fluctuated wildly, ready to unleash his Psychic Ability at any moment.

"Leader, Knight's situation is different from Habaar and the others earlier!"

Mona also sensed the anomaly.

"Right, it might have something to do with Knight's Life Level reaching Silver-tier."

Although Knight was contaminated by the Blood Duke's spiritual pollution, he hadn't lost his self-awareness, his body instinctively resisting the spiritual contamination taking hold.

But a Silver-tier Lifeform clearly couldn't truly stop the mutation from occurring. Knight's polluted mutation was inevitably proceeding.

"It seems the limit of blood enhancement is Bronze-tier Lifeforms. For Silver-tier, it's still too much of a stretch."

He thought to himself.

Until the hour-long enhancement period was almost over, Yu Yuan watched Knight who was still holding on, knowing he couldn't wait any longer.

Although Knight's polluted mutation hadn't reached the intended intensity, [Diagnosis: Amnesia] could only erase memories from within a one-hour window.

If they waited any longer, Knight's memories couldn't be cleared, and the Blood Duke's spiritual imprint contamination would be impossible to eradicate. That would be the real problem.

He raised his right hand and pointed at Knight.

—[Diagnosis: Amnesia]

A flash of spiritual light passed, and Knight, who had been on the verge of losing control, froze.

He braced himself with both hands on the ground, gasping heavily.

Because of the amnesia, his memories were still frozen at the moment just before he read the paper.

Feeling his current physical state and changes.

Knight slowly raised his head and looked at Yu Yuan.

"Master? The enhancement is already done?"

"An hour has already passed. Although the blood enhancement had limited effect on you, it should still have had some impact. You can feel it for yourself."

Yu Yuan nodded slightly, satisfied that Knight had maintained his clear consciousness.

His earlier speculation seemed accurate.

As Life Level increased, a lifeform's resistance to spiritual pollution from higher-level beings grew stronger as well.

By the time one reached Gold-tier, even facing a being above Gold directly would probably only result in some mental pressure.

The Virtual Light Screen displayed Knight's status.

As expected, Knight hadn't gained a new Psychic Ability.

The spiritual pollution's enhancement had failed for him, but it wasn't a complete failure either.

Because within Knight's Psychic Ability [Molten Transformation], an additional attack attribute had appeared.

[Blood Burn]: Burns the blood within enemy lifeforms in the attack range, providing a certain degree of recovery effect.

"Recovery ability!" Yu Yuan's eyes widened.

"What a great ability!"

In Yu Yuan's view, this effect was even more useful than gaining a brand new Psychic Ability.

Once Knight transformed into a Molten Demon, he could unleash large-scale attacks.

Take his previous Molten Eruption, for example. The scorching flames, the searing lava, plus the added fuel of [Blood Burn].

It was basically fighting while regenerating. The more enemies he hit, the better Knight's condition became.

As long as there were enemies around, Knight could maintain his optimal state indefinitely.

Just thinking about it, Yu Yuan was already mourning for the enemies to come.

The twisted tree spirits under [Tak's High Tower] currently attacking Xiao Xi.

Were undoubtedly the perfect test targets.

"What an unexpected blessing!"

After Knight finished checking his body, he understood his changes, and the exhaustion on his face couldn't hide the smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

Yu Yuan's gaze shifted to Mona.

Of the six people, only Mona remained.

"Leader, come on! I'm ready."

But Yu Yuan opened the Virtual Light Screen and glanced at the Fate Cards page, his eyes deep in thought.

The reason Yu Yuan had Mona undergo blood enhancement wasn't just to make her stronger.

There was another important purpose. He wanted to see if he could draw a Silver-tier Fate Card like he had when enhancing Mie Mie.

He hadn't drawn Fate Cards in a long time.

The threat of a Gold-tier Fate Card was like a mountain pressing on his heart, keeping him from acting rashly.

This time might be a rare opportunity.

Mona and Mie Mie shared one thing in common. Both had been enhanced by Fate Cards and had formed bonds with Yu Yuan.

Mie Mie had become a Rare Treasure, while Mona had gained an absurdly powerful talent ability.

Yu Yuan wanted to recreate that scene from before.

"Tell me immediately if anything comes up!"

Inside the Altar of Life, Yu Yuan handed the paper to Mona.

The moment Mona looked at it, her eyes emitted an intensely dense red glow.

Then they shifted to pure black.

Behind her, her purple hair flew wildly as her entire body floated into the air.

Witch state activated.

Yu Yuan's heart rate spiked.

"It's beginning!"

Mona's eyes closed tightly, a red glow emanating from her brow. Then, with that point of light as the center, trails of blood-red patterns began spreading outward.

A bloody mist materialized around Mona.

Yu Yuan watched nervously, his gaze constantly shifting between Mona and the Virtual Light Screen.

He both hoped Mona would trigger the Fate Card enhancement effect, and worried that something might go wrong with her enhancement.

He was also ready to unleash his Psychic Ability at any moment.

The moment there was any risk of losing control, Yu Yuan would act immediately.

In fact, things did spiral out of control. But what lost control wasn't Mona, but the paper bearing the Blood Brew recipe and the Blood Duke's spiritual imprint.

Just as the bloody mist around Mona grew denser, Yu Yuan felt a wave of heat coming from his hand, accompanied by Carmen's startled cry in the distance.

He looked down and realized the paper in his hand was burning on its own, the text transforming into blood-red flames.

"Open!"

Mona suddenly shouted, both hands pointing to the sky, making a pushing motion outward to both sides like opening a door.

The burning paper floated above Mona, and a subtle ripple emanated from those flames.

"This... this is..."

Yu Yuan was both shocked and delighted.

This was the aura of the Spiritual Dimension.

Mona had actually opened the Spiritual Dimension directly!

With the Spiritual Dimension opening, a phantom blood-colored river emerged from within.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The sound of surging waters echoed through the hall.

"The Bloodline River?" Yu Yuan stared at the suddenly appearing blood-colored river, already dumbfounded.

How could they have summoned the Bloodline River?

And why was this Bloodline River so huge!!!

So incredibly huge!

It was far broader than the Blood Clan's Bloodline River they had seen before.

Yu Yuan whipped his head around to look at the paper that had burned to ashes.

A glimmer of understanding dawned on him.

"This... is the Bloodline River that the Blood Duke controls!"

At that same moment, on the Virtual Light Screen.

The Fate Card that Yu Yuan had been watching finally lit up...