I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 39: The Crystal in the Heart (Part 1)

As Zhang Chen's thoughts stirred, his mental perspective seemed to magnify infinitely. That speck of golden blood instantly expanded a thousandfold, and Zhang Chen couldn't help but be stunned by the sight of the golden blood, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Indeed, it was 'a drop' of golden blood. Within that golden blood, a familiar 'crystal' appeared in his mental world. That crystal was exactly the same as the one he had absorbed from the stele before. Even within the crystal, there was a blood-red shadow, but this shadow possessed a greater spirituality. Zhang Chen could sense a mysterious connection with that shadow with a single thought.

He could perceive that he had an inexplicable connection with that shadow in the dark, as if that blood-red shadow was his own doppelganger.

He suddenly understood the origin of his third skill. It actually came from that transparent crystal. As long as the crystal was not destroyed, even if his heart was pierced, it would not be a fatal injury to him, because this crystal could temporarily control the blood throughout his body in place of the heart, providing power to the entire body.

"What is this crystal?"

Zhang Chen's expression was astonished as he watched the crystal flow with the blood, wandering throughout his body without a fixed location, and he couldn't help but look surprised.

As Zhang Chen's thoughts stirred, the crystal stopped flowing, even reversing its course to stop near the liver. Then, as Zhang Chen's thoughts changed again, the crystal rotated constantly according to Zhang Chen's will, making all sorts of changes.

"My thoughts can control the flow of the crystal, and I can also make the crystal stop in any corner of my body. From today onwards, apart from my head, I probably have no fatal weaknesses on my body." Zhang Chen's eyes were filled with intense joy.

Of course, if a fox spirit were to rip out his heart and lungs, or if his internal organs were pierced with a large, irreparable hole, he would still die.

"For me, I can suffer fatal injuries, but I must not be missing any key organs." Zhang Chen's eyes were filled with joy. Could there be any better news in the world? His survival ability had been enhanced, and it could be said that he could save his life at certain critical moments. With such a miraculous transformation, even the greatest pain was worth it.

"The only pity is that my strength hasn't changed at all. My body hasn't transformed, and it's still exactly the same as an ordinary person." Zhang Chen felt a little regret in his heart. What he really wanted was to master the power to uproot mountains and overturn seas. This auxiliary type of skill always felt like it was missing something.

"I wonder what incredible changes will occur if my blood control skill is infinitely upgraded. Maybe dripping blood to be reborn isn't just a dream." Zhang Chen withdrew his mental perception. After tidying up the house, he checked the gunpowder on his body and, finding that the gunpowder had not been lost, he walked towards the mountains with a slightly lighter step.

Checking the traps, there were two rabbits and a pheasant in the traps. Zhang Chen didn't feel surprised to see the two rabbits. In this era, rabbits were also rampant. Rabbits can breed six to eight times a year, with four to eight young rabbits each time. One can calculate how strong the rabbit's breeding ability is, and because hunting techniques are backward in this era, it can be said that rabbits run all over the mountains.

Zhang Chen picked up the rabbits. The ferocious mouth in his palm appeared, and two fangs fiercely pierced into the rabbit's body. In just one breath, the rabbit's entire body was drained of blood.

The blood of the two rabbits and the pheasant was devoured by Zhang Chen, and a bright light appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. The blood in his liver began to be created again. At this time, Zhang Chen's blood had probably recovered one-fifth, which was much better than yesterday.

"For me, devouring blood is probably the fastest way to recover." Zhang Chen directly skinned the rabbits and the pheasant. He carefully sensed it, and for him, there seemed to be no significant difference between absorbing the blood of a roe deer and absorbing the blood of a rabbit.

"It seems that the only difference between absorbing large animals and small animals is probably the quantity. I just don't know what will happen if I devour human blood?" A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, and then he quickly suppressed this dangerous thought.

Because the rabbits and pheasant had no blood, there was no bloodiness in skinning and plucking them. Zhang Chen processed the two little treasures and hurried towards the stream, wanting to wash off the grease on his hands. But when he came to the stream, Zhang Chen couldn't help but be stunned. Do you know why? Because the water level of the stream had dropped to half its previous level.

"How could it drop so fast?" Zhang Chen looked at the dried-up riverbed, his eyes revealing a hint of disbelief: "This drought seems to be beyond my expectations!"

Zhang Chen squatted down and washed the grease from his hands. After washing, he hurried towards the direction of the cave. Today, his body had not recovered, so he would not go digging graves for the time being. In case some big guy jumped out of the grave, he was afraid that he would not be able to handle it.

He came all the way to the cave. Zhang Chen checked the layout of the cave, and only relaxed after seeing that there were no footprints from the outside world. His eyes looked at the falcon trapped in the basket. He took out a chicken breast, chopped it into pieces, and carefully used wooden sticks to clip it and send it into the basket. But the falcon didn't even look at it, appearing very proud.

The corners of Zhang Chen's mouth curled up. Today, he didn't need to go into the mountains to collect honey. He directly activated the Beast Taming Technique, forcing the falcon to eat the chicken, and then was about to take out the honey with a smug look and reapply it to the falcon's body, using the falcon to smear the honey to the top of the cave. But who knew that the next moment, a familiar sound of flapping wings rang out. Zhang Chen quickly looked in the direction of the sound, but saw that there were actually several familiar figures in the air. The bumblebees were flying in the cave, and seemed to have noticed Zhang Chen's movements, and directly landed on Zhang Chen's shoulder to express their affection.

"The bumblebees have come?" Zhang Chen looked at the bumblebees lying on his shoulders, hair, and thighs, his eyes revealing a hint of surprise. He quickly looked up at the top of the cave, but saw that there were actually traces of a honeycomb nest forming at the place where he had applied honey before. Propolis had already begun to be derived there.

Patting away the bumblebees on his legs, Zhang Chen looked at the top of the cave, his eyes revealing a hint of joy: "The bumblebees are going to build a nest here. It seems that my split-nest plan has succeeded."

There seems to be no better news than this!

Zhang Chen was not stingy, and directly cut the chicken breast and began to feed the bumblebees.

He decided that he would no longer go to the place where he first discovered the bumblebee nest to feed the bumblebees. He wanted to feed the bumblebees in this cave, and attract more bumblebees.

Zhang Chen finished feeding the bumblebees and the falcon in the mountains. With nothing to do, he lowered his head and looked at the falcon: "It's a pity that I don't have the skill to control beasts, otherwise I could directly turn the falcon into my slave and have it do many things for me."