The night is dark and the moon is high.

Starr stood in the small courtyard, pursed his lips, and the fists placed at his sides clenched and released, repeating the cycle.

Just now, he saw the teacher disappear in his eyes, he didn't know what happened, he didn't know why the teacher was gone, even if he knew that as an ordinary person, there was no point in worrying about a powerful professional like the teacher, even if something happened, he couldn't do anything, but he still couldn't help but be nervous and worried.

Fortunately, his worries didn't last long.

The familiar sound of footsteps, from far and near, and finally stepped into the open wooden door of the small courtyard.

The long sword in white, the teacher who appeared in his eyes, did not have the slightest stain on the white clothes on his body, as if he had just gone for a walk and came back, leisurely and calmly.

A smile appeared on Starr's face and he greeted him, but he had only taken a few steps before he saw a figure following Teacher Yu in the same direction.

It was a woman, dressed in a black tights he had never seen before, and he didn't know how to describe it, her face looked in her twenties, and to Starr's consternation, the woman was carrying the body of a strong man who had passed out in a coma on her shoulders, and vaguely, Starr saw three bloody marks on the man's forehead.

He is?

Starr faltered.

Such a conspicuous sign made almost the entire people in Cross Lane gnash their teeth.

Blood Jackal - Haink!

At this moment, the scene before him was beyond Starr's imagination, and the boy froze in place, until Leo passed by him and tapped him on the shoulder, and the boy woke up like a dream.

Subconsciously, Starr looked at the woman who was getting closer and closer and the man she was carrying.

Clearly verifies that distinctive mark.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the shock in his heart and turned to follow Leo's figure.

……

When Hainke regained consciousness, the first thing he felt was the cold hard object on his brain, which made him frown uncomfortably, and then slowly opened his eyes.

The darkness of the night, the bright moon, and the faint stars whose light was obscured and difficult to see.

These things broke into his sight, and at the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the woman kneeling beside him.

She was wearing a black tights, which looked even more astringent because of her posture.

It's her!

In some scattered thoughts, Hainke remembered the identity of the woman.

The Transcendent Woman who killed Lushubi and discovered the specialness of Starr in the orphanage.

How did I end up here?

Am I not fighting against this unknown female transcendent in the alley? Oh, by the way, it seems that a young man with a candle star dressed in white came......

When my thoughts came to this point, it suddenly became clear.

Hainkemeng turned his head and saw the young man of the candle star sitting cross-legged on the stone not far away, which he couldn't forget!

The light moonlight, mixed with the dim candlelight, made the young man's face appear a surging golden red.

Without the slightest hesitation, Haink tried to use his magic to flee here.

Who would have thought that the magic power in his body had just been mobilized, and an unimaginable sharp pain came from his brain, causing the magic power he had just mobilized to collapse in an instant.

"Ahh

！ ”

The pain was so intense that Haink screamed, holding his head in his hands, his body curled up and trembling.

The pain of the soul is far more unbearable than the pain of the body.

Those who have not experienced it cannot imagine how intense the pain of the soul is.

Although the performance of sword intent in the material world is not as strong as magic, its unique characteristics of "soul slashing intent" are enough to inflict soul and spiritual damage on the enemy.

When the woman on the side saw Hainke's tragic condition, her kneeling posture became more and more standard, and she almost wrote "I am a good child" on her face.

After a long time, the screaming stopped, and Haink's trembling body slowly calmed down, his child's hole was a little loose, and his consciousness that had just woken up was a little unclear.

"Don't think about running away, I planted a sword intent in your brain, once you have any intention of escaping, what will be the consequences...... You've just experienced it, and trust me, it's just the most relaxing. ”

The sound of the flat voice reached Hayink's ears, causing his body to tremble unconsciously.

He rolled his eyes with difficulty, looking at the white-clothed candle-star youth in front of him who was still sitting on the stones, as if he were looking at the demons in the region again.

"Who are you?"

A bitter voice came from Hainke's mouth, and he propped up his body little by little, so that he would not be too ugly, as for running away?

He didn't even want to think about the sharp pain of his soul being pierced just now.

"Who am I? You don't need to know this, you just need to tell me your name, and the organization behind you. ”

Leo's gaze swept to the woman in black who was kneeling well, and Hainke, who was supporting her body with her arms.

"My name is Fran Russell, and I don't have any background behind me." The woman in black, no, it should be said that Fran Russell said pitifully, her eyes wide and shining.

"Hainke Berg, Bloodbeasts." Haink said in a hoarse voice.

Ignoring Fran Russell, Leo got up from the stone and walked in front of Hainke step by step, "The Blood Beasts? So, can you tell me why you have the magic of blood? ”

"The magic of this trait should not be in the hands of ordinary people, are you right, Mr. Haink?"

Leo lowered his head with indifferent eyes and looked at Hainke on the ground.

His first contact with the magic of blood was in the deepest part of the city, where he used the magic in the form of the opposing knight when fighting with him.

That kind of weird, ominous magic is definitely not something that normal beings can grasp.

Through the previous Mimi bookstore, Leo learned a lot of common knowledge about the mainland.

This includes the question of the properties of mana.

There are four basic attributes of magic power, earth, fire, water, and wind, which are also the magic attributes represented by each of the four main gods of the Moster Continent.

In addition to these four basic attributes, other attributes such as thunder, ice, and grass are all extended on the basis of the four basic attributes.

There is no distinction between superior and inferior magic attributes, but there is a difference in applicability.

In addition, there is a certain degree of restraint between the magic.

For example, water and fire.

The restraint between them depends on which of them has the stronger magic.

The stronger side can annihilate the weaker side.

But no matter how much the magic of the four basic attributes is extended, it can't extend the attributes of "blood" and "shadow".

Shadow magic, Leo first saw it in Archbishop Darkmoon, and then, in the previous bookstore alley, the pale bone masked man who attacked him was also shadow magic.

This was also the reason why he suspected that the Pale Bone Mask Man had something to do with the organization behind Archbishop Darkmoon.

And at this moment, he actually saw the magic of blood in a person.

It's hard to imagine that a human being can master the magic of blood.

Although the blood magic power on Haink's body is pitifully low, giving people a feeling full of impurities, far from being comparable, so that when fighting against Fran with the same magic strength, it can't take advantage, but no matter what, it's blood magic.

Transcendent first-order and mastered the magic power of blood, Leo even felt that even the transcendent third-order of the Moster Continent might not be able to beat.

Hearing Leo's words, Hainke's eyes shrank slightly, and his heart set off a turbulent wave.

No way!

How could anyone recognize the magic of blood!

That's what he did from ......

The clutter in his heart made Hainke unable to answer immediately, Leo looked at Hainke who was holding his body, his childish eyes turned into eagle eyes, and the magic power was attached to it, and his vision seemed to penetrate the other party's body.

Then, there was a hint of pity in Leo's eyes:

"Poor man......"

The chaotic Hainke raised his head and looked at the candlestar youth in front of him, not understanding why the other party would say such a thing.

"Mr. Haink, do you remember before you gained the magic of blood?"

The sound echoed in his ears, and Haink's face was stunned.

The other party's words, as if there was an unknown magic, made him subconsciously begin to recall, everything in the past unfolded in his mind like a picture scroll, until the moment when he obtained the magic of blood as a pauper, and was ecstatic, and further on, the unfolding memory scroll froze, no matter how hard Hainker tried to recall, there was no reaction, as if there was an unimaginably thick fog in front of him, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see through it.

"I ......"

Hainke clutched his head in pain, the void in his heart that made him panic like never before, he frantically scratched his scalp and cheeks, leaving bloody scratches on them, and a dark red mist emerged from all around him.

The sudden change made Fran Russell's face change, and he opened the distance between him and Hainke in a flash, but he didn't dare to run too far, and at the edge of the small courtyard, he looked at Hainke in disbelief as the aura around him suddenly became weird.

She has always been very wary of this Blood Beast Gang leader Hainke, who suddenly emerged from his blood and possessed strange magical powers.

And the current change in Hainke also proves that her idea is correct.

This guy is by no means normal.

Hayinke, who was constantly emitting dark red mist around him, slowly raised his head, Tong Kong unknowingly, became blood-red, he looked at the young man of the Candle Star who was standing still not far in front of him, and had never been far away, and a sad look appeared on his face: "Blood Beast Gang...... Station ......"

He seemed to be trying to tell Leo something, but before he could finish speaking, the dark red mist around him retracted inward, pouring into his body, causing dark red bulging veins to appear all over his body.

The ominous and strange aura became stronger than ever at this moment.

Standing at the edge of the small courtyard, Fran's face turned pale, and she only felt that under the influence of this strange aura, even the flow of magic in her body became sluggish, and even her brain became drowsy.

What is, what?!

She bit her lip, the pain restoring her sluggish spirit for a moment, and then she saw a deep blue streamer rising from the ground.

Is that.

- Wind

Uncountable winds.

They whistled and circulated, forming a hemispherical inverted shield that covered the small courtyard of the orphanage.

Fran's eyes widened a little as she looked at the white-clad sword-wielding figure.

His magic attribute, was it wind?

Transcendent Fourth Order ......

Leo looked at the mutated Hainke in front of him.

As soon as the dark red mist poured into his body, his body discovered a violent mutation.

On his skin, fine, patterned scales grew, his hands and feet, more than ten centimeters long blood-red claws, his teeth became sharp and hideous, and on his forehead, the flesh was protruding, and then metamorphosed into a stratum corneum, forming a spiral-shaped single horn.

At this moment, Hainke has completely lost his human form, and is more like a legendary demon.

Blood Demon.

Leo watched everything silently.

As soon as he saw Hainke in the alley, he sensed that something was wrong with the man.

But he couldn't say why.

Later, after bringing it to the orphanage, after careful investigation, he finally realized where this kind of wrongness came from.

Haink, already dead.

The moment he gained the magic of blood.

How can an ordinary person master the magic of blood?

Hainke, gave an answer.

That is, "death."

With a dead body, you can naturally master the magic of blood.

But if you are dead, why can you still live?

That's because, at this moment, Hainke is no longer the original him.

His remaining soul was mixed with something unknown, forming an inhuman existence, allowing the dead body to walk in the world.

And the remnant of the soul told him that his name was Hainke Berg.

"Hainke", who showed the form of a blood demon, had completely lost his humanity in his blood-red eyes.

"Roar!"

With a roar of rage, a terrifying sound spread, it pounced towards Leo not far away.

The loss of human nature and reason, the instinct of animal nature, makes it more clearly perceive the danger of this man.

Quietly looking at the blood demon that pounced, the viscous dark red blood swept around his body, there was no sadness or joy in Leo's eyes, but when the blood demon was still a meter away from his body, he said softly:

"Boom!"

"Bang-"

A low muffled sound sounded, and the Blood Demon's head exploded on the spot, which was the damage caused by the explosion of sword intent contained in its brain.

The body of the Blood Demon is made of blood, and the damage caused to it by conventional physical attacks and even magical slashes is extremely limited, even after being blown into pieces, it can still recover quickly, but in the face of the sword intent of slashing souls and hurting gods, this ability of its is suddenly useless.

The powerful sword intent slashed every bit of flesh and blood soul, making it impossible to reorganize its body at all.

The Blood Demon who had lost its head froze in place, its sharp claws were only a few dozen centimeters away from Leo's face, but this short distance was like a moat.

"Whoa—"

In the next second, the Blood Demon's body seemed to have lost the core that supported its existence, turned back into blood, and spilled it to the ground.

But before it could hit the ground, countless winds lifted it up, including the blood from the shattered skull, which coalesced and compressed until it formed a dark red crystal, suspended in front of Leo.

The dark cyan shield that shrouded the small courtyard of the orphanage dissipated silently, and the strong fluctuations that occurred here did not leak out a little under the shield of the dark cyan shield.

This is a "little trick" that Leo developed after learning the lesson of the last battle with the Pale Bone Mask Figure.

Use magic power to form a solid barrier, and attach a layer of sword intent outside the magic power barrier, as long as the barrier is not broken, any fluctuations inside will not be transmitted to the outside world.

Of course, this barrier is just a very basic creation of magic mixed with sword intent, and it can only be used to shield the aura, and in the face of a stronger attack, such as an attack that reaches the transcendent third order, it will be shattered.

But here it is very suitable.

Looking at the dark red crystals in front of him, Leo could feel the ominous fluctuations on it.

This sense of fluctuation was not the same as distortion, but something he had never seen before.

"Interesting stuff ......"

Leo looked at the hint on the character panel in front of him, and the corners of his mouth outlined an arc of interest.

[Absorption - Blood Beast's Soul ......]

[Soul Flame Brightness: 8.2]

[Mana: 360/450360/455]

【Sword Intent Strength:】

——

The hints in the character panel will always make Leo have a different harvest.

As at this moment, he knew the essence of Haink.

- The remains of the Demon God are self-creatures.

From the name, you can infer a lot of things.

In addition, there are dark red blood crystals in front of you.

——

[Blood Essence]: The remnants of the fallen demon gods still have a powerful influence, and the blood beast is a kind of breeding creature for the remnants of the demon gods. After killing the Demon God's Remains Breeding Creature, there is a chance to drop the Blood Essence, and after swallowing, it can increase the upper limit of mana by 30 points, and the upper limit of mana value exceeds 999 points.

——

"Interesting ......"

Looking at the introduction of the [Blood Essence] in front of him, the color of interest in Leo's eyes became more and more intense.

Fallen demon gods, polluted by wreckage, breeding creatures......

Leo's gaze stayed on the character panel's introduction to "Soul Fire Brightness is less than 7.0, and there will be unpredictable side effects after use", and his eyes flashed with thought.

According to his previous speculation, the transcendents of the Moster Continent do not seem to have the same method of increasing the upper limit of mana value as him, and they do not rely on the increase in the brightness of the soul fire to forcibly raise the upper limit of mana value.

This difference has created one point, that is, the transcendent peak existence of the Moster Continent, and its soul fire brightness is only about 6.5.

In other words, there is still a great danger in being at the peak of transcendence and rashly swallowing the essence of blood.

Although the Demon God is dead, his personality is far higher than that of the transcendental, and even if he is at the peak of the transcendent, he will definitely not be able to withstand the contamination of his wreckage.

Only a transcendent legend can ignore the side effects of the Blood Essence.

But the problem is that the legend that can ignore the side effects, the upper limit of mana value has long exceeded 999 points, and it has no effect after swallowing.

This leads to a very embarrassing point.

In the Moster Continent, transcendents who want to use the essence of blood dare not use it, and the legendary existence that dares to use it no longer has the meaning of using it.

But Leo is different......

Although he is not legendary, his unique way of increasing his magic power has allowed him to possess the brightness of a Gundam soul fire at the Transcendent Fourth Order.

Enough to ignore the side effects of Blood Essence.

In other words, the essence of blood, which is no different from poison to the transcendent, is to him a "treasure" that enhances his magical power!