Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 817 The Vampire Bats Really Drink Blood
"What you're saying does make some sense, after all, the dragon's horns are the source of the dragon's power in the backstory..."

Upon hearing this, the little black mountain demon's eyes lit up, and he nodded in deep agreement.

At this moment, Li Miao and Shang An had also finished watching the excitement.

Li Miao paused for a moment, then remembered what he was about to say and looked back at the shore.

"Brother Wei, you have to give it a try."

"So far, you're the only one who has successfully used Ancient Dragon Blood Clotting, with that Starlight Dragon Aura talent."

Li Miao felt somewhat helpless.

He knew that Shang'an had spent a lot on his talent, but there was nothing he could do now. After all, the probability of obtaining talent through Ancient Dragon Blood Coagulation was too small, and currently only Shang'an had obtained it.

I don't know what kind of incredible luck he had.

Therefore, the only way to make any attempts regarding the dragon bloodline is to go ashore.

"It's okay to get ashore. Feel free to try it out. I'll compensate you if you suffer any losses."

The little demon from the Black Mountain spoke up boldly.

Upon hearing this, Shanan immediately perked up.

But he quickly remembered that he still owed Black Mountain Demon a favor, so how could he ask him to pay again?
So, after thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and refused the Black Mountain Demon's suggestion.

"I'll go right away, but let's forget about compensation. You don't owe me anything. I appreciate your kindness."

He shook his head as he went ashore. It was true that he liked to take advantage of others, but he also had his own bottom line.

He then called Li Miao, and together they went to obtain the Dragon Bloodline.

But not long after, the two of them rushed back.

“It won’t work.” Shang An scratched his head. “The prompt says that if you fuse with the Dragonborn bloodline, your Starshine Dragon Aura talent will still be retained and there will be no change.”

Hearing this, the storyteller and the Black Mountain Demon were somewhat disappointed, but not too surprised. After all, the dragon bloodline of this Candle Spirit seemed to have its own system, so it was normal that the talent obtained from the ancient dragon's blood condensation was not useful.

But since the topic of ancient dragon blood coagulation and starlight dragon energy had come up, the storyteller and the Black Mountain Demon couldn't help but think of another question.

What will happen to Shang An, who now possesses human bloodline talent, fire talent, and starlight dragon energy, after using the Blood of Long Sleep?

Will his Starry Dragon Aura talent undergo a qualitative change, or will he, like others, acquire a new bloodline talent?
This made the Black Mountain Demon feel a little itchy, and he really wanted to use his money power to see the result.

But upon hearing this, he quickly refused. If he agreed, he would owe the other party a huge favor, and besides, he himself was capable of obtaining the Blood of the Sleeping One.

After Li Miao obtained the Blood of Eternal Sleep, they had already completed their second conquest of the Long Night Divine Realm, and now it was his turn.

Therefore, the answer to the question about the Black Mountain Demon will be obtained soon.

But in reality, both Shang An himself and the storyteller felt that since the Starlight Dragon Aura talent couldn't react with the Dragonborn bloodline, it was also highly likely that it couldn't be affected by the Blood of the Sleeping Ones...

……

It has to be said that the Dragonborn bloodline sounds and looks incredibly cool and has great potential.

This naturally attracted a large number of new and old players to merge with it, hoping that they could one day have the power of a dragon like that Dragonborn.

However, this does not mean that the other new bloodlines introduced in this update by Spirit Candle have become unwanted.

Every player has their own ideas and preferences. Some players don't really like the Dragonborn bloodline ability and would rather try other bloodlines.

For example, the bloodline of the vampire bats, or the bloodline of the shepherd of souls, or the stone-skinned monster whose real name is also the stone man.

To be fair, after getting started, players have discovered that all of these new bloodlines that allow for job changes are generally very useful.

Like the Stone Golem, this bloodline talent is practically tailor-made for tanks and players who don't like micro-management. It already possesses extremely high resilience and decent damage reduction, and the mass bonus greatly enhances the power of ramming combat skills.

Therefore, players who choose this bloodline basically give up operation and dodging. This bloodline, combined with the Binding Flow and the corresponding fire seed... the effect is simply amazing.

Regarding the quality of the talent, some top players and elite players quickly improved it, revealing its future development.

After being upgraded to Firefly quality, the dark brown stone from the Stone Skin Monster bloodline transforms into grayish-white granite, resulting in a significant leap in hardness and quality, while still offering players an extremely pure aesthetic appeal.

Then comes the Spirit Burning quality... Once this quality is reached, the Stone Skin Monster bloodline, which originally looked a bit rustic, suddenly becomes pleasing to the eye in the eyes of us players.

Because the Stone-Skinned Monster bloodline that has reached this quality has once again ushered in a qualitative leap.

The original granite skin... has turned into diamond.

This made the Stone Golem players at the Burning Spirit level suddenly shine brightly in the eyes of other players...

And very importantly, this quality of stone golem bloodline not only possesses extremely high defensive strength, but also has the ability to control its own mass to a certain extent.

This allows Golem players to become exceptionally flexible when needed...

"Hey, um, ha!"

"Am I handsome, guys!"

A player with a Burning Spirit Stone Golem posed in several bodybuilding poses, his entire body radiating a diamond-like luster.

The casual gamers watching from the sidelines gave them a round of applause and cheers.

This emboldened the Stone Golem player even more, who lowered his head and unleashed a Bull Charge, smashing an innocent nearby reef to pieces, drawing cheers from the crowd.

……

Compared to a purely numerically-based champion like the Stone Golem, the Vampire Bat is more often described by players as having a "mechanics-based" character.

Like the Stone Golem, the original name of this bloodline was quickly replaced by a code name passed down by word of mouth among the players.

They were calling it a vampire, of course.

Vampire bloodline significantly increases a player's agility, but slightly reduces their constitution.

However, that's not the point.

The key point is that the vampire bloodline talent directly provides players with a permanent life-stealing effect and a fairly decent permanent flight ability.

The life-stealing effect is further divided into two aspects.

On one hand, it deals damage with its sharp claws, which restores its own health.

However, this has drawn criticism from players... because the claws of vampires only deal moderate damage, and they can use weapons!

However, since the weapon cannot absorb blood, the effect of these claws is rather lackluster.

On the other hand, there's the direct blood-sucking ability of its fangs.

Yes, the Spirit Candle is still wild in this regard; to use the Fangs effect, players have to actually open their mouths and suck blood.

If we set aside the psychological challenges...

Compared to sharp claws, the blood-sucking function of fangs is really useful.

Because with this one bite, you can truly and substantially restore your health until you're full and don't want to absorb anymore, or until the target dies.

Although it's not as fast-acting as restoring wax blocks, this ability has the advantage of not consuming any resources!

This is a godsend for players who like to exploit map limitations. However, Fangs is not without its flaws, and in this respect, it continues the "realistic" style that Lingzhu has always maintained.

First of all, the enemy won't just stand there and let you bite them; you'll at least have to take their pants off... you'll at least have to knock them down or subdue them.

Then you need to be able to break through other people's defenses.

For example, the vampire player couldn't break through the defense of the stone golem player. One bite would send a mouthful of broken stones down, not only hurting their teeth but also almost breaking their own fangs.

That really shows some restraint.

This has led many players to jokingly refer to the Stone Golem as "the strictest father to vampire players".

And... what makes some vampire players both annoyed and amused is that... if you want to suck blood, the other person has to actually have blood.

For example, with undead skeletons, if you take a bite, you won't even find a single blood vessel, let alone blood.

For example, zombie enemies... These things do have blood, but it depends on luck. Some have a lot of blood, while others only have a little. You can only suck half a mouthful before they're empty.

Furthermore, what made many players lose their temper was that Spirit Candle also added the absurd setting of "blood taste" in a very, very outrageous way!

The stronger the ignition point and the higher the temperature of the enemy, the sweeter the taste of their blood.

The blood of the zombies was thick and sticky, like viscous swill, making one want to vomit...

Furthermore, at the Burning level, vampire players only experience lifesteal from physical damage.

However, things improved once the vampire bats reached Firefly quality.

Besides the numerical improvements, the first thing is that vampire players' weapons can now also have a life-steal effect when they deal damage, although the effect is somewhat weaker than the direct damage from claws.

Secondly, mental damage and faith damage have also been given a lifesteal effect.

In other words, after a vampire player is inspired by fire, they have more options for development.

Then comes the transformation into fire, which is also known as the burning of spirit.

Vampire talents that reach this quality have received another epic boost, gaining the ability to "manipulate blood".

It can be used with the power of war, although it consumes a lot of resources and is not effective against all enemies, it is still extremely useful...

Another point to note is that the latest update to the Spirit Candle Shop includes many new skills, among which a small number of combat skills, prayers, and spells related to blood have appeared.

In the descriptions of these skill books, players also learned more about the story of the vampire bat bloodline.

Compared to the origin story of the Vampire Bats, the subsequent stories are even more outrageous...

After the appearance of these vampire bats, they quickly multiplied into a race.

This is not because they reproduce quickly, nor because their fangs can infect others.

It's because... the first person, after tasting the vampire bats, went back and told his companions...

And that's how the first batch of vampire bats appeared.

Perhaps it was precisely because there were so many people that the vampire bats' attempt to conceal their origins failed, and the other races on the Burning Lands still knew how they came to be...

The descendants of the vampire bats, however, face a life full of hardships.

Because they were quickly targeted by a group of mad scholars from the Burning Earth.

Due to research needs, they practically drained the blood from one vampire bat after another to pursue academic research.

Yes, although it is outrageous, it is true. These vampire bats, who live by sucking blood, were subjected to a group of scholars who were frantically draining their blood.

Blood magic and blood prayer originated from this.

This has led some historians to suspect that the birth of the vampire bats was actually influenced by human factors, but this cannot be verified.

The rise of the vampire bat race was not due to any powerful men emerging from their group, but rather because the blood magic and blood prayers researched by these scholars gave them the means to establish themselves.

It seems that it was precisely because of this tragic origin that the vampire bat descendants who rose up later began to work on changing their image in the eyes of other races, climbing up the decision-making levels of various countries and empires while presenting themselves as elegant and noble.

However, the story of the vampire bats is not important to the players; even if they possess this bloodline, they would not consider themselves vampires.

What most vampire gamers are currently obsessed with is something quite unexpected...

"Suck, suck, suck..."

"Poppy hot, slightly spicy, Law Knight is pretty good, a drink!"

After a vampire player lightly bit another player's neck, elegantly wiped his mouth, and then gave his comment.

Yes, ever since it was discovered that vampire blood tastes different, the fun for vampire players has changed.

Some players have concluded that the taste of blood is most likely derived from the context of war; each player involved in a war will experience a different taste for the vampire player.

Now, a food competition has been launched.

As they were talking, another player eagerly craned his neck to look over.

"Suck, suck, suck..."

"Mmm~ Sweet and refreshing, excellent taste, Iron-Faced Sorcerer, Guojiao!"

The vampire player's eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs up.

"Suck, suck, suck..."

"Pah! It's too cold, astringent, and grainy. 'Drowning Flower' is pure horse piss! Take it away!"

The vampire player frowned.

"Suck, suck, suck..."

"Pfft... Ugh... Ugh!!!"

The vampire player took a bite and his face turned ashen. He bent over and vomited violently, not only returning the blood he had just drunk, but even owing two more mouthfuls.

After he finally came to his senses, he discovered that a player who played with the explosive cow had somehow gotten close to him and was sucking his blood without him noticing.

Right now, this guy is laughing nonstop.

Fuck!
The vampire player's eyes widened in fury, and he instantly sprang into action, ready to teach him a lesson in ruthlessness.

Fortunately, a player intervened in time to stop the conflict.

At this moment, he looked exactly like a werewolf.

However, it wasn't because he ignited Wolf Brother's Berserker Blade, but because he fused with the newly released bloodline—the "Grey Wolf Xenomorph."

Players also simply call them werewolves, because their bloodline ability is transformation.

"Alright, forget about him, come and try my blood!"

"Aren't vampires and werewolves sworn enemies? Maybe there'll be some little surprises. Let's give it a try."

The werewolf player exclaimed excitedly.

(End of this chapter)