From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 266: The Third Transformation of Source Essence
The Binhai headquarters building of the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau.

When Lu Heng drove downstairs, Gao Zhiting hurried over and opened the car door.

"Master is still in a meeting upstairs, so he asked me to come down to greet you."

The master he was referring to was naturally Chen Linian.

Lu Heng came over after receiving a call. When he saw Gao Zhiting, he asked, "I didn't explain it clearly on the phone before. What's the matter that's so urgent?"

Gao Zhiting led Lu Heng into the headquarters building and walked towards the elevator, saying as he walked:
“This matter is a bit tricky, so Master wanted to ask you to come over and see if there is any solution.

"The thing is, there have been a lot of disappearances in recent times.

“We have been investigating, but have no clues.

“Since many missing persons cases are related to demons, they are very difficult to investigate.

“This time we also initially thought it might be related to the devil, but when we were investigating the case of the Temperer, we interrogated a suspect and obtained additional information.

"A mercenary of the Knights of the Round Table mentioned during the interrogation that he had seen a psychic with the rank of [Necromancer] in Binhai.

"There are clues that the people who disappeared before are likely related to this necromancer. It is suspected that this person is the one who created the terracotta warriors."

As they were talking, the two of them had already gone up to the seventh floor and arrived at the investigation team's office area.

Gao Zhiting waved his hand and took Lu Heng into an observation room.

The display screen in the observation room was showing the scene in the interrogation room.

In the interrogation room, Chen Linian was questioning a person with special abilities.

The mutant was a white male in his forties with deep, gloomy eyes, long blond hair, and a facial stubble that he hadn't shaved for some time.

Gao Zhiting handed a document to Lu Heng and said, "This man's name is White Pierre. We suspect he is the necromancer revealed by the Knights of the Round Table mercenaries, but we can't find any evidence."

Lu Heng took the information and looked at it. After reading the first few lines, he knew why this case was so difficult.

Because White Pierre is the Asia-Pacific executive of Kate Investment Group of the White Eagle Federation, which means that this person has the ability to influence tens of billions of dollars of investment in Daxia.

With such a huge amount of funds, there is no need for Kate Investment Group to step in. Regional companies and officials that have the hope of obtaining investment will find ways to rescue him.

Of course, Tiexue has the power to investigate cases, but there is a problem: torture cannot be used before the person is confirmed to be guilty.

If the person is injured while in custody and there is no evidence to convict him, things will be very troublesome.

Lu Heng asked curiously: "Didn't you use your mental abilities to interrogate him?"

Gao Zhiting explained: "We tried, but failed. This person is a psychic with very high mental attributes, and he may have mental resistance skills. Our mental interrogation is almost ineffective on him."

The information says that White Pierre's level has reached 31, and his mental attribute is as high as 84 points.

If there are mental resistance skills, it would be really difficult to find someone who can conduct mental interrogation on him.

Lu Heng thought for a moment, opened the door of the observation room, walked over, pushed the door and entered the interrogation room.

Chen Linian saw someone coming in, turned around and asked, "How did you get in?"

Lu Heng pointed at the surveillance camera and said, "Except for Inspector Chen, everyone else go out and turn off the surveillance."

"Are you sure?" Chen Linian roughly guessed what Lu Heng wanted to do.

He also wanted to get useful clues as soon as possible because his superiors had already begun to inquire about the matter.

"Simple."

After Lu Heng and the others went out, he walked up to White Pierre and stared into his eyes.

White Pierre showed a hint of arrogance in his eyes, curled up the corners of his mouth and sneered: "Another clown."

He was very confident because his mental power was in the top tier among the current superpowers, and no one could get any useful information from him.

Lu Heng pulled out the Aurora Blade from the void, inserted it into the back of his hand, nailed his palm to the table, and then activated [Spiritual Control].

"what!"

White Pierre groaned in pain and looked at Lu Heng with surprise. He didn't expect that this Da Xia man in front of him would dare to hurt him here.

The moment their eyes met, he felt a surge of mental power pouring into his mind.

Then he lost consciousness and fell into a daze.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for a psychic with a mental attribute of around 80 points to conduct mental torture on White Pierre.

Lu Heng's basic spiritual attribute is 83 points, and the spiritual resistance finger worn on the index finger of his left hand adds +2 spirit, so the total spiritual attribute is 85 points.

And White Pierre's spiritual attribute is exactly 85 points.

In addition, he is a psychic, and the skills he possesses are basically psychic.

Therefore, it was difficult for Lu Heng to torture him mentally.

However, the reason why [Spiritual Control] is stronger than [Control of Will] is because this skill has an additional effect, which temporarily increases the mental attribute by 5% when the skill is used.

This increased Lu Heng's mental strength from 85 points to 89 points.

In addition, Lu Heng pierced his palm with the Aurora Blade.

The Aurora Blade has the LV3 [Soul-Slaying] special effect.

[Soul Slashing LV3: The attack will inflict 16 points of mental damage, and will have an additional Soul Slashing effect, weakening the target's mental attributes by 16 points.]

In other words, the Aurora Blade pierced his palm, directly weakening his mental attribute by 16 points.

As a result, White Pierre's original mental power of 85 points was weakened to 69 points.

Lu Heng used 89 points of spiritual attribute to suppress his 69 points, and [Spiritual Control] was released successfully.

White Pierre suddenly lost consciousness and answered whatever was asked.

Lu Heng directly used three questions to find evidence that could prove his guilt.

And this person does possess the rank of [Necromancer].

He obtained this rank from a magical world, and he originally wanted to use this rank to create a powerful undead army.

Now that he has been caught and direct evidence has been found, the only sentence that awaits him is the death penalty.

……

After resolving this matter, Lu Heng spent the next two days at the Wuli Bridge training ground practicing his Wind Walker skill proficiency.

The proficiency of [Wind Walker] has reached (2680/3000), and it is not far from upgrading, so hurry up and upgrade.

It’s noon this day.

A black crow appeared in the sky, circled twice and then fell down. It was 013.

013 raised his hand and took out a suitcase, placed it on the table, and said, "This is a reward for you. If you can find 027's trace, you can get another box."

Lu Heng reached out and opened the suitcase, and found two rows of injections in glass tubes.

"what is this?"

"SPA-3, a treasure that can help you become stronger quickly." 013 explained.

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly because he already knew what this thing was.

SPA-3 is actually a super potion.

But it’s different from ordinary super power potions.

The SPA series, starting from Type 1, extracts source energy from human blood to make super energy potions.

The SPA-3 type is a product of technological innovation. This series of products has very high purity and very few side effects. If the number of injections is not too frequent, there will not even be many side effects, and the combat effectiveness is indeed significantly improved.

However, the rules have already been written into human genes, and source energy must be produced through mitochondria.

Obtaining energy from the outside will cause the mitochondria of human cells to mistakenly believe that the energy content in the body is sufficient, thereby reducing energy conversion.

The more energy obtained from the outside world, the lower the mitochondrial energy conversion rate. Over time, the body will have an unacceptably low energy conversion rate.

Therefore, as long as it is a super-powered potion, no matter how high its purity is, it will eventually lead to the same problem.

However, this SPA-3 type requires continuous injection for more than one year before the side effects gradually become obvious.

Lu Heng saw that what 013 took out was actually a super power potion, and it was the most expensive super power potion at the moment.

If this thing is put on the market in Western countries, the price of one piece can be hyped up to tens of millions.

There are a whole box of twelve here, which is indeed a huge sum of money if measured by the price.

"Super Power Potion." Lu Heng said these four words and looked at 013 with a bad look. 013 explained: "This is SPA-3 type, which is completely different from the super power potion you have seen. It can greatly improve your combat power."

If it were someone else, they might believe what he said.

Just one injection of this SPA-3 type will make you addicted to the powerful drug effect that will increase your combat power.

Moreover, since the side effects of this SPA-3 type are relatively small, you may not even feel many side effects in the first few months of injection.

If other people try it, they may regard it as a panacea.

By the time the side effects slowly began to show up a year later, the body could no longer get rid of its desire for the super potion.

By that time, the demand for super power potions will become higher and higher.

Continuing to inject this SPA-3 type can maintain peak combat power for up to one year, after which the combat power will begin to decline because the efficiency of source energy conversion in mitochondria in the body will drop to the bottom.

In other words, the injection of this SPA-3 type can maintain peak combat power for nearly two years.

For the Creator Organization, allowing its members to have peak combat power for two years is enough to do a lot of things.

Lu Heng closed the suitcase, stepped back and said coldly: "I don't want it. This kind of thing can be used to deceive other idiots. Don't bring it to me and embarrass yourself."

013 did not respond to this. After a moment of silence, he said, "If you don't want this, I can help you apply for other items as rewards.

“Also, there is one more thing. You probably haven’t absorbed the essence of the Shadow Knight yet. The organization hopes that you can hand it over.

"Of course, the organization will exchange it for items of equal value. Are you willing?"

Lu Heng has indeed not yet absorbed the essence of the [Shadow Knight]. After all, the combat power of this class is very strong and can be used to exchange for other essences.

"What do you plan to exchange for it?"

013 then asked, "What do you want? You can give me a general direction. As long as the organization has it, I can use it as a trade."

Lu Heng thought for a moment and said, "I will take a look at the three-transformation source essences of the summoning system, perception system, and auxiliary system before deciding whether to exchange them."

"Okay, I'll report this to the organization." 013 agreed, spread his wings, flew into the sky and disappeared.

……

A day later, 013 appeared again and continued to discuss the exchange of [Shadow Knight] essence.

"The third-level source essence that the organization can offer includes the summoning system's [Spirit Master], the perception system's [Beyond Visual Range Eye], and the auxiliary system's [Life Vine]. Are there any you are willing to exchange?"

After hearing the names of the three sources, Lu Heng said without much hesitation: "[Life Vine], bring it over and we can exchange it."

"Okay, wait for me here, I'll be back in an hour." 013 said as he flew into the sky again and disappeared.

An hour later he reappeared with a suitcase.

After the suitcase was opened, a piece of emerald green third-level source material was found inside, which was the [Vine of Life].

Lu Heng took out the [Shadow Knight] essence and exchanged it for the [Life Vine] essence.

After completing the exchange, Lu Heng took the [Life Vine] source material and went back to meet Su Muyu.

The two met in the practice room.

As soon as they met, Su Muyu smiled and said, "Guess why I'm so happy?"

Lu Heng looked at her smiling face and began to guess: "Did you lose weight successfully?"

Su Muyu glared and said angrily: "Okay, I'm unhappy now. How am I fat! Huh?"

Lu Heng laughed and said, "Just kidding, it should be the secondary profession that has been upgraded."

In fact, I knew before that her inscription master level would be upgraded soon. According to her speed, it should be in the next few days.

Su Muyu pouted and muttered, "That's good enough. I've been promoted to a senior inscriptionist. When I have B-level inscription materials, I'll make you a ring with a spiritual attribute of +4."

"Well, you prepared a ring for me so early." Lu Heng added a joke.

Su Muyu frowned and muttered, "You just know how to make fun of me every day."

"Okay, no more jokes. This is for you. Think about it and decide whether you want this third-level job." Lu Heng took out the [Life Vine] source material and handed it to her.

Su Muyu took the source essence, checked the attributes, raised an eyebrow and said: "The ability of this class is very good, it is a support system, I think this class is very suitable for me."

Seeing that she was quite satisfied with the [Life Vine], Lu Heng said, "If you think it's good, just absorb it. Now the number of psychics who have reached level 30 or above will gradually increase, and the number of people with the third-level job will increase rapidly. We must also get the third-level job as soon as possible."

Su Muyu nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I will absorb it."

As she spoke, she absorbed the essence of the [Life Vine] into her body.

The source essence turned into an emerald green life energy, flowed into the arm, flowed along the blood vessels, and nourished the cells throughout the body.

【Absorb the third-level source essence "Life Vine" and start the battle for source essence.】

[Source Fusion Completion: 13%]

[Temporarily obtain the source ability: Life Vine]

[Life Vine: The source of natural power, once a sacred power mastered by druids. Using this ability, you can summon vines containing life force.]

[Effect 1: Life vines can suture wounds, speed up wound healing, and give the injured person strong vitality.]

[Effect 2: When attacked, the Life Vine can grow rapidly and wrap around itself and its companions, forming a solid vine barrier to block the attack.]

[The skill "Dark Thorn Trap" mutates due to the source material and changes into "Life Vine Trap". ]

[Life Vine Trap: Set a trap around the caster. The target who steps into the trap will be entangled by the Life Vine, causing 3× mental damage per minute. Multiple traps can be set at the same time until the source energy is exhausted. Skill consumption: 20 source energy. Skill level: C level.]

After looking at the Life Vine Essence he had obtained, Su Muyu asked in surprise, "My Dark Thorn Trap skill has mutated and turned into a Life Vine Trap. How could this happen?"

This was the first time she knew that skills could mutate due to source essence.

Although the Scout Eagle evolved into the Double-headed Bird step by step because of its class, these improvements are the effects that the class essence already has.

This time, the [Life Vine] itself does not have the effect of strengthening the skill. This time, the skill mutates purely because of the source quality.

After hearing what she said, Lu Heng nodded and said, "It is indeed possible for this situation to happen, but the probability is very small. I find that you are really lucky."

"Hehe..." Su Muyu couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

After the skill mutated into [Life Vine Trap], the skill level did not increase, but the effect was greatly enhanced.

Because of the bonus of source quality, the binding ability of this skill is definitely stronger.

There is also the number of traps that can be set. The previous [Dark Thorn Trap] can set up to 3 at the same time.

After mutating into [Life Vine Trap], there is no limit on the number. Countless ones can be set up as long as the source is available.

Her current total energy is 910 points, and [Dragon Eye Gem Bracelet] can reduce energy consumption by 10%.

In other words, it only takes 18 energy points to use the [Life Vine Trap], and with full energy, 50 traps can be placed at the same time.

This does not include the source energy recovered during the period. As long as the source energy recovery can keep up, hundreds of traps can be set up at the same time.

After Su Muyu absorbed the essence of the [Life Vine], he remembered to ask: "Oh, I was so happy that I forgot. Where did you get this essence from?"

"I exchanged it for the essence of Shadow Knight." Lu Heng did not hide it from her.

"We all have the third level of Essence. Will we be recruited for the Essence War?"

Su Muyu recalled that the last time she was recruited to the Sykes civilization was because she obtained the second-level source essence, and then a countdown for the recruitment appeared.

So this time she stared at the data panel, wanting to see if the draft countdown would appear.

However, she watched for a long time but there was no countdown for the call-up.

She then looked at it again every few minutes.

The countdown did not appear until an hour later, when she checked again and suddenly saw a 7-day countdown to the conscription.

"It appeared, the countdown to the call to arms has begun. Why is it called to arms at this time?" Su Muyu said in surprise.

Lu Heng also quickly took a look at the attribute panel and indeed saw the countdown for the call-up.

However, the time interval between the countdown for the conscription and Su Muyu's acquisition of the source essence was a bit long. It was probably not because of the battle for the source essence she started, but because something else happened.

After so many conscriptions, Su Muyu has discovered some patterns.

The call to the Abyss Battlefield is often related to what is happening.

For example, the last time they were recruited into the world of the Dark Iron Dwarves was because a psychic took away the Dark Iron Dwarves' quenching furnace, causing the Dark Iron tribe to fall into trouble, so a second recruitment occurred.

(End of this chapter)