The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Wu You withdrew his gaze from [Power: Lust] and moved it down again.

As you gently brush your thoughts over [Authority: Crimson], information related to the Crimson Authority automatically appears.

Blood vessels, muscles, skin, flesh, bones, and skeleton.

Flesh and blood are the foundation of life: boiling blood will destroy tendons and bones, flesh will heal damage, lax tendons will distort the body, bone will reshape the shell, membrane will proliferate and develop heterogeneous structures, changes in the internal organs will disrupt the life force, and blood will erode and decay the mortal body.

Crimson is the calamity of the flesh: surging blood can give birth to monstrous flesh, wriggling flesh can restrain the body, twisted tendons can bind the limbs, protruding bones can be forged into weapons, fibrous membranes can devour living things, disordered internal organs can reverse life and death, and overflowing blood can nurture a puppet body.

All bloody calamities and anomalies arise from scarlet.

The current quantity of [Authority: Crimson] is 1. It can consume 5 units of divinity to activate this authority once, and perform a 'mutation' erosion on any physical target. If the erosion is successful, the target will be 'mutated' into a controllable unconscious flesh and blood aggregate.

(Note 1: The success rate of the 'Alienation' erosion is significantly negatively correlated with factors such as the target's physical strength, mental strength, and degree of mental resistance. Meanwhile, the strength of the flesh-and-blood aggregate is positively correlated with factors such as the target's physical strength and energy strength.)

(Note 2: When the number of 【Authority: Crimson】 units reaches 10/50/100, the 'Alienation' erosion will add special effects such as 'Flesh Plague'/'Flesh Return'/'Flesh Spawn'!)

After reviewing the effects of [Power; Crimson], a thoughtful expression reappeared on Wu You's face.

He thought of the flesh and blood humanoid that the Thousand-Faced God had summoned before, one of which was this so-called flesh and blood aggregate.

In addition, "Blood and Flesh Return to Flow" is probably the same ability as the Thousand-Faced God, which transforms the corpses of the Thousand-Faced Corpse Clan into blood-red streams of light and then gathers them into his own body to enhance his strength.

"Flesh and Blood offspring" should be the same ability as the Thousand-Faced God to create a kind of familiar.

As for the "blood and flesh plague," Wu You couldn't think of any corresponding ability that the Thousand-Faced God had used for the time being.

However, it's not like there are absolutely no clues.

The Thousand-Faced Corpse Clan has the ability to infect humans and turn them into low-level Thousand-Faced Corpses. The first low-level Thousand-Faced Corpse he killed was his original friend Li Wei, who was infected and transformed by a third-level Thousand-Faced Corpse!

He will never forget that deformed posture, distorted features, and relieved look in his eyes!

This ability to infect humans and turn them into zombies is extremely similar to the description of "Flesh and Blood Plague"!

Wu You's eyes were filled with melancholy as his memories were stirred.

After a moment, he sighed: I still need to become stronger so that I can protect myself and the people around me!

Then, he pulled himself out of his thoughts and his gaze fell once again on the description of [Power; Crimson]:

Consuming 5 points of divinity allows you to activate the Crimson Authority to 'mutate' any target, transforming it into a mindless aggregate of flesh and blood.

And this flesh and blood aggregate is under his control?

A new idea gradually took shape in his mind: a flesh and blood aggregate that was completely under his control, which was almost like a clone.

Now that his main body is trapped on the throne and in this passage, unable to leave easily, perhaps creating some clones to walk in the outside world in his place and handle some things that are inconvenient to bother others is also a good choice.

But then Wu You frowned. He remembered the terrifying sight of that blood-red humanoid figure with no skin and its flesh and muscle texture completely exposed.

If a flesh-and-blood aggregate were to be used as a clone, it would probably need to conceal its appearance with a cloak or mask, otherwise, once its true form is revealed, it would likely be mistaken for a zombie!

Wu You did not rush to use his divine power to experiment on the effects of the Crimson Authority. Instead, he chose to first browse through the other authority, which also came from the Thousand-Faced God.

With a gentle thought, the corresponding information for [Authority: Thousand Faces] emerged:

Form, spirit, voice, breath; bone structure, soul, and charm.

All things are the foundation of masks: appearances can be imitated to steal one's looks, voices can be imitated to steal one's words, breath can be concealed to hide one's traces, souls can be faked to confuse one's consciousness, bones can be easily altered to change one's form, rhymes can be altered to steal one's demeanor, and knowledge can be expanded to replicate one's abilities.

A thousand faces are a trap of deception: a mask can erase one's true self, an illusion can confuse truth and falsehood, a stolen breath can blend into all living beings, a copied soul can deceive perception, a stolen skill can misappropriate one's strengths, a changed appearance can reverse one's identity, and a fabricated image can create evidence.

All appearances are not appearances, but false appearances.

The current quantity of [Authority: Thousand Faces] is 1. It can be activated once by consuming 5 units of divinity.

Once activated, you can perform a high-level "Sleight of Hand" assessment on any individual being! The success rate of the assessment is positively correlated with the difference between your own and the target's ranks, and significantly negatively correlated with the target's level of mental resistance. If the assessment is successful, you can obtain the target's "Mask"*1!

The "Mask" can completely replicate the target's bones, flesh, and skin, and simulate one ten-thousandth of the target's overall strength level!

(Note 1: 'Theft of Appearance' requires direct contact to trigger! If the target has been 'mutated' and corrupted by [Authority: Crimson], then all conditions can be ignored and the attack will succeed directly!)

(Note 2: When the number of [Authority: Thousand Faces] units reaches 10/50/100, the 'Mask' will be equipped with special effects such as 'Imitation'/'Fake Power'/'Usurpation'! At the same time, the power level that can be imitated will be increased to one-thousandth/one-hundredth/one-tenth of the target's power!)

Good heavens! After browsing through the information about [Power: Thousand Faces], Wu You was also stunned!

This Thousand Faces Authority can not only perfectly replicate the target's appearance and figure one-to-one, but it can even replicate a portion of the target's strength!

Moreover, judging from descriptions such as "aura simulation," "fake ability," and "usurpation of power," the Thousand Faces Authority seems to be able to replicate the target's aura, abilities, and even rule authority.

It's just that he currently has too few units, which is why he can't achieve such an effect!

Wu You couldn't help but exclaim: This is too insane!

Moreover, after browsing through the effects of [Power: Crimson] and [Power: Thousand Faces], he seemed to understand where the special abilities of the Thousand Faces Corpse Clan came from.

The Thousand-Faced Corpse Clan members are skilled at manipulating flesh and blood, possess strong regenerative and combat abilities, and have the capacity to infect and assimilate humans into their own kind. Undoubtedly, these are all secondary derivative abilities produced under the influence of [Armour: Crimson]!

At the same time, the Thousand-Faced Corpse Clan also possesses the ability to don human skin, disguise their aura, and imitate human speech and lifestyle habits. It is for this reason that this clan of corpses is called the Pseudo-Human Corpse Clan!

It now appears that the unique disguise abilities of the Thousand-Faced Corpse Species, which conceal their aura, were born from the influence and radiation of the [Authority: Thousand Faces] wielded by their progenitor, the Thousand-Faced God.

Thinking of this, Wu You was also somewhat relieved: fortunately, when he fought the Thousand-Faced Projection, he was very cautious and did not have any direct contact with the Thousand-Faced Projection or that fleshy humanoid figure!

Even the sword in his hand, if it showed any sign of turning into flesh and blood, he would immediately discard it and replace it with another! He gave no chance whatsoever!

If he had actually come into direct contact with the projection of the Thousand-Faced God or that flesh-and-blood humanoid back then, the projection of the Thousand-Faced God and the flesh-and-blood humanoid would probably have immediately transformed into his appearance and even copied a portion of his strength and abilities!

Although the sword techniques provided by the Sword Manual are unlikely to be copied, even copying only a portion of his strength would have been enough to make the situation much more difficult at the time!

But at this moment, Wu You, who had already browsed through the effects of [Power: Crimson] and [Power: Thousand Faces], had a new flash of inspiration.