Chapter 152: Chapter 144: Entomologist (Part 2)

’My eyes and brows are still my own, but just a little bit of flesh has been added. It’s such a small change, yet I look completely different from before...’

For the next while, Han Ning was like a child with a new toy, tirelessly experimenting with the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s abilities in the privacy of his room.

"Ling~" "Jiji~"

Yin Yi and Egg Pancake sat to the side, staring blankly at Han Ning. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

It wasn’t until over half an hour later that the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm informed him its Energy had been completely depleted!

’So constantly changing shape, extending and retracting, consumes the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s Energy. This ability can’t be used without limits...’

After some experimentation, Han Ning had summarized a few points.

The maximum range the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm could extend was 15 meters.

The maximum duration he could continuously use the flesh and blood ability was one hour.

The power of its flesh-and-blood attacks could stack with his own Power. For now, their combined maximum Power could only snap a branch as thick as a wrist.

Although it wasn’t very powerful, Han Ning was still delighted.

With the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s miraculous ability, he would have many more ways to handle unexpected situations in the future.

Just as he was about to summon the panel to add points to the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm.

A wave of hunger from the depths of his body swept through his stomach like a wildfire.

At this moment, he felt a hunger he had never experienced before.

’Hungry! So hungry!!’

It was as if a pitch-black, bottomless pit inside him was frantically devouring his body’s Energy.

Han Ning recalled the panel’s description: the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had an almost insane craving for flesh and blood.

Forcing down his hunger, he rummaged through his waist pouch, took out the Blood-Colored Heart he had previously dug out of the Female and Male Winged Demons in the Mist Deep Valley, and placed it on the ground.

The instant his fingertips touched the heart, several sharp spikes shot out from them, trying to pierce into it.

But perhaps because they lacked strength, they failed to penetrate the heart.

So, Han Ning shot Yin Yi another look.

"Ling~"

With a casual flick, Yin Yi tore several finger-sized holes in the heart’s surface.

The spikes plunged into the openings.

WHOOSH~

In an instant, a blood-red mist rose from the heart’s surface and, as if alive, burrowed into his fingertips.

As the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm continuously absorbed the Blood Qi, the intense hunger in Han Ning’s stomach gradually subsided.

While the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm was feeding, he directly exchanged for a certain amount of Attribute Points and maxed out its stats on the panel.

At this, the bloody mist churned even more violently.

WHOOSH!

It almost took the form of a Flame, flaring up ferociously.

THUMP-THUMP... THUMP-THUMP...

A deep, heavy heartbeat echoed through the quiet room.

With each beat, even Egg Pancake, who was squatting nearby and watching, showed a pained and uncomfortable expression.

For some reason, the rhythm of his own heart gradually began to synchronize with the frequency of the external heartbeat.

"Jiji~"

Meanwhile, a faint red "blood silkworm" phantom had appeared behind Han Ning, who was wreathed in Blood Qi.

This phantom also expanded and contracted in time with the heartbeat.

As the red phantom pulsed, streams of blood seeped out from the numerous Winged Demon Hearts scattered across the floor, converging into Han Ning’s body.

Han Ning, squatting with his eyes open, had turned an unnatural red, as if he’d been doused in red paint—a terrifying, crimson hue.

He experienced the changes in his body while observing the shifts in the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s panel data, adding points from time to time.

However... the more points he added, the more amazed Han Ning became.

Because unlike Yin Yi and Egg Pancake, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had no limit to how many points could be added. As long as he had enough Attribute Points, he could keep raising its stats.

This forced him to take out some Crystal Stones from the giant purple snake, absorb the Energy within them, convert it into Attribute Points, and continue adding them.

His body was like a furiously burning furnace. An endless mist of vital energy and blood rushed toward the ceiling like flames, his aura growing stronger and radiating vigorous life.

Waves of hot air rolled off Han Ning, spreading out in all directions.

Time slowly passed...

The deep red color covering Han Ning’s entire body began to fade, starting from his head and the tips of his limbs, returning to a normal human skin tone.

THUMP... THUMP...

A colossal, drum-like heartbeat echoed in his chest.

Haaa...

Han Ning’s eyes widened. He could feel he had grown stronger again.

[ㅤ

Spiritual Power Level: Tier One (75%)

Current Spiritual Power: 23.1

]

Not only had his own strength clearly increased, but the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had also undergone a world-shaking transformation.

[

Race: All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm

Gender: Male

Talent: E

Level: Entry Level IV (599/600)

Talent: Muscle Activation, Entomologist

Acquired Soul Techniques: Dissection, Blood Qi Burst

Power: 13 (Maxed)

Body: 35 (Maxed)

Agility: 0.1

Spiritual Energy: 23 (Maxed)

Insect Type Affinity: 37 (Maxed)

]

Talent:

[Entomologist]: 1. The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm extracts genetic information and soul fragments from the blood of a target insect, with a certain probability of obtaining the target Soul Beast’s Soul Techniques and simulating its form.

The stronger the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm and the weaker the target insect, the higher the probability of acquiring its Soul Techniques. (Only effective on insects that have been dead for no more than half an hour, and their level cannot exceed the Silkworm’s current level.)

2. The simulated insect will automatically absorb the Blood Qi of surrounding enemy Soul Beasts in battle. The more Blood Qi it absorbs, the stronger the simulated Soul Beast will gradually become.

Soul Techniques:

[Blood Qi Burst]: The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm erupts with the Blood Qi stored in its body, suppressing the blood flow of its opponent. It also injects a certain amount of flesh-and-blood energy into its Beast Master or allied Soul Beasts, significantly boosting their Physical Strength, accelerating muscle repair speed, and enhancing nerve response time for a short period...

’The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm only has E Talent, yet it awakened two Talents. What a miraculous Soul Beast...’

Han Ning looked at the faint, blood-red patterns swirling in his palm and made a grasping motion.

With a soft ZING, his five fingers instantly shot out, transforming into five sharp spikes. Scarlet, vein-like patterns appeared on the surface of his flesh, looking rather strange.

He picked up a barbell plate from the floor and applied a bit of force.

CRACK!

The barbell plate instantly shattered into a dozen pieces and scattered across the ground.

"Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, with me." Han Ning recalled his other two Soul Beasts into the Soul Beast Space and leaped out the window.

Feeling the endless stream of Energy provided by the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, Han Ning ran out of the dormitory area and sprinted wantonly through the academy grounds.

He soon ran out of the academy’s bounds, then summoned Yin Yi and Egg Pancake, vaulted onto Egg Pancake’s back, and headed toward the Blood-colored Grassland.

「Two hours later.」

A two-meter-tall butterfly with a pair of colorful wings lay defeated before Han Ning.

He aimed at the vibrant butterfly, whose strength was roughly at the Entry Level, and made a grasping motion at the air.

Without even needing to touch the target Soul Beast, a writhing, blood-red eyeball appeared in his palm.

The eyeball swiveled, cast its gaze upon the butterfly, and shot out a ray of bloody light.

A misty red tether formed between the two.

A few seconds later, countless tentacles covered in strange, blood-red patterns suddenly burst from Han Ning’s body. These tentacles detached from him and quickly interwove to his right, forming a vibrant butterfly made entirely of flesh and blood.

This butterfly was about the height of a person, and the pair of compound eyes on its head emitted a strange, demonic light.

At the same time, some unfamiliar information flooded into his mind.

The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had absorbed a Soul Technique called [Green Ring Beam].

Furthermore, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm could currently simulate only one insect of the same level, or two Entry Level III insects. As long as he didn’t command it to change its simulated target, the simulated mark would last for at least seven days.

The physical strength of the Blood Qi butterfly next to him was enhanced compared to when it was alive. If it had the strength of an Entry Level III, it could basically exert power close to Entry Level IV.

Not only was the Blood Qi butterfly controlled by the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, but Han Ning discovered he could also control it at will.

With a thought, he looked toward a patch of tall grass ahead.

The butterfly beside him beat its wings, rustling forward two meters as its scarlet compound eyes lit up.

SWOOSH!

A beam as thick as a wrist shot out from it, blasting a large patch of grass in front of it to dust.

’No wonder... No wonder Lord Taman said that with this All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, I would have the potential to become the sixth primogenitor.’

Han Ning watched this scene, his thoughts churning.