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Chapter 981: Chapter 374: Blood Locust and Intelligence
"How do I know if what you’re saying is true or not?"
Liang Yuan’s gaze flickered for a moment before directly voicing his doubts.
The tall man responded immediately, "If you swear allegiance to my Spiritual Ability Sect, I am willing to immediately teach you the Spiritual Power Irrigation Technique."
Liang Yuan grinned and said, "Alright, then I’ll join. Let’s hear it."
The tall man shook his head immediately, "Joining my Spiritual Ability Sect isn’t something you can agree to casually."
"Oh? Then what do you suggest?"
"I have a small bottle on me. Drip a drop of your blood into it, swear to the bottle, and I’ll believe you are sincere about joining my Spiritual Ability Sect," the tall man said, his eyes gleaming, then smiled.
Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow and reached into the other’s chest to feel around.
From this search, he not only found a bone bottle but also a compass, several Superpower Stones, and some Rune Bones or similar items.
Liang Yuan pulled out the bottle, and the tall man exclaimed, "Yes, that’s the bottle. Open it, drip a drop of blood inside, swear to the bottle, and I’ll believe you."
Liang Yuan ignored him, instead examining the bottle closely.
This bottle seemed to be made from the bones of some mutant creature, with a wooden stopper at the mouth, and its pale surface was adorned with blood-colored patterns.
It must be some kind of special rune, though it’s unclear what its purpose is.
Liang Yuan used his Spiritual Power to probe inside, but unexpectedly discovered the bottle had the ability to block Spiritual Power probing.
Liang Yuan didn’t rashly open the stopper, instead gently shaking it.
Inside came the sound of liquid sloshing.
"What’s inside this?"
The tall man remained unfazed, saying, "It’s the essence and blood of those who have recently joined my Spiritual Ability Sect."
Liang Yuan asked skeptically, "Why would dripping blood and swearing a poisonous oath make you believe it?"
The tall man replied, "If you’re earnest about joining, just drip the blood and don’t ask too many questions."
Liang Yuan chuckled lightly, pondered for a moment, and then turned his gaze to the average-sized chubby man at the side.
"You, speak."
Liang Yuan released the Puppet Threads binding the chubby man, allowing him to move his head.
The chubby man was clearly somewhat terrified and quickly said, "Brother, Brother Qin wouldn’t lie to you. If you want to join our Spiritual Ability Sect, you have to swear with blood."
Liang Yuan smiled, "I ask, you answer. Don’t say anything unnecessary."
Saying so, he took out an iron nail, pointing it at the chubby man’s body, "If your answers don’t satisfy me, this nail is yours."
The chubby man trembled and quickly said, "I can’t say, I really can’t say, I swore to the Blood Bottle... Ah—"
Liang Yuan casually slapped the nail into his bone seam.
The chubby man immediately let out a miserable scream.
Liang Yuan took out another nail and said calmly, "Will you talk? I have plenty of nails."
The chubby man trembled all over and was evidently not someone who could withstand torture.
He opened his mouth and wailed, "Spare me, I truly can’t say. If I do, I’ll be burned to death by the blood flame instantly."
Liang Yuan paid no mind and continued the interrogation through torture.
In the end, the chubby man couldn’t withstand the torture and shouted, "I’ll talk, I’ll talk. This is our Spiritual Ability Sect’s Blood Bottle, and inside it is raised a Blood Locust—"
Before the chubby man finished speaking, suddenly a burst of blood flame erupted from within him.
With a whoosh, the blood flame rapidly burned, his body’s blood bursting like fuel, crackling and popping, his flesh drying up and shriveling swiftly.
The chubby man screamed ceaselessly, but in just a few moments, he was entirely reduced to a charred, shriveled corpse!
Liang Yuan was stunned at heart, quickly retreating several steps, looking at the Blood Bottle with some suspicion.
His Spiritual Power had been observing the Blood Bottle and the chubby man the entire time.
But throughout the entire process, Liang Yuan hadn’t detected any attacks.
The blood flame seemed to have suddenly sprung from within him.
Even the blood patterns on the Blood Bottle had not changed at all.
"How was this done?"
Liang Yuan was puzzled and immediately looked at the chubby man’s corpse.
Could it be that the chubby man’s body was poisoned?
Did his words just now trigger some toxin?
So he self-combusted and died?
The unknown power was indeed terrifying.
Even Liang Yuan felt a trace of suspicion in his heart.
His Spiritual Power quickly probed the chubby man’s withered corpse.
As his Spiritual Power scanned the body, Liang Yuan immediately discovered that the corpse was devoid of any blood, as if it had all been incinerated.
Its internal organs were completely shriveled.
But Liang Yuan didn’t find any signs of poisoning.
His expression slightly darkened, and he once again looked at the bone-made Blood Bottle.
After pondering for a moment, Liang Yuan suddenly raised his finger and flicked lightly.
Boom—!
A gust of finger wind instantly shot out explosively.
The finger wind howled, crushing the bone-made Blood Bottle almost instantly.
With a boom, the Blood Bottle shattered, and blood splashed everywhere in an instant.
Within the contained blood was a small, soft-bodied insect the size of a pinky!
Liang Yuan’s attention was immediately drawn to the insect.
This insect was entirely blood-colored, its body supple, twisting and crawling in the blood.
On its body were rings of golden circular patterns, shimmering with a peculiar luster.
Liang Yuan counted and found there were seven golden circular patterns in total.
His Spiritual Power rapidly approached the insect, only to feel its life force was weak and not strong.
Even its Spiritual Power was only at the strength of an ordinary Mutant Fish.
For a moment, Liang Yuan couldn’t help but furrow his brows, puzzled as to why these Spiritual Ability Sect people valued this thing so highly.
He immediately attempted to disperse his Spiritual Power into ’Puppet Threads’ to quickly control this strange soft-bodied crawler.
The whole process was easy.
This soft-bodied creature was completely controlled by Liang Yuan.
However, even so, Liang Yuan still couldn’t sense anything special about it.
Liang Yuan frowned deeply, lifting his head to look at the two people still alive.
His gaze landed on the tall man, releasing his control over the man’s head, and coldly asked, "What is this?"
The tall man no longer had his previous zeal, revealing endless terror.
"I, I cannot say. If I say it, I’ll die, I’ll die."
Liang Yuan’s gaze turned cold, asking, "Fine. I don’t need you to speak. I ask you, can it control the life and death of a person who drips blood?"
"Yes..."
The tall man nodded, this question seemed outside the scope of his vow.
"You wanted to deceive me into dripping blood for it, so it could control me?"
"I... I was wrong, sorry, sorry, spare me..." The tall man hurriedly pleaded for mercy.
Liang Yuan sneered and asked a few more questions.
Whenever it involved what this thing was or how it attacked, the tall man dared not speak.
Liang Yuan went in circles, only confirming it was called ’Blood Locust,’ capable of restraining the blood-dripper by consuming their blood.
Specifically how it achieved this, Liang Yuan was unclear.
And it also seems related to the vow made during the blood dripping.
It’s the first time Liang Yuan witnessed such a strange mutant creature.
This Spiritual Ability Sect indeed has something.
Then Liang Yuan rummaged through the items found on them.
Among them, the compass-like object caught Liang Yuan’s attention.
He inquired, "What is this?"
The tall man hurriedly asked, "If I tell you, will you let me go?"
Liang Yuan sneered, "You’re negotiating with me?"
"No, no, I only want to live, I haven’t awakened my Superpower easily, I really don’t want to die, I beg you..."
Witnessing Liang Yuan break the Blood Bottle, devoid of any reverence for the Spiritual Ability Sect.
The tall man in front of him completely abandoned the idea of fooling Liang Yuan, continuously pleading.
Liang Yuan yelled, "If you don’t want to die, answer my questions honestly!"
"Yes, yes, this is a Spiritual Ability Detection Compass, its function is to detect Spiritual Power Strength, there’s a rune on the back which is an Investigation Rune."
"Investigation Rune?"
Liang Yuan quickly flipped to the back of the compass, indeed seeing a rune.
The rune was circular in shape, the internal rune pattern not complex.
"Investigation Runes are widely applied over at Guangfu, not only used on Spiritual Ability Detection Compasses, but also on Spirit Testing Glasses."
"They can observe a person’s Spiritual Power Strength, oh, it’s what you call Superpower Strength, thus gauging the person’s approximate prowess."
"The Spiritual Ability Detection Compass can detect Spiritual Power within a certain range."
"Additionally, based on the properties of Investigation Runes, the Guangfu Military developed Spiritual Ability Detection Radar with a broader detection range."
The tall man promptly divulged everything he knew.
Liang Yuan felt slightly shocked upon hearing this.
Investigation Runes have such a broad application range, yet they were never mentioned in military broadcasts.
It seems these are classified as key Rune Technology by the military.
Liang Yuan quickly realized a question; this detection rune technology is applied in various aspects, checking Spiritual Power Strength across locations.
Have these Spiritual Ability Sect people traveled so far because they detected an anomaly in the Spiritual Power Strength here?
"Did you detect a problem with the Spiritual Power Strength here, so you rushed over from Guangfu?" He sharply questioned.
The tall man’s expression slightly changed, hurriedly responding, "Not entirely, previously the Three Major Sects of Guangfu were targeted by the military, resulting in several wars with heavy casualties."
"Our Spiritual Ability Sect is here partly for talent excavation and gathering Superpower Stones, and partly seeking a sanctuary."
"Then why come here?" Liang Yuan wasn’t fooled, immediately questioning a core issue.
The tall man hesitated, seeing Liang Yuan’s killing intent, startled, hurriedly said, "I’m just an ordinary sect member, my knowledge is limited."
"I heard the captain discovered a place with high Spiritual Power Strength nearby, so we came here."
"Later unexpectedly found survivors in this neighborhood, so decided to capture them to replenish manpower."
Liang Yuan’s eyes glinted, immediately asking, "A place with high Spiritual Power Strength? Where?"
"I don’t know, I really don’t know." The tall man hastily shook his head.
Liang Yuan pondered, then changed the question: "What kind of place would have high Spiritual Power Strength?"
"Places rich in Superpower Stone Mines, or where many Superpower Users gather, have high Spiritual Power Strength."
"Usually, places with high Spiritual Power Strength give birth to Superpower Ore Veins."
"Apart from this, I heard people on the ship say Floating Islands usually have strong Spiritual Power."
"Floating Island?"
Liang Yuan raised his eyebrows, immediately noticing the term he mentioned.
"Yes, Floating Island. I don’t know where the Floating Islands originate, they are said not to be in a fixed location."
"They drift with the tide; their island areas vary significantly, some stretching tens of kilometers, others only a dozen or twenty square meters."
"Some say, finding a Floating Island might lead to discovering a way to survive in this Flood World."