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Chapter 729 - 729 Blood of 383 Creatures (4000)_2

Chapter 729: Blood of 383 Creatures (4000)_2 Chapter 729: Blood of 383 Creatures (4000)_2 Under the orange light, Casio’s right hand with bulging veins was placed on the table. The two gold Holy Marks on his hand surprisingly gradually turned platinum in color.

They now appeared even more mysterious and luminous than the Holy Marks initially.

Half an hour later, when the Holy Springs Water had been completely consumed, there was about half a bottle of the highly concentrated Secret Soul power that the Ghost Man had given Casio remaining. The two platinum Holy Marks on the back of his hand had notably transformed into three.

After multiple exposures, he somewhat understood what the platinum liquid that could replace blood was. This stuff was strikingly similar to the blood of the spirit brewed by the Wisdom Rune, a remarkable creation of the Oyon civilization! Based on its characteristics, it could perhaps be called the Blood of Life, or the Blood of the Spirit.

The Wisdom Rune of Ouroboros from the Oyon Civilization!

Could it be? The source of the Holy Springs Water and the Secret Souls power could also be the Life Rune or the Spiritual Rune, one of the five Keystone Runes of the Oyon Civilization?

If it were so, it would explain the miraculous power possessed by the Holy Springs Water and the Secret Souls power. After all, Casio had created the enigmatic secret martial arts of the demon idol using the Wisdom Rune.

The characteristic of the Demon Idol Martial Arts to absorb life vibration energy was too abnormal, even gave a vague sense of surpassing the structure of the secret martial arts.

However, if the Holy Springs Water and Secret Souls Power belong to the Dark Hunt Organization and Black Rain Villa respectively, how could this be? Could it be that both the Dark Hunt Organization and Black Rain Villa each possess half of the Spiritual Rune? Based on Casio’s experiment to transform Holy Springs Water and the Secret Souls power into platinum-colored Blood of the Spirit, this seems likely.

This possibility is not slim, even may be quite high.

Startled by this revelation, he sat on the sofa and thought for a while. He reminisced about the internal news of the Dark Hunt Organization and some hidden facts he had learned from the veteran hunter, Hebu, during these days.

First of all, the Holy Marks that are brought about by the Holy Springs Water are the aiding core of the hunters. Why are the hunters of the Dark Hunt Organization different from the average Source Energy Users, and why are they so much stronger? Even comparable to fighters at the top level. It all comes down to the Holy Marks!

The Holy Marks are a weakened version of the Blood of Spirit, their core power is to greatly enhance the source energy mastered by the Source Energy Users, making it several times, even more than ten times more effective. The maximum number of Holy Marks one can have is one hundred, which is the theoretical limit. But in reality, no one has ever been able to fully saturate their body cells with Holy Marks. Even the most powerful leader of the Mechanism Corps could only reach seventy-nine Holy Marks, branded on his arm.

The main reason is that the Holy Springs contain a trace amount of toxin that can cause one to lose their rationality and become a Wild Beast. Every hunter has their limit of tolerance, once the toxin concentration of the Wild Beast exceeds this limit, he will fall.

Therefore, each hunter has their limit to the number of Holy Marks.

Once the limit of Holy Marks has been reached, they can no longer be increased. At this point, the role of Holy Springs Water for this hunter is no longer to increase strength, but to maintain the stability of the Holy Marks’ energy and number. Using the Holy Marks to enhance their power consumes energy. After each battle, hunters need to continue drinking spring water to restore the power of the Holy Marks.

This is why it is inevitable for hunters to lose their sanity and transform into Wild Beasts. This is the price to keep the number of Holy Marks and maintain combat strength.

Rumor has it, if someone could reach the theoretical limit of one hundred Holy Marks. Then they would not need Holy Springs Water to maintain the limit number of Holy Marks, as the energy of the Holy Marks in the body would automatically restore itself. But, this is destined to be unreachable. Over the last thousand years, no one has ever achieved this.

The side effects of maintaining the Holy Marks are very high, but in contrast, the amplifying effect is extremely dramatic. After half a month of exposure, Casio found that the variety of Source Energy awakened by these hunters was not very strong. Most of them didn’t even meet the standards of third-rate secret martial arts in the Secret Martial Arts World and are only mediocre. After all, they are only developed from a single core, they don’t have the comprehensive strength of a triple core.

However, under the amplification of the Holy Marks, these source energies have undergone qualitative changes, remarkably capable of being comparable to third-rate secret martial arts. Those with higher energy potential, reaching a certain degree of Holy Marks, could even be comparable to second-rate secret martial arts. As for the number one Shadow Hunter, the Holy Light Hunter, the leader of the Mechanism Corps, their Source Energy is probably already at the level of first-rate secret martial arts.

This system, while maintaining the Holy Marks’ energy at set times after the battle and suffering from the side effect of transformation into a Wild Beast, the combat ability and power limit are undoubtedly formidable, with a promising future.

Why do the Dark Gold Hunters fight for the quota of Shadow Hunters? The forces behind them are one reason, but the bigger factor is their personal interest. As long as one can become a Shadow Hunter, they would get a chance to bathe at the source of the Holy Spring. This is equivalent to absorbing a large amount of Holy Springs Water in one go.

Until they reach their limit. Some with strong willpower even directly increase the amount of Holy Marks to the extreme, greatly enhancing their combat power.

Ten days ago, Casio tried to amplify two Southern Dipper Boxing Methods with Holy Marks. It had a bit of a foreboding effect, but not too much. He initially thought it was because he didn’t have enough Holy Marks and that only a certain amount could take effect. But after today’s experimentation, he realised this was not the case. The Southern Dipper Boxing Methods, being two top-notch Ancient Secret Martial Arts, are of such high rank that an abundance of Holy Marks wouldn’t help. After all, Holy Marks were initially meant to amplify Source Energy, which even the third-rate Secret Martial Arts could not reach.

If Casio wants to amplify the Southern Dipper Boxing Method, he needs something at the level of Blood of Spirits, represented by the Platinum Holy Marks visible on his hand.

He needs the resources of both Secret Soul force and the Holy Springs Water.

Now it seems, he has a way to acquire both. One is through the connections with the Ghost Man, and the other is to become a Shadow Hunter and suck up as much as he can from the source.

It’s worth pointing out that Casio might be able to break through the limit of seventy-nine Holy Marks set by the Mechanism Corps commander, even reaching a full hundred shouldn’t be a problem.

Because he discovered that the toxin of Wild Beast Transformation found in the Holy Springs Water is not actually a toxin, but rather, it’s the Essence of Disasters! No wonder hunters from the Dark Hunt Organization gradually lose their sanity, it’s clearly a Dark Biological Transformation.

Although the Essence of Disasters is in minute amounts, it builds up in the human body over time. Naturally, this will lead to erosion phenomena, and eventually to Wild Beast Transformation.

Conversely, there is also a substantial amount of Disaster Essence in the Secret Soul Force, but it seems to have been absorbed by the Black Rain Villa mark during the enhancement process.

That’s why the Eerie Night Guests, despite their eerie and weird abilities and seeming more like the ones to lose their sanity, have been fine all along.

Casio does not know why these two forces contain such impurities as the Disaster Essence. But he’s certain that he can filter it out!

Even if the Disaster Essence in the Blood of Spirits, produced from the Secret Soul Force and the Holy Springs Water, is extremely high and virtually poison for the hunters of the Dark Hunt Organization, Casio has the Wisdom Rune of Ouroboros.

Its function is to absorb the Disaster Essence and brew the Blood of Spirit.

Although it’s been overloaded due to the creation of Demon Idol Secret Martial Arts, it can still be used in the Shelter Tower in the World of Calamities, acting as the activation energy for the defense ceremonies and the resurrection altar. Casio can use the Disaster Essence that is poisonous for others to his advantage, creating value for it.

With the filter of the Wisdom Rune, he can effortlessly reach the complete saturation state of the Blood of Spirits. He can even replace all his blood with the Blood of Spirits, thereby freely utilizing the amplifying effect of Platinum Holy Marks Secret Martial Arts.

In this way, it seems Casio’s immediate goal is clear.

Defeat all competitors and win the only quota for becoming a Shadow Hunter.

That being said, the Ghost Man is currently investigating which party ordered the assassination of Casio through the Shadow Stab Organization. As expected, it must be related to the Lion King Soss, Thorny Solomon, and Sea Demon Claire. Since one of them is not following the rules, Casio doesn’t want to follow them either.

Once he finds out who it is, he’ll chop off the idiot’s head.

However, the night is deep, and all this will have to wait until tomorrow. Casio now wants to test the effect of the three Platinum Holy Marks on the two Southern Dipper Boxing Methods. What will happen if Deathfang Power and Return Fang Power are combined?