MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 118 - 116: The Curse in the Blood Origin

Chapter 118: Chapter 116: The Curse in the Blood Origin

"Little brother, can you explain specifically why you can’t absorb the Source Blood?" After they both laughed, Lu Hong returned to the previous topic.

Tong Ling nodded, "Actually, my knowledge is quite limited, and many secretive matters are only known by my father, the Water Demon King, and Demon King Yan themselves."

Continuing, Tong Ling said, "The matter of the Source Blood might be traced back to the real reason why our Sacred Demon lineage moved countless miles to the wasteland: it’s said that this plane of wasteland imprisons a great figure of our Sacred Demon lineage. The Eye that the demonic race has been searching for these years is likely the eye of this great figure."

Lu Hong nodded, Tong Ling’s intel mostly made sense. The Ancestral Demon Eye could very well be the transformed eyes of their Sacred Demon ancestor. Otherwise, why would they go to such lengths to search for it? "Then what about the Source Blood? How is it related?"

"Ever since I can remember, my father has warned me never to consume Source Blood, and to keep this secret safe at all costs, not to speak of it to outsiders. I’ve asked my father many times, but he never explained. However, from the legends of the Eye, I’ve guessed that the Source Blood might very well be the fresh blood of our Sacred Demon ancestor."

The blood of the Demon Ancestor? No wonder it’s powerful, able to enhance one’s Bloodline Power by ten percent. Although I don’t know the exact strength of the Demon Ancestor, he must be at the Heavenly God level. Divine Blood indeed!

"Although Divine Blood can enhance the strength of the user, my observations of those who used it lead to the conclusion that the biggest change after using Divine Blood is an increase in violent tendencies, making them prone to outbursts. In addition, the lifespan of a person who uses Divine Blood is halved. As for other side effects, I haven’t figured them out yet," Tong Ling shared everything he knew with Lu Hong.

After hearing Tong Ling’s explanation, Lu Hong compared the side effects: "Looking at the side effects of Divine Blood, they don’t seem unacceptable."

"Yeah, I think so too, so three years ago, I consulted my father about this matter," Tong Ling agreed, "But my father still strictly forbade me from using Divine Blood to increase my strength, telling me that consuming Source Blood would incur the curse of the Heavenly Gods. Although one might gain strength now, a price must be paid one day."

"What price?" Lu Hong pressed.

"That’s what I asked my father, and he told me that he didn’t know what the price would be either."

"Then that’s it," Lu Hong quipped, a non-existing price is the same as no price, right?

"Exactly!" Tong Ling clapped his hands, "That’s what I said too."

You’re the devil, aren’t you? Lu Hong gave Tong Ling a look, why does everything you say sound like me?

"So what did Tong Shuai say?"

"My father told me that other races are not like our demon race; they have short lifespans, while we can live for over ten thousand years, and it’s very likely that we will suffer the punishment of the Heavenly God’s curse by that time."

"I see," Lu Hong nodded solemnly, then puzzled, "So what does this have to do with me? I’ll only live a few hundred years anyway." Generally, even if one reaches the Third Transition Peak, unless they surpass the threshold of Divine Enthronement, a human’s lifespan would eventually end, with three hundred years being a rough limit. Of course, there are exceptions that could extend lifespan.

"What are you talking about? You are my leader, Tong Ling. How can you live for just a few hundred years? That’s too embarrassing for me; you should at least start with five thousand years."

"Five thousand my ass." Lu Hong couldn’t help but slap Tong Ling, but thinking about it, if he could achieve Divine Enthronement, he might indeed live longer.

"Big brother, believe me," Tong Ling, feeling the authority of his big brother in that slap, held onto Lu Hong’s leg, "Anyway, you better not absorb the Source Blood. You’ve defeated me, so you must stand at the pinnacle among your peers in the wasteland. Why would you need to absorb Source Blood?"

"Let go!" Lu Hong kicked Tong Ling away, don’t you understand that men should not receive gifts from each other?

"Actually, it’s not that I have to absorb it, but since you said so, let me hold onto it for now. If one day I really need to enhance my strength, it won’t be too late to absorb it then." In the end, Lu Hong agreed with Tong Ling’s viewpoint for now. There must be deeper reasons why the top ranks of the demonic race do not absorb Source Blood, reasons that even Tong Ling was not aware of yet. Since there were risks involved, Lu Hong wasn’t inclined to try it rashly.

Having dealt with the Source Blood issue, Tong Ling lay back down on the bed to heal in peace. Suddenly, he remembered something and urgently said to Lu Hong, "Big brother, I just remembered something important. You need to help me quickly."

"What is it? It better not be setting up a fight. I’m telling you, I haven’t recovered yet, so I can’t help you." Knowing Tong Ling, the guy definitely loved to pick fights; otherwise, why would he go out of his way to travel to the Red Country and fight a round?

"No, I have already been invincible in the wasteland, who would dare set up a fight with me? I want you, big brother, to help me rescue someone."

"Rescue someone?"

Faced with Lu Hong’s confusion, Tong Ling was somewhat embarrassed, "Well, you need to hurry to Tong Mansion’s backyard. In the southeast corner, there’s a locked room. Just help me open it."

"Are you keeping a pet?"

Tong Ling shook his head.

Lu Hong guessed again, "Having an affair?"

"Boss, stop guessing, hurry up and go!" Tong Ling urged while pushing Lu Hong and stuffing the bronze-colored key into his hand, "Hurry up, and make sure Tong Tang doesn’t find you!"

"Tong Tang? Where is he?"

"Ah, boss, you’re so powerful, how could Tong Tang possibly notice your trace if you just pay a little attention?"

"Hurry, hurry, go! It’ll be too late if you don’t!"

Urged on by Tong Ling’s incessant prodding, Lu Hong took on the "rescue mission" while still totally confused.

It was really strange when you thought about it—who needed rescuing inside the Tong residence? Could it be that Tong Shuai didn’t know? Impossible, Tong Shuai had eyes and ears everywhere, nothing in the Tong residence could be hidden from him.

Forget it, overthinking is useless. Guided by a servant, Lu Hong hurried to the location Tong Ling had mentioned, and there before him appeared a pitch-black house, built entirely from magical iron and hidden deep in the garden.

The cabin, completely black, was made of pure magical iron, the metal with the highest resistance to physical attacks. Even Lu Hong couldn’t bend a piece as thin as a chopstick, and here was a whole house made of it. What exactly was inside that warranted such an expense?

Could it be the entrance to the Tong family’s dungeon? Lu Hong guessed, probably about eighty percent sure.

Lu Hong didn’t rush to open the door right away but instead circled the house, discovering there wasn’t a single window, making it impossible to glimpse inside.

"Forget it, I might as well open the door. There shouldn’t be any danger being in the Tong residence, right?"

Lu Hong inserted the key and pushed the door wide open, but the inside of the cabin was pitch-black and completely obscured from view.

Lu Hong shouted, "Is anyone there? I’ve come to rescue you."

Suddenly a shadowy figure hurled itself out, rushing straight into Lu Hong’s arms.

Lu Hong looked down... Fuck! She’s naked!

"Wuwuwu, I’m so scared!" The naked woman was shorter than Lu Hong, her slender figure complemented by waist-length purple hair that cascaded down like a waterfall.

"Uh, could you put on some clothes?" Lu Hong awkwardly took off his jacket and draped it over her.

Feeling Lu Hong’s concern, the girl looked up with a smile, "Brother gives Nini clothes to wear, brother is so kind."

Her girlish face paired with a sweet smile almost instantly melted the heart of Lu Hong, the straight guy, who then furiously exclaimed, "Motherfucker, Tong Ling is absolutely inhuman, locking such a fragile girl in a dark room like this!"

"No, no." Seeing that Lu Hong misunderstood Tong Ling, the girl Nini hastily explained, "Brother Ling did this for my sake, everything I have is thanks to Brother Ling’s help."

"Are you sick?" Lu Hong gave the girl a once over but couldn’t identify anything out of the ordinary.

"No." Nini shook her head, "There’s no time to explain, you need to run, my sister is about to come out."

"??? Sister coming out? What does that mean?" Are there more people in the cabin? Just as Lu Hong looked towards the cabin, an ominous aura burst forth from his embrace.

"Fuck!" It was a good thing Lu Hong was quick to react; he jumped back several steps to avoid the scorch of the Demonic Qi.

Nini had now turned icy cold, a stark contrast to her previous sweet and charming demeanor.

"Who are you? How dare you grope me?" Nini’s tone changed to one as chilly as a glacial frost.

"I’m a distinguished guest of your Tong family, I was asked by Tong Ling to open the door," Lu Hong said, utterly bewildered. How could this woman’s demeanor change so fast?

"Hmph! There are few in the entire wasteland who could be considered distinguished guests of my Tong family. You held me in your arms before I woke up, you must have tricked my sister, you’re asking for a beating!" The cold beauty was about to strike when she realized she was only covered in a man’s jacket, which made her even angrier, "Good one, you even stripped off my clothes?! You’re clearly a perverted thief! Prepare to die!"

The furious beauty unleashed her Demonic Qi like a tempest, and under her control, countless hellfire missiles rained down on Lu Hong.

Dodging furiously, Lu Hong yelled out, "Misunderstanding! It’s all a big misunderstanding! If you don’t believe me, ask Tong Ling!"

"I will, of course, ask Tong Ling. But before I do that, I must kill you, the lecher who took liberties with me!"