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Chapter 1163 - 525 Borrowing a Knife to Kill Someone_2

Chapter 1163: Chapter 525 Borrowing a Knife to Kill Someone_2

"Tianzaki Genzhong, holding a machete, charged at you with a fierce expression, about to slash at your legs..."

"At the critical moment, you suddenly heard a whooshing noise coming from above..."

Mu You’s eyes lit up, as expected, someone had arrived!

He had admitted that he hadn’t learned extrasensory perception, leading the other party to subconsciously assume that no one was tracking them.

In reality, with a bit of thought, many issues could be uncovered, such as if he truly hadn’t learned extrasensory perception, how could he have been so clear about the distribution of enemies all along the way?

Unfortunately, Mu You’s sudden strike didn’t leave the other party any time to think, overwhelmed by rage, they instinctively started to counterattack, falling straight into his trap.

Having already tried once, Mu You was well aware that the masked man from afar would not sit by and watch him get into trouble. The moment this person made a move, he was certain to get retaliated against by the masked man.

As for the Blood of Heart Vessels, once the original body dies, it would immediately deactivate, so Mu You had to absorb its energy before the person was killed.

"Facing the imminent attack, you didn’t dodge but instead swiftly swallowed the Blood of Heart Vessels you had just acquired..."

"Upon the blood entering your mouth, a surge of intense energy immediately exploded within your body..."

"At the same time, several silver hidden weapons flew in, exploding around Tianzaki Genzhong."

"Tianzaki Genzhong was blasted away in an instant, his face retaining an expression of disbelief, and he fell to the ground, soon becoming silent..."

"A broad shadow descended before you..."

Mu You knew it must have been the masked man arriving, but he had no time to pay attention.

At this moment, in the game, notifications regarding advancement were popping up one after another.

"You used low-generation Blood of Heart Vessels, your Blood Clan lineage has been substantially purified, you have ascended to a 9th generation Vampire!"

"The purification of the bloodline has awakened a Blood Law Talent originating from your own lineage: Charm."

"’Charm’ has become one of the ’Blood Rhythms Awakenable’."

"As a result of the advancement, you have received Blood Rhythm Points: 2 points."

"You have inherited two random Blood Rhythms from the Blood of Heart Vessels: ’Backstab’ and ’Endurance’."

"’Backstab’ and ’Endurance’ have become ’Blood Rhythms Awakenable’..."

"Because you absorbed the Blood of Heart Vessels, you have received Blood Rhythm Points: 1 point. Currently available: 3 points..."

...

A series of texts popped up, Mu You glanced through them briefly and immediately began to backtrack according to the list.

From this series of notifications, it was clear that the acquisition of Blood Rhythms came from two aspects. The first was the dormant talents in one’s own genes, such as Mu You who came from the Ryan Family, inherently containing the Ryan Family’s nine major talents: Godspeed, Immense Strength, Titan Slayer, Talent Absorption, Mistify, Charm, Iron Mass, Extrasensory Perception, Deflection.

Out of these, Titan Slayer, Talent Absorption, Extrasensory Perception, and Godspeed had already been activated during his previous noble rank advancement. Arriving at this scene, they were directly in a learnable state, ready to become actual Combat Power as soon as Blood Rhythm Points were allocated to them.

The remaining five talents were in a hidden state and would need to be illuminated one by one in future generation advancements until all Bloodline Talents were completely unlocked. Of course, they merely needed to be illuminated, and to turn the talents into real Blood Rhythms, Blood Rhythm Points would still need to be invested first.

The second source of Blood Rhythms, then, came from the Blood of Heart Vessels of others.

Each consumption of the Blood of Heart Vessels could randomly inherit 1-3 Bloodline Talents.

His own hidden talents were no problem; after all, they could all be awakened sooner or later. Mu You’s current goal was to extract the rare ’Bloody Path’ from the Blood of Heart Vessels.

"... You have inherited a rare Blood Rhythm ’Bloody Path’ from the Blood of Heart Vessels!"

The randomness this time was a bit harder than expected; this Japanese person’s blood contained, in addition to the Bloody Path, more than a dozen ordinary talents.

It took about thirty tries before the Bloody Path appeared for the first time. Unfortunately, only one talent emerged this time.

Mu You continued to randomize, hoping to roll a perfect result.

However, Mu You soon discovered that whenever the "Bloody Path" appeared, there was always only one talent.

One or two instances might be considered a coincidence, but after more than ten successive times, Mu You couldn’t help but suspect: Could it be that rare talents can only appear alone?

After guessing this, he no longer engaged in futile actions, but rolled hundreds more times, randomly accessing "Bloody Paths" while also rolling his own hidden talents.

[...You have awakened a Blood Rhythm Talent originating from your own bloodline: Iron Chunk!]

[...You have inherited a rare Blood Rhythm "Bloody Path" from the Blood of Heart Vessels!]

...

It was only after seeing this result that Mu You finally stopped pressing the button.

[Iron Chunk: During combat, it makes your body as hard as iron, significantly increasing your defensive power against physical attacks.]

Although there is a popular saying that "even dogs wouldn’t bother learning Iron Chunk," the talent here was not the useless skill from anime that only allowed one to stand and take hits. Instead, it was a passive ability that remained active throughout the battle.

Besides permanently enhancing one’s defensive power, this Blood Rhythm also had an important significance for Vampires: it could prevent attacks from silverware!

Silverware is the most common method for restraining Vampires. Other elements like Light, Fire, and Thunder belong to spell attacks and are, in fact, rare abilities among all Vampire talents.

Consequently, in Vampire internal conflicts, the damage caused by silverware accounts for over eighty percent of all injuries! Without mentioning others, even the man with the mask killed using silver hidden weapons, which shows just how widespread silverware is in this city.

As iron is harder than silver, it is very difficult for silverware attacks to penetrate the defense of Iron Chunk, to the point where even leaving a scratch is hard. Hence, the talent "Iron Chunk" has an extremely high cost-performance ratio in this city ruled by Vampires. Upgrading it one level would allow one to almost completely ignore all future attacks from silverware, which is definitely worth it.

[You have learned the Blood Rhythm "Bloody Path," currently LV1.]

[You have learned the Blood Rhythm "Iron Chunk," currently LV1.]

[You have learned the Blood Rhythm "Godspeed," currently LV1.]

After rolling out two Blood Rhythms, Mu You, without a second thought, spent one Blood Rhythm Point each to upgrade both practical abilities to level one.

As for the last Blood Rhythm Point, after a moment of thought, he still put it on "Godspeed," an all-purpose ability.

[You stand still in place, quickly organizing the gains from your advancement.]

[The masked man stands aside with folded arms, watching you expressionlessly. Only after you finish dealing with your own matters does he speak, "You are indeed smart! But in this city, you’d better keep your cunning to yourself. Not all Vampires can tolerate your exploitation like I do, and furthermore, I must warn you, if there is a next time, the one to die will be you."]

[The masked man’s voice sounds completely flat, but you can still feel the weight behind his words. You immediately understand—if you try to exploit him in the same way in the future, he will kill you without mercy.]

Mu You sighed after reading this. As expected, this ’bodyguard’ wasn’t so easy to manipulate. Of course, he hadn’t planned on using this method of exploiting others a second time anyway.

["What Blood Rhythms did you learn?" the masked man suddenly asked.]

["Bloody Path, Iron Chunk, and Godspeed," you answer truthfully.]

Because Mu You had initially pointed out exactly where the masked man was hiding, in the masked man’s mind, the first talent Mu You learned was still Supersense.

And after this advancement, he still had not learned "Talent Absorption," which made sense because that Blood Rhythm now seemed to be a hot potato: safe when not learned, but potentially turning into a target once acquired.

[The masked man nodded upon hearing this, not doubting or asking for proof, but simply waved his right hand, forming and sending forth a mass of intense flames that spiraled toward all the corpses in the vicinity. Within a few breaths, the dozens of corpses around you were engulfed by the flames and reduced to ashes.]

[After doing all this, the masked man turned and headed towards the exit of the underground factory, "Come with me, it’s time to meet the Regent King."]

"Tsk, really cautious..."

Mu You clicked his tongue. If he had been allowed to use the Blood Niche to absorb these bodies, he could have advanced at least once more.

Unfortunately, this guy burned them all in a single stroke.

Of course, this wasn’t the other party deliberately targeting him. If these Vampire corpses weren’t dealt with, sooner or later humans would discover them. As an enforcer, it was a normal habit to dispose of bodies to uphold the law of hiding from the world.

Mu You shook his head, took control of the character and collected all the remaining firearms, silver weapons, and so on from the ground, and then followed the other party out.