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Chapter 1423 - 620: Titan’s Headquarters_2

Chapter 1423: Chapter 620: Titan’s Headquarters_2

Last time, it took two drops for Blood Clan generation advancement; this time, I’ll need to experiment to see how many more it requires.

Mu You first took out a drop of Pure Heart Blood and consumed it.

The blood turned into a flow of energy as soon as it entered his mouth, surging into his limbs and bones, as if bunches of candle flames were burning inside his body.

Mu You closed his eyes, silently feeling the changes in energy within his body.

Half a minute later, as the energy gradually calmed down, Mu You opened his eyes, already having an estimate.

This drop of Pure Heart Blood provided approximately a quarter of the progression needed for generation advancement; it would require four drops to advance.

"2 drops for advancing to generation 9, 4 drops for generation 8... it can’t be doubling each time, can it..."

Mu You’s face took on a strange expression. If this pattern held true, then advancing from generation 2 to 1 would require 512 drops of Pure Heart Blood...

Mu You quickly shook his head; he would worry about later problems in the future. Right now, having confirmed the effect of Pure Heart Blood, he decisively took out three more drops and swallowed them in one gulp.

[With the help of Pure Heart Blood, your Blood Clan generation has successfully advanced by one, and you are now an 8th generation Vampire.]

[You have received 4 Blood Rhythm Points.]

[Your HP auto recovery speed has increased to: 4 points per second + 1.5% of maximum HP.]

"Oh? 4 Blood Rhythm Points?"

Mu You looked at the prompt, his eyes lighting up.

Last time, drinking two drops gave two Blood Rhythm Points; this time, four drops gave four points.

Does that mean consuming one drop of Pure Heart Blood will yield one Blood Rhythm Point?

If that’s the case, then even if the Pure Heart Blood needed for advancement is excessive, it won’t go to waste.

At this moment, without hesitation, Mu You added one level each to ’Hyper Sense’ and ’Shape Shift’ with those four Blood Rhythm Points.

There’s no need to elaborate on Hyper Sense. Mu You had fully experienced the benefits of vision suppression in the Titan hunting battles he’d fought several times.

In the fog-filled Sky High World, vision is indeed an extremely important attribute; sometimes, a mere hundred meters of vision difference could mean life or death. As one of the few abilities that can enhance vision, there’s no such thing as levelling Hyper Sense too high.

As for Shape Shift, the number of forms available is directly linked to its level, and having only one Crow Man form is clearly not enough.

As for the remaining two Blood Rhythm Points... Mu You flipped through the possible awakenable Blood Rhythms, immediately facing a dilemma of choice.

There are many practical Blood Rhythms, such as Godspeed, Mistify, Bloody Path, and Dominance, etc., but low-level Blood Rhythm effects are generally quite weak.

It’s a question of whether to learn two new Blood Rhythms or continue upgrading Hyper Sense and Shape Shift. Mu You couldn’t decide for the moment, so he set them aside to consider when the need arises.

Just then, Blue Beard sent another message.

"Master, there’s been another Titan sighting, but it’s quite far away, under Soul-inducing Lamp number 314..."

Mu You opened the map to check the location of Soul Lamp number 314.

This map is a player-made one of the area around Sunset City. All nearby Soul-inducing Lamps have been located and numbered for easy reference.

Lamp number 314 was thousands of kilometres away from his current location, certainly a bit far, but Mu You still hurried over immediately.

[You explain the direction to the Barbarian, who picks up you and the Bone Dragon, placing one on his back and wrapping the other around his neck. Then, using all four limbs, he began to run at high speed in the direction you pointed out...]

Barbarians possess extraordinary physique and stamina; a journey of thousands of kilometres is merely a matter of one or two hours for them.

Two hours later, Mu You and the Barbarian reached the location of Soul Lamp number 314.

Unfortunately, they were a step too late. The players who were responsible for luring the Titan were already killed by it.

With a full two hours of delay, even a sluggish Titan would realize players had discovered it and were intentionally luring it into a trap, waiting for it to fall prey.

Detecting possible danger, the Titan took action immediately, wiping out those overacting players, and then strode away.

"Master, players said they saw the Titan heading eastwards before their death..." Blue Beard relayed the information provided by the players accurately. Whether to pursue or not was now up to Mu You.

With less than five minutes since the players’ death, the Titan couldn’t have gone far even if it ran. Naturally, Mu You chose to chase after it.

[Under your guidance, the Barbarian continues to sprint eastward...]

After tracking for over ten minutes, a prompt finally popped up in the game.

[Through the vision of the Eye of Golden Crow, you vaguely spot a Titan’s figure in the deep fog ahead, sprinting forwards...]

"Found it..." Mu You’s eyes lit up.

The Titan seemed to be aware of the danger and was fleeing frantically.

In such a situation, there was no need for them to hide anymore. Mu You didn’t ask the Barbarian to slow down; instead, he went straight for the kill.

The Bone Dragon was the first to fly over and entangle the Titan, while Mu You and the Barbarian surrounded it from left and right, starting another beating.

[With the help of the Barbarian and Bone Dragon, you have slain the Titan Scout (9-Star)...]

[You have obtained the transformation form of the Titan Scout.]

"A Titan’s transformation, huh..." Mu You stroked his chin.

Having obtained the Titan’s transformation, in theory, he could now perfectly disguise himself as this Titan Scout.

However, such a disguise seemed to serve no purpose, because Divine Beasts can sense each other’s presence, just like the Titans on Earth could easily distinguish who was infected and who was not.

If he directly disguised himself as a Titan and approached other Titans, he would probably be exposed in minutes.

Mu You shook his head, ready to condense away this Titan’s body, when another text prompt popped up.

[You see a blue signal flare suddenly light up in the high sky. The light from this flare seems capable of piercing through the fog, and even from tens of thousands of meters away in the high sky, you can see it clearly...]

"Hmm?"

Mu You was startled. A blue signal flare?

The legacy signal flares carried by these Titans should be red. Who sent out this blue signal, and what does it represent?

Combining this with the military identities of these Titans, Mu You guessed that this flare might be an order from the Titan headquarters, giving all Titans a certain command.

"Boss, from the other directions, several players who were being tracked by the Titans have reported that a blue signal flare suddenly went up, and then all the Titans abandoned their pursuit and started running back..."

Blue Beard’s message came at the right time: "I suspect this could be the Titans’ retreat order!"

"As I thought..." Mu You took a deep breath.

It seemed that his consecutive slaying of Titans, although not allowing them to send signals, already made the Titan headquarters realize something was wrong and promptly recall the other Titans.

"However, this could be an opportunity for counter-tracking..."

Since these Titans are now retreating, theoretically, following any one of them could lead him directly to their headquarters!

"Where’s the nearest Titan to me? Which direction did it run?" Mu You asked.

"Hmm... The closest one should be near Soul Lamp No. 317, headed southeast..." said Blue Beard.

Mu You glanced at the map, then decisively instructed the Barbarian to press on ahead.

After half an hour of tracking, indeed, the figure of another Titan appeared ahead.

This time, Mu You did not show himself directly but had the Barbarian slow down to avoid startling the quarry; he relied on the suppression of visibility to follow this Titan from behind quietly.

Continuously following for three to four hours, the text changed again.

[...Following the Titan, you climb over another mountain peak, and suddenly, the terrain ahead of you becomes flat. A wide river meanders past, and on the opposite bank of the river, more Titan footprints start to appear on the ground, along with some man-made paths...]

"Are we there?"

Mu You raised an eyebrow and quickly manipulated his character to take out the Fog-breaking Mirror and looked ahead.

[Through the perspective of the Fog-breaking Mirror, you see a grand city rising from the plains ahead, surrounded by numerous Titans. Hundreds of armored Titans, wielding knives and axes, are patrolling around the city. Along the city edges, Titan Scouts draped in cloaks are continuously returning from all directions, retreating back into the city...]

Mu You watched, somewhat alarmed.

He had originally thought that these Titan Scouts might come from a Titan Tribe or a Titan barracks, but the trail led to an actual City of Titans!