The Shifting Lifespan Value

Yu Xian did not waste time; he could ponder the Falsehood Divine Power later. The urgent priority was to recover all the blood the giant serpent had coughed up—not letting a single drop slip away. Due to the aftermath of the battle between the serpent and the Martial Ultimate Zombie King, there were no zombies within ten thousand li to compete with him for the blood. He needed to gather every drop as swiftly as possible to avoid unexpected complications. Next, he conjured a bubble, seated himself on it, and moved rapidly, searching for the beads of blood scattered across the ground. Although the serpent seemed like a tiny earthworm compared to Asonis, to Yu Xian, it was unquestionably a colossal titan—coiled up, it was easily the size of an entire city. The blood it had coughed up might not have been much to the serpent itself, but to Yu Xian, it was an immense quantity. He absorbed each bead the moment he collected it, not dragging his feet in the least. His adaptability to the serpent's Falsehood Divine Power grew stronger with every drop he consumed. By the time he absorbed the tenth bead, he could even guide the power directly into the Dragon Shield core using sheer thought, preventing any further mutations from manifesting in his own body. Of course, the primary reason he could pull this off was that the serpent was already dead. If the serpent were still alive and its divine power claimed, daring to do such a thing would have been like the God of Longevity eating arsenic—courting death out of sheer weariness of living. In truth, the serpent's blood contained far more than just Falsehood Divine Power. Once the Dragon Shield core finished absorbing the divine power, the remaining nutrients in the blood were assimilated by Yu Xian's body. His muscles, bones, nerves, and internal organs were strengthened across the board, and his body grew as supple as a snake's, capable of movements impossible for ordinary humans—such as twisting his neck a full three hundred and sixty degrees. He was essentially immune to all joint locks and grapple holds. Not that many people could have locked down someone with his monstrous strength to begin with, and now that monstrous strength was reinforced once more, shooting up by dozens of tons. Compared to Gong Qian, this strength was admittedly nothing special. Yet to the vast majority of Transcendents, he was decidedly a powerhouse pretty face whose little fists packed an excruciating punch. Half an hour later. Yu Xian cupped another bead of blood and drained it with practiced ease. Suddenly, he felt his three hearts beat in unison. A large surge of blood wrapped around the three hearts, gradually growing a new heart. This heart grew coiled around the three hearts like a snake, and its shape bore an uncanny resemblance to a serpent's head. Yu Xian closed his eyes and carefully sensed the fourth heart within him. He discovered that this heart was extraordinarily unique: not only did it require his body to supply it with energy, but it also needed to absorb other people's emotions—specifically, terror. Only after storing sufficient energy and absorbing enough emotion would it beat once, awakening an ability for Yu Xian. Based on intuition, Yu Xian estimated that basking in the sun for about a month would supply it with enough energy. As for emotions... he wasn't sure yet and would need to experiment after returning home to find out how much was required. Right now, however, he had a shortcut: continuing to feed on the serpent's blood. As long as there was enough blood from the same origin to energize the heart, he could still make it beat ahead of time. Yu Xian was exceedingly curious about what skills the Serpent Heart held. Once he figured out its conditions, he sprang into action without delay, continuing his search for the blood beads. Along the way, a belated realization dawned on him. When the serpent had pursued him and Zhang Shou, it wasn't incapable of killing them in an instant. There had been an element of cat-and-mouse to it. Back then, it was already feeding—it was just feeding on his and Zhang Shou's emotions. Only after thoroughly draining every drop of their terror would the serpent have truly eaten them. No, that wasn't quite right. It would have eaten Zhang Shou. As a vampire, Yu Xian was not on the serpent's menu, though he in all likelihood would have been killed anyway. From then on, he was like an industrious little bee, gathering bead after bead of blood and continuously feeding the fourth heart. The Serpent Heart grew visibly more like a snake, the patterns of its capillaries resembling individual scales. Finally, after the better part of a day, his hard work paid off. The Serpent Heart thumped violently. A unique energy quickly flooded his body, eventually merging into his already mutated, remutated, and thrice-mutated Blood Energy. To be frank, when Yu Xian sensed this energy fusing with his Spatial Blood Energy, his scalp went completely numb. He wasn't sure whether this hybrid mutation was a blessing or a curse. If it corrupted his spatial attribute, he would be done for, and whether he could even return home would become a massive question mark. Fortunately, that disaster did not happen. After integrating the new energy provided by the Serpent Heart, the Spatial Blood Energy shifted from transparent to something more dreamlike, imbued with an indescribable illusory quality. He immediately used this triply mutated Blood Energy to conjure a spatial bubble. In an instant, a bubble indistinguishable from an ordinary one formed before him. "This feeling!" Yu Xian looked at the bubble. The next moment, with a thought, the bubble transformed into an eyeball. Naturally, he gained what felt like an additional perspective, able to view the world from another angle through the bubble. "Myriad Eyes!" In that moment, Yu Xian realized which of the serpent's skills he had awakened. In reality, the serpent hadn't been covered in eyes from head to tail. Through the scent of the blood beads, Yu Xian had caught a glimpse of its true appearance: it was actually just a normal giant white serpent. The so-called Myriad Eyes was simply an ability attached to its mantle of falsehood. Just as Yu Xian could now turn bubbles into eyeballs, the serpent could stud its mantle of falsehood with eyes. Not only did this create an intimidating deterrence, but it also allowed the creature to monitor every movement in its surroundings from all directions. With a flick of Yu Xian's thoughts, dense clusters of bubbles were conjured in rapid succession. They turned into eyeballs and scattered in all directions. Compared to searching for the serpent's blood beads patch by patch on his own, he now had a far more convenient and rapid method. Sure enough, moments later, one of the eyeball bubbles spotted a blood bead. Yu Xian teleported over, cupped the bead, and absorbed it completely. Just as he finished, another eyeball bubble in the distance discovered yet another bead. Teleporting non-stop like this, his efficiency surged dramatically. Finally, around four-thirty in the morning, he had absorbed every single bead of blood the serpent had coughed up, without wasting a single drop. Appraisal! Having confirmed there were no more blood beads, Yu Xian immediately activated the ability on himself. He already had a good grasp of his condition, but he simply wanted to see it with his own eyes; after all, it brought a tremendous sense of accomplishment. It was just like pulling off a massive comeback in a ranked match. Even after the game ended, one would still pull up the match history to review their stats and savor the thrill of that victory. As the skill activated, his attributes instantly materialized before his eyes: —————— Name: Yu Xian Codename: Salty Fish Race: Shiny Vampire Gender: Male Age: 17 Lifespan: 3648922477 Rank: High Snake Faction: Huaxia Dragon Dynasty - Qilin Division - Combat Division - Evil-Slaying Squad Abilities: [Light Eater, Silver Blood, Spatial Blood Energy, Appraisal, Other Shore Omniscient Divine Art, Spatial Jump Art, Spatial Expansion Art, Spatial Vortex Art, Spatial Folding Art, Spatial Labyrinth Art, Super Smell, Super Brain, Final Origin Blood... omitted.] [Myriad Eyes: Grants all-directional vision without any blind spots; immune to deception forever.] [Summary: An exceptional spirit among spirits is called a shiny spirit, and you are... a Shiny Vampire!] —————— Yu Xian had originally wanted to see how many abilities he had accumulated, but his eyes were instantly drawn to his shifting lifespan value. He stared blankly at the massive string of numbers, his brain momentarily grinding to a halt. How in the world had he suddenly become this long-lived again?