My stats are higher than yours!

"The familiar recipe, the familiar taste..."

Bai Shuodong closed his eyes, slowly opened his arms, making a gesture similar to embracing, and his life force dropped drastically, down to a near-death level of 100.

If it were someone else, with their life force absorbed to such a low level, they would probably be on the verge of death by now, unable to even perform normal actions.

But he was different. He was already used to this feeling. Even with extremely low vitality, Bai Shuodong could still maintain normal movement. Being unable to move when near death is an excuse for the weak.

He is a true powerhouse.

"This is...?"

"That armor is absorbing his life force!"

"Cursed...cursed equipment!"

Suddenly, the crowd below erupted into chaos. Many of the psionicists from the Psionic Academy recognized the cursed equipment and knew just how dangerous it was.

When they witnessed the Blood Demon Armor absorbing life force with their own eyes, and Bai Shuodong accepted it with a smile, they instantly felt relieved.

Oh!

So he was a forbidden traveler!

Disrespect, disrespect!

[Notification: Significantly reduced vitality detected, triggering short-term adaptation effect]

[Hint: Self-healing ability enhanced]

The spirit world notification sounded again, and a new round of absorption began. As long as he maintained enough absorption time, Bai Shuodong could continue to increase his stats. [Adaptive Evolution] was great; it was unparalleled in terms of increasing stats.

He walked off the stage with a smile.

Xia Yanxin's expression was grave. She stepped forward and asked, "Are you... alright? This thing seems to have absorbed a lot of life force, and it seems to be still absorbing?"

"It's nothing, just a little bit of weathering."

Bai Shuodong waved his hand dismissively.

The Blood Demon Armor definitely needs to continuously absorb life force, otherwise how can I farm its attributes? It keeps absorbing and stimulating, so my life force recovery speed keeps increasing! Only then can it trigger adaptive evolution and permanently upgrade my stats!

Others may not know, but only I, as the owner, know.

The Blood Demon Armor is actually not dangerous. After its quality is upgraded, it does not actively absorb his life force and even resists it. Its danger level is very low.

"..."

Xia Yanxin didn't say anything, she just kept staring at him as the Blood Demon Armor absorbed the blood.

Although she didn't have professional testing equipment, she could tell just how terrifyingly efficient this thing was at absorbing life force and how dangerous the process was simply by observing the changes in Bai Shuodong's life force.

in addition...

How can he recover so quickly? Can a normal person's vitality recover this fast?

Oh, he's a Forbidden Walker. He must have used [All Things in the Universe] to create some kind of skill that quickly restores his life force, right?

Forbidden Walkers, after all, possess all manner of abilities, so it's not surprising that they would use or reveal any of them.

After all, they refresh their skills 24/7.

The skills may vary from day to day.

"You, hang in there, live as long as you can, I believe in you." Xia Yanxin sighed and patted Bai Shuodong on the shoulder.

"You're talking like I'm about to die."

"Isn't that so?"

"Of course not, I'm doing just fine! After the arena battle, I'm going back to training. The skill books should arrive today! I'm off!"

"Ah."

Xia Yanxin watched Bai Shuodong leave, her expression gradually changing, and finally she sighed inwardly.

He was a perfectly good person.

Why did they choose the Taboo Walker?

What a pity.

.....

Private training room

After Bai Shuodong returned, he immediately closed the door to check the changes in the attributes of the Blood Demon Armor.

Blood Demon Armor

Rank: First Rank

Quality: [Bronze → Silver]

Equipment type: Armor

Defense: [18→24] (Applies only to armored areas)

Durability: ∞

Equipment requirements: None

Equipment effect: [Strength +4, Agility +4, Constitution +4, Max HP +200 → Strength +6, Agility +6, Constitution +6, Max HP +300]

Equipment characteristics:

① Blood Repulsion: After prolonged contact, the Blood Demon Armor's spirituality increased again, and its aversion to absorbing life force intensified. It only hoped to absorb as little as possible and did not want to continue to be so overwhelmed.

Additional information: If the Blood Demon Armor grows, the maximum amount of life force it can absorb will also increase.

② Blood Curse: The Blood Demon Armor possesses a special spirituality, allowing it to cast curses through blood. (Increased spirituality increases curse strength.)

Because it had been required to absorb too much life force, it dared not refuse to let its host remove its armor. After being abandoned, it would not trigger the [Blood Demon Curse], but would only remember the host's existence and secretly curse the host in its heart.

[Blood Demon Curse]: The Blood Demon Armor will use the blood within the armor as a medium to cast a curse. The cursed unit will suffer 10 [instant death] judgments per second for one hour.

Curse Mastery (New Passive): When Blood Armor uses curse-type abilities, it will ignore 10 points of the enemy's curse resistance.

③ Blood Mourning: Blood Armor craves an eternal host. When it appears, it will automatically bind to the nearest high-quality unit as quickly as possible and actively enter the equipped state immediately.

Additional information: You have been blacklisted.

If the host is killed by an enemy, the Blood Demon Armor will use the indiscriminate [Blood Demon Curse] on all targets within a very large surrounding area, exhausting all blood energy and automatically reducing its quality to Black Iron level.

Additional information: This passive ability applies to you.

④ Blood Protection: Blood Demon Armor is a special piece of equipment formed by combining the strongest blood and armor. When the user is injured, Blood Demon Armor will automatically release [Demonic Blood] to the wound, keeping the wound in a [normal] state, allowing the user to fight normally.

If a disability occurs, the Blood Demon Armor will automatically generate a replacement limb using [Demonic Blood].

【Demonic Blood】 will protect wounds and damaged flesh. When injured, it reduces damage by 15%-30% → 20%-30%, depending on the type of injury.

If life force is injected into the area covered by [Demonic Blood], it will enter a [High-Speed ​​Regeneration] state.

[Demon Blood]: 2455

Supplement ①: It can be replenished by consuming blood, and the effect is better with the user's own blood.

Supplement 2: At this moment, the Blood Demon Armor has absorbed an excessive amount of life force and needs time to transform into demonic blood.

⑤ Growth through Blood: The Blood Demon Armor can grow and improve its quality by consuming blood.

Synopsis: It has had countless owners, but has never truly been owned by anyone. Now, it seems to have met a special person, someone it may remember for a lifetime.

"A good improvement."

Bai Shuodong commented with a smile.

First, after the Blood Demon Armor is upgraded to Silver level, its armor defense reaches 24 points, far exceeding the strength of armor of the same level.

Furthermore, it boasts a 18-point attribute boost and an additional 300 health points. Normally, a silver-grade armor would only offer a 5-point attribute boost, as armor is primarily designed to enhance defensive properties rather than stat numbers.

The items that can truly increase stats significantly are accessories, such as necklaces, rings, bracelets, capes, and earrings. Silver-grade accessories can increase stats by about 8 points, while high-quality ones can increase them by close to 10 points. In addition, they also have special effects.

The Blood Demon Armor's high stat bonuses are likely due to its resemblance to and usability as armor. However, its true nature is that of a special life form with independent life, making it far different from normal armor.

It's more like a symbiotic armor, a special symbiotic armor that can synchronize with the host and greatly enhance the host's attributes across all types.

"The Blood Demon Armor is really useful. Not to mention the silver armor of the same level, even the gold armor of a higher level may not have such high values. The growth potential of these things in the future is definitely very high."

"Its original level must have been quite high, otherwise its advancement would definitely have involved some special transformation process... That's really impressive."

As he spoke, Bai Shuodong couldn't help but feel an unbearable sense of weakness.

He gently touched his forehead with one hand and quickly realized that his body's energy had been drained. The essence of vitality is life energy, which can be transformed from other energies in the body.

[Adaptive Evolution] can indeed increase the recovery speed, but the energy consumption for recovery still has to be borne by Bai Shuodong himself. The amount of energy stored in his body directly determines how much he can recover. He is weak now because his energy storage has been depleted.

We need to find something to eat!

Bai Shuodong looked at his storage space, casually took out a few pieces of roasted mutton and some sheep milk wine, chewed them heartily, and drank them with great relish.

"Ah~ I'm alive~"

"You still need to eat more!"

Bai Shuodong felt much better, but his recovery was still slow because the energy he got from food needed time to be absorbed and converted; it didn't turn into energy immediately after he ate it.

How can I increase my digestion speed?