My health recovery is incredibly fast.

The Poison Alchemy Chamber.

After eating and drinking his fill, Xia Zuo sat down at his desk.

Nine Blood Demons each contributed two portions of body powder, totaling 18 portions.

This is the poison we're going to identify today.

No one will disturb the poison alchemy room.

Moreover, after elemental minions come into contact with toxins, their structure value drops rapidly, making them prone to becoming unusable or experiencing elemental dissipation.

There are no elemental servants with surveillance capabilities in the poison alchemy chamber.

Such a wonderful environment...

Should we try out the poison's effects with [Flesh and Blood Control]?

Xia Zuo pondered for ten minutes, making sure there were no loopholes and he wouldn't give himself away, before opening the metal box and taking out a small pinch of red sand into his palm.

Activate [Flesh and Blood Control] to contain the red sand and drive the body to digest it.

Xia Zuo shuddered for a second as if struck by lightning, then immediately shut down [Flesh and Blood Control] and forcibly expelled the red sand.

His gaze shifted from blank to delighted, and he almost jumped up to applaud and celebrate!

The results of this poison test far exceeded my expectations.

They not only tested out all the toxic effects of red sand.

They also obtained the Blood Demon's bloodline mark!

As for the cost...

Two tubes of thick, scarlet blood, like sticky snot, flowed from Xia Zuo's nostrils, emitting a sour, foul odor.

He walked to the pool and bent down to wipe the tip of his nose with clean water, but blood still dripped down, staining the entire pool red.

"Cough cough..." Xia Zuo coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and opened his character template.

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Health Points

195/210 (Slight poisoning, moderate corrosion, other details omitted)

Moderate Corrosion: 15 HP loss per minute, increasing by 5 HP loss every minute, lasting for 5 minutes.

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It's possible to tough it out.

But Xia Zuo is in a good mood right now and has decided to splurge a little.

He used the Life Alchemy Stone to drink a few mouthfuls of recovery potion, restoring his health to full and removing all negative effects except for mild poisoning.

Just now, when I forced my body to digest the red sand, the moderate corrosion lasted for up to an hour. Even if I drank all the potion and added all my free attribute points, it wouldn't be enough.

Xia Zuo was thankful that he hadn't tested the poison orally.

He wiped his face with a towel, cleaned the sink, slumped into a chair, and smiled.

The special ability of "controlling flesh and blood" is truly awesome.

I can even get the bloodline mark.

hey-hey…

Xia Zuo activated [Bloodline Sensing] and selected the newly acquired bloodline mark—Iboik.

I waited quietly for one minute.

There was no sound in my ears.

He shrugged, deactivated [Bloodline Sense], activated [Bloodline Curse], and also selected Iboy's bloodline mark.

Xia Zuo sat up straight and looked down.

In sight was a metal floor covered with carpet.

But he could sense that there was a blood demon about tens of meters underground, and its name was Iboik.

This feeling is wonderful.

Even though you can't see the other person, you can accurately pinpoint their location.

If a curse is cast on Iboik... will a curse mark appear on the Blood Demon's body?

Xia Zuo looked at his right hand, and after thinking it over, he still didn't dare to try.

Perhaps we could change the target of the curse.

Xia Zuo's gaze fell on the shelf.

There were seven boxes of poison brought by the 17th Action Team there.

According to Dunk, there may still be three Transformers lurking somewhere in Poseidon City.

Xia Zuo picked up one of the metal boxes, took out the poison from it, and put it in his palm.

After testing the poisons, he obtained a bloodline mark of a Transformer—Kachipes.

Activate the [Bloodline Curse] and select the bloodline mark of Kacipes.

Xia Zuo looked up and gazed at a spot about 1 kilometer to the northwest, where Kaczypes was walking slowly, seemingly strolling through the street.

What is this called?

Can you peek directly at the answer just by seeing the riddle's surface?

No need for action teams to search, scout, or investigate; as long as the poison left behind by the converter is obtained, the target can be located with a high degree of accuracy.

That's incredible!

Will Poseidon City become a no-go zone for Transformers in the future?

One comes, one is caught.

In that time, shapeshifters will be on the verge of extinction in this place...

The idea of ​​casting a curse on Kacipes from afar grew stronger in Xia Zuo's mind.

He leaned back in his chair, bent his elbows and rested them on the armrests, crossed his fingers in front of him, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, finally deciding to try the Slow Curse with a power of 1 point.

To minimize any potential spell fluctuations, he simultaneously activated [Blood Sacrifice Spellcasting].

Xia Zuo Shi unleashed a slowing curse, his eyes fixed on his hands.

No magical light appeared!

Could it be...?

Casting a curse spell remotely using [Blood Curse] will not leave a curse mark on the target?

As for the backlash from the curse...

Xia Zuo looked at his character template, which had a new status message:

[Slow Curse Backlash: Movement speed reduced by 0.1%]

Xia Zuo touched his right armpit. There was no warmth inside the alchemical leather sheath, indicating that the curse's backlash had bypassed the amulet and acted directly on him.

This is not a good thing.

This means that Xia Zuo cannot use conventional methods to avoid the backlash caused by the [Bloodline Curse].

Let's put this issue aside for now.

Let's see if Kaczypez reacts.

With a thought, Xia Zuo activated [Bloodline Sensing] and chose the bloodline mark of Kachipes.

“No, Katchipes, I did not impose any punishment.”

A hoarse voice came from beside me; it must be the Blood Demon who created Kacipes speaking.

Although the sound was unpleasant, it was certain that it wasn't a combination of several voices, so this blood demon was probably an ordinary blood demon, rather than a high-level blood demon.

Judging from the words, Kacipes reported the strange phenomenon on its body to its master and asked if its master was casting a curse on it.

"No, Katchipes, I'll say it again, I haven't punished you. Tell me what the cursed brand looks like..."

"What? No curse mark? It's the power of your bloodline that's controlling your physical body?!"

The noise subsided.

The Blood Demon seemed to be in shock.

If it had a face, Xia Zuo could imagine its bewildered expression.

Since there is no mark of the curse, it is impossible to trace the source of the curse.

The Blood Curse is far more insidious than we imagine!

Since that's the case... let's put in more effort and test the Blood Demon and the Converter's reactions.

Shazo quietly replaced the Slow Curse with the Decay Curse and increased the spell's power to 6.

One-tenth of the curse's effect will backfire on him.

At this point, the health regeneration data on the character template changes.

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[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

0.75 points/minute

[Real-time Health Regeneration Speed]

0.05 points/minute

(Resistance, willpower, and blood sacrifice spell costs have been calculated and will not be explained further.)

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The Blood Demon's voice came from beside my ear:

“I cannot trace the source of the curse, Katchipes. Call your companions and leave Poseidon, as far as possible.”