My health recovery is incredibly fast.

There was nothing unusual in the laboratory until 23:50 p.m.

"Iboy, get ready." The voice of the cunning Blood Demon rang in my ears.

Xia Zuo's heart raced a little. He raised his head, twisted his neck, and naturally focused his gaze on the culture jar.

"Team leader, the antidote solution is dropping to a critical level," said the researcher monitoring the solution in the culture tank.

Anna stood up from the enclosed control panel, glanced at the solution markings on tank number 1, and asked, "Have you notified the pharmaceutical team to send the antidote?"

"The notification has been sent, but no one has responded."

Anna took out her communication ring and asked, "How long ago was this notification sent?"

"The notification was given half an hour ago when the third warning line was reached."

“No one has come for so long…” Anna frowned and flicked the dial on her ring. “I’ll talk to the manager.”

Before she could finish sending her message, the lab door opened.

An ordinary-looking middle-aged man walked in carrying a metal box and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't rest well at noon and there was a small problem when I was making the antidote."

Anna stopped what she was doing, reset the ring, then flicked it a few more times, saying, "Quickly pour in the antidote."

"Okay." The middle-aged man stared at tank number 1 and walked towards the control panel.

Xia Zuo recognized the middle-aged man; he had delivered the improved antidote that morning along with the Vickers manager.

Xia Zuo pretended to stretch and stretched out his arms. When he lowered his arms, he subtly patted Rexor, who was meditating, with his right hand.

The moment the bald man woke up, he saw Xia Zuo making a "warning" gesture behind him. Without changing his expression, he rubbed his eyes and squinted at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man seemed to be deliberately stalling for time, checking the glass bottles in the box repeatedly.

As Iboik's body surfaced slightly, he put his left finger in his mouth, bit it hard, and then plunged his bloodied left hand back into the IV line.

"Ah!" The female researcher who was nearby screamed and dodged backward as blood splattered all over her face.

The other researchers in the large laboratory remained relatively calm.

Being far away is one reason.

The main reason is that the people who come here to do research have all received training and know how to deal with emergencies. They worked together to cast a magical barrier, blocking the middle-aged man next to the control panel.

The female researcher with blood on her face was comforted by her companions and hid behind the group to clean her face with a stream of water.

Anna strode toward the alarm button on the wall, but was stopped by a thin magical barrier.

Rexor sat up from the recliner, waved to Anna to signal her not to call the police, and dispelled the magical barrier blocking his path.

"You all get out," Rexor said in a low voice, looking down at Shazo sitting beside him. "You stay here."

The bald man created a thick barrier to protect Xia Zuo, and after all the researchers left, he slowly walked towards the middle-aged man.

The liquid in culture tank number 1 had turned blood red, with many dark red pieces of meat flowing inside.

The light emitted by the crystal has lost its effectiveness.

The Blood Demon Iboik was sucking blood and chunks of flesh, and the red sand opened and closed like the mouthparts of an insect.

Rexol pressed a few buttons on the control panel to shut off the IV line and drain the liquid from the tank.

As the blood drained away, the crystal's radiance returned to its original effect, and Iboik was frozen in place, remaining in his final pose.

The middle-aged man showed no reaction; his eyes were devoid of pupils, and the whites of his eyes were filled with swollen blood vessels.

Rexor raised his hand, drew a hand seal, and released a beam of light.

The middle-aged man looked as if he had been hit on the head with a hammer, shaking his head from side to side and standing crookedly in place.

"Do you have any companions at the Pershing Tower?" Rexol asked calmly.

"I...don't know..." the middle-aged man murmured.

How many transformation rituals have you undergone?

"3 times" A lump appeared on the middle-aged man's head, like a large blister. Two seconds later, another large bump appeared, and his head gradually became deformed.

Rexor raised his hand, casting an ellipsoidal barrier that completely enveloped his opponent. "Do you remember who you are?"

"Ka...Mo...Fa...S".

When Rexor heard the other party utter a non-human name, a hint of sorrow flickered in his calm eyes.

He pressed his right palm against the ellipsoidal barrier, unleashing a surge of golden-white flames.

The middle-aged man, standing amidst the flames, knelt devoutly like a convert, but his face was not that of a demon hunter, but rather of the blood demon within the cultivation jar…

Flames engulfed the middle-aged man's body, turning his hair and flesh to ashes, his bones cracking, turning black, and finally falling to the ground as rubble.

Rek'Sorrow removed his spell barrier and flames, and beckoned to Shazo, saying:

“There’s still some of his blood in this IV line. I suspect there’s some blood mark from a blood demon or a blood addict in the blood. Have Vickers send someone to collect it for analysis, and give me a blood sample as well.”

“Yes, Master.” Xia Zuo took out his communication ring and sent a message.

Rexol opened the metal box containing the antidote and carefully examined the liquid inside and the edges and corners of the box.

Then, he walked to the culture tank and stared at the Blood Demon Iboik inside.

"You're stalling for time, Bloodseeker. Do you think I'm a fool?" Rek'Sorcerer sneered.

"Haha, the glass in this culture vessel is one-way, so you can't see outside. Did you think only researchers were here?"

Xia Zuo glanced at the bald man talking to himself and put down the secret communication ring in his hand.

He maintained the [bloodline connection]. Ever since Iboyk absorbed the blood pattern, the cunning Blood Demon hadn't said a word. It seemed that Iboyk was quite satisfied with tonight's harvest and hadn't made any further requests to the cunning Blood Demon.

Rexol pulled a yellowish-brown vial from his potion bag, poured the liquid into his mouth, and then large blue veins appeared on his face, making him look somewhat ferocious.

He raised his hands and cast a powerful curse of decay, the mark covering the entire red sand.

Chapter 76 Elemental Puppets

Inside culture tank number 1, Iboik's blood demon body is melting away little by little.

Rexol gave it his all.

When the blue veins on his face were about to disappear, he would drink another dose of the potion to maintain the powerful curse of decay.

It seems determined to reduce the red sand dunes to their proper size.

This made Iboik very upset.

The voice of the cunning Blood Demon rang in Xia Zuo's ears:

"Iboik, ha ha ha, you're really unlucky. So the Witcher was right next to you. You can't blame us for this, it's your own incompetence."

"Stop yelling, Iboik. Converts can't contact me all the time. How was I supposed to know there were Witchers in the lab… The Church will remember your sacrifice. Rest in peace. We'll pass your name on to the right person, hahaha~"

The cunning Blood Demon laughed mockingly for a moment, then said:

"Now we're certain those two Witchers are in Poseidon. They're protecting that elemental golem, thinking we'd fall for their trick? Heh heh..."

Uh... the two witchers obviously refer to Rexor and Ceretus.

That elemental golem they're protecting... could it be me?

Am I an elemental golem? How come I don't even know that myself?

Xia Zuo slapped his forehead as if he had seen a ghost, remembering "Dim," who was elusive in Starry Night Academy. It was an elemental puppet made by Professor Bethel.

After studying "The Complete Explanation of Elemental Shells," Xia Zuo realized:

The humanoid shell of the elemental golem is not something primitive and bloody like human skin and bones, but an alchemical product enchanted with realistic illusion magic.

Inside the puppet is a group of elemental servants that form a complete operating system.

Xia Zuo vaguely realized that the Temple of the Mage might have arranged protective measures that he was unaware of.

The sound of the laboratory door opening and sliding brought him back to his senses.

Supervisor Vickers carried a metal box and went straight to the control panel, where he took out tools from the box to draw blood and impurities from the IV tubing.

About five minutes later, Vickers placed two cans of blood in front of Shazo:

"Go and have it appraised. Leave the other jar to the master. I'll stay here and watch over the culture jars."

"Yes, supervisor." Xia Zuo picked up the metal can containing blood and walked towards the door.

...

On the third basement level of the Bosing Building, in the poison alchemy chamber.

Xia Zuo sat beside the enclosed workbench, using disposable alchemy tools to filter the bits of meat from the blood.

After being washed, the chunks of meat revealed bright red layers of flesh, which would occasionally twitch, making Xia Zuo feel somewhat disgusted...

He rubbed his temples a few times, his brows furrowed as he stared at the fresh, poisonous chunks of flesh, hesitating whether to use [Flesh and Blood Control] to test the poison.

"Wait, that's not right. I'm being stupid. We can do them separately. Identifying the poison is one thing, and obtaining the bloodline mark is another. These two things don't necessarily have to be done using [Flesh and Blood Control]."

Xia Zuo slapped his forehead, silently complaining a few times. After glancing around to make sure there were no people or things that shouldn't be in the alchemy room, he quietly summoned 100 tiny blood spikes in the enclosed control panel.

He picked out the most frolicking piece of meat and manipulated 100 tiny blood spikes to stab it fiercely.

"【Bloodline Sensing】Activated! Successfully acquired Ulfaris's bloodline mark."

Upharis?

Why does this sound so familiar?

Xia Zuo pondered for a second, then raised his eyebrows high, remembering the origin of the name.

On his second day in Poseidon, he joined Squad 17 in killing a juvenile Transformer.

This transmuter contains the blood of the Blood Demons Upharis and Utolius.

These two Blood Demons, along with the nine Blood Demons in the laboratory on the seventh underground floor, the deceased Quarouzi, and Hawthornemerfa ​​who was taken to the temple, can be fused into a high-level Blood Demon.

Of the 13 blood demons that underwent the fusion ritual, only 2 escaped, and Ulfaris was one of them.

Hehe, we've caught a big fish this time! It turns out Ulfaris is the cunning Blood Demon.

Xia Zuo clapped his hands, activating the [Blood Curse] and pinpointing Ufaris's location.