Chapter 28: Raising the Purity of Demonic Power
Editor: Atlas Studios
At that moment, upon hearing Zhang Yang's inquiry, Wang Mumu didn't reveal a confused look, but pondered for a while before speaking. "Village Chief, I don't know much about it. Could it be that you think by copying the battle mark on my body and depicting it with demon blood, you will be able to replicate it?"
"You mean it doesn't work that way?" Zhang Yang was taken aback because he really thought so at first.
"Of course not. Oh, in fact, before I obtained this battle mark, I had the same thought as yours, Village Chief. Everyone will have the same thought, but things are not that simple. The battle mark you see can only be considered less than 20 percent of the complete one.
"I can feel the power of the battle mark flowing in my blood, bones, flesh, and even here—" Wang Mumu pointed to his head. "They are all branded with the mystery of this battle mark. I may never be able to unravel this mystery, but it doesn't affect me from perfectly using its power. This is a kind of power I can't describe, so Village Chief, you should understand by now, right? You just can't replicate this battle mark in ways you wish."
Wang Mumu's words stunned Zhang Yang for a long while. Later, Zhang Yang admitted that he had underestimated the situation. At first glance, it was simple for Wang Mumu and the others to obtain a battle mark, as long as they were compatible. But, in fact, the Village Building Order also played a huge role in it.
If it were so easy to copy the battle mark, with the deer lord's intelligence, it would have done so long ago.
"All right, head back to get some rest first. I will need some time to think about this matter."
Zhang Yang gave an order, closed his eyes, and deeply pondered. Of course, he wouldn't give up so easily because even a fool could see the importance of the battle mark, as well as a talisman.
Everything he had up until that moment was earned using the lives of his soldiers and that couldn't be duplicated.
He knew nothing about the future. At that moment, he had less than 80 recruits under him, so was he going to continue sacrificing lives to find a way to live on?
Or was he hoping that the enemies he encountered in the future would be as strong as level 1 green wolves or level 5 red eagles, spider lords, and deer lords?
Impossible.
There were countless beings bound to the Village Building Order of this mysterious world. Each village chief would initially encounter low-level demons. As village chiefs continued to expand their territory, with the passage of time, they were destined to encounter and massacre each other. The dead would become dirt, while the living would turn more powerful.
This was the most common and understandable truth.
And there was more to it than that.
Was this world covered by an endless primeval forest?
It shouldn't be possible. What if this seemingly crisis-ridden primeval forest was just a starting point for novices?
Finally, what if each village chief didn't appear in this world at the same time? Or because some village chiefs died along the way, so there was a situation where village chief A had ruled a village for 20 years, village chief B only completed 10 years, and village chief C had just arrived.
This would be very scary, because it would form an incomparably cruel man-machine war.
Therefore, Zhang Yang had to find a way to accumulate at least 10 times, 12 times, or even 100 times the advantage to make his village survive the transition animation of 280 years.
Based on these reasons, the 981 former village chiefs, and the fact that Earth's civilization code had been deciphered by almost a quarter, he was 100 percent sure of how cruel and terrifying this world, or perhaps this world created by the Village Building Order, was!
He couldn't grow with this inherent mindset. He also couldn't hope that the unknown enemy would be kind enough to give him the time to grow stronger. He had to seize every opportunity to be strong and solidify the foundation of everything he had at any cost—except selling his soul.
After a long time, Zhang Yang suddenly opened his eyes and took out a unit of green wolf demon blood from the space of the Village Building Order. It was about 100 milliliters or so, wrapped by a shapeless airbag. This was an effect that came with the space of the Village Building Order. It could perfectly ensure that the material wouldn't deteriorate.
Green wolf demon blood… Described by the Village Building Order as containing a small amount of demonic power, and can be used as a material to create a talisman or battle mark.
From the analysis of this statement, I have three hypotheses.
Hypothesis 1: If talismans and battle marks are considered to be the manifestation of some mysterious power, and the source of this power is the demonic power contained in the demon blood, surely, I can find a way to purify the demonic power and turn it into talismans and battle marks, right? Obviously not. Hypothesis 1 doesn't pass.
Hypothesis 2: If the most important thing about creating talismans and battle marks is techniques which involve matrix patterns, as long as they are correctly followed, it will be like an electronic circuit. It has its own rules and demonic power is just a kind of energy like an electric current. In that case, isn't this the secret of talismans and battle marks?
Hypothesis 3: It is impossible for all demonic powers in this world to be the same because there are also differences in compatibility, so there can't be a set rule for creating them. Is it possible that this is the case, where in the face of ordinary demonic powers, their creation rules are standardized like electronic circuits? Meanwhile, the creation rules of special demonic powers would have to be changed around the modification of demonic powers?
In conclusion, since I don't know how to create talismans and battle marks, and no one has taught me the rules, will I be able to reverse the reasoning and tailor the rules from the range of changes in demonic power? After all, logically, demonic power definitely existed in this world before talismans and battle marks came into being. Right now, I'm merely following an old path.
In that case, there is only one problem in front of me. How do I purify demonic powers from demon blood and fully master their changes and traits?
Zhang Yang questioned himself. The answer was self-evident; he could use the soul force field because the soul force field was a world that was completely under his own control. He was certainly a pseudo-god, if not a true god!
It wasn't his style to act on impulse. But now, he was like clockwork. He didn't even think about whether to take a break or not, and went straight into testing!
He instantly released the soul force field and steadily maintained it in a three meter diameter. Zhang Yang had gotten more comfortable with the manipulation of the soul force field, but unfortunately, the attributes panel didn't display the proficiency level of this soul force field. As a result, he didn't know if he could rank up in proficiency through its manipulation.
[Do you wish to retrieve 1 x Green Wolf Demon Blood? After confirmation, the Village Building Order will no longer provide accommodation for it.]
A message mapped out from the Village Building Order. Zhang Yang agreed and almost in an instant, the green wolf demon blood that seemed to be wrapped in a shapeless airbag appeared and dropped in midair. But in only 0.1 second, his soul force field held it perfectly, which wasn't a difficult task. After all, he could already control a Spear of Imprisonment that was as heavy as five kilograms and make it fly at the speed of sound within the soul force field.
Holding the green wolf demon blood, Zhang Yang immediately sensed the fishy smell and stickiness of the demon blood in his soul. The sensation wasn't through his nose or touch, which was fascinating. However, he didn't read too much into it. Instead, he controlled the soul threads to subtly separate the demon blood as if combing through wood fibers.
In the blink of an eye, the 100 milliliters of demon blood was separated into 10,000 tiny drops of blood in Zhang Yang's soul force field. This was as extreme as he could handle. The good thing was that this was enough to prove his previous analysis because his soul threads had come into contact with a rather dynamic presence.
Even though he had never been exposed to demon blood and there was no information telling him what it was, he was still 100 percent certain that this was demonic power.
If he were to give a very visual description, it felt like a never-ending bouncing ball, or perhaps a strong, pumping heart.
When Zhang Yang tried to use his soul threads to capture the dynamic presence, he realized it was harder than he had imagined. Even if he used half of his soul threads to capture it, he ended up with nothing. It was just too dynamic, dancing around and continuously annoying him.
With no other choice, Zhang Yang chose to use all the soul threads. He wasn't expecting to capture all the demonic power, but only a small wisp.
Finally, after successfully capturing the demonic power, he couldn't support the soul force field any longer and it immediately vanished. The exhausted Zhang Yang plopped down on the ground, and the remaining demon blood splashed around him.
And at that moment, quite unexpectedly, information from the Village Building Order appeared before his eyes.
[Successfully purified 0.1 unit of low-level demonic power (Sellable)
Quality: Junk
Do you wish to further purify it through the golden scale, using dharmic powers and a payment of 1000 energy points?]
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