One more catty, one more attribute point

Snow howled exhaustively in front of Su Heng, a sound that was truly tear-inducing for the listener and heartbreaking for the hearer.

However, since Snow was an enemy, Su Heng didn't have much empathy to spare.

Once Snow's voice had become hoarse, Su Heng waved his hand and cast a force that sealed Snow's lips.

Immediately afterward, a spiritual power pierced into Snow's fontanelle, causing his eyes to roll back white. Under the influence of the scriptures from the Tathagata's Hidden Library, he quickly fell into a dazed stupor, akin to the special state of a puppet marionette. On the other side, Aguduo was dealt with by the same method, and soon the entire jail quieted down, with only the occasional crackling sounds of flames bursting forth.

Whoosh!

A narrow crack appeared behind Su Heng.

Under the pull of gravity, the Demon Descendants sealed within the worm eggs flew out one after another.

Su Heng pinched two fingers lightly and sprinkled some gray powder. This powder quickly grew on the ground beneath his feet, forming a thick, wriggling layer of fungoidal carpet that spread to every inch of the cell walls.

Like that, the Demon Descendants spread their limbs and became embedded in the walls of the fungus carpet.

Each and every one of them lost consciousness.

Unable to react to any external stimuli.

Su Heng waved his hand dismissively.

The two Dragon Guards beside him bowed and left, closing the large door behind them before they did.

The primary objective of Su Heng's experiment was to gain a deeper understanding of the source of the Demon Descendants' innate bloodline abilities, and whether such gifts could potentially be suppressed in humans or other biological bodies, to be used as enhancement material for "Original Cast Dragon Guards."

He had already collected many materials from the Immortal Mountains, King Qingyang, and the Dragon Abyss.

Together with the information gathered by Qin Shunying from Skull Plain, Su Heng had a considerable foundation on some of the sources of the Demon Descendants' gifts.

After establishing a general framework, the following tasks became much easier.

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Several days passed like this.

Su Heng stayed in this secret chamber the entire time, dissecting and experimenting with the captured Demon Descendant materials.

Because of the thorough preparations in the early stage and now that Su Heng's realm was even more profound, the experiment's progress was immensely rapid from a high-level perspective.

He discovered that the source of the Demon Descendants' bloodline power came from a "special organ" in their bodies, an organ resembling a seed rooted in their flesh. As the Demon Descendants grew, this seed would also spread many different mutant tissues.

The further manifestation of these mutant tissues was what presented as the various extraordinary characteristics of the Demon Descendants' appearance. Identifying the core of bloodline power made the following tasks much easier.

Su Heng began attempting to transplant these bloodline powers.

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Hiss!

In the dimly lit secret chamber.

Su Heng flicked his finger, and a dull force wrapped around a claw that was formed by his digits.

From a distance, it looked like a dull-colored lightsaber, constantly vibrating at high frequency, buzzing with sound, and appearing extremely sharp.

Hanging on the wall in front of Su Heng was a Demon Descendant youth whose limbs had been severed.

His build was burly, with clearly defined muscle lines.

Especially notable was his skin, which had a silvery-white hue and emitted a faint metallic luster.

Among the group of Demon Descendants that Su Heng had captured, this young man was almost the strongest.

He was also one of the survivors from the great explosion at Dragon Abyss. Later, when Su Heng personally went to capture him and there was no hope of turning the situation around, he still managed to withstand Su Heng for a couple of moves.

Therefore, Su Heng had a rather deep impression of him.

Bathed in the glow of firelight and gazing at the metallic sheen of the Demon Descendant's skin, Su Heng couldn't help but think of Simmons.

As the general commander of this operation, possessing the strength to repel King Qingyang, Simmons was extremely powerful.

Undoubtedly a sovereign-level presence.

And the defensive power that allowed him to withstand a direct attack from Su Heng was astonishing.

After collecting data and concentrating on his research during this period, Su Heng had basically determined that such defensive power should come from two factors.
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The first factor was metal manipulation, and the second was the peculiar metallic sphere that Su Heng had taken from Simmons.

And the burly young man before him clearly had a gift similar to that of Simmons.

Su Heng planned to transplant such a gift onto himself.

After fusing with dragon remains.

Although Su Heng's physique had already reached a non-human realm and far surpassed the imagination of ordinary people,

he was now forging a path that was uniquely his own. Furthermore, the gap between spiritual power and physical strength was simply too vast.

Unable to spread the immortality of an Earth Immortal throughout his body, this still left him feeling somewhat insecure.

If he could further enhance his defensive capabilities by such means,

he could essentially rest easy.

Whoosh!

Su Heng's shadowy fingers touched the Demon Descendant's chest and gently slid downward.

His skin, harder than steel, was as fragile as tofu under the high-frequency vibrating force of Su Heng's hand, effortlessly sliced open.

A narrow and deep wound appeared before Su Heng.

The wound expanded further, revealing the writhing organs inside.

Drawing on the experience accumulated from previous dissections, Su Heng swept his spiritual power over the body of the Demon Descendant and quickly located the position of the "special organ."

It was an oval-shaped gland located on the third rib, resembling a metallic beetle crouching upon it.

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Crack!

With a crisp snap, Su Heng applied a slight force with his fingers.

This "beetle-like" gland was plucked from the body of the Demon Descendant.

As the organ left the body, the metallic luster emanating from the Demon Descendant visibly dimmed rapidly.

The creature's vitality drained away swiftly; in just a few breaths, its body shriveled like a withered old man, skin sagging loosely over its skeletal frame.

Even the nourishment provided by the fungal blanket woven from the Seed of Destruction couldn't sustain its life, and so the creature found its release in a dazed state.

Witnessing this scene, Su Heng thought, "These bloodline organs are not only the source of the Demon Descendant's power but also its Achilles' heel. If one could identify these weaknesses during combat, it would undoubtedly provide a significant advantage."

In various regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are specialized hunters known as catch-knife men who exist to hunt Demon Descendants.

It was Su Heng's guess

that there must be similar knowledge passed down among these catch-knife men.

However, such information was not shared lightly. Su Heng had collected much data, but nothing concrete was recorded; he discovered this point through gradual exploration and realization.

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"Now that I've obtained the seed of the bloodline's Innate Divine Ability, the next step is to attempt transplanting it into myself," Su Heng contemplated, furrowing his brows.

And indeed, looking at the gland in his hand,

Su Heng felt that this object somewhat resembled "demon remains."

It was just unknown whether there was any bloodline connection between Demon Descendants and demons.

Previously, Su Heng had conducted experiments using criminals, and though the organs of the Demon Descendants appeared similar, they could not be directly transplanted into humans due to a significant rejection reaction.

But with Su Heng's robust physique, coupled with the aid of his attributes panel, he didn't believe that a small gland could cause him any harm.

It was worth taking the risk.

Swish!

Su Heng first took a deep breath to relax his muscles.

Then, he lightly drew across his arm, and soon a slender trail of blood appeared on his skin.

As his muscles twitched, a radius bone, as if forged from metal, came into Su Heng's view.

"Hiss..."

With a slight frown, Su Heng used a pair of tweezers to grasp the recently harvested gland and gently positioned it onto the radius bone.

Suddenly, a dense patch of tiny dark red blood vessels emerged from above, enveloping it.

Su Heng put the tweezers aside on the nearby tray.

The wound healed in the blink of an eye.

"Did it work?" He tilted his head, feeling no apparent discomfort in his arm.

There could be some erosive forces remaining within the gland, but apparently, for Su Heng's current physical body, they could not inflict any damage.

At that moment, Su Heng seemed to sense something. He looked up, his gaze vacant, and soon a series of pale grey attribute panels appeared before him.

[Metal Manipulation: Incomplete, would you like to spend attribute points to convert it to an Innate Divine Ability?]

Upon seeing this message,

a flash of joy crossed Su Heng's face, accompanied by a hint of a smile.

"It looks like the long time spent on research and gathering information has finally paid off."

Although propagating and transplanting organs from Demon Descendants posed many insurmountable difficulties,

the first reward was now within reach.

The efforts made were worthwhile.

[Yes!]

Even after creating the Eight-Nine Profound Art, Su Heng still had a considerable number of attribute points remaining.

Without hesitation, he acted upon his thoughts, channeling a large number of attribute points into the newly emerged incomplete ability.

Soon...

With a tickling sensation coming from deep within his bones,

a unique Divine Skill rune coalesced in Su Heng's spirit.

Creak!

Outside the cell, there was an iron bar as thick as a wrist, coated with a layer of dark red rust.

As Su Heng reached out and grabbed it, the bar twisted and deformed, detaching from the prison window, and with a whooshing sound, landed in Su Heng's hand.

With a mere thought from Su Heng, the entire bar began to melt, converting into a smooth iron sphere. Then it transformed into a stick, a lifelike little pony, a three-foot long iron sword, and so on.

After playing with it for a while, Su Heng felt rather amused. Previously, by mastering the Divine Skill of gravity, he could barely do the same, but it was more a matter of brute force, consuming much of his mental focus. Now, these metals felt like an extension of his own body, creating a sensation of being connected in thought.

Su Heng took out the silver-white sphere he had obtained from Simmons, but this time, manipulating it proved unsuccessful.

"What's the situation?" Su Heng was surprised but quickly realized, "It's probably because the Divine Skill's level is too low."

Just as Su Heng was about to delve further into his research,

Boom!

A knock on the door echoed through the room.

Su Heng sent a mental impulse, and the door quickly opened.

In the flickering candlelight, Wang Xindong, fully armed, entered from outside and bowed with clasped hands, "Sir, Ming Daoist has just sent news, we've located the person from Wanliu Manor."

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