Chapter 8: restart
Lucas found himself at a crossroads, uncertain about how to proceed with his unconventional cultivation method. In the end, he opted to revert to a more traditional approach. He decided to drain his blood pool, intending to destroy his own cultivation and rebuild it using the blood essence naturally produced by his skeleton.
The Blood Clan had mainly practiced six techniques 3 being created by there ancestor who they called the blood ancestor.
First technique that is essential for learning the others. Initially, a clan member must first create their blood pool with the assistance of another clan member who has already created their own. The blood pool serves as a realm intrinsically linked to a cultivator's soul and physical body, functioning as a unique storage system that is easily accessibly for storing their blood essence. Notably, this pool possesses an unlimited capacity as long as the cultivator's soul and body can withstand it.
The second technique is Blood Essence Manipulation. This is an advanced version of the orthodox blood manipulation technique, specifically modified to work with blood essence.
The third technique, Blood World Traversal, only accessible to direct descendants of the blood ancestor this technique remains shrouded in mystery. No one knows how the Blood Ancestor devised this technique or the mechanics behind it. Importantly, it cannot be executed without first mastering the previous two techniques. When activated, the user transforms slowly into a puddle of blood, transporting them into a crimson replica of their world. However, every second spent in this altered realm gradually drains their blood essence. Once the essence is depleted, it consumes the user's essence then life force, leaving no corpse behind.
The final three techniques were taken from the Shadow Sect after the Blood Ancestor, known as the Blood Monarch strongest of the 10 monarchs, killed the Shadow Monarch annihilating the entire sect, stealing their advanced techniques. The Shadow Clan's abilities allowed members to cultivate their shadows, eventually fusing and becoming intangible. The three main techniques stolen by the Blood Ancestor could only be mastered by elders and promising juniors. Unfortunately, Lucas had never been granted that opportunity And During the Golden Order's attack, when he finally encountered the scrolls, he had decided to pass them to his younger sister, Audrey, along with the blood cultivation techniques.
Lucas had anticipated that destroying his blood pool would be excruciating, but instead, he experienced only slight pain and a profound emptiness. Though his physical strength remained at Rank 6, he now felt vulnerable, as if a single bullet could end his life. He had no time to linger on this emptiness he needed to begin his cultivation anew. Currently, he was currently just free walking Rank 6 material. If any cultivators or mages discovered him in this state, he would be as good as finished. With that thought weighing heavy on his mind Lucas slowly opened his eyes preparing to.