Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Rewinding back a bit in time.

Yang Yu and his companions, heading to the Blood Lion Mansion, encountered Xin Mang at the entrance.

It was not a chance meeting.

On the rare occasion of the annual New Year’s Day, Xin Mang and her team, ”Baihua Binfen,” put aside their work, returned to Baihua City, and took a good rest.

Upon returning, Xin Mang happened to hear the news of the great victory at the Sailuomen Plain and the return of Potato Thorn.

Thinking she might meet them at the Blood Lion Mansion, Xin Mang went there and coincidentally ran into Yang Yu and the others.

Sitting beside Yang Yu, Xin Mang occasionally sneaked a glance at him.

This was her first time seeing someone use the Racial Essence of another race, and she was extremely excited about what might happen next.

It is said that after using the Racial Essence of a giant dragon, there is a certain probability of mutation, acquiring some characteristics similar to the giant dragon.

After using the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence, what changes would Yang Yu undergo? Would it be growing lion ears like Wan Ze, or becoming courageous and domineering like Wan Huawen?

Xin Mang’s eyes sparkled, and her four fluffy tails constantly swayed.

Under such expectant eyes, which clearly had nothing to do with her, Wan Huawen wanted to make the atmosphere more formal, but there was no way to make it more formal.

With a light cough, Wan Huawen ignored Xin Mang, who was even more eager than Yang Yu, and handed the Jade Box to Yang Yu, saying,

”This is the item we agreed on earlier, the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence. Thank you very much for everything you’ve done for Wansheng Country.”

”Thank you for your trouble, Family Head. I will gladly accept it.”

Without hesitation, Yang Yu took the Jade Box and retrieved the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence from it.

No matter how many times he touched the Racial Essence, Yang Yu felt an inexplicable sensation, as if at the moment of holding the essence, he became a part of that race.

The weight of the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence, although not as hefty as the Blazing Fire Clan’s, was still substantial.

Yang Yu could sense Wan Huawen’s sincerity.

Carefully, he placed the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence into the sugar maker, and the familiar electronic alert sounded in Yang Yu’s ear.

[Detection: player has inserted the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence. Now extracting the corresponding game from the system.

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This game is Hot-Blooded High School; the quality of Candy is determined by the amount of blood and the time taken to complete the game.]

Seeing the Racial Essence in Yang Yu’s hand disappear, Wan Huawen, with arms folded, asked with concern, ”How do you feel?”

As Yang Yu began to operate, he offhandedly replied, ”It takes some time to take effect. I’m used to it since I’ve used quite a few Racial Essences before. Occasionally, there are some side effects, so please don’t mind.”

”Was your hand twitching just now one of those side effects?”

”Yes, I don’t know if it’s the Racial Essence interacting with the Woodification Disease in my body.

In any case, don’t worry about it; experiencing such phenomena is actually a good sign.

I need to focus now to channel the Racial Essence’s power throughout my body, so please refrain from disturbing me for the time being.

Once I can control my hands, it means I’m almost done absorbing it.”

”Understood, I won’t disturb you.”

Wan Huawen stopped speaking, simply observing Yang Yu’s status intently.

No one knew how much time had passed before the familiar synthetic electronic voice sounded again in Yang Yu’s ear, indicating he had successfully completed the game.

[Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the game, obtaining the highest level Level Limit Upgrade Sugar, which can increase your level cap by 30 levels upon use.

Congratulations to the player for earning the title [Hot-blooded Youth], Strength +5%, Boxing Damage +10%, Critical Damage +10%]

A very standard title, as long as it’s not a negative effect title, Yang Yu hardly refuses any.

Without hesitation, Yang Yu directly used the Level Limit Upgrade Sugar.

[An abundance of energy surged from the Blood Lion’s Racial Essence, subtly transforming your body. You can choose one of the following rewards:

1. Numerous Racial Essences are surging within your body, nurturing what could be a miracle or something else entirely.

Choosing this option will initiate random mutation.

Once mutation starts, all free attribute points will reset, and you may acquire new traits, new characteristics, new growth, and new skills.

A new race may be born from this.

2. Skill [Blood Burst Earth], inject your blood power into the ground, inducing a minor earthquake centered on yourself, slowing all enemies within range. After a period, the blood power erupts from the ground, dealing damage to enemies within range.

3. Talent Awakening [Bloodbath Lion.lv?] Increasing damage for every 10% of blood volume lost. (80%LV.1, 15%lv.2, 3%lv.3...0.00001%LV.MAX)

4. Talent Awakening [Heroic Battle Lion.lv?] Increasing strength for every 10% of blood volume lost. (20%LV.1, 30%lv.2, 20%lv.3...5%LV.MAX)

5. I activate the Magic Card—Fusion.

Exclude specified race materials from the panel to obtain a [New Race], acquiring certain growth attributes, free attribute points, and potentially new skills or strengthened existing skills.

Some racial abilities have degenerated over long periods, but by combining with certain curious races, they may regain their original abilities.

Warning, warning, only three Fusions can be placed in a deck, so the number of times Fusion can be used is limited to three. Excluded panel materials cannot be reused, remember.]

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At this moment, Yang Yu wished he were a Luck Emperor with incredible fortune.

That way, he could choose the passive [Bloodbath Lion] without hesitation.

[Heroic Battle Lion] is the inferior counterpart to [Bloodbath Lion].

It seems like obtaining a high-level passive is more probable than with [Bloodbath Lion], but for Yang Yu, it makes almost no difference.

What Yang Yu trusts least is his own luck.

Thus, he would never choose the first option, which is highly random and suited only for gamblers.

Mutation is too uncontrollable; beneficial mutations are few and far between.

What if, during the mutation, he turned into a blob like a Slime, what then?

He Meng would undoubtedly use her extensive years of experience as a Slime to beat him, leaving him utterly humiliated.

[Blood Burst Earth] seems like a decent skill, but with Yang Yu’s Skill Points nearing two thousand, if he wanted to learn [Blood Burst Earth], one of the Blood Lion’s skills, he could use Skill Points to do so.

The difficulty of acquiring Racial Essence compared to Skill Points goes without saying.

Besides, although [Blood Burst Earth] seems fine, its cost-effectiveness is low, requiring a long time to deal damage.

Yang Yu wants to use the option on something more valuable, not just randomly pick a skill of little use.

Using the process of elimination, Yang Yu ultimately chose the fifth option.