Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 178: Chapter 153: Second Rank Realm

Lin Feng’s anomaly clearly attracted the attention of many.

Relentless!

Once again, Lin Feng proved to everyone that he is a relentless person!

During the throne challenge, Lin Feng was mostly dodging and defending, actively attacking only twice.

Once with one strike to the throat, and once by piercing the heart, both targeting deadly areas, ending the opponent’s life in a single move, directly eliminating them from the throne challenge.

In the throne challenge, he not only proved his strength and talent but also made everyone aware of his ruthlessness and decisiveness in killing!

Now, facing a pain worse than death, he remains so calm, making others even more apprehensive.

Being ruthless to others is not frightening, but being ruthless to oneself is.

”No wonder they call him a madman!”

Someone recalled Lin Feng’s nickname from high school at this moment.

”Such a firm mind, a rare talent!” Bu Zheng flapped his spiritual power wings, admiration in his eyes.

As the principal of the Martial Arts Academy, he had seen tens of thousands of freshmen undergo the baptism of the Demon Blood Pool, and Lin Feng could be said to be the calmest one.

So calm that it even left him a bit shocked.

He couldn’t understand why the willpower of a boy who had just turned 19 could be so firm.

Bu Zheng shifted his gaze. In the blood pool, Yun Kai also performed well. Apart from a slight tremble, he didn’t utter any cries of pain or screams.

This did not surprise him.

Yun Kai could remain so calm because of his extraordinary talent.

Ancestral Demonization and the Golden Lion King bestowed him with a super-strong physique, even the Essence of Blood in the Demon Blood Pool would struggle to corrode his flesh and blood in a short period.

However, Lin Feng was covered in injuries. The situations of the two were different, and naturally, couldn’t be compared.

”He’s actually managed to hold on this far!”

Dong Yunan’s performance also caught Bu Zheng’s attention; in fact, it was hard not to notice.

Many people were painfully howling, but only Little Sister Dong was both crying and screaming.

With a girl’s constitution, and refining a Healing Series demon spirit, being able to persist until now is indeed not easy, but what was puzzling was, what did ’ten billion’ that she kept shouting mean?

Ten minutes had passed.

Originally, out of a hundred, fifty-three had already left the Demon Blood Pool.

They stood at the sidelines receiving treatment from therapists, their bodies a bloody mess, the sight was unbearable to watch for the onlookers.

It was tragic!

Some freshmen even felt fortunate they didn’t qualify for this!

Fifteen minutes had passed.

Only 23 people remained in the field, at this point, Dong Yunan could no longer endure, her face full of disappointment as she left the Demon Blood Pool. Although lasting fifteen minutes was already commendable, she was still somewhat dissatisfied.

However, as Little Sister Dong climbed out of the blood pool and saw a familiar figure, her initial disappointment instantly vanished, and her smile gradually brightened: ”Hey, Lin Xiaofei, you weakling, what a waste of being so big!”

”I only came up a minute earlier, just a minute, wait, you went down later than me, so just a few dozen seconds!”

Lin Xiaofei was currently standing still, receiving treatment from a mentor, his face full of awkwardness under Little Sister Dong’s disdainful gaze and teasing words.

”Hehe!”

Dong Yunan chuckled, her eyes roaming over Lin Xiaofei: ”Those big chunks of muscle, that big chest, that big stature, that wide round shoulder, long arms, turns out it’s just appearances, all show and no go!”

Lin Xiaofei looked depressed, yet couldn’t refute.

Had he known, he wouldn’t have joked about Little Sister Dong earlier. Now that he lost, he feared he would be ridiculed for half a year.

As time passed, the freshmen gradually left the Demon Blood Pool.

Twenty minutes had passed.

Now, in the vast blood pool, there were only seven figures left:

Lin Feng, Yun Kai, Ye Ming, Bai Xiaoyun, Sun Simiao, Fang Wu, Zhou He, and Lang Yu.

The first four were the prominent figures among the freshmen.

Lin Feng and Yun Kai needed no further mention, Ye Ming himself was very powerful, a First Grade Martial Artist, and had refined the ’Blood-sucking Bat King’ ranked 174 on the Earth Chart.

After his demon transformation, his eyes turned dark red, two white horns grew on his head, curving backward, his ears enlarged like fans, his chest muscles bulged, and he grew wings, with a wingspan of three meters. The thin membranes, almost transparent in the sunlight, draped behind him, his hands turned jet-black like ink, but his nails were red as blood, like hooks, glimmering with a metallic shine, resembling a vampire from the Western world.

The ”Blood-sucking Bat King’s” innate skill ’Blood Drink’ allows him to absorb blood to strengthen his physique, which gives him the greatest advantage in the Demon Blood Pool.

In the estimation of everyone, he should be able to hold out the longest!

Although Bai Xiaoyun was relatively weaker, a Body Cultivator of the Ninth Rank, she was of the Bloodline Race, her bloodline talent already awakened, and she had refined a Ninth Grade demon spirit, a Combat Series demon spirit, so it wasn’t surprising that she could hold on until now.

Fang Wu was also quite renowned, holder of the 13th throne in the throne challenge, his strength should not be underestimated, and as for the remaining three, their fame was not obvious, and they were somewhat low-key.

It was understandable that Zhou He and Sun Simiao could persist for so long; after all, they had refined advanced demon spirits that lean towards defense, and after demon possession, their physical bodies were formidable.

However, Lang Yu was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Rank 93 in the Throne Challenge, a First Grade Martial Artist, having only refined a Fifth Grade Demon Spirit, yet persisted to this point with a determination comparable to Lin Feng.

”No strength left!”

At twenty-two minutes, Bai Xiaoyun cried out in pain, completely exhausted, he was directly sent out of the blood pool.

At twenty-four minutes, Zhou He and Sun Simiao also opted to give up.

At twenty-five minutes, Lang Yu was also sent out of the Demon Blood Pool, but he didn’t speak because he persisted until he fainted, his entire face buried in the blood pool, shocking everyone.

A ruthless person!

Many people etched Lang Yu in their minds as an enemy not to be provoked!

After Lang Yu was eliminated, only four people remained in the Demon Blood Pool.

Lin Feng, Yun Kai, Bai Xiaoyun, Ye Ming.

”Lin Feng is still in there, unable to undergo Demon Transformation, who knows what state his body has been corroded into?”

”Didn’t even cry out, a real man!”

”Never become enemies with someone this ruthless towards themselves!”

”You rookie, becoming enemies with this year’s rookie king? Do you have the strength and qualifications for that?”

As the students watching discussed, they all speculated on how long Lin Feng could last.

At 28 minutes, Bai Xiaoyun couldn’t hold on anymore.

At half an hour, Yun Kai couldn’t continue either, but he managed to walk out of the Demon Blood Pool himself, his body a bloody mess, shocking everyone.

”Still persisting?”

Ye Ming let out a painful roar, his eyes fixed on Lin Feng, filled with disbelief.

Originally, he thought with the ’Blood-sucking Bat King’ he could last till the end, but to his surprise, Lin Feng, who was never expected to succeed, also persisted till now, appearing to last even longer.

”Lost once at the Throne Challenge, can’t lose this time, everyone only remembers the name of the first place!”

With soul power exhausted, Ye Ming felt dizzy, the Essence of Blood from the Demon Blood Pool was too overbearing, even ’Blood Drink’ couldn’t fully absorb it.

”I....” Five minutes passed, and Ye Ming spoke, leaving the Demon Blood Pool.

At this point, in the Demon Blood Pool, only Lin Feng remained peacefully soaking in the pool.

Five minutes passed.

Ten minutes passed.

With eyes tightly closed, except for a furrowed brow, he showed no sign of being unable to persist.

”Fifty minutes, broke the record!”

Someone suddenly exclaimed.

At Red Cloud University, the historical record for the Demon Blood Pool baptism was fifty minutes, and now Lin Feng had broken the record.

After an hour, Lin Feng still stood steadily in the Demon Blood Pool, and even his originally pale face gradually regained some color.

At this moment, the news of Lin Feng breaking the record had spread throughout Red Cloud University, attracting an increasing number of people to gather there.

No one could understand, why had Lin Feng, who had not yet refined a Demon Spirit, been able to persist this long?

Under the cover of the Demon Blood Pool, no one, including Bu Zheng, noticed that in Lin Feng’s Dantian, a strange suction was continuously absorbing the Essence of Blood.

”This Evil Spirit indeed possesses high intelligence!”

Feeling the pure Essence of Blood within his body, Lin Feng silently thought.

Initially, the Nightmare greedily absorbed, and with Lin Feng’s constitution, it was simply unsustainable, possibly sensing something unusual or conscious, the Nightmare slowed its absorption rate, not only that, this Evil Spirit even purified the originally overbearing and impure Essence of Blood, making it more pure, easier and safer to absorb.

The rich Essence of Blood spread throughout his body, continuously strengthening his physique, even though the muscles and bones were already somewhat overwhelmed, the remaining Essence Blood still accumulated immensely inside him.

”Finally full?....”

When the suction within vanished, Lin Feng sighed in relief, feeling the Nightmare’s spiritual fluctuations growing stronger.

For Lin Feng, the Nightmare growing stronger was clearly not a good thing, even if he could gain benefits as well.

If not for the breakthrough to the Second Grade, he would have long left the Demon Blood Pool.

”Alright, start Opening Veins!”

With a thought, the accumulated Essence of Blood within Lin Feng began incessantly assaulting the blocked meridians.

Lin Feng had originally opened 10 veins, possessing the strength of a High Rank First Grade, now with the massive help of Essence of Blood, the 11th meridian was quickly being cleared, followed by the 12th.

When the 13th meridian was cleared, Lin Feng suddenly stood up.

Only to see his previously battered, blood-soaked skin rapidly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, under the sunlight, the newly grown skin shone with a jade-like luster.

”Second Grade Realm!”

A series of incredulous gasps echoed throughout the Demon Blood Pool.