Chapter 21: Survivors

Han Kexin was overjoyed and said, “Then what are you waiting for? Quickly master the skill to shoot those flames in midair.”

Xiao Yu shook his head and said: “Owning a crystal of inheritance does not mean you can obtain the inherited skill for sure.
In fact, many inherited memories and powers will inevitably be lost in the process of fusing.
The more missing elements there are, the more incomplete the attained power is, and the skill’s authenticity and growth potential will decline drastically.
When the individual’s level is too low, the fusion will fail, and a valuable crystal will be lost.
Sometimes this will even bring unexpected dangers to the inheritor, so for that, we must be fully prepared before mastering the skill.”

“I see.” Han Kexin nodded slightly.

As the fire became more and more intense, Xiao Yu and Han Kexin tucked the crystal and blast flame ring away and left the goblin settlement.
They returned just in time to witness Jin Shi smashing a goblin into a meat paste with his massive, stony arm.
At the same time, Wang Chao’s obese body flashed past like a ghost, and his huge arms grabbed the body of another goblin.
His eyes glowed scarlet, and he let out a beast-like roar.
The monster was torn in half, and green blood and various organs were spilled all over the ground.

Xiao Yu’s eyes lit up, “Both Jin Shi and Wang Chao have evolved, and they seem to have gained very good and rare innate skills.”

With The death of the last goblin, Jin Shi, Wang Chao, and Jiang Xiaowen all breathed a sigh of relief.
Jin shi’s rocky right arm gradually shrank and smoothed, finally becoming normal in proportion and size, and the fierce beast-like light in Wang Chao’s eyes gradually dissipated, and his red skin gradually faded, returning to its original color.
However, even though the two of them removed their innate skills, Jin shi’s height and baldness stayed the same, and his explosive muscles and their smooth texture set him apart from the rest of the people.
As for Wang Chao, his skin still maintained a slight red tint even after deactivating his skill, which was very different from normal humans and could be recognized with a closer look.

Jiang Xiaowen was the first to see the two individuals emerging from the goblin settlement.
She swiftly waved her huge butterfly wings in delight.
Light flowed between the translucent wings’ flaps, which were crystal clear and exceedingly beautiful.
However, Jiang Xiaowen was too weak to fly at the moment.
She fluttered her wings twice, transforming them into rays of light that were absorbed into her body.

Almost the whole goblin village was wiped out as a result of this battle.
Only five people were killed on the human side, while the rest had some minor injuries.
Nonetheless, their harvest was huge.
Each individual had at least slain five to six goblin peons among this group of people, and their overall strength has achieved a qualitative leap.
Due to this battle, they have fully turned into qualified warriors.

However, Han Kexin, Jiang Xiaowen, Jin Shi, and Wang Chao benefited the most.
Not only did they successfully advance to the elementary level, but they also gained unique and rare innate skills.
Needless to say, Han Kexin’s “Blood Sacrifice” skill was the rarest among them; the value of this ability alone was indispensable to their group.
As for the other three people, their abilities were different but were not in any way inferior.

Jinshi’s ability was called “partial rock formation”.
He could control a part of his body and turn it into hard rock at will, thereby greatly increasing his strength and defense and achieving a significant gain in fighting power, making his survival odds even higher.

Wang Chao’s ability was called “Rampage”, which was a well-known skill in Xiao Yu’s previous life, commonly known as “Berserk”, which could double his strength and speed within a short period of time, allowing him to gain incredible power; however, there were flaws in this ability.
In the berserk state, Wang Chao would fully lose his sense of pain, his thinking ability would degrade, and he would rely more on his instincts to fight.

On the other hand, Jiang Xiaowen’s ability was unique.
She could manifest a pair of huge butterfly wings out of thin air and had the ability to fly at low altitudes for a short while.
At the same time, she had the ability of “Dream Dust”.
Allowing her to shower her enemies with all kinds of beautiful fantasies and all kinds of illusions.
People with weak mental strength would instantly fall into a wonderful dream world that they cannot escape.

After Xiao Yu learned of Jiang Xiaowen’s innate skill, he was deeply surprised.
This ability was largely different from Han Kexin’s “Blood Sacrifice”, but it was not inferior to the latter.
It was hard to guard against when used in battle.
In a fight between two experts, even a split second of delay might be the deciding factor between victory and defeat.
Hence, Jiang Xiaowen’s ability was enough to make her invincible among her peers.

Through the evolution of several people, Xiao Yu could vaguely see the shadows of some powerful creatures living in the Chaos Continent.
For example, jin shi was vaguely evolving toward the “Mountain Giant”, and Wang Chao was vaguely evolving toward the “Behemoth”.

Though Han Kexin, her ability did not belong to ordinary creatures.
He was afraid that only the king of the demon clan living in the abyss world could possess such terrifying power.
As for Jiang Xiaowen, her innate skill was also extremely rare, only similar to that of a legendary high elf, “Flower Fairy, ” who was good at performing charm and illusion.
Although Xiao Yu had never seen her before, from the rumors, those skills were quite similar to Jiang Xiaowen’s.

Although the shadows of some powerful creatures could be seen on these people, those were only similarities.
Monkeys and Behemoths, dwarves and giants, lizards and giant dragons… They all shared the same bloodline, but the difference in strength and appearance was quite huge.
This is due to the fact that there were several forks in the evolutionary path, and each step made may result in a completely new evolutionary route.

Nobody, including Xiao Yu, can predict what anyone will evolve into in the far away future.

Everyone cleared up the goblins’ bodies and picked up all undamaged weapons, as they accidentally found a few pieces of equipment that had fallen by a stroke of good luck.
The result this time around was very good.

Xiao Yu held a gray ball of light in his hands, and the light dissipated.
In the palm of his hand, an axe appeared; its handle was relatively short, less than three feet long, the blade was the size of a wheel, and its whole body was colored green.
It was a low gray weapon named the ‘green battle axe’.
The best candidate to use this axe at the moment was undoubtedly Wang Chao, with his berserk skill.
His close combat strength will increase, especially if he could wield a strong weapon like that, and his destructive power would be unimaginable.

In addition to the battle axe, there was another piece of equipment on the ground nearby.
It was a huge shield, a medium gray piece of equipment, about three feet in diameter, covered in a blue color, with a goblin pattern on one side of the shield.

The information he gained as he touched the weapon was: ‘Goblin Shield’, special effect: in exchange for spiritual power, the shield can instantly double in size.

There was no doubt that this piece of equipment belonged to Jin shi with his “partial rock formation” innate skill.

It was like both weapons dropped, especially for them, and like this, Wang Chao and Jin shi’s power took a huge leap forward.

Han Kexin and Jiang Xiaowen didn’t have any equipment yet, but Xiaowen’s ability was quite special.
With her wings, her speed was better than most people, and her special ability was enough to deal with any enemy of the same level.

On the contrary, Han Kexin has the weakest fighting power among them.
Although her blood sacrifice was powerful, it cannot directly affect combat.
So Xiao Yu temporarily handed over the Blast Flame Ring to her.

This ring can launch a flame explosion every two days.
The explosion was so powerful that it could pose a considerable threat to monsters of the first-order and even kill them if used properly.
Possessing a powerful life-saving attack, coupled with her own innate skill, her ability to survive would undoubtedly rise.

They searched through the entire goblin village and found a dozen animal skins, a large number of wild fruits and some meat, a few rough iron pots, clay pots, and more than a dozen dismembered corpses in a small area that was still intact.
Those few corpses must have been human beings that were captured alive by goblins while passing by.

Over the past few days, everyone’s clothing has been severely ruined.
Those animal skins have been dried in the sun for a long while, and with some simple processing and trimming, they could be made into basic clothing.

“Everyone, come quickly; we found a few survivors over here!”

One student was searching inside a simple wooden house in the corner of the goblin village when he found four people who were passed out.
Two of them looked different, with relatively strong physiques.
The younger one was in his twenties, and the other was a middle-aged man in his forties.
Both of them were wearing tattered police uniforms.

“This person seems kind of familiar.
I’ve seen him on TV before.” Jiang Xiaowen touched her forehead, pointed at the middle-aged policeman, and said, “He’s the captain of the criminal police division.
He has caught lots of bad guys!”

Xiao Yu searched through the man’s garments for a while before pulling a 92-type pistol with empty ammunition from his clothes, “You were right; he’s a policeman.
When passing by here, they must have run out of bullets; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been caught that easily.
Wake him up first, and we’ll talk.”

Wang Chao splashed some water on the faces of the passed-out people.

The young cop was the first to get soaked by the cold water, his body shivered slightly, and his eyes slowly opened up.
However, the first thing that met his eyes was a huge figure with slightly red skin.
He thought it was some kind of monster again, and he got scared before letting out a cry.

“Wake up.” Wang Chao grabbed him by his collar with one hand, lifted up the fearful guy, and made him stand straight, “Boss, what should we do now?”

Xiao Yu stepped forward to look at the policeman and asked, “Where are you from?”

At this time, the middle-aged policeman also came to his senses.
He was much calmer than the young guy.
His eyes swept over the crowd and finally stopped on Xiao Yu, “You… are you human?”

Wang Chao cursed loudly, “What bullshit!”

The young police officer showed ecstasy, “Are you really human? Could it be that those green monsters all have been wiped out by you?! Fantastic, great! Captain Huang and I are the advance team sent by the XX police station to go out and find rescue.
A group of my colleagues is trapped in the police station, and they are facing a horde of monsters; please…”

“You don’t seem to have figured out the current situation yet.” Xiao Yu interrupted him and said word by word: “There is no rescue!”

The young policeman showed horror on his face, “nonsense! There must be rescue; there must be!”

At this time, the other two people also woke up, and probably because they were frightened, they started yelling as well.

Only the middle-aged policeman remained calm.
He looked at Xiao Yu, whose clothes were scorched black, and his skin was burned in many places, and then he glanced at the others, all of whom were wounded and dressed in rags.
He went silent for a long while, and it took him a long time to cool down and say one sentence, “My name is Huang Liming, the captain of the Police crime division.
Are you also human beings who survived that disaster?”

Without the veil of the bloody mist, her fiery seductive body was completely exposed in front of his eyes.

Han Kexin realized that her entire body was still nude and quickly covered her breasts, but she could only hide a tiny bit.
Then, seeing Xiao Yu looking straight at her, she suddenly smiled, moved her hands away, pushed her chest slightly forward, and spoke with a charming voice that could melt bones: “What do you think? Does my body look good? You have seen everything, so you should take responsibility!”

Her tone was brimming with coquettishness.

Sure enough, her personality also began to shift toward that of the Bloody Queen!

“Your innate skill…”

“This trick is called blood sacrifice.” Han Kexin showed a charming smile, “I can extract power from blood.
This power can not only temporarily boost my physical strength, but it can also be used to heal wounds.
It can even help me regenerate severed limbs.
Of course, this healing power can be used on others as well, but its effect will be much worse.
How is it, my powerful skill that is.”

Xiao Yu sighed and replied sincerely, “It’s very strong!”

If Xiao Yu’s eyes of insight could keep him stay alive on a battlefield filled with bullets, then Han Kexin’s ability could make her unbeatable on the battlefield altogether since she was practically immortal as long as there was blood nearby!

Of course, there was a limit to strong abilities.
After all, Han Kexin’s “Blood Sacrifice” could not be used infinitely.
But while he didn’t know how often she could use it in a single day, he knew that the more her strength grew, the more she could use it.
Han Kexin’s potential was indeed limitless!

After the flame goblin died, three balls of light floated up.
And since Han Kexin didn’t cause any direct harm to the goblin, all the energy was absorbed by Xiao Yu, as he clearly felt his power rapidly increasing and finally stopping at a critical juncture. 

He actually reached the peak elementary level.
Just a little more, and he can advance into first order!

Han Kexin removed the flame goblin’s ragged robe and donned it on her body.
Her figure looked very plump in those garments.
A part of the chest area was cut open by Xiao Yu before, and now that she was wearing it, you could see the skin tone of her chest from that gap—a lovely pink and white color.

“Xiao Yu, we struck it rich!” Han Kexin was a little excited, pointing at the two light balls on the ground and saying: “Two items dropped.”

Xiao Yu picked up one of the white light balls, the light gradually dissipated, and a red ring appeared in his hand, “Blast Flame Ring, a medium white equipment, can release a ‘Blast Flame’ spell once, and after each use, the ring needs to absorb energy for forty-eight hours before it could be used again.”

“Medium white rank? Your bone blade is a medium gray rank weapon.
Isn’t this ring very powerful?”

“Indeed, there are different ranks of magic, and this blat flame one is second-rank, and its power cannot be underestimated.
At this stage, there are almost no existences that can take a blow from a flame explosion and remain intact.
This ring can be used for a long time.
The only disadvantage is that it requires lots of energy, and its replenishing speed is too slow.
We can only use the blast flame spell once every two days, and this period is way too long.”

Han Kexin aimed at the other ball of light, “Take a look at this one too!”

Xiao Yu picked up the light ball, and the light gradually dissipated.
There was a light red prismatic crystal the size of a thumb on his palm.
Now he couldn’t calm down anymore, and his face showed surprise, “This… this is a crystal of inheritance.
This is a treasure that is hundreds of times more valuable than a single piece of equipment.
It carries a special skill that can be learned through it.”

“Aren’t skills comprehended when we evolve? Can they really be learned that way?”

Xiao Yu shook his head, “Innate skills are one kind.
In truth, there are several types of skills and numerous methods for acquiring them.
For example, crystals of inheritance carry skills of creatures that passed away, and if you fuse with those crystals, you can quickly master their power… Let me see what’s recorded in this one.” Xiao Yu closed his eyes, immersed himself in it for a moment, and thought carefully, “Fire Missile! This skill is called Fire Missile.
It’s a first-rank type of magic.”

Fire missile!

Han Kexin looked at the flame goblin’s body, “Could it be its ability to throw fireballs!”

Xiao Yu nodded and said, “The flame goblin dropped this crystal of inheritance, so obviously, the skill it bears should be one of the abilities it previously used.
Also, this monster’s abilities are rather straightforward, so it should be that one.”