"This is 100 milliliters of blood from a Black Dog Illusion Demon!"
Halfway there, Ding Xiaoxue handed a vial of blood to Shu Feng.
Shu Feng carefully took the vial and said gratefully, "Thank you, Ding Xiaoxue!"
"I'm off!"
Ding Xiaoxue gave Shu Feng a cool wave, then turned and left like a gust of wind.
'What a cool, dashing, and beautiful girl! One day, I hope I can be the one to help her!'
Shu Feng quietly watched Ding Xiaoxue's departing figure for a good while before turning and heading home.
After dinner, Shu Feng returned to his room, locked the door from the inside, and entered the Mysterious Space.
"Collect the genes from the biological blood in the vial!"
Shu Feng walked up to the snake-like Genetic Collector, uncapped the glass vial, and held it out.
The snake-like Genetic Collector opened its massive maw. A sharp spike shot out, pierced into the vial, and drained all the blood inside in one go.
"Black Dog Illusion Demon (Complete Form). Power: 20, Agility: 25, Defense: 19, Spirit: 15, Constitution: 18. Must consume 100 kg of flesh and blood daily to maintain peak combat effectiveness. Spirit Warrior Level Combat Creature. Special Abilities: Invisible Void Demon, Extraordinary Smell, Extraordinary Perception."
"Synthesis requires: 3,000 Ghost Energy, 200 Spiritual Power, 50 points of Pure Soul Power, 200 kg of flesh and blood, salt... 10 kg of steel."
"Black Dog Illusion Demon (Complete Form), synthesis time: 24 hours."
Shu Feng looked at the synthesis requirements for the Black Dog Illusion Demon and felt a headache coming on. 'A Black Dog Illusion Demon seems a bit too high-end for me right now! Can I make a weaker version? Just synthesize one with the resources I currently have.'
"Would you like to enhance a specific trait or create a balanced version?"
'With my current strength, I'd be toast if I ran into a powerful Void Demon. That means I have to be able to detect them early, strike first, and then call for reinforcements! So, the most cost-effective option is to enhance Extraordinary Perception! And Extraordinary Smell!'
Shu Feng weighed his options carefully, took stock of his own combat strength, and made a decisive choice.
"Black Dog Illusion Demon (Degraded Version). Power: 11, Agility: 13, Defense: 11, Spirit: 9, Constitution: 11. Must consume 10 kg of flesh and blood daily to maintain peak combat effectiveness. Spirit Warrior Apprentice Level Combat Creature. Special Abilities: Invisible Void Demon, Extraordinary Smell, Extraordinary Perception."
"Synthesis requires: 100 points of Void Demon Energy, 1 point of Spiritual Power, 3 units of Pure Soul Power, 200 kg of flesh and blood, salt... 3 kg of steel."
"Black Dog Illusion Demon (Degraded Version), synthesis time: 8 hours."
Overjoyed, Shu Feng immediately said, "Synthesize it now!"
"Insufficient resources! Synthesis failed!"
'Insufficient resources?'
Shu Feng paused for a moment, then carefully reviewed the required resources. He felt a bit helpless. "Right, not enough resources!"
'Still, this is a good chance to test the effects of the Spirit Cultivation Technique 2.0.'
Shu Feng left the Mysterious Space and reappeared in his room, where he began to practice the Spirit Cultivation Technique 2.0. As soon as he entered a state of cultivation, he followed the technique's instructions and began using his Spiritual Power to absorb the Spiritual Power Particles from the surrounding world.
An hour later, Shu Feng felt a wave of exhaustion and could no longer absorb any more Spiritual Power.
'How much Spiritual Power did I gain from this session?'
Shu Feng immediately entered the Mysterious Space and went to the Central Analyzer to check.
"Spiritual Power: 1.0453. Spiritual Power increase: 0.0200."
A flash of disappointment crossed Shu Feng's eyes. 'The cultivation efficiency has indeed doubled. At this rate, it'll still take me about fourteen years to advance to the Spirit Warrior realm. It looks like I'll have to rely on medicinal pills if I want to advance.'
'Looks like I can only practice the Thirteen Forms Body Forging Technique in here.'
Shu Feng glanced around the Mysterious Space and began to practice the Thirteen Forms Body Forging Technique.
The Thirteen Forms Body Forging Technique actually consisted of thirteen postures that were impossible for an ordinary person to assume. Only by nourishing the body with Spiritual Power could one perform all thirteen movements.
Shu Feng barely managed to get into the first posture before his 1 point of Spiritual Power was quickly depleted, making it impossible to continue through all thirteen movements.
After his Spiritual Power was exhausted, waves of fatigue washed over him, and Shu Feng immediately fell into a deep sleep.
「The next morning.」
'So refreshing! This is the benefit of cultivation. I feel more energetic and powerful than before.'
As Shu Feng opened his eyes, he felt refreshed and invigorated, though a dull ache came from all his joints. His body had not yet adapted to practicing the Thirteen Forms Body Forging Technique.
After getting up and eating breakfast, Shu Feng ran all over Lei Jiang City's wet markets. In more than ten separate trips, he bought a large quantity of pork and fish, then found secluded spots to transfer it all into the Mysterious Space. He threw it into the Flesh Melting Furnace to be converted into various resources.
It took him the entire day to gather all the materials needed to synthesize the Black Dog Illusion Demon.
"Synthesize the Black Dog Illusion Demon now!"
After dinner, Shu Feng entered the Mysterious Space and issued the command.
A spectral ray of light shot out from the Energy Collector and landed on Shu Feng. He instantly felt a wave of fatigue as all the Spiritual Power in his body was drained completely.
'So the Spiritual Power was supposed to be drawn from me!'
The complete drain of his Spiritual Power immediately left Shu Feng feeling exhausted.
The semi-circular Warrior Synthesis Nest—a hundred meters tall, woven from countless black, vein-like structures, and appearing bottomless—began to squirm.
Countless streams of bizarre mucus gushed out from the nest, coalescing to form a black, man-sized egg.
Strange, vein-like tubes connected to the black egg. A small black dot appeared inside it, and this dot constantly trembled, emitting a sound like a heartbeat.
"Estimated time to completion: 8 hours."
Shu Feng's face was full of excitement and anticipation. 'In eight hours, I'll have a Black Dog Illusion Demon. This will be the very first Void Beast born from my Ability.'
Filled with excitement, Shu Feng tossed and turned in bed until midnight before finally falling into a deep sleep.
「The next morning.」
'My Black Dog Illusion Demon.'
The moment Shu Feng's eyes opened, he quickly got up to wash his face. With a thought, he entered the Mysterious Base.
Inside the Mysterious Base, a Black Dog Illusion Demon was already sitting quietly on the ground. Its fur was like black satin, shrouded in wisps of black energy, and its crimson eyes glowed with a faint, vicious light.
The moment Shu Feng saw the Black Dog Illusion Demon, he could sense a connection between them, one that allowed him to command it to do anything.
"Paw!"
Shu Feng ordered in a low voice.
The Black Dog Illusion Demon trotted over happily, extended a paw, and placed it in Shu Feng's hand.