Chapter 162: Chapter 159: Heart of Attack

Upon seeing the corpse of the Hunting Scythe, the teasing expression on Qin’s face vanished immediately.

She gently adjusted her monocle and took out a magnifying glass from the collar of her black robe.

At that moment, she transformed back into the noble and erudite court advisor of Brandon.

“What a miraculous structure. This body clearly mutated from a human, but the principle of mutation is completely different from the Flesh Curse contained in that cursed Meteor. It seems to have lost control on a spiritual level, being corrupted from within by a source of dark attribute energy.”

Blood Spider showed a hint of surprise on her face, evidently not expecting Qin to have such insight.

Loss of spiritual control essentially means the will of the Ghost Warrior was defeated by the Demon Ghost Weapon.

The source of dark attribute energy is naturally the supernatural energy unique to the Heart Demon World—Demon Qi.

What Qin spoke of was the process of the Ghost Warrior falling to the demonic path, which is how the Demon General’s Hunting Scythe came to be.

Bai Pu said helplessly, “Qin, the focus is not on the body itself, but on what’s hidden inside its stomach.”

As he spoke, Bai Pu wiped his hand over his belt, and a Sharp Long Saber appeared. He swung the blade to cut open the bulging stomach of the Hunting Scythe, and with the tip of the blade, he revealed a small, crystal-clear Primordial Heart Tissue, suspended in mid-air.

The Primordial Heart Tissue resembled a gem, with the filthy blood automatically rolling down, unable to adhere to it.

The moment Qin saw this heart tissue, she was entranced.

“Such a beautiful heart.”

After a while, Qin sighed in admiration.

Bai Pu handed the document entitled “Experimental Record of Living Tissue of the Primordial Heart in Different Biological Environments” to Qin.

Qin carefully perused the experimental record, her eyes flashing with unprecedented excitement and anticipation, as she looked towards Bai Pu.

“You brought this heart to me… are you intending to transplant it?”

Bai Pu nodded and said solemnly, “After the transplant is successful, the gap between you and me should narrow further. I’m just not sure if it will fulfill our agreement.”

Qin smiled slightly and said, “Actually, I have a sure way to fulfill the agreement, but it’s somewhat difficult, and I’m not sure if you can do it.”

“Let me hear it,” Bai Pu said, his Spirit uplifted.

Blood Spider was diligently taking notes on the side. Although she was a bit slow, she understood that the conversation between Bai Pu and Qin was not meaningless; it was an attempt to increase the difficulty of the second career task!

Higher difficulty leads to higher rewards.

Especially for career tasks, the higher the difficulty, the better the final reward template!

Qin seriously said, “Do you remember the story about Princess Christina that I told you?”

“I remember. She is the Mother of the Flesh and Blood Plague Curse,” Bai Pu said.

“Inside her body, there is a heart tissue of almost the same size,” Qin said. “This miraculous heart tissue has the trait of fusion. As long as you can go to Blood Ring Fortress and rescue Christina, I can extract the Primordial Heart Tissue from her body, fuse it with your heart tissue, and transplant them together into your body.”

“Fusion of two heart tissues?”

Bai Pu nodded, “It indeed seems like a good method for further catching up in strength to you. However, the difficulty of transplanting two heart tissues should be higher.”

Bai Pu, who was knowledgeable in Flesh and Blood Alchemy, could be considered a semi-expert. He naturally understood the risks involved.

Qin nodded and said, “That’s why you’ll also need to acquire some strong mutant samples for my reference. Preferably, you should also abduct someone from Blood Ring Fortress who is a master in Flesh and Blood Alchemy to assist me.”

With Qin’s words, Bai Pu received a prompt message from Spirit Realm Will.

[Your second career task: Heart of Attack has been triggered.]

[Task: Heart of Attack]

[Task Objective One (Optional): Obtain the Primordial Heart Tissue from Princess Christina’s body (Completion +50%)]

[Task Objective Two (Optional): Obtain up to three mutant samples (Each sample obtained, completion up to +10%)]

[Task Objective Three (Optional): Obtain the help of two Flesh and Blood Alchemy Scholars (Each scholar’s help, completion up to +10%)]

[Task Difficulty: SS]

[Task Deadline: 15 days.]

[Completion Reward: Second Career Template Advancement]

[Failure Penalty: None]

[Task Hint: You need at least a 60% completion rate to complete this career task.]

[Current Task Progress: 10% (You have obtained the help of one Flesh and Blood Alchemy Scholar)]

SS-level career task difficulty!

Bai Pu felt a surge of excitement, and his lips became somewhat dry.

If he successfully changes professions, the result will surely exceed the templates of ordinary Hero professions.

The SS-level task difficulty was indeed astonishingly high.

By simply reading the task requirements, Bai Pu understood that Task Objective One, obtaining the Primordial Heart Tissue from Princess Christina’s body, although seemingly optional, was actually an indispensable option!

Because the total completion must be above 60% to count as complete, and Task Objective One exclusively accounted for 50% of the completion rate!

Failing to complete the first objective means the entire career task fails.

Princess Christina is the lifeblood of the entire Blood Ring Fortress, the host and Mother of all mutants. Even though Blood Ring Emperor Gustav may not have much affection for his daughter, he would undoubtedly regard her as more important than life.

Seizing the Primordial Heart within Princess Christina would be nearly as difficult as killing Blood Ring Emperor Gustav.

Whether this task can be completed, Bai Pu isn’t very confident, but he can only strive his hardest.

Fortunately, according to Qin’s initial statement, there should be a simpler route to completing the career task, which is not considering the other piece of Primordial Heart Tissue in Princess Christina’s body and directly changing professions with the Primordial Heart Tissue Bai Pu already has!

In that case, the difficulty of the career task would plummet, and Bai Pu estimated that it might be just barely enough to be promoted to a Hero profession, let alone acquire a strong profession in the Hero template.

The simple route can only be used as a fallback.

Bai Pu decided to take a risk. He inquired, “Where can I find samples of strong mutants? What level of mutants meet your requirements?”

Qin said, “I once told you that among the first generation mutants, there are a few particularly powerful individuals, such as the Duke of Bergen, Blood Mist Butcher, and Crimson Wings, who definitely meet the requirements. If you can’t handle them, you can choose mutants with slightly lesser strength, like the Generals of Blood Ring Fortress, such as individuals like Colun.”

Bai Pu smiled wryly to himself; Colun is the Commander of the Blood Ring Vanguard Army! The overall BOSS of the first act!

He didn’t expect that in the World of [Flesh and Blood Plague: Mutation], even making a sample wasn’t enough qualification.

Task Objective Two (Optional) requires collecting three samples, with each sample “up to” a 10% completion increase.

Bai Pu grasped Qin’s intention; if he were to take down the Duke of Bergen, Blood Mist Butcher, and Crimson Wings, the three samples obtained would surely each grant the maximum 10% completion increase. If he had to settle for individuals like Colun, a Blood Ring General, the completion increase for the samples he obtains might only be around 7-8% each.

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