#527Chapter 527 I am a blood tasting expertAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 527: I Am the Master of Blood Tasting
Even after regressing from the extreme peak to a mortal state, the Great Serpent, with its 50 points of strength, was not easily penetrable by ordinary punches and kicks. The density of its skin and muscles was beyond what most people could imagine; weak blades and fangs would, at most, leave white marks on its skin.
Cheng Tian only had 26 points of strength, so normally, his regular attacks wouldn't be able to penetrate.
But the moment Cheng Tian's teeth touched the Great Serpent's neck, several icons on his body lit up.
These included the 'Daywalker' bloodline, representing a mutated vampire; the 'Goddess Conqueror' title, specializing in Goddess units; and 'Blood Summon' in his template skill bar.
Yes, 'Goddess Conqueror' also glowed.
While the Great Serpent itself truly had no gender, from the moment it used Gaoniko as a vessel, at least in its current manifested state and under its repeatedly emphasized self-proclamation as a 'god,' it possessed the 'Goddess' attribute.
The teeth, which originally couldn't easily penetrate, now pierced the Great Serpent's tough skin as effortlessly as two syringes. Under the powerful suction of Blood Summon, the highest concentration of Great Serpent's blood was drawn into the hollow structure of his teeth.
If Cheng Tian were to try and describe the taste of the Great Serpent's blood... rich, complex, and layered would probably be his first impression upon tasting it.
The top note of the Great Serpent's blood, provided by the Great Serpent's main body, was a floral fragrance theoretically unique to pure women who had dedicated their entire being to a god, interspersed with a very distinct freshness of earth and plants carried on the wind.
The middle note began to turn bitter, like 100% sugar-free dark chocolate, immediately followed by a lively sensation, like eating four or five packets of Pop Rocks, with crackling sounds in his mouth.
But these complex and varied flavors miraculously disappeared in the end!
It wasn't blood, nor was it water; it was like... swallowing a large mouthful of konjac noodles boiled in plain water—only texture, no taste. Even if he drank until his stomach was full, he would still feel intensely thirsty.
However, taste was one thing, and blood-sucking was another. The innate blood-sucking instinct brought by his bloodline made Cheng Tian unable to stop. His eyes and the Heavenly Eye on his forehead had turned crimson.
Originally, Cheng Tian only planned to stop once his current blue bar resource was depleted, then use the buff provided by the Great Serpent's blood to continue tangling with the opponent, ultimately waiting for the gathering and magic of the three artifact holders. But now... the two Command Spells on Cheng Tian's hand disappeared one after another. The reserve of innocent souls, originally intended to be saved as material for releasing the Blue Shock Orb, was also completely depleted. The consumption of these resources extended Cheng Tian's time stop to a full 16 seconds!
No kidding, the Great Serpent, having been drained for a full 15 seconds, visibly paled and shriveled. Its once full body was noticeably gaunt.
This was only a pallid shriveling because the Great Serpent, as the final BOSS of the current scenario, had an outrageously thick health bar. If it were a normal BOSS, it would probably have been reduced to a dried corpse.
When time began to flow again, Cheng Tian, engrossed in blood-sucking, was repelled by a massive force directly impacting him, sending him flying. As he flew, fresh Great Serpent's blood could still be seen splattering from his mouth.
The Great Serpent, as the party involved, instinctively flung Cheng Tian away, then uncontrollably curled up and twitched. Its facial features could no longer maintain their previous haughty expression, contorting into a mask of pain.
If one could see her health bar now, they would find that the Great Serpent's health bar had gone from 95% to 100%, but this was actually a percentage trick. Cheng Tian's 15 seconds of blood-sucking didn't just deduct health; it directly deducted the Great Serpent's maximum health!
Her original 20,000 maximum health had sharply decreased to 14,000. Simultaneously, her strength attribute also plummeted, from the extreme 50 points down to 28 points, only slightly stronger than Cheng Tian!
To use an interesting analogy, during these 16 seconds of time stop, the Great Serpent, being fiercely drained by Cheng Tian, was like a plastic bottle vigorously squeezed out of shape. And when time stop ended, and Cheng Tian's mouth pulled away, the deformed bottle would suddenly suck in a large amount of air, reinflating her body!
However, at the same time, the liquid inside the bottle had already decreased by almost one-third of its total volume.
Cheng Tian did indeed suck for a full 15 seconds, but from the Great Serpent's perspective, it was equivalent to Cheng Tian instantly drawing away 30% of her blood. The fact that the Great Serpent didn't go into shock on the spot was due to the physique of a divine entity providing a safety net.
More crucially, as a vital carrier of the Great Serpent's power, the 30% loss leading to a reduction in maximum health and strength was only the initial impact... "What! Have you done!?"
Enduring the pain, the Great Serpent forcefully re-extended her limbs and roared at Cheng Tian with a voice that was almost a bellow. At the same time, she waved a hand, causing obvious distortion and annihilation in space, followed by a series of black, continuously contracting and expanding particles that shot towards Cheng Tian—
Release Shockwave (Dispel / Black Particles)!
In contrast, Cheng Tian, after landing and standing up from his blood-sucking, swayed like a drunken man, showing no signs of dodging whatsoever.
And at this moment, Kagura Chizuru, who had been targeted by the Great Serpent until now, finally freed her hands and brought forth her family's inherited divine artifact.
The glowing Yata Mirror projected a mirror image in front of Cheng Tian. Then, a reflection appeared within it, which at first glance looked identical to Kagura Chizuru, but upon closer inspection, one could discern differences in her demeanor.
That was Kagura Chizuru's elder sister, Kagura Maki.
But Kagura Maki only existed for an instant. The next second, the mirror reflected a wave identical to the black particles currently in flight, and it quickly transformed from an image into a physical entity, shooting back at the Great Serpent's attack.
By virtue of the Yata Mirror's inherent properties, Kagura Chizuru could, to a certain extent, replicate others' mirror images. The attack's intensity was entirely dependent on the strength of the mirror's original.
If it were the Perfect Great Serpent, then Kagura Chizuru would certainly have no possibility of perfectly replicating her. But for the Great Serpent, who had regressed to a mortal stage and was weakened by 'severe blood loss' from Cheng Tian's draining, she could still try to contend.
However, Kagura Chizuru misjudged this time.
The Great Serpent's black particle shockwave was one of the rare purely 'space-element' waves among flying projectiles, with a very peculiar judgment property.
Theoretically, the black particle shockwave would not cancel out any other wave. When two sides clashed, the black particles would default to a relative phase space state, passing through each other without mutual interference, and then only causing damage to living beings.
And this peculiar judgment also applied to another black particle!
The black particles from the mirrored clash crossed paths, continuing along their original trajectories towards each other.
But the next second, the seemingly drunken Cheng Tian suddenly straightened his body and actually punched directly at the black particles!
Splat!
The Great Serpent's black particles were actually shattered on the spot by Cheng Tian's fist, which was burning with purple flames!