"Swallowing the blood of the Shadow Snake gave me the shadow ability, but swallowing Hanhu's blood did not give me the cold ability directly. Instead, the Wind Blade was imbued with Hanhu's cold ability."
Thoughts spun rapidly in Gray's mind.
"In other words, swallowing the blood of a blood fiend might not necessarily give me the corresponding blood fiend ability. Sometimes, the blood fiend's ability can be imbued with another blood fiend's ability?"
He could not help but connect this matter with swallowing Hanhu's blood to give him the strength characteristic and swallowing the blood of the Shadow Snake to give him the defense characteristic.
The Frost Tiger's characteristics were naturally not limited to the Strength attribute. It was only the Strength attribute that made it stronger than the Wind Wolf.
Naturally, the Shadow Snake's characteristic was not only the defense characteristic, but also the defense characteristic that was stronger than Hanhu's and the Wind Wolf's.
In other words, his transformation ability of "swallowing the blood of a blood fiend and obtaining the blood fiend's characteristic" did not mean that he absorbed the blood fiend's original ability. Instead, he absorbed its advantages and fused them with his own body to make himself stronger.
Because the shadow ability could not be fused with similar abilities and could not be combined with other abilities to create a stronger ability, it existed on its own.
As for the cold ability, it could be fused with the Wind Blade to create a stronger ability and make himself stronger. Therefore, it was fused with the Wind Blade.
"Absorbing the advantages and fusing them with my own body to make myself stronger. Is this the essence of transformation?"
Gray felt that he had a more direct understanding of the transformation ability of "swallowing the blood of a blood fiend and obtaining the blood fiend's characteristic".
The transformation ability was the ability to absorb the characteristics of other blood fiends to make oneself stronger.
As long as it was an ability or characteristic that could make oneself stronger, it would be absorbed and fused with one's own body. If it could not make one stronger, it would be discarded.
Of course, that was not all. The transformation ability's reference standard was not only the characteristic itself, but also the strength of the characteristic.
It was because of this characteristic that his strength could increase so quickly.
…
At night, in the Fergus family restaurant.
"Uh …?"
After eating dinner, Gray was about to order another meal as usual when he suddenly stopped.
"You're full?"
Gray was inexplicably shocked.
In the past, he would have to eat three servings for every meal before he felt full. But tonight, he only had one serving of dinner and he was already full.
"Young Master Gray, would you like another set of dinner?"
Seeing that Gray did not say "one more serving" for a long time, a dining maid who knew Gray's appetite very well stepped forward and asked respectfully to Gray.
"No need."
Gray shook his head slightly.
Upon hearing Gray's unexpected answer, the members of the Fergus family who were eating couldn't help but raise their heads and look at Gray in astonishment.
"Gray, is the dinner not to your liking?"
Viscount Fergus asked with a frown.
This was the first time Gray had done this ever since his appetite had increased.
"No, I just don't have much of an appetite today."
Gray shook his head.
"Tell the kitchen to change the dishes tomorrow."
Viscount Fergus thought for a while and instructed Madame De Milan.
"Yes, Master."
Madame De Milan nodded.
After dinner, Gray returned to his bedroom.
"My appetite has returned to normal, which means …"
As for his appetite returning to normal, Gray already had a rough idea about it.
According to his initial conjecture, there were a total of two transformation states in his ability to "obtain the characteristics of the blood fiends after consuming their blood".
The first transformation state was the period when he had just consumed the blood. In this state, he would absorb the characteristics of the blood fiends that were superior to his own body and integrate them into his body.
The second transformation state was a long period of time after the first transformation and lasted for a longer time.
In this state, the "strength" of the characteristics of his body would rapidly increase and eventually reach the strength of the blood fiends that provided him with the blood.
Simply put, the strength of the blood fiends that he consumed would ultimately be comparable to the blood fiends that he consumed.
If he were to consume the blood of a King Beast, his strength would rapidly grow to be comparable to that of a King Beast.
Of course, this was only an 'if'.
The blood of a high-level blood fiend was highly corrosive. Under normal circumstances, if he were to consume the blood of a king level blood fiend, he would most likely be corroded by the blood of a king level blood fiend. He would either turn into something that was neither human nor ghost, or he would explode and die.
This was mentioned in some of the books that he had read about blood fiends.
"I'm afraid that my appetite has decreased because the second transformation has ended!"
The second transformation was the reason for Gray's rapid increase in strength in a short period of time. However, as a price, his appetite would become very large. Now that his appetite had returned to normal, it should be because the second transformation had ended.
As for why the second transformation had ended, it was not difficult to understand.
He had consumed three types of blood: Wind Wolf, Hanhu, and Shadow Snake. These three types of blood fiends were comparable to the Ferocious Blood Warriors.
Now that his strength had reached the level of a Ferocious Blood Warrior, the strength of his corresponding characteristics was comparable to these three types of blood fiends.
Simply put, since he had reached the limit of three types of blood vessels, the second transformation had naturally ended.
"If nothing unexpected happens, my strength will remain the same and will not increase unless I can implant the blood of a higher-grade blood fiend or obtain the blood of a higher-grade blood fiend."
The cultivation of a Blood Warrior required the implantation of blood vessels and the corresponding blood technique.
As he possessed the transformation ability of "consuming blood fiends and obtaining blood fiends' characteristics," he should be able to skip the step of implanting blood vessels. He only needed to obtain the blood of a higher-grade blood fiend to increase his strength again.
However, since he had not implanted the blood of a higher-grade blood fiend or consumed the blood of a higher-grade blood fiend, it was naturally impossible for him to increase his strength again.
"Of course, consuming the blood of a blood fiend is equivalent to implantation. No, it should be said that the blood of the corresponding blood fiend is integrated into the blood vessels. This is only my guess and there is no way to verify it at the moment."
If he had a portion of Wind Wolf's blood and the blood technique of the Wind Wolf, he would immediately be able to verify whether his guess was correct.
If the transformation really allowed him to obtain the blood of the Wind Wolf by consuming its blood, then he would be able to cultivate the blood technique deduced from the Wind Wolf.
If he could not, then it would mean that his previous guess was wrong. Consuming the blood of the corresponding blood fiend would not allow him to integrate the blood into his body.
However, Gray felt very confident about this guess.