Gray took advantage of the potion's effect and began to cultivate. Suddenly, a giant lizard covered in sapphire scales appeared.
It was nine meters long and there was a long horn on its huge head. It looked like a sharp knife that pierced the sky.
A terrifying aura of destruction filled the air. It was majestic and overbearing, as if it came from the abyss of destruction.
Gray entered the state of cultivation and immersed himself in it. Soon, he completed the first round of cultivation and entered the second round. He reached his usual cultivation progress.
However, under the effect of the potion, his cultivation progress did not stop.
The first cultivation in the second round reached thirty percent, forty percent, half...
After a long while, he finally exited from his cultivation.
"The first training method has been completed!"
After more than a month of training and a bottle of Blazing Flame Potion, Gray's level had risen from the initial stage of the Berserker Realm to the second stage. He had completed the first training method.
More than seventy percent of the credit was due to the Blaze Potion. Although his own strength increased quickly due to his transformation ability, he had just reached the Barbarian Level not long ago. There was a limit to how much he could improve.
Gray was not in a hurry to leave the cultivation room. He took out a crystal bottle from the purple ring.
Inside the crystal bottle, there was a purple liquid. The color was bewitching, like a purple gemstone. It was the blood of an unknown purple blood beast.
"Gulp —"
Gray swallowed it in one gulp again.
"Oh no!"
As soon as he swallowed it, Gray could not help but let out a strange cry.
It was similar to the previous but more intense heat.
He felt that every part of his body was burning. It was as if he had turned into a man of fire and was continuously emitting heat.
No, it was not as if, it was the truth.
He could clearly feel that his body temperature was abnormal. It had far exceeded the normal body temperature.
If it was in his previous life, he would have died in a matter of minutes. However, there were too many things in this world that were beyond the common sense of his previous life. It could not be measured by the common sense of his previous life.
Even under such high temperature, he did not die. He was still alive and did not even faint.
However, this was a kind of torment. He could clearly feel the burning pain all over his body, but he was unable to stop it. He could only continue to endure this pain.
Wave after wave of pain hit his brain like a tidal wave, causing his face to turn pale and cold sweat to flow. In just a short while, his clothes were completely drenched.
"My body won't be able to withstand this transformation!"
Every time he swallowed blood, his body would more or less experience some pain, but it would never be this intense. The only reason for this was that his body was not strong enough to withstand this transformation.
Every transformation would add a new bloodline to the body. Although Gray would not experience bloodline rejection like other people, which would cause his body to be crippled and his strength to regress, he still needed a stronger body to withstand this new bloodline.
It had only been a little over a month since the last time he had taken the blood. However, Gray had taken the Flame Potion into consideration. He had already completed the first part of the second round of training, and his realm had increased by a large margin. Only then did he have the courage to take the blood.
But now, it seemed that this level of improvement was far from enough. His body was not strong enough to withstand the new bloodline.
The excruciating pain was like a knife scraping across his body. Again and again, he felt like he was being cut by a knife.
Enduring the pain of being stabbed again and again, Gray's body was covered in sweat for a long time. Only when he was numb from the pain did the pain finally disappear.
Thud!
Gray fell to the ground, panting heavily. His whole body was numb, and he could not exert any strength.
After a long time, he recovered some strength and stood up. He smiled bitterly.
"From now on, every time I take the blood, I will have to do at least two training styles in between. Only then will this situation not happen again."
In the Berserk Stage, Gray could take the blood almost every time he completed a training style. When he reached the Berserk Stage, he was originally happy. From the Berserk Stage to the Desolate Stage, he needed to complete two rounds of eight training styles.
If he could take the blood every time he completed a training style, he could take the blood eight times in the Berserk Stage.
But now, it seemed that it was not possible.
After reaching the Berserk Stage, the requirements for the bloodline implantation became higher. He needed to complete at least two training styles before his body could withstand the new bloodline implantation.
"I don't know if the bloodline implantation was successful. I hope it won't cause permanent damage to my body this time!"
Feeling weak all over, Gray was worried.
If he did not have the ability to control corpses, he would not be able to defeat any Berserker. Of course, they would not be able to kill him either.
After all, even if the purple bloodline implantation failed, the terrifying defense of the metalized form would be enough to protect him from the attacks of the Berserkers.
What worried him even more was whether the purple blood fiend's bloodline had been successfully implanted into his body. Would the overload implantation of the bloodline cause permanent damage to his body?
The failure of the implantation was a small matter. If it caused permanent damage to his body, it would be too late for regrets.
Gray rested for a week. During this week, he did not even have the strength to practice the blood technique. It could be said that he had spent an extremely weak week.
After that, his body slowly recovered. Another week passed before his body was able to return to normal.
"I don't feel anything strange!"
Gray did not feel any abnormalities in his body when he tried to practice. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his body did not experience the worst situation. If there was any permanent damage, it would be a disaster for Gray.
Although there were some magic potions that could treat permanent damage, those things were almost impossible to obtain. Even among potion masters, only a few people could refine them.
For example, in order to heal Edgar Wallen's broken hand, the Wallen family had paid a hefty price to request the help of a Master Pharmacist from the royal family.
Even for a marquis' family like the Wallen family, it was an extremely huge price to pay. One could imagine how difficult it was to obtain such medicines.
"I don't know if the reverse nurturing ability can heal permanent damage. I hope there won't be a day when I try it."
Although the reverse nurturing ability was very powerful, it was not to the extent that it could heal all injuries. Gray did not dare to place all his hopes on it.
For example, this time, his body had been weak for two weeks. During this time, although Gray had used the reverse nurturing ability, it had no effect at all. Clearly, the reverse nurturing ability could not heal all injuries.
"Next, let's see if the purple blood fiend's blood beast ability can be successfully implanted!"
After finding a forest near the castle, Gray released the purple blood fiend. His body turned into metal, and the surface of his skin emitted a bronze metallic luster.
Bang!
The purple blood fiend rushed over, its huge purple claws not holding back at all. It clawed at Gray's body.
Gray was sent flying like a meteor. One tree after another was smashed by him. Wood shavings flew everywhere, and the trees fell in a row. He crashed into a huge mountain rock a hundred meters away, shattering it and stopping.
Clang!
Gray removed the gravel from his body and looked at his body. His clothes had been hit by the purple blood fiend's claw. There was a huge hole in his chest, and his skin was clearly exposed.
The exposed skin was bronze in color due to the metalization of his body. However, there was not a single wound on his body, not even where the purple blood fiend's claws had clawed him.
"My defense has indeed increased. If it was in the past, an attack of this level would have been enough to injure me."
The purple blood fiend was a special type of blood fiend with a physical body. Its attack power could reach the special level of the Barbarian Level.
An attack of this level should have left some injuries, even if his body was metalized. However, there were no injuries. This was enough to show that his defense was now much stronger than before.
Crackle!
Crackle! Crackle! Gray did not stop there. He used the lightning metal ability. Suddenly, sharp metal blades with purple lightning appeared around him.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All the metal blades with purple lightning struck down at the same time, but their target was Gray.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
After a series of attacks, Gray's clothes were almost completely shredded. However, there was still not a single wound on Gray's body. There were not even any charred marks.
"It is indeed the same as the purple blood fiend. My defense has reached a level where even a second level Barbarian Level would not be able to damage me."
Gray nodded in satisfaction. This would be an important trump card when he faced the Nahum family.
Although his combat power was not at the level of a Desolate Blood warrior, his strong defense was enough to withstand the attacks of a Desolate Blood warrior. Coupled with the teleportation ability of the purple ring, it would not be too difficult for him to escape from a Desolate Blood warrior.
In fact, by relying on their powerful defense, it was not impossible for them to fight a Desolate Blood Warrior and force them to retreat.
Although the silver rhinoceros' combat power was not comparable to a special Barbarian Level blood fiend, every time it fought a special Barbarian Level blood fiend, the latter would retreat. Gray felt that he could do the same.
Unknowingly, a few months had passed.
In these few months, Gray only went out once. That was when the Red Wing found traces of the Gale Wolf. The rest of the time, he stayed in the castle.
In the outside world, at the border between the Purple Moon Kingdom and the Flame Kingdom, there would be news of border conflicts from time to time.
The most serious one was when the Purple Moon Kingdom and the Flame Kingdom had a conflict of more than a thousand people. More than half of each side were injured or killed. Almost everyone thought that a war would break out, but it was suppressed by both sides.
The turmoil at the border caused all the nobles of the Purple Moon Kingdom to pay close attention to the border.
One day, a letter bird flew into Fergus Castle. After reading the letter, Earl Fergus's expression changed drastically. He immediately called everyone to his study and said with an extremely serious expression.
"A war has broken out!"