He couldn't feel anything!
After drinking the gemstone beast's blood, Gray didn't feel anything. He didn't feel any pain, numbness, or burn … To be precise, all his senses had disappeared. He had lost the ability to feel anything!
Lying in the bathtub, it was as if his body had been petrified. Other than his brain, which could still think, he couldn't do anything else.
In this state where he couldn't feel anything, he couldn't even move a finger or open his eyes. It was as if his body didn't belong to him anymore.
If an enemy were to attack him at this moment, the only thing he could do was to watch as the enemy's weapon pierced through his body. He wouldn't even feel any pain because at this moment, he no longer had any feelings.
This wasn't a good state. Although he didn't feel any intense pain, numbness, or burn like he usually did after swallowing the blood, he had lost control of his body. If he were to encounter an unexpected situation, he would die a horrible death.
After more than half an hour, Gray's senses slowly recovered. At the same time, a wave of fatigue hit him. This was normal after every time he swallowed the blood.
Although he couldn't feel anything during the transformation, after the end of the transformation, the side effects of the transformation didn't disappear. Instead, they started to feed back to him.
After resting for a while, Gray walked out of the bathtub. He took out a set of noble clothes with a deep sapphire embedded in the bow tie and put it on. He walked out of the bathroom and went to the training room.
"I'll have to forget about the earth ability test!"
Looking at the training room built with golden-red metal, Gray shook his head slightly and gave up the idea of testing his newly acquired earth ability here.
Although the training room was built with some kind of alloy and had been reinforced by runes, he estimated that it would be difficult for it to withstand his attack, even if it was just a single attack. After all, he was now at the first stage of the King level.
"I wonder if the gemstone ability and metallization ability can form a mixed ability …"
With anticipation in his eyes, Gray felt the bloodline ability in his blood.
When the bloodline ability merged with the body, it would release some signals to let the body feel the existence of the ability. Under normal circumstances, as long as he felt carefully, he would know what abilities he currently controlled.
Of course, this kind of knowledge was quite vague, and it was impossible to have absolute knowledge. He could only sense the existence of this ability, and at most, he could know a little about the ability's bias.
After all, a bloodline ability was just a kind of ability. It couldn't speak, and the only reason it could be understood by its owner was just a natural feedback after fusing with the bloodline.
"No petrification ability!"
After sensing all his abilities, Gray didn't find the Gem Petrification ability that should have existed in his body after he swallowed the Gem Beast's blood. He wasn't surprised by this situation, but was happy instead.
The characteristic of the metamorphosis ability was that when the newly acquired ability could combine with the original ability in the body to form a stronger ability, it would mutate and form an even stronger ability.
Currently, he did not sense the Gem Petrification ability, which meant that the Gem Petrification ability had most likely merged with other abilities to form an even stronger ability.
"If it's mixed with the Gem Petrification ability, the metallization ability is the most likely because both of them strengthen the body. Let's see if the metallization ability is still there."
Carefully sensing his body, Gray searched for the metallization ability in his body. Soon, the joy on his face became even more apparent.
"The metallization ability also disappeared!"
The metallization ability that originally existed in his body had disappeared, which confirmed his guess that the Gem Petrification ability and the metallization ability had combined to form an even stronger ability.
He narrowed his eyes and carefully sensed every ability in his body, sensing the new ability. Soon, he sensed a brand new ability.
"Alloy ability, a body strengthening ability similar to the metallization ability and the Gem Petrification ability. It can continuously strengthen the body's defense by consuming the power of blood."
This was the characteristic of this ability that Gray sensed. The reason why it was called alloy ability was not because it had a name, but because this ability was a combination of the metallization ability and the Gem Petrification ability. It was named based on this characteristic.
In his previous life, alloy was a special metal formed by the fusion of many metals, or metal and non-metal. The combination of the metallization ability and the Gem Petrification ability was equivalent to the fusion of metal and non-metal, so naturally, it was called alloy ability.
"Alloy ability."
Using the alloy ability, Gray's body suddenly shone with a metallic luster. It was a silver-gray luster with a hint of gray within the silver.
It was slightly different from the metallization ability. Originally, when he was a King, after using the metallization ability, the surface of his skin should have shone with a silver metallic luster. However, this alloy ability, which was a combination of the metallization and the Gem Petrification ability, was silver-gray in color.
"I wonder how strong my defense will be!"
Gray's metallized finger tapped his left arm. Suddenly, there was a metallic clang. However, this was obviously not enough to test how strong his defense would be after the alloy ability.
"It should be at least comparable to a defensive King who has gone through three evolutions, right?"
Gray thought to himself.
Originally, before the alloy ability was formed, the metallization ability could increase his defense to the level of a defensive King who had gone through two evolutions.
Now that the alloy had become even stronger, its defense would increase by a large margin. Therefore, its defense would definitely be comparable to a defense King that had undergone three transformations. It might even exceed the defense of a defense King that had undergone three transformations.
The combination of abilities was not as simple as one plus one. After the combination, the ability or defense would increase by several times. It was possible to exceed the level of a peak King who had gone through three evolutions and reach the level of Magic Light.
"As for how strong it will be, I'll only know when I fight!"
After removing the alloy ability from his body, Gray suddenly looked forward to the upcoming battle with the fifth faction's Magic Light warriors.
Last time, being able to kill Blair Blaze, who had reached the level of Magic Light, was mostly due to luck. Under normal circumstances, it was very likely that he and Difoni Violet would have lost.
This time, it would be a true battle with the Magic Light warriors because the fifth faction would definitely be prepared and prepared. Whether or not they could compete with the Magic Light warriors would be determined by the upcoming battle.
In the garden of the palace, there was a pavilion built with white jade as the center.
Gray, Sophia, Francis, and Hillya sat in the pavilion. On the white jade table beside them, milk tea with ice and vegetables and fruits emitted a refreshing aroma.
After taking a sip, the mellow fragrance of the milk tea, the refreshing taste of the summer vegetables and fruits, and the cool feeling mixed together to form a unique taste. It was a perfect match for the slightly hot weather outside.
Gray and the other three in the pavilion were each doing their own thing.
Francis was wiping a long spear with a towel. The spear was black with many silver patterns on its black surface, like a silver plant wrapped around the spear.
A hint of danger faintly exuded from the spear, indicating that it was a silver weapon. After becoming a King, Francis was obviously bestowed a silver weapon by the royal family and had a silver weapon of his own.
Sophia and Hillya sat opposite each other on both sides of a chessboard, playing chess.
The chessboard was black and white in color. It was similar to Western chess but different. Each side had 20 chess pieces, and the types of chess pieces were named according to the characteristics of the world.
Gray was flipping through a rare leather book. On the stone table in front of him, there were several other rare books of the same leather texture.
He heard from Francis that the royal family had obtained books about mixed-ability blood beasts, so he asked Sophia to help borrow the relevant books from the royal family's library.
"Aren't you nervous at all?"
Francis had put away his spear at some point. He looked at Gray and asked curiously.
As a King, he would also be going to the Scarlet Kingdom's capital this time. Knowing that they were going to confront the fifth faction with the Magic Light warriors, he could not calm down. Those were the Magic Light warriors, and if he was not careful, he might be left there forever.
Hearing Francis's question, Sophia and Hillya could not help but stop playing chess and look at Gray.
Sophia's gaze was faintly worried. Although she was playing chess, she had been quite restless and had lost several games in a row.
Hillya's gaze was curious. In the eyes of many of the younger generation, the other party was a "legend". The other party's growth was amazing. She was really curious whether the other party was nervous or not.
"How can I not be nervous? But even if I'm nervous, it's useless."
Putting down the book, Gray shrugged. He was a man, not a god. As long as he was a man, he would inevitably feel nervous when facing a powerful enemy. It was just that he suppressed this emotion.
In any case, a trip to the Scarlet Kingdom's capital was inevitable. Since there was no escape, the only thing he could do was to be fully prepared.
And now, he was fully prepared and had raised his current strength to the limit. Since that was the case, what he could do was to relax as much as possible to avoid excessive nervousness affecting his combat state.
"Are you confident?"
After a slight hesitation, Sophia pursed her red lips and asked.
Gray looked at Sophia and looked at her for a moment. Then, he smiled slightly.
"Don't worry, you know my life-saving means. Even if I can't beat them, I'm still confident in protecting myself!"