948 Prepare for War (1/2)
This time, Chen Xiaobei did not absorb the blood essence and the souls of the dozen of men. He chose to claim the merit points instead.
He had done so because he had already used up a sum of merit points to purchase the raw ingredients to make Heavenly Dog Biscuits. After killing Yap Tianlin and his men, not only was he able to replenish all of the merit points that he had used, he was able to earn a little extra.
After he had spoken to Xiao Tianquan, Chen Xiaobei discovered that merit points were very important. But it was equally essential to absorb blood essence and souls to power up his Chaos Blood Sword. This created a 'can't have your cake and eat it' problem. Chen Xiaobei could only choose one or the other. That meant that he had to give up one for the other.
But Chen Xiaobei did not make a fuss of it.
Just like health and combat power, Chen Xiaobei was aware that he would need to find a balance between merit points and powering up his Chaos Blood Sword. Since he had just recently used merit points, Chen Xiaobei would need to replenish it first. Before heading for Japan later on, he would need to focus on powering up his Chaos Blood Sword because he would need all the power he had to defeat some mighty enemies.
After the battle in Bei Xuan Faction, the Chaos Blood Sword absorbed hundreds of enemies' blood essence and souls! That included thirty-five Silver-Winged Myrmidons! A single hit from it was equivalent to an 80,000 combat-power attack!
That was definitely a great help.
If you must know, the biggest trump card in Chen Xiaobei's treasure chest was the nuclear bomb he harvested from the US army carriers! This thing could kill a demi-god but it could also tear Chen Xiaobei into a million pieces.
That was why Chen Xiaobei would only choose to use it under life-threatening circumstances! And because of that, Chaos Blood Essence became Chen Xiaobei's second most important trump card! The more power he invested in the Chaos Blood Sword, the more things he could do in Japan.
After he had settled things here, Chen Xiaobei brought Lan Mengcheng back to Bei Xuan Faction.
The truth was exposed. Bei Xuan had become the safest place to be at now.
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”Crap! I can't get through to Tianlin! I can't get hold of the men sent to kidnap Lan Mengcheng either!”
In the Zhuang household.
Yap Jianming, who had been waiting for news from his son, was overwrought.
”Brother Yap, don't panic.” Zhuang Hao comforted, ”I have already sent Elder Su to check up on things. He should be arriving at the designated warehouse about now!”
Situ Hengfeng added, ”This time, we made sure to keep everything quiet. No one on the outside knew about it. It should be fine!”
Ring!
Ring!
Ring!
Zhuang Hao's phone rang.
”Look! Speak of the devil! It's Elder Su!”
Zhuang Hao smiled and picked up the call.
Elder Su's voice was heard over the phone.
But before he had completed his first sentence, the smile on Zhuang Hao's face stiffened. His pupils contracted and he kept swallowing.
”Master Zhuang! What is it? Why do you look like that…” Yap Jianming's heart pounded in his ears, prompting him to shout, ”What the hell happened! Don't scare me like that!”