Cathulhu Online, MUNYA!

To enter this room, they proceeded through a waterway from the neighboring rooms without falling into random ducts along the way. Had anyone fallen into one of the holes, they would have entered the Sacred Water Ocean Level, where Torrent managed. Fortunately, the trap holes were deactivated when Xiaomao got close, and the trio managed to pass through the dangerous area without a problem.

The pool room\'s floor and pool layout were different here. Instead of having a standard swimming pool at the center of the room, it consisted of a cross-shaped shallow waterway, 16 Jacuzzi tubs, and white floor tiles. No window or a window was present. The only source of light came from other rooms, which featured glass windows.

James had been submerging in one of the Jacuzzi tubs. Next to his pool, another half-naked angel was hibernating in another pool.

Xiaomao and the mermaids climbed out of the waterway and stood on the white floor tiles. They looked into the tubs.

"Why are they like this?" Nymph was confused.

Xiaomao frowned and dipped his finger into James\' pool.

BZZ

Something zapped him. He pulled his hand out.

DING

<The Life Essence of Holy Vampire has rejected you.>

"Holy vampire, munya? Are you going to be undead or holy, make up your mind, munya!?"

After retorting, Xiaomao\'s eyes turned red. He activated the Blood Element Qi inside him to extract a drop of the Life Essence to study.

His way of studying the Life Essence was simple. He simply needed to eat it!

"NIHIL, MUNYA!"

"What?!"

Undine and Nymph looked at Xiaomao in shock. Before they could react, Xiaomao already swallowed the droplet of Life Essence.

RUMBLE

Changes occurred inside him. His Blood Lotus Tree in his dantian wiggling in pain as if it was rejecting the Life Essence. However, one of the Life Essence Sea surged, welcoming the new power.

The Life Essence of the vampire entered the unoccupied Life Essence Sea of Xiaomao. It instantly turned dark as if they became crude oil. Then, the sea produced violet rays of aurora, and a black sprout bud from the middle of the crude oil ocean.

DING

<Your Dark Spiritual Root has become Dark Foundation!>

<All dark-related spells and skills have been derived.>

<You can learn more book spells and book skills.>

<A new spiritual root has been derived from Dark Element Foundation!>

<You have obtained Unholy Spiritual Roots!>

<Due to your personality, bloodline, and recent experience, a new Dao Seed has been derived from the Dark Element Foundation!>

<You have unlocked Dao Seed of True Corruption!>

As Xiaomao had predicted, he gained a new power by eating strange things. Although he failed to awaken a vampire power, he got something nice.

Now, Xiaomao had four foundations and four Dao Avatars. Moreover, his spiritual roots increased.

"Xiaomao, don\'t be reckless! Vomit that thing out!" Undine yelled at Xiaomao, worrying that he might die from the Qi poisoning.

"It\'s fine, munya. I\'ve finished digesting it."

"You, what?!"

Undine touched Xiaomao\'s stomach to feel his Qi. Only then, she realized that Xiaomao had four elemental foundations completed.

"T-This is too fast. How?!" Undine was astonished. When she was young, she had to spend months before she could complete one elemental foundation.

"Let\'s not worry about me and check the pulse of James and this angel. I can\'t touch them, so I need your help, munya."

"…"

Undine still wanted to inquire how Xiaomao managed to digest the vampire\'s Life Essence so fast. But then, she recalled that Xiaomao was a disciple of Taotie, so she put the matter to the back of her head.

The mermaid walked toward James\' tub and manipulated the water. The Holy Vampire\'s Life Essence let out a shrilling noise as if it was resisting Undine\'s power. After a moment, she suppressed the automatic self-defense mechanism of the vampire and sealed the water in an empty tub nearby.

Without the fluid, James could be reached. Xiaomao extended his hand and patted James\' cheek.

"Hey, wake up, munya. What happened to you?"

PA

Although Xiaomao lightly tapped James, he dealt 300 damage and caused a small bruise on the cheek.

"…"

Xiaomao frowned. He adjusted his strength and tried again.

But it was too late. James suddenly snapped open his eyes, revealing his crimson pupils and slit iris. He widened his eyes and looked at Xiaomao\'s face.

"M-Ma-Master?"

"Oh?"

For the first time, James could verbally communicate. Xiaomao was delighted.

"Finally, you can speak, munya! Congrats!"

"I… Where am I?"

James looked around and found himself in a Jacuzzi tub without a drop of water. He tried to sit up, but the lightheadedness sensation glued his head to the tub.

Moreover, James was thirsty. And for some reason, Xiaomao smelled so delicious.

"Master, you look delicious."

Xiaomao\'s expression turned dark. He stared at James\' name and title.

James Greatman, the Holy Vampire Knight, Level 999

This guy got a massive upgrade!

Xiaomao had a wry smile on his face. He worked so hard, but his level was temporarily capped at 699 due to the cultivation method he used. However, this guy just lay here, and he got stronger in an instant.

"The world is not fair, munya!"

Undine and Nymph read Xiaomao\'s thoughts and wanted to refute him. They also had a similar complaint as Xiaomao\'s foundation was more solid than James, but he might only need a month at most to advance to the next stage. In summary, Xiaomao\'s growth ceiling was higher than everybody here, and he progressed only a tad slower than James, yet he complained that the world was not fair.

How about you look in the mirror and cussed yourself?

The mermaids shook their heads. Undine changed the subject.

"Fu De did something to him, and he became like that. Fortunately, Lord Meowmeow rescued him and lessen the damage. Still, he has to live as a vampire for the rest of his life."

"Oh, so?"

Undine pursed her lips, "He needs to drink blood."

"Oh, how nice and romantic, munya."

Xiaomao scoffed and looked at James, who stared at him and drooled like a hungry feral dog. Without saying anything, Xiaomao pinched the tip of his index finger and drew his blood.

Using his blood Qi to multiply his blood cells and fluid, Xiaomao\'s blood gushed out from his fingertip. A second later, James\' Jacuzzi tub was filled with Xiaomao\'s blood. After filling the tub, Xiaomao healed his finger and regenerated his lost blood.

"Enjoy, munya. When you\'ve recovered, meet me at B7."

James didn\'t reply. He opened his mouth and gulped down his master\'s blood as if they were the finest wine.

DING

<The Blood Bond Ritual has been completed.>

<From now on, James Greatman will be your loyal servant. He will never betray you or harm you. If you order him to die, he will do so for you.>

<James Greatman has obtained a new skill - Holy Vampire\'s Oath! As long as he fights by your side, he can withstand any lethal damage at a cost of ten-level reduction. Every time this ability is activated, all his status attributes permanently increase by 10% of his true attributes, then temporarily increase it by 100% until the battle is over. The effects can stack.>

Xiaomao paused and stared at the message panel. He broke a sweat as he imagined how crazy James would be on a battlefield. It was also exploitable as James could purposely decrease his level to gain stats. After decreasing the level, he only needed to farm some EXP and recover his level. Then, he could repeat the process again by getting hit by lethal damage on purpose!

This infinite loop was broken! This ability shouldn\'t have existed in the game!

This guy could potentially become a monster. He was tailored to be a berserker on a battlefield, similar to Wei Zhi who had the samurai class.

"Shepherd is going to envy you, munya."

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Meanwhile, Nymph inspected the next Jacuzzi tub, where a lewd angel had been hibernating inside.

"An angel? What kind of cloth are they?! How lewd!"

Nymph was envious of Cardachion\'s soul-bound armor, which only covered her nipples and a portion of her groin. Moreover, the golden tattoos on her lower belly highlighted her sexiness, which frustrated the mermaid.

"Hubby!" Nymph had enough. She turned to Xiaomao.

"Yeah, munya?"

"Where can I get a groin tattoo?"

"WTF?"

"I want one of that. Look at this bitch!"

"…"

Curious, Xiaomao and Undine peeked into the Cardachion\'s tub. Then, they saw the lewd crest on Cardachion\'s lower belly.

That was not a tattoo. It was a permanent curse crest.

Although it was not explained in the game, Xiaomao had learned it from Mir. All curses and abnormal status effects had a low probability of settling in, making them permanent on any game character. If someone neglected it for too long, those neglected abnormal statuses would form a random crest on the person\'s body and intensify the debuffs and effects.

The heart-shaped crest on that part of the body indicated one abnormal status effect that they disliked.

Estrus

Both Xiaomao and Undine facepalmed.

"Eh, why are you facepalming?" Nymph tilted her head and frowned in confusion.

"Do you want to be permanently horny, munya?" Xiaomao thought of a scenario of how crazy Nymph would be after she got the crest.

"Why? Is it bad?"

Undine had enough. She pulled out a baseball bat and raised it overhead.

"Constellation Domain - Bonkai - SenBONKzakura Kageyoshi!!"

"!!!"

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From that day onward, Nymph stopped asking for a similar tattoo.