"There's something wrong with that sea beast just now."
Returning to the deck, Cladi looked around and spoke with a frown.
Beside him, Radel and Athir, who had returned to their original appearance, also nodded in agreement.
"Although the Minotaur is a relatively rare and powerful sea creature, it is usually only on par with third-class apprentices. Now that they are facing three of us at the same time, their attitude is so tough, which is not in line with their usual style."
Standing quietly aside, looking at Cladi and Radel beside him, Athir spoke.
"Unless... there is something holding this sea beast down, so that it will not give way even if it offends us."
Radel's eyes lit up and he pointed out this possibility.
"It's very likely. After we finish dealing with things here, we'll go down and take a look."
Cladi's eyes lit up as well, and he looked at the two and said, "As for now, let's deal with the remaining sea creatures first."
"After all, the bodies of these sea creatures are worth some magic stones. Especially the body of the bull-headed sea beast is even rarer, and its value is at least more than a thousand magic stones."
He looked at the two of them and spoke with a smile.
"The blood of this minotaur is mine."
Athir suddenly said, "I've been doing some experiments in this area recently, and I need the blood of some powerful creatures to assist me."
As he spoke, he glanced at Radel standing beside him, and was obviously very interested in the blood transformation he had demonstrated before.
On the side, listening to Athir's words, Cladi and Radel also nodded in agreement.
For ordinary wizards, those powerful high-energy creatures are precious, but their blood alone is not of much use and is far less precious than other materials.
They talked here for a while, and then Cladi left first, apparently preparing to deal with some things on the ship, leaving Athir and Radel here.
Watching his figure walking away into the distance, Athir looked around.
At this time, after experiencing the previous attack by a large number of sea creatures, the deck on this side looked a mess, with all kinds of blood and body parts scattered everywhere, and no one knew which side left them.
There were some ordinary sailors around who started cleaning the deck, collecting the blood and flesh and placing them aside.
On the other side of the deck, the minotaur had been salvaged and was lying there quietly. Because the materials on its body were too precious, it had not been cut up yet.
"Let's go over and take a look first."
After standing there for a while and looking at Radel beside him, Athir suggested.
Standing there, Radel had no objection and simply nodded in agreement.
After a while, they walked forward for a distance and then arrived at the corpse of the sea monster.
The vitality of this bull-headed sea beast was too strong, and it struggled for a long time before slowly dying. At this time, the corpse was covered with various wounds of various sizes, and spots of crimson and slightly turbid blood were flowing out, which had not yet dried up.
Looking at this scene, after hesitating for a moment, he gently reached out his hand, dipped his finger in a little blood and held it in front of his eyes to look at it.
"Chip, zoom in." In his mind, he instructed the chip.
In an instant, the vision in front of my eyes began to change, and the blood in front of my eyes began to take on another form.
A large amount of useless impurities, nutrients in the blood, including parasites living in the blood, all appeared before his eyes one by one.
And under the cover of a large amount of tiny substances, at the bottom of the blood, Athir also saw what was contained deeper in the blood.
They were chains of blood, and when magnified a million times, they showed a gray luster.
A large number of blood chains gathered and entangled with each other, but they did not form a complete blood mark, only a small prototype.
"After all, they are just ordinary high-energy creatures. They are far from being comparable to those creatures that have ancient blood in their bodies."
Looking at the blood on his hands, Athir shook his head.
With a gentle wave of his hand, the surrounding energy particles began to slowly gather, directly evaporating the blood on his hand.
After doing all this, Athir walked forward and his right hand began to glow with a faint reddish light.
As the light of magic power flashed, the blood of the sea beast in front of him seemed to be attracted by something and began to condense in Athir's hands.
A large amount of blood slowly condensed, and after a large amount of water in it evaporated, it condensed into pieces of red blood essence, which were carefully collected by Athir.
"Hey, this spell is pretty good." A surprised voice came from the side.
Watching Athir's actions, Radel showed an interested expression on his face: "With this spell, it will be easier to collect blood in the future. I don't have to go through the tedious extraction process anymore."
"Athir, you seem to be very proficient in this area."
He looked at Athir who was busy in front of him and spoke with a smile.
"No, I just did some superficial experiments. I can't compare to you in this area."
Listening to Radel's words behind him, Athir turned around with a smile on his face: "Your previous appearance must have involved a bloodline transformation."
"Yes!" Listening to Athir's words, Radel had no intention of hiding anything: "It was a very thorough transformation operation, and part of the blood of an amphibian was implanted."
He had no intention of hiding it, because even if he didn't say it, with the knowledge of a third-class apprentice, he would be able to guess it sooner or later.
"I've heard of this kind of transformation. It should be very dangerous. Will there be any side effects?"
Standing aside, confirming his thoughts, Athir couldn't help but frowned.
Many wizards have conducted experiments on human body modification, but those who choose to do this on themselves are usually formal wizards, and it is often very dangerous when starting at the apprentice stage.
"no way."
Listening to Athir's words, Radel showed a bitter expression on his face: "I have tried to become a formal wizard once before."
"No wonder." Listening to Radel's words, a glimmer of understanding flashed in Athir's eyes.
According to the records that Athir knew, if a third-class apprentice failed to become a formal wizard, he would most likely die on the spot. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, his potential and vitality would be mostly consumed, and he would not live long.
Looking at Radel's appearance, he obviously doesn't look like he has successfully been promoted. So it is understandable that after failing, he tried to perform human body transformation and even implant blood into his body to gain new vitality.
As for the dangers involved, they are nothing to a dying person.
"It's actually not as dangerous as you think."
Standing there, Radel shook his head: "My mentor happens to be an expert in this area. With his familiarity with this area, although it is a little dangerous for him to transform a third-class apprentice like me, it is not as scary as I imagined."
"That's not easy either." Standing in place, Athir said with some emotion.
The relationships between wizards are often very weak. Apart from the true inheritance relationship, formal wizards may not take their apprentices seriously, even if they are the apprentices they are responsible for. Some formal wizards even treat their apprentices as experimental subjects.
Putting aside the risks involved in the transformation experiment conducted on Radel, the cost of asking a formal wizard to do it alone would probably be enough to make any apprentice heartbroken.
"Let's stop talking about this."
Shaking his head, Radel smiled: "I am very interested in the spell you just used. Judging from your technique, you should be very good at this knowledge. Do you want to exchange it?"
"exchange?"
Athir was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "That's no problem, I'm also interested in your knowledge of blood transformation."
As he spoke, an interested look came across his face.
Athir was indeed very interested in this kind of knowledge.
In the past, with the help of the chip, Athir had obtained some high-purity ancient blood, which has been preserved in his body until now.
These pure ancient bloodlines are of course extremely precious, but Athir is still a little hesitant about their specific use. If he could gain some knowledge about bloodline transformation, perhaps he could try to use these purified ancient bloodlines to conduct transformation experiments in this area.
Even if it is not used on oneself in the end, it is good to be able to use it to train subordinates.
"It's settled then." Radel nodded slightly and spoke.
They chatted for a while there, and after roughly agreeing on the time for the transaction, Cladi in the distance slowly walked towards here.
"What are you talking about?"
Walking closer, he looked at Athir and Radel in front of him and said casually.
"nothing."
Radel shook his head, the iron crutch in his hand dropped to the ground, and then looked at him: "Have you finished your business?"
"It's almost over."
Looking at Radel's expression, Clardi didn't ask any more questions and nodded directly, "Get ready, let's go down and take a look."
"good!"
The other two nodded in agreement.
Soon, they were ready.
Athir and Cladi cast corresponding spells on themselves first, and then slowly went down. However, Radel didn't seem to need any spells at all, and could survive in the sea water for a short time.
"Let's go." A faint spiritual fluctuation sounded, with a unique frequency.
In the sea water, they were unable to speak in a normal way and could only use their powerful mental power to simulate a unique frequency and communicate using a secret language specifically used for casting spells.
In the sea, the three of them looked at each other, and then walked forward at the same time.
As we continue to descend, the surrounding water pressure begins to increase.
However, this sea area is not too deep, only about two or three hundred meters. It may be a bit troublesome for ordinary people, but it is nothing for several third-class apprentices.
(End of this chapter)