The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 41 - Blood Pool

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Blood Pool

Chapter 41 -41 Blood Pool

Because Bai Yi had napped too long yesterday afternoon, she finally managed to fall asleep very late at night.

The next day, unsurprisingly, Bai Yi woke up late.

Upon waking, she stared blankly at the countdown on the panel that showed less than 3 hours left for territory protection.

After recalling what needed to be done today, Bai Yi quickly fused the two genes, Omnivore and Carrion Eater, onto the giant bee beside her.

The compatibility of these two genes with the giant bee was quite high; the fusion was successful with less than 600 Magic Power Value.

The result was a blue talent called Gourmet, which expanded the recipe to include most organic matter.

Stepping out of the tree hole, Zhan Yi and the others were already prepared, each practicing their spells or sword skills.

Bai Yi greeted them and hurried to the Poison Blood Beetle Nest.

[To upgrade the Poison Blood Beetle Nest （1st Rank/Gold）, consume 5 Second Tier Crystal Cores, 100 units of fresh Blood Flesh, 100 units of beast bones, and 10 units of beast skin. Start upgrade?]

[Poison Blood Beetle Nest （1st Rank/Gold） is upgrading; upgraded to directly recruit/produce Second Tier units. Original First Rank units can break through First Rank restrictions. Estimated renovation time: 1 hour, remaining 59 minutes 59 seconds.]

“1 hour renovation time, there’s still time to breed the swarm.

Almost missed it…”

On the panel, the countdown for territory protection was displayed prominently in red, as if fearing no one would notice it.

[Territory protection is about to end. Remaining time: 2 hours and 33 minutes.]

The conspicuous red gradually brought Bai Yi’s rationality back.

“The only worry now is what form the siege will take. If it’s a single-direction attack, that’s manageable.

But if it comes from all directions, then manpower might be insufficient.

Though it’s the first day, with the territory protection gone, even a single-direction attack requires more preparation.”

*Although she hadn’t thought so much yesterday, as the end of territory protection approached, Bai Yi couldn’t help but feel nervous.*

*The firepower was still lacking!*

*It had to be strengthened!*

Bai Yi’s gaze naturally drifted to Zhan Yi, who was training—the skeleton warriors under her command.

She still had a way to quickly swell her forces that she hadn’t yet utilized.

[Blood Pool (1st Rank/Gold): A growing structure, consumes bones to summon the Undead, consumes bones and Crystal Cores to upgrade the Undead. The Blood Pool will produce Blood Crystals after being used a certain number of times.]

The materials consumed weren’t much; the most troublesome, the blood, had been gathered by Zhan Yi and Zhan Er yesterday.

“But doesn’t the Blood Pool ruin the aesthetics a bit?”

Surveying her territory, Bai Yi chose the spot next to the Bone Artifact Workshop.

[You have constructed a Blood Pool, consuming 200 units of fresh Blood Flesh, 200 units of fresh blood, 100 units of bones, 10 units of 1st Rank Crystal Cores. Estimated construction time: 10 minutes, remaining 9 minutes 59 seconds.]

Seeing Bai Yi engaged in constructing a new building, Zhan Yi and the others, who had been training, stopped and curiously gathered around her.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and the new building’s appearance was finally revealed to everyone.

“Master, what is this? It’s all bones and blood—is it a building related to the Undead?”

Zhan Yi spoke first. As an Undead Mage, though still a rookie, she could feel the faint attraction the Blood Pool held over her.

The Blood Pool looked much like the one she had seen in the Karis Cave; a pool full of fresh blood, through which she could see eerie runes etched on the pool’s bottom.

The only difference was the ring of bone spikes surrounding the pool, tall and standing upright.

“Just in time, Zhan Yi, since you’re here, let me introduce this special Undead Mage building to you. It can help you summon the Undead and enhance their power.

Quick, try it out, and see how it works!”

Bai Yi handed over 100 units of 1st Rank bones and piled them to the side.

“But, but I don’t know how to use it…”

Ah, this…

*Bai Yi realized she had overlooked this detail; Zhan Yi was ultimately just a Hero Unit under her command.*

*She, as a lord, indeed had the “instruction manual” for the Blood Pool.*

*The problem was, she wasn’t an Undead Mage, so she couldn’t understand it, let alone explain it.*

*But while Zhan Yi was an Undead Mage, she couldn’t see the “instruction manual”…*

*”Seems like organizing the group consciousness with Zhan Yi and the others should be prioritized quickly, too…”*

But giving up was impossible. Bai Yi pondered for a moment, then noticed the book hanging at Zhan Yi’s waist.

It was a notebook seized from Karis, recording the Undead Spells Karis had researched.

“Right! Zhan Yi, see if Karis’s notebook mentions anything about the Blood Pool?”

Mentioning it, Zhan Yi remembered and promptly flipped open the notebook, quickly browsing through it.

Half an hour later, Bai Yi was getting drowsy when Zhan Yi suddenly exclaimed with delight:

“I found it!”

Bai Yi’s heads up head, like a pecking chick, instantly cleared. She saw Zhan Yi mysteriously chant a string of incantations Bai Yi couldn’t understand.

The previously calm Blood Pool suddenly surged on its own, with tendrils of blood reaching out like living creatures toward the bone pile beside it.

Bloody threads wrapped around the bones, dragging them into the Blood Pool.

After dragging 10 units of bones, everything calmed down. The once-bright red Blood Pool was overlaid with a streak of gray.

No, it was a layer of gray Magic Power covering the Blood Pool!

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The phenomenon lasted for over ten seconds, and then a pale bone hand broke the silence, crawling out of the Blood Pool.

[Skeleton] (1st Rank/Green)

Life Value: 100

Magic Power Value: 20

Level: lv.10 (1st Rank)

Attributes: Strength 10, Spirit 2, agility 5, Constitution 10

Talent:

Skeleton Body (Green): Immune to piercing, bleeding, poisoning, and damage. Receives double spiritual damage.

Skills: None.

[An unremarkable little skeleton yearning for its weapon to fight for its master until the end]

…

“It’s done!”

Seeing the prompt on the panel, Bai Yi knew Zhan Yi’s attempt had succeeded.

10 units of bones produced 1 Skeleton, a reasonably acceptable efficiency.

Even though only 1st Rank Undead could be summoned due to the Blood Pool being only 1st Rank currently,

Bai Yi had a stockpile of over four thousand units of bones!

Even disregarding any weapons, simply summoning 400 unarmed skeletons could hinder the enemy for a while.

“Zhan Yi, coordinate some Skeletons to craft weapons at the Bone Artifact Workshop, and don’t stop operating the Blood Pool.

Since we don’t need to worry about food consumption, summon about 100 as a backup.”

“Yes!”

The newly summoned Skeleton showed no fear at the prospect of its upcoming 007 work, with its eyes burning fiercely with battle intent like a blazing Soul Flame.

Soul Flames: Gah?

And then…

It quickly became the first owner of a Skull Hammer at the Giant Banyan Bone Artifact Workshop, armed with a bone hammer, beginning its 007 journey.

Working from midnight to midnight the next day, seven days a week.

*Life as a Skeleton was indeed full of hope!*

After observing the Skeleton transformation for a while, the Poison Blood Beetle Nest on the other side was finally completed.

[Since your unit type, Poison Blood Beetle, has been enhanced, the Poison Blood Beetle Nest （1st Rank/Gold） has advanced to Poison Blood Beetle Nest （2nd Rank/Gold）. Recruiting Second Tier Beetles requires consuming Second Tier fresh Blood Flesh *1.]

With only 1 hour and 27 minutes left until territory protection ended,

“It’s a pity that the Third Rank ones I’ve killed so far are all Undead Creatures, and they can’t provide Blood Flesh.”

Slightly regretting that she couldn’t keep getting the mutation enhancement from high-tier Blood Flesh, Bai Yi directly took out 100 units of Second Tier fresh Blood Flesh and began the reproduction process.

Reproduction still took ten minutes. Ten minutes later, Bai Yi saw the fully formed Second Tier Poison Blood Beetle.

[Poison Blood Beetle] (2nd Rank/Gold)

Life Value: 450/450

Magic Power Value: 660/660

Level: lv.30 (2nd Rank)

Attributes: Strength 25, Spirit 16 (+50), agility 30, Constitution 30

Talents:

Poison Blood (Gold): Blood within is highly corrosive and has paralyzing effects, causing severe corrosion and paralysis to any that come into contact. Causes 5 points of corrosive damage to the target every second.

Swarm Consciousness (Gold): The Queen (Bai Yi) ascends as a Swarm Conscious and connects with the swarm. Each time the group’s number reaches (10, 100, 1000…), corresponding attribute corrections and additional abilities can be unlocked, providing bonuses to the Swarm Conscious. Current correction:

[Stage 2: Swarm Spirit Attribute +50, Swarm Conscious (Bai Yi) gains 25 points of spirit damage immunity, and spiritual judgment value +50 in spiritual judgments.]

Desperate Will (Purple): Non-lethal wounds won’t kill the Poison Blood Beetle, allowing it to continue fighting before a complete Death, with Life Value +150.

Sturdy Armor (Green): Insect Shell protects the Bloodthirsty Beetle, reducing 5 points of physical damage.

Skills:

Swarm Battle Technique (Gold): Cooperate with comrades for a hunt. Each participant deals 30 points of physical damage. When companions reach (10, 20 … 100), extra (2, 4 … 20) points of physical damage on each attack.

(new!) Spiritual Strong Thought (Pseudo/Purple): Inherited from Swarm Conscious’s Spiritual Series. Gains Spirit Value attribute (160/160) and 1600 shared Spirit Value. Consumes Spirit Value to use Telekinesis, consuming 10~1760 Spirit Value to deal consumed Spirit Value * 2 spiritual damage to the target.

Blood Splash (Purple): Actively injures itself, splashing blood onto the enemy, dealing 10 damage to itself, and causing 5 points of corrosive damage per second to the target, lasting for 5 seconds.

Bloodthirst (Green): Enter a state of Bloodthirsty after consuming Blood Flesh, increasing Strength by 20%, and agility by 20%.

Impact (White): Strikes violently, causing (Strength + agility) points of damage.

[All for the Queen!]

The Poison Blood Beetle, as a Gold-rarity unit type, advanced directly to Full Level 2nd Rank after its upgrade.

However, those originally at 1st Rank remained unchanged, needing to accumulate experience like Bai Yi to level up.

Though they required far less experience than Bai Yi.

With these 100 Second Tier Poison Blood Beetles, Bai Yi’s current unit type holdings successfully broke the 400 mark!

“And they actually got my Spiritual Strong Thought for free?

Well, that’s not bad, at least now the beetles don’t need to injure themselves every time.

Everything’s in place; all that’s left is to wait for the challenge to begin!”

…

Skeleton: A basic Undead Creature with its Soul Flames at its core. They do not complain, nor tire, and as long as there’s a legal source of skeletons, they are among the best quality labor forces…

—— “Aslan Magic Creatures General Knowledge”