Chapter 949: A Second Hovering Blood Essence Crystal (2/2)

After that, he hunted the Monster Geckos daily, only targeting the two weakened villages. Though, Krune noticed a King accompanied by two Mutants on the battlefield, looking at the thicket of bone trees that grew in the place.

They had been lured by the two massive fruits and one colossal fruit that were beginning to grow in the place. Krune decisively avoided the place, intending to work on his task first. He had yet to digest his gains. Plus, he had just begun to target the other three villages.

So, it wasn't the time to target them yet.

With each passing day, Krune's reserve of Blood Essence Crystals continued to increase. He then arrived at the cave with the Monster Gecko King, glancing at its mouth that had been propped open by the tools he had fixed in place.

Dragging an alive Monster Gecko with him, Krune slashed its neck and caused its blood to flow into the Monster Gecko King's mouth. When it was done, he dropped in a couple of fruits harvested from the forest.

By killing the other Monster Gecko King, Krune obtained the passive, 'Monster Gecko Blood.'

It wasn't anything impressive other than making his blood cold. If Krune extracted his blood, he could store them in capsules and use them as attacks to freeze his opponent. They were fairly potent.

In any case, Krune wasn't satisfied with it. Rather, he wished to obtain another passive ability around the level of Ocean Heart. Even though he knew the likelihood of obtaining something like that was almost impossible, he still wished to try it.

And now, he was planning to increase the concentration of the Monster Gecko's blood essence in the body of the Monster Gecko King. This way, any passive ability it granted would be stronger than Monster Gecko Blood.

That was Krune's plan.

He was able to judge what type of ability he would obtain as a passive ability. The Monster Geckos were able to remain still like rocks, can walk over cliffs like it was normal ground, can perceive heat, and had freezing blood.

Among them, as the Monster Gecko King lacked limbs, Krune could determine that he wouldn't be getting the ability to remain still like rocks or walk over cliffs from it. The only ones he would obtain would be between heat perception and freezing blood.

Among them, Krune had no liking towards heat perception. He already had the Neon Radiance to see with his sight and the Sonic Radar to perceive everything in his surroundings. On top of that, the range of Sonic Radar only continued to increase as his strength improved.

So, obtaining another perception-related ability was only a waste. Instead, Krune was hoping to obtain a stronger version of the Monster Gecko Blood. At least, he would be able to set up nice traps using its freezing property.

Moreover, if he ever drifted into cold currents in the ocean, he would survive. Thinking as such, Krune continued to feed the Monster Gecko King massive fruits from time to time, made it drink the blood of its brethren, and even fed it Blood Essence Crystals occasionally. Thanks to its robust body, it was able to handle everything he stuffed into it.

To ensure he wouldn't obtain thermal perception, Krune blinded the Monster Gecko King, increasing the chances for him to obtain the Monster Gecko Blood ability.

As days passed in such a fashion, Krune noticed the Rope Bush had begun to grow in his boat. He also sneaked into the second village and robbed the box with the yarn from there. He also brought the soil and Rope Bush fruit that was in the cave under the throne.

This way, he could grow two Rope Bushes in his boat, enough for all his needs.

As for the situation between the three other villages, Krune had no luck. Since they were positioned closer to one another, his risks were too great. On top of that, he couldn't affect them too much in the time he had left. Sighing, Krune just focused on obtaining more Blood Essence Crystals. Moreover, he also had to recover his expended crimson rings before he returned to the ocean.

Eventually, when he felt that there were only around ten days of his stay left on the Primary Landmass, Krune made an incision on the Monster Gecko King's body and connected it to a wilting bone tree. This time, the moment the wilting bone tree came in contact with its blood, its wilting almost stopped.

It hadn't stopped completely. Rather, the wilting process had paused until it finished absorbing everything in the Monster Gecko King's body. It had to be attributed to the sheer density of energy circulating in its body. After all, if it had retained its limbs, it would have become a Monster Gecko Emperor by now. Krune had fed it too much that its body had begun to emit a suffocating presence.

After absorbing its body, the bone tree wilted after a day, turning into bone powder. Krune then dug through it, failing to notice anything on the ground. Realizing something, he smirked, brushing the bone powder at the top as he saw a tiny gem hover before him, emitting a cold white radiance.