This was the Rank 3 Blood Path Gu, the Blade-Winged Blood Bat!
It was also one of Lin Feng’s main offensive methods.
Speaking of the Blade-Winged Blood Bat, one naturally had to mention the infamous Rank 5 Gu, Blood Droplet.
The Blood Droplet was about the size of a grape and resembled a mosquito.
Its entire body was blood-red, and its strange appearance gave it an extremely sinister appearance.
Blood Droplets mainly fed on the blood of Gu Masters.
After consuming enough blood, they could reproduce rapidly, causing their numbers to increase at an astonishing rate.
One became two, two became four, four became eight.
When there was absolutely no food available, the Blood Droplets would begin killing and devouring each other on a large scale.
This not only solved the food shortage but also reduced their population to a sustainable size, killing two birds with one stone.
As the predecessor of the Blood Droplet, the Blade-Winged Blood Bat could also reproduce by consuming fresh blood.
However, unlike the Blood Droplet, it did not require the blood of Gu Masters.
The blood of ordinary beasts was enough to sustain its reproduction.
Once the Blade-Winged Blood Bats multiplied and formed a large swarm, their collective combat power would far surpass that of an ordinary beast pack of the same size.
This swarm of Blade-Winged Blood Bats numbered in the thousands.
Like a hurricane, they swept across the battlefield, their blade-like wings slicing through flesh as they sucked the blood of their prey.
In the blink of an eye, miserable howls erupted from the owlcats below.
“Unfortunately, the Blade-Winged Blood Bat doesn’t possess the terrifying reproductive ability of the Blood Droplet.
It can only reproduce by killing wild beasts and absorbing their fresh blood.
Moreover, the number of offspring produced each time is far smaller than that of the Blood Droplet.”
“But that’s fine.
I need fresh blood to cultivate the Blood Path anyway, so I can’t possibly give all of it to them.”
He stood atop the boulder with his hands behind his back, looking down at the bloody scene below.
Instead of showing the slightest discomfort, a faint smile appeared on his face.
Lin Feng had not only allowed Jia Jinsheng to lure beast packs toward the caravan, weakening them so he could collect the blood of the Gu Masters who died in battle, but also had no intention of wasting the surviving beasts.
Once the beast packs were severely weakened, he would use them as food to breed and expand his swarm of Blade-Winged Blood Bats.
“Come back!” Lin Feng waved his hand, and the countless Blade-Winged Blood Bats immediately transformed into streams of bloody light and returned to the Bat-Pattern Gu on his back.
The Bat-Pattern Gu was an Enslavement Path Gu specially used to store and control bat-type beasts.
It could hold tens of thousands of bats, making it extremely useful for Gu Masters who commanded large bat swarms.
However, the Bat-Pattern Gu also had obvious drawbacks.
It could only store bat-type beasts, greatly limiting its uses.
More importantly, activating it consumed the Gu Master’s life essence, and prolonged use would gradually weaken the body.
Fortunately, Lin Feng was a Blood Path Gu Master, so he did not need to worry too much about the consumption of essence blood.
Moreover, among the Gu available to him, the Bat-Pattern Gu was already the best choice for storing his Blade-Winged Blood Bats.
Gu Masters who specialized in Enslavement Path and controlled large groups of wild beasts would usually choose beast-pattern Gu specifically designed to store their beast groups.
These Gu lived directly on the Gu Master’s skin and appeared in the form of tattoos.
For example, the Wolf-Pattern Gu was specially used to store wolf-type beasts.
It attached itself to the Gu Master’s skin, and every wild wolf stored within it would appear as a wolf tattoo on the Gu Master’s body.
Many Gu Masters who specialized in Enslavement Path chose beast-pattern Gu that matched the type of beasts they controlled, allowing them to keep their elite beast groups with them at all times.
When needed, the Gu Master could summon these hidden forces with a single thought, releasing their elite beast groups to fight for them anytime and anywhere.
However, Lin Feng was a Blood Path Gu Master.
The Blade-Winged Blood Bats were only one of his offensive methods, so he had no intention of investing too much time and resources into Enslavement Path.
Naturally, he would not spend a large amount of primeval stones on an expensive Beast-Pattern Gu.
The area was littered with owlcat corpses, their bodies torn apart and shriveled after having their blood drained.
The gruesome sight was enough to send chills down anyone’s spine.
“I can’t waste the remaining bones.
I’ll keep them for now.
They should come in handy when I refine Bone Path Gu in the future.”
Lin Feng smiled slightly.
A milky-white Gu shaped like a small snuff bottle slowly rose from his hand, surrounded by a faint white halo.
Under the illumination of the halo, the bones scattered across the ground gradually melted into a milky-white liquid.
Streams of the liquid gathered together, rose into the air, and were continuously absorbed by the Gu.
This was one of the greatest advantages of cultivating both Blood Path and Bone Path.
Resources for these two paths were easy to obtain and could be collected almost anywhere.
After all, blood and bones were essential parts of nearly every living creature.
As long as Lin Feng continued killing, he would never lack resources for cultivating either path.
With resources available almost anywhere, Blood Path and Bone Path Gu Masters could sustain their cultivation through battle, growing stronger by killing enemies and taking their blood and bones as cultivation resources.
The more they killed, the more resources they obtained, and the stronger they became.
Like a snowball rolling downhill, this cycle could quickly grow out of control.
This was one of the main reasons Blood Path was classified as part of the Demonic Path.
Once a Blood Path Gu Master was discovered, righteous path Gu Masters would usually hunt them down and kill them before they had the chance to grow stronger.
As for why Bone Path was not prohibited while Blood Path was, the reason was simple.
Blood Path possessed one terrifying advantage that Bone Path could not match.
When ordinary Blood Path materials were gathered in enormous quantities, sheer accumulation could eventually lead to a qualitative change.
Under certain conditions, even ordinary blood gathered in sufficient quantities could qualify as an immortal material and be used to refine Immortal Gu.