Ethan Clark may have some knowledge about vampires, but what he knows is limited to books, and most of those books are vague and ambiguous, unable to truly explain the real essence of vampires. So right now, Ethan Clark doesn’t really understand his own vampire body.

“It looks like I’ll have to figure things out myself. Let’s set some parameters for myself first,” Ethan Clark thought to himself. The sun outside was blazing, and with nowhere to go, he could only study the abilities he had gained after becoming a vampire.

The first ability he possessed was night vision. There’s not much to say about this—he could see objects clearly in the dark.

Next was the ability to drink blood, which also came with the power to identify the concentration and purity of someone’s blood through smell.

For vampires, drinking blood is like how normal people need to drink water—if they go too long without it, they’ll die. Of course, vampires don’t drink blood just to quench their thirst; it can also be used to heal injuries or enhance their own strength...

In addition, Ethan Clark discovered that his physical strength, limb power, bodily agility, and reaction speed had all become much stronger than before.

He also noticed improvements in his hearing, sense of smell, vision, and insight.

Ethan Clark was always sensitive to numbers and logic—after all, back in the capital, he was considered a renowned scholar.

So, he began to tally up the changes in his body. For example, compared to before, how much had his physical strength increased?

After some rough calculations, Ethan Clark came to a conclusion:

After becoming a vampire, his physical strength was about one hundred and twenty percent of what it used to be, or 1.2 times greater.

The strength of his limb muscles, bodily agility, and coordination were also about 1.2 times what they were before.

His reflexes and reaction speed were also about 1.2 times better than before. (This is just an estimate, not based on hard data.)

In other words, all aspects of his physical abilities were somewhat better than before. Don’t underestimate this small improvement—at this rate, Ethan Clark could at least take down two people with the same physical strength as his former self.

As for hearing, Ethan Clark couldn’t estimate it precisely, but he could roughly judge that it was about ten times stronger. His vision now allowed him to see in both day and night, thanks to his night vision, but he didn’t dare look directly at sunlight.

His sense of smell was also about ten times stronger—after all, the stench of corpses in this graveyard was always overwhelming.

The greatest enhancement was in his hearing. When Ethan Clark first became a creature of darkness, his hearing was already about ten times better than before. Now, with his vampire abilities stacked on top, his hearing was at least twenty times stronger—he could even hear the sound of a butterfly flapping its wings from far away.

On top of that, the sorcery he had painstakingly cultivated for ten years was still intact. He could still refine death energy, and if he had enough materials, he could even perform corpse resurrection spells.

There was also a surprise: Ethan Clark had acquired Grace Bennett’s fire control ability. Here’s how that came about:

For his first corpse resurrection spell, one of the ingredients was a vial of a woman’s menstrual blood. In the resurrection process, this blood would grant the corpse the abilities possessed by its original owner.

Ethan Clark could have used the blood of those maids, but their blood didn’t have any special abilities, so the resurrected corpse wouldn’t have any powers either. That’s why Ethan Clark went to great lengths to obtain Grace Bennett’s blood. As for how he got it... well, let’s not go into detail...

Ethan Clark used Grace Bennett’s blood to resurrect himself, and after becoming a vampire, he also inherited the abilities he had when he revived himself with sorcery. So now he had a bit of a talent for controlling fire, but since no one had taught him how to use it, he didn’t know how to wield the power of fire.

After figuring out the general condition of his body, the sun he so despised finally set. When night fully fell, Ethan Clark’s eyes gleamed, and he looked extremely excited.

Ethan Clark had his own business to attend to—he didn’t want to be like some vampires who always stayed in one place. So at night, he chose to leave, planning to travel a bit each night, head to the Kingdom of Fenluo, and retrieve his mother’s keepsake.

Chapter 015: Pure-Hearted Maiden

“Speaking of which, aren’t vampires supposed to be able to transform into bats? How exactly does that work? I can’t just walk everywhere on foot like this, a vampire who dares to travel at night...” Ethan Clark muttered to himself.

He remembered that all vampires had this ability, but he just didn’t know how to use it...

The vampire race is known as the Blood Clan. Generally, when the Blood Clan recruits new members, the vampire who turns someone else into a vampire is called the elder. Elders are supposed to take care of the members they create, teach them the Blood Clan’s rules, instruct them in their abilities, and regulate their behavior...