Chapter 477 – [Bloodline]!

Although it was supposed to be a check, Lu Yuan was actually clueless about what Sonis had tossed to him.

All he saw was a plain black card with a small golden owl design on one side.

As for whether it actually contained the nine hundred million Duoling Coins Sonis mentioned, it was anyone’s guess.

However, Lu Yuan wasn’t too concerned.

Casually pocketing the card, the killing intent he felt toward Sonis had significantly subsided.

“There’s still two-thirds left. I’ll come back for the rest…”

Lu Yuan said to Sonis with satisfaction.

After speaking, his massive form turned and gradually disappeared into the shadows of the forest behind him.

Sonis’s expression shifted for a moment, then she suddenly took a couple of steps forward and shouted, “We can actually work together on the Life Source Ore!”

“Next time…”

A calm voice carried from afar, and then Lu Yuan’s figure was completely gone from sight.

Sonis coldly stared in the direction where Lu Yuan vanished, and after a moment, she turned around with a blank expression.

She quietly rested on the moss-covered rock she had chosen earlier.

Suddenly, her expression changed slightly, and she raised her right hand to lightly tap her wrist.

“Are you okay?”

A young woman’s voice, filled with worry and urgency, came through the communicator.

“Don’t worry, I’m not hurt.”

Sonis took a deep breath and quickly said, “He was here for the money, and I used the card from Beilin Bank to get rid of him…”

“That’s good.”

Hearing Sonis’s words, the voice noticeably relaxed, then turned somber, “I never thought such a small deal could involve a level 8 expert. This time, we’ve really messed up… sigh…”

“Level 8?”

Sonis shook her head, “No, I can sense that his mental power is definitely not at level 8.

He’s just absurdly strong in some aspects…”

“We’ve suffered such a big loss; this matter won’t be brushed off so easily…”

Sonis’s eyes flashed with cold light as she said, “That guy killed Sea Wolf’s younger brother. Even if we don’t seek trouble with him, Sea Wolf will never let him go.”

“What if he takes the money and leaves Lirva directly? The sea of stars is vast, and we won’t be able to find him…”

The young woman’s voice hesitated.

“Relax, he won’t leave.”

Sonis gave a cold smile and said calmly, “I told him about the Life Source Ore. No one can refuse the temptation of such a great Treasure… Believe me, in less than three days, he’ll come back to find me…”

“When the time comes, whatever he takes in, I’ll make him spit it all out, heart and soul…”

Sonis was speaking with a chilling demeanor.

Suddenly, a pale, slender hand appeared silently behind her, resting on her shoulder with a gentle pat.

The unexpected pat cut her words short instantly, and she jumped as if electrified, bolting forward without looking back.

But Sonis hadn’t gone far before she saw a figure appear before her like a phantom.

It was an elegant and handsome young man, seemingly a bit shy and bashful, who gave her a slight smile.

Sonis was taken aback by the young man’s sudden appearance and instinctively opened her mouth to scream.

However, his arm suddenly lifted, seemingly holding a dark object, which he quickly stuffed into her mouth as soon as she opened it.

“Hmm?!”

Sonis’s eyes widened in shock, and her first instinct was to spit out the foreign object in her mouth.

But the thing was unusually slippery, sliding right down into her stomach the moment it entered her mouth, disappearing without a trace.

“Gag… cough cough cough-“

Sonis knelt on the damp forest ground, desperately trying to gag herself.

But after a while, with tears streaming down her face, no foreign object came out.

Her level 7 mental power checked her body repeatedly but found no abnormal signs.

Looking up, she scanned her surroundings.

The elegant young man who had ambushed her was nowhere to be seen.

Everything that happened in those brief seconds felt like nothing more than an illusion.

Even Sonis couldn’t help but doubt herself.

“Sonis! Sonis! What’s wrong?…”

The still-connected communicator buzzed with the anxious and worried inquiry of the young woman’s voice.

Sonis sat on the ground in stunned silence for several seconds.

Finally, she stood up.

Shaking her head, she replied, “I’m fine…”

Even though nothing dangerous had occurred, the inexplicable strangeness of the situation left Sonis unwilling to stay any longer.

She quickly stood up, summoned her Mecha, and controlled it to soar into the sky, disappearing into the distance.

…

“Now it’s foolproof…”

In a part of the forest, Lu Yuan, playing with the owl black card in his hand, watched the magenta Mecha vanish and murmured quietly.

It must be said, the ability of the [Wind Tamer (Legendary)] was truly useful.

Once the panel was activated, not only was his speed incredibly fast, but he also seemed to become completely integrated into the breeze and airflow.

Even an Expert like Sonis, with level 7 mental power, barely noticed his approach, caught off guard by his “implantation” of the [Seed of Misfortune].

Lu Feng’s transformation had already proven the dominance and power of the [Seed of Misfortune], so Lu Yuan wasn’t at all worried about any ensuing retaliation from the demon grease pirates.

Of course, his main purpose in planting the [Seed of Misfortune] in Sonis wasn’t just to avoid her retaliation but because of…

The Life Source Ore!

“The Life Source Ore… it’s practically the perfect elixir for my current stage…”

Lu Yuan could feel the surge of energy being absorbed and processed within him from the piece of Life Source Ore he had just consumed, a grin of delight and anticipation appearing on his face.

Life Energy was the foundation of all his strength.

If he could secure enough Life Source Ore, supported by abundant Life Energy, his planned strategy for restoring his strength would undoubtedly be significantly shortened.

Moreover, any further enhancement of his powers, including the construction of the Demon God Mech, would require a vast amount of funding.

Now, with the emergence of the Life Source Ore, many problems seemed to have solutions in sight.

“No matter what, this opportunity cannot be missed…”

With a glint in his eyes, Lu Yuan hovered silently in the air before flying toward his mining site.

After unlocking the [Wind Tamer] professional panel, flying was as easy for him as eating or drinking, and his speed even surpassed most small aircraft.

In less than half an hour, Lu Yuan reached the mining site.

The site, after being bombarded by the demon grease pirates, had turned into ruins.

Fortunately, only the warehouses and the miners’ living quarters were affected; the working areas remained intact.

By the time Lu Yuan arrived, Lu Feng was already overseeing the cleanup, coordinating with the people from the Defense Department, and handling the compensation for the miners who had been affected.

The two Transport Ships that had delivered the waste ore had left, but the waste ore itself was left behind.

Lu Yuan had no time to deal with this mess and left everything in Lu Feng’s hands. He then took all the waste ore to a spot several kilometers away from the mining site to begin his cultivation.

Seated cross-legged on a high mound of waste ore, Lu Yuan assessed the gains and improvements from the recent battles.

Throughout the series of battles, he had devoured over a dozen level 4 and level 5 pilots, as well as one level 7 pilot.

The vast Life Energy gained, despite what was consumed in battle, had doubled the size of the core flesh of his body!

Lu Yuan estimated that if the restoration of his body had a progress bar, it would now be close to twenty percent.

This was even after the energy had been partially diverted to nurture a burgeoning inner world within him.

Without the “competition” from the inner world, his recovery could have been even greater.

[Strength Points: 30 (Limit Break 2)]

[Agility Points: 30 (Limit Break 2)]

[Constitution Points: 30 (Limit Break 2)]

[Intelligence Points: 33 (Limit Break 2)]

The restoration of his body reflected on Lu Qiyuan’s physical form, with all four basic attributes returning to the realm of the second limit break.

His intelligence remained the highest, already stepping into level four.

Compared to his significant personal advancement, the enhancement of the Mecha’s form, despite devouring over a dozen Mechas and a level 7 Mecha, was not as pronounced.

“A bottleneck…”

Lu Yuan released his Mecha form and, after carefully sensing it, had to accept a fact-his idea of reconstructing his Mecha form using devouring, while clever, was ultimately too coarse and simple.

The pure stacking of materials had reached a point where the improvement in his Mecha’s defense power was no longer significant.

Because beyond level 7, the enhancement of various performances of a Mecha increasingly depends on the design and construction of the Mecha itself, as well as its synergy with the pilot’s mental power.

For example, Mechas below level 7 are like roughly crafted ordinary weapons. With similar materials, Lu Yuan could easily overpower them.

However, Mechas at level 7 and above are considered “divine weapons,” involving more advanced and complex forging techniques. Material alone is no longer the key factor in determining the power of a weapon.

Trying to compete with these higher-level Mechas using his current Mecha form was becoming a bit of a stretch.

This was evident in his encounters with Sonis and the other level 7 pilot. The same level of attack that could effortlessly crush Mechas below level 7 struggled to even breach the defenses of Sonis’s Mecha.

“Hence, the creation of the Demon God Mech is very necessary. At this stage, I can only compensate for this gap with more advanced skills…”

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered, but he wasn’t overly worried.

Although the increase in the Mecha’s strength had plateaued, many of his powerful techniques were gradually being unlocked as his main body recovered.

“[Pilot (Extraordinary)] has also leveled up, and I’ve accumulated a bunch of skill points and attribute points. If worse comes to worst, I’ll just use them…”

Thinking this, Lu Yuan continued to examine his professional panel.

As he glanced over the [Spirit Devouring: God and Demon Species (Transcendent Mythical)] panel, his gaze suddenly froze.

On one of the progress bars extending from the [Devour] skill, a skill waiting to be unlocked was faintly shining.

“I almost forgot about this!”

A spark of anticipation flickered in Lu Yuan’s eyes.

The [Devour] skill branched into two advanced paths.

One was the devouring flesh path, and the other was the non-flesh devouring path.

From the latter, he had already unlocked the first skill, obtaining the Forging Blueprint for the [Breath of Evil: Wind-Eating Demon God] Mech.

Now, progress in the devouring flesh path had also been made.

A new advanced skill was emerging, ready for Lu Yuan to unlock.

“Unlock.”

Without any hesitation, Lu Yuan spent his skill points to unlock the new ability.

It took a full three skill points, nearly depleting his current pool of skill points, but a skill, glowing with a mysterious blood-red light, emerged-

Lv1 [Bloodline]!

[Bloodline]!

There was no explanation or description, just those two simple words.

When Lu Yuan focused his mental power on those words, he could almost feel a fiery surge from deep within his bloodline, as if it were stirring restlessly.

“Bloodline…”

Lu Yuan murmured the word softly.

“Is it the Bloodline of the Spirit Devourer Clan? Awakening a deeper, more powerful bloodline ability?”

He wasn’t sure.

But…

A simple activation should reveal the answer, right?

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and slowly rose from the mound of waste ore.

Then… he activated the Lv1 [Bloodline] skill!

In an instant.

The fiery aura that Lu Yuan had faintly sensed before suddenly became incredibly clear, as the restless heat within his bloodline surged to the forefront.

The boiling heat exploded from every cell in his body within seconds, threatening to engulf him entirely.

“Ah-“

Even though he had experienced physical destruction before, the sudden searing pain made Lu Yuan cry out in agony.

However, he quickly suppressed the scream.

His cries turned into a low growl, restrained at the back of his throat.

Lu Yuan’s straight body bent forward deeply, curled upright like a shrimp.

He felt a burning heat all over, his fair skin flushed scarlet, and clouds of white steam poured out of every pore.

An indescribable force, as though it came from a primal wilderness, surged and roiled within him, seeking to burst forth.

“Boom!”

The back of Lu Yuan’s shirt suddenly tore open.

Then his shoulders, forearms, and legs…

He could feel his body rapidly expanding, with both his flesh and bones crazily strengthening at an unbelievable pace…

No, it was evolving!

Those long-forgotten and time-buried Bloodline Powers were being rediscovered one by one!

“Roar!”

Lu Yuan let out a low growl, his entire body quickly growing larger and more powerful like a balloon being inflated.

His flesh continually tore apart and reformed.

From his arched spine, sections of white vertebrae pierced through the skin and grew out like spikes.

“Roar!”

Lu Yuan bellowed, sending a visible white wave spreading out from the top of the waste ore mound.

Countless pieces of waste ore under him trembled slightly.

Around him, numerous startled birds took flight from the forest, scattering in all directions.

“Crack, crack-“

Lu Yuan continued to grow taller, with sharp, slender white bone spikes emerging from every joint of his body.

His hair, originally dark brown, transformed into a pure black and rapidly grew longer, cascading down.

Three meters…

Four meters…

Five meters…

When Lu Yuan’s body broke through to a height of twelve meters, an inexplicable tremor arose from the depths of his heart.

He abruptly spread his arms wide.

In an instant.

A massive, indescribable power surged out of him.

The space centered around him seemed to come to a complete halt.

Looking down, he saw that the vast waste ore mound beneath him had somehow silently crumbled.

The countless pieces of waste ore that made up the mound…

Now each floated silently in mid-air, suspended.