220: An Extreme Bloodline

An Extreme Bloodline

This was not the first time that Lu Tianzi had peeked into the memories of others, seeing the world through their senses.

However, considering how he had never possessed autonomy over his own movements or actions, Lu Tianzi had always believed that he was just a spectator in these worlds, spying on the past through the lenses of the present.

Yet at this very moment, the sharp gaze of the six winged griffin seemed to pierce through the very fabrics of time, staring straight at Lu Tianzi of the present.

For the very first time, he had been discovered.

This abrupt development caused Lu Tianzi to be shocked, but he did not panic.

Worst comes to worst, he could simply retract his perception from this world, sacrificing that one drop of blood essence that he had invested.

No matter how powerful it was, Lu Tianzi refused to believe that the six winged griffin would be able to chase after him!

The loss of that drop of blood essence would end up having a slight impact on his future potential, but having a method to retain his life was still reassuring nonetheless.

Since he had already been discovered, Lu Tianzi decided to just push on ahead.

Enduring the overwhelming pressure that was coming from the six winged griffin, Lu Tianzi focused once again.

From his earlier experience, Lu Tianzi could already feel how close he was to succeeding.

The griffin that Lu Tianzi's consciousness was residing in screeched in pain, desperately prostrating with its head down and not daring to match the gaze of the six winged griffin.

But even though its eyes were closed, that did not restrict Lu Tianzi from sensing the world around him. His perception continued to stretch out towards the six winged griffin, painting a portrait of it in his mind.

This trace of perception was so faint that it was almost unnoticeable, but the six winged griffin picked up on it easily.

In response, the six winged griffin started to make its way towards Lu Tianzi.

Boom-!

With each step that it took, the pressure on Lu Tianzi's psyche became exponentially heavier.

Shrill cries of excitement came from the other griffins gathered around them, as though all of them were excited that their king was about to make its move. Those nearer to Lu Tianzi hurriedly retreated, not wanting to be caught up in this matter.

Boom-!

Another step.

The strain on Lu Tianzi's mental strength only grew larger and larger, until the pain was so excruciating that it felt like someone was pressing down on his brain.

Despite that, Lu Tianzi pushed on.

The six winged griffin took casual steps forward, but distance seemed to have lost meaning under its feet.

Boom-!

A distance of almost a hundred metres was covered in just three steps. With that, the six winged griffin was now standing right before Lu Tianzi.

From where he was, Lu Tianzi could sense the perfect physique of the six winged griffin.

Yes, perfect.

Even as it stood there nonchalantly, there was not a single opening to be found. It was simply devoid of weaknesses, naturally emitting an aura that commanded reverence and worship.

It was as though the six winged griffin was a divine beast, a true god of the wilds.

In comparison, the name God of Pestilence was simply embarrassing to say the least.

The six winged griffin looked down at the prostrating griffin, but its gaze was directed at Lu Tianzi within.

At this moment, its eyes were not filled with malice, but intrigue.

From the start, the six winged griffin had never considered Lu Tianzi an enemy.

When it first discovered Lu Tianzi's existence, it had also gotten an approximate gauge of his strength, and the disparity in their levels was far too great.

It was like a speck of dust being compared to the blazing sun.

Even if it stood still for years, allowing Lu Tianzi to do whatever he wanted, Lu Tianzi would still be unable to harm even a single feather on its body.

Not just that, but Lu Tianzi would even fall to the aura that it emitted naturally, just like how a speck of dust would inevitably be incinerated when nearing the sun.

The only reason that Lu Tianzi could still withstand its aura at such close proximity was because Lu Tianzi was currently borrowing the shell of the griffin.

Had he been in his own body, he would have collapsed long ago!

Towards such an inferior existence, the six winged griffin simply did not feel the need for caution.

Instead, all it wanted to know was how, and why, Lu Tianzi managed to slip into the prostrating griffin without hurting it one bit.

The six winged griffin raised its left talon and reached out towards Lu Tianzi, ready to forcibly pull Lu Tianzi's consciousness out from within the griffin.

But just as it stretched its talon out towards the prostrating griffin, the six winged griffin paused.

The separate consciousness that was resided in the prostrating griffin had suddenly vanished without a trace…

***

Lu Tianzi slowly opened his eyes.

He was standing at the peak of a mountain, watching the vast barren lands extend endlessly before him.

Wait, was it a mountain?

No, the ground was flat. It was a flat land that was… full of lush greeneries?

Wait, that was not it either.

A huge valley extended out to his left, with water streaming down from the mountain before him, feeding the spiritual plants by the side.

He watched as a giant bird flew out from the peak of the mountain, and turned into a pile of bones mid-flight. Even before the bones could fall to the ground, it had scattered into dust, carried away by the winds.

When he turned back, the valley was no longer there, once again replaced by flat land.

Lu Tianzi watched on. But the more he did, the more confused he became.

There was simply no making sense of what was happening around him.

And then his body moved.

Boom-!

The world around him seemed to warp, as though this single step that he just took had completely ignored the laws of this world.

At the same time, an intense pain assaulted his mind, at a level that was simply beyond his bearable threshold.

Lu Tianzi did not hesitate, directly pulling his perception out of this world.

***2

His eyes shot open, unsurprised to see that the world around him had changed once again.

The heavy downpour continued falling, as though this storm would never end.

Looking around him, Lu Tianzi finally calmed down a little.

Even though the pain from before had yet to fully subside, he was at least back in his own skin, sitting before the dead God of Pestilence.

His psyche had taken a huge hit at the end. Thankfully, he had retreated before it was too late, thereby minimising the damage that he received. Had he taken the brunt of it, it would probably take quite a long while before he could fully recover.

The narrow escape had shaken Lu Tianzi a little, but it did not stop him from moving on to what was important.

Right now, what he needed to focus on was the globe of blood essence floating above him.

This globe of blood essence had become much smaller as compared to before, reduced from the size of a coconut to that of an apple.

Still, Lu Tianzi was not alarmed.

He could sense that although the quantity of blood essence had reduced drastically, the quality of it had clearly skyrocketed beyond measure!

Lu Tianzi had already done whatever he could, and there was no reason to wait any longer.

Driving his Essence energy as per the Primal Bloodline Absorption Technique, the globe transformed into a small stream of blood essence, reaching down towards Lu Tianzi's forehead.

It pierced through Lu Tianzi's glabella, entering his body without resistance.

Once it had entered his body, Lu Tianzi guided this stream of foreign blood essence towards his heart, planning to introduce it bit by bit into his blood stream.

Everything went smoothly, until the moment when the first drop of blood essence entered his blood stream.

Sizzle-!

It was as though a bonfire had been lit inside of him, directly burning him from the inside!

His inner organs, heart, lungs, flesh, blood vessels, nothing was spared. Everywhere that his blood vessels extended to, this same burning sensation would be there, brought about by the introduction of a completely foreign, yet ridiculously powerful bloodline.

Faced with such excruciating pain, Lu Tianzi could do nothing but grit his teeth and endure in silence, trying his best not to scream out loud.

But despite his pain, the process must continue.

Once the assimilation process began, it could no longer be stopped. Otherwise, Lu Tianzi would receive a powerful backlash that could deal him a severe injury.

That was exactly what made the absorption of a primal beast's bloodline so dangerous.

Of course, Lu Tianzi was not intending to stop anyway.

He understood that the pain was the body's natural reaction to the invasion of a foreign entity, and was a necessary step in the absorption process.

Only by overcoming this pain, overcoming the threat of the foreign bloodline, would he be able to finally tame this foreign entity, making it a part of himself.

And truth be told, this was actually not an unfamiliar feeling to Lu Tianzi.

When Lu Tianzi was refining his eyes to set a foundation for the Limitless Mirror Eyes, he had felt as though his eyes had been set on fire.

This time, the scale was much larger, encompassing his entire body, and the pain was more intense as well.

But perhaps it was because he at least had some practice?

While it was still an excruciating level of pain, Lu Tianzi did not find it completely intolerable, especially when compared to the hit to his psyche just a moment ago.

Sinking into a state of deep meditation, Lu Tianzi fully concentrated on resisting the pain, refusing to succumb to it.

Lu Tianzi did not know how much time had passed.

All he knew was that when he opened his eyes, the heavy downpour had already stopped, revealing a warm sunlight that shone down on the wet floor.

After inspecting himself with his perspection, Lu Tianzi let out a sigh of relief.

It was finally over, and he had succeeded.

The blood running through his veins were now slightly different as compared to before, emitting an ancient aura that commanded reverence and worship.

Lu Tianzi felt that as long as he wanted to, he could consciously bring out this new property of his blood, allowing its power to surface.

That should be the so-called activation of primal beast bloodline that Fourth Prince Mosha had done during the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet.

At the same time, Lu Tianzi suddenly had a clearer understanding of the power that the God of Pestilence possessed.

The power of decay.

Essentially, it was a form of time acceleration.

By speeding up the passing of time for a particular entity, the God of Pestilence could also induce the process of decomposition, causing the targeted entity to rot and wither. Even non material entities like energy could not escape this fate.

This was a power that the God of Pestilence had inherited from its ancient bloodline.

At the same time, this was also a power that had been made possible due to the innate ability of the six winged griffin, the ability to manipulate and distort time itself.

The God of Pestilence might only be able to exhibit the tiniest fraction of that ability, but just that alone was already sufficient for it to reign supreme in these woods.

As for the six winged griffin, Lu Tianzi could not even begin to imagine what it was truly capable of.

Yet be it due to his luck or otherwise, Lu Tianzi had now managed to obtain the bloodline of such an extremely incredible creature, inheriting a part of its powers for himself!

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