Free Web NovelChapter 225: Chapter 140: Improved Bloodline Mark, Target: Thunder Beast
’What a pity. I was so close.’
Pei Ze shook his head slightly.
’If I’d burned the Energy Gathering Magic Tattoo as well, I might have severely wounded him.’
He casually cast the Floating Technique and a Gale Rune on himself, then quickly gave chase.
The two engaged in a high-speed chase through the sky.
Andri glanced back. When he saw the young Wizard chasing him, his expression turned grim.
"Damn it!"
That last attack had terrified him.
A single blow had destroyed over eighty percent of his protective divine items.
’If we were to fight head-on, I’d be no match for him.’
’No wonder he destroyed the entire fortification by himself.’
Andri’s expression flickered, but he quickly made up his mind. He took out a potion and tilted his head back, gulping it down.
The next moment, a violent fluctuation of divine power erupted. Andri’s flight speed surged, and he shot into the distance like a meteor.
Pei Ze frowned slightly. He decisively fused with the silver star, increasing the number of active Gale Runes to the maximum of twenty, and continued his relentless pursuit.
Despite this, his speed still couldn’t match his opponent’s, and he could only watch helplessly as the gap between them widened.
Before long, a valley filled with buildings suddenly appeared in his field of vision.
Andri rushed into the valley like a streak of light and disappeared.
Pei Ze suddenly stopped, raising an eyebrow as he looked at the distant valley.
He could sense many fluctuations of divine power from within the valley.
’Could it be...’
Pei Ze took out the Magic Map and opened it. Just as he thought, it was the location of the Secret Silver Resource Point.
’I didn’t expect a Fourth-Class Priest to be stationed at the Secret Silver Resource Point.’
Pei Ze tsked. It seemed the Turin People were dead set on defending this place.
Pei Ze took one last, long look at the valley before turning to leave.
He had just finished a battle and his reserves were low. It wasn’t a good time to attack a heavily fortified resource point.
Besides, without an army or a mining team on hand, he wouldn’t be able to hold the resource point even if he captured it, let alone mine the Mithril. The gain wouldn’t be worth the loss.
As for the escaped Fourth-Class Priest, Pei Ze wasn’t too concerned.
A Fourth-Class Priest wasn’t a Second-level Wizard; there wouldn’t be much loot from killing one.
If it weren’t for wanting to test his strength after breaking through to the liquefaction stage, he wouldn’t have chased him this far.
Returning to Fortification No. 17, Pei Ze called for Su Ya and Peng Yan to mount the giant eagle, and they set off back to Red Maple City.
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「Star Realm Calendar, November 23rd, 14524.」
The modifications to the Bloodline Mark were finally complete.
The modified Bloodline Mark was no longer shackled by bloodlines; even those who hadn’t inherited the corresponding ancient creature bloodline could use it.
Furthermore, its creation no longer required the intervention of a High-tier Wizard with the same bloodline. All that was needed was the blood of a lifeform possessing the corresponding bloodline.
In other words, Pei Ze didn’t need to find a true ancient creature. As long as he obtained the blood of a Wizard who had inherited an ancient creature’s bloodline, he could refine a Bloodline Mark from it.
’It’s a good thing I saved Pei Zhanqing’s blood.’
Pei Ze immediately went to his laboratory, took out Pei Zhanqing’s blood, and began creating the Bloodline Mark.
A little over an hour later, three new crimson marks had appeared on the back of his right hand.
’It’s a shame I used some of the blood for experiments. Otherwise, I probably could have made one more Bloodline Mark.’
Pei Ze rubbed the marks on the back of his hand, feeling the power contained within.
This modified Bloodline Mark was different from the original. Using it wouldn’t allow him to transform into the corresponding ancient creature, but would instead grant him temporary access to one of its powers.
Moreover, the strength and type of power largely depended on the power level of the blood’s original owner.
These three Bloodline Marks, obtained from Pei Zhanqing, would greatly enhance his constitution when activated. They would also grant him a layer of black scale protection that could significantly weaken shadow-type energy damage.
Although he didn’t know the exact degree of enhancement, judging from the intensity of the energy they contained, it wouldn’t be weak.
’This gives me another trump card.’
Pei Ze’s lips curled into a small smile.
’If I get the chance, I’ll have to find more ancient creature bloodlines.’
There was no point in thinking about true ancient creatures; they were basically extinct.
Even if he could find one, he wouldn’t be able to deal with it at his current level of strength.
However, even though there were no ancient creatures, there were still many beings in the Multiverse that had inherited their bloodlines—not just Wizards, but also various Magical Creatures.
Although the bloodline concentration in the latter was often very low, sometimes too faint to even manifest, as long as he had enough, he could concentrate and refine it step by step. Eventually, he would be able to reach the minimum standard for creating a Bloodline Mark.
Snapping out of his reverie, Pei Ze swiped a hand over the back of his other hand, and the Bloodline Marks vanished instantly.
"Omniscience, check my current status."
[Spirit 34.36]
[Constitution 21.04]
After returning to Red Maple City and turning in his mission, Pei Ze had immediately exchanged his rewards for five Sacred Spirit Buds.
However, he’d spent the last few days consuming Spiritual Power to accelerate the modifications to the Bloodline Mark. As a result, he hadn’t taken the Sacred Spirit Buds. Instead, he continued using resonance potions to aid his practice of the Visualization Secret Technique, so his Spiritual Power hadn’t increased by much.
As for an extraction target, Pei Ze had already selected one over the past few days: a Magical Creature called a Thunder Beast.
Thunder Beasts were born with immense strength, comparable to giants, and possessed the innate ability to manipulate lightning, making them extremely powerful combatants.
An adult Thunder Beast was strong enough to face a Second-level Wizard in the gasification stage head-on.
In terms of both abilities and power, the Thunder Beast was a perfect fit for Pei Ze’s requirements.
More importantly, Thunder Beasts were not uncommon.
There happened to be quite a few Thunder Beasts within the borders of the Thunder Sect Country on the Turin Plane.
