Translator: CinderTL
Opening his status panel, he noticed the Blood Origin's description remained unchanged, but a tier had been added to its prefix title:
It now read: [Blood Origin (Fifth-Tier Talent)].
The original "Cannot be upgraded" tag had also disappeared.
At that moment, he withdrew from his sea of consciousness.
Opening his eyes, he found Lin Ran standing beside him, observing him with curiosity.
Without hesitation, he activated the Blood Source Ability.
To his embarrassment, his body showed no change whatsoever.
He suddenly remembered that when he had taken Three-Tailed from Lin Ran earlier, he had already activated the Blood Source Ability to prevent the creature's escape, leaving him completely drained of qi blood.
"A'Ran, could you catch a domain creature for me?" Feng Qi immediately turned to Lin Ran for help.
"Alright," Lin Ran nodded in understanding, his form dissolving into mist as he drifted into the distance.
After about ten minutes, Lin Ran descended from the sky, carrying a massive, bull-like domain creature.
Boom!
The bull-like creature crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up dust and emitting a muffled, mournful bellow.
Without hesitation, Feng Qi strode forward and unleashed a series of powerful punches into the creature's body.
Under the relentless assault, the domain creature quickly fell silent. A cloud of blood mist surged into Feng Qi's body.
Opening his status panel, he saw his bloodline evolution points had reached 1805/10000.
Simultaneously, he gained a brand-new innate ability:
Digestion (Upgradeable Innate Ability)
Ability Description: Provides a minor enhancement to digestion and absorption, converting food into energy for the body. Accelerates stamina recovery and wound healing.
Feng Qi considered this ability largely useless.
His self-healing capabilities were already quite strong.
Even after a battle, he didn't need to rely on food to accelerate his recovery of stamina and injuries; he could simply wait.
After killing the domain creature, the crimson patterns on his skin glowed vividly once more.
He immediately activated his Blood Source Ability.
A familiar sensation surged through him as copious amounts of qi blood erupted from the crimson patterns on his skin, coalescing into flesh buds that rapidly grew across his body.
His form continued to expand under the torrent of blood mist, his muscles rapidly regenerating and surging with immense power.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a nearly four-meter-tall Blood Giant.
A distinct purple rune materialized on his chest—the magic immunity rune granted by his innate ability, Purple Soul.
Just as Feng Qi was pondering what new changes the evolved Blood Source had brought,
emerald flames suddenly erupted from his skin, while the surging qi blood within him roared like a tidal wave.
He recognized these emerald flames well.
When he had first obtained the Purple Soul innate ability by defeating Stone Mountain, his Blood Origin Form had been significantly enhanced through the active sacrifices of the Goat-Headed Demons.
Back then, emerald flames had also erupted from his skin.
Compared to that earlier form, the one fueled by the Goat-Headed Demons' sacrifices had been far more grotesque.
At that time, a phantom deity hovered behind him, a pair of jet-black ram horns sprouted from his forehead, the crimson patterns on his body darkened to a deep red, and his height surged to five meters.
It was precisely through this special Blood Origin Form that he had slain "Stone Mountain" and obtained the innate ability Purple Soul.
This clearly indicated the future evolution path of the Blood Origin Form.
Now, surging qi blood coursed through his body, resonating with a thunderous roar.
He raised his hand forward, and the flames enveloping his body converged into his palm, coalescing into a dark green fireball that shot forward.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted as the fireball blasted a gaping hole in the building ahead.
Scattered sparks of dark green ignited the structure, flames rapidly climbing and engulfing the entire building in emerald fire.
The conflagration showed signs of spreading.
"A'Ran, test my abilities for me," he said, turning to Lin Ran.
"Alright!" Lin Ran stepped forward.
Seeing this, Feng Qi immediately threw a punch at Lin Ran.
As he struck, the dark green flames covering his body were drawn toward his fist.
The punch collided with Lin Ran's shield of condensed gray mist, flames and mist clashing and hissing as they eroded each other.
The struggle persisted for a while before dissipating.
After withdrawing the mist, Lin Ran smiled and said:
"Brother Qi, this dark green flame not only burns but also corrodes like my mist. It's quite a useful ability."
A smile spread across his face at these words.
The advancement of his Blood Source Ability had significantly enhanced his combat power when activated.
He suddenly felt a surge of anticipation, wondering what further surprises the continued evolution of his blood source might bring.
"Wait a moment," he said to Lin Ran, then submerged his consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
There, he saw Three-Tailed curled up atop the golden-red orb representing his Battle Body and human body, licking its tail.
A fleeting expression of disdain flashed across Three-Tailed's face as it noticed his Consciousness Body, though he caught it nonetheless.
Approaching the orbit of innate abilities, he reached out and grabbed the newly acquired "Digestion" talent orb, then beckoned to Three-Tailed.
Reluctantly, Three-Tailed floated over and opened its mouth, resembling a child refusing medicine.
After consuming the Digestion orb, Three-Tailed spat out three small golden beads.
Combined with the twelve remaining from before, he now held fifteen golden beads in his hand.
He pushed one of the talent beads toward the Blood Source Talent Orb.
As the Blood Source Talent Orb devoured the bead, he summoned his status panel to observe the changes.
Blood Source (Fifth Tier)
Ability Description: ...
Origin Evolution: 2.5%
Just as he had anticipated.
After completing its evolution, the blood source's strength tier had increased, and the evolution rate gained from devouring talent beads had decreased.
It had dropped from 2.8% to 1.5%, leaving him needing 66 more talent beads to level up.
He immediately turned his gaze to the remaining talent ability orbs.
Have Three-Tailed devour the malevolence!
The Narrator's voice echoed in his mind.
"Impossible!" he blurted out, rolling his eyes.
He had uses for all the remaining innate abilities, so he decided to postpone upgrading the blood source for now.
After careful consideration, he took one of the remaining 14 talent beads and fused it into the "Purple Soul" talent orb.
Once the fusion was complete, he summoned his status panel to check the results.
Purple Soul (Unupgradable Innate Ability): Grants the Purple Soul Magic Mark, reducing energy damage, mental control effects, and restrictive art magic effects. Can also freeze energy forms (specific effects depend on the user's Qi and Blood Power).
Origin Evolution: 0.6%
Feng Qi was stunned to discover that devouring a talent bead had only increased the Purple Soul's origin evolution by 0.6%.
The change in origin evolution clearly showed that the Purple Soul's innate talent tier was significantly higher than the Blood Source's.
The Blood Source had already undergone one evolution, yet devouring a talent bead still granted a 1.5% increase.
In contrast, the Purple Soul started at just 0.6%.
The difference in tier between the two abilities was glaringly obvious.
That's perfectly normal. The Purple Soul grants you magic immunity. Perhaps at its peak evolution, you'll become as impervious to energy damage as Little Black. This is an extremely rare ability, so advancing it will undoubtedly require a massive number of talent beads.
Feng Qi nodded in agreement with the Narrator's explanation.
As the Narrator pointed out, the Purple Soul's growth potential clearly surpassed the Blood Source's.
Just then, the Narrator's voice echoed again:
I suddenly feel you're drifting further away from collecting all 1,000 prefix titles. I suspect many of your prefix titles will be dismantled and converted into nutrients to enhance your other innate abilities.
"That's fine by me," Feng Qi replied. "Many of these innate abilities are truly useless. This way, we're turning trash into treasure."
(End of the Chapter)