Chapter 287: Ancient Bloodline
Chapter 287: Ancient Bloodline
This phantom was tens of thousands of meters tall, towering between heaven and earth like a majestic mountain range.
Compared to it, the giant cocoon surrounding Noah looked like a tiny insect.
A dense aura of the Ancient Savage Bloodline permeated the entire Moon.
As time passed, the phantom became increasingly solid.
Its appearance gradually became clear.
It was a burly man clad in animal skins, his body covered in bulging muscles that seemed to contain endless power.
Another twelve hours passed.
The bloodline breakthrough finally came to an end.
A powerful aura surged outward in waves, sweeping across the surrounding region.
Noah closed his eyes and remained motionless.
The Savage Bloodline had successfully broken through to Epic Grade, but that was not the end.
The improvement in bloodline quality had also increased its upper limit, allowing Noah to withstand and unleash greater Bloodline power.
At this moment, an explosive warm current continuously surged through his body.
It felt as though his body was on the verge of bursting apart, yet it always remained just within the limits of what he could endure.
The sensation was indescribably exhilarating.
Only after the warm current gradually subsided did Noah let out a sigh of relief.
He quickly looked at the attribute panel.
[Ancient Bloodline Lv0+2]
[Quality: Epic]
[Type: Passive Skill, Bloodline]
[The Ancient Bloodline is beginning to awaken within your body.
Your physical capabilities have increased dramatically:
Strength +60 million
Agility +40 million
Constitution +60 million
Spirit +30 million
Bloodline Liberation:
Strength +300%
Agility +200%
Constitution +300%
Spirit +150%
Further liberate the bloodline and condense the Ancient True Body, allowing you to withstand even greater Bloodline power.
Bloodline Pressure:
Any bloodline below Epic Grade will be suppressed by your presence, reducing its effects by 20%.]
Noah’s eyes lit up as he read through the description.
The Epic grade Ancient Bloodline had undergone tremendous changes compared to the Perfect grade Savage Bloodline.
The most obvious difference lay in its attributes.
Compared to the Savage Bloodline, the Ancient Bloodline possessed two entirely new effects.
The first was it increased capacity to bear Bloodline power.
This was directly reflected in the massive boost to Noah’s attributes.
After advancing to Epic Grade, the upper limit of the Ancient Bloodline increased dramatically, allowing Noah to withstand Bloodline power equivalent to that of a 6th-Order existence.
Moreover, unlike the Perfect-grade Savage Bloodline, which only enhanced Strength, Agility, and Constitution, the Epic-grade Ancient Bloodline also increased Spirit.
Although the Spirit bonus was the lowest among the four primary attributes, its significance was extraordinary.
This was a true qualitative transformation.
As a result, Noah’s four main attributes had reached an astonishing level.
Aside from Agility, which was slightly lower, all of his attributes had surpassed the 100-million mark and officially stepped into the realm of the 7th Order.
What made the situation even more outrageous was that despite gaining such an enormous amount of attributes, Noah’s Combat Art had not decreased in the slightest.
Instead, it had become even stronger.
Noah understood the reason perfectly.
Most Awakeners would struggle to control sudden increases in power, causing their Combat Art to decline until they adapted to their new strength.
However, the majority of Noah’s attributes came from his Bloodline and Constitution.
The source of both was his talent itself.
Since this power originated from a part of himself, he could control it as naturally as breathing.
There was no adjustment period.
No loss of precision.
No decline in Combat Art.
Among the countless worlds of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, Noah suspected that only he possessed such an absurd advantage.
The second attribute was Bloodline Liberation.
There was nothing particularly surprising about it.
The Epic-grade Ancient Bloodline simply granted an additional Spirit enhancement, while the amplification multipliers were significantly higher than before.
The truly interesting changes were the third and fourth effects.
Further Bloodline Liberation.
Ancient True Body.
Noah turned his gaze toward the colossal phantom standing silently behind him.
The towering figure radiated an ancient and savage aura, as though it had stepped out of a forgotten era.
According to the Bloodline’s description, as long as he wished, he could merge with this phantom and condense the Ancient True Body.
Noah’s eyes flickered with anticipation.
"The Ancient True Body can withstand even greater Bloodline power..."
"I wonder how powerful I would become after fully condensing it."
Unfortunately, the Moon was not an appropriate testing ground.
This fragile satellite was far too weak to endure Noah’s full strength.
If he became careless, he might accidentally destroy it.
The final effect, Bloodline Pressure, surprised Noah the most.
He had not expected bloodlines to possess a hierarchy of suppression.
From now on, any Bloodline below Epic Grade would be naturally suppressed by his Ancient Bloodline.
Their Bloodline effects would be weakened by twenty percent before the battle had even begun.
Such an ability could drastically alter the outcome of a fight between opponents of similar strength.
Of course, this principle worked both ways.
If Epic-grade Bloodlines could suppress lower-grade Bloodlines, then Legendary-grade or even Mythical-grade Bloodlines would likely be capable of suppressing the Ancient Bloodline as well.
The realization caused Noah’s expression to become slightly more serious.
After all, Bloodlines were not unique to him.
Across the endless worlds of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, countless races and ancient civilizations possessed extraordinary Bloodlines of their own.
Some had inherited them from ancient gods.
Others carried the blood of primordial beasts, dragons, titans, or even world-destroying entities.
Compared to those truly supreme Bloodlines, the Ancient Bloodline still had a long path ahead before it could stand at the peak of all creation.
In Extraordinary Worlds, many powerful races are born with innate Bloodlines.
As for Awakeners, there is more than one way to obtain a Bloodline. Acquiring one through a skill is merely one of the available methods.
In fact, most people would never choose this path.
The reason was simple.
They had no means of improving a skill’s quality.
Once a Bloodline skill was obtained, its quality was essentially fixed forever. Unless they could somehow remove the skill and replace it with a stronger one, the Bloodline’s quality would never improve.
As a result, most Awakeners preferred obtaining Bloodlines through inheritance, bloodline transplantation, ancient relics, or other special opportunities.
Someone like Noah, who continuously evolved his Bloodline by breaking through skill quality, was absolutely unique throughout the countless worlds of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.
...
With a thought, a golden item appeared before Noah.
It was the Advanced Bloodline Essence.
Now that the Ancient Bloodline had advanced to Epic Grade, this was the perfect time to use it.
Without hesitation, Noah activated the item.
Boom!
An endless stream of warm energy erupted within his body.
The familiar sensation returned.
It felt as though his body was being torn apart from the inside, yet every cell was simultaneously undergoing a rapid transformation.
The feeling was painful, exhilarating, and addictive all at once.
Fortunately, Noah had experienced similar enhancements countless times before.
He calmly endured the process.
When the warm current finally subsided, Noah immediately opened his attribute panel.
[Ancient Bloodline Lv6+2]
[Quality: Epic]
[Type: Passive Skill, Bloodline]
[The Ancient Bloodline is beginning to awaken within your body.
Your physical capabilities have increased dramatically:
Strength +90 million
Agility +60 million
Constitution +90 million
Spirit +45 million
Bloodline Liberation:
Strength +450%
Agility +300%
Constitution +450%
Spirit +225%
Further liberate the Bloodline and condense the Ancient True Body, allowing you to withstand even greater Bloodline power.
Bloodline Pressure:
Any Bloodline below Epic Grade will be suppressed by your presence, reducing its effects by 20%.]
"It increased by six levels at once."
A trace of surprise appeared in Noah’s eyes.
The Advanced Bloodline Essence truly lived up to its reputation.
Of course, part of the reason was that the lower levels of an Epic-grade Bloodline were relatively easy to raise.
Had he used the essence when the Bloodline was already at a higher level, it would probably have increased by only two or three levels at most.
Even so, the improvement was astonishing.
All four primary attributes had increased significantly once again.
The amplification provided by Bloodline Liberation had also become much stronger.
However, after sensing his condition carefully, Noah shook his head with a helpless smile.
"Unfortunately, my Combat Art has decreased."
The increase in attributes gained through items was fundamentally different from the power granted by his talent.
The same was true for title bonuses.
These external increases existed outside the scope of his talent’s perfect control.
As a result, his Combat Art naturally declined to some extent.
Still, Noah felt no regret.
Bloodline skills were simply too difficult to level up through normal means.
He had no idea how long it would take to raise an Epic-grade Bloodline to maximum level naturally.
It could take years.
Perhaps even decades.
Waiting that long was completely unacceptable.
Compared to such a lengthy period, a slight decline in Combat Art was a trivial price to pay.
After all, the majority of his attributes still originated from his talent.
The decrease was noticeable but far from severe.
Even now, his Combat Art remained above 250%.
Such a value would still leave countless geniuses across the All Heavens and Myriad Realms in despair.
"It’s about time to head back."
Noah glanced toward the distant starry sky.
The breakthrough had taken longer than expected.
Nearly three full days had passed.
Fortunately, he had informed the Demon Subduing Alliance that he would be gone for two to three days.
Otherwise, Sam and the others might have suspected that he had taken the resources and disappeared.
After contacting Roland and the others and confirming that nothing major had occurred on Blue Star during his absence, Noah no longer delayed.
He activated Two Worlds Travel.
Space twisted around him.
After waiting briefly, he once again sensed the coordinates of the Remnant World.
Demon Subduing Alliance.
A secluded region.
Noah’s figure appeared out of thin air.
The moment he arrived, he sensed numerous powerful auras gathering in the distance.
Many of them were far stronger than ordinary Sixth-Order experts.
Noah raised an eyebrow.
"Are they preparing for war?"
Curiosity flashed through his eyes.
Stretching his body slightly, he transformed into a streak of light and rapidly flew toward the direction of Demon Subduing City.