Chapter 585 - 243: Intelligent Mechanism’s Past, Ancient Dragon Blood

"In this operation, you saved Qin Feng’s squad and eliminated the threat throughout the entire rift. That’s equivalent to single-handedly closing a small-to-medium-sized rift."

Yin Liulan spoke as she was the first to step through the Teleportation Gate.

"I will report this to my superiors.

As for the military, you’ll receive every single merit point you’re owed."

As her voice faded, her figure vanished into the light of the Teleportation Gate.

Lin Ye watched the portal as it began to close, letting out a long breath.

’This trip to the Painful Labyrinth... was truly a bountiful one.’

He didn’t leave through the military’s portal.

A thought flashed through his mind.

[Castling]!

...

「Dongjiang City, in Lin Ye’s bedroom.」

Space fluctuated slightly, and Lin Ye’s figure appeared out of thin air.

He glanced out the window. It was almost dusk.

His mother wasn’t home; his father and sister were probably still at work.

Lin Ye collapsed face-first onto his soft bed. It felt like all the strength had been drained from his body; he didn’t even want to lift a finger.

But he forced his mind to focus and opened the attribute panel he hadn’t seen in so long.

’Time to take stock of my gains.’

[Host: Lin Ye]

[Race Template: Sub-dragon Warrior]

[Racial Trait: Your resistance to all elemental, spiritual, and curse-type attacks +30%]

[Level: Level 50 (4,576,000 / 3,000,000)]

[Evolutionary Tier: 4.0]

[Current Realm: Gang Condensation 99.9%]

[First Martial Arts Spirituality: Celestial Attraction of Myriad Phenomena (Resonance 41.21%)]

[Second Martial Arts Spirituality: Not Awakened (6.88%)]

[Life Value: Please Allocate / Please Allocate / Please Allocate / 16,476,000]

[Energy Value: 943,000 / 943,000]

[Physical Strength Value: 2,250,000 / 2,250,000]

[Strength: 174,657]

[Agility: 176,631]

[Endurance: 174,124]

[Spirit: 256,719]

[Free Attribute Points: 150]

[Skill Points: 42]

[Evolution Points: 0]

[Boss Mechanics: Healing out of combat (White, Upgradable), Soul Furnace (Green, Upgradable), Crushing (Green, Upgradable), Devouring Heaven and Earth (Gold), Phase Transition (Green), Unstoppable (Blue, Upgradable), Life and Death Authority (Blue)]

[Current Phases: P1, P2, P3, P4. Remaining phases not yet unlocked.]

[P1 Skills: Basic Attack (Level MAX), Thick Hide (Level MAX), Charged Strike (Level MAX), Staff Arts (Level 5), Spear Arts (Level MAX)]

[P2 Skills: Frenzy (Level MAX), Instant Body (Level MAX), Bloodline of Strife (Level MAX), Horizontal Slash (Level MAX), Counter-shock (Level 1)]

[P3 Skills: Spirit Platform Mirror (Level MAX), Elemental Mastery (Level 8), Fungal Dominion (Level MAX), Castling (Level MAX), King’s Vast Grace (Level 1)]

[P4 Skills: Ancient Dragon Blood (Unlockable), Dragon Descendant Incarnation (Unlockable), Scorched Earth Domain (Unlockable), Celestial Flame Dragon Breath (Unlockable)]

[Stolen Skills: Crystalization (Level MAX), Shadow Scale (Level MAX), Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting (Level 3)]

[Stolen Racial Traits: Furious Gaze Demon Suppression (Level 3), Soul Melting Bone Erosion (Level 3), Intelligent Mechanism Dominator (Level 5)]

[Current Life Energy stored by Devouring Heaven and Earth: 35,760]

The changes were earth-shattering!

First were his attributes. Upon entering Phase 4, the system had once again applied a terrifying attribute correction, nearly tripling his already exaggerated four primary stats in his normal P1 state!

His Strength, Agility, and Endurance had all broken the 170,000 mark!

And his Spirit attribute was as high as 250,000!

The free attribute points gained per level-up had also increased to 150.

Lin Ye grumbled inwardly, ’Honestly, at this point, these few attribute points are less useful than just killing a few more of the foreign races...’

Compared to his terrifying base attributes, the boost from free attribute points was now negligible.

In addition, the system had also categorized the skills he had stolen via [Devouring Heaven and Earth] by level.

The first skills he obtained, [Crystalization] and [Shadow Scale], had already reached Level MAX and could not be upgraded further.

But the subsequent skills he acquired were currently only Level 3, which meant there was still room for improvement.

’Once I break through to the Divine Realm, I should be able to consume Source Crystals to upgrade these skills.’

Lin Ye’s gaze finally landed on the brand-new P4 skill bar.

He glanced over it and quickly noticed a pattern.

Beneath the icons for the three skills [Dragon Descendant Incarnation], [Scorched Earth Domain], and [Celestial Flame Dragon Breath], there was a line of small text specifying the unlock prerequisites.

[Dragon Descendant Incarnation]: Requires [Ancient Dragon Blood] Level 10 or higher to unlock.

[Scorched Earth Domain]: Requires [Ancient Dragon Blood] Level 20 or higher to unlock.

[Celestial Flame Dragon Breath]: Requires [Ancient Dragon Blood] Level 30 or higher to unlock.

Without a doubt, [Ancient Dragon Blood] was the core skill of the entire P4 phase.

’Phase 3 was about summoning and dominion. So Phase 4... is it related to the Dragon Race’s bloodline?’

Lin Ye understood now and focused his attention on the first skill icon.

The next moment, a detailed skill description appeared before his eyes.

[Ancient Dragon Blood]

[Type: Passive]

[Requires entering Phase 4 to activate]

[Skill Level: Level 1 / Level 40]

[Effect 1: Fire Element Affinity increased by 200%, Fire Element Resistance +40%]

[Effect 2: You can understand and use the languages of the Dragon Race and all its branches. While in the ’Dragon Descendant Incarnation’ state, you gain the ’Dragon’s Might’ effect, forcing a Spirit check on all creatures that approach you. Those who fail the check will be plunged into a state of terrified trembling, and all their attributes will be reduced.]

[Effect 3: Your All Attributes are increased by 3%, and you gain life regeneration equal to 0.1% of your maximum Life Value per second. This effect can stack with other recovery effects; the attribute increase is a separate multiplier.]

[Remark: When dragons battle in the wilds, their blood is dark and yellow.]