Chapter 256: Section 44: Divine Bloodline?!
“What is this?” In the dim cabin, the old man Waffle was stunned.
The big guy pulled out a bottle of potion from his bosom and placed it on the floor at his feet.
It was clearly a Healing Potion, the liquid appearing a faint red within the glass bottle.
“Drink!” The big guy pounded the floor with his fist, causing the potion to shake violently in the bottle.
“Could it be poison?” The big guy’s fierce demeanor made Waffle involuntarily begin to imagine the worst.
The big guy glared at him.
Waffle gritted his teeth, picked up the potion, opened the bottle cap, and ended up drinking all of the liquid.
Once the potion entered his stomach, it immediately transformed into a strong warm current. The warmth quickly spread throughout his body, and his wounds began to heal instantly.
“It really is a Healing Potion!” Waffle felt surprised. Generally speaking, such expensive Healing Potions were meant for the Transcendents. The kind of injuries he had were not serious, and for ordinary people, they would usually heal on their own, making the use of a Healing Potion quite wasteful.
“Perhaps he wants to heal me first, then torture me? Uh…” Waffle was taken aback.
Because he saw the big guy simply lie down on the bed and fall asleep!
Soon, his loud snoring filled the cabin.
Waffle stood there dumbfounded, then his brows slightly furrowed.
Before long, the big guy opened his eyes.
He sleepily scratched his messy, disheveled hair, then heard Waffle’s stomach rumble with hunger.
The big guy, reminded by the sound, immediately reached out and touched his own belly.
“It’s time to eat something,” the big guy said in a low voice.
He tried to get up, but his limbs were weak and he fell back onto the bed.
“Big guy… so hungry!” The big guy mumbled to himself foolishly.
In his memory, there were indeed many painful experiences of being incapacitated by hunger that he could never forget.
“You, go eat, then bring back food for me!” the big guy glared at Waffle.
Waffle nodded, turned quickly, pushed the door open, and ran to the ship’s dining hall.
“He’s actually not dead?” Seeing Waffle rush in hurriedly, the few pirates who had bullied him were quite surprised.
However, instead of eating, Waffle’s gaze swept across the dining hall, quickly landing on the Dragon-man youth.
He took the initiative to approach: “Captain, the little giant’s condition doesn’t seem right!”
Hearing this news, the Dragon-man youth was astonished, then immediately stood up and went to the forecastle.
“Dad… Captain, why did you come?” The big guy lay on the bed, looking very weak.
His eyelids were swollen, allowing only a sliver to open.
His face was flushed, and the skin exposed was blotchy with red patches.
The Dragon-man youth’s heart sank as he placed his palm on the big guy’s forehead.
Burning hot!
The big guy was feverish, like a freshly cooked lobster.
“What’s going on?” The Dragon-man youth continued to examine and found that the fighting energy inside the big guy was also in disarray.
The Dragon-man youth’s eyes narrowed slightly, finding the situation quite odd.
The big guy possessed the Giant Bloodline, with a very powerful Recovery Power. But now, he still bore injuries.
These were the injuries he sustained during real combat training with an Earth Element on the Magnetic Island.
Under normal circumstances, these injuries would have been completely healed in half a day. Yet, so much time had passed, and not only did the injuries still exist, they seemed to be getting worse!
“Could it be poisoning?”
“Unlikely! Previously, on the Magnetic Island, the big guy was always within my sight,” the Dragon-man youth thought.
The Dragon-man youth cast an inquiring gaze toward Cang Xu who had arrived behind him.
Cang Xu, being a Mage, did not disappoint the youth’s expectation and conducted an examination, pondering, “It should be a Bloodline Mutation.”
Bloodline Mutation?!
The Dragon-man youth was startled.
During the course of their lives, there was a certain chance for living beings to undergo Bloodline Mutations. A dormant higher-grade Bloodline inside a living being might suddenly increase in concentration, manifesting violently. Because this was so sudden and intense, it often caused disarray in the state of the living being.
A Bloodline Mutation had occurred in the big guy?
This indicated that his parents or ancestors possessed a high-grade Bloodline.
This kind of high-grade Bloodline, like a seed passed down through offspring, continued to spread. In the big guy, due to various complex and unpredictable factors, the seed had sprouted, and the high-grade Bloodline dormant deep within him had burst forth.
“Little dear, don’t be nervous, this is a good thing,” the Dragon-man youth comforted.
The big guy looked at the Dragon-man youth, opened his mouth to say something, but soon after, he passed out.
“Sir, I need a blood test to confirm my hypothesis,” Cang Xu said. Without permission from the Dragon-man youth, he would not act rashly.
“Quickly!” the Dragon-man youth said.
Immediately, Cang Xu successfully drew blood and hurried back to the Justice’s Alchemy Room.
Thanks to the previous two transactions with the Empire, the alchemy room of the Justice was equipped with many alchemy tools.
Cang Xu was originally unfamiliar with manipulating these alchemy tools, but recently he had been studying the use of soul crystals and, with the aid of Tower Spirit and notes from the War Merchant, he had now become something of an alchemist himself.
After drawing and testing blood, Cang Xu returned to the fore deck with the results.
“My lord,” the old scholar reported hastily to the dragon-man youth, “it is indeed a bloodline mutation!”
“The bloodline that Big Guy has mutated is that of the Earth Giant,” lamented the old scholar.
“Earth Giant?” the dragon-man youth wondered.
The old scholar said, “Nowadays, this type of bloodline is extremely rare, almost extinct. However, you should know, my lord. There was a powerful being in history who possessed this bloodline, and his name was Tai Hao.”
“Tai Hao!” The dragon-man youth was profoundly shaken.
This name resonated with him like thunder.
Tai Hao.
He was an ancient powerhouse, on par with legends.
At a time when the human race, elves, and dwarfs were but ignorant and weak tribes, giants and dragons ruled the world.
Tai Hao was one of the strongest among the giants.
To be precise, he was a deity among giants!
According to historical records, giants and dragons waged war to defeat each other, each aspiring to be the sole dominant power.
Tai Hao had slain countless. Many legendary giants fell by his hand, equating to no less than five divine dragons that died at his hands.
In the final battle, he was treacherously ambushed, greatly diminishing his strength. Still, even under siege, he managed to take down a Main God-level Divine Dragon before his death.
After his mutual destruction, his divine body plummeted into the vast ocean. His majestic divine power and robust physique transformed into a vast continent.
This continent was named after Tai Hao.
In the endless eras that followed, the Continent of Tai Hao continued to split apart, its fragments colliding, merging, and separating with other continents.
According to the scholars’ estimates, most of the current Frost Continent originated from the Continent of Tai Hao.
“Big Guy actually carries the bloodline of Tai Hao?”
“This is… a Divine Bloodline!”
The dragon-man youth was astounded.
Cang Xu was full of emotion: “The chances of a mistake are very low. This bloodline must have been passed down through many generations until it finally mutated in him.”
Bloodline—Divine Level!
The implications contained herein were extraordinary.
Big Guy might well cultivate into a deity!
Cang Xu sighed deeply: “Who would have thought? Among all the survivors from Mysterious Monster Island, this ugly half-giant is actually the most talented! Such is the unpredictability of fate, it inspires awe and a love-hate sentiment.”
The dragon-man youth contemplated, “So, there is a reason behind Big Guy’s madness.”
“Exactly,” Cang Xu nodded. “It looks like his madness was due to the bloodline mutation.”
“For the growth of the Earth Giant’s bloodline, Earth Elements are the most fundamental nourishment.”
“But since his childhood, Big Guy was abandoned on the Pig Kiss, spending most of his life on the surface of the sea, enveloped by dense Water Elements.”
“Big Guy continued to grow, the Earth Giant bloodline slowly absorbing the scant Earth Elements, accumulating without end.”
“When he reached Mysterious Monster Island, stepping on solid ground for an extended period, the absorption of Earth Elements greatly increased.”
“My lord, do you remember when he went mad?”
The dragon-man youth nodded: “During the volcano eruption.”
“That’s right,” Cang Xu agreed. “The volcano erupted because the King of Flame Dragons sought to break free, causing a turmoil of Earth Elements and Fire Elements.”
“The Divine Level of the Earth Giant’s bloodline is extraordinary; it allowed Big Guy to sense the movement of the Earth Vein. Meanwhile, it secretly absorbed Earth Elements frantically, driving Big Guy mad.”
“Lan Zao once said that when Big Guy went mad, he might precisely predict violent storms. On the island, after his madness, earthquakes often occurred.”
“This is actually just a manifestation. Before the onset of violent storms and earthquakes, the concentration of Earth Elements undergoes drastic changes. The Divine Bloodline also let Big Guy instinctively feel the threat to his life.”
“As for this time, we had landed on the Magnetic Islands.”
“Big Guy had never before clashed with Earth Elements from such close proximity.”
“I even suspect that many of the dead bodies of Earth Elements could have congealed into essence, but it was covertly absorbed by Big Guy’s Divine Bloodline.”
“Finally, after leaving the island and boarding the ship, Big Guy’s bloodline finally received enough nourishment and truly began to mutate!”
The dragon-man youth narrowed his eyes: “So, the Bloodline Stabilizer is effective for him!”
His transformation into a dragon-man form was merely caused by the Blood Core within his heart, but he falsely claimed it was due to a bloodline mutation. To deepen this guise, the dragon-man youth had not hesitated to spend a great deal of money, exchanging with the Empire for a Silver Level Bloodline Stabilizer.
A Bloodline Stabilizer was specifically for bloodline mutations.
But it was Big Guy who truly underwent a bloodline mutation!
The dragon-man youth’s Bloodline Stabilizer had remained in his hand until now, and, without hesitation, he took it out, opened Big Guy’s mouth, and poured all of the potion within.
A few breaths later, Big Guy’s originally labored breathing immediately steadied.
His burning body temperature was also rapidly dropping.