Chapter 346: Section 133: The Terror of the Divine Bloodline
As soon as he entered the underwater vortex, the Fishman youth became unstable. The strong currents hit him like being at the bottom of a waterfall. The immense force almost pushed him straight out.
Just when he was near the edge of the vortex, the youth finally adjusted himself. He swam with all his might into the vortex, using the momentum of the water to avoid being thrown out.
The Shark Blue Bloodline, being of the Divine Grade, allowed the Fishman youth to quickly adapt to the currents.
He also discovered a pattern: although the direction of the water in the underwater vortex changed a lot, overall, it revolved around the center of the vortex.
Moments later, the Fishman youth swam freely within the vortex. His fluid form, agile limbs, and flexible long tail made him feel as comfortable as a fish in water.
In this state, the Fishman youth began practicing the Light and Thin Fate Fighting Energy Technique.
This was his first time cultivating this new Fighting Energy Technique, and he picked it up very quickly. Within a few seconds, he felt a surge of new Fighting Energy emanating from all over his body.
Although still silver in color, the youth instantly felt a significant difference between the new Fighting Energy and the old.
“Wow, so powerful…” The next moment, the youth’s eyes slightly glazed over, his heart filled with awe.
Countless new Fighting Energies burst forth from his body.
In that instant, he had an illusion. He felt as if his entire body was submerged in the newly generated Fighting Energy, as if he was in a sea of silver-white light, with infinite new Fighting Energy penetrating and infusing into him from outside his body.
“Is this… the Divine Bloodline!” The Fishman youth was utterly astonished.
A Bloodline is the foundation for Transcendents’ cultivation and the main factor in cultivation.
Ordinary people cultivating Fighting Energy, like Bai Ya, strive with extreme effort, yet produce only bits of Fighting Energy.
Possessing a Bronze Grade Bloodline, such as Xu Ma, the produced Fighting Energy seemed like mist.
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For Black Iron Grade like Lan Zao, the Fighting Energy appeared as droplets.
Silver Grade appeared like streams. Reaching Gold Level, the Fighting Energy poured like a waterfall.
At Holy Domain Grade, cultivating Fighting Energy felt like connecting to a great river, ceaselessly flowing.
Legendary Grade, the generation of Fighting Energy was like the vast ocean, turbulent and surging.
Divine Bloodlines, the cultivator seemed to reside in divine light, radiant inside and out, endless and boundless!
The formation speed of the new Fighting Energy was astonishingly fast. The old Fighting Energy inside the Fishman youth had no resistance and was quickly transformed.
The youth’s originally cultivated Blast Fighting Energy Technique was far inferior to the Light and Thin Fate Technique. Ten parts of old Fighting Energy could only convert into two parts of new Fighting Energy.
Half an hour later, the youth’s old Fighting Energy had completely disappeared, and his body was entirely filled with the new Fighting Energy.
The youth continued his cultivation.
His body was like a bottomless pit, continuously absorbing and storing the newly produced Fighting Energy.
“My previous Dragon-man Bloodline, although it reached Legendary Level, was not complete. Now, with 100% Divine Level, and fully complete Shark Fishman form, the capacity of my Fighting Energy has exploded countless times!”
“Thinking about it, I’m still somewhat hindered by the Light and Thin Fate Technique. This Technique is only at Holy Domain Level, while my current Divine Grade Bloodline and body are most suited for a Divine Level Technique.”
“If I had such a Technique, my cultivation efficiency would increase even more, reaching a state of endless and boundless divine light!”
The Fishman youth was immersed in cultivation, almost forgetting the time.
A slight stinging sensation from all over his body snapped him out of it.
He suddenly realized: “My body can still contain the Light and Thin Fighting Energy, but this time in cultivation, my body is also approaching its limit.”
He hastily exited the underwater vortex, swimming alone, moving far from Dun Dao Island, and finally surfaced on a reef cluster for a brief rest.
Touching his fish scales, he found them much thinner, easily breaking with a light bend.
Underneath the scales, the skin, though tough and sturdy, was also oozing slight traces of blood.
“This is the downside of the new Fighting Energy Technique. Can I use a Blood Core to compensate?” the youth began to experiment.
The attempt failed.
After a flash of red light, the fish scales remained unchanged.
“I understand!” the youth suddenly realized. To verify his guess, he extended his left arm, transforming it back to a human arm.
Without the Mutation, his bare human arm immediately cracked open, covered in wounds, bleeding profusely.
At the same time, he felt his arm was extremely swollen, the Light and Thin Fighting Energy almost bursting through!
The Fishman youth quickly Mutated his arm back.
Human blood covered on the brittle fish scales, continuously dripping down.
The scales, being thin and brittle, should be considered as the youth’s injuries, and thus could not be instantly changed by the demon energy in the Blood Core.
“My human body was modified by the War Merchant, mixed with the Legendary Bloodline of the golden needle bee, but it wasn’t complete and even worse off than in my Dragon-man state.”
“The Fishman God form can hold more of the Light and Thin Fighting Energy, but the human body can hardly bear it.”
“If the reserve of Fighting Energy reaches its limit in the Shark Blue Fishman form, I shouldn’t rashly transform into other life forms. If I change back to the Human Race, I might be burst by my inner Fighting Energy in the next second!”
“In fact, I should also avoid transforming into other Fishman forms like the Bolang Fishman, or the Dragon-man form.”
While the Shark Blue Bloodline was top-notch in Fighting Energy, it was far behind the Bolang and Dragon-man Bloodlines in terms of Magic and Divine Arts. The reverse was also true.
For these two Divine Grade Bloodlines, bearing the ultimate reserve of Fighting Energy of the Shark Blue Fishman form was relatively difficult.
Although the Blood Core was useless, the Fishman youth still had other methods.
He took out Healing Potions, Recovery Scrolls, and so on, applying each one to himself.
Fish scales becoming brittle and thin was essentially a type of injury. Since it was an injury, it was naturally curable.
However, having used various healing methods, the Fishman youth discovered their effectiveness was not very high.
He analyzed the reasons, which were probably two-fold.
The first reason was that healing the Shark Blue Divine Body was much more difficult than healing a human body or a Dragon-man form, even though all three were of the Silver Level.
The second reason was that various healing methods could only offer some superficial relief for scale damage and lacked specific targeting. For example, the main effect of Healing Potion was to stop bleeding and heal wounds on the skin.
In fact, the Fishman youth had never heard of a potion specifically for treating fish scales.
After pondering for a long time, the youth checked his body again and found that his scales had thickened somewhat.
“This is the self-healing ability of the Shark Blue Divine Body!”
Somewhat embarrassingly, this self-healing effect was better than the sum of his recent continuous treatments.
At the same time, the youth also noticed that his Light and Thin Fate Fighting Energy had diminished significantly.
“My Fighting Energy soaks through my entire body, nourishing every part of it—plus the body’s need to heal, naturally there will be a consumption of Fighting Energy.”
The youth was delighted, from this point it was apparent that the Light and Thin Fate Technique was highly compatible with the Shark Blue Divine Body.
If it had been Blast Fighting Energy before, which leaned towards fire attributes, it would have been difficult for the Shark Blue Divine Body to absorb and the effects on nourishing the Fishman youth’s body would have been very poor.
After resting for a while, the Fishman youth dove back into the sea to cultivate his Fighting Energy Technique.
Meanwhile, Zi Di had also arrived at Dun Dao City.
Due to geographical constraints, there was mainly one city and one town on Dun Dao Island—Dun Dao City and Sharp Dao Town.
Because of the special location of Dun Dao Island, trade volume was not small, and the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce had also set up a contact point there.
The Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce, having been devoured by various major powers, had retained these overseas contact points, which were too insignificant for the major powers to care about, thus they still remained in the hands of the current Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce.
During the day, the Justice Pirate Group docked and exchanged supplies with the receptionist. Shortly after nightfall, Zi Di said farewell to Cang Xu and the youth, then quietly left the Deep Sea Monster Fish ship, heading for Dun Dao City.
Half an hour later, she arrived at her destination.
She was not alone; accompanying her were Sanda, Di Lou, and Qiu.
Upon reaching a corner of the city wall, Zi Di used magic to contact her subordinates.
Soon, the city gate cracked open slightly. After a subordinate nodded and bowed to the City Guard, he immediately ran out to greet Zi Di.
Zi Di tossed a Magic Token to the subordinate, who immediately verified it with his own Magic Tools.
After confirming it, he beamed with a smile, “Elder, please come inside quickly.”
Zi Di wore a mask, beneath which her appearance had changed dramatically.
Before setting off, she had taken a Transformation Potion.
The others did likewise.
Despite using her own power, Zi Di still did not reveal her identity, instead acting in the capacity of a Guild Elder.
Under the subordinate’s guidance, they smoothly passed through the city gate and officially entered Dun Dao City.
“Sir, this way, please.” The subordinate had prepared carriages inside the city.
The four of them got into two separate carriages.
The subordinate accompanied Zi Di. “Sir, your timing is perfect. Today happens to be the day for the Black Market auction.”
Zi Di nodded, first inquiring about the Black Market situation and then about the business condition of the Purple Vine Guild’s shop there.
The subordinate soon broke into a sweat under her questioning, deeply feeling the shrewdness and difficulty of the Guild Elder in front of him.
In no time, Zi Di had caught several discrepancies from the subordinate’s responses.
Clearly, the person responsible for Dun Dao City had embezzled quite a bit of the Guild’s benefits during the drastic changes faced by the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce.
But Zi Di pretended not to know.
According to the Guild’s records, when selecting the person in charge here initially, it was done with considerable deliberation.
The current subordinate and a major family within Dun Dao City had close blood ties.
Because of this connection, the subordinate could easily bribe the City Guard and open the way for Zi Di and others at night.
Given the current need for manpower and the perilous situation at hand, Zi Di did not intend to delve into the subordinate’s responsibilities.
Meanwhile, as Zi Di and the others headed to the Black Market, a Beastman arrived at the city gate.
“Who goes there? Stop!” The City Guard issued a warning.
The Beastman scoffed, lifted his hood to reveal a dog’s head, pulled out a token, and raised it high: “Open your eyes wide and take a good look!”
“Ah, it’s the Imperial Navy!”
The City Guard members cried out in surprise, simultaneously feeling disdain and disgust, “Just a Beastman…”
“Open the gate and let me in,” commanded Captain Sea Dog, a subordinate of General Kan Qiao.
“Yes, sir.”
Immediately, the city gate opened again.