Bloodline Refinement of the Big Guy

Coles froze for a moment.

The large man blocking his path reached out and squeezed his shoulder heavily. The sharp pain of bone crunching snapped Coles back to reality.

Coles didn't blame the big guy. Cold sweat was already beading on his forehead, while the alchemist in front of him still held out his hand, offering a pill.

The big guy kept pushing Coles, urging him to escape.

However, just as Coles turned to step back, an identical alchemist appeared behind him, also holding a red pill.

The same voice echoed from the alchemist behind him, though this time he didn't fall into a trance.

Coles knew he couldn't escape now. This guy was forcing him to take the unknown pill.

Seeing this, the big guy roared in anger. A wild battle qi surged around him, and he roared again, swinging his fist towards the alchemist's face.

Coles' heart clenched at the sight. He hadn't told anyone that the big guy possessed battle qi.

Although he resented Chen Cheng, he was mostly jealous. So, he had also arranged for the big guy beside him to cultivate battle qi.

He had planned that after dealing with Chen Cheng, he and his big guy could replace Fini and Chen Cheng, becoming the new sensational figures in high society.

He wondered if the big guy could succeed with a surprise attack this time.

Coles thought nervously.

However, Coles and the big guy had underestimated a high-level mage. The alchemist simply pointed at the charging big guy, and the latter's momentum froze. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't move.

"It seems your master is not destined to take my pill. I'll have you take his place."

With that, the alchemist flickered and, before either of them could react, appeared before the big guy and gently pinched his jaw.

The next moment, the big guy let out a wail, the first time Coles had heard him cry out in years.

Then, Coles watched as the big guy's tightly shut jaw was dislocated. The alchemist then shoved the pill, made from rage, into the big guy's mouth.

The alchemist flickered again and vanished from Coles' sight. His voice lingered, saying:

"Little one, from now on, the person you are angry with will be hunted by this slave of yours until death. However, your slave might also undergo a small change. Hahaha."

Before Coles could comprehend the alchemist's words, the big guy, who had been frozen, regained his mobility.

However, he was now kneeling on the ground, his eyes completely bloodshot, his body contorted in an extremely twisted and pained posture as he roared at the sky.

Before Coles could call out to the big guy, he saw the slave collar around the big guy's neck tightening, making cracking sounds.

At the same time, the big guy's body began to swell rapidly, his clothes tearing under the expansion.

His short hair started to grow wildly, the tips piercing his flesh and growing around his body. The hair felt like steel, eventually forming a kind of armor.

Finally, with a roar, the slave collar on the big guy's neck shattered from the force of his expanding body.

The big guy had now transformed into a terrifying giant nearly ten meters tall, with bulging muscles, protruding bones, bared fangs, and a body as hard as refined steel.

His eyes were blood red, and the bloodline power within him surged abnormally. Coles, standing nearby, could hear the sound of his blood flowing like surging ocean waves.

This abnormal surge of bloodline power eventually alerted Isabel, who was tracking them.

With a few leaps, she arrived on the street and saw the mountain-like big guy and the terrified Coles beside him.

Seeing Coles so close to the giant, Isabel leaped to his side, grabbed him by the collar, and pulled him away from there.

The big guy ignored Isabel and Coles as they left. His blood-red eyes fixed on the Academy, piercing through the obstacles to lock onto Chen Cheng, the target of his immense rage.

Isabel, who had been on guard, expecting an attack, frowned as she watched the giant flatten houses and head towards the Academy.

She then said to the still-terrified Coles beside her:

"You stay here and behave. I need to deal with that big guy."

Coles wanted to reach out and stop Isabel, to tell her not to harm the big guy, but his fear made him hesitate.

Isabel, however, paid him no mind. After placing him in a safe spot, she drew the twin blades from her waist and leaped towards the big guy.

Silently appearing behind the big guy, Isabel aimed for his heart and unleashed the Explosive Flame Technique.

Her Explosive Flame Technique was far more potent than the one Chen Cheng had used earlier. A searing fireball slammed into the big guy's back, exploding.

The intense heat of the flames scorched the big guy's back black. Isabel seized the opportunity, channeling her battle qi into her blades and stabbing them into the big guy's back before slicing forcefully.

In mere moments, a layer of flesh was sliced from the big guy's back by Isabel.

The big guy let out a pained roar.

As Isabel prepared to continue, the big guy's arm swung towards her from his back at an impossibly twisted angle.

Isabel dodged nimbly, but she hadn't expected this strike to contain a surge of powerful bloodline battle qi.

The battle qi struck Isabel in the abdomen. If she hadn't been protected by her own battle qi, the blow would have pulverized her internal organs.

Isabel used this attack as an opportunity to turn. Ignoring her pain, she infused her blades with magic, creating two flaming battle blades.

Channeling her battle qi, Isabel leaped above the big guy and, with no fancy maneuvers, swung her blades directly at his skull.

Isabel's attack was incredibly potent. If it had landed true, the big guy would have certainly died.

However, the sheer size of the big guy made Isabel momentarily forget that he also possessed battle qi.

With the boost of battle qi, his massive size was no longer a disadvantage to his speed.

The big guy quickly dodged to the side, avoiding a critical hit to his head. This time, Isabel only managed to slash his arm, though the length of her battle blade wasn't enough to sever it completely.

Taking advantage of Isabel's inability to change position while airborne, the big guy swung his wounded arm, channeling the surging blood essence and battle qi within him, and punched Isabel squarely in the chest.

Isabel took the full brunt of this blow. The immense force of the punch, combined with the battle qi, sent her flying like a rag doll, crashing a great distance away.

Under the impact of this punch, Isabel couldn't hold on any longer. She spat out a mouthful of fresh blood mid-air.

Isabel's body crashed through several houses before finally coming to a stop. As the dust and smoke from the collapsing buildings settled, Isabel was revealed to be covered in wounds.

Her face was also extremely pale. The punch she had just taken was far too powerful, completely exceeding her limits.

She leaned against the crumbling wall and slowly got to her feet. By now, she had an estimate of the big guy's strength: he was definitely no weaker than a Platinum Rank warrior.

If she hadn't seen any signs of him manifesting a Domain, his rank would have been Platinum.

And if he had truly reached Platinum Rank, then Hui Dun City would be in real danger this time.

A warrior's Domain could not only suppress enemies, but it could also disrupt the Domains of mages of the same rank, causing mages to lose their ability to connect with external demonic energy through their Domains.

Furthermore, a warrior's Domain ensured that they could constantly draw battle qi from the outside world to replenish themselves.

A warrior who had comprehended a Domain could be considered a human killing machine that was incredibly difficult to kill.