Transformation potion?

The sky was a clear blue, with branches crisscrossing overhead.

As they continued forward, Zhen Jin and Zi Di both felt the air temperature dropping rapidly.

In an open area, Zhen Jin looked into the distance and actually spotted a patch of white.

"That's a snow mountain. What the hell, there's even a snow mountain on this Sea Island!"

According to the Pig Kiss's route, this Sea Island was clearly in the tropics, where rainforests were the most normal terrain. But here, there were not only mountains and forests, but also snow mountains. According to Huang Zao's previous description, there was also a desert.

"My lord, look, there are Huang Zao's footprints here!"

Zi Di made a new discovery.

After inspecting them, Zhen Jin nodded and confirmed, "We're close to finding him. Besides him, we might also find the other members of that exploration team."

They had already adjusted their direction of travel.

Because along the way, they had not only found Huang Zao's footprints but also markers left by the exploration team.

With hanging moss blocking their path, Zhen Jin raised the long-handled sickle in his hand and cut off the long strands hanging from the branches, almost touching the ground, and continued walking.

This long-handled sickle was made from a curved spider leg.

In addition, with Zi Di's assistance, Zhen Jin had also made several Spider Spears and a Spider Sword.

These newly made weapons were very sharp and had provided Zhen Jin and Zi Di with great convenience along the way.

The battle with the spider had given Zhen Jin's weapons and equipment a significant upgrade.

The quality of the steel longsword was far inferior to the Spider Sword.

In the past, Zhen Jin would have been very happy, but now he didn't care much.

These past few days, he had been thinking about the strange change that had happened not long ago. His hands had suddenly transformed into the sharp claws of a Monkey-Tailed Brown Bear, and after stabbing the Eight-Legged Spider, it had caused the Silver-level beast to burn from the inside out, resulting in a fatal blow!

Afterward, he hadn't told Zi Di the truth, and his evasive words were actually quite clumsy.

But Zi Di hadn't pressed him.

His fiancée's understanding nature made Zhen Jin feel deeply moved.

But what exactly was going on?

Zhen Jin first thought of transformation magic.

Druids could transform into wolves, bears, or even dragons. Mages had Polymorph, and rogues had disguise spells.

"Could it be that I'm not just a Temple Knight, but also have other classes?"

This guess was immediately dismissed by Zhen Jin.

Because no matter what spell it was, there had to be a casting process.

But the sudden change in his hands at that time was very natural; there was no situation of unconscious casting at all.

Don't forget, the entire Sea Island also prohibited the use of low-level Magic and Battle Qi.

"So, is it a bloodline awakening?"

Nobles possess bloodlines that surpass the ordinary, and these bloodlines are often accompanied by distinct characteristics.

For example, the bloodline of the Saint Brilliance Great Emperor is the Sanctuary Bloodline. The direct descendants of the family, including the Saint Brilliance Great Emperor, all have silver-white pupils and grow snow-white wings.

Half-elves, who have elven and human bloodlines, also have pointed ears.

Human nobles with demon or devil bloodlines usually have horns on their heads.

"But why did my hands turn into those of a Monkey-Tailed Brown Bear?"

Could it be that what Zhen Jin awakened was the Brown Bear bloodline?

Setting aside whether such a bloodline even exists, isn't all of this a bit too coincidental?

"So, the greatest possibility is still the potion Zi Di temporarily concocted to save me at that time?"

Zhen Jin speculated that the potion produced during that irreproducible rescue process was likely a Transformation Potion!

Because at that time, Zi Di had infused a large amount of Monkey-Tailed Brown Bear blood into Zhen Jin's body.

And blood is the main ingredient for a certain type of Transformation Potion.

While Zhen Jin was saved, the effects of the Transformation Potion also lay dormant within his body. It wasn't until he faced the Eight-Legged Spider and was on the verge of death that the potion's effects erupted.

Zhen Jin felt this possibility was the greatest, which led to even more subsequent speculations.

"Are the effects of this Transformation Potion still present?"

"Can it erupt a second time?"

"If it erupts again, how long can it last?"

Zhen Jin hoped he could still erupt, that this transformation could still occur.

Because this was a trump card.

This trump card was incredibly powerful. Zhen Jin relied on it to directly kill a Silver-level fierce beast!

Although there were various favorable factors, the terrifying attack capability of the claws themselves absolutely cannot be denied.

As for the problems that might arise from taking this Transformation Potion, such as power erosion, bloodline contamination, and so on, Zhen Jin could only temporarily cast them aside.

How could he possibly worry about such things now!

Everything should be focused on survival.

These hidden dangers could be completely purified by finding a Temple Knight priest after things stabilized in the future.

The wind began to blow.

The trees rustled, and the forest stirred up a mixed green pine wave of dark green, deep green, and light green.

The wind seemed to be blowing from the Snow Mountain, causing the air temperature to drop rapidly.

This did not cause any trouble for Zhen Jin or Zi Di.

Although their clothes were thin, they carried many pieces of heating ore.

Following the tracks, they continued forward.

A gurgling mountain spring appeared before their eyes.

"This should be groundwater," Zhen Jin guessed after observing. "The spring water here is very clear and icy cold."

He wasn't in a hurry to drink, even though their water reserves had already dropped to the warning line.

Water sources in the wilderness weren't that safe. Drinking rashly could very likely cost them their lives.

"There are a lot of animal tracks here. It should be fine." Zi Di pointed at the soil around the spring, then her expression suddenly changed slightly. "Wait, Lord Zhen Jin, look over here."

On the other side of the mountain spring, they saw a large number of human footprints.

These footprints surrounded the spring, clearly indicating that many people had squatted here to collect the underground spring water.

"Very good, some of the footprints are still very fresh. It seems we are very close to that exploration team. But for now, let's fill our empty waterskins first," Zhen Jin said.

They began collecting water.

Fortunately, they had found waterskins; otherwise, without containers to store water, exploring in the wilderness would be extremely inconvenient.

Zi Di squatted on the ground, extended her arm, opened the small mouth of the waterskin as wide as possible, and lowered her head to fill it.

Zhen Jin's posture for collecting water was quite particular.

He didn't bury his head to collect water but kept his head raised at all times, occasionally glancing around, scouting the surroundings while filling the water.

There were many fierce beasts in the wilderness that specifically used water sources to lie in wait. Once prey lost their vigilance due to drinking, these fierce beasts would pounce like lightning, hunting their targets.

There was similar training content in the human army.

When drinking or filling water, one must always keep their head up to prevent being ambushed by the enemy.

Thus, when the enemy appeared, Zhen Jin was the first to notice and loudly reminded Zi Di.

The two quickly stood up.

One, two, three...

Some revealed themselves from the woods, some stood up from the rocks on the high ground, and some were faintly visible in the grass.

Soon, the young man and woman discovered they were surrounded.

Most of these people were wearing sailor's clothes, with dark, sun-weathered faces. Each of them had weapons, mainly scimitars, but also sharp swords, spears, and even bows and crossbows.

A Bronze-level elite stepped out from the crowd and walked towards Zhen Jin and Zi Di.

Seeing this person, a sharp glint flashed in Zhen Jin's eyes and quickly disappeared.

Zi Di's expression changed slightly, and she said unhappily, "It's you! Hmph, we finally caught you, Huang Zao."