The moment I entered the Blood Pool, its mirror-still surface, undisturbed for who knew how many millennia, began to churn violently.
The entire Blood Pool roiled like a raging sea, and who knew how deep it was beneath the surface? Several waves crashed down, completely submerging me.
Everywhere I looked was filled with crimson. Then, I felt an intense pain, as though needles were being driven beneath my fingernails, a pain that pierced straight through my heart!
But they were not steel needles. They were the countless dense energies within the Blood Pool, transforming into hair-thin needles that stabbed fiercely into my body before rampaging through my blood, flesh, muscles, and bones with unparalleled brutality.
"Hiss!!"
The sudden agony instantly drained the color from my face. I felt as though I were drowning and suffocating, and I could not help sucking in a sharp breath.
But I had forgotten that I was already submerged in the Blood Pool. The moment I opened my mouth, several mouthfuls of blood poured into it. It was fishy-sweet and burning-hot, making me feel even worse. My lungs, windpipe, stomach, and internal organs all felt as though they were being scorched by flames, leaving me in unbearable pain.
"It will hurt a little at first. The power of the bloodline is tempering your body, removing the impurities within you and remaking your flesh and bones into a physique suited to the Fighting God Bloodline."
Xiao Xuan stood above the Blood Pool with his hands behind his back. There was even a trace of joy and excitement in his voice, as though a wish cherished for thousands of years had finally been fulfilled. Seeing that the Xiao Clan had a successor, he could not help revealing his gratification.
"Mm."
I nodded within the Blood Pool, gritting