Lynn's Decision

Upon receiving Lynn's command, the God Devouring Rat pattern in the upper-right corner of the Lottery Wheel gradually dimmed, while the system's prompt sounded once more in his soul.

"Ding! The God Devouring Rat bloodline will now be loaded for the host. There will be some slight pain during the process. Please prepare yourself!"

"Pain?"

Before Lynn could react, his consciousness was instantly kicked out of the Lottery Space.

As the bloodline transformation began, the God Devouring Rat bloodline potion frantically devoured and replaced every cell in his body. The agony of being cut into a thousand pieces flooded his mind in an instant.

"Fuck!" Lynn gritted his teeth and let out a low roar, curling up on the ground.

His teeth clenched so tightly they creaked. Blood seeped from his gums and ran from the corners of his lips.

"How is this only slight pain?! It hurts like hell!"

Lynn endured the pain transmitted from every cell in his body, nearly passing out. Even his soul could not stop trembling.

But he knew this pain was normal. After all, the God Devouring Rat bloodline was completely replacing his own.

In the original story, members of the Baruch Clan had to drink fresh dragon blood to awaken that negligible trace of Azure Dragon bloodline within them. Without Blue Heart Grass to ease the pain, some would even die from the agony!

What was this little pain of his worth?

No matter how much it hurt, he would still load the God Devouring Rat bloodline without hesitation!

Lynn desperately clenched his teeth, low groans of pain continuously escaping through his nose.

Second by second, every cell, every muscle, and every inch of bone in Lynn's body was rapidly strengthened under the erosion of the God Devouring Rat bloodline...

He did not know how long passed before the God Devouring Rat bloodline replacement was finally complete.

Lynn had successfully obtained the God Devouring Rat bloodline. Of course, he still retained his human form and had not turned into a rat!

Inside the room, Lynn lay sprawled on the floor, his clothes soaked through and clinging to his body, revealing his muscular, well-defined physique. Yet he was utterly exhausted and lay there without moving!

"So this is the bloodline of the divine beast God Devouring Rat?" Lynn silently sensed the changes in his body.

First came his battle qi. There was not the slightest change; he was still newly advanced to the ninth level.

Battle qi was a human system. Magical beasts and divine beasts did not have such a thing as battle qi at all.

However, under the transformation of the God Devouring Rat bloodline, his physical strength had increased by dozens of times.

At the same level, warriors possessed stronger bodies than magi, while magical beasts possessed even stronger bodies than human warriors.

As for divine beasts, their physical strength was far more terrifying than that of magical beasts of the same level.

When Beibei was at the seventh level, he could withstand the dying strike of a ninth-level Spineback Iron-Armored Dragon and suffer only serious injuries!

What terrifying defense!

"I'm now at the ninth level. The physical strength, defense, and speed of a ninth-level God Devouring Rat should barely rival a human who has just entered the Saint Domain!" Lynn thought silently. "In other words, aside from being unable to fly, whether in speed or defense, I should be no weaker than a human who has just entered the Saint Domain!"

"And with the God Devouring Rat's terrifying talent, once I break through into the Saint Domain, I'll immediately become one of the very strongest among Saint Domain experts!" Hatred flickered in Lynn's eyes. "You Orc Race scum, just wait!"

Within Grayrock Manor, Desman frowned as he looked at the disciple before him. "You said you want to temper yourself in the Dark Mountain Range?"

Desman had been very satisfied with this disciple. Not only was he steady-tempered, but his talent was also excellent. At merely thirty years old, he had become an Eighth-level Warrior. Two days ago, with the help of a Purple Eye Fruit Desman had given him, he had successfully broken through and become a Ninth-level Warrior.

He had a tremendous chance of breaking through into the Saint Domain in the future!

Yet today, he had suddenly come to bid farewell.

"Yes, Teacher!" Lynn bowed, his tone firm. "I've decided to train in the Dark Mountain Range. If I do not reach the Saint Domain, I will not return!"

"With your talent and age, there's no need to be in such a rush!" Desman patiently persuaded him. "I know Alice's death, as well as what happened to the human race, dealt you a heavy blow. But breaking through into the Saint Domain is not something that can be done overnight. You cannot rush it!"

Lynn knew Teacher Desman meant well.

But he truly could not wait.

He possessed the God Devouring Rat bloodline and had extraordinary elemental affinity for the Dark Element Law. Once he reached adulthood, he could become a god!

But the growth period of a divine beast required at least nearly a century. In other words, if he did nothing, he could become a god within forty or fifty years.

But what then?

To refine a Sovereign Spark, one had to become a Highgod independently first!

How long had it taken Beibei in the original story to become a Highgod?

That was with Beirut having already prepared soul fragments for him. As for Beirut himself, it had taken him at least a million years to gain combat power at the level of a Prefect Lord in Hell!

If he only had himself to consider, Lynn could simply wait forty or fifty years, become a god, and then kill that Orc Race god!

Afterward, he could hide in the Material Plane until becoming a Highgod, then calmly refine the Sovereign Spark!

But he did not merely have himself to consider. He also had to go to the Netherworld and ask the Death Sovereign to save his wife and children.

Yet Lynn was extremely uneasy about whether that would succeed.

His wife, Alice, had been a fifth-level magus. His eldest daughter Lucia and youngest son Molent had trained as warriors under his guidance since childhood.

But one was twelve, while the other was only ten!

Their strength was merely that of a third-level warrior and a second-level warrior!

With such weak strength, how long could they survive in the Undead Realm?

One had to know that vast numbers of undead died in the Undead Realm every moment.

The way undead grew was by Devouring the souls of other undead!

What if—

By the time Lynn became a Main God and asked the Death Sovereign to revive his wife and children, he discovered that they had already been Devoured by other undead?

What then?

At that thought, Lynn wished he could immediately break through to become a Highgod and refine the Sovereign Spark!

How could he dare to hide? How could he not be anxious?

He had to break through into the Saint Domain at the fastest possible speed, become a Demigod, become a Midgod, become a Highgod, and even... become a Main God!

"Teacher, my mind is made up!" Faced with Desman's persuasion, Lynn remained completely unmoved.

Desman knew he could no longer persuade him and nodded. "Very well! Since you've made your decision, I won't stop you. Leave tomorrow instead! I'll prepare some things for you!"

"Yes, Teacher!" Lynn answered respectfully.

After bidding farewell to Teacher Desman and returning to his room, Lynn began writing letters to his family. His father, Duke Harrington, and mother, Lady Harrington, probably still did not know what had happened to him.

He wanted to write and tell them about his current circumstances.

Before long, Lynn had finished the letters and asked a servant of Grayrock Manor to deliver them to the capital of the Magat Kingdom.

Afterward, he quietly sat cross-legged and began refining the omnipresent elemental essence of heaven and earth to accumulate battle qi!

There were two prerequisites for humans to enter the Saint Domain. First, they had to accumulate battle qi to the peak of the ninth level. Second, they had to comprehend Heaven and Earth Momentum!

Divine beasts did not need to go through so much trouble. As they naturally grew, they would naturally comprehend Momentum and enter the Saint Domain!

Lynn did not know which situation applied to him now, so he did not stop cultivating to accumulate battle qi.