Underworld, Seven Evils Mansion, Dark Deer City.
Ghost Castle Third floor.
Bache looked at the counter in front of him with some doubts in his eyes. He carefully looked at the other counters around him again and again to make sure that he was not in the wrong place.
However, when Bache looked at the huge logo that read 'Bloodline Awakening' in front of the counter, he felt that it was a little difficult to understand.
At this time, a staff member in black robes at the counter walked towards him with a smile.
As they have been trained, they must never give up on any potential customer.
"Do you have any questions about 'Bloodline Awakening'?"
The staff's greeting interrupted Bache's thoughts, and he looked towards the staff following the sound.
"Wasn't this a counter dedicated to selling special items from other Plane?" Bache looked at the staff with a somewhat confused expression.
He came here hoping to buy some special materials from Hell, but he didn't expect that when he came, the counter was missing.
The staff explained, "The products previously placed on this counter have been reclassified and allocated to other counters according to their uses."
"If you need it, just go to the corresponding counter according to the nature of the materials you need."
"From now on, this will be the counter belonging to 'Bloodline Awakening'."
Bache After listening to this, I feel a little at ease, as long as I can still buy things.
He also felt a little surprised. Bache had heard that this Ghost Castle legend was the property of Overgod. There were as many Ghost Castles as there were cities in Underworld.
And now, this Ghost Castle has specially set aside a counter for this unknown 'Bloodline Awakening'...
"Is this an order from Overgod?" Bache tried to inquire.
The staff member gave Bache a look, and then said in a subtle tone, "I don't know about this."
"It's just that I heard that since three hundred years ago, basically all Ghost Castles of Underworld will have a 'Bloodline Awakening' counter."
After receiving the hint from the staff, Bache immediately understood that it was impossible for such a large-scale action not to have Overgod behind it.
Ever since, Bache immediately became interested and asked curiously, "Then what exactly is being sold at the counter of 'Bloodline Awakening'?"
Hearing that Bache wanted to know more, the smile on the staff's face became more sincere, "What we sell at this counter is not a specific product, but a service."
"'Bloodline Awakening', as the name suggests, means that as long as a strong person who is Divine Beast purchases services from us, we can let one of his bloodline descendants awaken Divine Beast Bloodline in his body."
"This will not only allow his descendants to have a Divine Avatar that matches his own Divine Beast Bloodline attributes, but also allow him to awaken the 'Innate Divine Ability' inherited from his bloodline."
"Of course, the power of 'Innate Divine Ability' awakened by the descendants of Divine Beast will be far inferior to the source of their bloodline."
"What?" Bache suddenly looked at the staff who was explaining for him with a shocked expression, feeling a little excited, "Are you telling the truth?"
Bache, his origin is a kind of Divine Beast born from Underworld, his name is 'Void Shattering Tiger', Innate Divine Ability is called 'Void Shatter'. Its effect is that it can cause extremely powerful damage by smashing the space in the target direction. It can also be regarded as a very powerful Innate Divine Ability.
He is also a well-known and powerful person around Dark Deer City.
But he has always been very worried about something. He is obviously very powerful, but he has no heirs to succeed him.
What he couldn't even understand was that although he was Divine Beast of the wind attribute, his child's talent in the wind attribute was really limited.
This has always made Bache a little worried. The main supplies he came to Ghost Castle to purchase this time were also for the training of several children.
The staff seemed to be used to such shocked expressions, and replied calmly, "Don't worry, it's naturally true."
"Otherwise there would be no way our counter would be located in this Ghost Castle..."
Sensing the opportunity to completely untie his knot, Bache quickly asked, "How much does it cost to awaken a bloodline?"
Bache thinks that since he has been hanging around here for so many years, he has a small amount of savings, and he should be able to afford the corresponding expenses if he bites the bullet.
Hearing that the guy in front of him really had hope of becoming a customer, the staff member's smile became even more enthusiastic, "The price may be more favorable than you think. The cost of a 'Bloodline Awakening' only costs one hundred thousand Nether Stone."
For a moment, Bache thought he had heard wrongly, "One hundred thousand?"
The staff confirmed, "Yes, it only requires one hundred thousand Nether Stone."
Bache's smile immediately brightened. The price was too cheap for him. The materials he originally wanted to buy were more than this price.
"I want to purchase the service of 'Bloodline Awakening' three times." Bache directly took out 300,000 Nether Stone from Space Ring and handed it to the staff, saying with a proud look on his face.
The staff looked at Bache and confirmed, "Did you purchase the service of 'Bloodline Awakening' for your descendants three times?"
Bache nodded directly, "Yes, all three of them are my children."
The staff did not pick up Nether Stone from Bache, but reminded, "Sir, we recommend that you purchase the 'Bloodline Awakening' service once for the time being."
Bache frowned, and many bad situations suddenly came to mind, "What? Is there a limit to the number of purchases per person for this 'Bloodline Awakening' service?"
"Of course there will be no restrictions. Just for your consideration, we recommend that you only purchase the service once in a short period of time." The staff quickly explained, "Since we say that we provide services, we naturally do not include actual items."
"What do you mean?" Bache asked with a frown.
The staff explained, "The principle of our 'Bloodline Awakening' is to extract part of the 'blood energy' from the source of blood, that is, your body, to help your heirs awaken."
"As long as..., it can be absorbed by your heirs, thereby meeting the requirements of Bloodline Awakening."
"However, as a subject of energy being extracted, if too much 'blood energy' is extracted in a short period of time, it will cause some unnecessary negative effects on your body."
After listening to the staff's explanation, Bache roughly understood the basic principles of 'Bloodline Awakening', but some new doubts emerged in his mind.
Is there really no problem in extracting this 'blood energy' from one's own body?
"Will this really have no negative impact on me?" Bache hesitated again.
"Don't worry, the whole process will definitely not cause any harm to you. The whole process is similar to performing 'Innate Divine Ability' on yourself." The staff tried hard to dispel Bache's doubts, "It's just that this time the consumption of 'Innate Divine Ability' will be a bit large and more time will be needed to recuperate."
"And our entire 'Bloodline Awakening' process will not tie you down in any way."
"During the whole process, if you feel something is wrong, you can choose to stop at any time."
"Of course, you need to bear the losses caused by this behavior yourself." Finally, the staff ended his explanation with a disclaimer.
'Behind Ghost Castle is Overgod, Overgod doesn't need to lie to me...' Bache is doing some mental building for himself.
After a long while, Bache took a deep breath, looked at the staff at the counter, and said firmly, "Then I will purchase the service of 'Bloodline Awakening' first."
"Okay." After saying that, the staff took out three badges, two black and one brown.
He first handed the brown one to Bache, "Please put a drop of your 'Quintessence Blood' on this badge first. To successfully hold the 'Bloodline Awakening' ceremony, your Quintessence Blood needs to be analyzed in advance."
This time, Bache only hesitated for a moment, and then decisively dropped a drop of his 'Quintessence Blood' on the badge.
When 'Quintessence Blood' was about to come into contact with the badge, a transparent ripple flashed across the surface of the badge, and countless Rune seemed to flash faintly in it. Then the drop of 'Quintessence Blood' disappeared without a trace.
Of course, it seems to Bache that it was absorbed by the badge.
At the same time, Nether Mountain a certain room in a palace, a sealed vessel suddenly lit up. Among the densely packed Rune, a drop of 'Quintessence Blood' suddenly appeared out of thin air in the vessel.
Jie Ning sensed that the 'Quintessence Blood inventory' was increasing again in his 'storage room' and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
This 'Bloodline Awakening' service is naturally provided by Jie Ning. The main purpose is for these various Divine Beast Quintessence Blood and their blood energy.
The Rune on the badge is a lower-level technology reproduced by Jie Ning based on the principle of Teleportation Array. Currently it can only be used to transport some inanimate substances, but it is enough for the current Jie Ning.
This technology has been temporarily used by Jie Ning in its newly launched 'Bloodline Awakening' service.
Under the watchful eye of Bache, the staff quickly put away the badge that had no change in appearance and in fact.
Then he handed the remaining two badges to Bache, "Next, please identify the owners of these two badges with blood."
"This time only ordinary blood will be enough." the staff member added.
Bache completed the operation according to the staff's instructions, and then handed the two badges back to the staff.
The staff only accepted one, "The other badge is your proof of purchasing services, please keep it safe."
Bache immediately put the badge into his Space Ring.
Then, the staff handed out another form, "Fill in your recent residential address at Dark Deer City here, and a dedicated person will contact you within a month based on the address you filled in."
"What needs to be filled in below is your Divine Beast race and the 'Innate Divine Ability' you own..."
"Our 'Bloodline Awakening' service requires the assistance of Magic Array. This information is used to make appropriate adjustments based on your bloodline information." The staff compiled the reasons they just thought of a few days ago.
However, Bache had no doubts about it at all and complied with it honestly.
"Okay, the formalities here are over. Now you just need to show the badge in your hand when someone contacts you."
"Just please note that if you are unable to show your badge, whether it is lost or damaged, we will default to giving up the service of 'Bloodline Awakening'." The staff finally warned.
Bache nodded, then seemed to think of something again, looked at the staff and asked, "Then when can I purchase the second 'Bloodline Awakening' service."
"If there are no accidents, the time we recommend is that you come back to purchase the next service fifty years after you complete this 'Bloodline Awakening'." The staff replied enthusiastically.
After getting the information he wanted, Bache did not buy any other products, but quickly left Ghost Castle.
After all, he had to bring his child to this Dark Deer City first...
Watching Bache disappear, the staff directly copied all the information on Bache, then turned around and entered a room, placing it on top of a Magic Array.
With a flash of light, the form disappeared in an instant.
At the same time, there is also a new file in Archive of Jie Ning.
Time soon came two weeks later. Bache took his young son Peyna and followed a staff member also wearing a black robe to a yard next to Ghost Castle.
Bache At a glance, he saw a big tree with various Runes carved all over it growing in the center of the courtyard, and various Runes were also carved on the surrounding ground.
There are two marks, one red and one green, on both sides of the big tree.
"You two, wait and stand at the designated positions according to the marks on the ground." The staff said, pointing to the two marks.
"Those who need to perform 'Bloodline Awakening' stand on the red mark, and those who provide blood energy stand on the green mark."
"Don't resist if anything happens next." Finally, the staff member warned Bache with stern eyes.
"Yes." During this period, Bache and Peyna had long been mentally prepared. They obediently followed the staff's instructions and stood in the prescribed positions.
Then, Bache saw the staff taking out a piece of Token, and then a ray of light shot out from the Token directly towards the big tree next to him.
The next moment, Bache saw a Magic Array being activated with the big tree as the center.
At the same time, the branches of the big tree next to them began to hang down, wrapping Bache and Peyna at the same time.
'Same as what was said before, the blood energy began to be sucked away. 'Bache felt a suction force coming from the branches beside him, 'However, with this kind of power, I can break free as long as I use my strength...'
In fact, Spirit Absorbing Tree's main target is Bache's divine power, but for Bache, compared to the scarce bloodline energy, the absorbed divine power is just a drop in the bucket for him.
Spirit Absorbing Tree successfully absorbed the blood energy from Bache's body, and then quickly purified it with the help of Magic Array, and then excreted part of it from another direction according to a certain guide.
The rest flowed down the trunk and into a root of Spirit Absorbing Tree.
At this time, Peyna also felt an extremely comfortable warmth beginning to flow into his body, which made him feel like he wanted to moan.
Gradually, Bache found that the suction force disappeared, and the branches around him began to leave his body.
Bache quickly looked to the other side and immediately saw his youngest son Peyna with a happy expression on his face.
This gave him some confidence.
Time passed slowly, and suddenly, Heavenly Law arrived, Peyna floated into the air, and a Divine Spark formed in his body.
Looking at his youngest son falling back to the ground, Bache quickly stepped forward and asked nervously, "Peyna, how do you feel?"
Peyna felt the abundant strength in his body and said happily, "Father, I feel great now."
"Then do you feel 'Innate Divine Ability'?" Bache continued to ask.
Peyna nodded, "I can feel that I can already use 'Innate Divine Ability', but here..."
As he spoke, Peyna looked around and hesitated.
At this time, the staff on the side suddenly said, "There is another courtyard next to you where you can test the newly awakened 'Innate Divine Ability'..."
Bache quickly took Peyna to thank the staff, and then immediately took Peyna to the yard next door.
There are many other cases like Bache and his son that have happened in Underworld over the years.
Successful cases one after another made countless strong people from Divine Beast excited.
Among today's major Supreme Plane and Divine Plane, the number of Divine Beast among all the strong ones can be said to have a very high proportion.
And among these powerful men, there is almost a universal problem: their descendants cannot inherit their powerful bloodline.
You know, even for most Divine Beast, whether he has a powerful 'Innate Divine Ability' will determine whether he is a truly strong person.
And now, they also have an opportunity to let their descendants have their own 'Innate Divine Ability', which will undoubtedly transform the strength of Divine Beast's descendants.
Some Divine Beasts who care about their descendants after establishing a family continue to help generations of descendants to awaken.
If it weren't for the news that Ghost Castle later announced that blood energy could also be extracted from the offspring of Bloodline Awakening, it just required several people to work together to get the full amount.
Only then did many Divine Beast break free from the 'awakening cycle'.
However, the spread of this news has brought not only good things, but also some malicious covetousness.
For example, a certain Light Overlord who suddenly came to Underworld's 'collecting style' heard the news.
And he knew it. Naturally, Destiny Overlord also knew the news.
"Ghost Castle's 'Bloodline Tree'?" Of rarely broke away from research, with bright brilliance in his eyes.
'Bloodline Tree' is Spirit Absorbing Tree, only getting a new name because of its abilities in the eyes of outsiders.
With a flash in his eyes, an idea came to Of's mind, and then he passed the idea to Augusta who was still in Underworld.
Since Augusta became Light Overlord, Of agreed to his request, and the memories between the two are no longer directly connected.
Although the two still essentially belong to the same person, neither can directly see the other's memories without the consent of the other.
After receiving Of's reply, Augusta showed a look of assurance on his face.
Looking at the noisy city below, a cold smile appeared on his face.
Soon after, a shocking news spread in Underworld. The Youming Castle in a city was actually ransacked by strong men of unknown origin. All the property was looted. At that time, all the people in this Youming Castle were basically spared unless they owned the other Doppelganger.
The most shocking thing is that although some of them have other Divine Avatar outside, he has no idea who the murderer is who killed him?
This incident almost caused an uproar in the entire Underworld.
Many people speculate that this must also be the work of one Overgod. This Overgod is obviously hostile to Overgod behind Ghost Castle.
Nether Mountain, Rias sat at the top with expressionless faces, and Jie Ning stood behind her.
Below are the remaining four members of the Death Series, Overgod, all four of them standing tremblingly.
"Such a big thing happened, and now you tell me, you don't know anything?" Rias's eyes swept over the four of them calmly.
Death Sovereign Helson in the middle raised his head cautiously, "Sovereign, the speed of the person who did this was too fast. Everyone at Ghost Castle was killed without anyone noticing anything strange."
"I've asked a few guys with Divine Avatar, and they have no idea who killed them."
With someone taking the lead, another center Death Sovereign Maldo quickly echoed, "This is definitely the work of other Overgod..."
"Bang~" Before Maldo could react, Rias had already knocked him away with a wave of his hand, and he hit the wall directly. "Do I still need you to tell me that the murderer is a Overgod?"
Rias's expression became fierce.
"What I want to know now is which person who didn't care about his life did it."
"Every Overgod knows that Ghost Castle is my property, yet there are still some little mice who dare to have such crooked thoughts."
After Rias went crazy, the four Overgod below did not dare to speak at all.
Fortunately, Rias didn't expect to get any effective clues from them now, and directly ordered, "Now, as soon as you get out of here, go and turn the area around 'Donuocheng' upside down for me. I want to..."
"Wait a minute," Rias seemed to suddenly think of something, and looked at one of the subordinates, Death Sovereign, "Isaac, go to the Heavenly Realm to find Destiny Overlord, saying that I need his secret skills to help me find traces of some guys."
Rias suddenly remembered Of's secret technique of capturing the hidden divine aura.
"You three, go and guard near 'Donuocheng' first. Before Destiny Overlord arrives, no fighting is allowed near there."
"Yes." The four Overgod below accepted the order and left as fast as they could escape.
Although the order has been issued, the anger in Rias's heart has not diminished at all.
At this time, Jie Ning suddenly said, "Maybe I know what the real goal of this 'rat' is?"
"Perhaps the identity can also be narrowed down..."
Rias looked at Jie Ning, "How do you say that?"
"Spirit Absorbing Tree, his goal is this." Jie Ning said thoughtfully, "In this incident, Spirit Absorbing Tree of Donuocheng also disappeared."
"Because I have the intention to prevent others from stealing, I have placed a special Magic Array inside each Spirit Absorbing Tree. If I remove this Magic Array first, the Spirit Absorbing Tree will self-destruct as soon as it is moved."
"But this guy took away all the fragments of the destroyed Spirit Absorbing Tree..." Jie Ning's tone was full of meaning.
Rias immediately understood some implication from Jie Ning's tone, "You mean, the murderer is one of Of and Utred?"
Jie Ning narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Most likely."
"Everyone knows that the main function of Spirit Absorbing Tree is to awaken the bloodline of the descendants of Divine Beast and even Innate Divine Ability."
"Among all the Overgods, apart from me, only Of and Utred have been studying this aspect."
"Of has started research in this area a long time ago, and Utred started research because he wanted to surpass Of."
"Of course, we don't rule out that there are other Overgod who are secretly studying this aspect."
Rias's eyes became dangerous, "We'll find out who did it when Of comes."
"If he can't find anything, chances are he did it."
Heavenly Realm, Of frowned and looked at the scattered pile of black coal in front of him.
Although he had long known from the memory transmitted by Augusta that the tree had self-destructed, he really did not expect that the self-destruction would be so complete.
'Looks like I still need to go talk to Rias. '
In Of's original idea, this method of obtaining a large number of research objects was best and most convenient to be in one's own hands.
As long as you control the soul of the Divine Beast object that needs to be studied, and then let it continue to reproduce, you can have countless research materials as long as you spend some time.
For this reason, if it really succeeds, even if it offends Rias, Of feels it is completely worth it.
After all, in his opinion, Rias has not yet become Death Rule Paragon and poses no threat to him at all.
Rias has not made any move since he became Paragon. Except for Jie Ning, almost no other Overgod knows this news.
"Death Sovereign Isaac asks to see Lord Destiny Overlord." While Of was thinking, a Telepathic Message came from the outside world.
Of's expression changed, and he put away all the 'stolen items', and his signature gentle smile appeared on his face again, "Come in."
Soon, Isaac came to Of and said respectfully, "Sir, Master Death Overlord asked me to ask you to help find traces of a murderer."
Of looked 'surprised', "Underworld Did something happen?"
Isaac truthfully recounted what he knew about the situation.
Of After 'thinking' for a moment, he agreed, "I don't have anything else important to do here, so I'll just go with you."
"Thank you, sir." Isaac breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Of didn't know that Rias had already placed his target between him and Utred.