Everyone stared fixedly at Jiang Hao.
Jiang Hao took a deep breath.
The Bloodline Power hidden deep within his body was stirred.
Boom.
Jiang Hao's body shook with a thunderous roar.
A terrifying aura spread from within him.
Above Jiang Hao's head, the faint outline of a three-legged giant bird appeared.
The three-legged giant bird was like a Great Sun, illuminating heaven and earth.
A scorching breath even rushed toward them.
It was as if the temperature of the arena had risen in an instant.
This scene dealt a fierce blow to everyone's minds.
As though they could not believe it.
"This is... Bloodline Power?"
"Without a doubt, it's Bloodline Power! Jiang Hao actually awakened a Bloodline too?"
"This Bloodline—a three-legged divine bird, and so scorching besides—it's a mythical divine bird, the Three-legged Golden Crow!"
"The Three-legged Golden Crow is a divine bird from myth and legend, born from the Great Sun itself, a true divine beast! If Jiang Hao's Bloodline is that of the Three-legged Golden Crow, then it is undoubtedly divine blood."
"Three-legged Golden Crow Divine Blood? But I've never heard of a divine-blood lineage with Three-legged Golden Crow Divine Blood."
"There may not have been one before, but perhaps there will be one in the future... If Jiang Hao can Enter Dao through Three-legged Golden Crow Divine Blood, then Jiang Hao himself can establish a divine-blood lineage!"
"If it was not divine blood inherited from a divine-blood lineage, then it awakened by chance. But the odds of awakening divine blood by chance are simply unimaginable."
"He possesses divine blood and is also a future Seed of the Dao. His future achievements will be limitless..."
Seeing Jiang Hao unleash the Three-legged Golden Crow Divine Blood,
everyone was utterly shaken.
Whether they were elders of the seven sects or ordinary martial artists watching the battle,
each and every one of them was nearly dumbstruck.
Leng Yue in particular.
When she saw the divine blood on Jiang Hao, even her gaze turned dazed.
She had actually formed a grudge with such an unimaginable genius over a spirit pet. That was simply... foolish to the extreme!
"I can't go back to the Huangtian Sect..."
Leng Yue murmured softly.
A trace of delight also flashed through Xia Hong's beautiful eyes.
Before, Jiang Hao had been brimming with confidence, and Xia Hong had not known why.
But now, she knew the reason for Jiang Hao's confidence.
Divine blood!
Jiang Hao had actually awakened divine blood?
Moreover, Jiang Hao had most likely awakened his divine blood long ago, yet only revealed it now.
This sudden eruption truly shocked everyone.
"How could he have awakened divine blood too?"
Li Qingshan's eyes widened, and he could hardly believe it.
Three-legged Golden Crow Divine Blood?
Li Qingshan had indeed never said that any divine-blood lineage possessed this kind of divine blood.
No divine-blood lineage had passed it down, yet he had awakened divine blood.
There was only one possibility.
Jiang Hao had awakened it by chance himself.
He had the potential to become the ancestor of a divine-blood lineage!
To establish a divine-blood lineage with his own hands.
With Jiang Hao's Three-legged Golden Crow Divine Blood alone,
if he left the Southern Region for the Central Region, countless factions would likely scramble to offer Jiang Hao all kinds of resources and conveniences, lending him a helping hand in the hope that he could Enter Dao through divine blood.
By then, countless exquisitely beautiful, high-born women would voluntarily marry Jiang Hao.
All just to bear children and pass down the divine blood.
Li Qingshan was so jealous he was nearly driven mad.
Yan Beiwu was also greatly shocked.
However, she did not lose her composure.
She merely became increasingly curious about Jiang Hao.
In a mere Southern Region, there was actually someone so astonishingly gifted.
If he were in the Central Region, those chosen geniuses would be nothing special compared with him, would they?
No, many chosen geniuses simply could not compare to Jiang Hao.
"Divine blood..."
"You truly are unexpected. I originally thought my opponents this time were only Li Qingshan and Yan Beiwu. I never expected you to appear as well."
"A future Seed of the Dao, two kinds of true intent, one kind of divine blood... Perhaps you are already stronger than Li Qingshan and Yan Beiwu."
"I have no divine blood, no two kinds of true intent, and I am not a future Seed of the Dao. I only have the saber in my hand!"
"But I believe in the saber in my hand. This one strike can cleave through every obstacle before me!"
Hu Qing spoke.
He stared hard at Jiang Hao.
His heart was deeply stirred as well.
Yet he still gripped the saber in his hand and still chose to believe in it.
He was a saber wielder.
Nothing else mattered.
Only the saber in his hand mattered most.
At that moment, Hu Qing felt that his Blade Intent had become purer and stronger.
This was how saber wielders grew stronger.
They constantly questioned their hearts.
They constantly strengthened their Blade Intent.
Jiang Hao looked at Hu Qing.
Even after he revealed the Golden Crow Divine Blood, Hu Qing still showed no sign of conceding.
This was a worthy opponent.
"I have never unleashed the Golden Crow Divine Blood with all my strength... But perhaps you can make me unleash all of its power!"
With a thought from Jiang Hao,
Buzz.
A layer of flames abruptly covered his hand.
"Great Sun True Fire, go!"
Jiang Hao waved his hand.
With that simple wave, terrifying Great Sun True Fire immediately poured down upon Hu Qing, blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
"Extreme Saber Nine Slashes!"
Hu Qing shouted.
His Blade Intent had already risen to its limit.
Facing the terrifying Great Sun True Fire, he frantically slashed out nine beams of saber light in succession.
This was already his strongest attack.
The saber light flickered.
It was enough to cleave through anything.
But what he faced was the Great Sun True Fire that burned all things without exception!
No matter how sharp his saber light was, it could not cut down the Great Sun True Fire.
As the nine beams of saber light were burned into ashes by the Great Sun True Fire,
a strand of Great Sun True Fire fell upon Hu Qing's saber.
Sizzle.
Hu Qing's saber was also a treasured weapon forged by a master.
Its material was exceptionally tough.
But once it was melted by the Great Sun True Fire, the saber was instantly pierced through.
A fine treasured saber lost half its length in the blink of an eye, becoming a Broken Saber.
The saber was broken!
Hu Qing looked utterly lost.
A saber was a saber wielder's second life.
Once the saber broke, it meant defeat.
"I lost..."
Hu Qing conceded.
With a wave of his hand, Jiang Hao recalled the Great Sun True Fire.
He had not used the Great Sun True Fire to burn Hu Qing.
After all, there was no enmity between him and Hu Qing.
Besides, Hu Qing was a respectable opponent!
In the fourth round, Jiang Hao won!
The area around the arena was very quiet.
Jiang Hao had won.
It was quite unexpected.
Yet after Jiang Hao unleashed the Golden Crow Divine Blood, it somehow also seemed only natural.
Divine blood was simply that powerful.
If it were ordinary Bloodline Power, one might perhaps still defeat it through Martial Skills or saber techniques.
But divine blood...
Invincible among those of the same rank!
That was the might of divine blood.
The only thing that could defeat divine blood was divine blood itself.
Perhaps the legendary Sacred Bodies could defeat it as well.
But Sacred Bodies... were far too rare.
Whether Innate Sacred Bodies or Acquired Sacred Bodies, both were exceedingly rare.
Only certain chosen geniuses in the Central Region could possess Sacred Bodies.
As for the Southern Region?
No one had heard of any Hidden Force or Transforming Force martial artist possessing a Sacred Body.
Jiang Hao lowered his head and looked at the Great Sun True Fire in his hand.
"Divine blood is indeed powerful, but only before Entering Dao. Once one has Entered Dao, divine blood may still hold an advantage, but that advantage will become very slight..."
Jiang Hao shook his head.
Thinking about matters after Entering Dao now was simply too far away from him.
He was only at Hidden Force.
Jiang Hao used Shrink Step Into Inch and immediately leaped down from the arena, returning to the Huangtian Sect camp.
The moment he entered the Huangtian Sect camp, Elder Wang burst into laughter. "Jiang Hao, well done!"
"No wonder the Sect Master said this was a sure thing. So the Sect Master had long known that you possessed divine blood. Tsk tsk, divine blood..."
Elder Wang was clearly extremely satisfied with Jiang Hao's performance.
Earlier, Sect Master Yuan Wentian had been all mysterious.
He had refused to say anything.
Now it seemed that what the Sect Master had concealed was Jiang Hao's possession of divine blood.
But Elder Wang did not mind.
Possessing divine blood truly had to be kept secret.
The Huangtian Sect Outer Gate's ten greatest disciples all gathered around Jiang Hao to congratulate him.
"Congratulations, Senior Disciple Brother, on defeating such a powerful opponent."
"I never expected that Senior Disciple Brother could win even against Hu Qing's terrifying Blade Intent."
"Senior Disciple Brother, you possess divine blood, and it is divine blood awakened by chance rather than inherited from a divine-blood lineage. If someone bears your child, there is a great chance that the child will inherit Senior Disciple Brother's divine blood..."
These Outer Gate disciples were all knowledgeable people.
They also possessed a certain amount of common knowledge regarding Bloodlines.
Some of the female disciples' beautiful eyes shone as well, and no one knew what they were thinking.
Although Jiang Hao would need to Enter Dao through divine blood before there was a chance to pass down the Bloodline,
what if?
It was not as though it were impossible.
Entering Dao through divine blood merely greatly increased the chances of passing divine blood down to one's offspring.
Even without Entering Dao, they could still try their luck.
For a time, Jiang Hao even noticed that the way Xia Hong looked at him had changed.
So he had become "Tang Monk's flesh," and every woman wanted to pounce on him and take a bite?
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