Bloodline Evolution and the Chance for Bone Fusion

Bloodline Evolution and the Chance for Bone Fusion

Long Jiuyyao watched the flames grow larger, disdain in his heart. Using wind in front of me? You're overestimating yourself.

The Natal Celestial Talisman appeared between Long Jiuyyao's brows. Within thirty feet of him, Gale Force turned violent as a steady stream of wind converged.

As a ten-meter-tall tornado formed, it extinguished the flames Crimson Sun Tanuki had unleashed.

"Xin'er, Xinhuang, attack! Finish it in one blow!" Long Jiuyyao shouted.

Without its flames, Crimson Sun Tanuki couldn't even beat a demonic beast of the same rank, and its defense was only comparable to that of an Origin Core Realm beast.

At last, Crimson Sun Tanuki began to panic. Its strongest ability had been countered, and it had no other powerful attacks.

"Phoenix Moon Sky Blade!" Lan Xinhuang cried. Countless icy-blue strands of Yuan Power transformed into blade-like feathers, surging forth in a grand wave like a blue canopy.

"Great Sun Dragon Fist!" Yuan Xin shouted. Pale Yuan Power wrapped around her slender hand like a thin film. She clenched her jade hand into a fist and struck with all her might. A massive dragon-shaped fist shot forward.

Crimson Sun Tanuki murmured something under its breath. A glow of flame enveloped it, and even the surrounding space began to ripple faintly.

"Trying to run now? Too late! Natal Celestial Talisman, Gale Prison!" The Natal Celestial Talisman between Long Jiuyyao's brows flashed with dazzling blue light.

The wind around them, still moments ago, roared to life. The raging gale suppressed the rippling space, and the flames around Crimson Sun Tanuki were extinguished once more.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Crimson Sun Tanuki swung its orange-red claws, repeatedly striking the invisible walls of wind around it.

No matter how fiercely it attacked, the Gale Prison was as hard as refined iron and didn't budge.

At last, the moment Long Jiuyyao trapped Crimson Sun Tanuki, the two women's attacks came rushing in.

Despair filled the tanuki's eyes from within its prison. They were close. Countless feather blades sliced through its neck like knives, while the meteor-like dragon fist finished it off.

"Haah... haah... haah!" The three of them panted softly. The battle hadn't lasted long, but it had consumed a great deal of Yuan Power.

Long Jiuyyao had barely used any Yuan Power, but his mental energy was nearly spent. Even though he had condensed a Natal Celestial Talisman, controlling the power of heaven and earth was no easy task.

Crimson Sun Tanuki was a sizeable beast, nearly two meters long. Long Jiuyyao hoisted its corpse onto his shoulder. Since he had dealt with it, the unpleasant task of carrying the body naturally fell to him.

With the corpse over his shoulder, Long Jiuyyao followed the path marked by his mental energy, and the three soon returned to camp.

Long Jiuyyao first hung Crimson Sun Tanuki's corpse from a branch. He wrapped Yuan Power around the tips of his dragon claws. Against their razor-sharp points, the tanuki's hide was as fragile as scraps of paper.

Before long, he had removed the entire pelt. Then Long Jiuyyao used brute force to tear away the tanuki's flesh.

Long Jiuyyao used Yuan Power to start a fire and smoked the extra meat. Meanwhile, the two women cleaned the pelt and spread it over their sleeping area.

Once they had laid it out, Yuan Xin and Lan Xinhuang lay down to test it. It felt soft and comfortable.

And so the day passed. Night slowly fell, and the three sat around the fire, devouring the tanuki meat.

"Xinhuang, if we want to win the championship, I'm afraid hunting demonic beasts alone won't be enough," Long Jiuyyao said, biting into a piece of meat.

"What else do you want to do?" Lan Xinhuang asked, swallowing a bite.

"Steal," Long Jiuyyao said grimly.

"Brother, you mean we should take other people's Demon Crystals?" Yuan Xin asked in surprise.

"Clever. Exactly. But the Rock Mist Mountain Range is enormous, so we'll have to think it through," Long Jiuyyao explained.

The two women's eyes glittered with excitement. Stealing Demon Crystals—just thinking about it thrilled them.

Of course, if they happened to run into any demonic beasts along the way, they wouldn't let those pass by either.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

In the Dragon Clan Grand Hall, Yuan Gan sat in the seat of honor. The sound of his fingers tapping the table echoed through the silent hall. Every so often, he glanced at the Kunpeng Bone Wings beside him, lost in thought.

After a long while, Yuan Gan finally made up his mind. He abruptly clenched his hand toward the center of the hall, and a crack in space appeared. A lion with a golden mane emerged in the empty hall.

"Jin Ming, I'm giving you an enormous opportunity," Yuan Gan said with a faint smile from his seat of honor.

Yuan Gan reached out with his right hand and gave a slight squeeze. The Kunpeng Bone Wings, surrounded by powerful Spatial Power, appeared in his grasp.

He was going to perform Bone Fusion for Jin Ming. And the bone he would fuse wasn't from an ordinary demonic beast—it was the natal bone of the Kunpeng Clan, one of the Demon Domain Hegemon Clans.

In fact, Yuan Gan hadn't told Long Jiuyyao everything last time. For the Golden Sun Nether Lion Clan, the ideal time for their first Bone Fusion was during their youth.

Their bones were still growing, making them best suited to fusing with the bones of another demonic beast. Only by allowing the foreign bone to grow alongside their own could it fit perfectly within their bodies, becoming inseparable from them. That was why Yuan Gan had brought Jin Ming to the Dragon Clan Grand Hall.

The second Bone Fusion, of course, wasn't so particular. They only needed to obtain a sufficiently powerful bone, then slowly nourish it with their own blood and vital energy.

When Jin Ming first saw the Kunpeng Bone Wings hovering in the air, greed glimmered in his dark-gold eyes. Yet deep within them was also a profound fear.

The Golden Sun Nether Lion's obsession with Bone Fusion was like the Dragon Clan's obsession with the Dragon Transformation Bone. If anything, the former was even more fanatical.

So when Jin Ming faced the Kunpeng Bone Wings, he felt greed because they were Kunpeng Bone Wings—and fear for the very same reason. That was why Jin Ming, who was only in the Lesser Origin Core Realm, radiated both greed and fear.

For the Golden Sun Nether Lion, Bone Fusion was a unique inheritance of their clan, but it could still fail. Just as with the Dragon Clan, transforming with the Dragon Transformation Bone was dangerous and could end in failure. Nothing was guaranteed to succeed.

If a member of the Golden Sun Nether Lion Clan failed at Bone Fusion, they would be left crippled, forever stuck at Nirvana and unable to advance any further. They would also lose their chance to attempt Bone Fusion again for the rest of their life. That was the clan's greatest obstacle: those who crossed it had limitless potential, while those who failed would remain at Nirvana.

But to the Golden Sun Nether Lion Clan, the obsession with Bone Fusion outweighed everything—even life itself.

Yuan Gan, seated high above, smiled at Jin Ming, who radiated greed below. Most of what Yuan Gan knew about the Golden Sun Nether Lion Clan came from ancient texts.

Yuan Gan formed a hand seal, and a faint purple-gold light surged around the floating Kunpeng Bone Wings. The Purple Gold Mist burrowed into the bone like a maggot into flesh.

The moment the mist entered, the Spatial Power around the Kunpeng Bone Wings sharply diminished, then vanished completely, sealed within. Beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Yuan Gan's face, a testament to the bone's power.

"Haah... haah... No wonder it was a Reincarnation Stage Kunpeng Demonic Beast that had survived the Triple Reincarnation Tribulation. If the Spatial Power in the Kunpeng Bone Wings hadn't weakened so much over time, I really wouldn't have been able to handle it," Yuan Gan panted.

Seeing the Spatial Power vanish from the Kunpeng Bone Wings, the fear in Jin Ming's eyes faded. Now, there was little left but greed.

"Heh. Little one, these were always meant for you," Yuan Gan said with a smile, tossing him the Kunpeng Bone Wings.

"Little one, begin your Bone Fusion. I'm right here," Yuan Gan said solemnly.

"Roar!" Jin Ming let out a low growl as he stared at the dull Kunpeng Bone Wings before him.

Brilliant gold light radiated from Jin Ming. On closer inspection, blood-red glimmers like drops of fresh blood could be seen within it. His golden mane stood on end like steel needles.

The phantom of a gigantic Golden Sun Nether Lion took shape behind him, radiating an intense demonic pressure. Yuan Gan, seated above, was unaffected by the pressure and simply watched with interest.

After all, he was witnessing the Golden Sun Nether Lion Clan's unique Bone Fusion Technique, a sight almost no one had ever seen.

To keep the process undisturbed, Yuan Gan had also set up a barrier around the entire Dragon Clan Grand Hall and activated its formation, preventing any outside interference.

From outside, a nearly ten-thousand-zhang-long Guardian Array Giant Dragon coiled around the Dragon Clan Grand Hall, while a pale-gold Dragon Pattern Energy Shield covered the hall.

The phantom Golden Sun Nether Lion didn't stop there. Faint Blood Colored Flame began to burn around it, while the blood-red mane between Jin Ming's brows started spreading to other parts of his body.

The golden mane around Jin Ming's neck turned blood-red at a speed visible to the naked eye. It didn't turn entirely red, however. Golden and a few blood-red strands remained interwoven around his neck.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! This chance for Bone Fusion has actually stirred the trace of Blood Sun Nether Lion Bloodline within Jin Ming. But if that's all that happens, he still won't fully evolve into a Blood Sun Nether Lion," Yuan Gan said, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"But when it comes to Bloodline Evolution, even this is better than nothing."

With the phantom of the gigantic Golden Sun Nether Lion appearing, the Bone Fusion officially began.