As Luo Yan understood it, each minor level of cultivation was roughly equivalent to a four- or five-level increase in Soul Power.
Xiao Wu had managed to break through a minor level in just seven days thanks to her cultivation reset, as well as her successful cultivation of the Myriad Demon Art.
Luo Yan had just finished eating and was about to continue using spiritual power to nurture his essence blood when Xiao Wu came out of the little house and threw her arms around his.
"Brother Luo Yan, when do you think Da Ming and Er Ming will finish comprehending the technique?"
Xiao Wu glanced around at the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, who were still sitting motionless where they were.
"I don't know. Everyone has a different level of comprehension. The more gifted they are, the faster they'll be. We'll just have to see how they do."
Luo Yan didn't know either.
Still, Da Ming and Er Ming had managed to cultivate to the hundred-thousand-year level using the methods in their bloodlines. They shouldn't have any trouble comprehending the Myriad Demon Art.
"Okay. We can only wait for them to figure it out on their own!"
After hearing that, Xiao Wu said nothing more and obediently went to cultivate.
That morning, Luo Yan had also taught her the Breath Concealment Art. Besides cultivating, she now had to work on comprehending that as well.
Another two weeks passed before Da Ming and Er Ming finally succeeded.
But they still needed to keep refining their bloodlines if they wanted to complete their transformations.
So after mastering the technique, they returned to cultivation, determined to complete their transformations as soon as possible and then head to the human world with Xiao Wu and the others.
After comprehending the Breath Concealment Art, Xiao Wu spent nearly all her time cultivating. She only played with Luo Yan when he was resting.
Luo Yan, too, kept condensing his essence blood.
The system had given him some truly depressing news: if his essence blood was insufficient, he couldn't undergo a bloodline evolution.
So he had no choice but to keep condensing essence blood and wait until his supply was replenished before evolving.
One Kun year later.
"Damn it! I'm never using the Bloodline Soul Guide again. It wasted so much of my time!"
"Thank goodness Tang Hao provided plenty of Resentment Points. Otherwise, this whole thing would've been a huge loss!"
Sitting cross-legged on the roof of the little house, Luo Yan sensed that the essence blood in his body had finally been replenished and cursed at the sky.
Thinking about how much time he'd wasted, he almost wanted to take out the Jade Butterfly and smash it.
After a while, Luo Yan finally managed to calm himself down.
"Host, if you want to replenish your essence blood faster, you can eat more meat from high-level Soul Beasts. Even this system didn't expect you to spend this whole time picking low-level ones to eat."
At that moment, the system's voice suddenly chimed in.
Hearing that, Luo Yan could almost picture a crow flying past him.
It was true that he'd been hunting low-level Soul Beasts for food lately. It wasn't that he couldn't catch stronger ones; he just thought the lower-level ones had more tender meat.
"All right. So it was my fault..."
"System, bring up my status!"
Putting everything else aside, Luo Yan opened the status panel to check his current situation.
Host: Luo Yan Species: Purple Heaven Thunder Dog (evolvable) Cultivation Realm: Peak Tier 2 Demon Warrior Physical Cultivation: Early Tier 3 Demon Master Resentment Points: 18542478
Since he'd spent all this time condensing essence blood, Luo Yan had made no progress in his cultivation at all.
Nice!
The moment he saw the figure under Resentment Points, all his previous frustration vanished.
After dropping from the rooftop beside Life Lake, Luo Yan could hardly wait. Without paying any attention to Da Ming and Er Ming nearby, he silently thought:
"System, begin bloodline evolution!"
"Ding!
One hundred thousand Resentment Points consumed to initiate bloodline evolution.
Bloodline evolution in progress..."
As the system notification rang out, that familiar sensation once again came from the void.
Then boundless pain spread throughout Luo Yan's body, making him flush red and burn with heat.
Hiss...
Having been through it once before, Luo Yan was mentally prepared this time and didn't let out a single roar.
But for some reason, this bloodline evolution was much more violent than the last—and lasted much longer, too.
Half a day passed, and the pain in Luo Yan's body still hadn't let up.
If anything, the farther it went, the more it felt like his muscles were being torn apart and his bones broken.
Unable to bear it any longer, he could only cry out.
Xiao Wu and the others had been cultivating, but Luo Yan's cries drew their attention. They stopped and hurried over to surround him.
Seeing Luo Yan's face as pale as paper and the veins on his forehead bulging like writhing earthworms beneath his skin, Xiao Wu cried out in anguish:
"Brother Luo Yan, what's wrong?!"
As she shouted, she tried to rush over and hug him.
Luckily, Da Ming stopped her.
"Sister Xiao Wu, don't get too close. Big Brother must be evolving!" Da Ming seemed to have figured out what was happening to Luo Yan.
When he saw how Luo Yan's clothes were soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his body like shackles binding him, as though he were struggling to break free, Da Ming became even more certain of his guess.
He continued, "Sister Xiao Wu, don't you remember? I went through the same thing back then."
Da Ming hadn't been born as a Sky Azure Bull Python. He'd started out as a Soul Beast with a lesser bloodline and only evolved into a Sky Azure Bull Python when he broke through the ten-thousand-year level.
"That's right, Sister Xiao Wu. Don't worry. Da Ming went through the same thing when he evolved into a Sky Azure Bull Python!"
Er Ming remembered what had happened and joined in to reassure her.
Hearing that, Xiao Wu's panic eased somewhat, but worry still filled her eyes.
As they waited for Luo Yan to complete his evolution, he suddenly reverted to his true form where he lay on the ground.
Then the Purple Heaven Thunder Dog's limbs disappeared, and its body began to stretch longer and longer.
Its fur turned into blue scales.
Finally, its head transformed into a snake's head. It looked bizarre, with purple eyes and a purple thunder mark on its forehead.
After some time, Luo Yan's cries gradually died away.
At last, his true form became a blue python about five meters long, several times larger than before.
Hiss!
The evolution was finally complete. Luo Yan let out a hiss on instinct.
Then he turned and slipped into Life Lake, swimming around before returning to Xiao Wu and the others.
"Being human is still better. It's really uncomfortable not having feet!"
As soon as he reached the shore, Luo Yan changed back into human form and looked at his hands and legs with a sigh.
His true form was definitely stronger, but Luo Yan still felt more comfortable as a human.
"Brother Luo Yan, did your evolution succeed?" Xiao Wu was glad to see that he'd finished evolving.
But she was also a little puzzled. Luo Yan had been a canine—how had he evolved into a snake?
It made no sense.
Luo Yan immediately saw the confusion in her eyes. "There's dragon blood in my veins, so it makes sense that I evolved into a snake."
"And this isn't just any snake. I've become a python. I'm sure I'll turn into a dragon someday!"
Now that he'd evolved into a python, Luo Yan felt he might not be far from becoming a true dragon. It was even possible that he could transform into one with his very next evolution!
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