Her Magic Spirit did not possess intelligence on Dark's level, but in terms of behavior, it came extremely close.
"Diana, she looks a lot like you," Rose said in surprise.
But Diana looked utterly confused. "Huh? How do we look alike?"
Rose shook her head. "I can't really explain it either."
Pandora stared at Diana's face for a while, then said, "Watch the match carefully. You'll gain something from it."
"Okay," Diana said.
"What excellent talent."
Elsewhere in the Ring Belt, "Lia Gothe," wearing a different appearance, revealed an approving gaze.
But it was not Mary Bond she was watching, but Tom Nixon.
While Mary Bond displayed the aptitude of a Mind Magician, Tom Nixon revealed another kind of aptitude that only a small number of people could perceive.
It was an aptitude utterly different from that of a Mind Magician—the aptitude of a Bloodline Magician!
They explored the origins of bloodlines, forging connections of blood between themselves and their Magic Spirits, filling the cores of those spirits with the instincts of their bloodlines and unleashing power beyond imagination.
That was what a Bloodline Magician was.
Unlike the system of Mind Power, Bloodline Magicians used Bloodline Power.
Neither was inherently stronger or weaker than the other.
But in a sense, Mind Power was a system that could be widely taught.
Bloodline Power, on the other hand, was the privilege of a select few.
The mixed-blood Tom Nixon seemed to possess the key to opening the doors of Bloodline Power.
In the dueling arena.
The battle between Mary Bond's and Tom Nixon's Magic Spirits gradually broke away from the usual framework of combat.
It was like a warrior skilled in martial arts fighting to the death against a bloodthirsty beast. The numbers on their status panels seemed to