Star of Tomorrow: Developing Multiple Paths; Xi Ya vs. Ryan (Part One)

Drip!

Black rain drenched the world, leaving it dim and gloomy.

The icy touch made Ryan slowly lift his head. Beneath his black hair, his eyes were as still as dead water, without the slightest ripple.

Blood Battle Reincarnation. Battle after battle, again and again.

Even his mental state had grown somewhat numb.

He had become more reliant on instinct to sense his surroundings, then respond by using the quickest method to kill his enemies.

This instinct was etched into his bones. Even without Spiritual Perception, it could still be triggered by visual observation in special environments.

For Ryan, this counted as an improvement.

The Unknown Wizard Seed's corpse lay in the rain, mingling with the blood and flowing endlessly, forming a high-energy, densely concentrated Blood River that was also a River of Vitality.

If an ordinary lifeform drank a mouthful of that blood, perhaps Supernatural Origin would manifest within them, altering their Genetic Map and turning them into a true Supernatural Lifeform.

Of course, it was far more likely that the high-intensity radiation energy in the blood would contaminate them, mutate them into monsters, and make them die in agony.

Transformation was not necessarily beneficial.

Evolution could also lead to death.

That was the uncontrollable consequence.

Among the thirteen petals of the Nightmare Ultimate Annihilation Wizard Body Ryan possessed, one recorded the Innate Ability known as the Black-White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven.

The Mutated Blood Lord was one of its abilities.

It could control mutation and transformation on an extremely high level. With just a thought, it could cause the lifeforms that drank the blood to undergo beneficial mutations.

"The stairway is becoming clearer and clearer."

"There are only a few steps left on the Future Path."

Ryan looked up at the sky. The stairway extended from beyond the