As Lei Mo continued observing Bailey, he discovered that Bailey's size eventually settled at around sixty centimeters in diameter.
Its color had turned a little bluer, though it was still a pale blue. After it concealed its form, its shadow became even fainter, and it grew more elastic, too.
And then nothing else happened. Lei Mo was speechless. Wasn't it supposed to be able to produce Essence Blood? Then give me a few drops!
"Master's master, could you give me some of that golden liquid?" Bailey pleaded with Lei Mo.
"Since you're so adorable, I'll indulge you!"
Lei Mo took out the golden liquid and dripped it onto Bailey, one drop at a time. It probably didn't even have a mouth, so this must have been the right way to feed it.
After thirty-some drops had fallen, barely one ten-thousandth of the golden blood had been used when a surge of the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended!
"What the hell? Th-this is way too ridiculous. That's all it takes?"
Lei Mo was too exasperated to comment.
A mighty, boundless, ancient force that shook the soul descended upon Bailey.
A strange fluctuation penetrated Bailey's body and saw through its soul. A deep-blue pearl, wreathed in a hazy mist, hung quietly in Bailey's Soul Ocean, spinning in place as if it would never stop.
Above Bailey, an aura of the Laws swiftly gathered. A great deal of blue-green energy converged around it, rapidly drawing together until it formed a single point. Then the Laws of Heaven and Earth dispersed...
A Black Crystal radiating a blue-green light hovered beside Bailey.
Lei Mo had urgently told Bailey to choose External Godhood.
Seconds later, a scream rang through the air!
Then streams of blue-green divine power gathered around the Black Crystal, slowly forming a chubby little figure about a meter and twenty centimeters tall.
It had pale blue hair and big, watery eyes. The proportions of those eyes to its face were especially exaggerated.
It looked rather like a child from a comic, a tiny, adorable little thing—the kind of cuteness no woman could resist.
Whoosh! Bailey's spherical main body vanished, presumably appearing in its Soul Ocean.
"Master's master, I really shouldn't have listened to you. That hurt so much!"
Bailey's dissatisfied voice came straight from its mouth.
"What do you know? With more Divine Clones, you have more lives. How do you know you don't have other Laws or Edicts talents? Even if you don't, you've still preserved your Saint Realm True Body. That means you've kept a life—and preserved the possibility of more."
Lei Mo gave Bailey a stern scolding for being afraid of pain!
"Fine! You're right about everything!" Bailey couldn't argue with Lei Mo and promptly admitted defeat.
"Now, tell me what your Innate Divine Ability is."
It had become a god just like that, so there was no doubt it was a divine beast.
"Um, I can tell what my Innate Divine Ability is, but I can't use it?"
Bailey spoke pitifully. Its aggrieved little eyes and short, chubby body radiated cuteness from every angle!
"That can happen? What do you mean, you can't use your Innate Divine Ability?"
Lei Mo didn't understand.
"Describe exactly what you're sensing."
Lei Mo asked.
"Um, I feel like I can only use this Innate Divine Ability when someone attacks me!" Bailey said.
"A passive skill?" Lei Mo asked.
"What's a passive skill, Master's master?"
Bailey gave him a puzzled look.
"It means you can only use it when someone hits you," Lei Mo explained.
"Oh, yes! When someone attacks me, I can use the vibrations of my body and soul to amplify the attack, then reflect it back. Whoever attacked me will definitely get it returned to them! No matter how far away they are!"
Bailey spoke calmly, as if to say that Master's master really did know everything.
"This ability might not seem very strong, but once you reach a certain level, it can be terrifying!"
"I just don't know whether it consumes much soul energy."
"Why not try it and see?" Bailey said casually.
Lei Mo raised Franklin and struck Bailey hard with all his strength, except for the Law of Destruction.
Ripples spread across Bailey's body.
Boom! A tremendous force instantly blasted Lei Mo away.
Thud! Lei Mo flew hundreds of meters, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Ptooey! He spat out another mouthful of blood and felt a little better.
"Damn it—"
He'd almost beaten himself to death. Wasn't the reflected attack supposed to hit Franklin?
After attacking, Lei Mo had thrown Franklin away and only managed to dodge several dozen meters before the attack arrived.
"This Innate Divine Ability is pretty interesting!"
Even with blood coming out of his mouth, Lei Mo still couldn't resist showing off. There was really no one like him.
He closed his eyes and sensed it. The strength of the physical attack had at least doubled. He just didn't know how much energy it took.
"About one-twentieth of all my soul energy. And I've only just become a god, so my soul energy will keep increasing."
Perhaps sensing what Lei Mo was wondering, Bailey answered at once.
"That's a very small cost. Forget it, I won't test the soul attack!"
Lei Mo really couldn't test it. If he didn't hide in Franklin's Soul Space, the reflected Soul Annihilation might kill him outright.
But if he hid, he wouldn't be able to feel how powerful the reflected attack was. Better not!
That meant he now had two God Rank fighters at his disposal, and Bailey was the sort he could send out whenever he wanted.
"Bailey, now you should have quite a bit of Essence Blood or ordinary blood inside you, right?"
Lei Mo asked. There really weren't any Water Element magical beasts left in the Seti Mountains, and there weren't any in the Seti Sea, either!
"Master's master, I still don't have much Essence Blood. But if you give me ten drops of your blood, I should be able to produce one drop of Essence Blood."
Bailey spoke, rather bashfully, or perhaps embarrassed. No magical beast would be happy if its master was coerced like this.
"That cheap? Essence Blood isn't cabbages! Ten drops of my ordinary blood can be exchanged for one drop of Essence Blood?"
Lei Mo was still skeptical, but he gave Bailey several hundred more drops of blood. His face turned completely pale.
After taking more than a dozen drops of Essence Blood from Bailey, Lei Mo's spirit quickly grew listless.
But according to Bailey, having Lei Mo's blood wouldn't damage its foundation.
The Essence Blood just took a long time to produce. After those dozen or so drops had been taken, Bailey wouldn't be able to make any more for quite some time.
"With these and some medicinal herbs, there'll definitely be enough for a Rune for Rachel!" Lei Mo thought.
There was no need to look for another Water Element Saint Realm magical beast. What Saint Realm beast could compare to the Essence Blood of a Water Element divine beast?
Lei Mo guessed that Bailey had become a god through the Profound Mystery of Roundness and Softness of the Water Element. Its abilities were just too similar. He didn't ask Bailey, because even if he did, Bailey wouldn't know.
Following Lei Mo's directions, Bailey spread out its Divine Domain, and they returned to the royal capital, Padon City, in half a day.
After not seeing Lei Mo for over a month, Rachel hurried over and threw herself into his arms.
"Your Grace, the Duke!"
Rachel hugged Lei Mo around his sturdy waist, then let go.
"Quickly, prepare a bath for His Grace!"
One order after another went out, and everyone in the Duke Mansion sprang into action.
Rachel came back to Lei Mo's side and threw herself into his arms again, telling him about the major and minor affairs at the Duke's residence over the past month or so.
In Lei Mo's eyes, they were all trivial matters. Holding Rachel's slightly petite figure close, he stroked the top of her head and breathed in her scent. Before long, his appetite stirred.
He scooped Rachel up and rushed into the bathroom. The hot water and bath supplies were already prepared.
Lei Mo carried Rachel in his arms and slowly stepped into the bathing pool.
As for Lei Mo's little hooves, which clearly had the features of a beastfolk, he'd come from the Chaos Zone. Having barbarian or beastfolk blood was perfectly normal!
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