Talent: Steel Body

When William swallowed the Bloodline Fruit.

A surge of energy suddenly erupted in his stomach, an incredibly pleasurable energy that Pierce his entire body, almost causing the Prince to groan.

Fortunately, William stopped, saving face at the crucial moment.

However, Legendary-Quality Bloodline Fruit still possess significant effects.

[Hint: You have consumed Legendary-Quality Bloodline Fruit]

[Your all attributes +20]

[Your maximum HP +1000]

Your Talent ' Advanced Hardened Skin ' will be upgraded to ' Steel Body '.

"What the fuck!!" William was utterly incredulous. He never expected that a random Talent upgrade would be this, and that it would directly upgrade him to Steel Body.

Holy crap.

Isn't that a bit too outrageous!

This is practically an all-around defensive buff! Aside from being unable to defend against Mental Strength attacks and having some fancy moves like Blood Control Technique, he's practically a super Tank.

"Wow, that's awesome! Even if my health is low, I'm still Legendary Boss, and my defense is so high, it's outrageous!" William was dumbfounded. Although ' Steel Body ' is not as good as ' Diamond Body ', ' Transcendent Body ', or ' Divine Body '.

But for William now, that's an unimaginable, god-like Talent!

[Talent: Steel Body, 1 point of your Stamina = 2 points of Defense, your overall defense is increased by an additional 200 points, and your maximum HP is increased by 2000 points.]

"Ganlinniang, with the bloodline potential bonus, it's a whopping 1174.8 defense. And that doesn't even include the extra defense from equipment. Rounding up, that's practically 2000 defense!" William swallowed hard. With such formidable defense, in certain situations, he wouldn't even need to worry about the normal attacks from certain Professional.

As for the Player among them?

Tsk tsk.

Miss!

Aside from their ultimate abilities causing them to lose tens or hundreds of health points, they take zero damage otherwise.

And this doesn't even include the Battle Aura Shield.

But here comes the more crucial part.

He didn't know exactly how much his bloodline potential could be enhanced by the ' Bloodline Fruit,' but it was clear that he already possessed Legendary Bloodline and couldn't possibly achieve a qualitative leap.

[Note: Your bloodline potential has been increased. The increase in your four main attributes per level has changed from 1% to 1.1%. The maximum increase in bloodline potential is level 100.]

"That's a lot, really a lot. Even if it's only a 0.1% increase, once I reach level 100, it will become 110%, which is equivalent to an extra 10% to all my attributes." William breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat amazed by the effect of the Legendary-Quality Bloodline Fruit.

He knew.

If Legendary-Quality Bloodline Fruit were given to someone else, it would likely have a greater effect.

But he's not just a lord, he's also a Player with only one life. He got this item himself, there's no reason for him to just give it to his subordinates!

Even if they are one's confidants, they still need to be loyal and hardworking enough to be rewarded with these things.

certainly.

We definitely need to give them Burning Ash and the others, after all, they contributed a lot to this battle.

then.

William took out two Epic- quality ' Bloodline Fruit ' and tossed them to the two people who were watching him expectantly.

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, Your Highness." Burning Ash and Diablo chuckled, wolfing down the Bloodline Fruit they had just acquired, not even spitting out the pit...

Thinking about this...

William was stunned.

He didn't seem to spit out the core just now...

"It won't grow in my stomach, will it?" The Prince stroked his chin, ignoring the two men. He then sent Brian away and gave Wells a Bloodline Fruit.

The reason he didn't give them Legendary-Quality Bloodline Fruit was because for Legendary NPCs, the bloodline enhancement from these fruits was negligible; the key was to upgrade their Talent.

He's already tried them all.

In that case, you might as well use Epic- quality items, which could maybe boost your stats by 5%, and then try your luck to see if you can upgrade your Talent to become even stronger.

As for the other Bloodline Fruit, William will give them as rewards to his other subordinates, such as Tyrannosaur Rex, Alec, Odom, Lotner, Eric, Captain Jack, and others, who might just turn their bloodline potential into Legendary.

If we could create more Legendary, that would maximize our profits!

The three of them, including Burning Ash, couldn't tell which Bloodline Fruit was better; they were just glad they had something to eat.

The three of them swallowed it whole, then covered their mouths, afraid of making a sound.

The exhilarating feeling of enhancing Talent is so intense it penetrates to the very core, far surpassing any so-called sexual experience by more than ten times.

Brian glanced at Wells and the others with a spying expression, smacking his lips but not daring to utter a sound.

He guessed what the fruit was, but unfortunately, he could only swallow his saliva.

Because the Bloodline Fruit can never be measured by price, especially since William Black Leaf is a Neutral Lord with a large number of loyal followers, who are not lacking in usefulness or money!

Brian had no intention of making any unreasonable demands to buy.

Moreover, he himself said he didn't know where the Bloodline Fruit was, so if he says he wants to buy it now, wouldn't he be contradicting himself?

Asking people to be annoyed for no reason is not something a truly brilliant genius would do.

So Brian pretended not to know anything, took out some fruit from his Space Ring, and ate it in one go. He just hoped to get home quickly and heal the injury on his buttocks, otherwise it wouldn't do to keep eating and farting like this.

After enjoying the Bloodline Fruit, William continued his escape. There were many pursuers in the Nightmare Forest. Basically, apart from Magical Beast, almost everyone near the Dark City's Demon Cavern had to obey the Dark City Lord's orders.

Therefore, they faced not only the Dark City, but also countless Dark Creatures roaming the forest.

Although many Skeleton Soldier, Dark Knight, Dark Giant Lizard, etc. are not a big problem, they can't even stop them for a second.

But what they're afraid of now is being discovered.

So William and his men would go underground almost every three hours to dig tunnels and hide their tracks.

After Blood Demon and his men returned defeated, Osman berated them for a full half hour and even gave them a good beating. Only then did he give them healing medicine, offer a few words of comfort, and then allow Blood Demon to gather enough men to continue the pursuit.

The Vampires were slapped and then pelted with red dates, which quickly put them in a great mood.

In particular, they dared not disobey Osman's orders, because they had been adopted by Osman Losa since childhood, although many of their companions perished along the way.

But as long as you can stand out.

They were all given the most beautiful Siring in the world.

That's right.

Children who grow up in the Dark City all believe that Blood Clan are the true lineage and humans are inferior beings.

It's almost fair to say that.

The vast majority of Vampires in the Dark City were raised by Osman Lothar, so their loyalty is unquestionable.

Blood Demon and the others not only respected Osman greatly, but also felt as if they regarded him as a father.

Hmm.

The father of Vampires, commonly known as: the ghost father!

William's digging strategy allowed him to evade most of the scouting, and he hadn't seen Dark Creatures for three whole days.

Even the sense of crisis I felt was gradually disappearing.

Now that William had some free time, he started working on winning Brian's favor.

His Prince doesn't even need to do much.

All you need to do is strike a cool pose and chat with Brian, and you'll hear the favorability indicator sound every now and then.

"Old Bu, according to you, your family is very powerful, even possessing Royal Bloodline?" William feigned a shocked expression, his eyes filled with intense admiration.

Seeing William's expression, Brian couldn't help but feel secretly pleased. He chuckled and said, "This is common knowledge in the Red Fire Kingdom. You wouldn't believe it, but I practically grew up in the Royal Palace. The current First Prince is like a brother to me."

Once he inherits the throne, if I can become Epic Title powerhouse, I will lead my family back to being a princely family!

"Impressive, impressive. But the First Prince may not necessarily inherit the throne. You're telling me it's okay, we're brothers, I can't harm you, but some people with ulterior motives... you know what I mean!" William gave him a kind look, his face full of concern for him.

Brian felt a little touched, and his favorability towards the Crimson Flame Kingdom continued to increase, but he still smiled and shook his head, "You still don't understand our Red Fire Kingdom. As the Royal Family, the Scarletflame Kingdom is often a single lineage due to the issue of Cultivation Technique, and in many cases, there isn't even a prince."

Therefore, there is no need to consider the possibility of vying for the throne.

When the Royal Family has no prince, they often adopt a male member from our Scarlet Flame Clan and make him the crown prince.

So our relationship couldn't be better; even if someone overheard this, everyone would understand what it meant."

William nodded, feigning sudden realization, but inwardly he thought, "It might be intentional, because Kingdom and empires both have ways to detect Talent."

His Prince once discovered some secrets: some powerful families would test the Talent of their male members almost at birth.

If Talent is poor and doesn't meet the expectations of the elders in the family, they won't let him continue living. They'll tell the mother who gave birth that her son was unlucky and died at birth!

This way, we won't waste the family's resources, nor will we needlessly lower the family's bloodline potential.

If every family and every Royal Family were to employ a survival-of-the-fittest selection process, leaving only the best male offspring to carry on the bloodline, and then choosing excellent spouses for their children.

Then there's no need to persist for dozens of generations.

If this continues for a dozen or so generations, how strong will the bloodline potential of their descendants be?

There will never be any weaklings, okay?

Because their genes are practically perfect.

For example, the Royal Family princes and princesses of the three major Human Empire are all Legendary and Epic.

This wasn't achieved by simply piling on resources!

Instead, they were propagated through the law of survival of the fittest.

William suddenly realized why Elf were so difficult to breed: it was because even when Elf were still tadpoles, they probably already began playing the law of survival of the fittest, and they'd be doing it for ten years...

As for whether Human Empire and Kingdom will do this, will it lead to a shortage of population?

Actually, it's possible...

After all, after a dozen or so generations, the population will become more and more prosperous.

However, just as a large forest has all kinds of birds, a large population inevitably produces a few scoundrels.

Whether a powerful family would still kill such a descendant depends entirely on the mood of the family elders and patriarch.