The metal-element essence blood he had gathered was drained dry.
[Black-Spined Vulture Treasure Seed · Fifth Level] [Spirit Seizure: 100/100] [Transformation: 10/10]
[Essence blood fully absorbed, transformation complete!] [Black-Spined Vulture True Core · Supreme] [Can be refined into the bloodline to obtain the ancestral demon beast art: Insight]
"Refine it."
A brilliant golden true core, the size of an adult's fist, took shape within the Origin Cauldron, floating and sinking as it formed. Azure mist flowed over its surface, and countless tiny pupils seemed to open and close within it.
At a summons from Lin Changheng's mind, it drifted into his soul, then spread like mercury spilling across the ground, penetrating every corner of his body and fusing deeply with his bloodline.
"Whew!"
Lin Changheng could not help drawing a deep breath.
At once, a cool, keen sensation that seemed capable of stripping away appearances to gaze directly at the essence of things swept slowly through his entire body like an invisible tide. It even washed through his soul anew, making him shiver.
In the end, everything gathered in his eyes.
Had anyone been present, they would have seen an astonishing transformation taking place beneath Lin Changheng's closed eyelids.
Beneath the ordinary skin of his eyelids, golden streams of light seemed to surge through the channels, finally gathering within his eye sockets. A faint golden halo, pure as dawn and just as gentle, shone through the narrow seams of his closed eyes, gilding his long, slightly upturned lashes.
The [Insight Otherworldly Art], which he relied on heavily and used so often, had finally absorbed enough bloodline power to transform once more, advancing into the [Insight Demonic Art]!
The next instant-
Lin Changheng opened his eyes!
Whoosh!
Two invisible golden blades of light, condensed to the