Five Elements Law: Water, the Temptation of a Cosmic Law
Still, checking the progress of the mutation was nothing more than Lin Qingchen's wishful thinking. He couldn't see it at all.
Even if he couldn't see it, though, he could guess that Yu Xiaogang's mutation progress must have been abysmal. Otherwise, how could Luo Sanpao have no resemblance to a dragon at all, and look like a pig instead?
Lin Qingchen stopped paying attention to the [Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Bloodline] and turned to look at the others.
[Plane Curse] (from Ye Lingling): Because the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul's effect was too powerful, it suffered a curse from the plane. The bloodline of the cursed was bound to wither, and their body would also grow weaker.
[Ultimate Healing] (from Ye Lingling): Required the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to take effect; greatly enhanced its healing effect. Granted [Plane Curse].
Lin Qingchen: ...
Well, that was awkward. The former was probably the culprit behind the Nine Heart Begonia line being passed down to only one descendant per generation. But from the look of it, was that actually just a byproduct of [Ultimate Healing]?
Lin Qingchen clicked his tongue inwardly.
He then looked at the others' talents, but found nothing else that could pique his interest.
Compared to Tang San's mountain of panels (never mind whether they were positive or negative-there were a lot of them, weren't there?), these people had far too few talent entries.
After looking them all over, the most appealing was still the [Black Tortoise Bloodline] possessed by the Shi Brothers.
Besides being the strongest talent among the things he had seen, there was also a guess he wanted to test.
If he fused with the Black Tortoise Bloodline, would his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul undergo some change?
"Ah, who cares? I'll just fuse with it."
Lin Qingchen stopped overthinking and turned the Book of Talents to the section belonging to the elder brother, Shi Mo. With a thought, the four gilded characters for [Black Tortoise Bloodline] flew off the page and plunged straight into his body.
"Hiss... This feeling, it's so cold..."
Lin Qingchen had thought that, since he possessed the power of both water and fire, his tolerance for low temperatures should be pretty good. But as the Black Tortoise Bloodline entered his body, he suddenly felt cold enough to shiver.
Apart from the cold, however, he felt nothing else. Not even his Soul Power fluctuated in the slightest.
"That's not right. Why isn't anything happening? Could it be because the Black Tortoise Bloodline hasn't been activated?"
Frowning, Lin Qingchen looked at the page in the Book of Talents that belonged to him.
There, in plain sight, were several lines of text.
[Innate Full Soul Power] [Person from Another World] [Great Five Elements Escape] [Fortune Upon the Body] [Five Elements Law: Water]
"Huh? Where's my Black Tortoise Bloodline?"
Lin Qingchen frowned, then fixed his gaze on the suddenly appeared [Five Elements Law: Water]. The divine beast Black Tortoise presided over the north and ruled water, so in all likelihood, this talent entry had come from its bloodline.
Was that why he hadn't felt much?
[Five Elements Law: Water]:
An ability formed from the Black Tortoise Bloodline's power to control water and the Five Elements Qilin's Great Water Element Escape. It allowed its possessor to directly comprehend the Law of the Universe pertaining to water, granting them the potential to escape the plane's constraints, create their own godhood, and become the water god. At the same time, it continuously sublimated the possessor's own water-element power until it reached the level of Ultimate Water or Ultimate Ice.
"Hiss-"
Seeing that terrifying effect, Lin Qingchen sucked in a sharp breath.
Compared to the Black Tortoise Bloodline's effects, this was countless times stronger.
Laws hadn't been mentioned in Douluo I or Douluo II, but after Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, they began appearing frequently.
Plane laws, Divine Realm laws, the Law of the Universe—they could all be referred to collectively as laws.
But when it came to true laws, those were naturally the universal cosmic laws that encompassed the entire universe.
Every true powerhouse had mastered a Law of the Universe.
The Nine Great Dragon Kings, for example, each possessed a Law of the Universe, while the Dragon God controlled the two laws of destruction and creation, which could unite a great many fundamental laws under them, though some said he had stolen them.
Not only that, when the Divine Dragon Realm later failed to ascend to a God Star, leaving some of the dragon race dead and others crippled, the Law of the Universe was at work behind it all.
From this, the Law of the Universe itself actually served as a balancer in the universe. It would not allow a Divine Realm to expand without limit, because that would make it easier for the universe to reach its end more quickly.
Even the later Great God Realm and the Divine Dragon Realm of the little Dragon God, Lan Xuanyu, had not expanded without limit.
That showed just how powerful the ability to directly comprehend the Law of the Universe pertaining to water was.
On Douluo Star, all one could comprehend was the plane's water-attribute law. Even in the Divine Realm, most laws were only weakened Divine Realm laws.
Without a doubt, as long as he could deeply comprehend the Law of the Universe pertaining to water, securing a God King's position would pose no problem at all.
A God King's position! If this ability got out, never mind the Douluo Continent-even in the Divine Realm, people would fight until their heads were broken and bleeding.
Compared to that, the effect of sublimating his Martial Soul until he gained control of Ultimate Water or Ultimate Ice could only be considered ordinary.
A single Ultimate Attribute was powerful, but before a law, it was nothing special. Unless he had all five attributes at the ultimate level, there might be something to be said for that.
Wait, an Ultimate Martial Soul with all five attributes?
Lin Qingchen's eyes suddenly lit up.
That's right!
Since the Black Tortoise Bloodline he had extracted could fuse with the water-element power he possessed to produce [Law of the Five Elements: Water], might fusing with divine-level bloodlines of other attributes also give him a chance to obtain the other Laws of the Five Elements?
For example, might the White Tiger Bloodline give him [Five Elements Law: Metal]?
If he could master the Law of the Universe of the Five Elements, he would definitely be among the strongest even among God Kings, probably second only to powerhouses—or powerful dragons—like the Dragon God.
At that thought, Lin Qingchen's heart burned with eagerness. He wished he could gather all the Five Elements Laws in the very next second.
But reality dumped a bucket of cold water over his head.
Lin Qingchen looked at the 3/3 on the Book of Talents, and his mood instantly soured.
There was no room left. Even if he could find the corresponding bloodlines, he would need four talent entry slots.
Although the Book of Talents was marked as an upgradable wonder, it did not list the conditions for upgrading it.
His Wonder Maker was also foolproof, and the problem with foolproof operation was foolproof instructions. He had to figure out many things for himself.
"Tsk..."
Lin Qingchen stared at the [Fortune Upon the Body] in the Book of Talents. For the first time, he found it such an eyesore. If he hadn't fused with it, could he have obtained one more Law of the Five Elements?
The metal attribute, for example. The White Tiger presided over the west and ruled metal. If he went to Dai Mubai, might he really be able to extract the White Tiger Bloodline?
The more Lin Qingchen thought about it, the more annoyed he became. If only he had known, he shouldn't have been greedy for that little bit...
If only...
"No, that's not right..."
Lin Qingchen's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately raised his right hand, and his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul possessed him in an instant. His Second Soul Ring lit up at the same time.
Five Elements Divine Lightning!