radicalducati Chapter 74 Third Awakening Martial Soul!
Chapter 74 Third Awakening Martial Soul!
"So...decisive?!"
Seeing the sacrificial pillar of light soaring into the sky in the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Yan naturally understood what the rabbit meant. She simply wanted the giant serpent to become an existence like her, but the problem was...
Given Amen's greed, he really can't guarantee anything.
And they always give him weird stuff, like the rabbit last time! This time it's the bull-headed snake...
"Wait, am I going to turn into a minotaur?"
Xiao Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly thought to himself,
"Amen, stop! Being a cow is no good! It's easy to die..."
However, the moment his thought crossed his mind...
The familiar silver light reappeared!
The silver light enveloped everything around it almost instantly.
The sacrificial pillar of light that had just shot into the sky was completely swallowed up in a flash of silver light.
"Um?!"
"A sixth-tier magical beast? An outsider!"
A low, rumbling sound emanated from a cave somewhere in the mountains.
Then came the sound of flapping wings!
……
Time flies, and it's already late at night.
The area where Xiao Yan had traversed had now been traversed by the enormous body of the Azure Bull Python, which had originally been there.
The only remaining anomaly was the faint silver light that had not completely dissipated. Under the moonlight of the night, this silvery glow gradually vanished without a trace.
I experienced it for the first time!
The second time...
The moment Xiao Yan opened his eyes, he raised his hand and summoned a mirror formed from Blue Silver Grass. He carefully examined the changes in himself from left to right, and soon a relieved sigh escaped his lips.
"It didn't grow any strange horns, its skin was smooth, and it didn't have any odd scales... It didn't evolve into a minotaur, a snake-man, or a bull-snake-man..."
"Thank goodness... I was really afraid you'd suddenly give me a giant snake spirit. While having more spirits isn't a bad thing, it's unacceptable that you keep stuffing strange things into my body without my permission."
"This way of playing won't work."
As he spoke, he casually removed the blue silver grass vines from his body.
His gaze unconsciously swept around, but it just so happened to meet the eyes of a bull's head that was raised in front of him.
Under the moonlight, a snake, its entire body blue and as thick as a forearm, had a disproportionately small bull's head, which was tilting its head back and staring straight at him.
"...So ugly..."
Xiao Yan was taken aback and blurted out.
Completely unaware of what had happened and still in a state of confusion, the Azure Bull Python stared blankly at the familiar face that had suddenly become incredibly large before it, and the aura was unmistakable.
What's wrong with me?
How did the Blue Silver Emperor become so big?
No… I’ve shrunk?!
Not only that… but it's even weaker now. Yet, upon hearing the words "So ugly," the Azure Bull Python instinctively opened its mouth to retort:
"Are you uglier than me?"
However, the small body emitted the deep, muffled voice that the Azure Bull Python originally possessed, creating a stark contrast that froze both the man and the snake in place.
"What...what's going on?"
After a moment of silence, the Azure Bull Python finally spoke, puzzled. Although it had become weaker... its condition was better than ever before.
Moreover, there's a strange connection pointing to the Blue Silver Emperor!
Xiao Yan stared at the shrunken snake in front of him... oh no... the little snake... um... the little bull snake, and fell into thought.
This is different from the rabbit's situation.
He can lock up the rabbit at any time, or release it at any time, and can exert a great deal of control over it.
But the giant serpent is now... a physical entity!
Although he could sense that the methods he used to control the rabbit were still effective on the giant snake, and that he could also grow bigger and stronger by channeling his fighting spirit!
However, the giant serpent is a real entity that exists in the outside world and does not need to continuously provide its own fighting spirit to maintain itself.
It's also like a spirit pet...
But why did it turn out this way?
Does Amen have gender discrimination?
No, that's not it!
He remembered that the rabbit had already consumed a lot of energy when it was sacrificed by the beggar and was already dead when it came to the Dou Qi Continent, while the giant snake was completely alive and had its energy intact.
And there's such a huge body of its own!
"So... this is what it really looks like?"
"It's not sexism!"
Xiao Yanru nodded as if she had thought it through!
He had considered reviving the rabbit, just as Xiao Yan had revived Yao Lao in the original story.
After all, there is a difference between an entity formed by relying on the energy of others and an entity transformed from one's own complete self.
Orochi's current state directly solved the problem.
But when he told his story to the Azure Bull Python, the Azure Bull Python also lowered its calf head.
He fell into deep thought, just like a human being.
"Protecting the soul from destruction, reshaping the body with objects, rebirth? Having mastered such methods… no wonder… no wonder… no wonder…"
The Azure Bull Python muttered "No wonder" several times, piecing together the many things it couldn't understand.
His ox-like eyes gradually revealed a look of understanding.
"No wonder you possess the characteristics of both a human and a soul beast. Your beast soul was completely transferred to a human body, while Sister Xiaowu's soul was incomplete and couldn't meet the requirements, which is why she coexists with you!"
"As for me, although my physical body was severely damaged, it did not completely collapse. The remaining parts were utilized, which is why I have become what I am today."
"Um???"
Xiao Yan tilted his head slightly.
Did I explain it in such detail?
But... if the other party can make it up themselves, then so be it... to save him the trouble of explaining further, even though he couldn't explain it clearly either.
With a sudden realization, the Azure Bull Python breathed a long sigh of relief. Although surviving after a sacrifice went against its 100,000-year-old understanding, it had never heard of anyone being able to do it.
But, it's a good thing he didn't die.
As for power...
It's just starting over again.
But compared to his losses, the Azure Bull Python felt that the Blue Silver Emperor's sacrifices were perhaps greater. His expression was complicated as he looked at Xiao Yan's face, then his gaze slid down to look at the other's chest.
There, a phantom heart beats slowly.
To be reborn, the Blue Silver Emperor must have paid an unimaginable price... Not only that, escaping that situation must have also been a considerable drain on his resources...
It might even have affected one of Blue Silver Emperor's plans.
Looking at the heavy and complex expression on the giant snake's face.
Xiao Yan's face showed obvious confusion. He followed the other person's gaze and looked down at his chest, his pupils suddenly shrinking!
"Heart! It's jumping out...?"
"No, it should be said that...it has become apparent?"
"No, no... what's going on?"
He instinctively clutched his chest.
The feeling of my heart beating was incredibly clear!
"Wait, this feeling... is...?"
"A martial spirit?! What's going on?!"
But the longer he touched it, the deeper the feeling became, and a surge of familiar, throbbing emotion welled up inside him.
This feeling... I just experienced it not long ago!
Yes, in the Blue Silver Forest!
Xiao Yan suddenly recalled how he felt at that time.
The moment the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul completed its evolution and sublimation, it seemed to trigger a vibration within his body...
What's inside my body?
A 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone! A 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone! And, barring any unforeseen circumstances, a 100,000-year-old Azure Bull Python Soul Bone!
And the dried-up bloodline of the Xiao clan!
"Beast bloodline plus Xiao family bloodline, what a familiar scene, what a familiar location... Isn't this just a miniature version of the situation when Xiao Xuan awakened Xiao Yan's bloodline in the Heavenly Tomb..."
"The withered bloodline caused a tiny ripple under that life force; I could feel it, but..."
"Shouldn't there be conflict?!"
"There was a conflict in the original story, and the ancient clan bloodline was needed to neutralize it later... Wait! The Blue Silver Grass's strength lies in its inclusiveness, could it be playing a role here?"
"If that's the case, it seems like all the requirements have been met..."
Xiao Yan felt the blood surging within him, and as he understood this, his emotions surged even more.
"Has my bloodline awakened?!"
"Still manifesting in the form of a martial spirit?!"