Chapter 184: Bloodline

As the blood splattered out, Li Mochen sensed a faint connection forming between himself and the 'Sun-Moon-Star Heavenly Star Divine Swords' densely arrayed around him, which quickly moved past the unfamiliar stage and grew increasingly close.

The blood sacrifice method had always been the fastest way to consecrate artifacts, but the blood sacrifice Li Mochen performed now was somewhat different. Besides sacrifice, there was also refinement, using the vast primordial power within the 'Heaven-Swallowing, Vein-Devouring, Essence-Returning, Life-Reversing Grand Array' to make slight adaptive modifications to these three hundred and sixty swords.

At this moment, however, Li Mochen's attention was more focused on his own body, on the two bloodlines within him: 'Dragon Vein' and 'Titan'.

Before this, Li Mochen could only faintly perceive their existence, but they were beyond reach, untouchable.

Now, under the pressure of the two qi grindstones above and below, Li Mochen could finally touch them.

What he needed to do next was simple: just forcibly infuse the life force into them.

The secret methods for awakening bloodlines in the Primordial Dome Realm were usually very meticulous, requiring gradual progression to prevent excessive advancement from harming the body or exceeding the control of one's own soul consciousness.

But Li Mochen had none of these concerns. He had once been a powerhouse infinitely close to the Tribulation Transcendence stage, capable of stepping into the Immortal realm. Since coming to this world, his soul strength had gradually recovered considerably.

The fusion with the original owner's soul, though bringing various troubles, had greatly strengthened his foundation to some extent. After all, the fundamental soul quality of two souls was different from that of one soul—a true twofold difference.

Thus, Li Mochen was fully confident that, in his state of Heavenly Mind Illumination, he could control all the changes arising from bloodline awakening, preventing harm to himself and leaving no hidden dangers of any kind.

Ten minutes later, Li Mochen felt his body bloated and unbearable, like a balloon about to explode.

Even more uncomfortable were the fiery and icy forces born from the bloodlines, causing his body to be nearly frozen on one side of the brow line and nearly melted on the other.

Then, ten minutes later, as the lord-tier beast crystals and lord-tier hearts at the center of the array were ground to pieces one by one, his internal condition became even more overwhelmed.

But just as Li Mochen felt he could barely endure, the two bloodlines within him, having absorbed a sea of life force, finally broke through their cocoons.

A powerful force began to radiate from Li Mochen's body—on one side, a giant flaming wing; on the other, an icy wing—each extending at least forty meters outward.

—What was astonishing was that the edges of the flaming giant wing showed traces of ice dust, while the periphery of the icy wing also had sparks of fire.

Following the principle of yang giving rise to yin and yin giving rise to yang, the ice and fire forces within him underwent extreme transformations at this moment.

At that instant, Li Mochen's expression shifted slightly as he looked toward a certain direction on the left. It was Li Tailai, along with his beast cage. The latter had awakened from meditation and was looking at him with a bitter expression.

Li Mochen chuckled, knowing that this man had reached the limit of his imminent advancement; one more step would mean the level of an Outlaw.

So he casually took out the crystal-blue gem from his pocket and tossed it into the most intense point of conflict between the two grindstones in the array.

In an instant, the soul crystal of the eighteenth-level Black Scale Fire Dragon was ground to powder. The scattered dragon soul essence was partly absorbed by the Dragon Vein, partly seeped into Xuanhuo, and the remainder was deliberately directed by Li Mochen toward Li Tailai.

The latter immediately understood Li Mochen's intention and was overjoyed. Almost at once, he began using this part of the dragon soul essence as bait to initiate spiritual communication with the 'American Thorn Dragon' in the cage.

Li Mochen then turned his attention back to his own body.

The life force contained in the lord-tier beast crystals and lord-tier hearts was immensely powerful; the past few minutes were just a prelude. In the next ten minutes, he would endure tremendous pressure until this force was exhausted.

What Li Mochen did not know was that at the same time, at the 'Wiltonstein Charity Hospital' about seventy-three kilometers from the chemical plant, in a strangely shaped laboratory, a researcher on duty suddenly stood up, staring in shock at the display before him.

A line on it had abruptly shot up to the top of the screen and remained there, showing no sign of dropping.

After watching for a moment, he picked up the phone beside him.

'Professor Abraham! You need to come over here quickly. I think your Wiltonstein family has a new Dragon Vein sorcerer. And he seems to be very powerful! Yes, he has even exceeded the limit value. Please come over immediately—'

It was only then that this researcher in a white lab coat noticed another colleague standing beside him.

'Andy, you look surprised, scared, right? Since I came to this lab, this is only the third time I've seen such a strong bloodline reaction.'

'No!'

The man named Andy shook his head and pointed to another monitor beside him: 'Actually, what's happening on my side is about the same—the index is frighteningly high, also exceeding the measurement limit.'

'That is, the top-tier Titan bloodline?'

By now, all the lab personnel were gathering around them. Then an elderly man with glasses strode in quickly.

'What's going on? Is it the Dragon Vein?'

Professor Abraham quickly grasped the situation, a look of surprise in his eyes: 'How rare—someone awakening the Titan bloodline at the same time? Have you checked? Which two little bastards' blood samples are these?'

Several researchers were already in the inner layer of the lab, flipping through the many crystal jars placed in the constant-temperature boxes.

'It's not Master Bobert—'

'Strange, it's not Miss Clementina either.'

'Nor is it Nathan. How odd—these dozen or so were the most likely to awaken in the near future.'

They searched for a long time without results, and just as Professor Abraham was growing impatient, someone let out a surprised exclamation.

'Found it—it's Andre Lee Wiltonstein!'

'What? It's him?'

'Not surprising, is it? He's the hottest rising star in Atlanta fighting lately. His talent must be considerable.'

'Then who is the other one?'

'I think there's no need to look. Master Andre's bloodline reaction is very strange.'

The speaker had already handed the crystal jar to Professor Abraham. The others gathered around curiously, seeing that the drop of blood in the center of the jar was generating both flame and ice forces—the former burning fiercely, nearly melting half the jar, and the latter freezing the other half.

'Wow, poor guy—it's a dual-source bloodline.'

'What a pity. I think he must be in great pain right now. He's doomed.'

'No! The fact is, he's controlling it!'

Professor Abraham looked at the crystal jar, now showing an ice-fire spiral, and a nearly 'radiant' gleam appeared in his eyes.

'Notify the Chairman. For the first time this century, our Wiltonstein family has produced someone whose bloodline can rival his. Andy, seal the lab and bring some Styx contracts—the highest grade. Everyone here needs to sign. How ironic—the purest bloodline power in the family appears in a half-breed—'