Novel11 Chapter 572 - 538 Traces IV
Chapter 572 - 538 Traces IV
"Mr. Xue, you are well-informed. It’s impressive how you can know even about matters in the Great Capital so quickly," Zhang Rongfang remarked softly as he placed a piece down, his expression unchanged.
Originally, he had returned to seclude himself for meditation and possibly develop new talents. But Xue Tong had sought him out, leading to the current situation.
"Ever since the young friend took part of the Wish Girl’s power, I can somewhat move around within the gorge now. Contacting some old friends isn’t too difficult," Xue Tong replied with a smile, seemingly oblivious to Zhang Rongfang’s underlying meaning.
"What exactly does Master Yue intend to do? Mr. Xue, can you enlighten me?" Zhang Rongfang asked gravely.
"It wasn’t clear before, but now it is apparent," Xue Tong nodded. "Your master had only one purpose from the very beginning."
He paused.
"And that is... to seize power!"
Seize power?
Zhang Rongfang narrowed his eyes.
"Seize what power? Whose power?"
"That’s for you to figure out. But he’s already halfway through this path, and the remaining part seems destined to succeed. It just requires time to gradually unfold. It’s not much of a problem anymore," Xue Tong chuckled.
Seeing another version of himself gradually reaching his goal, he felt somewhat pleased.
"Can’t you tell me?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
"If I tell you and it turns out wrong, won’t I lose face?" Xue Tong laughed. "Young friend should focus on yourself. You’ve changed significantly these past few months..." he said meaningfully.
"I’ve made some breakthroughs, but I didn’t expect such progress," Zhang Rongfang nodded.
"The Great Dao Teaching has successors. Even if your master fails, you can rise anew. It comforts me too," Xue Tong smiled.
At first, he hadn’t paid much attention to Zhang Rongfang’s changes.
Yet unexpectedly, in just a few months, this kid grew stronger like a pig fattened up, gaining more and more power.
Even just sensing him occasionally from afar, Xue Tong could feel certain strange changes in Zhang Rongfang.
"By the way, young friend, when will you help me leave this place? You promised before," Xue Tong raised the topic again.
"Any time is possible. But have you thought about what you’ll do if you leave now?" Zhang Rongfang countered.
"Naturally, I’ll regain control of the Great Dao Teaching and return to the position of Sect Leader. That was meant to be mine," Xue Tong answered seriously.
"Do you have confidence?" Zhang Rongfang asked again.
"Confidence?" Xue Tong smiled. "You don’t understand... There are many things you don’t understand..."
Zhang Rongfang pondered.
"Since you’ve decided, how about setting a date?"
"Alright. What about this day next month?" Xue Tong proposed.
"Sure."
After that, both remained silent, swiftly placing their pieces.
A game that should have taken over an hour was completed in just a dozen minutes, including several moves.
Zhang Rongfang lost again.
Xue Tong didn’t say anything further; he just laughed heartily and vanished suddenly, transforming into a shadow and disappearing.
"Lost again?" Zhang Rongfang sat in front of the chessboard, looking at the large dragon completely strangled and lifeless before him.
He casually grabbed the chessboard with one hand and flipped it.
With a clatter, the chessboard and pieces scattered all over the ground, and the entire board shattered into several fragments.
Meanwhile, in another cavern within Wish Girl Gorge.
Xue Tong’s figure suddenly condensed, sitting cross-legged on a large round stone.
"Interesting, truly interesting," he couldn’t help but smile faintly.
"You actually feel happier as the fake Yue Dewen becomes more successful? What’s so interesting about that?" An unseen person in the cave spoke coldly.
"I’ve calculated the difficulty a long time ago and hid here for decades. Now at last, I’m seeing the dawn. How can I not be pleased?" Xue Tong laughed.
"Don’t get complacent, be careful not to let Zhang Ying ruin everything," the other person warned.
"Zhang Ying is just an unintended pawn. He possesses some secrets, but regardless of how he changes, everything is under my control. The chasm is something no one can cross, no need to worry. The real concern is the Celestial Treasure Palace."
Xue Tong’s smile was hard to suppress.
"Wait and see, although the fake one now dominates all sides, invincible and even killed the third and fourth Divine Generals.
But the Divine Generals aren’t destroyed and will soon resurrect. This act only angered the first and second Divine Generals. After surpassing the Divine Generals, he’ll face the three towering figures of Spirit Flying Church: the Sacred Tour, Sacred Shepherd, and Sacred Apostle.
To completely change things, how can it be so easy?"
"Though the fake one seems to have all the might, utilizing such might isn’t simple. While utilizing power, one is also assimilated by it. Damir persisted for ten years, let’s see how long Yue Dewen can endure. Though he seems vibrant and flourishing, sadly... no one realizes he’s bound to collapse eventually..." the unseen person sneered.
"This grand scheme is nearing the end of its re-enactment..." Xue Tong sighed.
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As the fog of mystery dissipated, Zhang Rongfang still found himself on the Human Immortal Platform.
Fog surrounded, faintly visible was the Little Red Bird like a red line, darting around, flickering like light.
He sat cross-legged on the Human Immortal Platform, recalling what Xue Tong had just said, feeling there was more hidden meaning behind his words, and an unfathomable depth of thought.
This man was mysterious, lurking in Wish Girl Gorge for years, his purpose unclear.
Initially, Zhang Rongfang believed Xue Tong was trapped by the Wish Girl.
But now, after being involved with Wish Girl for so long, he understood that Wish Girl, being an Innate God, had little of her own consciousness.
She was more like a wild creature within a fixed area. As long as her territory wasn’t disturbed, there’d be no trouble.
Yet, Xue Tong, on the other hand, with his deep thoughts and numerous calculations, didn’t seem like someone who could be trapped for years by the Wish Girl.
’If he’s not trapped, then why does he remain here? It couldn’t be voluntary, could it?’ Zhang Rongfang speculated to himself.
With this thought, he realized that he had too few clues and could only wait until he had gathered more information to analyze further.
After collecting his thoughts,
he closed his eyes and then reopened them.
In his field of vision, the current attribute panel immediately appeared.
’Let’s see what this new talent is going to be this time.’
Every time his points reached a hundred and unlocked a new special talent, it was like opening a blind box.
The last time, the Blood Echo had already started to push him gradually towards some strange direction.
Although it hadn’t significantly changed his strength, Zhang Rongfang vaguely noticed that these special talents seemed to be assembling like building blocks into a unique whole.
’Let’s see what kind of ability this time will bring...’
With curiosity and anticipation, he looked at the life attribute.
’Zhang Rongfang — Life 599-599.’
’Available attributes: 1.’
Add point.
The last attribute point was added to the life column. Instantly, 599 jumped to 600.
Thud.
A deep, enormous heartbeat sound suddenly spread from Zhang Rongfang’s chest.
His hand suddenly clutched his heart, feeling his entire bloodstream accelerating along with that heartbeat.
Streams of scorching hot air emerged from his body, then rose up, converging towards his throat.
They burned like fire, intensely scorching his mouth, nose, and throat, bringing immense pain.
Zhang Rongfang’s expression tightened as he tightly clutched his throat, enduring this pain comparable to repeatedly slicing flesh with a knife.
Time passed second by second.
Ten minutes...
Twenty minutes...
Half an hour!
This ability seemed entirely different from before.
Suddenly, intuition warnings in the attribute bar popped up line after line.
Zhang Rongfang endured the pain, carefully looking at them.
’Intuition Warning: Your talent ability is guiding you towards evolving into some kind of special powerful supernatural creature. You have a premonition that you are facing two choices, whether to continue moving forward, or to stop and go back?
Please note: Choosing to move forward means you can never turn back, losing your original essence as a mortal. This is a change of species, a leap in the strata of life. While powerful, you will also bear the suppression of cosmic natural feedback.’
Intuition warnings had never shown so many warning lines before.
This was something Zhang Rongfang had never witnessed before.
At this moment, in the special talent column, all talents with ’blood’ in their names were slowly gathering together, forming a single separate option like living things.
Darklight Vision, Bloodhound, Blood Echo, three talent abilities, all listed in one row.
At the end, a new bracket appeared, inside of which new words emerged: (Three similar abilities can be synthesized into an ultimate evolution direction. Judged by the collected life spectrum, the branch options are as follows.)
’1 — Blood Race Progenitor (Compatibility: 92%).’
’2 — Zombie King (Compatibility: 81%).’
’3 — Pseudo-Blood God (Compatibility: 70%).’
".....Was the previous blood absorption to replenish life meant for this moment??"
Looking at these newly appeared options and information, Zhang Rongfang fell silent.
He originally thought his attribute bar was just a simple attribute-enhancing ability.
But now it seemed this ability was becoming more and more exaggerated....
Among the three options, apart from the compatibility, there was no other display. No new information appeared either.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Rongfang didn’t hesitate.
At this moment, naturally, it was safest to choose the one with the highest compatibility.
Although Blood Race Progenitor sounded a bit like a Western vampire style, as long as the power was effective, nothing else mattered.
With his mind set, he imagined lightly tapping on the first option.
Tap.
A soft sound echoed in his mind.
All the choices suddenly transformed into dark red blood, dissolving and dispersing, merging into his skin.
The attribute panel began to reveal new information.
The previous three blood-related abilities merged and disappeared, becoming a new talent — Blood Race Progenitor.
’Blood Race Progenitor — As life constantly increases, you will grow from infancy, continually becoming stronger until you become complete.
The upcoming ability acquisitions will be directed towards this bloodline. Once all abilities are completed, you will acquire a complete bloodline and become whole.
Special Talent: Darklight Vision, Bloodhound, Blood Echo, Destructive Sound Wave, Super-speed Movement, Progenitor Bloodline Suppression, Blood Control, Steel Skin, Toxin Resistance, Innate Might, Psychic Domination of Living Beings, Soul Plunder, Sacred Blood Physique.
Weaknesses:
You dislike daylight, but because of the progenitor bloodline, you won’t be weakened by daylight.
You can gain temporary stronger power by drinking the blood of powerful beings. However, you will fall into a deadly ecstasy, unable to extricate yourself. Be cautious with blood drinking.
You dislike silverware, but because of the progenitor bloodline, you won’t be restrained by it. However, other bloodline members besides you will gradually lose resistance to silverware.’