《A Wizard’s Secret》A Wizard's Secret
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Merlin revealed a thoughtful look. Everyone knew the importance of an ancient almighty beast's blood. Even the sacred beasts must have had blood in their bodies. However, looking at the head of the Sacred Lion Beast before him, there was not a single drop of blood. Every part was completely dry.
"Blood? Ever since the first time I saw the head of the Sacred Lion Beast, I've never seen a single drop of blood. After all, how important is the blood of a sacred beast? I'm afraid all of it has been used by the royal family ancestors. All we're left with is a dried-up head. However, I heard that a powerful full-shifter can sense something extraordinary from the head of the Sacred Lion Beast. Back then, it was after seeing the Sacred Lion Beast's head that Farron's abilities became greatly enhanced."
Merlin examined the Sacred Lion Beast's head carefully. What the Princess Royal said must be true. He recalled Farron telling him that, upon achieving the level of full-shifter, the remaining work was to hone one's Supreme Talents.
The gaps between full-shifters were determined by the strength of their Supreme Talents.
"The Blood-eye Dragon's Supreme Talent is the Blood-eye, so the Blood-eye must be capable of doing far more than Blood Control!"
Various thoughts flashed past Merlin's head. He knew that as an ancient high-tier almighty beast, the Blood-eye Dragon was considered a powerful existence. Just the Supreme Talent of storing blood crystals was already very impressive.
The fact that it was eventually bestowed the name 'Blood-eye' must mean that the Blood-eye's Supreme Talents were even far more powerful.
"Anyway, Leon, we can't stay here for a very long time. Only three days at most. After three days, I'll have to take you out of this place. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave without my blood as a royal family descendant. Even if Farron comes in, he cannot leave without King Father."
Merlin nodded. He, of course, understood the peculiarity of this place. They were currently deep underneath the ground. In order to leave, he would have to split the ground open. Even if a real Blood-eye Dragon was resurrected, such a feat was impossible, let alone Merlin who had just barely become a full-shifter.
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"Three days is quite enough."
Merlin finished speaking and redirected his gaze to the wizened head of the Sacred Lion Beast. Although there was no fresh blood, the Sacred Lion Beast's head still exuded a heart-chilling aura.
"The Sacred Lion Beast no longer has the aura which represents the will of the world… Perhaps, the will of the world won't remain inside the body of a dead sacred beast."
Merlin initially intended to sense the will of this world. He erred on the side of caution, afraid of being discovered by the will of the world. In the end, he found that while the head of the Sacred Lion Beast had some remnant aura, there was no world-will left.
Therefore, Merlin did not have to be so careful. Right now, the progress of his Illusory World was very slow. It only stabilized a lot after Merlin became a full-shifter.
However, there was no expansion, merely stabilization. In fact, it was only stable to a certain degree. In order for the Illusory World to be restored to its powerful state back in the Void Zone, it would take hundreds and thousands of years based on its current progress.
It was very difficult for the Illusory World to be restored to its peak era. If that were the case, Merlin could have countered the Almighty Beast World's will directly. Since the Illusory World could not be restored, Merlin would have to rely on the power system in this world to enhance himself.
"Natural abilities?"
Merlin shapeshifted his head which revealed the crimson vertical eye on his forehead. Now that he was a full-shifter, he could shapeshift individual body parts without going through the entire full-shift.
The crimson vertical eye glowed blood-red. If there was an enemy, he could control their blood-qi, causing their blood vessels to explode and they would die.
This was the only ability that Merlin knew about the Blood-eye now. However, this particular Supreme Talent was ineffective towards Doomsday. This was because Doomsday's Soul of Light prevented Merlin from identifying his real body.
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This was the skill gap in terms of Supreme Talents. Merlin's Blood-eye should be capable of more than just Blood Control. Otherwise, the Blood-eye Dragon would not have been one of the overlords of the ancient almighty beasts.
"What is the function of the Sacred Lion Beast's head in regard to a full-shifter's Supreme Talents?"
Merlin suddenly realized that while the Sacred Lion Beast's aura was immensely powerful and reminded people of the will of the world, it was just an aura in reality. It could not affect a powerful shifter.
However, Farron definitely derived some benefits when he entered this place. The Princess Royal would not lie about that.
"In that case, I'll give it a try."
Merlin took a deep breath. Then, the crimson vertical eye on his forehead shot out a crimson beam that shrouded the head of the Sacred Lion Beast. The reflection colored the floor of the entire underground hall crimson.
"Hum".
The moment the crimson beam shrouded the Sacred Lion Beast's head, it began to vibrate gently. At the same time, chilling images began to emerge in Merlin's mind.
Within those images was an incomparably humongous almighty beast. Its entire body could not be viewed by the naked eye, and the true extent of its size was unknown. It radiated a golden glow all over.
Merlin struggled to look at the head of the almighty beast in images. It was the Sacred Lion Beast.
"Apparently, the true body of the Sacred Lion Beast is so humongous?"
When Merlin saw this Sacred Lion Beast, he was truly astounded. In the Void Zone, the largest creatures he saw were the Slothful Beasts.
Based on these images, the Sacred Lion Beast was not much smaller than the Slothful Beast. This meant that the entire Almighty Beast was larger than Merlin had imagined.
For some unknown reason, the Sacred Lion Beast's humongous body began to flop, then from its body, droplets of fresh blood emerged. These fresh blood droplets quickly transformed into several enormous almighty beasts, they were nonetheless smaller than the Sacred Lion Beast.
Later, these almighty beasts gradually procreated, but the bloodlines became weaker and thinner with every generation until it became the world today. Ancient almighty beasts were very hard to find. Instead, they could only consolidate the power in their bloodline in order to become the heir of an almighty beast bloodline.
"It turns out that the Blood-eye Dragon's bloodline partly originated from the Sacred Lion Beast. However, this small relation is not enough to trigger the Supreme Talents of the Blood-eye. The main bloodline of the Blood-eye Dragon is still the Sacred Dragon. Only by finding the remains of a Great Dragon, will I be able to activate all my Supreme Talents!"
At this instant, Merlin fully understood why Farron was able to enhance his Supreme Talents so quickly. Come to think of it, his bloodline coincidentally was one of the direct descendants of the Sacred Lion Beast. Thus, it allowed all his Supreme Talents to be activated.
Merlin, on the other hand, could only search for the remains of the Great Dragons. This was because his main bloodline was from the Sacred Dragons.
"Such a pity. Apparently, Supreme Talents can be unlocked using this method. However, the sacred beasts have vanished for many years. Where else can I find the remains of sacred beasts?"
Merlin suddenly thought of Doomsday. If Farron relied on the head of the Sacred Lion Beast to fully activate his Supreme Talents, then what did Doomsday rely upon?
Merlin narrowed his eyes and retracted his Blood-eye. It seemed like he would have to thoroughly investigate Doomsday's background after this. Surely, this was not a difficult feat for Phantom.
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