"Father?" Dan sneered, ever since Zaramias arrived, with the help of the System, he knew that this man before him wasn"t his father. But unfortunately, he didn"t know his true ident.i.ty.
His figure flashed and fueled with his cultivation, he reappeared beside Zaramias before slicing with his daggers. The wind whistled and Zaramias ducked his head as Dan commenced his fierce attacks of stabbing, slicing, dicing and hacking.
Dan"s attacks targeted the vital arteries of Zaramias" body as the latter gave a bitter smile and avoided his attacks with a breeze. His expression looked casual and nonchalant as if he was strolling in his backyard.
"s.h.i.+t, why can"t I hit him?" Dan mumbled under his breath and Zaramias revealed a small smile, "Your attacks are precise and without any waste, yet your mindset is only focused on killing, not caring about the other factors in battles such as the subtle movements of your shoulders or the tensing of your muscles which gives away the direction of your attack..."
The Zaramias easily deduced the intricacies within his attacks which made him stare at him in shock. Grounding his teeth, he continued his a.s.sault, yet the same result happened. He couldn"t touch Zaramias" body.
His enemy"s movements were slow, but it contained strange mysteries that he couldn"t wrap his hands around. In each time his dagger neared Zaramias" body, it looked like it slipped from its previous trajectory and in return, his entire attack would miss.
Wiping the beaded sweats that formed on his forehead, Dan"s mind spun, without any hesitation, he pulled his Desert Eagle and pointed it at Zaramias. However, these series of movements made a slight opening as Zaramias took advantage of that to sneak behind him and pat his head.
"Boom, you"re dead," Sweat dripped from Dan"s chin into the ground as he felt the sensation of imminent danger was.h.i.+ng through his body. He quickly retreated when he realized that his enemy didn"t attack. Instead, the so-called Zaramias revealed a small smile and said, "You"ve grown, young master..."
Zaramis" deep voice disappeared, turning into the familiar voice of someone that accompanied him for the last decade and a half.
"George?!" Dan"s mind had a deep recollection of this gentle old man, in each time the previous owner of this body created something outrageous or caused an upheaval in the City, this old man would solve it behind the scenes.
"Indeed, it is me, Young master," Zaramias" figure dissipated into dust, revealing the stoic appearance of Mister George whose eyes shone in a satisfied light, "You"ve surely grown, young master, but it"s a pity that you still lack the training..."
Dan wryly smiled, "I didn"t expect that an old butler like you, Mister George would possess such capabilities, also, why did you a.s.sume my father"s figure?"
Mister George leaked a wide smile, revealing his pearly-whites before saying, "Master told me to come in here and help you unlock the true bloodline of the Longinus Clan once you reach the Organ Tempering Realm..."
"True bloodline? What do you mean?" Dan asked with knitted eyebrows, it was the first time that he heard of such matters.
Mister George didn"t reply, instead, he took two wooden chairs and sat before each other as he said, "Master and me, didn"t expect that your wife would be the first one to break through the shackles of her bloodline."
Dan"s expression became confused, "George, can we stop going around and can you just explain to me everything about what"s going on? Does the fact that Natalie reached the Peak of the Organ Tempering Realm in such a short time related to that shackle that you said?"
"Indeed it is related," George nodded his head as Dan said, "Okay then, explain everything to me..." Dan a.s.sumed a solemn expression and George"s expression flashed with satisfaction. He was happy that the brat whom he cared for the past decade finally became someone that could potentially create his own path.
"I"ll start with the history of the Longinus Clan first, actually, your father, Zaramias Longinus is a high-ranking member of the Longinus Clan at the Continent of the Divine. However, after he suffered injuries after entering a mystic realm, the Clan took away all of his resources and in his indignance, he left the Continent of the Divine and arrived in this continent."
"Upon arrival, he realized that the cultivation of the people here was too low, that even with his measly Divine Soul Cultivation, he became an overlord and caught the attention of the reigning Emperor and joined the Empire of Dawn as a General. He then established the Longinus Clan inside the Empire of Dawn on his own."
George glanced at Dan and found that the latter"s expression became filled with astonishment, he didn"t expect that his father had such a history. Knitting his eyebrows, he remembered the matter about that strange girl from the Thousand Deaths Valley and how she called him an Emperor.
"But that"s not everything, thought the Longinus Clan possessed an enormous number of Divine Ascendance Realm pract.i.tioner, they never established the clan to the public." Upon hearing his words, Dan"s expression flickered, why would such a powerful clan, hide from the eyes of the ma.s.ses?
"You must be thinking about the reason why such a powerful clan is actively hiding, right?" George"s expression turned somewhat bitter before he continued with a deep sigh, "That"s because every member of the Longinus Clan walks on the path of demonic cultivation. An art that is despised and condemned by everyone..."
"What did you say?!" Dan couldn"t help but suck a mouthful of cold air when he heard George"s words. His mind spun and the memories that he had regarding that young girl back at the Thousand Deaths Valley, flashed in his mind.
"Yeah, that is the truth, and there"s nothing that could be done about it," George stared at Dan while the latter digested the information that he just received. Calming his nerves, he said, "Mister George, are demonic cultivators, really as evil as they say?"
When his words reached the ears of George. His expression darkened and he harshly stood up as he sent a palm strike towards the chair that he sat on, "Absolutely not! Just because demonic cultivators uses unorthodox methods in fighting against the heavens doesn"t mean that they"re evil! That"s an absolute fallacy!"
"And even if we kill people, those we kill are only those who block our path to success! We do not kill the innocent!" George declared and Dan pressed on, "You"re saying that but there"s a huge percentage of demonic cultivators that kill the innocent,"
The former turned to the latter and said, "Indeed, you"re right, those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds are the ones that are staining our names! How dare they use the t.i.tle of a demonic cultivator to commit heinous deeds of ma.s.s killings and terrorism!" Dan also felt the same, as a cultivator, they should respect the lives of the mortals living in this mundane world and not involve them in anything that would endanger their lives.
The mindset of those who walk on the demonic path was something that Dan couldn"t understand for now. After all, he wasn"t an omniscient man. He needed to learn everything from the scratch.
George calmed his nerves and when Dan noticed it, he spoke up, "Then, George, tell me the method on how to unlock my true bloodline."
The former lifted his head and said, "Are you sure about this, young master? Once I unlock your true bloodline, you will never be able to walk on the righteous path of cultivation..."
"Yeah, I am sure about it, I don"t think that demonic cultivators are that evil than people think, they may just be a bunch of misunderstood people that desire the company of the others, and maybe, the reason why I came to this world should be for that..." Dan chuckled at the end of his sentence before shaking his head.
George"s expression looked relieved, moving behind Dan, he said, "This may be somehow painful so I hope that young master can endure it,"
At first, Dan looked proud and quite confident of himself, but when he realized that the unsealing of his bloodline would make him feel, excruciating pain, his expression looked tragic and aghast as George consoled him, "Don"t worry about anything, young master, I know that you can do it, I will also set up some Sound Isolating Formation so that noises won"t leak to the outside..."
Dan could only nod his head as George flicked his wrist, sending a Formation Disc towards the air as the Disc pulsated with a brilliant light that encompa.s.sed the entire room. With this, any sound from the inside won"t leak and Dan could shout as loud as he wanted to.
George"s expression turned solemn, circulating his Qi, he formed a ball of lightning above his palm and smacked it on Dan"s back as a miserable shriek echoed from the latter"s mouth. Dan"s body crumbled on the ground, but a strange suction force from George prevented him from falling.
As soon as the ball of lightning made contact with Dan"s back, it dissipated and created a strange pattern visible on his skin that looked like the constellations in the skies. An azure light traced these lines and where the line didn"t reach became shaded with pitch-black mist, making his back, look like a galaxy in the skies.
The pulsating of the Lightning made him feel an intense sharp pain that gave him the sensation of having an itch on his back that he could never scratch. His muscles convulsed and a white foam formed on his mouth as his consciousness collapsed.
However, the old man, George didn"t look anxious, instead, his expression turned excited as he could see the pattern on Dan"s back becoming even more visible as time pa.s.sed by. Soon, the patterns turned into a jet-black smoke which floated in the air before arranging and forming the words,
[EMPEROR]
A suffocating imperial might manifested in the air, attacking George who dared to trespa.s.s its territory. George"s expression turned respectful, he didn"t resist as his knees struck the ground and he didn"t even dare to lift his head as the word EMPEROR in the air formed a crown which landed atop Dan"s head.
Dan"s eyes snapped open, flas.h.i.+ng with Lightning as George sucked a mouthful of cold air and sung his praises towards the generations of karmic luck that Dan gathered from his Ancestors, "To think that he possessed that bloodline," He fearfully stood up and stared at the Dan who collapsed on the ground.
Carrying him, he probed and found that the latter broke through the Middle Stages of the Organ Tempering Realm. Smiling to himself, he prepared to report his findings to Zaramias as his figure, disappeared from the room.