Chapter 332: Stepping Into: Part 3
As the annihilative explosion of the two conflicting forces getting more and more concentrated and violent, the area around the dragon crystal slowly turned back, and a faint, gentle yellow glow started radiating across the crystal.
“It worked!” Lin Sheng was encouraged.
Now that there was an energy reaction that meant that the dragon crystal could be used in this state.
With another word, he quickly picked up the dragon crystal and ran toward the soul conversion ritual matrix that had already been prepared beforehand in the corner.
The matrix was ready-made as he placed the dragon crystal into a designated corner.
Before it could return to its original state, he started to mutter the activation chant.
The soul conversion ritual was one of the mysterious rituals he had gotten from the Griffin’s Mora.s.s. For this set of rituals, he had already obtained two of them, one was Purification, and another Cultivation; both had very potent practical uses.
The one he was using was the Cultivation ritual where he converted souls into Crag Dragon blood.
Soon, a never-seen-before yellow glow appeared on the ritual matrix as a large about of yellow dust had appeared out of nowhere and started to envelop Lin Sheng and the dragon crystal within them.
A series of thunderous rumbling could be heard from the center of the ritual matrix as the dragon crystal in the middle of the ritual shrank rapidly as it dissipated into a large number of yellow light spots and flew toward Lin Sheng.
The light spots formed into a tiny straight light pillar that continuously shot into Lin Sheng’s forehead.
A surge of instinctual memories on how to utilize the Crag Dragon’s powers inside his body entered his mind.
He now understood what that crystal was. It was a skill memory cl.u.s.ter of his blood’s ability!
The crystal got smaller and smaller as the light radiating from it became weaker.
Ten minutes pa.s.sed as the last of the light spots flew into Lin Sheng’s head and the entire dragon crystal disappeared without a whimper or any traces.
*Hah!*
Lin Sheng suddenly opened his eyes as two rays of light blasted out of his eyes for a dozen centimeters before disappearing.
“It’s finally over…”
Whether the crystal came as a gift from that old dragon or was it a manifestation of his own ability, he no longer had the mind to bother with it. Lin Sheng did not care where it came from, he only cared that he had obtained an inheritance. The inheritance allowed him to grow from a dragonkin to the Crag Dragonking.
“Once my dragon blood reaches sixty percent ratio, I can choose a Bloodline Talent from an array of abilities as my heritance ability. After forming my own dragon crystal then I can choose another Bloodline Talent.”
With the heritance skills that Lin Sheng had obtained, he would be able to gain a Bloodline Talent after growing to a certain threshold.
As long as he continuously converted more souls into dragon blood, he could undergo explosive growth, enter a new level, and obtain another Bloodline Talent.
“Let me see… I’m almost at sixty percent ratio now, and once I reach it, I can select a Bloodline Talent.”
Lin Sheng got off the ritual matrix as he walked into the isolation chamber and sat on the chair there.
The isolation chamber slowly closed behind him. This was a room that he had purposely used to train by himself. It could be opened from inside but would need a few more extra steps.
This was to prevent him from rushing out of the bas.e.m.e.nt in the event he lost control of himself.
“Let’s start.”
Lin Sheng sat on the chair as he slowly closed his eyes.
The inheritance in his blood told him that upon absorbing that dragon crystal and completing this selection, he would be able to successfully the limit of sixty percent dragon blood ratio in his body.
Just as Lin Sheng closed his eyes, a thunderous growl rumbled from afar and shook his entire blood. His gaze suddenly fell and turned microscopic into his own blood.
*Bam!!*
Amid the sound of something falling into the water, Lin Sheng’s vision blurred as he fell into a crimson ocean, and he sank deeper and deeper.
Within the blood sea, light was scarce and faint, his vision only limited to about ten meters before him.
From time to time, a series of bubbles would float up toward the surface. And he continued to sink, and sink, and sink.
Suddenly Lin Sheng’s vision brightened, as two crystal ball-like light orbs floated up and stopped before him.
Within the light orbs were two different series of letters.
Lin Sheng looked on in detail as two information screens appeared before him.
“Control Earth; Stoneskin.”
Upon understanding the content, Lin Sheng held his hand out for Control Earth without any hesitation.
An ability that has multiple uses was much more useful to him than a purely defensive one.
*Bam!!*
Just as his hand gently touched the light orb, a shapeless information stream entered his mind.
“To infuse it with holy power or dark power?”
“Hmm??” Lin Sheng was astonished.
This ability wants him to choose between infusing it with dark or holy power?
For a spell like Control Earth, what changes would happen should he infuse it with either power?
The defining trait of holy power was to heal and purify all other powers, while the dark powers’ trait was to corrupt, infect, and corrode a living being’s soul, and to turn it into a monster.
Since he had already chosen, there was no room for regrets now.
After some pondering, Lin Sheng chose to infuse it with holy power. The moment he made his choice, his vision blurred again as the vast red ocean disappeared.
Once again he returned to the isolation chamber in the underground bas.e.m.e.nt.
Slowly, a clacking sound could be heard from inside his body as something seemed to be growing, expanding, and getting stronger.
At the same moment, his chest and abdomen started radiating bright, gentle light as if a blinding light source was shining from within.
He stayed still.
This was the holy power instinctively growing stronger and breakthrough its former limit after the body and spirit were strengthened.
At the same time, a natural instinctive ability to control earth started flowing from the deep within his Crag Dragon blood into his mind.
However, that was not all of it as his holy power broke through and was raised to Level 11, with a new talent forming as well.
A mysterious new light gold rune floated between the torrents of holy power in his chest.
*Hummm…*
Control Earth and the golden rune suddenly resonated naturally into the same frequency and it disappeared as quickly as it came.
A few minutes later.
Lin Sheng opened his eyes as his holy power within his body or his blood had all calmed down as a brand new ability had been infused into his blood.
“Sacred Grounds – Create a permanent holy ground, and anyone who is anointed by the master of the sacred ground would gain ma.s.sive boons while standing on it.
“Empowerment effect: Strength+1, Speed+1, Reaction+4, Recovery+4, Resistance against Energy+4.”
Lin Sheng was speechless as he read the description of the effects.
The +1 marker meant a one-fold increase based on the standard of the inheritance.
Then +4 would mean a four-fold increase.
“Wow, as expected of a Level 11 holy talent. It has even merged with the talent from the Crag Dragon blood.”
What was terrifying was that the boon affected him as well…