Bloodline System: I Created New Path for Humanity

Chapter 31: Shock

As someone whose name itself had the word Tempest in it, Lightning Web was not going to contain the wolf for long. Cole was very clear about this. Holding the sword tightly, he started running, jumping onto the Lightning Web to climb the monster’s body while avoiding its bloody mouth. Once he was near the monster’s two furious eyes, he did not hold back any longer. Taking a deep breath, he thrust the sword with all his strength.

Seeming to sense his intentions, the Tempest Wolf struggled with all its might, trying to break free from the Lightning Web. But the more it struggled, the more it lost its balance. In a brief amount of time, the monster was on the verge of collapsing.

Puchi!

Cole felt a wet, sickening sensation as the sword penetrated deeper into the monster’s eyeball, splashing fresh hot blood out like a fountain, drenching Cole’s plain clothes crimson. Cole ignored everything and attacked the monster’s eyeball again and again until it finally popped.

The pain of losing one eyeball made the Tempest Wolf completely mad. The monster lost any semblance of reason and started thrashing its body wildly, attacking anything that it saw on sight.

Watching from the distance, Ethan’s face looked devoid of all life, his palms heavily soaked with sweat, his entire figure shaking like a twig under a storm.

However, when he saw Cole fight against a monster multiple times bigger than his size, Ethan’s heartbeat could not help but accelerate.

Badum! Badum!

Is this what a warrior is really capable of...?

Both he and Cole were roughly at the same realm, yet why was only Cole able to achieve such a feat while he could only watch things from afar, shaking in fright?

For a moment, two storms seemed to have appeared in the surroundings — one brewing high in the sky, while the other grew deeper inside Ethan’s heart.

At this moment, Cole might not have realized it, but his act of bravely fighting against the Tempest Wolf had ignited something in Ethan’s heart.

Of course, Cole had no idea what Ethan was thinking. After destroying one of the monster’s eyeballs, he jumped toward the second, his actions a little hurried.

While moving, Cole looked at the lightning chains binding around the wolf’s legs, slowly turning thin.

Hmm... it seems the spell is reaching its limits...!

Cole realized the Lightning Web could disappear at any moment, but even after knowing this, he could not simply gulp down another mana potion and recast the Lightning Web spell.

As had already been made clear, the human body was not made for mana. Forcefully using mana put immense pressure on both the veins and the heart. Using two mana potions in quick succession placed a heavy load on the human body. If abused, it could permanently damage the veins and arteries.

He was very familiar with this, but there was also one more thing that he considered.

Normal mages don’t have a body as strong as mine. Moreover, after the partial fusion with the Lightning Worm blood, my body has grown even stronger.

When his thoughts reached this point, he was already near the Tempest Wolf’s second eye.

"A.I. chip! Calculate based on my current body strength! What are my chances of suffering permanent injuries if I cast another Lightning Web spell again?"

[Processing request...]

[...]

Another message popped up, but before he could take a look, the chains restraining the Tempest Wolf disappeared. A lightning bolt made from pure orange lightning zipped closer to him. If it were not for Cole’s fast reaction, he would have already been electrocuted.

After being so close to being burnt to a crisp, Cole felt a chill run down his spine.

Damn it, I should have been more direct...

He gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. Without hesitating any longer, he gulped another mana potion down his throat. Intense heat spread through his veins and arteries as Cole focused and cast another Lightning Web.

Jessica, while being constantly bombarded, watched Cole’s figure fighting the Tempest Wolf alone. For a moment, a strange look flashed through her eyes. The look in her eyes intensified further when she noticed the sword in Cole’s hands.

She got so engrossed in the battle that for a very brief moment she completely forgot about her own situation.

Meanwhile, once the Tempest Wolf’s movements were restricted, Cole easily tore through the wolf’s remaining eye. Once the wolf was completely blinded, the Tempest Wolf’s body twitched, its glowing fur quickly dulled, and the next moment its body stopped moving entirely.

Once Ethan confirmed the monster was not really moving, he hurriedly ran to Cole.

"Customer, are you okay?"

After saying this, he threw a bottle filled with light green liquid in Cole’s direction while shouting urgently,

"Use this! It’s a peak-grade healing potion!"

Cole almost did not stand on ceremony. Although he was not injured badly, that did not mean he was going to deny such a good thing.

He grabbed the bottle and took a small sip, keeping the rest of the contents for later use.

...

How in the world did I manage to defeat this thing...?

A few minutes had passed since he had managed to kill the Tempest Wolf. Now on the ground, Cole looked at the giant body lying there, bleeding profusely. From time to time, random bolts of lightning fell from the sky, hitting the wolf’s corpse and frying it to a crisp.

At this time Ethan walked over, looking at the same corpse with the same dazed look as him.

After taking another look, Ethan turned to Cole with grateful eyes.

"Customer, no matter how many times I say it, I can’t thank you enough. Both of us siblings will be forever indebted to you..."

Those words caused a smile to appear on Cole’s face. He initially wanted to say he was only helping them, but he stopped himself.

There was no need to reject a wealthy family heir’s gratitude.

After a short exchange of words, the two fell silent, watching the giant corpse with solemn looks in their eyes.

Both Cole and Ethan did not know what to do with the corpse. They just waited in silence, hoping that no more monsters would attack them.

But it appeared they were thinking too much.

Cole was meditating with his eyes closed when they suddenly sprang open.

What is happening...?

Out of nowhere, the lightning storm suddenly seemed to have doubled in intensity, with flashing currents moving at twice the speed as before. If that were all, Cole would only have been surprised, but something else happened that filled his heart with horror.

Although the lightning was still flashing continuously, there was complete darkness in their surroundings.

How is this possible...?

How can this monster be here...?

A horrified exclamation echoed beside him. Ethan’s eyes were wide as saucers, staring at the sky above.

Cole heard the exclamation and followed Ethan’s line of sight. The next moment, his reaction was no different from Ethan’s.

Although it was complete darkness, even within the darkness, he could see the monster.

Cole was not sure how to describe it, but a giant creature hundreds of meters long seemed to have completely blocked the sky. The monster’s mouth opened wide, revealing its giant abyss-like maw, devouring all the lightning around it.

For a very brief moment, all the lightning from dozens of kilometers seemed to have been sucked into the monster’s mouth.