Chapter 324: Chapter 199: Shell - The Knowledge-Seeking Primordial Hermit_2
In an instant, his mind raced, and he forcefully switched bodies.
[You are now occupying the body of the ’Fallen Earth Giant’!]
[The calling power from the bloodline abruptly vanishes, you stop in your tracks...]
[The ’Black Disaster Dragon’s Breath’ around you also disappears along with it, allowing your bare feet to submerge in the corrupt black water...]
[A wave of severe pain ensues and a thick black mist begins to rise. Even though you possess the ’Crystal Core of Light Moth’ resistance to poison, your feet begin to corrode at a speed visible to the naked eye.]
[You understand that, even if you don’t step up to the desolate dragon skeleton mountain in the distance, straying from the ’Primordial Hermit’, you will die of severe poisoning.]
[Do you want to switch back to the body of the ’Up-Looking Pureblood Half Dragon Man?’]
Ignoring the option, Lin Xun rapidly summoned the Valkyrie, issuing the command to ’ride’.
[’Combat Angel – Valkyrie’ strolls out from nothingness...]
[You stagger as the bones of your feet have been completely corroded, about to fall into the decaying black water...]
[The Valkyrie flaps her wings, immediately lifting you into the air and away from the black water.]
[Looking at your feet, the bones of the soles are completely dissolved, naked shins, and calf muscles are still dripping with the corrupt liquid.]
[The old and kind voice reverberates again...]
[Child, why do you hesitate to move forward?]
[Don’t tell me you will reject serving the ’Almighty True Knowledge’... Child, don’t let the fear of death cloud your vision, step forward, what awaits you will be a perfect rebirth...]
[The voice abruptly cuts off, then the tone carries a deep surprise and disbelief.]
[No... you’re not my child!]
[This form of yours... are you a messenger of the True God?]
[The whole flesh mountain shivers slightly, seemingly excited and wants to squirm closer to you, but struggles without moving forward.]
[The voice of the Primordial Hermit rings again.]
[You must be a messenger of the True God, you carry the great divine power of ’Almighty True Knowledge’!]
[I see... I have been unable to give birth to offspring capable of participating in the god wars for a long time. We can’t lack the power of my Hermit Clan in the god wars. No wonder the messenger of the True God has come to urge.]
[Please wait, messenger of the True God, I will give birth to offspring and enter into a contract with you...]
[The flesh mountain vibrates excitedly, absorbing three progeny shells in a row, brewing for a long time before squeezing out a newborn dragon cub covered in slime.]
[This dragon cub is more deformed than those you have seen before. Apart from the wings which still have the appearance of the Dragon Clan, the body can hardly recognize any characteristics of the Dragon Clan.]
[It would be more accurate to say it is a lump of flesh with wings than a dragon cub.]
[The deformed dragon cub is motionless and silent, having already died before birth.]
[The old voice is no longer gentle, but full of anger.]
[Why! Why is it still like this!]
[It must be a curse from the Stars evil god cast on me, preventing my children from participating in the god wars, it must be this, it must be this!]
[The Primordial Hermit roars in fury, causing the entire cave to shake and stones to fall.]
[It repeats the same words, constantly absorbing the carcasses of its offspring, but only gives birth to more deformed lumps of flesh.]
[You look at the mad Primordial Hermit and unexpectedly feel a twinge of pity.]
[Do you want to tell it the truth you know?]
The Primordial Hermit seems to have forgotten his existence, continuously doing futile work.
With no other choice, Lin Xun chooses ’yes’.
[You loudly recount the end of the divine wars and the fact that the stars have been defeated and hidden...]
[The flesh mountain suddenly stops vibrating, ceasing its actions to produce deformed offspring.]
[Time seems to stand still, and the Primordial Hermit doesn’t move for a long time.]
[Suddenly the flesh mountain contracts significantly, becoming a hunched, black-robed old man in the blink of an eye.]
[The old man’s face is full of wrinkles, his eye sockets hollow.]
[It seems to want to take a step toward you, but its legs, stuck to the flesh of the dragon cubs, have no strength to move.]
[At this moment, the roar of the ’Corrupted Leviathan’ echoes from a distant place outside the cave, sounding as if it were inches away...]
[The black-robed old man listens attentively and sighs. It tells you that it knows all that you have spoken of, it’s just that ’Chaos’ had already occupied all of its thoughts.]
"The lucidity you’re experiencing now only lasts a fleeting moment, so please listen very carefully to its words at this time."
"At the genesis of ’Chaos’, while it was still lucid, it preserved a shred of pure bloodline using secret methods."
"After being tainted by ’Chaos’, its whole bloodline has become profaned, leaving only that one shred of bloodline untainted."
"It’s precisely for this reason that it could barely hang onto life until now, maintain brief moments of lucidity, but ’Chaos’ will eventually consume it..."
"It has decided to gift you, the one favored by the True God, this shred of bloodline that’s not yet tainted."
"It only has one request, that is..."
"Unless the True God can free himself from ’Chaos’, you must never step foot in the ’Temple of Knowledge’ again!"
"This is its one and only request of you, and also a piece of advice from an elder on the brink of passing on."
"Do you agree to the request of the ’Hermit Progenitor - Ancient Black Dragon’?"
Lin Xun was taken aback.
Never to step foot in the ’Temple of Knowledge’... but now the ’Almighty True Knowledge’ has fallen into a slumber, and there’s only one person left in the ’Temple of Knowledge’.
He recalled the kind smile of the ’Servant of Knowledge’ in his mind.
He still had half of the ’Incomplete Map of the Stars’ in his inventory. If he could collect the remaining parts, he’d be able to enter the ’Temple of Knowledge’ and read the Book of the Favored once more.
But somehow, he pressed ’Yes’, agreeing to the Hermit Progenitor’s request.
"The black-robed elder smiled with satisfaction as it bit its fingertip, a drop of pure black blood seeping out, drifting towards you..."
"You have absorbed the bloodline of the ’Hermit Progenitor - Ancient Black Dragon’!"
"Your shell ’Up-Looking Pure-Blooded Half-Dragon’ has leveled up!"
"With the departure of the remaining pure bloodline, the face of the black-robed elder suddenly twisted in a hideous manner, madness radiating from its expression."
"It opened its mouth wide, its jaws struggling to stretch open, the corners of its mouth spreading to the sides of its ears..."
"Burning its life force, the black dragon breath begins to brew in its mouth... and then gushed out!"
"You watched in horror as you were engulfed by the endless black dragon flames."
"Your sturdy body instantly turned into a puddle of pus, then evaporated completely..."
"The black dragon flames flowed through you, incinerating everything in its path, melting the mountains of dragon corpses, melting the dream-sleeping progeny breaking their oath, and also melting the Star Spirit beasts that destroyed Dragon Nest..."
"The entire Dragon Nest, the entire Hermit Canyon, were all turned to ashes under this black dragon flame!"
"You died!"
"..."
"Ordinary Wandering Soul reborn from the Multivision Association..."
Lin Xun was dumbstruck for a long time before he came around.
The Hermit Progenitor gave him the last shred of untainted bloodline, buried the profaned Hermit Canyon into history at the cost of its life.
As the last follower of the ’Almighty True Knowledge’ in the canyon, it purified countless betraying bloodlines in its own way, all for that devoutness remaining under the endless madness.
Lin Xun couldn’t simply judge the actions of the Hermit Progenitor as right or wrong because there were countless slaves in the canyon who could only be considered as ignorant rather than those betraying their ancestors.
Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it, and opened the panel of his shell.
’Up-Looking Pure-Blooded Dragon Man’ not only had changed attributes, the name of the shell had also completely changed. It was like he had switched to a whole new shell.
"Shell - Seeking Knowledge Primordial Hermit"
"Real Name: Hermit"
"Compatibility: 83% (+45%)"
"Shell Quality: Epic Level"
"Shell Level: 55 (+5)"
"Shell Equipment: None"
"Shell Skill: Dark Dragon Breath (Epic Level): Inherited from the Hermit Bloodline, descendants possess a highly toxic breath. Any enemy infected by this dragon breath will be severely poisoned. With this skill, you can release a powerful dragon breath. This attack carries a poisonous attribute."
"Shell Skill: Hermit’s Arrival (Epic Level): Thanks to the great power of the Hermit bloodline, you can now awaken a hint of the ancestor’s power. Using this skill, you will be able to transform into a dragon form for a short period of time at the cost of your life."
"Shell Skill: Hermit Bloodline (Mythical+ Level): Coming from the pure and magnificent bloodline of the Hermit ancestors, it possesses countless possibilities for advancement. Although only a tiny part of the bloodline was inherited in the shell, as long as you add fuel to this flame, you will be able to rebuild the glory of the Hermit Clan."
"By using this skill, you will be able to devour the bloodline power of any Dragon Clan to enhance the quality of this shell and the quality of the skill."
