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Chapter 353: Aili: Let Me Check How Impressive It Is
On this continent, if you ask what is the most important thing for humans, it would definitely be talent.
But if you ask what is the most important thing for all living beings on the entire continent, it would definitely be bloodline!
Why are powerful magical creatures powerful?
It's precisely because of bloodline!
Some magical creatures are inherently weak and frail, even unable to defeat ordinary humans who haven't embarked on a professional path. Some magical creatures, such as dragons, are born with strength comparable to the Transcendent Level!
This is the disparity of bloodlines.
Talent is the world's gift to humans, while bloodline is the root of a being's essence, the division of life's hierarchy.
Bloodline... this power was originally not possessed by humans.
Humans possess a cultivation ability that other beings do not. They can change everything through their own efforts. Although natural talent also varies, those with insufficient talent can still reach heights they originally could not scale through hard work.
This is impossible for magical creatures.A magical creature of a certain tier can only remain within its own tier from birth to death.
All their power comes from their bloodline, and thus they are also sealed by it.
Therefore, some people envy magical creatures and elves for their innate strength, while conversely, some magical creatures envy humans for their limitless potential to transcend the shackles of fate.
Normally, these two cannot be had together.
But, that's only normally speaking...
For example, Half-Orcs are a very special group.
Although the vast majority... almost all Half-Orcs inherit the defects, unable to fully obtain the bloodline power belonging to Orcs, and can only inherit a small part. Their talent as "humans" is also often very limited.
Therefore, Half-Orcs are very common partners in bottom-tier or lower-tier adventurer teams, but they are almost never seen in middle or upper tiers.
Because the talent of Half-Orcs is often far inferior to that of humans. Relying on the small part of bloodline power inherited from their Orc side, they have obvious advantages when their strength is low. But as they age, their progress is often very slow, gradually unable to keep up with their teammates' growth, and they can only helplessly leave the team.
However...
Whether it's Half-Orcs or Half-Elves, there exist extremely rare, particularly fortunate individuals whose genes from both races can achieve perfect balance, thus neither being weakened.
These Half-Orcs and Half-Elves possess the talent of being human while also gaining the power of bloodline.
This means that these lucky ones have a very high lower limit while also having the possibility to advance further and keep climbing!
But, such lucky ones are truly as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
Out of ten million or even a hundred million Half-Orcs, not one might appear; they are almost negligible.
If it weren't so, these mixed-blood races wouldn't have fallen to their current state.
The Ellie and Lena currently by Lin Mo's side are just relatively ordinary Half-Orcs.
Lena goes without saying; she doesn't even have the talent to become a combat profession. Although Ellie possesses some bloodline power, when they first met, the bloodline power she could control was extremely minimal. Moreover, the bloodline within her body was also somewhat thin; even if fully developed, it still wouldn't reach a very high level.
After this time borrowing the power of the Mist Crystal Flower, it still hasn't developed half of the bloodline within your body, and the remaining potential that can be excavated is truly little.
As for her talent on the human side, the Mother Goddess is also limited.
Although compared to most Half-Orcs, it is already quite an excellent level, but if compared to humans, it can at most be considered above average.
Overall, she is a very lucky... at least far luckier than Lena... Half-Orc, but her luck stops there, having no comparability to those truly fortunate ones.
Of course, this all refers to before meeting Lin Mo.
Such is the situation for Half-Orcs and Half-Elves. As for humans...
Lin Mo's mind flashed again with the information recorded in the ancient texts he had previously read.
Normally, humans cannot obtain the power of bloodline.
The "Mother Goddess" gave them uniquely endowed talent, gave them theoretically limitless potential, and the price was abandoning the lower limit brought by bloodline.
Pure-blooded humans have no bloodline, while mixed-blood humans are like Half-Orcs and Half-Elves. This seems to have cut off all possibility.
But, there are always exceptions to everything...
The records in the ancient texts mentioned a once famously prominent figure.
Legendary Level Professional, the former Guardian General of the ancient empire—Dragon Rider Lance Farrani.
He was called the Dragon Rider in the literal sense. He tamed a dragon, became its partner, and through union with the dragon, bathing in dragon blood, he luckily obtained a part of the dragon's bloodline power.
Although only a small part, it was the bloodline of the dragon, hailed as the strongest creature. It was already enough for him to surpass all other Legendary Level powerful experts and become the world's number one.
Precisely because of this example, many people later tried to do the same. Most were driven away or killed by dragons, but a very few top-tier powerful experts truly managed to achieve the same thing as him.
However... since Lance, not a single person has successfully obtained a dragon's bloodline power.
There have been a few successful cases of people who had deep exchanges with other magical creatures.
For example—Lizard Rider, Cow Warrior, Crocodile Sauce...
To this day, the academic world hasn't researched the specific reason but has derived two possible essential factors.
One of them is the will of both parties.
Both parties must sincerely recognize each other for there to be a possibility of absorbing a trace of bloodline power during the exchange.
But even so, it must be under the premise of meeting the second factor.
And the second factor is one's own uniqueness.
This is also the difficult problem the current academic world struggles to crack.
No one has been able to find commonalities from past successful cases to crack the true reason, but the countless people who satisfied the first factor yet still couldn't obtain a bloodline prove that to obtain the power of bloodline, there must be other conditions, which is this currently unknown "second factor."
However, Lin Mo's situation is different from all past humans.
First, he is not of this world and may not be bound by this world's rules.
The Ice Dragon King just now also simply and roughly sent his own bloodline power into Lin Mo's body.
His soul probably also heard the exchange between Lin Mo and the Mountain Giant... specifically, the ancient will hidden deep within the Mountain Giant's soul, from the ancient Titan God race, and learned that he was not a child of the Mother Goddess.
So Lin Mo indeed very smoothly obtained the power of the dragon bloodline.
And it wasn't like the partial bloodline power of the Dragon Rider back then, but a complete, same as the dragon's own bloodline enhancement.
It's just that due to the difference in life hierarchy, he didn't directly obtain the dragon's base combat power.
Moreover, the difference in life hierarchy is also a thought-provoking matter.
In the previous prompt, the Ice Dragon King seemed to try to make his bloodline power actively attach and fuse, but it failed.
Specifically, it seemed to be rejected by his body.
And the final form this bloodline power presented was not fusion, but being "devoured."
Therefore, the difference in life hierarchy doesn't refer to the Ice Dragon King's life hierarchy being higher than his, but possibly the opposite!
...
Lin Mo felt the vast power on his body, opened his status panel, and checked his current attributes.
【Name】: Lin Mo
【Profession】: Warrior Lv20, Knight Lv20, Assassin Lv20, Mage Lv20, Priest Lv20, Ranger Lv20 (Paladin Lv1, Spellsword Lv1)
【Attributes】:
Strength: 【329（+391）=720】*1.3
Agility: 【305（+453）=758】*1.3
Constitution: 【300（+434）=734】*1.3
Spirit: 【47（+219）=266】
Mana: 【327（+343）=670】*1.3
Fire Elemental Affinity: 57.82% (after attenuation)
Ice Elemental Affinity: 99.49% (after attenuation)
Lightning Elemental Affinity: 42%
Earth Elemental Affinity: 26%
Wind Elemental Affinity: 26%
Water Elemental Affinity: 26%
Light Elemental Affinity: 44%
Ice Elemental Resistance: 99%
...Elemental Resistance: 30%
Equipment: Frost Dragon Scale Sword, Mithril Gloves, Ice Soul Bow, Thunderflame Starfall Robe, Ethereal Ring, Calming Bracelet, Magic-Resisting Gold-Thread Armor, Shadowblood Stride Boots
All attributes except Spirit gained an additional 30% boost. Ice Elemental Affinity reached a terrifying 99.49%. Additionally, the Elemental Resistance attribute was added, with Ice Elemental Resistance at 99%, and all other elements, except Light and Dark which are absent, at 30%.
To be honest, Lin Mo was a bit curious about what level his true combat power had reached now.
In terms of attributes alone, it was at least at Lv26 or even higher. Actual combat power could definitely clash with Lv27 or Lv28. Against Lv29 or Lv30, winning wasn't guaranteed, but it wasn't impossible to fight.
As for anything higher, reaching the Heroic Realm... that would probably still be very difficult to challenge.
This was already exaggerated enough. You have to remember, he hasn't even undergone the universal promotion to the Transcendent Level yet...
This combat power has already leaped across nearly a whole major tier!
The matter was resolved, but recalling the events that just happened, Lin Mo suddenly felt a headache again.
What about the quest?
The "Abyss of the Ice Cavern" quest required investigating whether this deep valley had opened and gathering shallow-layer information. These, Lin Mo truly didn't know.
After all, he had unknowingly already reached the end of the "Abyss of the Ice Cavern."
Thinking back on it now, it was also a bit frightening.
This place was indeed bizarre.
Forget it. After returning, he could fabricate a bit of information. As for the credibility of the information...
Lin Mo looked up at the huge ice dragon statue before him, already having an idea in mind.
The Ice Dragon King's soul had already dissipated, and his physical body had probably long since perished. The statue before him was truly just a lifelike statue pieced together from fragments of the Throne.
This statue, Lin Mo did not plan to leave here.
It's just that his current Portable Space was far from capable of accommodating this statue...
It seemed he would have to stay in this place for a while longer.
With this thought, Lin Mo returned to his Portable Space.
Seeing him appear, the worried people in the living room immediately felt relieved, then gathered around, chattering with a barrage of questions.
"Lin Mo, are you okay?!"
This was Ellie. She unceremoniously lifted Lin Mo's clothes to check if he was injured.
Eve didn't speak but silently joined Ellie's inspection action, feeling around, not knowing if she was checking or taking advantage.
"Mr. Lin Mo, you're finally back... I was so worried about you!"
Finnie's eyes were teary, looking at him pitifully.
Lin Mo immediately used his hand to rub the girl's hair as comfort.
Lena watched everyone enviously from the side but was sensible enough not to come over and cause trouble.
Sherfilia also stood to the side, still "expressionless."
But Lin Mo could already read her emotions from the little maid's eyes.
"...It's good you're back."
Flora crossed her arms, seeming to have many things she wanted to say, but after hesitating for a long time, she ultimately only said this one sentence.
Lin Mo comforted them for a bit before slapping away Ellie's restless hands.
If he didn't stop her, she might start "having a meal" right then and there.
Then, Lin Mo sat on the sofa, drinking tea while recounting what had just happened.
Of course, he omitted some content.
For example... that he was not a child of the Mother Goddess, and sensitive information like the Ice Dragon King's daughter.
"Dragon... Ice Dragon King?! Titan Giant?!"
Ellie's exclamations rose one after another. Finnie and Lena also covered their mouths, dumbfounded. Flora's expression was stunned. Sherfilia couldn't maintain her composure either, her gaze constantly scrutinizing Lin Mo.
Following Lin Mo, they had also seen quite a bit of the "world."
But such high-level existences were still too shocking.
The Ice Dragon King was one of the beings standing at the apex even among dragons!
This transcended the level of legend, comparable to a deity!
Such an existence had actually... already died?
And the "Dark Tide" and "Black Mist"...
What Lin Mo said contained far too much information. They needed some time to digest it.
"So, Lin Mo, you now have the Ice Dragon King's bloodline power within your body?"
Ellie was the first to regain her composure. She didn't announce it loudly but leaned close to Lin Mo's ear and asked softly.
"Yes."
"All aspects of your body's attributes have been enhanced?"
"Mhm..."
Lin Mo faintly felt something was off.
"Including stamina?"
"That's right, so how..."
Before Lin Mo could finish his sentence, Ellie pulled him up from the sofa.
"I need to check if you're lying, to see just how powerful you really are."
Ellie wore an expression of utter reasonableness.
Lin Mo confirmed his guess and was both amused and exasperated.
This little wolf-girl really forgot the pain once the wound healed.
"Then don't beg for mercy later."
"Hmph, I won't!"
"Alright, alright. This time, even if you beg, I won't let you off..."
Lin Mo casually picked up Lena, who was still dazed, planning to properly cultivate for a while, practically checking his current strength and the effects of his enhancement.
After a good while, the other people in the hall finally came back to their senses, all filled with regret. They should have just dragged him to the training ground earlier. Now it was too late; someone had taken the lead...