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Chapter 653 Dragon God Bloodline (6.4K)
In the blink of an eye, the battle came to an end.

Duke Rhine Augustus of the North defeated Saint Knight Ruth with overwhelming superiority, thus officially advancing to the quarterfinals.

Since all the Holy Ones who fought in the two battles had perished, it was clear to everyone that this Duke had no mercy. In no time, the name "Wrath of the North" spread throughout the capital.

Ignoring the wreckage of Lotus, Jiang He left the Golden Battlefield directly.

Throughout the entire Holy Tournament, there are only two people to pay attention to: one is Freya, the Elf Queen, who is a member of the Destiny Squad and is unsurprisingly eccentric.

Secondly, there is the cloaked figure of unknown origin, whose fighting methods rely on the servants of the dead, and whose two guards on the left and right are both Saint-level combatants in skeleton form.

When Jiang He entered the stands, an uproar of cheers and shouts greeted him. Unfamiliar faces filled the air, accompanied by fervent roars, and some even began to charge the Second Legion's lines.

"The Wrath of the North!"

"Lord Rhine, please allow me to follow you!"

"Killing two Saints, you are a sinner against the Empire!"

Jiang He turned a blind eye. It is worth mentioning that the First Legion has collapsed. Last time, he killed more than 90% of the elite Grand Knights. Since the Heavenly Father Church withdrew from the court, the reconstruction of the legion is a long way off.

Inside the passageway, Mirai Kamishiro had already left.

Standing here waiting is Belladonna, the former barmaid from the tavern.

The fact that the Shadow Sage became the leader of the Cult of Seven Gods largely signifies that the God of Shadows has returned to his throne. Belladonna, who had already become a Shadow Saint, naturally rose in status, and within the church system, she now has a fully-fledged god standing behind her.

"Your Grace, His Highness requests an audience."

"Ok?"

Jiang He turned her head and looked at the elegant young woman behind the gilded fence. Overnight, she had become a completely different person.

The second princess was surrounded by more than a dozen members of the royal family, like stars around the moon. Vigrid's expression was not very pleasant, but in public, the nobility of the royal family was beyond question.

As a young man pointed, the second princess turned her gaze toward the passageway, a complex greed in her eyes. She had a strong possessive desire for the man of Marquis Elinoia, the eldest daughter of the Medici family, and it wasn't just because of her appearance.

In the territory of Augustus, she was completely controlled, but now she has gained the emperor's recognition; her noble dragon bloodline makes her the master of the empire.

In the dimly lit passageway.

Jiang He, intrigued, asked, "To pay an audience?"

Belladonna lowered her head, inexplicably feeling awe at the other person's authority.

"The original word was 'serve'."

"Interesting, they really think they're someone important."

Jiang He shook his head and strode forward. As he passed by, he slapped Belladonna on the shoulder, amplifying her great achievements with his fury.

"My abilities are not a secret."

"With the power of faith in the gods, you should be able to become a Saint soon after being promoted to Knight of Great Achievement."

"Remember to protect the princess well."

The power of faith, in a sense, is a potent remedy for enhancing strength, but it has a huge inherent flaw. Once the source of faith is lost, the faith lineage will fall from the level of life along with the gods. Just falling from heaven would cause the gods to lose their former glory; the weakness is too fatal.

Belladonna stood frozen in place, sensing the power rising within her, but she was gripped by panic.

Her strength improved too quickly. In just two or three months, she had traversed the path that other powerful individuals took half a lifetime to complete. It was as if a great terror was constantly urging her to continue on her journey.

As the Duke said, once promoted to Knight of Great Achievement, the full-fledged God of Shadows would not allow his saints to be merely at the Knight of Great Achievement level, as they would be utterly incapable of holding their own.

She didn't know when it started, but she was blessed with extraordinary luck.

“If…” Belladonna’s thoughts were in disarray.

But at that very moment, a chaotic gasp erupted from the stands. Before everyone's eyes, the Second Princess suddenly died, her body rotting like mud, blood flowing everywhere, and her once handsome and beautiful face rapidly peeling away. It was a death that seemed to come from hell.

"His Highness has been assassinated!"

"Quickly resonate with the dragon and come to its protection!"

"Go find the alchemist, quick!"

Behind the gilded fence, chaos reigned. Duke Vigrid's expression was grim. As expected of the God of Whispers, he had killed the Second Prince remotely without warning. In this way, the advantage that the Conquest Church had just gained in the court was immediately lost.

“I really have you under my control, Whisper.”

With the resonance of the royal bloodline, several holy dragons flew from the Golden Castle, causing a huge commotion along the way. Seeing this, the Seven Gods Cult decisively fueled the chaos. Although most of the cult members were unaware of the higher-ups' plans, the sudden death of the Second Princess made this the perfect time to intervene.

Amidst turmoil and riots.

Belladonna's body gradually grew cold.

……

Green Forest City in the North.

The headquarters church of the Secret Language Church is located here.

Due to the relocation of the political center of the North, Green Forest City, which had been ravaged by war, was not yet fully repaired. A group of figures appeared around the Whisper headquarters, a total of one thousand people, all of whom were Knights of Great Achievement.

—The Divine Guard Knights.

As the evil guardian, who also served as a storm priest in the Knights Order, began chanting, the sub-legendary forbidden spell, Little Heaven Storm, began to gather. This mysterious storm, which targets flesh, soul, and faith, surrounded the headquarters church layer by layer. The gale howled, and the two holy beings stationed inside fought desperately, but they withered and fell one after another.

The headquarters church collapsed.

Jiang He, who had secretly come from the capital, landed.

A raven landed and said, "Boss, the Medici family's funding for artists comes from the silver coins that believers offer to the gods after their deaths."

"Given that Vigrid was able to draw upon the Soul Silver Coins even after descending to the mortal realm, I speculate that the gods' storage location is likely in the mortal world, primarily to support the long-term maintenance and development of their respective churches."

"Second Brother has already led the Holy Domain puppets to the Storm Headquarters, so there shouldn't be any unexpected events."

Lady Storm is Lilith.

Storm Sage is the King of the Wild Hunt, the Knight of the Past.

The Storm Archbishop is in the capital, investigating the cause of Eleanor's death, and has no time to attend to the headquarters in Augustus.

Lao Hei's actions constituted embezzlement by his own subordinate, posing no risk.

Jiang He entered the headquarters of the Secret Language. In the divine chamber under the great statue, there was a space shaped by alchemical matrices and the power of faith. Its sturdiness and concealment were excellent. Even spatial powers might not be able to detect or crack it.

"The resources for the advancement of the Underworld Puppet are almost complete."

Within the secret chamber of the shrine, there are approximately ninety million soul silver coins, equivalent to nine million gold coins. The church's wealth far exceeds that of a local duke.

Jiang He took them all, and then the spatial authority enveloped the surroundings, and the entire Divine Guard Knights were teleported away.

……

Imperial Autonomous Dominion, Sea Serpent Island.

When Old Black arrived, the number of Soul Coins had reached 160 million. This was the accumulation of Storm and Whisper over a long history. Behind each Soul Coin was the death of a believer.

On the coast, the Sea Serpent Knights drove away all the local indigenous tribes. Around the campfire, Lao Hei, Wu He, and Si Ning sat together. With nothing to do, Si Ning took out the Void Card first.

The Netherworld puppet descended, and soul coins kept appearing in Jiang He's hand. One by one, the coins melted into liquid and were poured onto the puppet's head. After the reversal, the silver coins that originally contained life force became dead, and the Netherworld puppet's aura continued to rise.

Until a certain boundary was crossed, the world changed drastically.

Dark clouds rolled in, turning the sea black. Life was extinguished on the shore, and death spread wildly. The body of the underworld puppet shone with a deep, dark luster, created by the power of heaven and earth and the state of a hero.

[Name: King and Minister of the Underworld]
[Heroic Sanctuary Energy: 4500 points]
[Life Level: Peak Beings of the Heroic Age]
[Strength: 75 (Power of the Wei River)]
[Constitution: 75 (Tomb Guardian/Sacrifice)]
[Agility: 75 (Soul Burial Light)]
[Spirit: 75]
[Charm: 21]
[Immortal-level Energy Property: Death LV75]
[Special Innate Talent: Human Puppet - After striking a target with the Myriad Spirits Scythe, inflicting penetrating wounds, the user can control the target's body using the soul light threads of a mysterious realm. The number of wounds is proportional to the degree of control (for characters of the same rank and below), with a maximum of ten.]
[Skill ②: Billion Bodies - The Death Puppet contains the deaths of billions of living beings. Attacks do not pose a fatal threat, but rather erode the "death" within it. When the "death" is exhausted, it transforms into a physical form and can regenerate over time.]
[Other skills: Heroic State, Heroic Body, Soul Light, Scythe Master LV1, Death Scythe, Malicious Lock-On, Divine Transformation - Underworld Evil Spirit]
[Note: Peak combat power of a normal hero/King Chen]
Jiang He beckoned, and the King of the Underworld transformed into a crown, which landed directly on his head. This thing was less of a puppet and more of a combat tool.

As the Sun King, the Future Knight, gave the order, the enormous nine-headed sea serpent came as commanded, but along the way it let out uneasy roars from its instincts. Its soul had only been reborn for a few months and it lacked the ability to judge the situation.

The moment I saw Jiang He.

The nine-headed sea serpent sensed a chilling killing intent.

“You are worthless,” Jiang He said.

His promotion to King of the Underworld retained his deathly nature. Compared to the Sea Serpent Cult, he preferred the Church of Death as the faith to unify the northern and southern continents.

The nine heads began to roar.

A storm is forming that will encompass the entire Sea Serpent Island and the surrounding hundred miles of sea, and the power of heaven and earth is responding to its call.

Jiang He simply snapped his fingers in response.

The power of time descended, reversing the flow of the nine-headed sea serpent back to its peak state, but at a crucial moment before its intelligence was born.

A white snake shot out from Jiang He's neck, and in the blink of an eye, a giant snake that seemed to span the heavens and the earth appeared. Its enormous body, 200,000 meters long, almost crushed the Sea Serpent Island.

Zhuang Ya easily devoured the Nine-Headed Sea Serpent. The Dragon King and the Nine-Headed Sea Serpent, two dragon races at the pinnacle of the Heroic Age, Blood Hunter had propelled Zhuang Ya to the peak of the Heroic Age, but an inevitable slumber was about to begin.

[Hint: Animal Companion Zhuang Ya has fallen into a normal slumber state among dragons, estimated time: thirty-four years]
[Hint: Animal Companion Zhuang Ya has advanced to the pinnacle of heroism; her petrification power has been upgraded to the power of snakes.]
[Hint: Heroic Peak Creature Hunt +1 (2/3)]
A small white snake returned to Jiang He's neck. Its golden eyes were already closed. Completing the joint promotion mission would clear the slumber time, and it would not need to wait until thirty-four years to end the slumber.

Jiang He looked up the so-called snake power in the prompt. This power was similar to the basic powers, and it comprehensively enhanced strength, speed, defense, body sturdiness, energy, endurance, physical strength, snake scales and snake venom.

However, when taken individually, it cannot compare to exclusive powers; its advantage lies in the leap in overall combat strength.

"The emperor's dragon-like power is most likely a continuation of the snake-like power," Jiang He thought to himself.

Unfortunately, before being promoted to hero, his rank was not high enough to support the plundering of authority. The authority of the dragon, the authority of the sword, and the authority of steel were all must-have targets. In addition, the flesh and blood authority of the rabble might need to find a superior counterpart among the Titans.

With the two major issues resolved, Jiang He returned to the capital.

With Eleanor's death, the core of the North shifted to the Rock Fortress. Considering the birth of the Underworld King's minister, Si Ning immediately renamed it Lemon Fortress upon her return. At the same time, through the Lemon Merchant Guild and twenty evil knight orders, she extensively plundered the North.
Resources are the greatest sin of greed. He spared no expense, including circulating currency, rare monsters, raw materials and ores, and magical items. It's just a pity that Jiang He didn't give the two churches' soul silver coins. Instead, he made them into ten life potions for his own use.

Meanwhile, the Church of Death was secretly established, with Old Black becoming Pope. Three evil generals and four Sanctuary puppets met at Lemon Fortress, each serving as a cardinal.

Strategically, the Hunter Squad began to retreat to Lemon Fortress, leaving only twenty Fiend Knights as external tentacles to maintain their rule. Meanwhile, due to the large-scale pursuit of the Whisper Church, the Holy War Army had been embroiled in repeated battles in the North.

……

The capital city, the inner city.

The turmoil caused by the sacred tournament during the day has subsided.

The streets were shrouded in a dark blue mist, the aroma of ale fermenting in the cracks between the paving stones. As Jiang He walked along, the taverns were bustling with activity, adventurers were discussing the Holy Tournament, and nightingales were singing and dancing. The Wrath of the North had become famous throughout the capital.

For the people of the capital, drinking and martial arts competitions were the most eye-catching events, even surpassing the nobility's enthusiasm for power struggles. However, there was a consensus among all levels of society regarding pleasure, after all, the goddess of beauty had once ruled an era.

At the end of the street, the Medici family castle was rather quiet.

The church next door, almost integrated with the castle, has sculptures of conquering saints from all over the ages curled up on the surface of the spire, washed by the moonlight into a skeletal gray-white. The stained glass in the rose window of the main entrance has lost its color, and the bloodstains on the stone steps have not yet dried.

The remnants of the Church of God formed the Knights of Judgment, preparing to take revenge on all those who caused the world to lose the favor of God. The Medici family was undoubtedly at the top of the list, and under the cover of the daytime chaos, assassinations broke out more than once.

In the darkness of night, the soft sound of a cello drifted from the depths of the church.

Jiang He walked in and saw a beautiful girl playing the zither alone under the statue.

Mirai Kamishiro was plunged into a deep sadness. It was because she took the initiative to approach her senior that her older sister got involved. Then, due to exhaustion, she was caught off guard and was poisoned. It was also because of her indulgence that Eleanor witnessed the betrayal and ultimately died at the hands of her senior.

But even now, upon noticing her senior's appearance, Mirai Kamishiro is shocked to discover that she is still anticipating and yearning to experience that intoxicating, endless pleasure once again.

"It's not my problem."

Kamishiro Mirai turned around, her hair disheveled, and said, "It's all because you tempted me to fall."

"humor."

Jiang He scoffed at this. As Lilith's only vessel and chosen one, as well as the "half-body" symbol of the mystical realm, he was at most a lustful candidate.

“I’ve said it before, you are inherently promiscuous.”

The nobles of the Holy Empire are almost all decadent, and even the simultaneous involvement of the future of the Gods and young noblewomen is just a trivial daily occurrence, belonging to the world's customs.

As Jiang He approached, Mirai Kamishiro looked somewhat annoyed.

But beneath the nun's robes, there was nothing.

“Even if I don’t come tonight, you will come looking for me.”

Jiang He received an affirmative answer.

Summoning her strength, Mirai Kamishiro said, "The Holy Tournament will only last one day if we make it into the top eight. Senior needs to rest."

"Turn around."

Mirai Kamishiro gritted her teeth, turned to look at the statue, and the next moment, the whole world seemed to shake. Overwhelmed with regret and shame, she couldn't help but think of the Dragon Emperor's ironclad rule.

—To make the conquered subject to the control of the conquerors.

"Sister Eleanor, I'm so sorry!"

……

Dawn.

Jiang He took the unconscious Mirai Kamishiro back to the castle.

One carriage after another brought the heads of clergymen from the Church of the Secret Language. The journey from the North to the capital was long, and these spoils of war were kept sealed and preserved by the Secret Salt.

The anger had long since dissipated, and Vigrid didn't care about the severed head. He found Jiang He and said seriously, "The Second Princess is dead. Things are going to get complicated. You and I need to come up with a solution quickly. Without checks and balances, the Third Prince is about to become regent. He is already engaged to Belladonna, the Shadow Saint of the Seven Gods Cult."

"The problem is, we need to find the right dragon bloodline!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang He secretly activated his power of destiny.

Of the twelve lunar deities, the Father is trapped in Heaven, the King of Light and the King of Dragons have fallen, the Storm has been usurped and died the first, and the Conqueror is just around the corner.

The Mother of Monsters has disappeared without a trace, the Goddess of Fate is in a strange state, and there are actually only five truly hostile gods at present.

"I'll just become a dragon," Jiang He said.

Vigrid was first surprised, then pondered, and finally said, "The timing doesn't match up. His Majesty's last offspring was also older than you. Since he became a full dragon knight, he no longer has the ability to reproduce."

“If the emperor’s distant relatives don’t mind, uncles or cousins ​​are also acceptable,” Jiang He said.

The changes in the second princess made him too lazy to control the puppet anymore.

Vigrid was shocked by the other party's shamelessness, but it seemed that Jiang He might really have mastered some kind of power that could influence bloodlines, otherwise the Second Princess would not have gone through the resonance ritual.

“What do you need?” Wiglide asked.

“In the eternal death row, there are dozens of royal family members who lost the struggle. When I was imprisoned last time, I estimated there were dozens, whether they were dead or alive,” Jiang He said.

Wiglit hesitated. For death row inmates to be released, they needed the emperor's approval. Executing them all would allow their bodies to be transported out, but at a great cost.

“Fine,” Vigrid said fiercely.

Choosing any royal bloodline would only result in being killed by the secret message again, so it's better to choose Jiang He.

……

Castle room.

Jiang He sat on the balcony, while Kamishiro Mirai was fast asleep on the bed. Vigrid had very low requirements for her: first, that she should stay alive; and second, that she should not become a heretic.

Jiang He took out several sub-legendary holy weapons, such as the Spirit Sealing Nail, the Veil of No Light, and the Hermes Shattered Blade Chain, which were useless. Their only value was the extraordinary factors they contained.

In addition, in the world of Gluttony, the history of the Great Jing Dynasty is almost two hundred years old. The deaths of generations of ascendants have made the accumulation in the energy pool quite considerable.

The power of the great sin of gluttony is at work, and the incense of national destiny is ignited.

The energy pool dried up, and several sacred weapons shattered, transforming into the purest extraordinary factors that nourished Jiang He himself.

[Hint: Your Straight Kick has been upgraded to Sub-Legendary LV1, awakening the ultimate ability - Destruction - deals 100% extra damage to flesh and blood, and increases body and foot durability by 50%]
[Hint: Your Straight Kick Awakening Ultimate Skill - Skywalk - Deals 100% extra damage to the Spirit, and allows you to fly]
[Note: Your Black Sun World has been upgraded to the sub-legendary level, with a radius of 3000 meters and the same level of sturdiness (theoretical sturdiness may differ from actual sturdiness due to the lack of Sanctuary or Heroic energy)]
At the same time, Jiang He casually combined all the energies related to fate, such as the Life-Catching Technique, the Return of Fate, and the Mandate of Heaven, into a sub-legendary level Fate Mastery.

The seven great achievements—Godslayer, Sun King, King of the Wild Hunt, Duke of the North, Ascended Priest, and Strongest Holy Domain—brought the Yin-Yang Dragon-Tiger Crossing Calamity Golden Pill to the ninth level.

With the last scraps, Jiang He casually made himself a red robe to wear as everyday clothes.

"A powerful life form at the elite level of the Heroic Age."

"Right now, I'm pretty much guaranteed to win."

"And that's without using the time loop much."

Jiang He realized his own level, and once he was promoted to hero, he would be confident that he could share life and death with the Heavenly Father.

The deeper one's accumulation within an era, the greater the overall improvement one will receive upon advancing to a new era. One will continue to walk as the king of an era, and even if one reaches a ruling era or a higher level in the future, one can maintain an invincible status in that era.

As for ignoring strength and focusing on advancing one's life level, that is certainly a normal choice. However, the price of becoming just another ordinary person is that not all beings can continue to advance through the ages, and they will eventually foresee the day when they are unable to climb any further.

Based on the existence of tenth-tier life forms and three other battlefields for ninth-tier players, the heroic beings in the boundless void are, in a sense, just the starting point. The Origin game has not even been officially released yet.

Not long after, Wigrid sent men to return the bodies of the royal family members.

In contrast, three sacred weapons disappeared from the Medici family's armory, indicating that the emperor was clearly not a spendthrift.

Jiang He extracted the royal bloodline piece by piece, selecting only the purest part. However, as expected, the essence at the bottom of the royal bloodline corresponded to a very high level of origin, at least tracing back to the Dragon of Calamity and the Dragon King.

Jiang He strengthened the bloodline he finally extracted with the power of his great sin and rage, making it truly perfect, and then began the transplantation process.

[Name: Dragon God Bloodline]
[Category: Bloodline]
[Quality: Epic]
[Effect ①: Dragon Instinct - Automatically learns dragon instincts such as dragon scales, dragon breath, and dragon language in the same rank]
[Effect ②: Dragon Magic - Automatically learns the dragon magic recorded deep within the bloodline of the same rank]
[Effect 3: Juvenile Dragon Body - Strength, Speed, Constitution, and Spirit base stats +1, Charisma +3 (?)]
[Effect 4: Dragon's Law - 30% Immunity to Elemental Strike and Curses of the Same Rank]
[Note: Among the nine sacred beings native to the Five Realms, the blood of the Dragon God is currently in the stage of a young dragon. After being separated from its own bloodline as the progenitor of the vampire race, it can be used for dragon blood hunting.]
[Strength: 61+2→62+2]
[Agility: 61+2 → 62+2]
[Constitution: 63+2→64+2]
[Spirit: 61+2→62+2]
[Charm: 89+11→92+11]
Jiang He felt his own growth. He didn't really care much about the bloodline of the progenitor of the vampires, but this bloodline had been integrated with the final time ring since the Bronze Age. The sin of gluttony could naturally be extracted, but the price was obvious and so heavy that he decisively gave it up. However, the absence of blood hunters did not mean that the bloodline of the dragon god would stop growing. There were still dragon superhuman factors to feed it.

(End of this chapter)