Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 134 No destruction, no establishment
On Muyu Island, in Qingxin Xiaozhu, within a steel cage, Shu Tianjiao flicked his tail and locked himself up.

“Squeak, squeak…”

With a solemn expression, revealing a look of resignation to death, Rat Tianjiao turned his gaze to Jiang Chen, indicating that he was ready.

Seeing the arrogant rat, Jiang Chen waved his sleeve, took out the rat blood bead, and presented it to the arrogant rat.

The moment the rat blood bead appeared, Rat Tianjiao's eyes lit up instantly. It had originally prepared itself to suffer, but now it found it smelled delicious, as if its previous struggles had been in vain.

“Squeak, squeak…”

Forcibly suppressing his urge to swallow the rat blood bead whole, Rat Prodigy asked Jiang Chen if it was time to begin.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen nodded. After receiving Jiang Chen's consent, Rat Prodigy no longer hesitated and immediately tried to absorb the power of the Rat Blood Bead according to the secret method that Jiang Chen had previously taught him.

At that moment, the rat blood beads emitted a hazy crimson light, illuminating the entire cage.

Bathed in this blood-red light, Rat Pride's own bloodline immediately began to stir.

A moment later, as its bloodline became increasingly agitated, the previously blissful Rat Pride suddenly let out a painful roar. In that instant, it felt as if a fire was burning inside its body, scorching its mind and body, causing it to unleash an impulse to destroy everything.

However, at the crucial moment, its inner pride and Jiang Chen's expectations of it helped it regain its composure.

Roaring and gritting its teeth, Rat Pride persisted. It knew that if it yielded to its bloodline instincts at this moment, its transformation would be doomed to failure.

Watching this scene from a distance, Jiang Chen frowned slightly, but ultimately did nothing. Improving one's bloodline depends on oneself, and this matter mainly relies on Rat Prodigy himself; others can only offer limited help.

"Improving one's bloodline is never an easy thing; for the demon race, it is itself a kind of breaking down of class barriers."

"This time, it all depends on how much you can absorb. Thirty percent is considered acceptable, sixty percent is excellent, and eighty percent would be an unexpected bonus."

With his mind in turmoil, Jiang Chen silently observed the changes in Shu Tianjiao.

There are two common methods for demons to enhance their bloodline: one is to seek upwards and absorb the bloodline of those in higher positions, using qualitative change to trigger quantitative change; the other is to compete with those in the same position, following the law of the jungle, where it is a matter of life and death, using quantitative change to build up qualitative change. Both of these methods are extremely dangerous, and one wrong move could lead to bloodline collapse and death. Enhancing one's bloodline after birth is inherently going against the will of Heaven.

Of course, besides these two methods, there are indeed other ways to enhance one's bloodline in the cultivation world. However, most of these methods are based on chance and are difficult to replicate. For example, the Fish-Dragon Pearl is a spiritual object that has the ability to enhance the bloodline of dragons, but it is too difficult to obtain.

And so, time passed silently. At first, Rat Tianjiao gritted its teeth and persevered, but later, the pain became unbearable, and Rat Tianjiao began to let out painful roars. Now, Rat Tianjiao has stopped roaring because its voice has become hoarse.

Correspondingly, it had absorbed 70% of the power of the rat blood bead, but at this point, its state had reached its limit.

Having absorbed too much bloodline power, its body had naturally swelled up. Even without using any magic, it was the size of a small calf. Unable to withstand the strain, its flesh cracked, and its fur was stained with blood, making it look rather horrifying.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen decided to stop Rat Tianjiao. He could clearly sense that Rat Tianjiao's physical body was on the verge of collapse, and if it continued, Rat Tianjiao might really die.

But at that moment, Rat Tianjiao suddenly struggled and swallowed the rat blood bead, which had shrunk to the size of a longan.

"I am the chosen one of the Rat Clan, handpicked by my lord..."

As the blood bead entered his stomach, a powerful bloodline force erupted, and Rat Prodigy's spiritual will roared. Sensing the spiritual tremor of Rat Prodigy, Jiang Chen understood its meaning.

"Fine, since you want to take a gamble, I'll grant your wish."

Understanding Rat Prodigy's feelings, Jiang Chen chose to help Rat Prodigy succeed.

With a whoosh, the spell was activated, and the Blood Fiend True Flame reappeared in Jiang Chen's hand.

"No destruction, no construction; life or death depends on fate."

With a soft sigh, Jiang Chen activated the Blood Fiend True Flame, and in an instant, Rat Prodigy's figure was completely enveloped.

Bathed in blood and fire, enduring the scorching heat of the Blood Fiend True Flame, Rat Prodigy felt extreme pain. Every inch of its flesh was howling at this moment. However, it was precisely because of the scorching heat of the Blood Fiend True Flame that its body, which was about to explode, showed signs of returning to stability.

"Rat King, I will definitely become the true Rat King..."

The crisis of physical collapse was temporarily averted. Enduring the pain of being burned by raging flames, Rat Prodigy pushed his will to the limit to suppress the restlessness of his bloodline.

At this moment, as if sensing the will of the Rat Prodigy, the bloodline powers that had been colliding and opposing each other suddenly quieted down and showed signs of merging.

As more and more different bloodlines merged, the originally weak bloodline power within Rat Prodigy's body began to grow continuously and showed signs of sublimation. At the same time, a series of inherited information began to naturally emerge in its mind.

From the outside, watching Rat Prodigy, whose body was bathed in blood and fire and whose expression gradually calmed down, Jiang Chen knew that Rat Prodigy had succeeded this time.

Not long after, after integrating all the power of the alien bloodlines, a powerful aura burst forth from Rat Prodigy's body.

With a roar, Rat Tianjiao swung its tail and easily broke through the iron cage. Rat Tianjiao's appearance changed drastically. Its originally dark fur was now tinged with a light silver-gray, and its two golden front teeth shone brightly in the moonlight.

If the former Rat Pride looked dull and unremarkable, it now has the air of a nouveau riche.

With a whoosh, the rat waved its tail, its internal power surging. At this moment, the rat prodigy felt that its tail could split the sky and its claws could shatter the earth, that it was omnipotent. Almost instinctively, it wanted to release the power within its body and show off its strength.

But at that moment, a familiar yet chilling killing intent descended, instantly awakening its mind.

"squeak···"

Meeting Jiang Chen's indifferent gaze, Rat Tianjiao shuddered and immediately came to his senses.

With a whoosh, the spell was activated, and the enormous, ox-like body disappeared, shrinking back to the size of a palm. Rat Tianjiao quickly ran to Jiang Chen's feet.

Squeak, squeak, tugged at Jiang Chen's clothes, and Rat Tianjiao kept telling Jiang Chen about the pain of this transformation, hoping to awaken Jiang Chen's love for it and forgive its behavior of almost destroying the house.

Looking at this Rat Prodigy, a strange light flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes. After this transformation, the Rat Prodigy's intelligence had become even stronger. In terms of wisdom, it was the most intelligent of all the demons he had ever seen.

(End of this chapter)