After going into the sea, I met the witch.

"what!"

With a roar, the greatsword slashed out, striking the bone-armored dragon's abdominal wound.

The wound inflicted by this sword strike was quite severe, causing the Bone Armor Dragon, which was trying to struggle, to stiffen for a moment.

Taking advantage of the moment, Ryan opened his mouth and activated [Soaring War Cry], causing the Bone Armor Dragon to fall into a "stun".

Gathering strength, gathering strength...

The completion of the "second stage of charging" caused the surface of the greatsword in Ryan's hand to be filled with a violently trembling, thick white spiritual light.

"boom!"

The greatsword slammed down, tearing the wound further and splitting the exposed, beating heart in two.

The bone-armored dragon twitched violently, and a few seconds later, it stiffened completely.

A dark-colored bone spike detached from the corpse of the Bone Armor Dragon, revealing a rich bronze glow.

Ryan raised his greatsword, took a deep breath, and his face turned slightly pale.

It must be said that the two special sword skills were indeed quite powerful, allowing him to directly withstand the Bone Armor Dragon's attacks and kill it. However, Ryan also discovered that the consumption of these two skills was quite astonishing, especially when used in succession.

Using one set was incredibly strenuous for him, even with his current physique, and he needed to rest before he could use it again.

A few seconds later, after his breathing calmed down a bit, Ryan bent down and picked up the loot dropped by the Bone Armor Dragon.

Just as he was about to check the attributes of the spoils.

A blood-red shadow suddenly appeared before him.

With his stamina greatly depleted and his vigilance significantly reduced due to his recent victory, Ryan felt a sharp pain in his neck before he could even draw his greatsword.

In the last moment before his vision was plunged into darkness, he saw a terrifying, chilling bone claw several meters long, and a slender figure hidden in the gray-yellow mist.

——[[Higher], Blood Claw Dragon! 】

Chapter 107 [The Blood Embrace of the Sacred Relic]

The view before me shifted from darkness to light.

Ryan slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was the magnificent temple dome, with the huge blood-red gem emitting a warm light.

Instinctively, Ryan reached out and touched his neck.

He ran his fingertip across the smooth, undamaged skin, exhaled softly, and a hint of fear still lingered in his eyes.

"[High-ranking], Bloodclaw Dragon?"

The blood-red claw shadow attacked too fast and too quickly; he had no time to react before his throat was slit.

Of course, this is also largely due to the fact that he had just finished defeating the Bone Armor Dragon, and his vigilance was greatly reduced.

"Another new [high-ranking] monster..."

Ryan muttered to himself.

Aside from the two [High Rank] monsters mentioned by Loik, the vice-leader of the hunting party, there are brand new [High Rank] monsters...

Of course, this can't be blamed on Vice-Captain Loik, since his notes were written before entering the "Rotting Abyss," before he had encountered the [High-Rank] Bloodclaw Dragon...

"I'll settle things with you on my next trip."

Ryan muttered to himself.

Come to think of it, it had been a long time since he had been killed and brought back to life. This time, however, he had a long-awaited re-experience of "death".

After calming his thoughts, Ryan stood up and looked in the direction of the Holy Blood Pool.

The dark blue witch is still absorbing the "holy blood," and judging from the increasingly dim and almost transparent state of the holy blood pool, it should be nearing its end.

The clear pool water, tinged with a faint reddish hue, further accentuated Freyne's perfect, delicate body beneath her soaked skirt.

Especially her full, strong, and dazzlingly white thighs, visible beneath the thin, transparent light blue skirt after it was soaked in water.

Ryan looked away and began to examine the panel.

After successfully defeating the "Bone Armor Dragon", his level increased by one level again.

If the [High-Rank] Bloodclaw Dragon hadn't been so unsportsmanlike and launched a sneak attack, given his upgraded strength as a travel clone, it would have been difficult to predict the outcome of a one-on-one fight. Of course, this would have been contingent on the [High-Rank] Bloodclaw Dragon's scales not being as "hard" as the [High-Rank] Unicorn Dragon's; otherwise, it would have been pointless if its defenses couldn't be broken.

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(Traveling clone)

[Level]: 12 (0%)

[Spiritual Value]: 52635 → 72635

[Spirituality]: 6.0

[Physical Strength]: 45.81 → 58.80

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Body: Wax, Pigment, Surfactant / Package: Paper, PET

[Spirituality]: 4.8

[Physical Strength]: 9.46 → 14.06

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During this journey, including the bonus from the [Relic - Azure Medal], Ryan gained two levels, which also caused his [Physique] to jump from "9.46" before the journey to a terrifying "14.06".

A powerful force surged within him. Thanks to his travel clone's mastery of even higher levels of physical strength, Ryan felt no discomfort after a simple movement.

As they arrived at the massive wolf-headed gate deep within the temple, a smile crept onto Ryan's lips.

Last time, he was stopped before the Trial of Power, but now...

He raised his hands and placed them on either side of the stone door. The next second, Ryan exerted force with both hands.

The muscles bulged, and the blood vessels stood out prominently.

"Squeaky-"

The stone door, sealed for who knows how many years, began to tremble. Dust was shaken off little by little, and with a sour sound, it was slowly pushed open.

After clearing a passage large enough for a normal person to enter, Ryan stopped exerting his strength.

"call……"

He let out a soft breath and looked at the prompts on the panel.

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[Trial of Strength]: [The Blood King] left something in the room behind the door and set up this door. [Trial of Strength] will generate different resistances depending on the race and rank of the person attempting it; only pure physical strength can open this door.

You are the only human to have passed the Trial of Power since the beginning of the Divine Era. Please leave your "name" or "code name" so that any human who challenges the Trial of Power in the future can admire your supreme glory.

(The Trial of Power is a strange and mysterious treasure; there are more than one of them, and they share information with each other.)

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The two wolf eyes on the wolf-headed stone gate glowed faintly, projecting onto Ryan and forming a pale white shadow.

"Revered one who has passed the Trial of Power, please leave your name so that all spirits may pay homage."

The font displayed on the projection was not any script Ryan knew, but miraculously, he could understand its meaning.

"The writing of the gods?"

Looking at the strange phenomenon before him, Ryan's face lit up with interest: "There's such a thing?"

After thinking for a moment, he raised his hand and wrote the three large characters "Great Swordsman" on it.

You definitely can't fill in your real name. What if you encounter an enemy with curse abilities and get ambushed? Therefore, leaving a code name is the best choice.

Ryan found the thought of someone challenging the Trial of Power and looking up to see that the only human who passed the trial was called "Greatsword Warrior" particularly amusing.

"Leaving a name" was just a minor incident.

Looking through the crack in the door, Ryan's eyes shone with intense anticipation.

What could be the thing that one of the gods from a thousand years ago, the [King of Blood], went to such great lengths to protect?

After stepping through the crack in the door, what appeared in Ryan's eyes was a small study that seemed "ordinary" compared to the magnificent main hall.

The space wasn't large; it only contained a set of desk and chair made of blood-red metal, along with a bookshelf on the side.

Compared to the furniture used by ordinary people, the desks, chairs, and bookshelves here are all quite large, and only giants at least ten meters tall would be suitable to use them.

The bookshelves were empty, but something seemed to be placed on the desk several meters high.

Ryan used his legs to gather momentum and jumped onto the table.

What came into his view was a thick, sheepskin-covered notebook as long as himself, and a bronze metal box about half his height.

"The feeling of a little man accidentally entering a land of giants is getting stronger and stronger."

After making a self-deprecating remark, Ryan first went to the metal box and opened it.

He preferred metal boxes, which were likely to contain treasures, to notebooks used for recording.

The metal box wasn't locked; it was simply closed, and Ryan opened it without much effort.

There was no dazzling light or radiant gold; what appeared before Ryan was a pair of enormous gloves with a restrained dark gold hue and blood-red patterns.

The introduction in gray font arrived as scheduled.

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【Relic - Embrace of Blood (Slumber): In order to express his infinite longing for [Enchantress], [King of Blood] plucked the thinnest thread from the sacred tree and wove it into these gloves as a gift for the newly reborn [Enchantress]. Unfortunately, before [King of Blood] could give them away, the 'Cataclysm' suddenly descended.

The destruction of the 'Birthplace' and the fall of the [Enchantress God] drove the [Blood King] into madness, and his hatred for the spirits reached its peak. This hatred was incorporated into the sacred relics, and even after so many years, it has not diminished in the slightest.

Equipment Requirements: [Physique] ≥ 10.0

[Embrace of Blood] has a maximum blood storage limit of 100 points. It can be automatically restored after being consumed, with 10 points restored per hour. It can also be restored faster by consuming its own blood (the higher the quality of the blood, the better the restoration effect). Current blood: 100/100.

[Blood Embrace] features adaptive size adjustment and has three different forms: melee, ranged, and defensive.

—Melee: Consumes 50 Health to form a Blood Greatsword (can be transformed into other types of melee weapons. Quality is based on the user's [Physique]), attacks inflict tearing and bleeding effects.

—Ranged: Consumes 50 HP to form a Blood Spear (quality based on the user's [Physique]). After focusing the gaze for three seconds, it gains a "Lock-on" effect. If the spear hits, it will cause piercing and bleeding damage.