Chapter 21: Dragon Blood Warrior Lin Lei's entire body convulsed in pain, his spine trembling from head to toe. Sharp thorns slowly grew out of his vertebrae, piercing through the surface muscles and growing outwards.

  This pain caused Lin Lei to let out a low roar, his body constantly sweating, and at the same time, black scales all over his body kept emerging, each scale's shape was very similar to that of the Thorned Iron Dragon, the only difference being that they were smaller in size.

  Lin Lei gritted his teeth and made a low, muffled sound in his throat to slightly vent the intense pain, while Lin Lei continued to operate the secret method of "Dragon Blood Classics" with an extremely strong will.

  That dragon crystal was shrinking in size under the erosion of the Dragon Blood Warrior's bloodline, while the Dragon Blood Warrior's bloodline was also constantly absorbing the shocking dark energy contained within the dragon crystal. The speed of his body transformation accelerated once again - "Hiss~~" A tail covered with black scales and stained with blood slowly emerged from Lin Lei's spine, this tail was like a steel whip.

  "Why, why is this happening?" Lin Lei felt the changes throughout his body, especially the sharp spikes on his back and forehead, as well as the black scales, all of which completely shocked Lin Lei.

  According to the records of "Dragon Blood Dictionary", Dragon Blood Warriors have three forms - the third form, fully dragonized form. In this form, the Dragon Blood Warrior's entire body is covered with green dragon scales, and even a dragon horn will appear on their forehead. This form is also the strongest state of the Dragon Blood Warrior, but Lin Lei's current form is completely different from what was described in "Dragon Blood Dictionary".

  Lin Lei's body is covered in black scales, not green scales. Lin Lei's back should have no spikes, and he can't help but think of the Spiky Iron Armor Dragon.

  Second stage, semi-dragon form, third stage battle strength is the strongest, this state is partially allowing the body to 'dragonize', strength slightly weaker.

  First level, normal human form. Under normal circumstances, Dragon Blood Warriors are usually in this form. In this state, it is also the weakest of the three forms.

  According to the "Dragon Blood Dictionary", when you first successfully cultivate the "Dragon Blood Fighting Spirit", your body will uncontrollably enter the "Third Heavy Form" for the first time, and this initial transformation is extremely painful. However, it only happens once, and subsequent transformations will not be painful.

  Lin Lei's body was filled with a deep blue, almost black liquid that permeated every part of his body. Every muscle and meridian was constantly absorbing this energy, causing Lin Lei's physical quality to rapidly improve at a terrifying speed. This rapid improvement also made Lin Lei feel like he was going to die from the pain.

  "Detestable dragon clan." Lin Lei cursed in his heart, "It must be you, otherwise the ancestors of our family would have told us about the consequences of drinking live dragon blood and what to pay attention to in the books."

  Lin Lei's anger grew as he thought about it more and more.

  The family's "Dragon Blood Secret" is obviously contradictory. The book says that no one in the family has successfully used live dragon blood, so why does the book passed down to future generations still claim that this method will definitely work? This is a clear contradiction.

  Four or five thousand years ago, what did family look like? Lin Lei has no idea now!

  "It was definitely those dragon clans that forced our ancestors to omit the method of transforming by drinking live dragon blood." Lin Lei is now at a loss for what to do.

  His "Dragonization" form is obviously different from the orthodox "Dragonization Form" trained step by step in the book.

  "My willpower is too strong, hurry up and let me faint." Lin Lei instead wished himself to faint, once he fainted, he would feel more comfortable.

  "Ah..."

  Lin Lei's entire body suddenly trembled again, his ten fingers and toes aching to the bone. Every fingertip had become sharp, like miniature dragon claws. The pain of these hard, razor-sharp claws growing out was so intense that Lin Lei felt as if he had lost all sensation.

  A dizzy feeling surged up Lin Lei's head, Lin Lei closed his eyes, and the entire person's consciousness instantly fell into a deep sleep.

  "Boom!"

  Lin Lei fell directly to the ground with a loud thud.

  "Wow." Deling Kwovar stood beside Lin Lei, gazing at his current appearance, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "This is incredible! I never thought that Lin Lei's ancestor 'Baruk' could possess this dragon transformation ability."

  Dellin Kowert furrowed his brow and muttered to himself, "It's strange to say, but it seems that in addition to the Dragon Blood Warrior, there are three other ultimate warriors. When I was alive, these four ultimate warriors didn't exist, and shortly after my death, they all appeared at the same time."

  It is hard to imagine why such a thing would happen with the wisdom and insight of over a thousand years of Delingpole.

  "Being able to kill the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor, Lin Lei's ancestor 'Baruk' is probably stronger than me." Delin Kowert was very clear about the strength of the "Nine-Headed Snake Emperor", the Nine-Headed Snake clan was a very formidable tribe, and those who could become the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor were all peak strongmen in the Sacred Realm.

  It was him who also didn't have confidence in killing the Nine-headed Snake Emperor.

  "That little Shadow Mouse is no ordinary creature." Delin Kowert turned his head to look at 'Bebes' who was still embedded in the stone wall, quietly recovering its strength. "The Spineback Ironscale Dragon is the strongest of the 9th-tier dragon tribes, and this particular Spineback Ironscale Dragon, Satharios, is even the pinnacle of the 9th tier. Its final blow before death would be enough to rip open the belly of a 9th-tier magical beast, yet this little Shadow Mouse managed to withstand it."

  Dellin Kwalt was taken aback.

  He even began to suspect... "Could it be that this little Shadowmouse is not a Shadowmouse at all, but a Rockmouse?" Drellin Kordover was quite clear.

  There are two major tribes of mouse-like creatures in the monster world: Stone Biter Mice and Shadow Mice. Among them, the number of Stone Biter Mice is extremely large, with the lowest level being a first-level monster and the highest level reaching seventh or eighth level. The lowest level of Shadow Mice is third level, and the highest level is also seventh or eighth level.

  The advantages of Shadow Mouse are 'speed, sharp claws'. The advantages of Stone Gnasher are 'defence, sharp claws'.

  "The Stone Golem's volume is small, and its defense is also among the strongest of the same level. The defense of an eighth-level Stone Golem might even be comparable to that of a ninth-level Thornback Ironscale Dragon!" Delin Kowert was well aware of just how terrifying this Stone Golem was.

  The body of the stone mouse is very small, but its fur defense is terrifying.

  Look at all the demons, whether it's the dragon tribe, the bear tribe, the nine-headed snake tribe, or other tribes. The small stone-eating mouse has the strongest defense among all demons when their levels are equal!

  "Bebe's strength should be around level 8. If it were a level 8 Stone-Eating Mouse, it could withstand this attack without dying, I can still believe that, but it's not a Stone-Eating Mouse. A level 8 Stone-Eating Mouse should have golden fur." Delingko Wort was filled with doubts in his heart.

  "Black fur, fast speed, and such strong defense? It's too bizarre."

  Suddenly, Dirk Kowert's eyes widened.

  A terrible name flashed through his mind!

  "Could it be, could this little Shadow Mouse have something to do with the one from the 'Dark Forest' in the northeast of Yulan Continent?" Delin Kowert was somewhat shocked. In his time, there were only two powerful beings on the entire Yulan Continent that left him completely helpless.

  At that time, Deling Kurwatt was indeed one of the top five in the Yulan continent. Except for the first and second places, the other three were not much different.

  The first and second strongest in Yulan Continent are undoubtedly powerful.

  But as for these two, who is the first and who is the second on the Jade Orchid Continent? No one can say clearly. One of them is the 'Dinghai Shen Zhen' of the Jade Orchid Empire, with him around, even if the Jade Orchid Empire is rotten to this extent, it will not perish.

  Another one is the one from the Dark Forest.

  The Jade Empire unified the entire Jade Continent in the year 0001 of the Jade Calendar, and it took nearly ten thousand years for the Jade Continent to be divided into its current state. Forming the current pattern of two major alliances and four major empires. And when the Jade Empire was unified, that human first strongman was famous throughout the world.

  "The one from the Dark Forest, is the strongest of the Demon Beast Clan, I've heard he extremely likes mouse-type demon beasts. Could this unusual little Shadow Mouse be his creation?" thought Delin Kowert.

  However, the continental super masters known to Delin Kowert were all over 5,000 years of history.

  More than 5,000 years ago, there were indeed two super powerful beings standing at the absolute peak of the continent. One was a strong human and the other was a strong demon beast. Other sacred domain strongmen could only look up to them.

  But what about today, five thousand years later?

  "Maybe something's mutated in the rodent population, too," Drellin Kordovar told himself.

  Dellin Kowert glanced at Lin Lei and Bebe, nodding slightly: "A descendant of a Dragon Blood Warrior and a mutated Shadow Mouse, what will their future be like?" Dellin Kowert was somewhat expectant, perhaps following Lin Lei would make his days less dull.

  The entire underground passageway was quiet.

  At this moment, Lin Lei's body, which was lying on the ground without any consciousness, was still slowly changing. The dragon blood Dou Qi energy inside his body was also slowly gathering at a position three inches below his navel, forming a structure similar to that of a dragon crystal. Meanwhile, Beibei's injuries were also slowly recovering.

  ...three days later.

  Lin Lei opened his eyes and suddenly sprang up.

  At this moment, Lin Lei's naked body glistened with sweat, his clothes having been torn to shreds during the first 'Dragon Transformation', and after reverting back to his normal human form, he looked just like a regular person.

  "Finally back."

  Although it was recorded in "Long Blood Dictionary" that he could transform into a human form, Lin Lei only felt slightly at ease when he saw it happen to himself. After all, his 'dragonization' was somewhat different from the 'dragonization' described in the books left by his ancestors.

  "Older brother, you're awake." That clear and familiar voice echoed in Lin Lei's mind.

  Lin Lei turned around in surprise, and Beibei jumped into Lin Lei's arms with a leap. Holding Beibei in his arms, Lin Lei finally felt calm in his heart. At first, when Beibei was seriously injured by the Thorned Iron Dragon's deadly claw, Lin Lei was indeed afraid.

  Afraid that Xiaoying mouse who grew up with me would die like this.

  "Bei Bei, are you okay?" Lin Lei carefully looked at Bei Bei's body, and upon closer inspection, he noticed that Bei Bei had a faint wound on her abdomen. However, Lin Lei was well aware that the reason this wound wasn't noticeable was because it was hidden by her fur.

  "Hehe, don't worry, I'm Beibei, what's a little bug going to scare me?"

  "Boss, hey, how come there are no scars on your body? Your face too, not a single scar." Beibei suddenly exclaimed.

  Lin Lei only then noticed his own body.

  "Sure enough, just like the 'Dragon Blood Dictionary' records, the first time you 'dragonize', your entire body will be completely transformed, with continuous internal transformation, even the outer skin is transformed." Lin Lei's whole body now has no scars, and is in an absolutely perfect state.

  Lin Lei felt a surge of power coursing through his body, and his heart was stirred with excitement.

  "What a powerful physical strength." Lin Lei felt that his current strength had increased by at least dozens of times compared to the past. After activating the 'Dragon Blood Warrior' bloodline, one's overall physical quality would greatly improve, and even in human form, it was stronger than before the activation of the Dragon Blood Warrior bloodline.

  With a clenched right fist, the dragon blood and fighting energy inside his body naturally surged forth. Lin Lei suddenly smashed into the stone wall beside him.

  "Boom!" Like iron striking stone, the rock wall was directly smashed into a pit, and cracks spread out in all directions along the pit.

  "Sixth level, Lin Lei, your human form should have reached the strength of a sixth-level warrior!" Deling Kwovar also flew out of the Dragon Ring and smiled at Lin Lei.

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