498: Activate Bloodline Array Shop Permissions! Bloodline Array Selection!

At the edge of the trial ground of Silent Abyss No. 199.

Whoosh!

Su Lie instantly flew from the strange sinkhole where the Archangel, the anomaly Jun Xi, was located, to a place where five rivers converged.

This sinkhole was 100 kilometers in diameter and nearly 2 kilometers deep.

A total of five rivers converged here, pouring down into the bottom of the sinkhole.

This was the only water source in the trial ground of Silent Abyss No. 199.

The walls of the sinkhole were constantly impacted by water flow.

The walls were smooth, and no plants grew there.

At the bottom of the pit was a quiet, large lake.

In the center of the lake was a waterside pavilion.

This was the location where the undying core of the anomalous Three-Headed Black Snake was bound, according to Jun Xi's memories.

The waterside pavilion appeared to be a resting place, but it was actually the Stone Head of the Three-Headed Black Snake, specifically designed to devour any life that landed on it.

Its breath could petrify life.

Normally, it was in a dormant state.

As long as a living being landed on its head, the Stone Head would awaken.

There were two other heads at the bottom of the lake; one was the Water Head.

This head was submerged at the bottom of the lake, relying on constantly consuming water elements to replenish the body's energy.

This head was always awake, observing the water flow, elements, and aquatic animals through its eyes.

The other was the Sound Head, skilled in mimicry and sound wave attacks.

It constantly emitted sounds and used sound waves to determine if any life was approaching, making it the crucial head among the three for attack, detection, and control.

The weakness of this anomaly was the Water Head.

As long as the Water Head was severed, the other two heads would inevitably fight each other over the body's limited energy.

Furthermore, its undying core was a giant turtle residing in the mud at the bottom of the lake.

Because the Three-Headed Black Snake was incredibly tyrannical and enjoyed feeding on life.

Therefore, it did not have any anomalous servant or armies.

However, the Night Elves would send nearly a million slaves or beasts every year for the Three-Headed Black Snake to consume.

Two days ago.

The Three-Headed Black Snake was hungry again and sought out the Archangel Jun Xi, demanding that the Night Elves send food.

Yesterday.

The Night Elves finally replied.

Because Su Lie’s territory possessed a Deadly Poison domain, the Night Elves' envoys could not leave the city, so they could only let the Three-Headed Black Snake starve for a while.

They also allowed the Three-Headed Black Snake to eat some foreign life forms that were not afraid of Deadly Poison, but demanded that the Three-Headed Black Snake must cooperate with the actions of major races like the Archangel Race and the Xingtian Clan.

Because of this, the Three-Headed Black Snake even threw a tantrum!

Su Lie briefly recalled the intelligence he had just acquired.

He shifted his body, used the invisibility ring, and entered an invisible state.

He first used his Divine Thief Talent on the Stone Head of the Three-Headed Black Snake from a distance.

[Buzz!]

A surge of energy vibrated in his hand, and a talent awakening scroll appeared.

Su Lie’s eyes lit up, and he looked down at the scroll.

[Breath of Petrification: Red God-level Quality; Monster Race the rules Talent;]

By exhaling breath, any life form caught in your exhalation can be instantly petrified.

Note: This Talent can only be awakened by life forms possessing the bloodline of a Snake Monster and Monster Talent.

Note: If used by life forms of other races, they will be instantly petrified.]

“Useless!”

Su Lie shook his head.

Seeing that the Three-Headed Black Snake still showed no movement, he used the Divine Thief Talent on the Stone Head again.

This time, he acquired another scroll of the same quality as the Breath of Petrification, which also had special requirements for use—Substitution of the Fake with the Genuine.

This was a stone-based illusion!

After this Talent was stolen by Su Lie.

The waterside pavilion that was the Disguise of the Three-Headed Black Snake’s Stone Head instantly transformed into a gray serpent head standing upright in the center of the lake.

It opened its mouth.

Clumps of gray air waves spewed out of its mouth.

The air waves rolled up three meters high.

“It seems the entire pavilion area is within the range of its breath!

No wonder anyone who landed on the pavilion would be petrified; so this was the reason!”

After thinking, Su Lie prepared to use the Divine Thief Talent on the Stone Head again.

However.

His intuition told him.

If he were to do that.

It would wake the Stone Head.

Making the Three-Headed Black Snake vigilant.

Su Lie decided to go into the water first to search for the Black Snake's undying core.

Immediately.

He shifted his body and plunged directly into the water.

Under the state of the Invisibility Rule.

The water was like air.

Su Lie moved through it as if walking on flat ground, feeling no resistance whatsoever.

He saw the Stone Head underwater.

This head was enormous, resembling a massive boulder.

Soon.

Su Lie saw a huge serpent head three thousand meters beneath the water.

This serpent head’s eyes were gray and appeared to lack vision.

However, its vocal organs were constantly trembling.

Its mouth was not open.

Clearly.

The sound it emitted was an ultrasonic wave that living beings could not hear.

And in the underwater area about 1 kilometer away from this head.

There was a gigantic, aquamarine serpent head emitting a faint glow.

Its head was constantly inhaling and exhaling the water source at the bottom of the sinkhole.

Furthermore, extremely dense and massive amounts of water elements were condensed in its throat.

Unlike the Sound Head.

This head’s eyes were wide open and constantly darting around.

“The three heads of this snake vary in size, but the necks separating the three heads from the body are several kilometers long.

How long is its main body?”

Su Lie checked for a moment.

He discovered.

The Three-Headed Black Snake’s body was twenty meters thick and entirely black, submerged deep into the bottom mud.

Su Lie was unable to check its full size.

After observing for a while.

Su Lie then began exploring underwater based on Jun Xi’s intelligence.

Soon.

He found the giant turtle at the bottom of the sinkhole.

This turtle had a ten thousand year Lifespan.

It no longer possessed its own consciousness, yet it was still alive.

It was a full 30 meters long.

Seeing this, Su Lie thought: “This isn’t going to be easy!”

Through his recent observations.

Su Lie realized that besides the Stone Head, the other two heads were awake.

Trying to steal their Talent, Skill, or attributes would inevitably alert the Black Snake.

If that happened, obtaining the undying core of the three black heads would no longer be as simple as it was now.

And if he were to directly attack the giant turtle.

It would definitely cause the Three-Headed Black Snake to enter a berserk state.

In order to achieve his goal quietly.

Su Lie used the Glorious Sealing Skill on the Three-Headed Black Snake.

Buzz!

In the blink of an eye, the scales on the Three-Headed Black Snake’s body began to turn gold and silver.

However, the power of the seal was not smooth, which provoked fierce resistance from the Three-Headed Black Snake.

Su Lie immediately took out the dragon flame shotgun and fired a shot at the Three-Headed Black Snake.

Boom!

Instantly, the Three-Headed Black Snake let out a wail.

A layer of refining fire that could not be extinguished by water wrapped around its body.

Under the influence of these two forces, the Three-Headed Black Snake quickly lost its ability to resist.

Its body was sealed into a gold and silver statue by Glorious Sealing.

Su Lie seized this opportunity, pressed down on the giant turtle at the bottom of the lake, and said: “Sacrifice!”

He immediately activated the Bloodline Formation quest.

Buzz!

A beam of light vibrated out from his palm.

The next second.

The giant turtle’s body trembled, turning into specks of light and vanishing into the water.

As the Three-Headed Black Snake’s undying core was sacrificed.

The Three-Headed Black Snake, which had been turned into a statue underwater, also shattered and died at this moment.

The power of Glorious Sealing was thus voided.

Su Lie couldn't help but sigh: “It’s a pity I can’t use this guy’s Talents!”

Immediately after.

[Buzz!]

[Congratulations on completing the quest to activate the Bloodline Formation!]

[Reward: Authority to unlock the Bloodline Formation Shop!]

[Note: You can access the Bloodline Formation Shop via the mist manual!]

[Note: You cannot receive a double authority reward for this quest via the 'Quest Maniac' Title, so you are additionally rewarded with Mist Points equivalent to the value of this authority: 100 hexillion points!]

... The quest prompt quickly disappeared.

Su Lie once again entered the invisible state.

His body no longer drifted due to the buoyancy of the water, nor did he need to waste energy maintaining balance in the water.

After standing still at the bottom of the water.

Su Lie finally opened the mist manual.

He saw that a Bloodline Formation Shop option had been added to the bottom of the menu.

[Buzz!]

After Su Lie opened the shop, a prompt appeared in his line of sight.

[Congratulations on successfully activating the Bloodline Formation Shop authority!]

[The Bloodline Formation Shop can provide you with the most comprehensive, best, and most suitable Bloodline Formation!]

[Note: The Bloodline Formation is a formation based on the rules, capable of integrating your bloodline power.

Its basic function is to increase your attribute growth value, free attribute growth value, and Lifespan growth value!

Its advanced function is to enhance your Skill, Talent, and other aspects of power!]

[Note: The Bloodline Formation can also enhance your professional power.]

“Hmm?

There are these benefits too?”

After Su Lie read the shop prompt.

He saw various types of Bloodline Formations.

The basic arrays were displayed in the form of circular formations.

The simplest were formations constructed from circular arrays, triangular arrays, and various geometric patterns.

Slightly more complex arrays were constructed from animal images, such as the Ouroboros Array, the Ouroboros Dragon Array, the Zodiac Array, and so on.

Even more complex ones included the Astral Array, the Rhythmic Array, and others.

After Su Lie briefly reviewed them.

He found that the Bloodline Formation was divided into three major systems.

These were the Nested System, which involves constantly nesting Bloodline Formations with different power enhancements onto a single foundation.

The advantage is that it can nest all arrays beneficial to the Survivor and use the power of the array to enhance the necessary power according to one's needs.

In other words, the direction of enhancement is the most comprehensive.

This type of array has extremely high bloodline requirements; it can only be activated if the required bloodlines are met.

But!

Once a Survivor possesses a bloodline entry, it is virtually impossible to remove these bloodline entries from the existing list, except through being stolen by an enemy, death, or fusion.

This is because the power of these bloodline entries has already merged into the Survivor’s bloodline, becoming part of his strength.

Therefore.

To follow this path, one must honestly and systematically adhere to the requirements of the Nested Array, awakening bloodline entries sequentially.

This path is not suitable for a rapidly growing Survivor like Su Lie.

The second major system is the Natural Upgrade System, also known as the Chaos System.

It does not require specific bloodline entries, but it must adhere to the principles of mutual generation, mutual restraint, and mutual fusion.

It is suitable for all Survivors.

However, the enhancement effect it provides is weaker than the Nested System, and the structure is unstable, easily leading to the array’s collapse.

This requires the Survivor to spend vast resources attempting to construct a stable structure suitable for himself.

Therefore, this highly universal system is extremely resource and time-consuming.

The advantage is.

It can achieve functions similar to the Nested structure and possess unique structures that cooperate with the rules.

The third system is the Professional System.

Its requirements for bloodline entries are the same as the Natural System; you can have any bloodline entry.

However, besides boosting attributes, free attributes, and Lifespan, its enhancement for professionals mainly focuses on providing extra boosts to their Skills and Talents.

Its advantage is a stable structure; you can stack corresponding structures based on your profession.

It does not require wasting mental effort or time to deduce how to match or modify the structure.

You only need to stack according to your needs!

As long as resources are available, one can possess the most top-tier Bloodline Formation.

Su Lie fell into contemplation after reading: “I certainly have a lot of Mist Points! But I also have many things to do!”

“Based on my current situation, the Nested System is not suitable for me!”

“The Natural System and the Professional System, however, are suitable!”

“But I lean more towards the Professional System!”

Su Lie quickly made another decision: “This system has no requirements regarding the attributes of bloodline entries!”

He chose the Professional System and found the Refiner series of Bloodline Formations.

This series of arrays was divided into 365 directions, including Treasure Refining Critical Hit, Treasure Refining Quality, Treasure Refining Speed, Pill Refining, Artifact Refining... as well as Random Treasure Refining and Comprehensive Treasure Refining.

Among them, besides arrays that boost comprehensive abilities, such as Comprehensive Treasure Refining and Random Treasure Refining, the others are specialized arrays that enhance specific professional abilities.

Specialized arrays only target the enhancement of one professional ability, resulting in a higher boost for that exclusive project.

Comprehensive arrays are more well-rounded, providing boosts to various aspects, but the effect is weaker.

As for basic enhancement data like attribute growth value and Lifespan growth value, they are the same across the board.

Additionally.

There is also a type of dual-exclusive array.

Namely, the Treasure Refining Array and the Combat Array.

This array is suitable for Survivors with combat-Refiner type professions.

It includes an additional basic nested array compared to the exclusive Treasure Refining Array, and the cost is double that of the exclusive Treasure Refining Array.

However, one can only choose one exclusive Treasure Refining Array and one exclusive Combat Array for nesting, and future upgrades can only proceed in these two directions.

Its exclusive effect is slightly weaker than that of specialized professional abilities but stronger than the comprehensive effect, placing it in the middle tier.

“My greatest advantage right now is the ability to use the Treasure Refining Critical Hit of the Purple Gold Eight Treasures Furnace to refine the most items with the lowest consumption, thereby acquiring massive wealth!”

Su Lie carefully examined the information on the Professional System Bloodline Formations.

He ultimately chose the Specialized Bloodline Formation for Treasure Refining Critical Hit.

He was not planning to use this to compensate for his weaknesses.

Because a weakness is a weakness; even if compensated for, it won't become his strength.

It is better to maximize one's advantages.

As long as he can dominate the universe.

That will be his legend!

“You are the one!”

After a series of filtering by Su Lie.

The product list in the Bloodline Formation Shop in his sight was reduced to only 3 arrays.

“The next step is to choose one that suits me from these, activate the Bloodline Formation, integrate the power of the bloodline entries, and fuse them into a formation!

This will build my bloodline foundation!”

Su Lie muttered softly.

He opened the first product and saw the panel information about the item...