Level up is hard? I can Directly Purchase infinite Levels!-Chapter 105: Bloodline Art — Dark Descent

As he read the information on the light screen, Raine felt a surge of shock.

So the complete Sea God’s Tear was divided into three parts.

The Blackwater Sacred Pearl was only one component—not a complete Divine Relic.

Yet the power Maurice had displayed earlier was already terrifying. Even the Divine Relic — Thunder Prison Blade had struggled to withstand it.

And now he was being told that it was merely a part of a Divine Relic?

If all three pieces were combined, just how horrifying would its power be?

At that thought, Raine took out the fragment of the ancient Divine Relic — Riftblade. Only now did he truly grasp how precious and fearsome this fragment was.

During his battle with Maurice, he had already noticed something—

When the water-like energy patterns from the Blackwater Sacred Pearl touched the fragment, it immediately erupted with terrifying killing light, blasting the Divine Relic itself away.

That meant powerful energy patterns could stimulate the latent might sealed within the fragment!

In that case, using it to break open the Sealed Amber should not be a problem.

At the same time, this fragment could serve as an incredibly powerful life-saving trump card.

He really had Maurice to thank for this!

By sheer coincidence, Maurice had helped him discover a preliminary method for using this thing.

Raine then shifted his gaze to another description.

[Dark Descent]

Using one’s own blood essence as the source, transform it into corrosive dark mist. The surrounding space is infected and transformed into a pitch-black, swamp-like dark domain, trapping enemies within, stripping them of their sense of direction, and subjecting them to continuous dark corrosion. The dark mist can erode and block mind-power detection.

[Ding! Detected bloodline art Dark Descent. Spend 30,000 bloodstone to upgrade it to one-star peak. Proceed?]

"Proceed!"

Raine’s expression stirred slightly.

He noticed that bloodline arts and forbidden techniques obtained by killing alien races all seemed to be upgradable with bloodstone!

Just like his previous Obsidian Golem Codex, Thunder Arbiter, and another Blackwater Clan bloodline art—Dark Avatar!

Thinking of this, Raine looked again at Dark Descent’s description. This art had a total of nine stars, with each star granting a massive boost to dark-attribute power.

Dark Avatar allowed temporary elementalization and granted extremely high affinity with the dark attribute. It seemed perfectly suited to be used in combination with this newly acquired art!

Buzz—

At that moment, a torrent of information flooded into his mind.

Dark Descent was forcefully pushed to one-star peak by a vast surge of blood essence!

Raine’s bloodline began to boil slightly. From all parts of his body, a majestic torrent of blood essence converged and poured into the vast ocean of his energy core, forming wave after wave of Elite-level energy tides...

He immediately attempted to cast the bloodline art.

Powerful spiritual energy erupted from his body, drawing in the spatial energy of the surrounding mountains and forests.

The void around him seemed to be corroded, wisps of black vapor emerging and rapidly dyeing an area of nearly a thousand meters in complete darkness.

"This bloodline art is extremely practical," Raine analyzed silently.

"Once enemies are trapped inside, their vision will be restricted by darkness."

"Even if they possess powerful mind power, it will be continuously eroded by the mist. As long as I exploit my speed advantage and move rapidly within it, they won’t be able to track my position at all." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"And if I activate Dark Avatar, I can launch assassination strikes from any angle. Combined with Bewitching Eye and other combat techniques, killing enemies will become far easier!"

The more he understood it, the more Raine liked the sheer practicality of this bloodline art.

And this was only the effect at the Elite stage. As his rank increased, the infected area would grow even larger—eventually, it might truly form a vast domain of darkness!

The wider the range, the greater his maneuvering space and tactical advantage.

Obtaining this ability elevated his real combat power by yet another level.

This unexpected windfall left him deeply satisfied.

Not to mention that he had also obtained a component of Sea God’s Tear and discovered how to trigger the power hidden within the Riftblade fragment...

He carefully stored all his gains, glanced up at the sky, and chose not to continue flying.

That Blackwater Clan quasi-Epic guardian was definitely searching for him everywhere right now. Flying would make him far too conspicuous and easy to detect.

Instead, he sprinted swiftly through the mountain forests, quickly crossing the Koshi Range, hunting alien beasts he encountered along the way.

The Koshi Range was one of humanity’s three great natural barriers—but that was only in reference to powerful royal and ancient races.

For the countless alien beasts roaming freely, this place was a paradise!

It was a force that could not be ignored. Master-level and Grandmaster-level alien beasts appeared one after another, and it was rumored that even terrifying Epic-level alien beasts existed here.

These threats might not yet have fully manifested, but in the future they could absolutely bring catastrophe upon the human race. Killing as many as possible now was never a bad thing.

Most importantly, he needed more bloodstone.

Moreover, through constant battle, he could feel that only by fighting continuously could the power of bloodstone fully integrate with his body—improving his control over strength and laying an extremely solid foundation.

Whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh—!

Other figures were also moving through the primeval forest.

After Raine effortlessly killed a Master-level alien beast, those figures stopped in the distance and watched him.

Raine had already sensed that they were humans and showed no hostility.

Seeing this, the others quickly approached him.

They were all clad in various sets of finely crafted battle armor.

"Which legion do you belong to?"

Raine asked.

A figure in armor stepped forward—it was Abby.

He stood straight and gave Raine a standard military salute.

"Judicator’s Scythe, Third Company. Abby!"

"Judicator’s Scythe War Academy, Benjamin,"

another person introduced himself.

The others also reported their names and affiliated legions.

Raine returned the salute.

"Patrol, Seventh Company. Raine."

The Judicator’s Scythe Legion was one of humanity’s main forces, famed for its ferocity in battle.

They were stationed at Roford Citadel, one of the seven great human cities!

"How did you end up in the Koshi Range?"

Raine asked, somewhat puzzled.

The distance from the Judicator’s Scythe garrison to this place was immense.

Abby said angrily, "This time at the Starlight Archipelago, alien prodigies gathered in large numbers. Relying on their numerical advantage, they tried to band together and hunt down our human prodigies!"

"How could we just sit back and watch? So we all decided to rush over and help."

Benjamin and the others nodded, determination shining in their eyes.

"Raine, since we’ve met here, we’ll travel with you from now on and help share some of the pressure,"

Benjamin said, having already made up his mind.

"That’s right. From here on, we’ll scout ahead and take on part of the burden,"

Abby and the others promised, their gazes resolute.

"Don’t think we’re useless just because our strength is limited—any help is still help."

Slaying prodigies while only at the Elite rank—this kind of combat power marked Raine as a true hero of humanity, the hope of the future!

They were more than willing to sacrifice themselves to protect him.

"Rest assured, brothers. I’ll protect myself,"

Raine said, not rejecting their heartfelt resolve.

If he were just an ordinary soldier, he too would be willing to give his life for humanity’s hope.

Because this was the battlefield—a place where even prodigies could die at any moment.

He could clearly feel the sincerity of these people.

Everyone let out a breath of relief.

They weren’t afraid of death—what they feared was Raine rejecting them outright due to their weaker strength.

"Then let’s move out,"

Benjamin waved his hand and called out.

The group set off, continuing to move stealthily through the dense forest.

Just then, Abby asked from the side,

"By the way... what happened to Maurice in the end?"

If not for that guardian going berserk and chasing like a mad dog, they wouldn’t have been forced to hide in the forest for so long.

Raine directly lifted out Maurice’s head and showed it to them.

In an instant—

Everyone came to a dead stop, eyes nearly popping out of their sockets in shock.