Checking in for 100,000 Years

Chapter 481: Chapter 481: Blood Spirit Sting, Divine Dragon Mark

Blood Spirit Sting?

Upon hearing the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon’s words, Big Black Cat’s breathing quickened noticeably.

This ancient senior from the Dragon Clan was about to teach him a Great Divine Power.

This made him feel incredibly flattered.

The Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon slowly said, ”The Blood Spirit Sting is a unique Divine Skill of my Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon clan. Without our clan’s Inheritance Mark, it’s impossible to cultivate.”

”Senior, I’m willing!” Big Black Cat immediately patted his chest and exclaimed excitedly, ”Senior, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, please feel free to tell me. I will strive to fulfill them, even if it means going through fire and water, without hesitation!”

”I don’t have any last wishes. I just took a liking to you, young one, and felt a strong resonance with you, so I decided to pass this Divine Skill on to you. This way, the Blood Spirit Sting... won’t see its lineage severed in this world.” The Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon sighed softly, as if recalling something.

”Senior, can you be resurrected?” Big Black Cat suddenly plucked up the courage to ask, thinking of the various miracles his master had performed.

”Resurrected? I’ve been dead for millions of years. As you can see, if not for the invasion of this strange power, I would have truly perished long ago,” the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon said with a bitter laugh.

”Alright, Senior...” Big Black Cat took a deep breath. Looking at the enormous, red-furred Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon before him, an indescribable sadness welled up in his heart.

Perhaps this Dragon Clan senior had died long ago, and what had awakened was merely a wisp of its will. Once this wisp of will dissipated, this Dragon Clan senior would completely transform into a strange creature.

”You sit still. This Inheritance Mark will take some time,” the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon said.

Big Black Cat nodded and promptly sat down properly, crossing his legs.

At this moment, the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon’s body began to radiate a strange red glow. This red light followed its skeletal structure, surging layer by layer like a tsunami towards the point between its eyebrows.

It suddenly let out a low, pained groan. In that instant, the entire lake began to churn, its waters rolling violently and forming towering waves.

The small black boats on the lake’s surface scattered in terror, some even leaping onto the shore.

This continued for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

”Imprint!” the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon suddenly roared, clearly enunciating a single word.

A beam of red light abruptly shot out from between its eyebrows, landing in the center of Big Black Cat’s forehead.

This red light flowed continuously inward. In the center of Big Black Cat’s forehead, a red mark appeared.

This red mark materialized from nothing, gradually becoming incredibly lifelike, resembling a small, blood-red dragon coiled there.

As the light poured in, the red mark also began to radiate a red glow, which soon enveloped Big Black Cat’s entire body. Big Black Cat was completely shrouded in this red light.

At this point, the red light on the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon’s forehead suddenly vanished.

Extremely weakened, it slumped to the ground, closed its eyes, and fell into a deep slumber.

Big Black Cat sat quietly on the sand and gravel, motionless, allowing the red light on his body to flicker.

The Divine Skill, Blood Spirit Sting, began to evolve in Big Black Cat’s mind. Streams of Blood Dragons transformed into blood-red stingers, howling as they shot through his Sea of Consciousness, appearing and then vanishing.

Big Black Cat began to comprehend.

The mark on his forehead was the Inheritance Mark for the Blood Spirit Sting, passed on to him by the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon. This type of Divine Skill Mark was equivalent to an authorization from the Dragon Clan. Even if someone else forcibly took it, they would be unable to cultivate the skill.

Therefore, even though Big Black Cat was of the Nine-tailed Spirit Cat bloodline, possessing Dragon Vein Qi and this Divine Skill Mark meant he could still comprehend the supreme Divine Power of the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon.

「Meanwhile, as Big Black Cat was comprehending the Blood Spirit Sting Divine Skill」

Luo Li and the other four had already returned to the base of the thirty-ninth Heavenly Mechanism Tower. They took out their Spirit Stones and began absorbing their energy, all while waiting for Big Black Cat’s return.

At this moment, a team of several dozen people emerged from the black fog, entering the area bathed in silver light. None of them looked well; a dark, ominous aura clung to each one. Only when they entered the perimeter of the Heavenly Mechanism Tower did they collectively breathe a sigh of relief.

”Could someone have gotten here before us?” one of them thought, startled, as the team noticed the five people already at the base of the tower.

Among these five, the one with the highest cultivation base was merely at the Heavenly Fate Realm Level Nine. The rest were all in the Nirvana Realm.

It was truly hard to imagine how such a weak team had managed to arrive at the thirty-ninth Heavenly Mechanism Tower ahead of them.

However, as the poison afflicting them was quite severe, this newly arrived team quickly found a spot, sat down, and began to expel the toxins from their bodies.

Luo Li and her companions remained focused on absorbing their Spirit Stones, paying no mind to the commotion around them.

As time went by, more and more people entered the silver-lit area of the Heavenly Mechanism Tower. The area around the thirty-ninth Heavenly Mechanism Tower gradually grew more bustling.

「Three days passed in the blink of an eye.」

At the bottom of the Black Lake, the red glow enveloping Big Black Cat vanished. However, the vivid, red, dragon-shaped mark on his forehead remained, not having disappeared.

”This Blood Spirit Sting... truly is a supreme Divine Power!”

Big Black Cat opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them. He took a deep breath and clicked his tongue in admiration.

The Blood Spirit Sting was also a type of slaughtering Divine Skill. The Dragon Senior, the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon, had directly passed on this Divine Skill to him through the mark. After three days, he had completely comprehended it.

This was the advantage of an inheritance via a mark: comprehension was incredibly fast. It was akin to transplanting a fully formed Divine Skill from one person to another.

Big Black Cat stood up and walked a few steps forward. Looking at the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon lying at the bottom of the lake, he asked softly, ”Senior, I have mastered the Blood Spirit Sting.”

The Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon remained as if in a deep sleep, its eyes closed.

Big Black Cat looked closer. He noticed that the mass of flesh and blood within the Dragon’s enormous skeletal frame—the part that had been devouring the Golden Winged Roc—had diminished by half.

It seems this senior exhausted too much energy transmitting the Blood Spirit Sting Divine Skill, causing it to fall into this slumber. Before imparting the skill, the Dragon Senior mentioned its conscious time was limited. Perhaps that was a hint for me to leave quickly once I comprehended the Divine Skill, Big Black Cat murmured to himself.

That wisp of the Taixu Blood Spirit Dragon Senior’s consciousness has probably vanished. Its current slumber is likely a form of self-regulation. I should take this chance to leave the Black Lake quickly and find the Sect Master and the others.

Big Black Cat’s gaze flashed and landed on the storage ring lying on the sand and gravel.

It was the Golden Winged Roc’s storage ring.

With a sweep of his paw, Big Black Cat snatched it up. He forcefully broke the restriction on it, and a quick probe with his Divine Sense confirmed that the Divine Longevity Tree was inside the storage ring. Two green Divine Element Longevity Fruits still hung on the small green tree.

”Golden Winged Roc, you bird-brain, your cleverness truly backfired!” Big Black Cat sneered. ”You stole my Divine Element Longevity Fruits, but not only did I end up obtaining the supreme Divine Skill, Blood Spirit Sting, you also lost your life! In the end, it was all for the benefit of Old Cat here...”

A cold smirk played on Big Black Cat’s lips.