Chapter 22 Potential
The roar of the explosion echoed through the valley.
The smoke slowly dissipated.
Alan squinted and watched.
The basilisk had been blown to pieces with its flesh and blood all over, and most of its scales had fallen off.
The injury to the abdomen was particularly serious, with a two-foot-long gash.
Through the blood, the wriggling internal organs can be vaguely seen.
The explosion echoed over the valley.
Mr. Hunter was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.
Grab the hunting bow and shoot three arrows in one breath!
As a junior warlock apprentice, he also has some unique skills.
This skill of "Gas-like Continuous Arrows" condenses a lifetime of cultivation!
Two of the three arrows hit the basilisk's body, which had lost the protection of its scales, and penetrated deeply into the flesh.
The basilisk shook its head and tail in pain.
He propped himself up, turned around and tried to escape.
Alan's lips curled up in a cruel arc.
At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the world of meditation.
Transform into a brutal ogre chieftain.
Move quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the basilisk's retreat was blocked.
Draw 8 points of magic power in one breath and use them to activate the bone-penetrating force.
Try to end the battle within one minute!
A mad basilisk tormented by pain.
Seeing a young man standing in front of him, he spewed poison gas without thinking.
While the boy's vision was obscured by the poisonous black smoke, the basilisk twisted its body and pounced forward.
The sharp fangs are dripping with venom.
The hunting routine that had always worked failed to work this time.
The basilisk blew a mouthful of poisonous gas into the air.
He looked around in confusion and was horrified to find that the young man opposite him had disappeared.
"Idiot! Where are you looking?"
Alan appeared behind the basilisk with a sneer, stepped on the snake's tail, and swung a fierce punch.
Bang!
Just as the basilisk turned around following the sound.
A fist as big as a casserole whistled and hit the person in the face.
Suddenly blood splattered and bones and flesh were shattered.
The fist, which contained "bone-penetrating force", directly smashed the basilisk's facial bones.
The face is sunken, looking both funny and scary.
However, the basilisk was quite strong and did not die despite such serious injuries.
Struggling to fight back.
Hound pace!
Alan's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot.
Unless the difference in agility between the enemy and us is too great.
Otherwise, "Hound Step" can always make the opponent run around in circles.
After a perfect dodge, Allen strikes out again!
Boom boom boom! !
A series of dull and dense beating sounds echoed in the valley.
The basilisk was hit by several punches and finally couldn't hold on.
Allen added one last kick.
With a snap, the monster's neck was kicked off!
The bloody head tilted to one side.
The thick and long snake body twitched and twisted into a ball.
Soon it became stiff.
Allen landed two more kicks.
I breathed a sigh of relief only after confirming that the basilisk was dead.
Robin ran over, took a look at the basilisk's corpse, then turned to look at Alan, his eyes full of shock and admiration.
"Alan... No, my dear brother! You are so awesome!"
"From today on, you are my Robin's idol!"
Mr. Hunter came over with a hunting bow, his face also full of surprise.
He heard from his son that Alan was a student of Ms. Sora and was also learning martial arts from Instructor Carter.
However, I never expected that this young man would be so powerful.
Almost single-handedly, he killed the ferocious basilisk!
Alan wiped his sweat, turned to Mr. Hunter and said:
"The flesh and blood of the basilisk must be taken out while it is fresh to make the medicine."
"I'm going to be busy for a while."
"I'll leave the vigilance of the surrounding area to you and Robin."
"You take care of your own business, and we, father and son, will take care of the rest!"
Mr. Hunter unconsciously used honorifics to address Alan.
After everything was settled, Alan pulled out his dagger and cut open the basilisk's belly.
Following the system's instructions, remove the venom gland, heart and snake gall.
The venom gland is the organ that secretes toxins in basilisks.
Alan can absorb level 3 toxin from it to increase his poison resistance.
Level 3 toxin is indeed very powerful.
Alan just took a sip.
The poison resistance bar has increased significantly.
Just upgraded to level 3 poison resistance!
There was also an unexpected gain.
It was his "Venomous Bloodline", the purity of which had been increased to 2%.
This is already considered an inferior qualification.
In the future, it is possible to awaken the bloodline talent of "Venomancer"!
As for the heart and snake gall, they are the special ingredients he has been thinking about.
The freshest ingredients require only the simplest cooking methods.
Alan stuffed the snake heart and gall directly into his mouth and swallowed them raw with all the flavor!
As a warlock apprentice who has awakened the ogre bloodline, eating raw meat is a normal thing.
The snake heart has a crisp texture.
Snake gallbladder tastes a little bitter.
But the bitterness has flavor and depth.
Alan felt that it was just like his gentlemanly demeanor.
After licking the snake blood on his fingers, Alan was still not satisfied.
But don’t rush to eat the snake meat yet.
Open the System page.
The originally blank atlas of exotic ingredients now had two new icons with annotations attached.
…
Basilisk's Heart: After taking it, physique +1, potential +1.
Basilisk bile: After taking it, agility +1, potential +1.
…
Now, Allen's attributes become:
Constitution: 17, Agility: 16 , Spirit: 18.
There are two more valuable potentials.
What is the use of potential ?
It's finally time to reveal the answer.
Alan couldn't help but feel a little excited.
…
System prompt: Spending potential points can promote the purification, fusion, and evolution of bloodline or skills.
…
That’s just a short explanation.
The connotation is very rich.
Purify, fuse and evolve.
Of these three options, the one that looks the most impressive is “evolution”.
Alan wants to use his potential to evolve his bloodline.
However, the feedback from the system poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"The prerequisites for bloodline evolution are not met at the moment!"
A detailed explanation is given later.
There are two main evolutionary routes for Allen's ogre bloodline.
Route A.
Evolve from an ordinary ogre to a high-level ogre, the so-called "ogre wizard".
The Ogre Wizard not only retains the ogre's strong physique, but also possesses powerful mental strength and is good at casting spells!
However, if you want to take this evolutionary route, you must first meet three conditions:
First, the mental attribute is ≥18.
Second, the purity of the ogre or its variant bloodline is ≥7%.
Third, master at least one 2nd level spell!
Alan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Now he only meets the first condition.
As for the last two, they are unrealistic no matter how you look at them.
The ogre wizard's evolutionary path can no longer be relied upon for the time being.
There is also a B route that can evolve into the Hill Giant bloodline.
Hill giants are a relatively weak subtype of the orthodox giants.
Taller and stronger than the Ogre, but unfortunately also lacking in spellcasting talent.
The advantage of taking this evolutionary route is that you can expand your bloodline to the orthodox giant race.
In the future, there will be a chance to obtain higher-grade giant bloodline.
Such as stone giants, frost giants, fire giants, cloud giants, storm giants...
This evolutionary path is very clear and will bring greater benefits in the long run.
However, the problem is that the evolutionary threshold of route B is not low.
