Seeing Alan's angry expression, the three elders were skeptical.
"You can still get information by arresting Basilisa and interrogating her. Why bother spending time and effort going undercover around her?" the third elder asked Allen.
"Old man, have you never seen a fanatic?"
Alan retorted angrily.
"A clergyman like Barcelissa, who is willing to self-destruct and kill the enemy for her so-called faith, how could she be tortured to pry open her mouth?!"
"Well...that's true." The third elder wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Your Highness Atreus, what secrets have you found out?" the Great Elder asked anxiously.
"A wall!" Alan replied in a deep voice, "The wall of heresy!"
The three elders' expressions changed instantly.
What does the “Wall of Heresy” mean?
They are not completely ignorant.
"Your Highness Atreus, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you!"
The second elder endured the severe pain in his chest and bowed to Alan to apologize.
"This is a serious matter! We must hurry back and gather all our allies to discuss countermeasures!"
"Well! Please go back, three elders. I still need some time here."
Alan frowned, looking worried about the country and the people.
"Once I have dug out all the information from Barcelissa, I will fulfill my duty... and send her off!"
"I hope everything goes well! Your Highness Atreus, take care!"
The Great Elder gave a few instructions and led the team away in a hurry.
Alan transformed back into human form and landed on the deck of the pilgrim ship.
Basilisa ran to his side immediately, holding his hand tightly, with a layer of gloom on her face.
Alan noticed that the little hand in his palm was cold and still trembling.
"Barcelona, ​​what are you worried about?"
"You approached me...really just to get information?"
Ms. Silver Dragon could hardly hold back the tears in her eyes.
"All those sweet words you said to me, and your worship of Lord Bahamut, were all just false lies?"
"Of course not!" Allen hugged Basilisa tightly, "I said those words just to get the elders out of the way."
"But... I clearly heard you swear in the name of the ancestors."
"Yes, but so what?" Allen said calmly, "Now I am a believer of the Platinum Dragon God and a good student of High Priestess Basilisa. I am seeking the true meaning of faith."
"Since I no longer believe in the ancestral spirits, what binding force can an oath in the name of the ancestral spirits have?"
"Alas, the three elders' thinking is too rigid."
Alan spread his hands and sighed solemnly.
"They should have asked me to swear in the name of Bahamut, or at least in the name of Barcelissa. Then I wouldn't dare to lie."
Ms. Silver Dragon felt relieved.
Suddenly she pinched his waist and gritted her teeth: "Atreus...you are such a cunning bastard!"
Alan smiled slightly, hugged her with his backhand, and kissed Sister Silver Dragon's delicate lips.
Three days later.
The pilgrimage ship arrived safely at North Wind Island.
Alan accompanied Basilisa to the door of the cathedral.
The ancestral spirits were throbbing with unprecedented intensity.
In real history, Atreus escorted Basilisa and the pilgrims all the way to the North Wind Island.
Endure hardships and play the role of a diligent and responsible bootlicker.
Although he loved Basilisa deeply, he never dared to confess his love to her due to racial grudges, his brother's tragedy, and his own character weaknesses.
Finally, Basilisa couldn't bear it anymore, so she took the initiative to invite him to go into the cathedral with her, to the new world, and start a new life together.
This was the moment in Atreus' life when he was closest to happiness.
Yet he backed off.
The indecisive Atreus loved Basilisa deeply, but couldn't bear to leave his relatives and friends in his hometown.
With a sense of guilt, he returned to his hometown to be judged by the elders.
He failed to live up to the expectations of his people and did not complete the mission assigned by the elders.
He was even "brainwashed" by Basilisa and became an accomplice of the "evil dragon".
Like his brother Atlas.
According to the code, Atreus should be sentenced to death.
However, as the only Golden Titan in the tribe, no one was qualified to execute him.
Ultimately, Atreus was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The scorn of his people and his longing for Basilisa tortured him to the point of mental breakdown, making his life worse than death.
He finally chose to commit suicide, ending his miserable life with his own hands.
Until Alan fused this weak golden titan soul.
In the meditation world, the dreams that our ancestors never dared to imagine when they were alive are realized.
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Astral plane.
Blood Galaxy.
By the river, Alan woke up from his meditation and sighed.
I have a more profound understanding of the saying "Character determines destiny".
Alan calmed himself down, forced himself to put aside his nostalgia for the world of meditation and return to reality.
Open the storage bag and take a "vitamin".
The feeling of hunger and thirst slowly subsided.
Of the thirty "life-support pills", only six are left.
It indicates that he had been practicing by the river for twenty-four days.
Being close to the Blood Galaxy, the efficiency of meditation is extremely high.
Converted into the outside world, it is equivalent to four years of seclusion!
Hard practice brings rich rewards.
In addition to the ancestral spirit of the Gold Titan Atreus, in the past three weeks, Alan also merged two ancestral spirits of the Silver Titan and two ancestral spirits of the Bronze Titan, and they all achieved perfect meditation.
Warlock level, promoted to late sixth level.
More importantly, the Golden Titan bloodline has been initially awakened!
Alan opened the system panel to check the upgrade benefits.
Gold Titan Bloodline Correction:
Physical fitness +9!
Spirit +9!
Growth (semi-fusion state):
Physical strength +3!
Agility +2!
Spirit +3!
Natural armor +3!
…
The so-called "semi-fusion state" growth is the growth of the Golden Titan and the Sky Behemoth (including the Poison Demon Wizard that has been fused with the Sky Behemoth), added together and divided by 2.
Alan knew that the growth rate of the Behemoth was +2 physique, +3 agility, +2 spirit, and +2 natural armor per level.
Then it is not difficult to infer the growth potential of Golden Titan:
Constitution +4, Agility +1, Spirit +4, Natural Armor +4!
Comparing the two, it can be seen that the growth potential of the Golden Titan, except for the agility attribute, is superior to the Sky Behemoth in all other aspects!
No wonder even after spending 60 potential points, only preliminary fusion can be achieved.
Next, Alan checked his status panel.
…
Current attributes: 83 physique, 63 agility, 80 spirit
Current resistance: Immune to electric shock/aging; Virus level 8/Negative energy level 7/Sound wave level 7/Acid level 6/Cold level 5/Fire resistance level 5
Potential reserve: 7 points
…
Both physical and mental attributes have exceeded the 80 mark!
The agility attribute once again became a shortcoming.
It seems that I need to collect more special ingredients that can enhance agility attributes in the future.
Alternatively, find another blood essence that is particularly good at agile growth and integrate it.
Retracting his thoughts, Alan continued to check the new abilities he gained after the initial fusion of the Golden Titan bloodline.
The first is "deformation".
Titans can transform into any humanoid creature, or a giant no larger than the Titan itself.
It is not surprising that Alan has used the two bloodlines of the Poison Wizard and the Sky Behemoth to fuse similar transformation abilities.
The following atavism transformation is the highlight!
Adult Golden Titans have an average strength of level 8!
The ancestral spirit that Allen merged with in the meditation world, Atreus, is not yet an adult, but he also has the combat power of level 7.
Allen himself is currently only at the late sixth level.
The golden Titan corresponding to the sixth-order atavism is at most in the child stage.
Even so, it brought a huge surprise to Alan!
His Golden Titan form is not much smaller than Behemoth.
You can fly freely on the wind without spending any magic power.
It has "True Vision", which is a permanent 6th-level "True Seeing".
From now on, Alan no longer needs to absorb resistance to electric shock, as his Titan bloodline makes him immune to electric shock.
Titans are born with strong physiques and eternal youth!
Titans never age, nor can their lifespans be shortened by magic or supernatural forces.
However, this does not mean that the Titans are immortal.
When the day comes when you die of old age, you will still embrace death as a young person and enter eternal sleep.
Of course, Titans have much longer lifespans than humans.
Bronze Titans live an average of 300 years.
Silver Titan, average lifespan 400 years.
For a golden titan, it is normal to live for 500 years.
All in all, Alan has only 7% of the Golden Titan bloodline, but it is not a problem to extend his lifespan by one or two hundred years.
Warlocks, in addition to injecting drugs such as "anti-aging agents", mainly rely on advancing or fusing with more powerful bloodlines to prolong their own lifespans and gain more time for practice.
At the sixth level of atavism, the attribute bonus is six times the growth of the Golden Titan bloodline:
Constitution +24, Agility +6, Spirit +24, Natural Armor +24!
Except for the agility which is a bit poor, all other aspects are far superior to Alan's ancestral form of Behemoth.
Alan possesses all three of the Titans' signature skills.
"Thunder of the Golden Titan", lightning bursts out of both eyes, which is equivalent to a 6-ring "Chain Lightning" with no consumption!
"Golden Titan Hammer", a giant adamantine hammer appears in the right hand, which is equivalent to a 4th-level enchanted weapon.
Comes with "tracking" and "return" special effects.
The moment the target is hit, an additional "Titan Thunder" is fired!
"Golden Titan Armor", in addition to the level 24 natural armor, also has the special effect of reducing physical damage. The lower limit of defense penetration is the level 3 enchanted adamantine weapon.
In addition, when equipped with the Titan Armor, Alan can also obtain a level 5 anti-magic barrier!
This is so awesome!
After the fusion of Alan's Poison Wizard and Sky Behemoth bloodlines, it only had a 4th-level anti-magic barrier.
"Titan's Thunder", "Titan's Hammer" and "Titan's Armor" are all "Bloodline Limit" type skills.
In the future, when Eren's Titan Atavism form is upgraded to a higher level, these three abilities will also evolve synchronously and become stronger!
Alan compared his two sixth-order atavism forms and found that the overall performance of the Golden Titan was obviously better than that of the Sky Behemoth.
But it is not without weaknesses.
Compared to the Sky Behemoth, the Golden Titan seems too bulky.
Not suitable for dealing with agile opponents.
In addition, the Golden Titan does not have a "regeneration" physique or "fast self-healing".
Although its defense is high, its ability to recover after being injured is far inferior to that of the Behemoth.
When it comes to a life-and-death situation where you have to exchange injuries for injuries, it is better to switch into the form of Behemoth.
Finally, Alan awakened three spells.
5-ring "Uprightness Like Rainbow", a super-enhanced version of "Giant Transformation".
After casting the spell, the size doubles, the physical attribute and natural armor increase by +4, and the damage reduction armor is also enhanced.
6-ring "Chain Lightning", bombing plus scattering, the range, power and killing range are impeccable.
However, with the free "Titan's Thunder", the status of "Chain Lightning" seems a bit awkward.
Allen can only use this spell when it is inconvenient for him to transform into the Golden Titan.
In addition, it is also good to use it as material to integrate high-level electric martial arts.
The last one is the 6th level "Disintegration", a spell with extremely abnormal destructive power.
If the victim is not strong enough, he will be directly decomposed into dust finer than atoms, and no body will be left!
Not long ago in the "Palace of the Dead", Allen fought against the vampire lord and was shot in the head by the opponent using "dissociation technique".
If he didn't have the "regenerative" physique, and was able to grow a new head after his head was tragically separated, he would have died on the spot.
There is another benefit to "dissociation".
It has no elemental properties and is not positive or negative energy.
This means that you cannot find resistance against it.
I can only rely on my physical body to bear it and pray that I pass the immunity.
Alan is at the riverside cabin with six days to go .
Next, he plans to reduce his meditation time and devote more energy to practicing various skills.
Get familiar with the new atavistic form of the Golden Titan and the newly awakened spells as soon as possible.
When he was physically and mentally exhausted, Alan would walk along the river and pick up magic shells.
The closer you are to the Blood Galaxy, the higher the probability of picking up a magic shell.
During this month, Alan picked up a total of nine magic shells.
Including the Ice Demon Shell that I picked up at the beginning, all of them have slight flaws.
Ten magic shells of various properties, converted into magic stones, are also a considerable asset.
Allen has an idea, which has yet to be tested.
Since magic stones can be used to absorb specific souls, magic shells, whose magic power concentration is a thousand times that of magic stones, should also be able to do so.
The magic stone that has absorbed souls to saturation is called a soul jade.
If the magic shell is transformed into a soul jade, does it also need to absorb a thousand times the souls?
Alan held a bright red Fire Demon Shell that exuded a hint of warmth, looked into the distance at the Blood Galaxy, and fell into deep thought.
Under this lonely starry sky, the soul he can find...
There are only countless ancestral spirits floating in the galaxy.
Try to seal the ancestral spirit with the magic shell?
As a warlock, doing this is tantamount to digging your own grave.
This idea is too evil.
Alan didn't think he was a good person, but he couldn't bear to take action.
Time flies.
In a blink of an eye, it was the last day of the retreat.
Alan has already mastered the newly awakened skills and spells.
Just as he was about to return to the cabin and wait for Fengyue to pick him up, a system prompt suddenly came to his mind.
Didi——
"Do you want to spend 8 potential points to fuse the 4th level 'Bone Crushing Explosion' and the 6th level 'Dissociation Technique' to deduce a new 8th level martial art?"
"Level 8 martial arts..."
Alan's heart was pounding.
Judging from the fusion elements, it should be based on the "bone-breaking explosion", further strengthening the "armor-breaking" and "crushing" special effects, directly blasting the opponent into "slag" in the literal sense.
The martial arts that Allen often uses now are mostly long-range attacks, such as "Thunder Finger", or area damage, such as "Ice Soul Freezing Wave".
The melee martial art "Bone Crushing Explosion" is of too low a level and can no longer keep up with his level of cultivation. It is indeed necessary to upgrade it.
but……
Looking at his pitiful 7 points of inventory potential, Alan sighed and closed the system page.
Accumulate more potential and then consider integrating the 8th-level martial arts.
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evening.
Fengyue arrived as expected and took Alan away from the riverside cottage.
This mysterious holy spirit from outer space seemed to be weighed down with worry.
He did not ask in detail about Alan's practice progress like he did last time.
Upon learning that he had initially merged with the blood of the Golden Titan, he only sighed with a complicated expression:
"I can't envy your luck!"
After seeing Fengyue off, Alan sent a letter to his relatives and friends, informing them that he had been released.
There is only one week left in the Hundred Day Trial.
Alan was very curious, what was everyone busy with?
Not long after, I received a lot of replies.
"Brother! Come to the Holy White Tower quickly. The cause of justice needs you!"
This is a letter from Flynn.
"Hubby! Come to Iron Fist Fortress! The devil needs outstanding people like you to help us gain an advantage in the war!"
This is Sonia's calling.
"Junior Brother Allen, would you mind coming to Bloody Hand Fortress to help me complete the advancement mission?"
Helen asked for help in the letter.
…
After reading everyone's replies, Alan finally understood the situation.
In the last ten days of the Hundred Days Trial, a major event occurred in the trial space!
The secret realm of heaven "Holy White Tower", the secret realm of hell "Iron Fist Fortress", the secret realm of abyss "Bloody Hand Fortress", and the neutral zone "Outsider Sanctuary" were originally separated from each other by barriers.
The four major forces dislike each other, but it is difficult for them to cross the barrier and mobilize a large army to start a war.
On weekdays, they could only issue missions to trial participants, sneak into the territory of hostile forces, carry out assassination missions, and create trouble for opponents.
Such minor quarrels came to an end three days ago.
From that day until the end of the 100-day trial, all the barriers between the four secret realms were eliminated!
Now, the territories of angels, demons, monsters and rakshasas have bordered each other, and a melee has begun!
The more intense the fight between the four major forces, the more chaotic the situation, and the more opportunities the trial participants have to take advantage of the situation.
So in the reply letter to Allen, everyone seemed very excited!
Alan thought back to the conflict between the dragons and the giants not long ago.
The four-way melee that is now taking place is like an upgraded version of the battle between dragons and giants.
The cause was that the barrier isolating the secret realm was removed, causing the two hostile enemy camps to come into direct combat.
It is obvious that this was done intentionally by the City of Origin.
In the final stage of the Hundred Days Trial, the barrier is removed to provide a stage for the trial participants to demonstrate their strength.
If you want to improve yourself, you must seize this last opportunity!
Trialists who want to participate in this melee must first join a camp.
All the people in the Silver Moon Monastery, led by Master Shiva, collectively joined the heavenly camp represented by the "Holy White Tower".
This is not surprising, after all, most Silver Moon Warlocks choose to advance to the "Gaiding Celestial Clan".
Taona, Julie and Feilin also joined the Holy White Tower.
The goal of the Griffin siblings is to advance to "Peng Yu Tian" and "Shi Shou Tian".
Tao Na needs to rely on the power of heaven to hunt down the sixth-order evil constructs, obtain the construct core, and advance to the tree shepherd.
Tanya did not participate in this melee. She was still in seclusion, integrating the blood of the Silver Titan.
"Iron Fist Fortress" represents the lawful evil devil camp.
The trial participants from the "Human Demon Cult", including "Black Cardinal" Levis, two elders Luke and Miller, and Sonia, naturally joined this camp.
The two demon wolves, Hugo and Marlowe, were in seclusion to fuse the Behemoth bloodline and had no time to follow Sonia and fight side by side.
"Bloody Hand Fortress" represents the chaotic evil demon camp.
It is reasonable that Burke, Bagula and Herent, members of the Demons family who inherited the blood of demons, all joined this camp.
"The Outer Sanctuary" represents the neutral evil camp, with the most complex composition , including neutral demons such as Rakshasas, Hags, Nightmares and Yug'groths.
The common characteristic of these guys is that they have no moral integrity.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s right or wrong, good or evil, I’ll work for whoever gives me more benefits.
Therefore, it is also called the "blood battle broker".
"Spider Queen" Caroline and her two precious daughters, Sphansa and Spanna, mingled in the "Heterodox Sanctuary".
In a letter to Allen, Spanna revealed that the three of them, mother and daughter, had created a small mercenary agency.
No matter which school or faction the trial-taker comes from, as long as they pay enough money, they can ask the Spider Mother and Daughter to fight for them.
In addition, the mother and her two daughters also wanted to take advantage of the melee to hunt down monsters that were compatible with their own bloodlines.
Obtain the essence of blood, integrate it, and enhance your strength.
However, blood fusion is too risky.
Even a top pharmacist like Caroline can only increase the success rate to about 60%, which is still not safe.
At this time, Caroline thought of Allen.
Caroline was deeply shocked when she collaborated with Allen to create the second-level anti-aging agent.
I am in awe of Allen's skills!
If there is anyone in the world who is better than her at increasing the success rate of blood fusion, it is only Alan.
To this end, the Spider Queen instructed her youngest daughter Spanna to win over Allen and ask him to join the family mercenary group she founded.
She also wrote a personal and intimate letter to Allen, inviting him to attend her birthday party as her future mother-in-law.
Even though her birthday is actually seven days later...
But in order to please her future son-in-law, the Spider Queen didn't mind being born a week earlier.
After reading Caroline's letter, Alan felt a little worried.
Given his friendship with Spanna, he should help.
Of course, the effort is not in vain, there must be some benefit.
The trouble is... to ensure the success of blood fusion, potential must be spent.
Allen only has a pitiful 7 points of potential left, which may not be enough to meet the needs of the mother and her two daughters.
Then he thought again that in this four-way melee, angels, demons, devils and rakshasas will all join in the battle.
These high-level creatures that are rarely seen in normal times mostly produce special ingredients!
For me, joining a four-way melee is like a mouse falling into a rice jar, isn't it?
The more Allen thought about it, the more excited he became.
From the perspective of convenient hunting for exotic ingredients, one should join a camp with the least constraints, no lofty beliefs, and only profit.
If you want to kill angels, kill angels. If you want to kill demons, kill demons!
The only camp that meets this requirement is the Outer Sanctuary!
While I was thinking about it, Spanna sent another letter.
In the letter, Spanna admitted that she could not bear her mother's nagging and had to spend a lot of money to fulfill her duty as a filial daughter.
"My dear, do you remember? Back in Quint Town, you promised to help me do something. Now it's time to fulfill your promise."
"Also, you still owe me eighteen sessions of sleeping with you. Now you have a chance to pay it off all at once."
"By the way, you asked me to improve the textile technology and sew a pair of underwear with stronger elasticity. I have already done it!"
"The new underwear is still made of spider silk."
"It's just that the silk threads of ordinary giant spiders are replaced with the silk that I pull out from my own body in my atavism form!"
"The elasticity and toughness have increased a hundred times compared to before!"
"If you wear underwear made of this thread, even if you turn into a behemoth, it won't burst!"
"I don't have enough silk to sew a dozen panties."
"I had to ask my mom and sister for help and provide some of the raw materials."
"Hehe... I didn't dare tell them that I would use these threads to weave underwear for you."
"When you put on the underwear I made for you, it's like you and your daughter are having skin-to-skin contact. Do you find it exciting?"
After reading this, Alan pinched his nose subconsciously.
I was afraid that I would have a nosebleed on the spot!
"My dear, I've done so much for you. I only ask you to help me make my mother happy in the next seven days. Is that too much?"
This is certainly not an exaggeration.
Allen immediately wrote back to Spanner:
"I can join your family mercenary group and help you and your daughter fuse your blood essence."
"But, I have to be frank with you. My ability is limited, so I cannot guarantee that the fusion will be successful."
"If I can't handle it, I'll make it clear in advance. Don't blame me for taking the bribe and not doing the job."
Soon, Spanna wrote back:
"As for the blood fusion, just do your best!"
"My mother is holding a birthday party at 8 o'clock tonight in the restaurant on the first floor of the castle. You have to arrive early and help me prepare a birthday present."
"Do you want me to help you choose a gift, or make some rare potion for your mother as a birthday present?" Alan asked.
"Guess again!" Spanna's reply revealed a hint of mystery.
Alan pondered and gradually understood everything.