The Blazing Flame Monarch.
Within a brightly lit secret spell room, Grimm was carefully processing the star beast's corpse.
Under the A.I. Chip's instructions, Grimm would slice off a portion of the star beast's corpse from time to time and toss it into his mouth, swallowing it in large mouthfuls. The flesh that flowed with purple blood was extremely fishy and unbearable. Even Grimm's scalpel, which had been enchanted with many spells, found it difficult to slice it.
The stomach of a regular human would not be able to digest the star beast's flesh, which contained a strong elemental toxin. The moment the flesh entered one's mouth, the devourer would probably be infected and turn into a monster on the spot.
Grimm's stomach was now different from a regular human's. The walls of his stomach were tough and dense, filled with golden flames that reached a temperature of several thousand degrees. The moment the star beast's flesh entered his stomach, it was enveloped by the golden flames and instantly vaporized into magic particles with different elemental properties.
However, the special life factors in the flesh were directly absorbed by the walls of his stomach and transported to a specific region in his body through specially constructed tubes.
There, the fragments of the star beast's bloodline that Grimm had absorbed and analysed were slowly circulating. The newly absorbed life factors fused with the gene fragments, slowly making up for the deficiencies.
Of course, most of the absorbed star beast's bloodline had overlapped with the genes of the previous bloodline. It could only strengthen the genes indirectly, but it could not make up for the deficiencies. Only after fusing with a few fragments would there be a slight change in the growth of the bloodline's genetic chain.
98, 8965%...
Relying on the A.I. Chip's meticulous observation and senses, Grimm was able to detect the minute changes after the decimal point. It was like he was playing a genetic jigsaw puzzle. The entire genetic map was made up of millions of extremely minute gene fragments.
More than 98% of the star beast's bloodline in Grimm's body had been pieced together. The remaining bit seemed insignificant, but it was not an easy task to complete.
Other Magi did not have the assistance of the A.I. Chip, and they could only rely on their intuition and luck to test things out. If they were right, they would advance a step. If they were wrong, all their previous efforts would go to waste, and they would have to start all over again.
Therefore, although there were many strong Sorcerers in the field of bloodline research, they were still ignorant and primitive. Moreover, most high-ranked Magi researched on their own and would never share or exchange the results of their research with others.
The result of this was that the Witchcraft system regarding bloodline research was fragmented and had many barriers. It was impossible to form a stable bloodline family.
Therefore, most of the bloodline families that appeared in the Magus system were short-lived. Following the departure or death of the strongest, the family's power would continue to decline and weaken.
Of course, this might be the intention of the Great Sorcerers. This was to prevent a certain bloodline family from becoming too powerful and dominating the Sorcerer World for too long.
This also gave other elemental Magi or bloodline families the opportunity to display their strength and splendour!
Of course, this was only Grim's conjecture. There was no actual evidence to support this view.
However, Grimm did not care what those great wizards thought. He only wanted to make up for the deficiency of his Astral Beast bloodline as soon as possible so that this long-awaited bloodline power could truly shine.
99, 1365%...
Very soon, as Grimm swallowed in large gulps, the completion rate of the Astral Beast bloodline from the A.I. Chip slowly increased.
A rank 3 Astral Beast might not be enough to complete the bloodline, but it was more than enough to make up for the 3% he was lacking!
Finally, with a crisp beep from the A.I. Chip, the light blue progress bar of the Astral Beast bloodline in the depths of Grimm's mind reached 100%.
In the next second, Grimm suddenly shuddered, and his entire body began to tremble violently like a sieve.
It was as if a spatial singularity had suddenly opened in the depths of his mind, and his consciousness and some illusory laws of the world were temporarily coupled together. Following that, an overwhelming amount of experience and strange realizations engulfed his consciousness like a huge wave.
[Beep. Detected a foreign data stream. Initial estimation is that of a foreign astral beast's world inheritance … Requesting Host's instructions on whether to accept?]
"Accept … Accept … Accept immediately!"
Grimm seemed to be roaring as he commanded the A.I. Chip.
It had to be known that most astral beasts would receive the inheritance of a world when they were young. With such a gradual process, they would naturally be able to accept it smoothly. Moreover, most astral beasts were terrifying creatures with thick skin and flesh, and their spiritual force was a hundred times stronger than Grimm's human consciousness.
Hence, it was not that painful for them to receive the inheritance!
However, Grimm obviously lacked the buffer between rank 1 and rank 3. He immediately accepted the transformation of a rank 4 astral beast's inheritance with his human consciousness. In truth, if not for the A.I. Chip bearing the brunt of the impact of the inheritance, he would have become the first fool in the history of Magi to have his consciousness destroyed by the transformation of a bloodline inheritance.
Even so, just the aftermath of the transformation caused Grimm to cry out loudly. His eyes, ears, nose, nose, and every pore on his body were spurting out purplish-black blood.
The blood was thick, viscous, and endless. One could not help but wonder how Grimm's two-metre-tall human body could contain such a large amount of blood.
It was not just the blood that spurted out. Along with the black blood, there was also a large amount of extremely pure flame energy.
Crimson flames surged out from Grimm's body, vaporizing everything around him. Even the obsidian floor that was protected by the spell formation was burnt red.
As for Grimm's light robe, it turned to ashes the moment the flames erupted.
Grimm yelled loudly, enduring the immense pain from his genes as he waited for the A.I. Chip to analyse the results.
The contents of the astral beast inheritance were too vast and messy. Even a real astral beast would need a large amount of energy and a long time to digest and absorb the inheritance.
Grimm did not have the time to sleep for more than ten years to digest and absorb the knowledge, inheritance, and comprehension. Hence, he could only rely on the A.I. Chip's powerful data storage and sorting functions to search for the most convenient and concise bloodline inheritance, like finding a needle in a haystack.
Devouring Devil Fish!
It had to be said that the astral beast Grimm had chosen for himself was a rare species. It was called the Devouring Devil Fish, and it had a strange stomach that could devour all living creatures and energy.
As long as it completely swallowed them, any living creature could only obediently turn into chaotic energy and become a part of its body.
The reason why he had accepted the inheritance of the Devouring Devil Fish was probably related to the fish-like astral beast that Mary had given him. After all, Grimm's astral beast bloodline could grow so quickly because of the Heart of the Ice Dragon and the fish-like astral beast.
They had stimulated the power of Grimm's bloodline, allowing him to grow so quickly!
Lying silently in the crimson lava pool, Grimm was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation both inside and outside of his body. The minute changes inside were unknown, but one could see that layers of crystal-like transparent scales had appeared on his dark red skin.
These scales covered almost every part of Grimm's body, leaving only a few small gaps in his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Following Grimm's coarse and heavy breathing, a thin stream of transparent flames spurted out from his mouth and nose, condensing into flashing golden flames of laws on the surface of his body.
It was obvious that even the transformation of the astral beast bloodline had not been able to completely suppress Grimm's innate talent for fire. In comparison, after being squeezed by the power of the bloodline, the original flames had mostly dissipated. However, the remaining flames had condensed into the true Inextinguishable Flames that Grimm had been looking forward to for a long time with the Laws of Fire as the core.
From now on, the inextinguishable flames were one of Grimm's spells, and also a law of fire that he had fused with the depths of his soul.
From then on, the Inextinguishable Flame became a part of his instincts, and no one could separate it from his soul anymore.
While Grimm's consciousness was in a daze, the A.I. Chip's new prompt sounded in his mind.
[Beep. The first astral beast bloodline has been completed …]
[Host has completed the first astral beast bloodline inheritance. Obtained the following abilities …]
[Devilfish Transformation: Host can transform into a Devouring Devilfish, possessing its full battle prowess and bloodline specialties …]
[Berserk Devouring: Able to devour a creature that is no larger than twice the size of the host, and convert it into chaotic energy for the host's use … This effect can only be used once per day … (Note: Enemies that are twice the size of the host cannot be devoured!)]
[Devouring Magic: One of the specialties of the bloodline. Able to completely devour a spell that is not more than 6000 degrees of energy, and convert it into chaotic energy to counterattack … This effect can only be used three times per day …]
[After transforming into a Devilfish, the host's strength will be affected by the host's vitality and power. Every 10 points of spiritual force can support the bloodline transformation for two minutes. If the spiritual force falls below 10 points, the bloodline transformation will be canceled …]
"…"
"…"
Looking at the rows and rows of densely packed data and parameters, Grimm was both shocked and delighted.
Finally, his bloodline transformation that had been going on for two hundred years had come to an end. He could now use it on the battlefield. On the other hand, the power and strangeness of the astral beast bloodline left him in awe.
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