#616Chapter 587 Crimson HymnAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 587: Crimson Canticle
"To make the Blood Marrow of the King of Sky and Wind as effective as Dragon Kind, we still lack one thing."
The Professor, seated on horseback, slowly spoke.
He knew Tao Pai Pai could read his thoughts, but dealing with such a monster, if he couldn't find some topics to discuss, he felt the time would be extremely arduous. Thus, he took the initiative to explain.
The three keys needed to enter Hakoniwa were the bloodlines of the three strongest races: Dragon Kind, Innate Deity, and Star Spirit.
Dragon Kind are not ordinary dragons. Most of what are commonly referred to as dragons or dragon-like creatures are, to true Dragon Kind, merely mixed-bloods or sub-species.
Dragon Kind are beings that generate themselves out of nothing, born autonomously. They escape the interference of causality through self-observation, becoming eternally existing beings.
Self-observation means existing independently of external observation and special conditions.
This birth condition alone shows the high dimension of this race.
Even the Dragon King of the dragon world, Nidhogg, the Black King, is merely the progenitor of all dragons in this world, the origin of all dragon creatures in this world, a king of the world, and nothing more.
Therefore, almost all Dragon King bloodlines in the 'Dragon' worldviews of derived Sub-Worlds do not meet the requirements of Azure Sky.
Except for the current D45 Sub-World.
Seeing that Tao Pai Pai had no intention of speaking, the Professor had no choice but to continue.
"It's source matter. In this world, source matter exists. Therefore, only the Dragon King bloodline of this world has a chance to barely meet the demands of Dragon Kind."
Bai Cangshu finally shifted his gaze from the mixed-blood. This mixed-blood's will was quite strong; he had used four tubes of blood medicine in a row and still hadn't lost control and mutated. Bai Cangshu was preparing to inject the remaining two tubes all at once.
His hands continued their work, but his face turned to the Professor on horseback, asking with interest.
"Is that source matter related to an Old God, or an Outer God?"
"Or... is it an observer?"
The Professor was startled. The observer was the ultimate mystery of the spatial power system; even a Supreme Expert might not know about it. But Tao Pai Pai had clearly already reached that level.
This, to some extent, could explain why Tao Pai Pai had grown so rapidly.
He nodded.
"That's right, source matter is an essence that has some connection with the observer. We believe that the reason this world is so distorted is because it is being observed simultaneously by multiple observers."
"Therefore, during the collapse of power, collisions occurred, and source matter consequently fell into this world."
"Whether it's the power of dragons, or the power of Old Gods, or even the power of those hidden and distorted Outer Gods, as long as they are imbued with source matter, they can touch unimaginable dimensions!"
Bai Cangshu nodded. Apart from the concept of source matter, he had pretty much guessed everything else.
"So, you think the source matter is probably on Bishop Lawrence?"
Bai Cangshu noticed that the Professor had used his sequence ability twice after entering this world. His current opening of the topic to source matter and that Dragon King blood marrow clearly indicated he already had a target.
He was hinting at his future course of action through this method.
Bai Cangshu's lips twitched. The Professor was a Reincarnator with a not-so-strong personality. Even with a special sequence, he seemed to constantly consider others' feelings.
Such a person might be a perfect adhesive in many teams, but he could not be considered a truly powerful Reincarnator.
This was evident from the fact that Bai Cangshu had never felt any sign of Heart Light Soul Movement from him. He was extremely far from being called a strong person.
He was even inferior to this mixed-blood knight.
Zzzzzla~
Etoris's body trembled. He felt a current flow through his body, and then the activity of his body cells was stimulated.
His physical injuries had healed, and his shattered internal organs were as good as new.
But Etoris felt not joy, but extreme fear.
"You fellow..."
He spoke angrily. The next moment, he felt as if a vast starry sky appeared before his eyes, and countless chaotic memories and images began to emerge.
His body began to writhe uncontrollably. Beneath his skin, his flesh seemed to begin abnormal growth.
Etoris instantly thought of the hideous appearances of those who had beastified, and his heart grew even more fearful.
Puff!
From his back, with an incredibly sharp pain in his spine, he instinctively hunched his body. Sharp bone joints on his spine immediately pierced through his linen clothes on his back.
"Ah!"
Amidst a roar mixed with pain and fear, bone spurs emerged from his body one by one. After an intense itch in his tailbone, white bone joints also grew from his lower body.
In just a moment, Etoris underwent a significant mutation. As his muscles bulged inch by inch, his strength nearly doubled.
Bai Cangshu pointed a finger at his glabella.
"Knight, think of your Seraphina. You shouldn't want to die yet..."
Golden Ripple Breathing energy emanated from Bai Cangshu's body, stretching to an exaggerated length of over ten meters, like some kind of floating light band, extending around Bai Cangshu's back.
In the desolate wasteland filled with fire and corpses, the scene was like a saint descending.
Etoris's immense pain was only touched by the golden Ripple Breathing ribbons, and the physical pain seemed to be relieved.
He didn't want to die, and even less did he want to become that kind of beast. He still had to live and return to Seraphina's side. That benevolent lady was facing danger...
Bai Cangshu's lips curved into a smile, and he tilted his head back slightly. The more brilliant a person's heart, the more intense their Heart Light Soul Movement, the more things they would have that were hard to let go of.
Whether it was called a bond or affection, that human brilliance was incredibly dazzling, so much so that even Bai Cangshu found it hard to tear his greedy gaze away.
So...
"I will bestow upon you the power of sunlight and flesh, Etoris. Use this power to survive~"
The next moment, the golden ribbons suddenly contracted, then, following Bai Cangshu's fingertip, they plunged into the glabella of the half-beastified knight, whose white bone spurs protruded one by one from his back.
"You have bestowed Ripple Breathing power upon Etoris."
"Beastified Etoris (mixed-blood) has accepted your bestowal."
"Ripple Breathing Breathing Method Lv9 is no longer available."
Boom!
Golden Ripple Breathing energy suddenly flowed within that abnormally twisted flesh. Golden Ripple Breathings began to spread in circles from Etoris's body.
Soon, the flesh began to contract, and the beastification process was halted. This knight, bathed in the dim sunlight, maintained his sanity by sheer will and this power obtained out of thin air.
He hunched over, gasping for air. Many of the bone spurs on his back had retracted, now only protruding about thirty centimeters from his body.
He looked as if he were wearing a special kind of armor.
A mixed-blood, having gained some beastification power, now also gained a special energy called Ripple Breathing. Etoris's strength increased significantly.
Etoris drew his greatsword. This sword was now incredibly light to him. He raised his head, looked at the powerful and terrifying man, and said with difficulty,
"Who exactly are you?"
"What exactly do you want to... do!"
He completely failed to understand why the other party saved him after defeating him, and why the other party, clearly an enemy of the Healing Church, killed those knights, yet actively used blood medicine to create beasts.
Bai Cangshu looked at the first person to accept his bestowal, feeling in a great mood. He now only hoped that the other party's heart would burn even more intensely, and then, at its most brilliant moment, he would reclaim the Ripple Breathing and, along with that fervent heart's blood, return it to his own body.
"What do I want to do...?"
"Perhaps, save the world, or perhaps, destroy the world."
"Ha, who knows?"
Etoris stared blankly at the tall man under the twilight. The terrifying female knight stood by his side. This person exuded an aura completely different from the oppression and despair of this world.
Unrestrained, chaotic.
He suddenly knelt on one knee and spoke,
"Since you have no purpose, may I ask you to save someone?"
"The hope of the world, Saint Seraphina, is currently being pursued by the Canticle Choir. Cardinal Lawrence has completely lost his way. We cannot lose Saint Seraphina!"
Bai Cangshu noticed that every time that name was spoken, this man's heart beat intensely.
Was that emotion love?
It didn't seem like it.
Loyalty? Not purely either.
A mix of complex emotions was what allowed this lion-like man's heart to beat so intensely.
"You have triggered a special quest: Crimson Canticle. Do you accept?"
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