Death... and me

Chapter 3178  How To Use Bloodline

The Divine Energy from the Divine Stones immediately flowed through the twins' bodies. Different from when they attacked the Abyssal Soul Shard, they weren't focusing it for an attack but having their bodies absorb it as a whole.

*Ugh...*

Just like in the past, the pain of the transformation was quite high. Fortunately, both of them knew how to deal with it. Rean could even completely turn off his feeling of pain, but he found it unnecessary. Slowly but certainly, their bodies went through the Divine Transformation. Their cells adapted, their dantians changed, and only their souls continued the same.

Rifindio worked on absorbing Kentucky's drop of blood on one side, while Rean and Roan absorbed the Divine Energy on the other. As for Kentucky... he was bored, so he went to sleep. The bird truly could sleep anywhere.

It wasn't before several hours later that Rifindio finished absorbing the blood. His Camazotz Bloodline, which was almost gone, seemed to receive a leasing of life, flaring up again.

Hundreds of Blood Spears, as well as Rifindio's Blood Armor, appeared instantly. They carried more strength and protective power. Even Rifindio's Divine Energy seemed more refined. He then thought about Kentucky's teaching before he started and circulated his Divine Energy accordingly.

A few minutes later, Rifindio couldn't help but feel slightly excited. His bloodline has recovered a good amount with Kentucky's help, but it was still far from what it was before the cocoon monster robbed him of it. Nonetheless, just by following what Kentucky taught him, he felt like he was pretty much as strong as before everything happened. "So that's why those guys back in the Supreme Palace seemed to surpass their levels. No one ever taught me, and now I can see it was on purpose. They truly didn't want me to progress because of my bloodline deficiency," Rifindio murmured to himself.

Rifindio's blood spears then dissipated, with the tiny bits of blood used to create them returning to his body. Looking around, he noticed Rean and Roan absorbing the Divine Stones he gave to them earlier, completely oblivious to the surroundings. Kentucky, a few meters from them, was sleeping like a rock. "Don't they feel any sense of danger whatsoever?" Rifindio found this group's behavior to be weirder the more he came to know them. Well, perhaps they simply didn't consider Rifindio as a threat at all, which also didn't feel good to think about.

Of course, Rifindio didn't do anything. He had a lot to gain from the twins, especially Kentucky. Another day went by, and the twins' transformation finally reached its completion. It took this long because Divine Energy wasn't infinitely available like in the Divine Realm. Rean and Roan were forced to go through the process very slowly, making sure that not even an iota of the Divine Energy from the Divine Stones was lost. "Phew..." Rean took a deep breath and opened his eyes. Well, there was no air in mid-space, so it was more of a habit to pretend there was. He is simply using his Spiritual Energy for such. Rean stretched a little, moving his body right after and checking the changes. "Yeap, this is pretty much it. We won't have to worry about the transformation after we go to the Divine Realm anymore."

Roan also finished his transformation, agreeing with Rean. "One less thing to give a shit about. Anyway, according to the star charts, Closal is still a few years away. I'm going back to refine the Dragon Blood. Perhaps it will be over by the time we arrive."

*Zush!*

Before Rean or anyone else could say anything, Roan already disappeared.

*Yawn...*

Kentucky finally opened his eyes, having slept through all the events. "Hum? Have you finished?"

"Pretty much," Rean confirmed.

Kentucky used his Spiritual Sense, checking Rean's body. There was no doubt Rean now had a proper body for absorption of Divine Energy. "If you had finished this transformation before fighting that cocoon monster, we would have ended that thing much faster."

Rean didn't seem to mind, shrugging leisurely. "What is done is done. It was an emergency, so Roan and I didn't have the time to go through the transformation. Well, our souls didn't need the transformation, so it wasn't all that bad controlling Divine Energy."

Rean then turned to Rifindio not far away. He seemed to be concentrating on his body. Rean could feel that Rifindio was not only circulating his Divine Energy but also making use of his bloodline. "What is he doing?"

Kentucky quickly explained. "Oh... I woke up a few hours ago, and Rifindio told me he finished absorbing my drop of blood. Then, I told him what he should do to get used to his diminished bloodline. He is now circulating the little bit of his Camazotz Bloodline inside his body that remained. If he does it correctly, he should be able to control where to focus the bloodline at every specific moment for every specific action."

For Rifindio, that was a new path. He always thought that bloodline was simply something you activated its power when necessary. He didn't know it was possible to drive the bloodline power to specific parts of the body while keeping the rest in its normal state. Well, he was having a very hard time achieving that kind of control, and Kentucky recognized he wouldn't see any meaningful progress for various years to come."He has his work cut out for him, so just ignore it."

Kentucky then used his Spiritual Energy, grabbing Rifindio's body. Rifindio noticed that, but Kentucky told him not to stop and keep working. Rifindio did exactly that. Finally, Kentucky was ready to fly through the void again. "Shall we keep going?"

Rean had no complaints. "Sure. Let's go."

Rean moved to Kentucky's back again, and he shot through the void, disappearing into the distance.

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Time passed. Hours became days, days became weeks, and weeks became months. Nothing much happened at that time. Still, Rean took that chance to ask more about the Divine Realm, which was part of the deal with Rifindio.