74: Chapter 74 Atavism

The next second, Ling Yichen dashed out, grabbing Tang Juan and Ling Yixuan as he sprinted toward the rooftop.

Hearing the noise, W and Tian Yingying's family also came out to check. They only heard Ling Yichen roar lowly: 'Go to the rooftop!'

Ling Yichen was very fast, but since they lived on the 8th floor, it had already been several minutes by the time they reached the top floor.

As for Ye Qingzhu, she was seen spreading her wings and standing still in the void, seemingly in extreme pain, her body trembling continuously.

It should have been a sunset filled with red clouds, yet a large mass of dark clouds had forcefully appeared, hovering above her head. Inside the dark clouds, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, as if some terrifying, ferocious creature was hiding within.

Rumble~

A muffled thunderclap exploded in the cloud mass. The next second, a miraculous scene occurred: Ye Qingzhu’s body convulsed violently with the sound of the thunder, and then an electric arc was seen quietly emerging on her body.

Ling Yichen’s pupils constricted because he perceived that in this very instant, the Worms he had placed inside Ye Qingzhu’s body had all been annihilated, with only a few Spirit Worms remaining alive.

The factor causing this result was that there were strands of pure lightning within Ye Qingzhu’s body.

In Ling Yichen’s perception, every cell in Ye Qingzhu’s body contained formidable lightning; at this moment, she had transformed into a body of lightning.

This was also what Ling Yichen did not understand.

According to his deduction, the bloodline power Ye Qingzhu had previously awakened came from her maternal lineage...

Therefore, this awakening should have been the bloodline power from her paternal lineage, which was the Brute God Strength possessed by Ye Songtao!

But the result was not that; instead, it had turned into this eerie lightning.

That was why he said there was a problem with Ye Qingzhu’s bloodline.

Moreover, he didn't even know what the power she was awakening now actually was.

At this moment, Tang Juan beside him let out an anxious, soft cry: 'Qingzhu!'

Ling Yichen and W both looked at her, seeing her eyes filled with tears, her face full of anxiety and worry.

'Auntie, don't worry, it seems like Qingzhu is undergoing a Second Awakening!' W comforted her.

Tang Juan immediately asked: 'Then will she be in danger?'

W originally wanted to say there was no danger, but when she saw the lightning erupting from Ye Qingzhu’s body becoming increasingly dense, and the thunderclouds above her head growing more numerous, she wasn't sure either.

Even with her knowledge, she had never seen this type of awakening.

It wasn't that there were no people who awakened the lightning Supernatural Ability; some people mastered the power to control it instantly.

Others awakened the power to generate lightning themselves.

Ye Qingzhu looked like the latter, but... this magnitude was somewhat exaggerated, even attracting thunderclouds to gather above her head.

To a certain extent, this could be considered a heavenly omen.

'Rest assured, Auntie, Qingzhu will be fine!' It was Ling Yichen who gave Tang Juan a definitive answer.

Although at this moment, his heart was also somewhat uncertain.

After all, the Worms he had placed in her body had been destroyed by the lightning she produced herself, leaving only a few Worms, and those few Spirit Worms were also in a precarious situation under the constant baptism of lightning.

However, they had timely absorbed the essence blood within Ye Qingzhu, replenishing their strength, so they were not struck to death by the lightning for the time being.

'I hope those few Spirit Worms can hold on!' Ling Yichen thought to himself.

Rumble~

Tens of seconds later, thunder suddenly exploded in the sky, and a bolt of lightning struck Ye Qingzhu directly.

Ye Qingzhu’s body trembled slightly, but a strange thing happened.

Her physical state was actually more stable than before, only that faint purple light began to flicker on her exposed skin. Those purple lights appeared in circles, actually looking like scales.

Such a bizarre scene caused both W and Ling Yichen to change their expressions simultaneously.

The two shouted almost in unison: 'Atavism!'

The so-called Atavism is when the bloodline within a certain organism, after lying dormant for a long time, suddenly rises abruptly in a certain generation, becoming as strong as the previous or even the initial generation.

Human bodies contain various bloodline powers; most have already gone dormant, and only a few can manifest. When this bloodline power reaches a certain critical value, it awakens.

And a higher-level bloodline awakening than normal awakening is called Atavism.

The Ye Qingzhu before their eyes, with scales manifesting on her body surface, was a phenomenon of Atavism.

Being able to reach the Atavism phenomenon was enough to show that the power she awakened this time was very powerful and very high-level.

At this moment, everyone’s eyes were full of anticipation.

...

Rumble!

Another thunderbolt fell, precisely hitting Ye Qingzhu.

Ye Qingzhu’s body trembled slightly again, but what followed was an even more powerful aura emerging. At the same time, more scales manifested on her body surface, clearer than before.

Rumble~

Rumble~

Successive lightning bolts fell, and every time one hit Ye Qingzhu, it made her even more powerful.

By the time the seventh thunderbolt fell, Ye Qingzhu’s body erupted with a transcendent aura, and then a crackling sound of bones breaking was heard.

Behind her, a pair of blue-purple wings slowly extended, not at all inferior to the first pair of black and white wings.

As the blue-purple wings extended, a green tail, as thick as an arm, slowly extended from behind Ye Qingzhu. At the tip of the tail, a purple lightning ball flashed, emitting a terrifying aura.

'She is experiencing deep-level Atavism; one more step, and she will be able to awaken the Ancient Ancestral Body!' W said with extreme excitement.

Everyone looked at her with confusion, clearly not fully understanding her words.

'The so-called Ancient Ancestral Body means that after Atavism reaches a certain level, one can briefly change their own form and use the strongest power of this bloodline.'

Everyone immediately understood, looking at Ye Qingzhu with hope.

Rumble~

The eighth thunderbolt fell, and the scales on Ye Qingzhu’s body were already clearly visible.

Rumble~

The ninth thunderbolt fell, and the scales on Ye Qingzhu’s body fully manifested. Black sharp claws also grew on her hands, and an extremely terrifying aura of an ancient fierce beast erupted from her whole body.

Whoosh~

She suddenly opened her eyes, and brilliant lightning rays bloomed in her pupils. The lightning rays scattered, instantly turning into dozens of lightning blades, twisting toward a building in the distance.

The building was instantly shredded into several sections and collapsed with a roar, causing a huge sensation.

Of course, this was not intentional by Ye Qingzhu; at this moment, she was in an unconscious state, and all her actions were purely instinctive.

Fortunately, in the next second, she closed her eyes, all the aura on her body retracted, and the blue-purple scales on her body surface instantly disappeared, with only the two pairs of wings behind her spread out conspicuously.

Seeing this, W said with regret: 'It’s a pity, only nine thunderbolts for tempering. If she could have triggered twelve thunderbolts for tempering, she might have been able to awaken the Ancient Ancestral Body.'

After saying this, she suddenly tore open the clothing on her back, extended her pair of golden wings, flew toward Ye Qingzhu, and carried her down.

-

Thus, this Second Awakening was considered over.

Ling Yichen also looked at the unconscious Ye Qingzhu with lingering fear, then looked around.

The phenomenon here had already attracted the attention of countless people.

It would be fine if it were just a normal Awakened One, but he was faintly worried that this awakening would attract the attention of the Six Great Families and the Supernatural Management Association.

However, it was only a slight worry.

Ye Qingzhu’s Second Awakening, and such a fierce one at that, meant that if there were no accidents, she would soon be sent into the Genius Student Class, and might even receive recruitment from the Six Great Families, becoming their peripheral member and receiving very good resource cultivation.

As for the building destroyed by Ye Qingzhu, even if it really caused casualties, the Six Great Families or the Extraordinary Association would handle it well.

Compared to these casualties, obtaining a genius was more important.

So there was no need to worry at all.

The only thing he was worried about now was the Spirit Worms in Ye Qingzhu’s body.

Spirit Worms were indeed powerful, but after suffering so many lightning strikes, their state was very bad. Several Spirit Worms were all in a dying situation, with the possibility of being wiped out at any time.

Those were, after all, heavenly thunderbolts, enough to destroy all living things, and even Spirit Worms could not withstand them.

He didn't care if the Worms died, but if the Spirit Worms died, he would still feel very distressed.

After all, the birth of every Spirit Worm was not easy and required a lot of hard work.

However, just when he was worried about whether these Spirit Worms could hold on, a mutation occurred.

Ling Yichen perceived that infinite vitality suddenly began to bloom within those few Spirit Worms. Their aura began to rise steadily, quickly recovering to a perfect state, and even showing signs of evolving toward an Intelligence Worm.

Besides that, he also discovered with shock that a little bit of lightning light appeared on these Spirit Worms.

Immediately after, the lightning light gradually grew stronger, and finally... every Spirit Worm’s body surface was surrounded by strands of electric arcs.

Ling Yichen was stunned.

The Spirit Worms not only had signs of evolution on the verge of life and death, but they had also unexpectedly fused with the power of lightning.

This was too miraculous.

An unexpected joy!

He immediately compared the Spirit Worms with lightning to the ordinary Spirit Worms and immediately discovered that those Spirit Worms with lightning had a stronger life aura, already infinitely close to an Intelligence Worm.

This made him associate many things.

'If other Spirit Worms also experienced the tempering of thunder, I wonder if they could also be like this?'

'If it could really succeed, then could I also master the power of lightning?'

At this moment, the look Ling Yichen cast toward Ye Qingzhu became heated.

'Hmm, I must study this carefully later!'

He made up his mind, then collected his thoughts and returned home with everyone, carrying Ye Qingzhu.

...

Several people returned home, and everyone was still worried about Ye Qingzhu.

Ling Yichen, however, knew that Ye Qingzhu was fine.

It was just that she needed a little time to adapt to her body after the awakening, and her consciousness had temporarily entered a dormant state; she would be fine after a sleep.

'Everyone go back and rest. The Supernatural Management Association should be coming soon.'

Ling Yichen said indifferently. However, just as his voice fell, a familiar voice came from outside the door.

'Open the door, all of you come out to cooperate with my investigation!'

It was Liu Mei’s voice.