53: Green's Blood

"Hiss..."

When Green woke up the next day.

His head was still groggy from the hangover.

Green only vaguely remembered that he seemed to have drunk quite a lot last night, and he had forgotten how he got back.

If he couldn't remember, he wouldn't think about it. 'I'm still on vacation right now,' Green thought to himself.

...

Pushing open the door.

Looking at the warm, sunny day.

Green felt an unprecedented sense of relief in his heart.

It seemed that the heavy drinking last night was still somewhat useful; Green felt that the gloom in his heart had dissipated by more than half.

On such a nice day, it wouldn't do to not come out and bask in the sun.

Green set off for the cafeteria in the North District on the first floor to have lunch, and then packed some drinks, fruit juices, and snacks...

As soon as Green returned to his dormitory, he dragged out a long lounge chair, placed a table next to it, and set out various drinks, fruit juices, and snacks...

Green lay lazily on the chair, occasionally taking a sip of the ice-cold fruit juice, eyes slightly narrowed, as the April sun warmed his whole body...

This is what a vacation should be...

This is the otherworldly life I dreamed of...

...

Happy days always pass by quickly.

It seemed like yesterday was the first day of vacation, and today was already the last.

After Green spent the entire vacation comfortably.

He returned to normal life with reluctance.

...

Mentor Jordan's training ground.

"A giant beast that swallowed the moon..."

"And, it was tens of thousands of meters tall when fully grown..."

Mentor Jordan muttered to himself.

"Are there any other clues? Green?"

"Oh, it seems that after it swallowed the moon, a name appeared in my heart—Star Devouring Beast."

Green thought carefully and added.

Mentor Jordan still shook his head and said:

"Green, I have memorized the information of the 360 types of bloodlines recorded in the Wizard Academy."

"But none of them match what you described."

"There is only one possibility, and that is—apprentices who awaken the ancestor of this bloodline are rare. In the entire Mist Coast, you are likely the first."

"But it's not strange. From your description, I can tell it is extremely powerful."

...

"First of all, its size is enormous, thousands of meters tall, tens of thousands of meters tall; this is impossible in the Wizard World."

"The material rules of the Wizard World suppress it too severely. Even the largest Tier 4 magical beast, the Deep Sea Giant Whale, is only a few hundred meters long."

"Secondly, it needs to swallow a celestial body to reach adulthood, which means it very likely lives in the starry sky. That makes sense; only the vast and boundless starry sky could nurture such a massive giant beast."

"I think..."

"After this kind of giant beast reaches adulthood, it should have the strength of a Tier 4 wizard—a Morning Star Wizard."

"In summary, it is estimated that a great existence from the ancient times, a Morning Star Wizard with monstrous strength, captured a Star Devouring Beast from the vast starry universe, extracted its bloodline, and infused it into your ancestor's body."

"Green, congratulations, you have awakened an incredible bloodline."

Mentor Jordan said with a smile,

"Show me your Life Battle Qi, let's do an experiment."

...

Green obediently released a streak of blood-red Life Battle Qi. The deep red battle qi was mixed with a hint of silver light, looking quite extraordinary.

"Adler, you go first," Mentor Jordan instructed.

"Perform the Life Battle Qi cancellation experiment."

Adler also released his Life Battle Qi, which was brownish-red with some earthy yellow.

Green had seen Mentor Jordan and the others perform this Life Battle Qi cancellation experiment before.

It was to use the principle that different types of battle qi cannot coexist and will mutually consume each other, in order to test the strength of the Life Battle Qi.

...

Two different streams of battle qi were simultaneously infused into a steel training sword.

They slowly moved toward the center of the steel sword, and after a while, they met...

The two different types of battle qi entangled together, as if a chemical reaction was occurring, emitting a "ch-ch..." sound. Visibly, the earthy yellow Life Battle Qi was rapidly eliminated...

When all the reactions were over, more than half of Green's silver-light Life Battle Qi remained.

"Green, it seems your Life Battle Qi is more than twice as strong as Adler's."

"Come, try mine."

Mentor Jordan said eagerly.

"Okay, Teacher."

Green released a stream of silver-light Life Battle Qi in the same way, and it entangled and canceled out with Mentor Jordan's black Life Battle Qi inside the steel sword.

After a while...

The two different types of Life Battle Qi had actually completely canceled each other out, resulting in a draw.

...

"Green, it seems my reasoning was correct."

Mentor Jordan said with certainty.

"The source of your bloodline is on the same level as my Ancient Devil Giant Ape."

"Both are great existences at the Tier 4 Morning Star Wizard level."

"Only a bloodline source above Tier 4 can form this kind of Ultimate Life Battle Qi after a bloodline awakening."

"This kind of Ultimate Life Battle Qi is not inferior in strength to the magic power of an Advanced Wizard Apprentice who has undergone three essence transformations."

"This is also the key to why I can contend with and kill Advanced Wizard Apprentices."

"Green, you are much luckier than I was."

"As long as you can avoid some of the pitfalls I stepped into, I believe you will definitely be able to go very far on the wizard's path and shine brilliantly."

...

"Mentor Jordan, I will. This has also been the dream I have persisted in all along."

Green said firmly, his black eyes filled with determination and perseverance.

The transformation of the Grand Knight's belief gave Green a rebirth-like growth.

Although he might not be able to change his cowardly nature, Green could now firmly state his pursuits and take substantial actions.

...

Mentor Jordan looked at young Green, as if he had returned to the good old days of his youth when he was full of vigor.

Green's bloodline awakening brought Mentor Jordan an extremely unexpected surprise.

He had never thought that he would be able to cultivate a student who possessed Ultimate Life Battle Qi like him.

At this moment, the naive Green did not know at all what this Ultimate Life Battle Qi meant.

But Jordan knew; he understood what it could represent.

It represents powerful combat strength;

It represents that Green will definitely become a figure at the peak apprentice level;

It even represents that Green might, with the support of incomparably tyrannical combat strength, have a glimmer of hope to assault the realm of "Formal Wizard," a realm that countless Wizard Apprentices dream of.

Even if it is just a glimmer of hope, it has already surpassed 99% of the apprentices in this Wizard Academy.

Therefore, Jordan secretly made up his mind to pass on everything he had learned in his life to Green, to forge Green into a second "Devil Jordan," and to continue his own unfinished wizard's path.

...

"Green, for the next half year..."

"I will train you in the essential combat and killing techniques of a Grand Knight."

"From today on, come over every morning."

"Adler, you come too; it'll be perfect for you to be a sparring partner."

Mentor Jordan instructed calmly, with no expression on his face.

"Okay, Teacher."

Adler and Green both happily agreed. Mentor Jordan rarely personally trained them, and both of them cherished it very much.

The innocent brothers did not yet know what they were about to face.

After enduring the ruthless one-sided beatings, the bond between the two brothers-in-misfortune warmed up rapidly...

Brother, it's good to have your company...

Wuwuwu...