Devil race

While a storm was brewing in all directions, inside a barren place devoid of all life, a husky voice spoke,

"How is our plan advancing…?"

From the voice, it looked like an old man was talking to his followers. But, there was nobody in front of him..!!

Suddenly winds started flowing throughout the barren land as innumerable black spots started appearing out of the ground. If one looked closely, one was able to see that these black spots were actually insects.

These black insects soon turned into a human-like lump and started talking,

"Our advances have succeeded so far… but the main problem is dragon clan… we are unable to infiltrate the dragon clan…"

While talking, the lump of insects slowly turned into a beautiful female figure with vicious eyes. She then ordered her insects to form a throne made up of insects and sat on the throne.

The old voice spoke again this time in a relaxed tone,

"We already have a mole inside the dragon clan. You don't have to worry about them anymore. You just have to follow the plan. Our king will soon advance to the saint realm. Then we don't have to fear even the dragon clan…"

The female figure once again asked the old voice,

"And if the other worlds decided to interfere..?"

Other than the dragon world, the lower realms had innumerable worlds. Some of these worlds were stronger than the dragon world. If they interfered, it was impossible for the devil clan to take control over the dragon world.

"Heh~ during the massacre 12 years ago, other worlds did not interfere, do you think they will interfere this time…? And even if they interfere, we do have our devil race in that world ready to strike them…"

The old man looked really proud of the devil race's advancement towards the sole hegemony over all the races in the lower realms.

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While everything was a mess, inside the blood pool, Zhu Shen was sleeping like a baby. He was having an experience similar to being reborn. From the outside, it was clear that Zhu Shen's skin was really clear, without any impurities at all. One could visibly see blue veins all across his body dancing to the rhythm of his heartbeat.

"Wake Up…"

The golden heart inside him sent a blue light towards his soul just to simulate the soul. Zhu Shen's soul wobbled for a few seconds as his eyes gently opened inside the pool. Although he looked like he has woken up, Zhu Shen was still in trance. After staring into nothingness for a while, his senses returned to him. At that time, the golden heart welcomed him,

"Welcome back…! Or should I only say welcome."

Zhu Shen ignored what the golden heart was saying. His attention was fully focused on his body. He could feel the power bubbling inside him ready to be released. He felt like everything around him looked much smaller and humble than it did before. Like everything around him was scared of him.

He soon got out of the blood pool. His first instinct was to test his body's new capabilities. As he was looking around trying to find an object to test his newly found powers, He found a huge boulder in the distance.

'Let's try…!'

Zhu Shen punched the boulder with all of his might.

"Boom…"

A loud boom was heard as a handprint appeared on the big boulder. Obviously, Aarv's hand just carved onto the rock.

"Phew…"

Zhu Shen then released his breath as he looked at his jade-like hand with awe. He felt really thrilled at the power his body displayed. While he was feeling happy, he heard the voice of golden heart inside him,

"Do not test your strength without proper technique… As it may adversely affect your body…"

"What are the proper techniques..?"

Zhu Shen rebuked, he was still quite angry with the golden heart about the matter regarding the blood pool. The golden heart simply explained to Zhu Shen,

"Just do as I say, while punching, instead of holding your breath, just breathe out normally while touching your palm onto the boulder…"

To test it out, Zhu Shen punched the same boulder. This time he breathed out while punching. He felt like his actions were more natural and his muscles were more relaxed this time around.

"Boom…"

As the punch landed on the boulder, the whole boulder was blasted 50 meters away by the sheer impact of the punch.

This time Aarv felt really shocked. So much so that his whole body was brimming with excitement.

"See… Rather than using crude punches and kicks, if you use a proper technique, the results will be 2 times more effective…"

The golden heart said haughtily. In fact, it was shocked at the power displayed by Zhu Shen's body too.

'Is this what it feels like to have a god-level bloodline..?'

The golden heart felt really jealous of Zhu Shen's luck but now that it had been incorporated inside Zhu Shen's body, it had no choice but to teach Zhu Shen. It continued to guide Zhu Shen.

"Let's try something different… you already know about the half-dragon form… try imagining yourself in that form. Let the blood flow of your body increase…"

The golden heart was teaching Zhu Shen how to dragonfly himself. It felt like Zhu Shen's blood was now pure enough to let him transform into a half-dragon state.

Zhu Shen did as the golden heart instructed. Soon, a golden-violet halo appeared around Zhu Shen. he tried really hard to imagine himself in dragonified form but it did not help very much.

There was only a small change to his body. At the centre of his chest, a golden dragon scale appeared. The scale looked really majestic like some kind of ancient power extruding from it while making everyone feel insignificant.

The golden heart looked at the scale as he held his breath.

'A genuine reverse scale…'

It felt like it had seen the greatest treasure of all times. It stopped Zhu Shen from continuing his practice.

"Let's stop… It is enough progress from one reconstruction. Any more and the blood inside your body can't take it."

The golden heart warned Zhu Shen. Although the blood purity inside Zhu Shen looked really good, for someone like him with a godly bloodline it was mediocre at best.

"Now let's get out of here… the old man outside is really impatient…"

The golden heart told Zhu Shen. it sensed the old man's presence and impatient expression.

"But my clothes…?"

Now only did Zhu Shen notice that everything on him had been melted off by the potent blood energy inside the dragonblood pool. It was impossible to get out of the sacred ground this way.

The golden heart inside Zhu Shen released a golden thread. This golden thread turned into a ring as it reached Zhu Shen's hands.

"All your belongings are in the ring…"

Zhu Shen checked the special ring and soon took out his golden sect uniform. After putting it on he left the area of the dragonblood pool.