Evolved Dragon BloodlinePart2)
Jasmine hovered in the dark. He remembered that he had lost consciousness, but why he was now in a space full of darkness, that was the question he wanted to ask the system.
System, where am I?
System: Your spirit is now in stasis and your body is being rebuilt.
It was amazing, he thought. Jasmine trusted the system and believed its words, since he could not trust anyone else.
Remembering the past battle, he could only sigh over his inexperience. Despite the fact that he killed a huge variety of monsters, Jasmine reproached himself for the oversight.
His mistake was to take advantage of his luck and dodge the attack of the Dragon Profound Force, which was two realms above him, with the help of Moon Decay.
It was at the time that the Scarlet Dragon destroyed one afterimage with its tail, the second with its paw, and the other two with a wave of Profound Power. Jasmine was unlucky and was attacked by this wave. If it were a tail and a paw, then his sword pierced them, and the battle would have ended much sooner.
Jasmine hoped for good luck in this very attack, but she turned away from him at the very last moment, and he was badly injured by the power of the Heavenly Profound Realm.
In this battle, he realized that luck is the last resort that Jasmine must rely on.
"System, did I gain experience with the Lizard?"
System: You gained no experience from the fight with the Scarlet Dragon.
Jasmine nodded, clearly anticipating this state of affairs. He already possessed the cultivation of Profound Strength Profound Realm Level 3, but his body was very weak because Jasmine was raising his cultivation by gaining experience. In the meantime, although his body had developed through innumerable battles with beasts and monsters, it had not kept pace with his cultivation of Profound Strength.
This was the biggest reason why he had accepted the Dragon Bloodline bounty quest. Through the reward, he would gain the power of the Dragon by transforming his body into the strongest weapon.
Jasmine prioritized at the moment to increase the strength and durability of his body so that there would be no imbalance in his improvement.
Outside, the Dragon was already able to move, and the power of the Fire Suppression Powder had completely dissipated. Since he possessed the power of the Heavenly Profound Realm, the powder only affected him for five minutes, but the Dragon knew that he had lost. Even five minutes would be enough for this child to kill him several times.
"What an interesting child…" The Scarlet Dragon stood up on its paws, bleeding and looked at the body of a human child lying unconscious on the burnt ground. "I won't kill you because you did me a favor. The dragon felt the breakthrough into the Emperor Profound Realm, and he admitted that it was because of this battle where he could activate his full potential.
The dragon turned around and was about to return to its cave, but suddenly, unexpectedly for him, an aura flared up from behind ... a dragon!
The Scarlet Dragon turned to the boy in horror. He lay unconscious, but his body… crackling came from his body… cracking of bones, as well as a sound like a seething liquid.
The dragon saw and heard how the boy's organs, bones and blood were changing… The blood thickened and gave off the dragon's aura, the organs were cleansed and became "stronger" every second, and the bones were getting harder, like steel itself.
"No… maybe…" The Scarlet Dragon had been living for over a hundred years, but he had never seen such a frightening and overwhelming scene in front of him. He saw the boy's body transform completely. "He…he acquired the Dragon bloodline?" Did someone from our race got together with a human woman?
The Scarlet Dragon did not believe in his words, since the Dragon race itself would never descend to the point of procreating with humans. It is taboo for the Dragon race when a child is born with half the bloodline of the Dragons. But even if it is a taboo, then everywhere there is someone who will break this ban.
"..." The Scarlet Dragon looked at the boy's transformation, and was silent for a long time. And only half an hour later, he approached the human child, picked it up and carried it to his cave, covering the dragon's aura with his power so that no one outside could feel it ...
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Blue Wind Empire, Wasteland of Death.
In the hidden cave of this deadly area, where the most dangerous monsters and beasts of the Blue Wind Empire reside, two huge azure eyes appeared in the darkness. Power, the power of knowledge and the aura of antiquity emanated from them. The voice of this being seemed to belong to a being that had lived for billions of years.
"In this world, a child with a Dragon bloodline was born...?"
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Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range. In the Scarlet Dragon Cave, Jasmine opened his eyes with a groan. He saw the rocky ceiling, and his body embraced a pleasant warmth, like the embrace of a mother, which he experienced many years ago.
"Where… am I…" Jasmine tried to sit up, but it hurt immensely. His bones were cracking and his organs were clotting. After examining himself, Jasmine no longer saw the wounds on his body, and he himself was naked.
"You are finally awake, child.
Jasmine opened his eyes and looked sideways. There he saw the Scarlet Dragon curled up and opening one eye. He looked at him with interest and curiosity.
Jasmine remembered how there was a joke among the youth of his world that suited this situation.
- I'm not one of them. he said, and the Dragon looked at him with some concern.
- Are you okay? And what do you mean?
Jasmine felt ashamed. He tried to joke, because here he was only a child.
- Do not pay attention. - Jasmine calmed down, although he was slightly offended by the Dragon for his ignorance. Why didn't you kill me? Oh, don't answer. I awakened the Dragon Bloodline?
Jasmine remembered how his spirit hovered in stasis, and he felt a huge power in his body that he had not felt before.
In addition, he saw a message about the completion of the task and this gave him answers to his questions. Jasmine had heard how the Dragons cherished their kindred, so the changes regarding the Scarlet Dragon didn't surprise him.
Jasmine tried to move her arm, but couldn't.
- Do not move. Your body is undergoing a transformation. I don't know whose child you are, but one of your parents broke a taboo. said the Scarlet Dragon in a serious voice.
— Taboo? Jasmine frowned. He did not like this word.
- I'll explain to you slowly. We have plenty of time.
After a while, Jasmine sighed, smiling wryly. Due to the received full bloodline of the Dragon, other Dragons feel it as a child between their kindred and human. And the arrogance, pride and feelings of the Dragon do not allow them to have offspring with people.
As the Scarlet Dragon said, there are always exceptions, but among his race, it is considered taboo. Whoever breaks it must be punished. He did not know what the punishment was, as the Scarlet Dragon himself had not seen his race since birth.
"Then how do you know about the bans?" Jasmine asked skeptically. Since the Scarlet Dragon has been here since birth, how could he know the laws of his race?
- I just know. The Scarlet Dragon looked at him as if he were looking at an unintelligent child. "Since birth, my blood has given me the knowledge to live as a Dragon. the red lizard continued proudly.
"Hmm… you mentioned something about legacies. Jasmine listened attentively to the Scarlet Dragon and caught on to an interesting concept for him. He knew from the story "Against the Gods" about the heritage of the Azure Dragon God.
- This is when the Dragons themselves choose their heirs from any race and transfer their power to them.
After talking some more, Jasmine realized that the Scarlet Dragon protected him and hid his aura. Otherwise, he would become the number one target in this world.
Thank you, red lizard. - at the end of his gratitude, Jasmine switched to a quiet whisper. He still remembered how the Scarlet Dragon had beaten him. And since he himself did not suffer from the disease of a battle maniac, he was angry at everything that had happened, although Jasmine had already forgiven the Scarlet Dragon.
- Do not be distracted. With your speed of transformation, it will only take you a month to finish assimilating your new body. The Scarlet Dragon closed his eyes and began to recover and prepare for an imminent breakthrough to the Emperor Stage.
"Month?" Jasmine frowned. He had to go back to Floating Cloud City, because Yun Che and Xia Qingyue would be getting married in a month, which meant that the red loli would be coming soon.
"System, do you have something that teleports me to Floating Cloud City?"
System: There is a scroll of teleportation!
Jasmine nodded and closed her eyes, preparing to fall asleep. It was warm and cozy in the cave, and he didn't even care that he was lying on the rock. Jasmine did not even feel it, as if he was lying on a soft bed.