Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 503 One-Ring Bloodline: Orkney Giant Bear

Within the poison pool, a large amount of venom frantically converged towards Locke, and the number of streams that originally flowed into the poison lake increased more and more, from hundreds to nearly a thousand in half a day.

In the center of the poisonous lake, waterspouts appeared, one after another, raising dozens of water columns. The venom in those water columns transformed into tiny spiders, which then coalesced and dispersed, splitting apart and falling into the lake.

At that moment, the surface of the lake suddenly exploded, and a twisting force of gravity descended, causing the lake water to burst open.

On the shore of the Poison Lake, several spider women's expressions changed slightly upon seeing this scene. The spider woman who had first shown goodwill to Locke said, "Why is there such a big reaction? According to the records of our spider-people, even if a wizard entered the Poison Lake, the scale of the anomaly should not be this large."

Another spider woman said, "This... is also recorded in the clan. It seems to be related to the potential of the wizard himself. The greater the potential of a wizard's bloodline, the greater the anomaly caused by the poison pool. The five poison pools are interconnected, and each poison well is also connected by a corresponding underground waterway."

"The entire valley is a giant furnace of toxins, where countless deadly poisons converge to strengthen the bloodline within a wizard."

"Once a wizard possesses extremely high bloodline potential, it could trigger a very large-scale mutation."

A hint of caution appeared on the spider-woman's face. "We weren't wrong about the wizard; he is indeed very powerful. We just hope our deal with him will succeed; we don't have many bargaining chips..."

……

At that time, beneath the poisonous lake, Locke was completely enveloped in an eggshell formed by toxins. The bloodline of the Orkni Bear within him had been sublimated and awakened, and a memory hidden within the essence of the bloodline appeared in Locke's mind.

Orkney Giant Bear King.

In ancient Orkni bear colonies, there is a king, and the Orkni bear king is a creature of a certain stage. Only one Orkni bear king can mutate and appear out of ten thousand Orkni bears.

The Orkni Bear King's soul was naturally mutated, thus, through this innate racial mutation, he surpassed the first transcendence and became a transcendent being.

The ancient Orkney Bear King's transcendence was entirely due to luck and the power of his bloodline bestowed by heaven. As a wizard, Locke's Orkney Bear bloodline mutated and sublimated into a first-ring creature, thanks to the special power left behind by the second-ring bloodline wizard, Basil, within this wizarding secret realm.

At this moment, Locke opened his eyes at the bottom of the poisonous lake. His body had been fully restored, and his skin was smooth as jade.

He looked at his hands, and with a slight thought, his palms and fingers rapidly thickened, followed by a gravitational force gathering on his palms.

The Orkney Bear King was born with the power to manipulate the Earth's gravity.

At that moment, under the manipulation of gravity, the entire poisonous lake exploded.

Locke felt the surge of power from the Orkni Bear bloodline within him, which simultaneously enhanced his physique and soul. However, since he was already a wizard at the first stage of liquefaction, Locke's physique and soul did not improve much.

"Theoretically speaking, there are many ways to transcend one's limitations. The wizards' method is just one of them. In the natural world, there is a way to achieve a transcendence—mutation."

"Among the ten thousand Orkni bear leaders, there may be one Orkni bear king. The bear leaders themselves are mutants within the bear herd, while the bear king is a mutant among mutants."

“After the two mutations, the ancient Orkni Giant Bear King possessed the magic pressure of the ordinary first-ring stage.” Locke realized, “But the limit of the entire Orkni Giant Bear’s bloodline is only the ordinary first-ring level, so the poison pool left by the wizard Basil can only help me strengthen the Orkni Giant Bear to this extent at most.”

"It's as if all the potential stored within this entire bloodline has been unearthed. Good, my mysterious dragon bloodline naturally possesses the ability to assimilate and devour. According to archaeological records, I need to allow my mysterious dragon bloodline to devour some high-level ancient creature bloodlines in order to accelerate the growth of the true dragon bloodline, while also preserving all the abilities and traits of the Orkni Giant Bear King itself."

After Locke obtained the Orkney Giant Bear King, although his soul wasn't significantly enhanced, his physical body was greatly strengthened—at least by one-third.

But at this moment, a large amount of venom surged into the poisonous lake again, this time in greater quantity and at a higher level.

His body was being rapidly eroded.

Once again, Locke's body was corroded and torn to shreds, because, in the Venom Pool's view, the potential limit of Locke's bloodline had not yet been fully developed.

Therefore, the venom pool left behind by the wizard Basil is still gathering all kinds of venom from the entire Poison Valley, trying to erode Locke's body and force his body to further unleash its hidden potential.

"This trip to the Wizard's Secret Realm was definitely worthwhile." Locke gritted his teeth. Every time his body was completely destroyed by the toxins, his entire body would be reduced to a hollow shell. This experience was extremely uncomfortable and also very dangerous.

If you don't stop, then you're really dead.

Fortunately, this is a wizard's secret realm, so even if you really die, it will only damage your soul, and you will have a chance to start over.

Otherwise, he would indeed have to interrupt this venom training process, because it would be too dangerous to do it a second time in such a short period of time.

“This time it’s… the bloodline of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat…” Locke felt that under the ravages of various types of poisons, the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat bloodline was also retreating step by step. The venom stained the innate demonic eye on his forehead, and like a solar eclipse, it was gradually eroding away the entire innate demonic eye on his forehead.

Just as the magical radiance released by the innate demonic eye gradually disappeared and turned into darkness, the poison bead under Locke's tongue once again took effect, releasing the antidote for all the bloodline toxins that had invaded Locke's body.

In an instant, the bloodline power of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat, which had been completely suppressed, was nourished by the detoxified poison and began to grow rapidly. It then began to launch a counterattack against the remaining poison.

An hour later, Locke's three-eyed tiger cat was enhanced to the first-ring crystallization stage. Locke breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his palm, which had been completely restored. "I never thought that the first thing to enter the first-ring crystallization stage would be the ancient creature bloodline in my body."

"This place truly deserves to be a haven for bloodline-based wizards."

"Huh? It's happening again!" Locke was slightly out of breath. He had been almost completely destroyed twice and then restored to his peak condition, which had severely depleted his energy. Now, a third wave of toxins continued to pour into him, and it was even more ferocious and the toxins were even stronger.

Locke's expression changed slightly. "Twice in a row, it has already consumed a lot of my mental energy."

"Want to try a third time? Let's take a gamble. That's the point of the Wizarding Realm. Because you can start over in the Wizarding Realm, you can do things that you wouldn't dare to do in reality."

"The third convergence of deadly poison is probably due to the mysterious true dragon bloodline within me. The venom pool wants to further tap into the potential of the last remaining bloodline within me and fully develop it. I just don't know if the venom pool left in this secret realm can do that."

At this moment, a large variety of toxins mixed into the lake water, each a different color, completely enveloping itself like a poisonous eggshell.

Even Locke let out a muffled groan at the ferocity of the poison.

A black, eight-legged tarantula emerged from the venom and bit its own neck.

Locke's eyes widened when he saw the spider. "An eight-legged Grim Reaper?"

(End of this chapter)