Please be my partner.

The next moment, spiritual energy was injected into the evolutionary direction of Spike's attribute bar, and the feeling of spiritual falling appeared again.

But compared to the previous times, Mellen could clearly feel that this fall was the process of his spirit penetrating into Spike's blood.

Of course, the process itself only flashed by in his perception, and he was unable to detect more specific information.

In the bloodline space, countless images came one after another. They were traced by spiritual energy, and were the bloodlines that Spike could awaken.

Mellen paused slightly, and a thought emerged...powerful potential!

As the dogs that have always been with him, Melen naturally hopes that they can go further, so having strong potential is Melen's most basic requirement for all his dogs every time they evolve. If even this cannot be met, then no matter how powerful the dog's evolved form is, he will not consider it.

With the emergence of the requirement of "powerful potential", the floating image suddenly dimmed by 99%, but there was still a lot left.

Next, Mellen did not make any more choices. If it was the first or second level before, he could naturally help Spike plan his future path, but now Spike is about to reach the limit of the third level and is about to face the choice of the legendary path. At this time, naturally only Spike knows himself best.

Moreover, after the last bloodline exploration, when Spike chose "Guardian" and it evolved into a fighting dog, Melen understood even more that even if he and Spike could understand each other and communicate mentally without any obstacles, there would often be some ambiguity due to the differences in their thoughts.

Mellen didn't want to constrain Spike's own thoughts with his own.

After understanding what the boy meant, Spike's spirit body nodded slightly, took a step forward, and began to release his own needs.

As Spike condensed his needs one by one, the images in the mental space were rapidly decreasing. Of course, as time went on and with the infusion of spiritual energy, more images were surged up from the depths of the blood space.

Gradually, the images that surged up from the depths of the blood space changed from dozens of images every moment at the beginning to only one image after a long time. It seemed that the exploration of Spike's next level of blood was about to reach its end.

Spike looked at the less than ten remaining images and condensed his final requirement.

But what made Melen and Spike's faces pale was that under the final request, the remaining images all began to fade. There was actually no evolutionary path that could meet this final request?!

Mellen looked at the dog's last request, his expression becoming strange. He muttered to himself, "It shouldn't be like this. Obviously... it can't be that that bloodline is so rubbish that it was skipped, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Melen looked at the spiritual energy that had burned more than 400, exhaled, and without hesitation, injected a large amount of spiritual energy into the space of bloodline exploration.

The blood exploration space suddenly vibrated, and the darkness in the depths surged more violently, as if a pair of invisible hands were stirring it madly.

Spike had originally planned to withdraw his last request and choose from the remaining bloodline paths, but when he saw the boy like this, he stopped and watched silently.

Spike naturally understood the price the boy had paid, and he also understood that his efforts at this time might not necessarily yield any rewards.

But, ever since the moment when the boy sat on the ground holding it and said, 'I don't want you to leave, I will raise you', Spike would never refuse any kindness from the boy again.

It can accept any kind of sacrifice with peace of mind, because it will always be with the young man, forever!

Melen's face was solemn. When the burning spiritual energy reached 900+, a change finally appeared in the surging darkness deep in the blood space, and a touch of extremely pure golden light emerged.

Feeling that familiar golden fighting spirit, Mellen and Spike smiled at the same time.

This is Spike's last condition... golden fighting spirit.

Because of several [soul interactions], Spike was able to use the ability of the next stage of blood in advance, which means that the blood path with golden fighting spirit must be in Spike's next stage of blood.

This was also the reason why Melen was puzzled when all the bloodline images disappeared.

In fact, Mellen was also gambling. If the bloodline with golden fighting spirit was very weak and had been screened out by the previous conditions, then no matter how much spiritual energy he invested in exploration, it would all be in vain.

Fortunately, things did not disappoint them. It was not that the bloodline with golden fighting spirit was too weak, but that it was too strong, so it was hidden in the deepest part of the bloodline space.

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and under Spike's expectant gaze, Mellen calmly reached for the golden picture.

The moment of contact, countless images and information flooded into Mellen's mind...

On a boundless battlefield with the vast starry universe as its background, a golden war dog clad in golden armor and filled with boundless fighting spirit is galloping across the battlefield. Wherever it goes, the boiling fighting spirit is like a burning golden flame, burning all enemies to ashes.

[Golden War Dog]: Invincible, unstoppable, and unstoppable wherever they go. A natural born warrior with an undying will to fight, even the most powerful enemies will be intimidated.

Evolution conditions: 6800 spiritual energy, immortal fighting spirit

[Immortal Fighting Will]: The strongest, most determined, bravest, and most fearless warriors have experienced countless life-and-death battles. Only by recognizing themselves and striving for self-improvement in endless battles can they condense a ray of immortal fighting will.

In the Age of Gods, every warrior who gathers an immortal fighting spirit will be blessed by the great god of war and receive eternal favor.

Melen had a blank expression and fell silent.

This evolutionary condition...

6800 points of spiritual energy is indeed a bit exaggerated. It only cost about 1000 points for Little Red Lotus to evolve.

However, if you think about it a little, you will understand that the most important reason for Xiao Honglian to evolve from a blood demon to a blood demon is actually the origin of the sea of blood, and the spiritual energy is just a bonus.

The golden war dog evolved by Spike has no external help and relies entirely on itself, so the spiritual energy it requires is naturally hundreds of millions more.

That's fine, but the key is that [Immortal Fighting Will]. How come this thing sounds even more difficult to deal with than the Blood Sea Origin?!

Well, strictly speaking, the Origin of the Sea of Blood is more rare, and it was pure luck (really luck!) that Mellen was able to obtain it.

But this [Immortal Fighting Will] really made Melen blind.

What made him even more horrified was the deeper information he saw from the bloodline image...

Age of the Gods?! Great God of War?! Eternal Favor?!

Behind these words, there seems to be a more magnificent background hidden.

An era that is inaccessible in the current world!

At this moment, Melen vaguely understood the feelings of those pioneers who walked out of this world and went on adventures in a wider world.

Chapter 190 Scholar Exchange Team

I came to Princeton again after half a year, and the cultural atmosphere here is still as strong as ever.

This time, Mellen did not delay and went straight to Professor Moss's residence.

Upon arrival, the servant who opened the door immediately recognized Mellen and respectfully welcomed him into the house.

The servant said, "Mr. Mellen, the master has already told us that you might visit in the near future. The master has been very busy recently and is not at home during the day. He will probably be back in the evening."

Mellen nodded slightly.

Going to Emmerburg for academic exchange is no small matter. The preparations before departure are complicated. Given Professor Moss's status and position, he must occupy an important position in the team, so it is natural that he is busy at this time.

After a brief pause, the servant quickly added, "The master also said that if he's not here when you come, you can go to his study to read. He said that many new books have been replaced on the first row of shelves."

Mellen was not very interested at first, because he had emptied out not only Professor Moss's study but also the entire Princeton University public library. However, when he heard that there were new books, he became interested.

Led by the servant, we arrived at Professor Moss's study. After serving the prepared black tea, the servant quietly left.

Melen came to the first bookshelf and was slightly stunned when he saw the new books. These were all related to the magic runes and secret codes.

With a smile on his lips, Mellen naturally would not refuse Professor Moss's kindness. He picked up one of the books at random, then walked to the soft sofa, found a comfortable position to sit down, and began to read with peace of mind.

Time passed quietly, and when Mellen noticed the movement outside the study, the light coming in from the window had become dim.

Mellen put down the book in his hand. After more than ten breaths, the door of the study was pushed open and Professor Moss walked in.

When he saw Mellen, Professor Moss smiled and didn't say much, just nodded slightly at him.

Restaurant, dinner.

Mellen and Professor Moss chatted casually while enjoying the food.

"...In addition to being busy with the exchange team over the past six months, I've also obtained a lot of research materials on magic pattern secrets from other linguists. After careful study, I've gained some insights. Let's discuss it after dinner."

Mellen smiled and nodded, understanding that this was specially prepared by Professor Moss to help him.

After dinner, because Professor Moss had been busy all day, the two of them only discussed in the study for about an hour, then ended the topic and went back to rest.

There is still a lot of time left, so there is no need to rush.

Over the next few days, Professor Moss would go out during the day, come back in the evening, and talk with Mellen for an hour after dinner.

After a conversation, Professor Moss looked pensive. Mellen noticed that he was hesitant to speak, so he took the initiative to ask, "Mr. Moss, is there anything that is troubling you?"

Professor Moss shook his head slightly and said, "Mellen, do you want to meet with the senior management of this traveling team?"

Mellen was stunned for a moment, then realized what Professor Moss meant. He was asking him if he was ready to reveal his true identity.

Mellen shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it. My identity is a bit sensitive. For the time being, I will just follow the team as your assistant."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Of course, if the time comes, I won't deliberately hide it."

After the civil war in the Kingdom of Kro ended, the person that the surrounding human kingdoms paid the most attention to was naturally the "Star-Picking King" who appeared briefly. After that, Mellen did not deliberately disguise himself, so there may not be many people who guessed his true identity, but there are definitely some.

Although it sounds unbelievable that a young man possesses such great power, people with a caring mind will definitely not treat it as nonsense.

So in order to avoid trouble, Mellen decided to put on a vest. After all, his current identity is like a self-propelled nuclear weapon. If he makes a big fuss, it would be somewhat inconvenient.

Of course, what Mellen added later was also a promise. If the exchange team really encountered troubles that required the appearance of the "Star King" to solve, he would not hesitate to help.

With Mellen's promise, Professor Moss felt relieved.

You know, although academic exchanges are recognized by all human countries, they are not always safe.

However, due to their yearning and thirst for knowledge, academic exchange meetings have a sacred status in the minds of many scholars. If they can participate, they will be happy to do so no matter how dangerous it is.

June 6th is the day when the Princeton scholar exchange team sets off.

The entire team consists of 103 people, 70 of whom are from Princeton. They are composed of local scholars, professors, lecturers, and a small number of students from Princeton University. The remaining 33 are top scholars selected from Roland City, Vero City and other places.

For this trip, another larger escort team had set out a month in advance and headed for the city closest to Hurricane Fortress...Cas City.

As for them, the Steam Chamber of Commerce had already prepared a steam train in advance and was waiting at the Princeton train station. As long as they boarded the steam train, they could go directly to Cass City without stopping.

There are many rooms on the steam train, but only a few professors and recognized scholars can enjoy private rooms. Other scholars can only share a room with two people, and students can only share a room with four people.

Although Mellen said he wanted to hide his identity, Professor Moss could not really treat him as an ordinary student. Instead, he arranged a separate room for him as a special assistant.

This certainly attracted the attention of many people in the team, but as one of the leaders of the team, Professor Moss naturally had this right.

The other leaders, perhaps receiving hints from Professor Moss or seeing something, did not object but expressed acquiescence.

Mellen gladly accepted this.

It would take about five days to get to Cass City. Melen didn't plan to socialize with other people in the team, so he just stayed in the room and read.

On the way, Melen, who was reading a book, paused and put the book on the table beside him.

Then the space around him became chaotic and distorted like a drop of colored paint falling into water. When it returned to normal, the surroundings had turned into a gorgeous palace. This was naturally a fairy tale kingdom.

Mellen picked up the information on the table beside him and started reading it. This was all the intelligence his men had collected during this period, most of which was related to the 'Swallowing Swamp'.

Mellen finished reading the part about the 'Swallowing Swamp' and couldn't help but shake his head. The information collected was very detailed, and it contained information about most members of the Devouring Council, but the only thing missing was the most crucial one... the location of the 'Swallowing Swamp' itself.

It is said that this information is only known to the official members of the Devouring Council, and they should also have certain restrictions and cannot pass the relevant information to others in any form.

Putting these thoughts aside for the moment, Melen picked up the last piece of information, which was from Snow White.

When the Kingdom of Crow was in civil strife, the Kingdom of Hyakuya stationed its troops at Hurricane Fortress and was eyeing it covetously, so Melen sent Snow White to intimidate the Kingdom of Hyakuya.

After completing the mission, Melen originally planned to take Snow White back, but Snow White wanted to see the world and travel to various human kingdoms.

Mellen did not object to this.

So, Snow White began to travel among the human countries.

With her natural charm and superb political wisdom, Snow White can always easily become a guest of honor of those powerful forces.

With the seven dwarfs, the pillars of the seven kingdoms, who can combine into legendary warriors to protect her at critical moments, Snow White does not need to worry about her safety and can travel smoothly all the way.

In fact, Snow White also played an indispensable role in the Fairy Tale Alliance's ability to quickly gain ground outside the Kingdom of Crow.

Today, there are many princes from various countries or sons of dukes who fall at the feet of Snow White's pleated skirt. There are even many people with high titles, heads of forces, well-known powerful people, etc. who openly express their admiration or love for Snow White.

Because Melen needed to learn more about the magic code language, he asked Snow White, who was traveling abroad, to help collect detailed information on linguistic experts from various countries who could participate in the scholars' exchange meeting, which would also facilitate his precise study at that time.

The information that Mellen is holding in his hand now is the result of Snow White's collection.

Pim Hudson, a member of the Wenyin Society of the Hundred Nights Kingdom, is a linguistics expert who is proficient in dozens of national languages of the Extraordinary Era, as well as several Extraordinary-related languages.

Biggs Nunez, the vice president of Meteor Academy in the Kingdom of Barotan, is not a professional linguist, but he is extremely obsessed with magic rune language and has spent a lot of energy on research in related fields.

Martha Avery...

The information provided by Snow White is extremely detailed, including the habits, preferences, family background, social relations, etc. of these scholars, which can be of great help to Mellen's subsequent actions.

Mellen just read leisurely on the steam train. He did not go out to socialize with other people in the team, and no one came to disturb him. Every day, the meals were delivered on time by the staff on the train.

Five days passed like this, and they arrived at Kas City, the western border city of the Kro Kingdom.

Soon, Mellen's team met up with another team that arrived a few days earlier.

This was a team of about three hundred people, consisting of servants and guards, including pack animals and carriages.

In fact, before setting off, the team had studied whether to use more convenient steam cars. At the same time, the Steam Chamber of Commerce was also happy to provide a batch of steam cars free of charge for the scholar exchange team to use.

However, considering the complex environment along the way, the probability of a new type of machinery like a steam car malfunctioning is too high. If a steam car is used, it is necessary to bring maintenance personnel from the Steam Chamber of Commerce, and once a malfunction occurs, it will take time to repair it.