Scorching Sun Annihilation! A sixth-level spell, seeded with the peak Sun Child bloodline and refined with an immense amount of Leilin's effort! Here, it unleashed its terrifying power!
In the last great battle, Scorching Sun Annihilation had not only brought down a Brilliant Moon-level wizard, but had also inflicted irreparable damage upon the Sky City.
And now, within the Ice World, the moment the golden sun phantom—blazing like a star—materialized, it threatened to melt the entire frozen realm to nothing.
"Come!"
Leilin held his right palm against his chest as the terrifying energy of the sixth-level spell surged through him like a raging torrent!
This time, the spell was being cast upon himself!
The searing temperature was so extreme that Leilin's body momentarily turned translucent, like a human-shaped lightbulb.
If not for his extraordinary constitution and the Fire Feather Technique running at full power, Leilin would have been reduced to charcoal in an instant—or perhaps not even that, his body and soul simply vaporized into nothing.
But thanks to his exceptional innate resistance to fire, and especially because he was the very wizard who had cast Scorching Sun Annihilation, he had spent enough time exchanging energy through the Fire Feather Technique to barely control the spell's intensity. Combined with the Chip's precise regulation, the golden energy flowed through Leilin's body in vast torrents, tangling with the green blood of the Bronze bloodline.
"The power of the sun! Combined with the rule-defying force of the Bronze bloodline! Break!"
Leilin roared with a twisted expression, the muscles on his face contorting.
Boom! The scorching golden energy engulfed the green blood, evaporating it. And through this process, wisps of extraordinarily pure energy began to bloom from within the Bronze bloodline, flowing into every limb and every corner of Leilin's body.
The Comorin Giant Serpent bloodline—already boiling with intensity—voraciously absorbed this energy, undergoing a wondrous transformation.
The blood's color deepened further, and the massive Comorin phantom subsided, its body engulfed in a great sheath of gold-green flames.
The Comorin bloodline—now purged of the chaotic will of the Purgatory World and freed from its shackles—roared like a great dragon, its circulation speed surging violently through Leilin's body.
"Warning: Host bloodline absorbing unknown energy. Evolution in progress..."
The Chip reported faithfully.
A progress bar, supported by the Bronze bloodline's power, began climbing at astonishing speed.
"I succeeded!" Leilin's lips twitched, but the vast energy raging inside his body made even that simple motion difficult.
Yes! This had been his original plan!
For the Bloodline Shackles, Leilin had no better solution at present. But could he circumvent them?
How to bypass the Bloodline Shackles? Though it was a timeless problem, with the entire knowledge base of the Sky City as his foundation—alongside the Chip's terrifying computational power and simulation capability—it had offered two approaches. The first was to attempt replacing the bloodline. Though this involved the soul, the current version of the Chip had enough precision to pull it off.
The second approach was to dig deeper into the power of his own bloodline!
The upper limit of the Bloodline Shackles was defined by the Comorin Giant Serpent's power ceiling. Nearly all wizards assumed that ceiling was at the fourth level. But if he could excavate the power hidden deep within the Comorin Giant Serpent's ancient genes and push his bloodline beyond the fifth level, he could smoothly advance to Brilliant Moon!
Of course, both methods the Chip proposed shared the same flaw: neither truly circumvented the Bloodline Shackles.
Whether replacing the bloodline or elevating his existing one, he was merely deferring the difficulty. The Bloodline Shackles would always exist—only now they would manifest at a higher level.
But Leilin had confidence. With greater strength, he could carry out his own plans.
The method the Wisdom Ancient Tree had offered, though highly feasible, was not suited for his current stage. He needed greater power before he could even attempt it!
Therefore, the primary purpose of this expedition to the underworld was to strengthen his own bloodline!
Bloodline replacement was not viable. Leilin's soul had already fused with the Comorin Giant Serpent. Even if it could be forced to work, the strain on his fragile soul would be catastrophic.
That being the case, digging deeper into his own bloodline's power was the only option!
Earlier, through Alvin's Ice Breath, he had resolved the emotional instability of the Comorin bloodline, bringing it to an unprecedented state—one that even had room to ascend further.
And this Bronze bloodline provided the powerful catalyst for that ascent!
Using the sunfire—which existed in mutual opposition to the Ice World—as a catalyst, he would burn away every impurity, every spiritual and soul imprint within the Bronze bloodline, preserving only the most primal bloodline force, and drive the Comorin Giant Serpent bloodline to upgrade!
This had been Leilin's plan from the start!
And for that reason, he had deliberately provoked the battle beforehand—forcing the Ice and Snow Empress to sacrifice her own Rule and launch a lethal strike at him!