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Chapter 128 Fusion of Raven's Blood

Chapter 128 Fusion of Raven's Blood

This Lord of Order was imprisoned in Rune's workshop. However, aside from the restriction of his freedom and spellcasting rights, Rune did not punish him too much—Rune still hoped to learn some wonderful spells from this powerful mage who had lived for thousands of years.

"Why should I help you?" Nab asked coldly from inside the helmet. He still maintained a godlike demeanor, which made Rune scoff.

"What, weren't you the one who stole Hecate's power back then?" Rune said mockingly. "You seduced an innocent girl and then stole her things, you're something else, Naboo!"

Nab remained silent for a long time, his heart filled with shock and anger. Indeed, based solely on his knowledge and talent at the time, Nab could never have become a powerful Lord of Order, let alone survived to the modern era. But back then, they had keenly perceived the essence of the girl pursued by the gods—the purest magic, the most powerful force! They were blinded by greed and imprisoned Hecate.

"We just—okay, we did make a mistake back then—." Naboo finally backed down, but he didn't give up on defending himself. "But in the years that followed, we did protect this dimension and saved many civilizations. Although we set a bad precedent, the outcome was good, and you can't imprison me!"

"If it weren't for your years of service in protecting this dimension," Rune said, dropping a drop of raven's blood into the water, "do you think you'd still be alive? Do you think I care about this helmet?"

Naboo fell silent again, but this did not stop Rune from performing the ritual magic. As magic was poured in, the liquid in the bottle gradually became viscous and began to glow. Soon, it turned into a golden solution, but it also contained specks of black ink-like droplets.

Finally, Nabu couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you doing?"

"You'll understand soon enough." Rune smiled as he looked at the potion before him, then swallowed it in one gulp.

The moment the first drop of liquid touched his tongue, Rune's body stiffened as if struck by lightning. The liquid, like a living thing, burrowed into his throat, burning his esophagus. Rune collapsed to his knees, his fingers digging deep into the floor, his knuckles turning white from the force.

The magic binding this Lord of Order was also withdrawn due to Rune's loss of control. But Nab didn't flee immediately; instead, he asked in horror, "What have you done?"

Rune was no longer able to answer. He began to convulse, and a network of black blood vessels emerged beneath his skin, spreading throughout his body like tree roots. His eyes snapped open, his once azure pupils turning blood red, with black energy strands swirling within his irises.

Rune's back muscles twitched violently, and two black bone spurs suddenly pierced from his shoulder blades, then unfolded into huge dark red energy wings. Just before he was about to completely lose control, Nabu used all his magic to suppress Rune with great difficulty, but he still couldn't stop the entire workshop from darkening.

Within the shadows, countless voices seemed to whisper. More golden runes flowed from the golden helmet, guarding the last glimmer of light in the boundless darkness.

Nab struggled to stay afloat, the pain making it difficult for him to tell whether an hour or a whole day had passed. Thankfully, Rune's sanity returned, and the surroundings returned to calm. Even his sprouted wings retracted, as if nothing had happened. But Rune's deathly pale face and crimson eyes told Nab that what had just occurred was no illusion.

"You did this on purpose!" Nabu said angrily.

Rune gasped for breath, then nodded. Actually, Rune had always been hesitant to perform bloodline fusion with this drop of raven blood. Whether the bloodline of the Trigon Demon or the Kryptonian was stronger might be debatable, but whose bloodline was more erratic was beyond discussion. Even the expired blood of the Demon King's card, which had been sitting next door for who knows how many years, could drive someone insane; Rune simply didn't dare gamble on whether the Trigon blood, after hybridization, would have any other side effects.

However, just when you're feeling sleepy, someone brings you a pillow, and Nabu comes in handy at this moment.

"Without you, I really wouldn't dare perform this ritual magic," Rune said with a smile. At that moment, a system notification popped up as if on cue:

[Raven Bloodline Fusion: Moderately increases magic power, allows the host to manipulate shadows, and optimizes the host's leg lines.]

[The Dream of Yellow Millet Upgrade Progress: 1/2]

Rune was somewhat puzzled. First, why could his core ability, "Yellow Millet Dream," be upgraded, and what could it do after the upgrade? Second, why did fusing with the Raven bloodline optimize his leg lines?

However, the system only explained the former:

[By fusing with the bloodlines of beings with cross-dimensional abilities, you can upgrade "A Dream of Yellow Millet" to "Shattered Void," a feature that will allow your physical body to traverse different dimensions.]

So that "optimizing leg lines" is Raven's own ability? Rune's lips twitched slightly.

Seeing Rune's constantly shifting expression, Nabu assumed he was familiarizing himself with his power. The burst of magical energy from Rune's body just now reminded him of a demon.

"You've fused with Sangoku's blood?" Now that he'd been exposed, Nabu no longer bothered to maintain his divine airs. He roared at Rune, "You're not only courting death, you're contributing an entire dimension to that great demon! Do you know that drinking his blood is equivalent to becoming a part of him? He could easily use that blood to directly possess your body in the future!"

Seeing that Rune didn't react, Nabu sighed. "I don't understand, Rune, why are you still unsatisfied even though you're so powerful?"

"Powerful?" Rune looked at Nab. "You think I'm powerful?"

Nabu stared at Rune in surprise, but Rune simply sighed: "You must have seen many timelines."

You must have seen a lot of things. However, I've realized you can't see them clearly at all. Come to think of it, if you can't even see me clearly, how could you possibly see them?

Rune said softly, "You know Hecate, but do you know the Upside-Down Man? You know Darkseid, but do you know Barbatos? You know God, but do you know Peppertua?"

Naboo remained silent, and Rune shook his head in disappointment: "As expected, you didn't know. If you did know..."

Then they wouldn't say such foolish things.

"Besides, I didn't drink Sannomiya's blood directly. I'm not stupid, my friend." Rune's crimson eyes shone even brighter. "What I drank was his daughter's blood, filtered by the Mother of Ravens, and purified by ritual magic. I think—that should be safe enough, right?"

"What do you say, Naboo, the great Lord of Order, the true Doctor of Fate?"