Chapter 314 : Sealed Talent
Chapter 314: Sealed Talent
The Cochin Viper was an extremely rare and scarce Ice-elemental Serpent-type magical beast.
Its rarity primarily stemmed from the extremely low survival rate of the Cochin Viper during its juvenile stage compared to other serpent-type magical beasts.
Although adult Cochin Vipers lost all five senses, their powerful physical strength, exceptional frost control ability, along with Poison Immunity and extraordinary perception talents, were the main reasons they ranked among the top of serpent-type magical beasts in terms of strength.
However, juvenile Cochin Vipers had not yet awakened any abilities aside from their innate Poison Immunity talent.
And the genetic flaw of sensory deprivation still remained.
Under such harsh genetic conditions, it was nearly impossible for a juvenile Cochin Viper to survive on its own. Thus, most juvenile Cochin Vipers were raised by already matured ones.
Even so, juvenile serpents with innate genetic flaws struggled to survive despite being nurtured by adult Cochin Vipers.
It was precisely because of this that when Janna-Roland learned that Vivian had awakened the bloodline of the Cochin Viper, she felt not only happy for her, but also worried about whether Vivian could overcome the genetic flaw of "losing all five senses."
Fortunately, Janna-Roland's worries seemed unnecessary. Vivian not only overcame it well, but also advanced in power at an extraordinary speed.
At the current rate, it wouldn’t be long before Vivian successfully advanced to a Third-Tier Witch Apprentice and then formally transitioned to the Warlock path.
However, although the Cochin Viper bloodline was considered upper-tier within the Tower Spirit’s territory, it still paled significantly in comparison to the top-tier geniuses of the Bloodline Side from other major Witch gathering zones across the continent—almost to the point of being incomparable.
"Vivian is truly a lucky one."
Gazing at the rapidly recovering terrifying wounds on the serpent body, Janna-Roland couldn’t help but sigh inwardly again.
Vivian’s luck lay not only in having the vast resources of a Witch family backing her, but also in having a good father.
A father who also possessed the Cochin Viper bloodline and willingly offered his own bloodline as "ritual material" to his daughter—Hellman-Rose’s Cochin Viper bloodline was, in some respects, even purer than Vivian’s. It was for this reason that after the Blood Exchange Ritual, Vivian not only successfully enhanced the purity of her bloodline, but also achieved a leap in bloodline tier.
She leapt directly from the Cochin Viper to the Cochin King Serpent!
The Cochin King Serpent, in addition to possessing even more powerful physical strength, frost control, Poison Immunity, and exceptional perception talents, also possessed the newly awakened Sealing talent—that was the true reason it could be called "king."
Accordingly, after ascending to the Cochin King Serpent, Vivian now truly had the qualifications to stand among the top-tier Bloodline Side geniuses on the Witch continent. This also raised the potential ceiling of her talent after she formally became a Warlock in the future.
"After advancing to the Cochin King Serpent bloodline, the Sealing Core that Vivian awakened should be that ice-blue gem on her forehead."
When Vivian had just awakened the Cochin Viper bloodline, there was also an ice-blue gem on her forehead.
However, its size was nowhere near as large as it was now. Moreover, its primary function back then was mostly mana storage.
"Janna, I’ll be leaving the rest to you."
With the official completion of the Blood Exchange Ritual, the precious materials used to set up the ritual were all rendered useless one after another.
Having successfully completed her bloodline advancement, Vivian had now returned to human form and lay quietly on the ground—while Hellman-Rose, beside her, looked as though he had just survived a serious illness.
Not only had he become noticeably thinner, but even the surrounding mana fluctuations were faint and unstable—completely unlike what a proper Witch should have.
"Mr. Hellman, are you alright?"
Seeing Hellman-Rose in that state, Janna-Roland was truly worried that he might collapse right there due to the "bloodline sacrifice."
"I’m fine—just some damage to my origin. With a few months of rest, I should recover."
Damage to one’s origin.
Hearing Hellman-Rose’s reply, Janna-Roland couldn’t help but click her tongue inwardly.
Fortunately, Hellman-Rose was a Witch specialized in the Law of Frost. As long as his Frost Law remained intact, full recovery would eventually be possible.
However, the reduction in lifespan caused by origin damage was likely irreversible without extraordinary means.
"In that case, Mr. Hellman, I’ll take Vivian with me now."
"Alright, thank you."
A few days ago, Hellman-Rose had already anticipated that although completing the Blood Exchange Ritual wouldn’t prevent him from using Laws, he wouldn’t be able to use mana for a while.
Therefore, during this period, Hellman-Rose would remain within the Extreme Cold Secret Realm until his damaged origin recovered,
only then would he leave.
Although Janna-Roland didn’t know the healing mechanism behind it, she speculated it had to do with Hellman-Rose’s mastery of the Frost Law.
"Growth One."
As green light reappeared in Janna-Roland’s palm, a giant lotus bloomed beneath Vivian, enveloping her inside.
"Mr. Hellman, I hope you recover soon—"
After speaking, two gray-white vines sprouted from the cliffside of the canyon and quickly wrapped around Janna-Roland and Vivian’s waists.
"Vine One."
As the vines rapidly contracted, the two of them were quickly pulled up the cliffside. Two more vines grew from a higher point, wrapping around them again, repeating the process until they reached the top of the canyon.
"The path ahead will be more difficult—"
Now, there were less than two hours before the Sun Medallion's energy would be exhausted. Within those two hours,
Janna-Roland had to bring Vivian back to the location of the teleportation array.
If Vivian were conscious at this time, she could transform into her bloodline form and carry Janna-Roland to the destination safely in about an hour.
"Forget it, this time I’ll just have to rely on myself."
Looking at Vivian wrapped within the giant lotus, Janna-Roland had no choice but to find another way.