Chapter 102 - Ninety: Breakthrough (Part Two)
Old Ferrero was called out from the laboratory upon hearing that his apprentice had tested his strength on the Testing Slab, and a crack had formed with a score jumping to 20.
To be honest, Old Ferrero was truly surprised, not by his apprentice’s strength, but by the fact that he hadn’t sensed anything amiss—as if the 20 points were so normal.
Upon arriving at the scene, Old Ferrero made Malin drink a potion and then activated his Spiritual Sight. He immediately discovered the issue—Malin had experienced a bloodline awakening.
If the liberation of a Transcendent is about unlocking power through training, then a bloodline awakening is about obtaining benefits from one’s own lineage.
Don’t talk about fairness; some are born with poor vision, some with a limp, and some don’t even get to be born. Life is unfair from the beginning.
That’s why every precious bloodline draws many followers, because compared to it, wealth and status are just trivial toys easily found by the wayside.
The ancestral human and dryad bloodlines in Malin’s lineage weren’t plentiful; obviously, it wasn’t them. Thus, it could only be the paternal bloodline or the maternal Frost Giant bloodline. With the paternal bloodline definitely dominating everything about Malin at the moment, then... "It must be the Frost Giant bloodline that has awakened," Old Ferrero concluded without further thought.
"What are the benefits and drawbacks of such an awakening?" Malin was curious.
"The advantage is that your strength will increase significantly, as will agility and constitution. As for disadvantages... You’re probably going to grow quite tall," Old Ferrero thought aloud. "Frost Giants fear flame; how do you feel when you look at this fire?" The old man opened his hand, and a flame made of spiritual energy burned within it.
"Nothing," Malin shook his head and then produced a flame in his own palm as well.