Chapter 272: Bloodline Fusion

Confirming that Donald was ready, the God of White Mountain solemnly pointed his hand toward the crystal at the center of the platform. A tiny gap, smaller than a needle tip, appeared in the center of the crystal, which had been tightly sealed. As soon as this gap opened, the black mist vortex, previously trapped inside the crystal and rotating slowly, suddenly halted before rushing toward the gap as if it were a living entity.
“Be careful—it’s coming out…”
Even without the God of White Mountain’s warning, Donald had been focusing intently on the crystal with his spear in hand. Although the black mist moved slowly due to the time magic array, it appeared terrifying to the God of White Mountain and Donald, like dark clouds covering the sky. Countless waves of polluted energy struck the gap, trying to break it wide open and release the trapped energy. But under the control of the God of White Mountain, who possessed the power of a mid-tier god, the black mist could only release a tiny amount of energy despite its resistance.
Though only as thin as a strand of hair, the polluted energy trapped within was actually far greater than Donald had imagined. It had been compressed due to being confined, and once released into the air, a sliver of black mist rapidly grew into a giant black serpent that instantly covered the entire space barrier sphere. If not for the additional crystal barrier outside, this polluted energy would have long escaped.
“Ha!” Donald let out a sharp cry, activating the power of Natural Fury. This force, embodying both life and destruction, immediately formed a green light dragon that struggled against the black mist.
Although the green light dragon was small—less than one percent the size of the black mist serpent—it was highly resilient. Upon contact, the black mist screeched in pain as it was burned by the green light, dissipating significantly. As the green light dragon eliminated more black mist, it received continuous replenishment from Natural Fury, growing larger.
However, before the green light dragon could completely destroy the first serpent formed from black mist, another wave of black mist emerged from the sealed crystal. With the addition of this second serpent, the green light dragon led by Donald was utterly at a disadvantage.
“How is it? Can you hold on?”
The God of White Mountain asked anxiously.

If it weren’t for this kind of power that couldn’t contaminate spatial energy, other types of seals would likely have long corroded through this barrier of restraint. Even though this power can’t erode spatial energy, the immense force within the seal makes it difficult even for the lower-tier totem god, White Mountain God, to keep this gap from expanding, leaving him unable to assist Donald. Of course, even if he wanted to help, it wouldn’t be of much use—at most, he could use spatial energy to protect them from the black mist and its corrosive influence.

Within ten feet around Donald, green light provided protection; any contaminating force that approached was instantly purified, making him safer than those under spatial energy’s protection. The only concern was whether he could quickly purify the excess contaminating energy.

Donald didn’t answer White Mountain God’s question but responded with action. Waving his long spear, he controlled the light dragon to tear apart the black mist serpent. Instead of staying passively defensive, he stepped forward, with the green-light zone moving alongside him. Any black mist within its range seemed to scream as it was instantly purified into nothingness.

Before the third wave of black mist could emerge, all the black mist inside the crystal sphere space had been purified.

Such a method could only work in this enclosed space. In the open world, the black mist could spread at any time, corroding all energy and growing rapidly like a virus, spreading across the entire world!

After finding the best purification method, Donald dealt with each subsequent wave of black mist. As more contaminating energy was purified, the natural energy feedback he received grew stronger. His spear, Wrath of Nature, was approaching crystalline solidity, while the two advanced bloodline forces within him were also merging faster.

It was unclear how much contaminating energy had been purified when Donald suddenly “heard” a soft sound within his body. A surge of powerful, life-giving energy flowed through him. Using his divine vision to examine himself, he found that while there had only been a faint trace of divine light in his body before, now a pale golden light had completely covered his skull and spine, spreading to other parts of his body at an imperceptible speed.

“He didn’t expect that purifying such contaminating energy would yield such great benefits. It probably takes a peak legendary warrior a hundred years to reach my current level by nurturing divinity. Once the divine light covers the entire body, it’s time to ignite the divine fire and become a demi-god!”

Donald’s divine bloodline has grown significantly, now representing a perfectly merged divine high elf bloodline of two kinds. His innate abilities have also changed due to this fusion—beyond his original divine vision, divine physique, and elemental resistance, he now possesses auxiliary spell-like abilities such as Light Magic, Frost Touch, Water Creation, Mind Communication, and Natural Blessings. In addition, he has animal companions, wild transformation, toxin immunity, plant growth, entanglement spells, healing magic, regeneration spells, and weather control. He also wields powerful offensive spells like Thunder Summoning, Thunderstorm Summoning, and Fire Storm.

These spell-like abilities differ from mage spells as they are unleashed through natural forces. Sensing that they might have other functions as well, Donald tried casting Thunder Summoning, targeting the black mist before him. With a crackling thunder sound, he successfully summoned several bolts of lightning above the black mist fighting against the green light. Previously, Donald had tried lightning-based spells, but they were completely ineffective against the black mist, even feeding it by absorbing its highly polluting energy.

Yet this time, Thunder Summoning had a completely different effect. The energy of the lightning was not absorbed or corroded but instead created a large gap in the black mist, splitting the monstrous black mist serpent into two. Although the serpent reassembled itself and seemed unchanged on the surface, Donald’s keen divine vision could tell it was slightly weaker than before. Though just a little, this was enough to delight him greatly. This phenomenon showed that his spells, powered by natural forces, were not only immune to polluted energy but also had some purifying effects.

After casting Thunder Summoning, he indeed sensed a faint natural energy returning to his body—not the kind transformed through Natural Fury and shared with him as its master. Though small, this energy was a genuine return to himself. Uncertain, Donald cast another newly acquired spell-like ability—this time not the area-targeting attack spell Thunder Summoning, but the wide-area strategic spell Fire Storm.

A wave of fire swept through, instantly turning the area into a world of scorching, violent flames that covered most of the space inside the crystal ball. The dark mist within the range of the flame storm diminished at a visible pace, gradually being reduced to nothingness by the crimson flames.

“Haha!”

It turned out that most of the natural feedback obtained from purifying polluted energy was taken by the Wrath of Nature. Now, with his own ability to purify such energy, combined with the Wrath of Nature, not only did his evolution accelerate, but his divine power also improved rapidly—the benefits were obvious.

Seeing that Donald could now cast spells to purify the dark mist, a look of surprise flashed in the White Mountain God’s eyes, followed by joy.

By this time, half a day had passed, and the dark mist inside the crystal seal had already decreased by one-third compared to when the seal was intact. As the mist thinned, the faint green light within it grew brighter. Occasionally, as the mist moved, a small totem pole engraved with images of lush trees could be seen, atop which floated an octahedral green crystal that shone brilliantly like a bright star in the night sky.