Chapter 434: Little Shrubbys Bloodline? (1/2)

Little Shrubby finally calmed down after a couple of minutes and Lin Mu was able to get up from the snow. He sat down and gazed at it for a bit before speaking.

”What happened while I was sleeping?” Lin Mu asked.

”I ate, I cooked, I hunted, I ate, I slept, I fought, and I grew.” Little Shrubby answered simply.

'Why were there two ates?' Lin Mu wondered for a second before coming to the last part where it said it grew.

”How did you exactly grow?” Lin Mu questioned.

”One day I felt a lot of power in me after finishing the beast cores and I fell asleep. When I woke up I was bigger.” Little Shrubby answered.

'Well, that was a straightforward and simple answer…' Lin Mu thought.

”Do you have any idea what happed senior Xukong?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Hmm… check its core again. I think you'll find it yourself.” Xukong suggested.

Lin Mu extended his spirit sense and probed the beast core of little shrubby. There he finally found the biggest change. Not only was its core big, but it also had patterns on it. Lin Mu knew right away that it was an awakened bloodline, but the strange thing was there was more than one pattern on it.

”It has awakened a bloodline, but it is incomplete and along with that it is also mutating.” Xukong suddenly spoke after seeing it through the shared vision with Lin Mu.

”It's mutating? Will that be bad senior?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Not necessarily. Its core is relatively stable, and its body seems to be normal too. From what I can tell, it was gonna awaken one bloodline but due to the many beast cores it has eaten along with the aptitude increase due to the Dual circle ascension fruit, it has resulted in this.” Xukong answered.

Lin Mu thought for a bit before asking again. ”What's the main bloodline that it has awakened?”

”From what I can tell, it seems to be that of the Flash Fire Liger, but its physique is vastly different from that. While Flash Fire Liger's are fast, they are not as fast as it either and are much bigger in size.

Every beast can have multiple dormant bloodlines hidden in them and which one is awakened depends on their concentration and the influence of external factors such as resources and fortunate encounters.

In little Shrubby's case, if it underwent a normal awakening after breaking through to the core condensation realm it would have become a Flash Fire Liger. But now there are multiple bloodlines mixed with it.

Usually, this would either cause the beast an injury or cause it to die instantly due to the incompatibility. But they seem to be rather stable for him. In fact, his body is actively trying to adapt to the bloodlines and is mutating itself further.” Xukong explained.

Lin Mu was lost in thought after thinking this all and was wondering more about the bloodlines. He had hunted a lot of beasts and thus had given little shrubby a lot of the beast cores to eat.

If what senior Xukong said was accurate, each of those cores could have tens of bloodlines, and any combination of them could be contributing to the mutation.

”So what will be the final bloodline that comes out on the top senior?” Lin Mu questioned, feeling a bit unsure.