Chapter 737: Grand Origins (1/2)

Zac woke up, and he was immediately beset by an intense hunger as he sat up with a grunt. He pushed down the sense of starvation as he looked around, and he was relieved to see that the situation wasn't too bad. He had been completely consumed by his Bloodline Vision even after having his soul evolve, but his surroundings were still somewhat intact.

Sometime during his breakthrough, the cave had been breached and flooded, but he was still protected from the currents outside. The cave itself had undergone a massive transformation though as all the flowers and the materials they had collected were gone, and the cave itself had grown to over five times in diameter.

It wasn't too bad, and Zac suspected it was thanks to the fact that he had somehow created thousands of small vortices this one rather than one massive one right behind his back. He couldn't be sure, but Zac felt the difference was related to Karz’s ability at the end. However, while Karz had become something like a magnet that extracted pure energy from all kinds of sources, his bloodline had rather proactively gone out on the hunt to swallow them into the void.

It was the second time he had been shown Karz and his unique abilities, and the visions filled him with mixed emotions. He had already suspected it after the first vision, but now it almost felt certain. His mother's clan had somehow gotten their hands on the genes of the Limitless Emperor, and it was that supreme being's bloodline that coursed through his veins.

It was no wonder Leandra had said he carried the Original Sin. He had initially thought it was because his birth had drawn the wrath of the Heavens, but that wasn't necessarily the case. What could be considered Original Sin, if not creating the System itself? Emperor Limitless had to be the biggest sinner in the history of the Multiverse in the eyes of the Technocrats.

Zac didn't know what to think about the situation. He wasn't even sure if he was an actual descendant, or if Karz's bloodline had somehow been extracted and implanted into his body. Zac was pretty certain that he wasn't a pure clone though, partly through clues left behind by Leandra, and partly by the fact that he didn't look like Karz at all.

Karz was definitely human, but looked somewhat of Mediterranean descent, with black wavy hair and an olive complexion. His irises were golden, and his features were truthfully a lot better than Zac's.

The real situation was a bit unclear, but Zac had a decent guess what his mother's Clan had been thinking. It wouldn't be too surprising if the Limitless Emperor would have created some sort of unique access methods to the System, and Leandra might have planned on using his Bloodline like some sort of backdoor.

Add Jeeves hidden by a perfected Duplicity Core, and they had all they needed to sneak the Dao of Technology into the System, perhaps even take control of the System itself. It was no wonder that the System reacted so violently when he was discovered, if Zac's guesses were correct. Hopefully, he would be safe as long as his Bloodline was corrupted, but it was something to keep in mind.

Perhaps he'd only invite punishment again if he uncorrupted the Void Emperor-bloodline.

For now, he could only put the matter of his heritage and Emperor Limitless aside, and instead focus on the gains. And just as he was about to open his status screen to check, he noticed something extremely odd; the amount of Twilight Energy he was assaulted by was extremely low, to the point that his Hidden Nodes had no problems dealing with it.

That wouldn't have been surprising if the flowers were still there, but the flowers had been absorbed and the cave had been breached. He should be under a furious assault of Twilight Energy already, but he was leisurely sitting in the submerged cave like nothing was wrong. He immediately activated [Piercing Gaze], and even if its quality wasn't as good as [Cosmic Gaze], it immediately exposed an extremely odd phenomenon.

The cave was absolutely drowned in Twilight Energy, but the situation was different within a sphere of two meters around his body. It was like he was enclosed in a small sanctuary, where the density was just a tenth of the energy outside. It wasn't like some void was swallowing the rest of the energy, but rather that it was somehow kept at bay.

Furthermore, he could actually sense a familiar and ancient aura radiating from his body, and Zac could somewhat guess what was going on. His eyes lit up, and he quickly opened his status screen to confirm his suspicions.

Name

Zachary Atwood

Level

114

Class

[E-Epic] Edge of Arcadia

Race

[D] Human - Void Emperor (Corrupted)

Alignment

[Earth] Port Atwood - Planetary Lord

Titles

Born for Carnage, Ultimate Reaper, Luck of the Draw, Giantsbane, Disciple of David, Overpowered, Slayer of Leviathans, Adventurer, Demon Slayer I, Full of Class, Rarified Being, Trailblazer, Child of Dao, The Big 500, Planetary Aegis, One Against Many, Butcher, Progenitor Noblesse, Duplicity Core, Apex Hunter, Heaven's Chosen, Scion of Dao, Omnidextrous, Eastern Trigram Hunt - 1st, Tyrannic Force, Achievement Hunter, The First Step, Promising Specialist, Tower of Eternity - 8th Floor, Heaven's Triumvirate, Fated, Peak Power, Sovereign-Select, Frontrunner, Apex Progenitor, Pathstrider, Runebinder

Limited Titles

Tower of Eternity Sector All-Star - 14th, Weight of Sin, Equanimity, Heart of Fire, Big Axe Gladiator

Dao

Fragment of the Axe - Peak, Fragment of the Coffin - Peak, Fragment of the Bodhi - Peak

Core

[E] Duplicity

Strength

7825 [Increase: 105%. Efficiency: 238%]

Dexterity

3502 [Increase: 75%. Efficiency: 187%]

Endurance

6823 [Increase: 96%. Efficiency: 238%]

Vitality

5790 [Increase: 84%. Efficiency: 238%]

Intelligence

1447 [Increase: 69%. Efficiency: 187%]

Wisdom

2862 [Increase: 76%. Efficiency: 187%]

Luck

455 [Increase: 91%. Efficiency: 197%]

Free Points

0

Nexus Coins