225 Origin Sword Bloodline (1/2)

Since Yale started to attack, the battle turned one-sided; if Yale blocking all the attacks without effort were humiliating for his opponent, the complete domination after starting to attack would turn him into the biggest laughingstock of the Larken Clan.

Yale was considered a monster in talent by even the Larken Clan and losing against him wasn't shameful, but losing pathetically after saying those smug words towards Yale were enough to destroy all of his reputation in the clan.

”Impossible! You have to be using some evil trick! How can I be unable to beat you with these favorable conditions? This is impossible!”

That battle was shattering the world-view of Yale's opponent who was covered by small wounds in all his body, and his clothes had been torn apart until the point he looked like a beggar.

”You lose.”

Yale's sword stopped with the tip at the narrow-minded guy's neck, and a trace of blood was falling from that point showing that Yale could have easily killed his opponent if he had wanted.

”Impossible...”

That guy seemed broken after his total defeat; the shock he received was too high.

”The user reached Origin Level 34.”

Yale's aura increased more after he stored his sword and turned his back to his defeated opponent; he could sense that he wouldn't be able to reach the next level although he continued battling.

”Senior Herken, you shall kill him! He is a monster! An evil being! There is no way someone outside the Larken Clan could beat our bloodline in swordsmanship without playing dirty tricks. That is impossible! We are the best! No one can surpass us in swordsmanship in a real battle!”

He could admit defeat in the Sword Arena because he attributed losing to the rules, but he had no restrictions battling towards Yale while Yale restricted almost all his abilities and battled just with one hand and one sword; there wasn't any excuse to lose against him. He could only admit being inferior to him.

Moreover, Yale was sixteen while that guy was already twenty-nine, so he couldn't say that Yale won because he was older.

”You are a shame as a swordsman. Without your bloodline you are nothing. You aren't worthy of having the Sword Bloodline in your body.”

Yale's words hit just on the pride of that guy, but when he was about to reply, he started feeling his blood boil, and after a few seconds he turned completely pale and fell to the ground unconscious.

That outcome shocked everyone, Yale included. That guy was still alive, but he had aged a lot and didn't look much younger than Herken at that moment; he had lost a huge quantity of life force, and he already looked to be in his forties.

To have that sudden aging with his rank he needed to have lost about three hundred years of lifespan.

After recovering from the shock of the situation, Yale noticed another change in the aged man's body. The bloodline that originally was almost comparable to Durgan in purity had been completely trashed and was at a level that he would at most be considered an outer member of the Larken Clan with few chances of having the bloodline inherited by his children in the future.

Yale had turned extremely sensible to the Sword Bloodline, even more than to the other bloodlines, but he didn't know the reason. Fortunately, that was something that the system could reply.

”With the combination of the Sword Bloodline and the Condensed Sword Essence, the Origin Sword Bloodline can be created temporally. That bloodline has the power to affect those with the Sword Bloodline. If the user says that someone isn't worthy of the bloodline while the Origin Sword Bloodline is active, the Sword Bloodline of such person would be degraded due to the suppression of the Origin Sword Bloodline.”

That explanation wasn't something that Yale expected; he didn't plan to cripple his opponent in that way when he said those words, but he couldn't deny that such narrow-minded fool deserved it.

The bloodline was too important for the members of the Larken Clan, having the bloodline degraded would also cost them a great amount of life force and their lifespan would be reduced.

”Is there any way to use it in the opposite way and increase the bloodline quality of others?”

More than harming members of the Larken Clan, Yale would prefer to help those who had a good relationship with him. He could just kill the enemies, but strengthening his allies was far more difficult.

”It is possible, but it will exhaust a great amount of the user's energy. Increasing the same quantity as have just been degraded would need about 900000 Origin Points.”