Chapter 37: The Bloodline Fruit

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Changsheng observed in secret. He focused his attention on the middle of the battleground. Energies were concentrated there as about a dozen demons fought.

Those demons gave out a more terrifying aura compared to the Lightning Zebras and the Razor Praying Mantises on the battleground outskirts. They were at least Lower 9th Order demons, surrounding their leaders.

Their leaders were visibly stronger than those elite demons, both in aura and in physical size. They were Middle Order demons.

At this moment, the leader of the Lightning Zebras was surrounded by lightning. It jabbed its head downward forcefully, aiming its sharp horn toward the leader of the Razor Praying Mantises, and lunged forward, like an arrow leaving its bow.

The praying mantis leader did not dodge and chose to charge forward instead. It crossed its frontal limbs in front of it. The sickles gleamed as they strike at the zebra leader’s head.

Bang~Bang~

After a heavy collision, both parties retreated a distance away. A cross-shaped wound appeared on the zebra leader’s head. Blood gushed out from it, coloring the ground red.

The praying mantis leader did not gain any advantage too. Its chest was punctured by the zebra’s horn. Tendrils of electricity crackled around its wound, numbing its body.

The very next moment, both leaders charged forward again. They were fast, so fast that they appeared as mere silhouettes in plain sight, twisting around one another.

As their leaders battled it out, the other demons fought too, but in groups. The fallout was undoubtedly more severe.

In this situation, more and more demons were incapacitated. Some were rendered immobile, while some others no longer breathed.

Compared to wars between humans, battles between wild demons were more cruel and bloody. This was Nature’s rule, a natural effect of natural selection, which meant that only the strongest could live.

The more wild demons died, the more pain Li Changsheng felt. Some of those demons that fell dead might be High Grade demons.

After a while, both groups had suffered serious losses. The battle seemed pretty even still though, there was no way for them to decide a winner.

Normally, when it came to this stage, both parties would choose to end the battle to avoid more unnecessary losses.

However, both parties were out for blood this time, giving the impression that they would not stop before their purpose was fulfilled.

“Strange.” Li Changsheng was curious, looking at the extraordinarily merciless battle.

Just at that moment, Li Changsheng’s nose picked up on a strange fragrance.

Ai Xi’s sense of smell was sharper. When it smelt the fragrance too, it felt strangely agitated and felt hot all over. It felt helpless against the influence, despite how it was trying hard to control itself.

Galen, on the other hand, showed no reaction. She put her hands on her eyes and peeked at the battle from the spaces between her fingers.

“Ai Xi, what’s wrong?” Ai Xi’s strange behavior did not go unnoticed by Li Changsheng.

Howl~

Ai Xi whimpered. Its nose twitched, and it stared intently northwest. As it opened its mouth, saliva came spilling down from it.

Li Changsheng turned to look in the direction.

It was near the center of the battleground. The leaders of both groups were still fighting heatedly. Li Changsheng did not pay any attention to them and focused his attention on their surroundings instead.

Soon, Li Changsheng’s gaze fixated on a small tree.

The tree was within the demons’ battlefield. Under observation, it could be seen that the demons deliberately skirting around the tree while they battled.

“Is that a willow tree?”

Li Changsheng was confused. This small tree looked like a willow tree, the only difference being the red-and-green color fruit on the top of the tree.

The fruit was round and dense, and its surface shone bright like crystal. It dimmed a blood-red aura.

As time passed, the blood-red glow became brighter, and the fragrance it emitted became more potent and spread further away.

“This… this… this is the Bloodline Fruit!” Li Changsheng felt ecstatic as if he had remembered something.

The Bloodline Fruit was a product of the land, only coming to fruition during the mutation of a tree. There was no way to reproduce it. From all signs, the fruit could grow on any tree.

The Bloodline Fruit’s effects were extremely strong. It could stimulate and strengthen the bloodline of a demon, and there was a possibility that the said demon could level up into a higher class. It was not strange that the demons would fight for it.

However, there was a possibility of the Bloodline Fruit not being effective after eating it. The success rate was not set in stone as it was related to the demon’s class and the purity of its blood. The higher the class and the more impure its blood, the higher the possibility of succeeding.

If the strengthening of the bloodline was a failure, the demon in question would not explode and die, but it would be rendered inactive for some time.

“This Bloodline Fruit isn’t ripe yet!” After momentary observation, Li Changsheng came to this conclusion. From the information in the books, the fruit would turn a complete blood red when it was ripe.

Bloodline Fruits that were not ripe not only had no benefits at all, but they were also greatly poisonous. Naturally, no demon dared to come near it.

Aside from that, the fruit must be eaten within a short time after it ripened, or the energy inside it would dissipate gradually until it became a fruit that has no benefits at all.

Although the fruit could not be preserved, even High Level demon tamers were willing to pay a great price in exchange for locations where the fruit was growing. One could imagine how valuable the fruit was.

“Ai Xi, calm down, wait till it’s ripe first!” Li Changsheng pacified Ai Xi, and it gradually calmed down. Of course, it was also because the fruit had not ripened yet.

After that, Li Changsheng turned to Galen. Faeries were different compared to demons. They were born from the land and had no bloodline, so the fruit did not benefit Galen and thus did not pose any sort of attraction to her.

Time passed by slowly as they waited. Li Changsheng looked left and right, discovering the presence of many other wild demons.

As the fruit got closer to ripening, its fragrance was also becoming more pungent and attracted many more demons.

The ripening of a Bloodline Fruit became the cause of a nasty battle every time.

The Bloodline Fruit was too important to them.

From the two races’ perspectives, they were the biggest forces living in the valley. They believed that they would gain ownership of the fruit after defeating the other party.

Unfortunately, both parties were of equal strength. After a long battle, not only did they not defeat each other, but they also ended up worse for wear.

Before the fruit ripened, their battle finally came to an end. The Lightning Zebras gained the last victory by a small margin.

The Lightning Zebras had suffered serious losses as well. Only a few zebras were still able to fight but they were all not at full strength.

Neigh~

The leader of the zebras trampled on the leader of the praying mantises as it raised its head high, sounding out its victory. It was in bad condition, though. Although it had killed its opponent, it had sustained heavy injuries as well. Wounds littered its body, and half of the horn on its head had broken off.

“It’s our turn now!” Li Changsheng said in his heart. He immediately took action before the fruit’s ripening.