Chapter 511: Memories
A week passed in the blink of an eye. Ace caught Green-eyed Rats multiple times and was also bitten by this group of rats several times. Fortunately, there was no poison, just some flesh wounds.
He ate thirteen Green-eyed Rats in a week and also figured out the temperament and combat power of this group of rats. These rats moved extremely fast and had a strong bite force, but they were not scary when they appeared alone. Ace’s fist infused with blood energy could easily smash their brains out.
What was scary was when they appeared in groups. Fortunately, there was a dark river nearby. Relying on the clear water flow of the dark river, Ace retreated completely after catching Green-eyed Rats multiple times.
That group of Green-eyed Rats seemed to have learned their lesson and actually stopped passing near the dark river, making it difficult for Ace to find an opportunity to strike. However, he wasn’t dissapointed. The blood energy in his body had filled his chest cavity, heavy like lead and mercury. It was the perfect time to ignite the Heart Fire.
Ace’s recent activities were too frequent, and the Old Leader seemed to be suspicious. He sensed it too, but as long as he could ignite the Heart Fire, what could a little suspicion do?
“After igniting the Heart Fire, even if you don’t suspect me, I have some things I want to ask clearly!”
That somewhat blue blood energy puzzled Ace greatly. The only thing he could be sure of was that the bloodline of this family was very strange, and his process of activating blood energy seemed to have inadvertently activated this bloodline.
On the other side, Old Leader Dewey gathered the other adults and discussed secretly for a while. Finally, the woman stayed behind to watch the children, while the others all went out to find Ace.
Doyle said to the Old Leader: “Do you think Klan has mutated? But his emotions haven’t fluctuated violently.”
The Old Leader straightened his feather crown and said without turning his head: “I suspect he has had contact with the white monsters on the ground. Those monsters have always wanted to completely kill us humans who strayed onto the ground!”
Doyle still wanted to argue something, but the Old Leader stopped listening to him and walked on his own.
This usually trembling Old Leader was now walking as if flying, his eyes piercing.
Ace was in his usual secret place, focusing his mind and calming his breath, slowly adjusting his state to the best.
He began to recall his desires, recall his deepest pursuits. The light hidden deep in his heart began to brighten gradually. Because he had experience igniting the Heart Fire, it was very easy this time. Almost in an instant, Ace’s desire for knowledge fell into the red-and-blue mixed blood energy like a spark.
A somewhat flickering flower of Heart Fire bloomed from within. As soon as that Heart Fire appeared, like a violent chemical reaction, it quickly burned and purified the blood energy. After being condensed by the Heart Fire, Ace’s blood energy actually lost its blood-red color very quickly and became azure blue and pure.
His Heart Fire also changed accordingly, becoming a pure azure blue flame flower.
At the same time, the sound of his heartbeat grew louder and louder. The thumping sound was exceptionally powerful. Bean-sized beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead, and his whole body became scalding hot.
Hearing the heartbeat, the Old Leader’s expression first turned stern, then as if thinking of something, he became unusually excited. He led the three people to rush into Ace’s hiding place quickly.
Ace was also startled to see several people appear suddenly. Then he thought that his actions during this period had not been very secretive, so it was reasonable to be suspected and discovered. He endured the discomfort and confronted the group without speaking.
The Old Leader asked with a voice like rusty metal: “Have you had contact with the monsters on the ground?”
Ace shook his head and asked back: “I have indeed been to the ground, but I haven’t had contact with them. We don’t speak the same language, and I am unusually afraid of light, so how could I contact them? I actually want to ask the Leader, why do we fear sunlight? Those people on the ground look no different from us, why call them monsters!”
The Old Leader did not answer. He took off his tattered jacket and roared: “If you want to know all this, fight me first.”
While speaking, his heart actually thumped violently too. His shriveled body quickly became robust, and traces of blue stripes appeared on his naked upper body. His face was unnaturally ruddy as he leaped and charged at Ace.
Ace endured the discomfort of his body and fought with the unusually fierce Old Leader. He held back thirty percent of his strength, only circulating the azure blue blood energy without using the Heart Fire. The two sides fought inextricably. Gradually, faint blue stripes also appeared on Ace’s body.
The Old Leader suddenly stopped fighting, panting heavily as he said: “I believe you haven’t betrayed the surname and glory, nor have you defected to the monsters. Blue Blood cannot be faked! Let’s sit down and talk slowly. I will tell you everything I know, but you must also tell me how you activated the Blue Blood and returned to the ancestral state without losing control.”
Ace did not speak, just stood waiting for the old man to talk.
The other people were dumbfounded. They only had the strength of ordinary adult males and couldn’t intervene at all.
The Old Leader coughed twice and said: “We are pure humans; there is no doubt about this. Before the Great Catastrophe, we lived on the ground just like the monsters on the ground. The Great Source of Bloodlines, the Ancestor of the Blue Bloods, is the source of everything.
“The Great Catastrophe destroyed many inheritances. We also don’t know the name of the Ancestor, only that He created this world and has always protected the world. Humans are transformed from His blood and are the primates of all living things.
“We must control our emotions before adulthood. After adulthood, we guide emotions to stimulate through certain rituals, thereby returning to the ancestral source, activating the Blue Blood, becoming noble Blue Bloods, and possessing incredible power.
“Powers like mine and yours are the most elementary of the elementary. It is said that those Blue Bloods whose strength approaches the Ancestor possess abilities to move mountains and drain seas.”
Ace listened to the Old Leader’s description noncommittally and asked back: “Since Blue Blood is so powerful, why have we fallen to this state? And what are the humans on the ground?”
The old man seemed to fall into memories. His voice was very dry, sounding harsh in this silent sewer: “That was a long, long time ago. I don’t know how long, maybe when my grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather was alive.
“Legend has it that one day, an extremely bright sun appeared in the sky. Two suns hung in the sky.
“soon after that sun appeared, it fell from the sky. Strangely enough, when the sun fell to the ground, it didn’t cause a big fire but disappeared instead. Not long after, we heard heart-palpitating wails, and the entire sky actually rained blue blood.
“That rain fell for three years. Three years later, the sky suddenly cleared, and the phenomenon of two suns in the sky appeared again.
“That phenomenon didn’t last long. One sun ate the other sun, becoming unusually huge and releasing terrible light.
“Many things happened after that, all of which have been lost.
“I only know that after that, most ordinary people who didn’t activate Blue Blood completely lost their bloodline. They became believers of the sun, arresting and burning Blue Bloods everywhere. Our numbers were small, and we were cursed by the sun. Our strength would drop greatly in sunlight, forcing us to flee…”
Just then, the sound of clapping suddenly came from outside.
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