A month later.
After the five black giant beasts reached the level of Magic Light, Gray killed them one by one and turned them into black crystal cores.
After testing, the crystal cores provided by the Magic Light level black giant beasts were enough for him to use for about a month. Within this month, his strength would increase by several folds.
This kind of increase was not in comparison to the increase in the cultivation of blood arts, but in comparison to the increase in his second metamorphosis in addition to the increase in the cultivation of blood arts.
The speed of growth was too fast, making him very worried about whether there would be any side effects. Fortunately, such things did not happen. The black crystal cores did not have any side effects on the growth of strength, just like the fog left behind by the death of the fog beasts on the floating islands.
However, the fog left behind by the death of the fog beasts could be absorbed very quickly and was better than the black crystal cores. It was a pity that such islands had already disappeared, and he did not know if they would appear again.
"Why is it that when others touch the black crystal cores, they do not feel anything and their strength does not increase?"
Tossing a black crystal core in his hand, Gray felt a trace of surprise in his heart.
The black crystal core in his hand was from the body of the last black giant beast he killed. One of the Desolate Blood warriors under him picked it up and handed it to him. However, he found out from the warrior that when he held the black crystal core in his hand, there was no cooling aura transmitted into his body, and his strength did not increase.
"Could it be …?"
With some guesses in mind, Gray used his mind connection and quickly found the person closest to him at this moment. He directly ordered in his mind.
"Bart, come to my side!"
Not long after, a man appeared in front of Gray. This was a man who looked to be in his fifties and had brown hair. Seeing Gray, the man respectfully bowed.
"Lord Gray!"
After slightly nodding, Gray threw the black crystal core in his hand to the man and asked.
"Do you have any strange feelings?"
After receiving the black crystal core, although Bart was puzzled as to why Gray would ask such a question, he still answered respectfully.
"Lord Gray, I do not have any strange feelings!"
"Keep the black crystal core close to your body, and then cultivate blood arts."
Gray did not explain further and continued to instruct.
Although he was filled with doubts, Bart still followed Gray's instructions and started cultivating his blood techniques.
Following the activation of his opponent's blood technique, a gigantic crocodile-shaped blood fiend appeared in front of Gray.
The crocodile-type blood beast was more than 10 meters long. Its entire body was brown, and there were many spikes on the surface of its body. Its huge eyes emitted a yellow ominous glint.
This was a King Beast Rock King Crocodile, an earth-type King Beast.
"Stop!"
Gray did not let the other party cultivate for a long time. As soon as the king level blood beast phantom appeared, he immediately stopped the other party and asked.
"How is it? How do you feel?"
Bart, who had stopped cultivating, looked at the black crystal core in astonishment. When he heard Gray's question, he hurriedly replied.
"Lord Gray, I feel a cool sensation passing through the black crystal core and into my body!"
"As expected!"
Gray thought to himself. The test just now had thoroughly verified his conjecture.
When he realized that the black crystal core in his hand was different from the others, he thought of the second metamorphosis. He guessed that the second metamorphosis might have given him the ability to absorb the black crystal core.
The fact that Bart could not absorb the black crystal core in his hand, but he was able to absorb it during cultivation proved this point.
Because he was in the second metamorphosis, his strength was increasing every minute and every second. During this process, he was probably undergoing some kind of exchange with the outside world and absorbing something from the outside world. That was why he was able to absorb the black crystal core.
The others did not undergo the second metamorphosis, so their bodies did not undergo such an exchange. They did not absorb anything from the outside world, so they were unable to absorb the black crystal core. When they cultivated, their bodies also underwent an exchange with the outside world, so they had the ability to absorb the black crystal core.
In the end, Gray did not give the black crystal core to Bart. Instead, he waved his hand and asked him to leave. He did not even have enough of such a black crystal core, so how could he give it to someone else?
"I should be able to consume the blood of a blood fiend for one metamorphosis. What blood fiend should I consume?"
One black crystal core had saved Gray several months of time. Gray's cultivation progress had already reached the third cultivation method of the second round of the King Level Blood Arts. According to his estimation, he should be able to consume the blood of a blood fiend for one metamorphosis.
Currently, he had five types of demonic light-grade blood fiends that he could consume. They were the Demonic Wind Fox, the Water Loathe Demonic Beast, the Six-Headed Snake, the Demonic Ice Fire Ape, and the Emerald Dragon. He needed to choose one of these five types of demonic light-grade blood fiends to transform.
Sometimes, having too many choices was a problem. If there was only one type of blood fiend, there would be no need to choose. However, there were five types of blood fiends, so he had to carefully choose the type that was most suitable for his current situation. He had to choose the type of blood fiend that was most suitable for his current situation.
After thinking for a while, Gray had a rough idea of what to do. He had two choices.
The first choice was considered a safer choice.
The four mixed abilities that he had mastered were a mixture of ice, fire, wind, and poison. Among these four abilities, the poison type was a Magic Light bloodline, while the wind, fire, and ice types were only King level bloodlines. Now that he had reached the King level, it was imperative that he raise the level of these three bloodlines.
Thus, he decided to consume the blood of either the Wind Demon Fox or the Ice Fire Demon Ape for the metamorphosis.
This choice was safe. After all, there was nothing wrong with consuming the blood of these two types of blood fiends for the metamorphosis. Of course, there were obvious disadvantages as well. Consuming one of these two types of blood fiends for the metamorphosis would not increase his current strength. After all, it was an existing type and would not trigger a mutation.
The second choice was more risky. It was to ignore the Wind Demon Fox and the Ice Fire Demon Ape and consume the blood of a type of blood fiend that he had never possessed before.
This situation could easily trigger a mutation in his bloodline, giving him a stronger ability and increasing his strength. Of course, there were obvious disadvantages as well. This was a risk and might not necessarily give him a stronger ability.
Both choices had their advantages and disadvantages. Now, it was up to Gray to choose.
Rumble!
Gray did not have time to make a choice. Suddenly, there was a strange movement.
A violent sound rang out as the ground shook violently. The expensive crystal vases and various decorations in the house fell to the ground with a crackling sound and were smashed into pieces. The house creaked as if it could not bear the heavy burden, as if it would collapse in the next moment.
Gray dashed out of the house and flew into the air to take a look. It wasn't just his wooden house that was affected. The nearby Fergus Castle, and even places further away, were all shaking violently. He could even see the smoke and dust rising from the collapse of some places.
The world was like a piece of paper, and at this moment, this piece of paper was being shaken by an unknown force.
"Earthquake?!"
Gray was surprised. Even a powerhouse on the level of Demonshine wouldn't be able to cause such a large-scale shaking. If so, then the only possibility was that this was an earthquake.
"My Lord, the movement should be coming from the Red Leaf Forest!"
A figure stepped through the air towards Gray. It was King Stage Barnett Naeem.
"The Red Leaf Forest?"
After receiving Barnett Naeem's hint, Gray looked in the direction of the Red Leaf Forest. His pupils suddenly shrank.
At this moment, in the direction of the Red Leaf Forest, a huge white beam of light shot up into the sky, piercing through the clouds and spreading upwards as if it had already pierced through the sky.
It was like a huge pillar, standing there, emitting a dazzling light. It was as dazzling as the sun, competing with the sun in the sky as if it wanted to compete with the sun in the sky.
"The Red Leaf Forest?
Could it be that the temple in the middle of the Red Leaf Forest has caused this huge change? "
Gray's expression changed slightly. If there was anything special about the Red Leaf Forest, it would naturally be the temple that would only open at a certain time every year. The current change made him suspect that it had something to do with the temple.
"Protect the Fergus family!"
After instructing Barnett Naeem, Gray used spatial teleportation. His figure disappeared in the air, and when he reappeared, he was in the barren land where he had discovered the temple in the dark forest.
"The temple really did appear!"
In front of him, a huge and majestic temple appeared, emitting a misty white light. Its surface was covered with many golden lines.
At the top of the altar in the center of the temple, a dazzling beam of light pierced the sky. It was the dazzling beam of light that he had just seen.
This was the palace he had visited before. However, it was not the first day after the new year, nor was it nighttime. Yet, this palace had appeared out of nowhere.
Gray already had a premonition in his heart. He ran towards the temple and entered without encountering any obstacles.
He quickly ran to the altar in the center, stepped on the altar's stairs, and climbed up. Now that he had reached the King level, he had the ability to climb the altar.
After spending a few minutes, he finally reached the altar and saw the dazzling white light beam's true appearance.
This white light beam was emitted by the transparent barrier that had enveloped the unknown magic weapon when he had first discovered it. However, it was no longer transparent, but emitted a dazzling white light.
In this white light, Gray could clearly see the shape of a golden sword. It was the unknown magic weapon.
"Could it be that the opportunity that the fifth organization has been waiting for is now?"
Seeing this sword, Gray could not help but breathe heavily. He could not help but walk towards the white light beam.
This weapon was definitely above the level of a gold weapon. If he could get his hands on this weapon, he should have the strength to resist the fifth organization.