They all call me master.

Chapter 929: Step V

The words that appeared before Arthur continued -

[Serpent of Death I: When you step onto the 'Steps to Godhood', the trace of power remaining under the golden tree sap in the scales of Citidal is completely absorbed by your talent 'Breath of Death', which begins to purify your bloodline in a unique way. At this moment, the incomplete bloodline is not only completed, but also given a higher growth space. As time passes and more prey is taken, the bloodline will improve on its own - death and the snake are entangled in parallel, death chases the tail of the snake, and the snake kiss chases the beginning of death. In the repeated cycles, the most unique way of promotion appears. This trace of uniqueness in your bloodline is enough to make most descendants of gods and demons look at you sideways, make those 'ascending the steps' envious, and make dark, gloomy, and dead things fear you, because they, them, and them all know that your talent that is not of the human world is combined with the terrifying power of your bloodline at this moment. Even demigods are unwilling to face your edge...]

[Effects: 1, awakening; 2, hiding in the shadow; 3, body; 4, snake eyes; 5, snake language; 6, swallowing recklessly; 7, snake breath; 8, snake shadow; 9, authority, remnant]

【觉醒：你觉醒了特殊的血脉，此刻你变得与众不同；体魄+20（3+2+5+10）、灵性+20（3+2+5+10）】

[Hide in the Shadow: When you are in the shadow or darkness, you will gain a stealth +9 modifier, and to a certain extent, you can control the shadow and darkness to make them attack, defend and assist.]

[Snake Body: Not only are your joints and muscles as flexible as a snake, but your entire body can also coil like a snake. When facing swords, muskets, explosions, and flames, your defense level is +6, when facing acid and toxins, your defense level is +8, and when facing thunder, your defense level is +27. When there is enough food, your body will grow rapidly in a way that breaks the limit, and will be given a physique, defense, and lifespan that matches it. At the same time, you can freely control the size of your body. Even in winter, you can easily control the drowsiness in your instinct. Of course, if you choose to hibernate, your body will grow faster; and if you refuse to hibernate, the growth rate will remain the same, and your appetite will become better. 'Food' will become an extremely important resource for you, and you need more 'food' to promote the advancement of your bloodline; 0/3000]

[Snake Eyes: When you look at others with snake eyes, creatures below the steps will be instantly shocked. If the other party panics during the shock, they will also fall into hallucinations. Creatures in hallucinations will be dragged into the realm of death! Creatures on or above the steps need to make a will judgment, but if the will judgment fails, they will also be shocked, panic, hallucinate, and be dragged into the realm of death! ]

[Snake Language: You can communicate with snakes with your hiss, and command ordinary, arcane, and advanced snakes. Even legendary snakes will be intimidated by you. Even if you don't communicate with your hiss, snakes will still fear you and want to follow you.]

[Reckless Swallowing: You can open your mouth to a degree beyond your own limit, and you can swallow anything smaller than your mouth. Moreover, you can ignore the toxins, acid, dark energy, etc. contained in the food you swallow. Even stones and metals can be digested and absorbed by your stomach and turned into the purest nutrients to nourish your body.]

[Snake Breath: The gas you exhale can turn into a highly toxic miasma at any time. Your saliva will corrode the earth. When you want, you can turn most of South County into a poisonous miasma swamp during a hibernation. When you don't want to, you are a normal person and you can kiss your beloved girl at any time.]

[Snake Shadow: The resonance of the breath of death and blood, the qualitative change of ascending to the next level, completely upgrades your shadow, which has already changed. It can transform into 333 snake shadows, silently attacking the person you want to attack in your field of vision. When the person you want to attack dies, it will be transformed into the purest 'Aura of Death' and brought back.]

[Authority. Secondary: Unlike the 'Snake Wings' that were ignited by swordsmanship, Sitidal possesses the authority of the 'God of the Inner Sea', and ascending the steps makes the authority complete. You can easily control water within a considerable range, and when you stand on the Inner Sea, you can make it churn endlessly.]

(Note 1: The physical and spiritual qualities brought about by awakening are absolutely safe and will slowly increase as you eat more food and hibernate)
(Note 2: When hiding, running fast will not affect the stealth level, and when in light and fully exposed, there will be a +3 stealth correction level)

(Note 3: The snake body can reach 12 meters at this stage, and the current normal lifespan is 999 years. When it maintains the normal state, the defense level is naturally increased by +3. When you release your own restrictions and reach 12 meters, the natural defense level is increased by +9, and the defense level against thunder is increased by +49. At the same time, in order to complete the promotion of bloodline, you need more gold, mysterious props, and doom items as "food".)
(Note 4: Each defense level is approximately equal to the explosion level of the Major Arcana)
(Note 5: When you complete a deep sleep, you will feel refreshed and recover faster)

(Note 6: The initial attack level of each snake shadow is equivalent to the power of a bullet fired from a heavy musket. The snake shadow can turn and track the target. After each attack, if the snake shadow absorbs enough "Death Breath", it can continue to attack and increase its own attack level, up to "Arcana Level", but it will consume "Death Breath". When the "Death Breath" is insufficient, it needs to return to your shadow to replenish the "Death Breath", but the next time it attacks, it will still attack with the power of a bullet fired from a heavy musket. At the same time, after completing an effective attack, it can stop attacking and bring back the "Death Breath" for you. When all the snake shadows have attacked, your shadow will fade, but it will not disappear)

(Note 7: The rituals of 'Cat's Orange', 'Big Orange', 'Seventeenth Level', under the harmony of your talent, do not conflict with your bloodline, but complement each other)

(Note 8: The power of your water control cannot exceed the level of the Steps. When standing on the 'Inner Sea', the power of your water control is the Level V)
……

Not [Breath of Death].

But the bloodline becomes complete.

Arthur knew very well that if the former wanted to be promoted, he would need the cooperation of 'Death' - and the cooperation of the other party would inevitably be involuntary.

but,
This is not important.

The harvest in front of him was enough to surprise Arthur——

Bang, bang.

Arthur shook his neck from side to side.

Immediately, bursts of crisp sounds were heard.

Not only the neck, but the bones, joints, muscles and fascia all over the body made pleasant calls at this moment.

This is a qualitative change.

It was also what Arthur had been looking forward to for a long time.

Strength and thick armor have always been favored by Arthur.

Arthur knew very well what a strong body would bring.

And what does an impenetrable defense represent?

Undefeated!

Truly invincible.

Of course, he is still short of that level, and he still needs a hearty midnight snack.

The starry sky converges.

The steps disappeared.

The young psychic picked up a piece of pure gold as big as a basketball and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

In just a moment, the gold nugget melted.

It tastes like hot cocoa with sugar and has a marshmallow-like texture.

Of course, the data is even more gratifying.

原本血脉晋升（0/3000），涨了30个点，变为了（30/3000）。

This made Arthur's mouth curl up.

The environment he is in now lacks everything.

There is no shortage of gold.

And this is also the purpose of his coming here.

He resisted the urge to grow bigger, maintained his current size, and began to eat the pure gold nuggets bite by bite.

While Arthur was having his midnight snack, Barrow Hamlet was in his study with a gloomy face.

In front of this Excellency was a flashing communication crystal, and Barrow's impatient voice was coming out of his mouth.

"why?
Why can't I control my emotions?
I can't even think straight right now!
I was so angry that I wanted to tear everything I saw to pieces!"

Barrow said, slamming the table.

boom!
The table shattered directly.

Looking at the shattered table, Barrow felt a sense of pleasure in his heart, and driven by this pleasure, he began to smash things frantically.

Of course, his remaining sanity prevented Barrow from smashing the communication crystal.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
In less than three minutes, there was no intact item left in the study.

Barrow was breathing heavily.

It's not tiring.

Instead, after a brief venting, more rationality returned, allowing him to barely control his emotions - this confrontation made Barrow exhausted.

However, the voice in the communication crystal was steady and calm.

“This is normal.

At the beginning of the transaction, I told you that the 'Secondary Golden Potion' is not perfect and has defects. That is why His Majesty created the 'Golden Potion'.

And you, my friend.

You have avoided most of the disadvantages of this potion by relying on many rituals.

leftover?
You need to adapt.

Barrow, you are already a 'Climber'.

You need to change your behavior patterns.

You don’t need to be in the background anymore, you need to be in the front.”

The other party paused here.

Then, a hint of smile appeared in the other party's voice.

"Besides, didn't you find a solution?
Just some tables and chairs won't calm you down. What you need is a real battle, a fight with your enemies.

When the battle is over and you are victorious, you will find that you have returned to your original form. "

Barrow's breathing quickened again.

He needs to return to his original form.

He had enough of the current outburst.

"understood."

Barrow said this.

Barrow did not question the other party's words.

With the contract, the other party couldn't lie to him. Of course, there were still some necessary inquiries.

"Are you sure?"

When asking this question, even though Barrow was filled with anger, he still felt a little uneasy.

After all, that was his lifelong concern.

"have!

If it's a one-on-one fight, I only have a 30% chance of winning against your brother, but if the tigress and your brother start a fight and I wait for the opportunity to strike, I have a 90% chance of winning."

The words in the communication crystal were full of confidence.

This made Barrow breathe a sigh of relief.

Why did he dare to make such a big fuss in Neiwan?

In addition to the fact that the accumulated strength is sufficient, it is also because of the cooperation with the other party.

A bottle of [Helk's Secondary Gold Potion] allowed him to ignore all his shortcomings and step onto the 'Stage to Godhood'.

With this promise, his brother would never be able to return to Neiwan.

"OK.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Now?

I need to adjust.

I will have a talk with my nephew after daybreak."

Barrow said and ended the call on his own initiative.

Now Barrow's mind is full of Petra Hamlet at the "St. Joan of Arc Girls' College".

This guy came in and was as patient as he was.

If he had not launched this coup, I am afraid that the future would be launched by Hamlet, and with even more cruel means.

Dieudonné's head is the best explanation.

Even though he was dominated by anger, Barrow remembered that he had never attacked Dieudonne Hamlet.

After all, the other party was his brother's second son, and he had to keep him.

This will be his trump card just in case.

Just like Bistry.

According to Barrow's idea, Bistri must be held in his hands, but when this idea came up, another idea also came up.

'Why should I let Bistry live?

Am I still afraid of my brother?

I am afraid of him, so I let the other party's son become my bargaining chip!
Do not!
I'm not afraid of him!

I'm not afraid!
dead!
Bistry must die!'

Barrow roared in his heart.

There is no doubt that the emotion of fear brought back the previous unwillingness, allowing the anger of being manipulated to completely prevail.

Reason is disappearing quickly.

However, just as he was about to rush out of the dilapidated study, Barrow stopped abruptly.

“It can’t be like this!

I need to wait!
That tigress has challenged that bastard.

Two days!

Two more days!

I just have to wait!"

The words in his heart could not be controlled and came out, causing Barrow to start talking to himself.

He walked around his ruined study like a madman.

Durt, who was already standing in the corner, began to walk further away.

During the whole process, the man who had recently been promoted to the first spy under Barrow held his breath and tried not to make any noise, like a fleeting shadow.

And Barrow's soliloquy continued -

“I should go now!

Do not!
It’s not safe yet!

Correct!
Safety is the best choice, and safety will lead me to victory!

Damn!

Am I still afraid of that bastard?

No! "

One question after another, as if asking and answering himself.

Barrow's face began to distort.

Durt was sure that Barrow was crazy.

Crazy people are not scary.

The scary thing is that madmen are very powerful.

"hey-hey!"

Suddenly, Barrow let out a strange laugh.

Durt stopped immediately and let himself blend into the shadow.

Duarte is lucky.

Barrow did not notice him.

But the guy who is discovered is unlucky.

A spy who came to report was captured by Barrow and his limbs were broken. Barrow laughed heartily as he listened to the other party's wailing and screaming.

"right!

That's it!

Very good! "

As he said that, Barrow pounced on the spy and began to bite him.

After three or four seconds, the spy turned into a bloody mess.

Barrow became more and more excited.

The twisted feeling of excitement made Barrow start to move his body there.

When Durt looked at Barrow at this moment, his scalp tingled and his whole body felt cold.

Without hesitation, Durt ran out of Barrow's mansion and ran towards a secret place. Before that, in order to leave a way out for himself, he had already had preliminary friendly negotiations with Mr. Hayes.

This time, it will definitely be more enjoyable.

Because he has a bigger bargaining chip——

He knew who was speaking in the communication crystal.

(End of this chapter)