Chapter 298: Self-Healing Talent Acquired
Matthew didn't act immediately but patiently reviewed the experimental data he had gathered before.
Initially, Matthew's plan was to use the dragon blood from Yaya to enhance the bodies of Old John and Arnold.
However, considering the terrifying failure rate of dragon blood enhancements, Matthew didn't want the enhancement to turn into a death sentence.
Thus, he came up with the idea to counterbalance the effects of the dragon blood with the trolls' self-healing abilities to see what would happen.
The results were both encouraging and disappointing for Matthew.
On the positive side, the dragon blood's effects were incredibly potent, even influencing the trolls during the modification process.
Those trolls with various dragon-like mutations were products of this experiment.
However, the disappointment was equally clear.
The results felt like a gamble, with unpredictable and random outcomes.
Even Matthew found it difficult to make sense of them sometimes.
Nevertheless, the previous experiments were not entirely without merit.
With the introduction of bloodline fusion, Matthew gained deeper insight into the self-healing talent.
Previously, despite the help of data indicators, Matthew had been unable to fully grasp the hidden meanings behind the information he observed.
Now, things were entirely different.
Thanks to the sacrifices of the trolls, Matthew could study their healing abilities from different angles, body parts, and varying levels of strength.
The analyzed data had been broken down into more detailed categories.
To put it simply, before, Matthew could only see changes on the organizational level.
Now, he could see the transformations on a cellular level.
Matthew thoroughly enjoyed his "research," though it was much more miserable for the unlucky trolls.
As prisoners of war, these trolls were treated even worse than others, and Matthew showed no hesitation in his experiments.
After two days of effort, Matthew had finally unraveled all the details about the self-healing talent.
Through his expertise in skill analysis, he discovered the method for training the trolls' self-healing talent, their key survival advantage!
That's right!
Although it took some time and energy, Matthew ultimately learned how to teach others the self-healing talent, thanks to the "selfless contributions" of hundreds of trolls.
However, due to the power of the self-healing talent…
The side effects of activating it were equally severe, and the prerequisites for learning or activating it were quite stringent.
"Max health must exceed 50, constitution attribute over 20, and they must have healed from moderate injuries at least 100 times."
These were just the prerequisites. The training methods to activate and learn the talent were even more complicated and demanding.
"Method One: Continuously absorb high-quality life essence, cycle between moderate injury and healing for over 100 instances, lasting more than two days. Activation success rate: 50%."
"Method Two: Continuously absorb extremely high-quality life essence, cycle between severe injury and healing for over 100 instances, lasting over one day. Activation success rate: 80%."
"Method Three: Continuously absorb extremely high-quality life essence, cycle between critical near-death injuries and natural healing for over 50 instances, lasting over one day. Activation success rate: 100%."
After calculating, Matthew realized that maintaining each of these methods just once would cost 2,000, 8,000, or 20,000 gold coins, respectively!
Burning money was only one part of the equation.
The key issue was how to ensure survival during such extreme danger.
Even with data support, there was no guarantee.
These extremely dangerous training methods might not even allow the participants to complete the process.
Looking at his constitution of 18, Matthew wisely decided not to attempt the training or learning process himself for the time being.
With a gap of two constitution points, even with Fate Power protecting him, the cost might be astronomical.
The only thing Matthew regretted…
Was that his proposal to use Fate Power to directly generate bloodline power was outright rejected.
The consequences of doing so were terrifying.
There was a 70% chance of an immediate explosion.
Literally.
A 20% chance of the body gradually dissolving.
Genetic collapse, ending in failure.
An 8% chance of bloodline conflict, leading to mediocrity.
Bloodline contamination, causing deterioration.
Only a 2% chance of perfect adaptation.
The odds were too low to tempt Matthew.
However, even though Matthew couldn't learn or activate the talent for now, that didn't stop him from having Yaya learn it first.
Name: Yaya
Race: Time Dragon
Class: Level 2 → Level 3 Arcanist
Age: 6 months (Hatchling Phase)
Talent: True Dragon Bloodline LV3, All Attributes +4, Bloodline Mastery, Polymorph Understanding.
Challenge Rating: 15+ → 16+!
Equipment: Shadowfang
Feats:
Extraordinary Feat – Dragon's Might LV3: Releases a terrifying aura, imposing a -15 will save on all nearby creatures.
Extraordinary Feat – Banishment Breath LV3: Exhales a time-bending breath that banishes objects or enemies for 6 months!
Extraordinary Feat – True Dragon's Body LV2: +20 to max health, +6 physical defense, +8 magical defense, +6 physical attack, +8 spell attack.
Advanced Feat – Quick Casting LV1 → LV2.
Advanced Feat – Mana Drain LV1 → LV2.
Intermediate Feat – Combat Mastery LV3: Close-combat reactions +2 → +3, Attack +2 → +3, Defense +2 → +3.
...…
Skills:
0-Level Spells:
Light Spell LV2, Minor Repair LV2, Clean Spell LV2…
1st-Level Spells:
Magic Missile LV4, Sleep Spell LV4, Grease Spell LV2, Weakness Spell LV2…
Special Spell:
Illusion Clone!
Abilities:
Meditation (80 → 105), Knowledge (80 → 95), Perception (80 → 85), Evasion (50 → 75), Flight (60 → 105).
Attributes:
Strength: 17 → 18, Modifier +4
Dexterity: 20, Modifier +5
Intelligence: 23 → 24, Modifier +7
Constitution: 20 → 21, Modifier +6
Wisdom: 23, Modifier +7
Charisma: 25, Modifier +7
Luck: +5
Physical Attack: 4 + 3 + 6 = 13
Spell Attack: 7 + 4 = 11
Physical Defense: 5 + 6 + 3 = 14
Magical Defense: 5 + 8 = 13
Health: 42 + 20 + 3/65
Mana: 240 + 30/270
Evaluation: A dragon chosen by fate!
With Yaya rapidly growing in strength, she perfectly met all the requirements for the self-healing talent.
However, considering the risks and pain involved in learning…
Matthew chose to first experiment with an illusion clone.
Yes, this was yet another use Matthew had devised for his illusion clones.
It required more materials and resources…
But compared to the tens of thousands of gold coins Matthew spent on Yaya each month, it was insignificant.
The results of the experiment reassured Matthew.
The illusion clone had successfully learned the self-healing talent!
Unwilling to believe it was a fluke, Matthew ran the experiment two more times.
Each time, the results were the same!
Moreover, the three experiments provided him with even more detailed data.
Matthew couldn't help but feel sympathy for his illusion clones!