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"Hm?!"
Louis was shocked as something new awakened within him. After nearly fully awakening as a dragon, a dormant bloodline stirred as he forged his new Physique.
"It can't be..."
Countless materials and treasures floated around him, the crystallized fragments of the Venerable's power being the most prominent. They melded with his flesh and blood, enhancing his strength and consolidating his new physique.
The more he absorbed, the more he felt a new bloodline awakening, one that belonged not to his grandfather, but to his grandmother.
Jaw-like tattoos appeared across his bare skin as it constantly shifted through colors: white, dark gray, red, and now a clear blue that began to suppress the rest.
"Wait...!"
He had been trying to create a new Physique capable of devouring anything, just like the Venerable had, but he could not. The new bloodline was overwriting everything and awakening an immense legacy sealed deep within his own veins.
"This is...?!"
