13 Bloodline Fruit

The test of the pumpkin field wasn't difficult for Xu Nan.

Basically, it was a real-life version of whack-a-mole.

Although during the start, the strange sounds and shrill screams emitted by the pumpkins caused Xu Nan to be frightened, he regained his calm very quickly. 

He then used the Staff of Innocence to destroy the life of those pumpkins.

One couldn't help but say that Exxon's evaluation of this staff was still quite impartial.

It was really... very smooth to operate.

One had to know that these pumpkins were not ordinary pumpkins. They were genuine magic pumpkins. After identifying them, Xu Nan learned that the pumpkin's surface was protected by a solidification spell similar to [stoneskin].

But as long as they came in contact with the Staff of Innocence, they would immediately explode.

The effect was very evident.

"What sort of Staff of Innocence is this? This is clearly a staff of head explosion."

"And that incantation, what 'This is not intentional!', what sarcasm."

"In any case, I will definitely not use this plaything to attack humans while shouting 'this is not intentional!'"

Xu Nan kneaded his somewhat sore shoulders and continued to attack the pumpkins flying toward him in the pumpkin field.

He smashed a total of 60 pumpkins in one sitting before finally completing Exxon's test. In any case, his body strength was about 70% to 80% exhausted. This test most probably should be testing for the successor's patience and physical strength.

Although Xu Nan's body quality wasn't the best, it wasn't too bad either. Other than his constitution being slightly lower, his other stats weren't too bad.

After completing the test, these two items now belonged to him.

He took off the gloves and placed the two magical equipment into his storage pouch. He decided that unless a critical moment arrived in the future, he wouldn't easily reveal them.

After all, he was using the identity of a bard right now.

However, it wasn't that he wanted to lie to his senior school sister. But this job, Ron Warlock, was simply too embarrassing. Xu Nan temporarily didn't have the courage to tell the truth to someone he liked.

He decided to temporarily hide this first and think of a solution to tell her in the future.

…

After leaving the pumpkin field, he entered the hut for the last portion of treasures.

This was a genuine magical testing hut, with magical materials used during construction. Level 1 spells wouldn't cause any damage to the floor or walls.

The Smith couple seemed as though they had not fully finished enjoying themselves. "Are there any more 'old godma'?"

Xu Nan looked through his bag and waved his hand. "Nope."

"In the future, bring more of those bottles to us. We will use gemstones and gold as exchange material!"

The squirrel couple spoke with regret at not being able to enjoy a second bottle of 'old godma'. Their eyes turned green and their frantic look caused Xu Nan to feel his hair standing on their end.

Luckily, they reverted to the main topic soon. The last test was to test Xu Nan's combat ability.

The Smith couple knew how to use an astral-realm creature summoning technique. They would summon a level 1 creature from the astral realm, and Xu Nan had to think of a way to defeat it.

If he passed, he would obtain the last portion of treasure left behind by Exxon, a bloodline fruit.

"In the Puluo World (the world that's about to fuse with Earth), creatures from the astral realm would be stronger compared to creatures from the material plane. I wonder what spell should I use?"

Xu Nan felt a little apprehensive. He cast the shield spell and mage armor on himself again.

The Smith couple started to chant the incantation.

A bright light shone on the floor; a wall of incomparably obscure text and a six-pointed star that intersected appeared. Ultimately, a gigantic silhouette could be seen in it.

Xu Nan inhaled deeply and retreated to the corner as he made his preparations to be in a defensive state.

The light faded.

The summoning formation vanished as a giant creature appeared before Xu Nan.

Just when he wanted to cast the arcane flying bullets to test the monster's strength, a grinding sound rang out at this moment!

Under Xu Nan's stunned gaze, the gigantic bone creature suddenly fell apart. The bones fell like an avalanche onto the ground.

In the end, only half-the-body of the monster remained crawling on the ground.

He felt no feeling of fear when he looked at it. On the contrary, he felt joy.

"Aiyaya, your luck isn't bad. We originally prepared a [Chalk Warrior] for you. Who would have expected that it only has a single breath of life left? Most probably, it must have just fought an intense battle in the astral realm before we summoned it."

"Quickly finish it and you will be able to obtain the last reward!"

The Smith couple pretended to sigh.

Xu Nan cast a suspicious glance at them.

"This toy?"

He coldly laughed. He strode forth with large steps and stomped on what remained of the Chalk Warrior's body.

At the next instant, his foot turned swollen.

The Chalk Warrior struggled to hit him, but its body was simply too shattered, and Xu Nan easily avoided it.

"I think I better use a spell, not acting cool anymore in the future. My foot is so painful now."

Xu Nan mumbled as he cast burning hands.

Terrifying flames abruptly erupted in the magical hut, directly burning the remnants of the Chalk Warrior into ashes.

Even Xu Nan himself was frightened by the power of the burning hands.

He carefully contemplated. After he completed the quest [heartless person], he seemed to have obtained a bloodline ability and there was something named basic flames specialization. Maybe it was what caused his fire-type spells to have power beyond the norm.

The Smith couple revealed smiles. They then passed a small box and a small map to Xu Nan.

"Finally, we can leave this goddamn place."

"Truthfully speaking, when you stomped down with your feet earlier, I was worried you might be counter-killed by the Chalk Warrior instead!"

"Child, see you on the second level. But next time, you will lose the newcomer's protection buff, so it won't be so easy for you to find us!"

The Smith couple winked. One of them even caringly came over to cast a recovery spell on Xu Nan's ankle. The swollen part instantly recovered back to normal.

They waved their hands at Xu Nan and directly vanished from the magical hut.

A flash of understanding appeared in Xu Nan's mind.

Most probably, those two squirrels no longer wanted to stay here. They clearly had let him have it easy during the third test earlier.

Ordinary Chalk Warriors were level 4 monsters in the astral realm, and the current Xu Nan definitely wouldn't be able to win against it. As they had been deeply afraid that Xu Nan would lose, they had done something in the dark.

"Seems like Exxon's inheritance isn't really popular among Ron Warlocks in the plane."

Xu Nan could deduce much information from the squirrel couple's attitude.

Most probably, only someone from Earth like him would cluelessly barge here and accept Exxon's inheritance. If not, the squirrels wouldn't be so bored and eat all the monsters in the Greysnow Forest.

"Forget it, in any case, I passed successfully and completed my virgin battle!"

He believed that he would slowly become stronger, regardless of his strength or his heart. Earlier when the chalk warrior appeared, he actually felt the impulse to run. But later on, he summoned up his courage.

Such a transformation wasn't something that could be accomplished in a single day and night. He would force himself to continue working hard!

…

Xu Nan didn't leave the hut immediately.

He opened the small box, and there was a mellow and glossy-looking purple fruit in there.

[Bloodline fruit]

[Condenser: Exxon Romand]

[Effect: +1 to warlock's level; also awaken a part of your bloodline ability]

[Limitation: restricted to stage 1 warlocks for consumption]

According to the explanation, as long as one was below level 4, they would be able to consume this fruit and get the level up effect.

Xu Nan's first reaction was to keep the fruit until he was level 3 before consuming it, directly breaking into level 4. Only then would he be able to maximize the benefits of this fruit.

However, after pondering carefully, what he was about to face was a world filled with unceasing dangers. He might even meet the wanted criminal near their camping grounds. Who knew when it would be before gods would walk the street and legends were worth less than dogs?

For Ron Warlocks, their levels were very important. He had to quickly catch up.

Hence, he consumed this bloodline fruit directly, and the fiery energy within it enveloped every inch of Xu Nan's body.

A whole ten minutes later…

His body creaked as he stretched. He then opened up the character card with satisfaction.

He had reached level 2!

However, it was regretful that he didn't gain a free stat point. In the DND world, free stat points were something very precious. Usually, the players would only gain one stat point for every odd-numbered level they were at. It seemed like the rules of the Puluo World, which was about to fuse with Earth, were the same as well.

His specialty didn't change.

On the other hand, the number of skills in his skills list reached 96. Xu Nan felt a headache while looking through the dense skill list. He was preparing to head back to do more research before he chose any.

As for spells, through the awakening of his bloodline, the spells he gained were all level 2 spells.

Malfoy Strong Acid Arrow, Protection from Arrows, Web, Lowering Intellect Touch, and Dark Vision.

[Protection from arrows] was Xu Nan's favorite protective type spell. It could block attacks from archers, the occupation feared most by mages. [Web] and [Malfoy Strong Acid Arrow] were very powerful spells. One provided control, and the other provided a single-unit continuous attack. [Dark Vision] allowed him a partial ability to see in the dark, and [Lowering Intellect Touch] was the only fresh one.

Xu Nan carefully looked at the description and discovered that this spell required him to use his hand and touch his target. The effect would cause the target's intellect to greatly decrease.

"Is this the legendary saying...hitting retards?"

Xu Nan couldn't help but ridicule it.

Level 2 spells could also be purchased with shameless points, but their price was slightly more expensive, 1.5 shameless points for one. Right now, Xu Nan was embarrassingly short of shameless points. He even felt some regret for spending so much on some needless level 1 spells.

However, the ways of the world were hard to predict. Who could have known that he didn't need to fight on the first level of Lost Paradise?

Other than these, he even obtained some strange abilities from the bloodline fruit.

[Bloodline ability awakening: Your strength +1]

[Bloodline ability awakening: You obtained basic flames control 3]

"I'm a warlock, so why did my strength stat increase after eating the bloodline fruit?"

Xu Nan glanced at the 19 points of charm in his character card, feeling somewhat reluctant.

However, as matters stood, he could only pack his things and leave the Lost Paradise. The amount of time allocated by the secret art was about to end.

...

In the dark maple forest, Xu Nan's figure suddenly appeared.

The moment he appeared, he felt the phone in his pocket vibrating furiously.

He turned it on and saw many messages on his WeChat.

The majority of them were sent by senior school sister Zhang Yingluo!

[Where did you go? Quickly reply!]

[We found out information about the wanted criminal!]

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