Seven Deadly Sins System

As soon as this thought popped up in Chu Wuyao's mind, she didn't hesitate at all and decided to give it a try, curious about what would happen.

So, while still in the form of a Gem Beast, she moved her mind and activated the True Form ability that was engraved deep in her Devil Bloodline.

The next moment, her body began transforming again.

Her figure turned back into that of an ordinary human before she started getting bigger and bigger.

Her limbs turned into four claws while her open mouth revealed the countless razor-sharp teeth inside, and before long, she had turned to her True Form appearance.

Feeling her current state, Chu Wuyao was surprised to see that there had been no change as if the bloodline of the Gem Beast didn't affect this state at all.

However, when she took a deeper look, she actually discovered something strange.

She could feel that a strange foreign force had unknowingly appeared in her blood and was raging inside her, seemingly wanting to assimilate the rest of her blood into it.

Next to this force, another, more powerful, and majestic force existed, suppressing it and preventing it from doing so.

It's just that unlike this previous force, which was completely foreign, this force was deeply rooted inside her own body.

Instantly, Chu Wuyao guessed the true identities of these two forces.

"The bloodline of the Gem Beast and my own Devil Bloodline...", she muttered, and thinking of the confrontation between these two forces, she understood something.

"It seems that the Bloodline Tome is not without disadvantages."

"Although a practitioner of this technique can transform into other creatures by swallowing their blood essence, they will soon find themselves facing a problem."

"That is, the bloodline of the creatures that a practitioner has swallowed will try to assimilate their blood. Once the practitioner's blood is completely assimilated, they will turn into the race of that bloodline."

"For example, in my case, I will turn into a Gem Beast."

Chu Wuyao could see that it would be okay if a practitioner only swallowed a single bloodline as they would simply turn into that bloodline creature, but if they were to swallow many different bloodlines, they would turn into some kind of terrifying monster, similar to what would happen if one were to lose control.

"Is this Bloodline Tome part of a bigger conspiracy?", Chu Wuyao couldn't help but wonder, but she quickly shook her head and denied that notion.

"No. It's more likely that the Bloodline Tome wasn't created for humans to practice but for monsters."

"Humans will end up being assimilated by other bloodlines because of their weak bloodline, but monsters should have the ability to suppress this."

Thinking of this, Chu Wuyao felt quite lucky that this was not her real body.

After all, although the real body was quite powerful, this didn't change that it was still a mere human.

This meant that if she were to practice the Bloodline Tome, even with her powerful strength, she would still end up getting assimilated, turning into a monster.

"Thankfully, this is my Devil Clone. Although the Devil Clone is not a monster, it's still a bloodline creature. Moreover, the Devil Bloodline should be stronger than the bloodline of most monsters.", Chu Wuyao thought and her mind moved, following her connection with her Devil Bloodline.

Soon, her thoughts entered deep inside her blood and arrived at the place of confrontation between the two bloodlines, and then, she used all her strength to suppress the bloodline of the Gem Beast and assist the Devil Bloodline.

Her Devil Bloodline would have suppressed the Gem Beast bloodline even without her help sooner or later, and now with her help, the advantage it originally held soon turned into a complete victory.

Before long, the Devil Bloodline moved closer to the Gem Beast bloodline, and as if it had turned into a hungry monster, it swallowed it whole.

With the disappearance of the Gem Beast bloodline, Chu Wuyao seemed to have received a supplement, as a strange energy appeared in her body and spread all over it, increasing her physical strength in the process.

At the same time, a faint three-colored light flashed on the surface of the golden armor that covered her torso, and at its bottom, a small pattern appeared, as if it was being painted by an invisible hand.

This pattern was quite life-like, depicting a colorful creature with a head that resembled that of a snake, which had four thick limbs and sharp claws and was covered in various gems.

It was a Gem Beast.

The pattern looked quite majestic, seemingly possessing some characteristics of the Gem Beast, but at this time, it was kneeling on the ground respectfully, just like the monsters that had originally met it.

Feeling the increasing power in her body and seeing this strange pattern, a kind of realization appeared in Chu Wuyao's mind.

Waving her right arm, she attacked the empty area in front of her, and her long nails pierced through the air.

However, while her hand was in mid-air, a surprising thing happened.

Her right arm, which originally looked quite normal became thicker and thicker, until finally, it reached a size equal to that of the limb of a Gem Beast.

"Bang!"

A huge crater appeared on the ground in front of her and the walls of this makeshift cave began shaking as if they break the very next second.

However, Chu Wuyao didn't pay much attention to this, as her attention was on something else.

"After my Devil Bloodline devoured the bloodline of the Gem Beast, not only did my strength increase, but I retained the ability to transform too."

"Moreover, I can now choose to change individual parts of my body into that of a Gem Beast and don't have to fully transform."

Although Chu Wuyao could obtain the characteristics and abilities of the Gem Beast before, to do so, she had to transform into a Gem Beast.

But now, after her Devil Bloodline devoured the bloodline of the Gem Beast, she could actually transform individual parts of her body.

For example, in the previous attack, she had only changed her right arm, while the rest of her body remained the same.

"The Bloodline Tome doesn't have such an effect. I'm afraid that this is caused by my Celestial Devil Bloodline..."

To be honest, Chu Wuyao didn't expect that the combination of the Celestial Devil Bloodline, the King's Armor, and the Bloodline Tome would result in such changes.

Most importantly, Chu Wuyao could sense that the changes did not end there and that as long as she continued using the Bloodline Tome to swallow other bloodlines, these changes would only become more apparent.

Lowering her head and glancing at the small pattern of a Gem Beast at the bottom of her golden armor, Chu Wuyao had a strong hunch that this unexpected change would bring her many benefits, perhaps allowing her Devil Clone to go further in the future.

"However, this will only happen later down the line."

"For the time being, swallowing other bloodlines only enhances my strength and allows me to transform into other bloodline creatures.", Chu Wuyao shook her head and continued checking on her own changes.

After she had made sure that she had not missed anything and that there would be no obvious negative changes, she deactivated her True Form and turned back into her normal appearance.

Then, she didn't choose to leave this cave, knowing that she had one more thing she needed to deal with.

Thinking of this, Chu Wuyao raised her head and looked at the unconscious Patriarch Li lying in a corner of a cave.

Although his body was covered in wounds and his aura fluctuated, Patriarch Li was still alive.

Not only that, but his condition was slowly turning for the better.

"It deserves to be an Awakening Realm cultivator...", Chu Wuyao sighed, knowing that these wounds, which would have killed any Shackles Realm cultivator, were merely a non-fatal injury for Awakening Realm cultivators.

Of course, Chu Wuyao was quite happy with this as it meant that she would be able to get what she wanted out of him.

In fact, the reason why Chu Wuyao kept him alive and didn't kill him was not because she pitied him, but because she wanted to ask him for some information.

She was going to stay in the Myriad Demons Forest for quite some time, and as such, obtaining information regarding this forest was imperative for her future plans.

Patriarch Li was obviously a suitable source of information.

After all, although Chu Wuyao didn't know that he was the owner of the Bright Moon City, she had noticed during his fight with the Gem Beast that he was quite familiar with the Myriad Demons Forest and had avoided the areas where powerful monsters lived.

"Let's see...", Chu Wuyao muttered as she stepped forward, planning to wake Patriarch Li up.