Crab thought something and then said, "Hey, system thing, can you help me in breakthrough to the next level?"
The system window appeared again:
**System: Talent Enhancement System**
**Name:** Rock Crab
**Age:** 8 Years / 20 Years
**Race:** Demonic Beast (Level 9)
**Skills:**
- Rock Smash (Level 4) [300/400]
- Eating (Level 4) [40/400]
- Swimming (Level 4) [122/400]
- Stone Shell Breathing Technique (Level 2) [Max]
- Walking (Level 3) [267/300]
*Note: To break through the next level, abandon the bloodline.*
Crab saw the note saying to abandon the bloodline to breakthrough to the next level. He thought for a moment and then asked, "How, system? Tell me clearly."
But there was no response. He looked at the huge library in front of him and started searching for books about bloodlines.
Some weeks passed, and while he didn't find much about abandoning bloodlines, he did discover many things.
First, bloodlines are found only among demonic beasts, not among humans, insects, or even fishes. Only beasts that are either descendants of powerful beings with strong bloodlines can awaken their bloodline, or by chance, some species acquire rare spiritual plants and awaken theirs.
Second, as long as you awaken your bloodline at an early age, you can achieve its highest limit easily with no bottlenecks. However, in the case of humans, even talented individuals face bottlenecks and heart demons. The Insect's situation is even worse; no wild insects can rise by themselves. Only those specially cultivated by some species, like humans or demonic beasts, can survive and grow, but their growth potential is low and each breakthrough becomes harder and harder. However, only at higher levels, do they start to show their true strength.
Third, the human which Xie Jian talked about was also a descendant of a powerful being with a strong bloodline. While normal beasts were born as beasts and can easily switch between human form and beast form, that human was born as a human. He couldn't transform into a beast or awaken his bloodline. He was slow and weak compared to other beasts. But as time passed, he began to show his talent. With his background, he conducted extensive research, used numerous resources, and created a completely new pathway that didn't follow bloodline rules but spiritual root rules. His descendants and other beasts were the same as him, so he had many children to explore this new path further. However, after some 10000 years, his descendants started fighting among themselves, abandoned the path of exploration, and relied on the predetermined path left by their ancestors.
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Fourth, there was no mention of a bloodline abandonment method. It is said that even if you do it, you will not progress further; your strength will decline, your lifespan will reduce, and your intelligence will also decline. Therefore, unless you're a higher-level creature, you shouldn't abandon your bloodline.
Crab now understood how to make the system window appear and disappear at will:
**System: Talent Enhancement System**
**Name:** Rock Crab
**Age:** 8 Years / 20 Years
**Race:** Demonic Beast (Level 9)
**Skills:**
- Rock Smash (Level 4) [300/400]
- Eating (Level 4) [40/400]
- Swimming (Level 4) [122/400]
- Stone Shell Breathing Technique (Level 2) [Max]
- Walking (Level 3) [272/300]
*Note: Abandon your bloodline to breakthrough to the next level.*
Crab thought of something and went outside, heading towards the edge of the city. He saw some females but sighed, remembering the past few weeks. Whenever he got bored, he would go outside and ask many females if they wanted to mate and become his partner. He even performed the crab dance, but none of them agreed. They all ignored him, saying they wanted someone with a strong bloodline. Some even asked for spiritual herbs or stones for mating.
He didn't understand why they needed these things for mating, but after reading books and talking with other crabs, he realized the difference between wild and civilized societies. In a civilized society, a different system exists: the strong and rich take all the females, leaving the poor with nothing. Females even offer themselves for strange things like spiritual herbs or stones.
He also discovered that people here have names too, so he decided to give himself one. He thought of several names like Clawstrike, Rockshell, Tidebreaker, Cragclaw, and Sandscuttle.
But soon he gave up and decided, "I will do this later," as he didn't seem to like them. He had read in some books that if you become strong and famous, others will give you a renowned name. So he decided to wait for it.
He also discovered that in the past, he had been eating spiritual stones and digging in a low-level mine with thousands of spiritual stones. However, he had already forgotten the place and didn't know the route back. He only knew where he was and some paths after reading maps.
His memory also seemed great; he could easily remember lots of things.
Crab decided to leave this civilized society and do what some great people in the books did: research and experiment.
Lastly before leaving I said goodbye to Xie Jian.
Xie Jian said goodbye.
Crab then left and started looking for weak demonic beasts. He wanted to see what happens if a demonic beast abandons its bloodline and how to even abandon a bloodline.
Crab went towards the land area, as he also wanted to capture humans and together with demonic beasts and land area has weaker Demonic beasts.
He soon came to a river area and found a Qi Refining beast. Obviously, it didn't know the demonic language, clearly a wild beast. Now, Crab, after learning some language, thought of himself as civilized and those who didn't even know the demonic beast language as uncivilized. It was funny, but he continued his task.
Crab used his sharp claws and easily ripped the beast apart and drained all the blood in it which he had made. He checked its blood to find out how to separate it but didn't understand anything.
Later, Crab caught a fish and even a crab, trying to differentiate the differences between blood of different species. However, he found that the blood of these creatures was the same as demonic beast blood. He even felt that the blood of demonic beasts and normal beasts was identical.
Next, he went to a human area and captured a human Qi Refining cultivator. He ripped him apart with his claws and noticed a unique thing: spiritual energy. Unlike demonic beasts, whose spiritual energy is evenly distributed through bloodlines, humans had their spiritual energy collected in one part of the body. But it was still not enough for Crab to understand. He muttered to himself, "Still not enough.”