Soon, he started to look around for the demonic beast and saw a rat demonic beast of level 3. He launched a light attack at the rat with fast speed, sending it flying and hitting a tree. The crab then brought the rat to his lair and poured all the rat's blood into a wooden bucket he had acquired from humans, which they used to carry water.
The bucket was filled completely with rat blood. Next, he made a hole in his hard skin. He knew that normal methods would not work because of his fast healing, so he had to act quickly. He poured all the blood from the bucket into the hole, and as expected, the hole healed quickly in 30-40 seconds.
Immediately, he felt an intense clash in his bloodline. He directed his attention toward it and felt it much more clearly than when he was experimenting on others. But there was a difference: while others' bloodlines kept fighting, his started to merge quickly. For the body of rat, he used it as food since he needed supplements.
After some time….
Now, the crab was in intense pain as he felt parts of his body tearing apart. In his mouth, two new teeth appeared. He was a little unhappy after he felt the presence of these new teeth. As he saw his reflection in the water, he thought he looked a little ugly with a slim tail and teeth. He asked the system, "What is happening?"
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**System: Talent Enhancement System**
**Name:** Rock Crab
**Age:** 10 Years / 21 Years
**Race:** Demonic Beast (Level 9)
**Skills:**
- Rock Smash (Level 5) [257/500] + Digging Lv 1 [1/100] = Changing into Ground Slash Digging Lv 2 [142/200]
- Eating (Level 4) [102/400]
- Swimming (Level 4) [350/400]
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- Stone Shell Breathing Technique (Level 2) max + shadow breathing technique lv 1/100 = changing into [ Shadow Stone Shell Technique (Level 2) [ 0/200]
- Walking (Level 4) [12/400] + running lv 1 [1/100] = running lv 2 [1/200]
**Note:** Merge different bloodlines to break through to a higher level.
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He saw that his skills were changing, and his lifespan had increased. He could now run faster than before. Unlike his experiment subjects, his bloodline merged quickly and easily. While he did gain some negative features like a tail and sharp teeth, his technique had also evolved. His claws now had different types of sharp extensions, which helped him dig more efficiently. Instead of just punching sand out, he could now make smaller, more precise movements while digging. His new breathing technique allowed him to hide his presence much more effectively. However, the tail seemed useless as he flicked it back and forth.
One thing was clear: with this system, as long as he could get more bloodlines, he could easily merge them. However, he had to be cautious as some side effects would appear on his body. He decided he needed creatures with unique attributes like wings or poison, and perhaps even dragons in the future. But for now, dragon bloodlines were too strong for him to merge with.
After a couple of days of rest and familiarizing himself with his new body and skills, he felt ready to continue his experiments.
He decided to capture some poisonous snakes. He looked around for quite a while and found a snake, but when the snake saw him, it tried to run away, but with his new running skill, he easily caught it. He used his strong claw to smash the snake onto the ground and put the knocked snake over his body. This snake was only level 2, and he needed a more powerful one though.
After a couple of days, he caught quite a lot of them and repeated the process of bloodline merging with the snake's blood. But this time, the process failed on the first attempt. He realized that his bloodline was now much stronger and was rejecting weaker ones. He regretted using the rat. He sighed and tried with another knocked-out snake but failed again. He sighed while eating snake meat, worried if this would work at all.
The last snake was level 9. While hunting snakes, he found a lair of them and saw a level 9 one. Because he wanted to capture level 9 one, the rest were either killed or ran away.
He poured all the level 9 snake blood into a bucket, made a hole in his body, and started pouring the snake blood inside himself. This time, the process worked, and his blood started merging.
He quickly ate the snake meat, and a new organ began to develop. He developed a poison organ, two more sharp teeth emerged, and his skin gained scales.
Obviously the process took several hours and it was painful.
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**System: Talent Enhancement System**
**Name:** Rock Crab
**Age:** 10 Years / 22 Years
**Race:** Demonic Beast (Level 9)
**Skills:**
-Ground Slash Digging Lv 2 [142/200]
- Eating (Level 4) [102/400]
- Swimming (Level 4) [350/400]
- Shadow Stone Shell Technique Lv 2 [1/200] + Venomous Vein Technique Lv 1 [0/100] = Merging into Venomous Shadow Shell Technique Lv 3 [0/300]
- Running Lv 2 [1/200]
- Poison Lv 1 [0/100]
**Note:** Merge different bloodlines to break through to a higher level.
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With his new skills and techniques, he felt more purposeful. He knew that as long as he continued to merge bloodlines, he could grow stronger. The system was his key to breaking through the bloodline limits.