"It can awaken a player’s second talent—a bloodline talent."

"It can even grant additional attribute bonuses based on the player’s current talent."

After John understood the detailed functions of the Bloodline Altar, even he felt that this structure was somewhat bug-like.

He had never seen any kind of building that could allow players to obtain a second talent.

It was simply a ceiling-level existence.

However, upgrading it did consume quite a lot of EXP.

Just upgrading it to Level 2 alone required 1 million EXP.

One could imagine how much EXP the later upgrades would require.

But compared to the effects after upgrading, this bit of EXP was not even worth mentioning!

...

"The higher the level, the more Bloodline Refinement chances there are.

"The more chances there are, the greater the probability of drawing a high-rank talent.

"So upgrading it is necessary."

John did not hesitate. He decisively used EXP to upgrade the Bloodline Altar.

[You have consumed 1 million EXP. The Bloodline Altar has been upgraded to Level 2!]

[You have consumed 10 million EXP. The Bloodline Altar has been upgraded to Level 3!]

[You have consumed...]

[The Bloodline Altar has been upgraded to Level 5. This is the current highest level of the structure. It cannot be upgraded for now!]

...

John spent more than 100 million EXP and finally raised the altar’s level.

A Level 5 Bloodline Altar already possessed five chances to draw bloodline talents.

This greatly increased the player’s margin for error.

If they were unsatisfied with the bloodline talent drawn the first time, they still had four more chances to continue drawing.

Moreover, the talent attribute bonuses after evaluation were also higher.

"Not bad. I can give it a try now."

Looking at the Bloodline Altar before him, which had become even taller and more imposing, John took one step forward.

The next moment, he appeared at the center of the altar.

[Note: You have entered the Bloodline Altar. Do you wish to perform Bloodline Refinement?]

[Current usable attempts: 5. Once you make your selection, you will be unable to perform another refinement!]

[Begin refinement now?]

Naturally, John did not hesitate at all.

"Begin refinement."

As soon as his voice fell—

The entire altar began to tremble.

Strands of black mist continuously surged out, instantly covering John’s figure.

John felt as though the black mist had come alive, constantly drilling into his body.

Under the stimulation of the black mist, the human bloodline flowing within his body began to surge with waves of miraculous strength.

As a Special Structure developed by the ancestors of the human race, the Bloodline Altar had always been the only method by which the ancient humans obtained talents.

Later, as the laws of the Apocalypse world changed, players became capable of bringing their own talents with them before entering the game.

Naturally, the Bloodline Altar disappeared as well.

Now that John had reintroduced it, the power of the bloodline hidden within the human body was instantly and completely refined out.

The next moment—

A notification rang out.

...

[Refinement complete!]

[Congratulations, player. You have awakened the SSS-rank bloodline talent: Authority of the True Self!]

[Since you are the first player to awaken a bloodline talent, this awakening will be announced server-wide!]

...

Hearing the notification, John’s breathing quickened.

He had actually awakened an SSS-rank bloodline talent on his very first attempt.

This luck was a little absurd.

Without the slightest hesitation, he chose to lock in this talent.

Afterward, a new bloodline talent entry appeared on his personal panel.

John was just about to open it and examine it carefully when he discovered that the rank behind the bloodline talent suddenly distorted.

Immediately afterward, another S slowly appeared.

His Authority of the True Self talent had actually become SSSS-rank at this moment!

John froze. This was the first time he had ever encountered such a situation.

"What’s going on?"

Just then—

A server-wide announcement suddenly rose.

...

[Server-wide Announcement: Zone 5 player John has become the first player to awaken a bloodline talent!]

[Zone 5 player John has awakened the SSS-rank talent Authority of the True Self!]

[The first player with a bloodline talent has appeared, shaking heaven and earth and changing the rules!

All players across the server may now perform Bloodline Refinement, but there is a risk of refinement failure!]

[As the one who restarted bloodline talents, Zone 5 player John has received a gift from the ancestors of the human race!]

[Zone 5 player John’s bloodline talent rank has increased by 1!]

...

A series of notifications rang out.

Only after hearing them did John finally understand.

"So it was a reward that increased the rank by one, directly turning my SSS-rank talent into SSSS-rank.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I didn’t expect talents to have an even higher SSSS-rank.

"Sharing the Bloodline Refinement function this time was a huge profit!"

As a powerhouse who possessed multiple SSS-rank talents, no one understood better than John how massive the gap between each S could be.

Not to mention, he now possessed the first SSSS-rank talent in all history.

The higher the talent rank, the greater the difference between each level.

John forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart and hurriedly opened the bloodline talent panel to inspect it.

...

[Authority of the True Self]

[Talent Type]: Bloodline Talent

[Special Mechanism]: Cannot be plundered

[Effects]:

Transform All Things: You can transform all things in the world, converting any item—such as skills, equipment, potions, and special items—into any numerical value you possess.

Transform Self: You can transform your own numerical values.

Your own numerical values include, but are not limited to: EXP, Fame, wallet values, system points, and attribute points.

Maximum daily conversion amount: 10,000 points.

[Introduction]: The first wise one in ancient times to realize that the human bloodline itself could be used for other purposes.

He created the method of transformation, converting the energy and substances within the human body into tangible battle aura and magic.

Later generations of humans inherited this legacy and evolved it into the five major classes.

...

"Authority of the True Self?"

"Does that mean absolute control over oneself?"

After John finished reading this bloodline talent, his expression became somewhat strange.

That was because, in a certain sense, this talent already overlapped somewhat with his system modification ability.

For example, it could convert equipment and other items into numerical values.

"Wait. No, that’s not right."

John suddenly looked at the second effect, Transform Self.

At first glance, this talent seemed to simply rotate various numerical values.

But in reality, it contained one line: "Can transform personal values, including system points."

"System points are actually included among these values?"

"If that’s really the case, doesn’t that mean I can directly convert system points into attribute points?"

"I can convert 10,000 points every day. In other words, I can gain an additional 10,000 freely assignable attribute points every single day!"

John’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

The transformation talent, combined with the system points he possessed, was equivalent to making his cheat even more outrageous.

Every day, he could gain 10,000 more attribute points and put all of them into Agility.

Combined with the talent he had obtained before, adding 1 point of Agility was equivalent to increasing all attributes.

He could even first transform the items on him into system points, then transform those system points into attribute points!

It was simply a bug-like existence!

"With a talent like this, why would I ever worry that my own numerical values aren’t explosive enough?"

John did not hesitate. He decisively converted 10,000 system points into 10,000 free attribute points first.

Then he added all of them to Agility.

In an instant, all of his attributes increased by 10,000 points at the same time!