Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 665 - 587: Bloodline

In the night, gentle moonlight shone on the lantern-lit buildings.

The central part of the lantern-lit building was glowing, illuminating the interior and surroundings brightly.

Kane sat on the sofa in the hall, looking at the jade token in his hand.

[Invitation to Secret Gathering]

[Teleportation Artifact]

[Color: Golden]

[Attributes: Sturdy]

[Skills: Initiating Teleportation] (When the secret gathering opens, the invitation will prompt. If willing to attend, input magic power into the invitation to enter the location of the gathering.)

[Explanation: An ancient gathering, where members are explorers who have mastered personal dungeons. They exchange experiences, knowledge, and intelligence.]

From the identification of the equipment, it indeed seemed as Bagri said, without any issues. It was simply an artifact for attending exchange gatherings.

At this moment, a series of footsteps accompanied by the sound of hooves approached from the side.

Kreya and the others quickly walked over from the side.

After receiving Kane's message, they each prepared themselves, to defend against any unexpected incident involving Kane.

After ensuring Kane was okay, they walked over.

"What is going on?" Kreya asked as she walked over.

Due to the urgent situation earlier, Kane hadn't explained the details to them.

Hearing Kreya's words, Kane recounted the recent events in detail.

After listening, Longbei nodded and asked, "So now you've joined their little gathering, right?"

"You could say that." Kane replied as he shook the jade token in his hand, "If this equipment sends a message, it means the gathering has started. Detailed information is only known by actually attending the gathering once."

"If it's really as Bagri said, then joining this gathering is indeed a good thing," Kreya said.

Kane nodded in agreement with Kreya.

Though Kane possessed a dungeon, he was truly inexperienced in many areas and lacked sources of intelligence.

Such information about dungeons was often surrounded by rumors and hearsay, making it impossible to discern truth from fiction.

Participating in this gathering was a relief for Kane, and upon reflection, he realized the necessity of such gatherings.

Those who control dungeons are rare, so mutual cooperation is crucial to acquiring needed information and intelligence.

"By the way, we've just manifested our bloodlines." Kreya suddenly said.

Hearing Kreya's words, Kane realized it had been seven days, and they should have manifested yesterday according to the timeline.

Indeed, Kreya and the others had their bloodlines manifested.

Recently, they were busy with various dungeon affairs, the guild, and origin skills, consuming a lot of their time, almost causing Kane to forget about this matter.

At this thought, Kane directly opened the [Book of Adventure], which provides a more intuitive view of their bloodline information.

Bloodlines are such things; even if they sense them, they aren't as intuitive as the display in the Book of Adventure.

The first one seen was Kreya's bloodline.

[Bloodline: Death's Favor] (All forces related to death can exert greater power, making learning related knowledge and skills easier.

All forces related to death have some resistance, immune to instant death attacks, and reduce soul damage.)

It was indeed a death-related bloodline, as the power of death can undoubtedly be classified as top tier.

Having dealt with death-related powers for years, the bloodline naturally leaned towards the forces of death.

The effects produced by this bloodline were indeed unsurprisingly top tier.

Kreya's bloodline was remarkably perfect. While Kane wasn't sure if there are stronger bloodlines, he believed this one was among the top tier.

Subsequently, Kane looked at Lilu's, whose existing bloodline now underwent a change.

[Bloodline: Spirit of Fairy Tales] (A spirit born of fairy tales, it naturally avoids hostility from all things, a pioneer in fairy tale elements.

Born from the void, it suppresses other fairy tale creatures. Fairy tale elements will automatically pledge loyalty, and fairy tale power will automatically converge.)

Previously, Lilu's bloodline was racially inherent without many special capabilities, except that natural entities wouldn't immediately exhibit hostility.

Now the bloodline evolved into Lilu's exclusive capability, feeling more like an identity recognition rather than an enhancement.

With this thought, Kane looked at Longbei, whose bloodline also underwent a change, leaving him wondering about the difference.

[Bloodline: Titan's Blood] (A bloodline inherited from a top-tier race, it offers comprehensive enhancement of physical attributes and modest increases in resistances. Automatically acquires lightning power, strengthening lightning abilities.)

Longbei's origin skills have always been linked to giants like Titans, perhaps an ancestor had Titan's blood, now returning to ancestral traits.

The current bloodline closely overlapped with personal skills, not offering new abilities but elevating Longbei's origin skills significantly.

This bloodline was extremely practical, reaching immediate effectiveness.

It was almost perfect synergy with Longbei.

Lastly, Kane looked at Meizike's.

[Bloodline: Alchemy Power] (Learning and mastering various alchemy techniques will become more skillful, and the alchemy items produced will have higher attributes and a higher success rate.)

Looking at the effect of this bloodline, it can be said to be very practical, but Kane feels that this bloodline might be more impactful for Meizike than for any descendants he might have in the future.

The various attributes provided by this bloodline for Meizike can only be said to be better than nothing.

But if such a bloodline is inherited by his descendants, Meizike might very well establish an alchemy family.

With such a bloodline, Kane's idea has no issues at all, producing professionals in various alchemy talents.

However, the specific help and enhancement it provides for himself is something Meizike needs to experience personally to know.

The changes are indeed not easily reflected in words.

"The bloodlines are quite good." Kane said with a smile.

They all knew that Kane could detect the attributes on them through identification, so everyone smiled at Kane's praise.

At this time, Kreya asked, "Kane, are we just going to keep waiting like this for the World Ring to open?"

"I don't know." Kane said somewhat helplessly.

He then continued.

"The exact news I can get now indicates that the World Ring will open within six months to a year."

"This event cannot be missed, and you all know I must be the primary initiator. When the World Ring will open, I will surely be among the first to know."

"Whether or not to explore the dungeon again, we can only wait until the notification of opening comes down to know."

"And according to the information obtained before and what Burton said, the average time for exploring gold-level dungeons is usually at least half a year. If we can't catch up with the opening of the World Ring by then, the Mist will definitely cause trouble."

Of course, the premise is that being the primary initiator is indeed very important.

Hearing Kane's explanation, everyone nodded in understanding. Now they are indeed stuck at a somewhat awkward time point.

If they don't explore, they would waste at least several months of time.

But exploring also runs a high risk of missing the World Ring's opening. Others might be a step slower and lose the advantage of entering in the first batch.

But Kane is different; Kane carries the responsibility of being the first initiator, which is an important responsibility.

Even though Kane still doesn't know why he must be the first to open it, whether it's truly meaningful or more symbolic.

If it's truly meaningful, it might turn out that everyone is waiting for Kane. The whole world is waiting for him, and Kane cannot bear such a responsibility.

But no matter what, Kane must free up a long stretch of time to wait for the World Ring to open, whether for others or himself.

There's a possibility that might actually happen, Kane could be exploring a dungeon, and then the World Ring opens, and the Mist directly kicks Kane out.

Thinking about this possibility, Kane realizes it might actually happen.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." At this time, Longbei spoke up.

Seeing everyone's gazes, Longbei asked, "Why are we always rushing with the dungeon explorations, hardly taking a break in between?"

"Of course, it's to become gold faster." Lilulu answered quickly.

"Right." Longbei shrugged.

"Now that we've become gold, why still be so anxious? As my brother says, the gold level is a phase of time consumption, and spending any amount of time in this phase is not surprising."

This statement is indeed correct, most normal explorers take at least a month or two of rest after exploring a dungeon before continuing to the next exploration.

This one- or two-month rest is firstly to adjust their own state, heal injuries, or study.

Secondly, it is to grasp their own strength and further enhance their strength.

Speaking of it, the reason Kane and his group were able to exhibit overpowering strength in subsequent dungeons was largely due to Aiklonen's arena.

They stayed there for a year, and because the dungeon was controlled by Aiklonen, there was a time displacement between the outside world and the dungeon.

But it must be said, it was that year's training that greatly enhanced Kane and his group's strength.

The reason for such a significant improvement entirely stems from Kane and his group, who were constantly exploring dungeons before, with no time to pause and properly consolidate their own power.

That year of time equated to digesting all of Kane and his group's prior accumulation, which resulted in such an effect, like a leap in strength within a year.

It's hard not to think whether Aiklon noticed Kane and his group's issues deliberately kept them there for a year.

After all, Aiklonen did indeed treat them as his final disciples.

Initially, he didn't know why they rushed to upgrade to gold, even criticizing them for being too impetuous, with potential for unexpected events.

"But we lack gold equipment," Kreya said.

At the gold level, the most important thing is the understanding of rules and having gold-level equipment.

Understanding the rules far outweighs the need for equipment.

But one cannot do without equipment.

The most crucial rule understanding can be achieved without going to the dungeon.

But as for equipment, it's not possible. Even if you can buy, it's very difficult to find suitable equipment. After all, gold-level equipment is rarely available in the market, and the prices are extremely high.

Finding suitable ones is indeed quite difficult.