25. The Demon Sequence
After killing the giant snake, Loranhil deeply felt that her power was still insufficient, so she began to try cultivating other supernatural sequences.
Just as she started to sense and attempt to transform Mana into the magical power of other sequences, the mechanical voice of the system sounded in her ear again.
A new supernatural sequence is beginning to form. Do you want to temporarily deactivate the original sequence? [Yes/No]
Hmm, what function is this? The girl clicked [Yes].
Then, in her consciousness, the emerald-like transparent gem’s light began to dim, finally extinguishing completely, presenting a calm gray color.
At this time, red magical power began to appear in the sea of consciousness. They emerged from the colorless sea of Mana, gradually gathering, and a deep blood-red gem slowly began to take shape.
Eh!?
Wasn’t it said that each life could only cultivate one supernatural sequence? She had asked Daytis just yesterday, and this knowledgeable witch had said the same thing.
Because supernatural power is bound to the soul and consciousness of living beings, inseparable. If two types were cultivated simultaneously, it would cause a great conflict. Even the magical power of the Primal Sequence couldn’t coexist with other sequences, although later sequences all evolved from the Primal Sequence.
But magical power has exclusivity. Perhaps you can use items and treasures from different supernatural sequences, but you can only choose one for yourself.
Even the most powerful beings in history couldn’t change this fact. It’s like putting gunpowder and fire together; if the flame gets a bit too big, it would trigger a violent conflict.
She began to check the system’s explanation again, but the system displayed a line of text:
[Host’s permission insufficient, please advance to Supernatural Sequence 9]
How annoying, is this discriminatory? It’s just like when parents can’t answer their child’s questions and say, “You’ll understand when you grow up.”
Loranhil tried the War Sequence according to Trina’s records, attempting six other power operation methods: Primal Sequence, War Sequence, Dragon Sequence, Demon Sequence, Necromancy Sequence, and Magic Sequence.
The Ocean Sequence and Angel Sequence were not included because they were very rare at the time, with extremely few records and incomplete cultivation methods.
After testing, she was surprised to find that the magical power of the Demon Sequence had far superior affinity compared to other sequences.
Looking at the red magical power rejoicing in her hand, wisps of light points circling around her affectionately, like children seeing their parents.
Loranhil was more than a little surprised. If using natural magic before was like using one point of spirit to leverage 100 points of magical power, now it was like using 1 point of spirit to leverage 1000 points of magical power. If her soul consciousness wasn’t so weak now, she could probably control even more of this magical power.
Moreover, it was like raising an arm, completely effortless. The magical power would automatically operate according to her thoughts, without any resistance, and it was far from reaching its limit.
Am I a born demon, a witch?
But that’s not right either, Demon Sequence witches are also rare, most are of the Magic Sequence.
Why is this? The girl looked at the magical power constantly darting and dancing in her palm, like little fairies, dancing according to her thoughts and emotions.
Well, this isn’t a bad thing, let’s just try cultivating it like this.
Begin optimizing the structure of the supernatural sequence, choosing Demon Sequence 1 · Boiling Blood —— Demon Sequence 2 · Blood-Stained Poison as reference.
[Please choose the main development direction for this sequence?]
Objective: Maximize the utilization of this sequence’s magical power.
[System confirms, automatically understanding and optimizing.]
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[Optimization results as follows.]
Demon Sequence 1 · Boiling Blood (Enhances various bodily functions, able to control one’s own blood)
Demon Sequence 2 · Blood-Stained Poison (Gains the ability to poison one’s own blood, and greatly enhances poison resistance)
Demon Sequence 3 · Crimson Wound (Attacks carry extremely strong armor-breaking and magic-breaking effects)
Demon Sequence 4 · Rose’s Song (Enhances allies and weakens enemies with song)
Demon Sequence 5 · Blood-Red Dress (Comprehensively enhances various abilities)
Demon Sequence 6 · Pale Red Songstress (Comprehensively enhances singing abilities)
Demon Sequence 7 · Red Moon Lord (Comprehensively enhances various abilities)
Demon Sequence 8 · True Crimson Queen (Comprehensively enhances various abilities)
As expected of demons, it’s all related to blood and the color red.
Looking at the results deduced by the system, perhaps due to the extremely high affinity, this time the system directly deduced up to Sequence 8, and from Sequence 5 onwards, it comprehensively enhanced various abilities, basically without any weaknesses. This kind of profession would probably be cursed by other players in a game for being too unbalanced.
Unfortunately, the girl was playing a single-player game, so balance was in the eye of the beholder, and she was quite happy. Which player doesn’t want to become stronger?
The biggest flaw of Earth Online is that it’s too hard to level up, you can’t cheat, and many people want to quit playing.
The Demon Sequence is a supernatural sequence with particularly high combat power, a choice made by early humans in desperate situations. From the beginning, it was created with the determination to fight to the death, to repay blood with blood. At the same time, it also has many side effects, causing great self-harm, and practitioners often have short lifespans.
According to records, after advancing to higher levels in the Demon Sequence, one would become an inhuman existence, like a true hell demon. Everything was for the sake of killing, and the brutality described in the records was shocking.
It could be said that the rise of the Demon Sequence represented the most tragic period in human history, and that country buried in the dust of history, although defeated but still admirable, the True Red Empire.
This situation continued until the Second Era when continuous improvements were made, slowly getting better. The side effects of the Demon Sequence were minimized as much as possible, and the lifespan could be about the same as other humans.
And after this system deduction and improvement, it removed the imperfections and all side effects, and added improvements and optimizations. According to the cultivation data the girl checked,
This final advancement path to Demon Sequence 8 · True Crimson Queen has extremely demanding requirements in all aspects. Probably only she could try to walk this path; even if taught to others, they wouldn’t be able to cultivate it.
Loranhil sat under the Amber Maple tree, focusing on the small deep red gem gradually taking shape in the sea of consciousness, like a red bud. The patterns of abilities and skills were constantly inscribed in the supernatural core gem, layer upon layer, like a dizzyingly complex circuit board.
This time, the deep red core of the Demon Sequence was much more complex than the Nature Sequence, but it also represented its greater power and uniqueness.
Finally, as the red light points spread throughout the maple forest slowly converged onto the girl’s body, Demon Sequence 3 · Crimson Wound also solidified.
Name: Loranhil Fallenstar
Race: Human (100% Ancient Human)
Identity: Witch of Stars and Miracles
Status: Healthy (No abnormalities)
Sequence:
Demon Sequence 3 · Crimson Wound (Evaluation: Legendary Gold grade)
Nature Sequence 2 · Zephyr Tree Artisan (Hidden, not activated)
Talents:
Star’s Miracle [Mythical grade]: The fate threads woven by starlight are plucked, and so the occasional becomes the inevitable miracle. (Unknown, partially awakened, please explore on your own)
Sky Blue Wind [Mythical grade]: A constitution as pure as the sky, extremely light. All things in your perception are as clear and real as hair placed on a clear mirror. (Greatly enhanced in domains related to sky, atmosphere, perception, and purification.)
Abilities:
[Blood Pulse] (Legendary): Can control the flow of one’s own blood, enhance various bodily functions, and become immune to various toxins.
[Blood Marrow Poison] (Legendary): Can alter the composition of one’s own blood, turning it into a deadly poison. The type and effect of the poison can be self-defined.
[Ruinous Wound] (Perfect): Your magically evolved attacks carry terrifying magic-breaking and armor-breaking effects. All things before you are like thin paper.
Skills: [Deep Crimson Blood Sword] (Perfect): Imbue weapons with your own blood, greatly enhancing attack power, carrying effects such as magic-breaking, armor-breaking, and deadly poison.
How terrifying. Even without the enhancement from the Sky Blue Wind talent, it has legendary effects on its own.