Gift and second bloodline ability

The next day Nero decided to relax and enjoy the day. He visited famous places, ate food and laid down in a park till afternoon. ' It's been a long time since i felt this peaceful ' Nero thought while looking at the clouds passing by in the sky. Seeing Nero like this Aria was relieved and made a joke [Just don't become Shikamaru].

While resting Nero felt a gust of wind beside him and after opening his eyes what greeted him was a 40-45 year old looking man with a unique left hand that looked like it was made out of air. ' I didn't feel any malicious intent he must be the person my father was talking about Aria his status ' Nero thought while looking at the man who looked at Nero with a multitude of emotions in his eyes.

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Name: Zhou Hongbuo

Age: 117

Martial soul: Consecrated Wind serpent(photo in comments)

Rank: 98

Innate soul power : 9.5

Soul ring configuration : 🟣🟣⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫🔴🔴

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" You have grown up young Nero seeing you makes me think of the day when i first saw your father" Zhou Hongbuo was the first to start a conversation with still a look of reminiscence on his face. " You must be the person my father was talking about " Nero said to Zhou Hongbuo after a moment of silence. " Yes, you can call me Grandpa Zhou although i don't deserve to be called that when i couldn't even save your father " Zhou Hongbuo introduced himself with a look of pain and regret in his eyes.

" so how did you know my father Grandpa Zhou. He talked so much about you and how you were a family to him " not knowing how to comfort Zhou Hongbuo Nero decided to change the topic.

After recovering his emotions Zhou Hongbuo narrated " I first met Arlo when he was 7 years old. His father entrusted me to take care of him because of a favour I owned. At first i treated him like a stranger and i thought I would just take care of him till he was 14 and leave him on his own but your father was a stubborn child he annoyed me almost everyday to accompany him and tried to become my friend. It is still hilarious thinking of a 7 year old trying to befriend an old man. As time passed without even me realising Arlo became like a son to me. Your father had an enchanting personality. Arlo never claimed to be righteous, he admitted his shortcomings and stayed true to his heart. You know when you were born Arlo said to me that even if he has to sacrifice the whole world for his child he will do it without hesitation. Perhaps this is what made so many people in spirit pagoda follow him willingly. In this world where mostly everyone wore a mask of hypocrisy he was a unique shining gem. To this world he may not be as grand as Sea God Tang san or Huo yuhao but to the people who knew Arlo he was something much greater. I once asked Arlo about whether he wants to become a god like our predecessors. You know what was his answer he said that he didn't want to become a god like Tang San or Huo Yuhao and leave the Douluo continent. He just wanted to make this world a better place for his child "

Nero was once again amazed and shocked by his father he didn't know what to say about his father perhaps becoming the son of such a man was his greatest blessing. In this world where everyone wanted to become a god like being his father wanted to remain a human being just for his loved ones.

" How did you lose your hand Grandpa Zhou " Nero asked Zhou Hongbuo as he wanted to know more about his father. " Now that's a story for another time Young Nero now i should take you to the thing your father asked me to give you " Zhou Hongbuo said while ruffling Nero's hair.

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Nero and Zhou Hongbuo were now in one of the secret locations only known to Arlo's allies. " Here take this " Zhou Hongbuo stopped for a second and gave Nero a card. " What is this Grandpa Zhou" Nero asked while examining the card. " This is a Spirit Pagoda card which marks your identity as my successor and relative of someone you are about to meet. This is important as your relation to your father should not be known to anyone in spirit Pagoda.It also allows you to access the spirit pagoda's highest facilities " Zhou Hongbuo explained the importance of the card.

After a few minutes of walking Zhou Hongbuo and Nero arrived in a room with nothing but an encased glass in it. " Go on! this is something that your father asked me to give you " Nero listened to Zhou Hongbuo and went towards the encased glass. After seeing what was inside the glass shock would be an understatement to describe Nero's facial expression.

Inside the glass was a plant type spirit soul but it was somewhat different than your usual plant beast. The spirit soul looked like an inverted white tree with roots growing at the top and branches in the bottom

Nero was astonished at the resemblance of this spirit soul with Qliphoth. " This was an artificial spirit soul made by using the core stem of Ancient Golden tree and residue of the core seed inside you. It is a special soul because it has no consciousness with an undefined growth limit. Your father made this as your 2nd spirit soul. According to him your first spirit soul won't be affected by becoming a demon as it would be far too young to be affected but your second spirit soul which would be at least 10,000 years old won't be able to fuse with you as the demon blood will make its mature mentality go berserk. After fusion it will remain inside you until you need the fifth spirit ring." Zhou Hongbuo came beside Nero and explained the origin of the spirit soul. ' Aria can you scan its information ' Nero mentally asked Aria [ Yes as it has no consciousness then i can gather all its information ]

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Spirit soul name: Unknown (photo in comments)

Age: 18,000

Traits: Plant,Devour,World core, integration of energies

Info: An infant world core Spirit soul accidentally created when the requirements were met. The ancient golden tree provided a suitable world core body and the Demon core seed provided the energy for it. It is almost like a real world core/tree except there is no metaphysical entity to host it. A metaphysical entity can take over after the spirit soul breaks through 100,000 years.

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" Why don't you give it a name " Nero was brought back to his senses by Zhou Hongbuo. " Qliphoth " Nero replied without even thinking. " A unique name well i shall go outside as the relative whom i was talking about is coming and you should also fuse the spirit soul " Zhou Hongbuo said and went outside of the room.

" Aria do you think you." [ Yes i can host the Qliphoth and this was the secret project i was working on.I was trying to find a way to make myself body using soul tool technology. ] " but why you can always reside.." [ Nero you created me because you were alone and devastated but you have a new life now. You will have your own friends, family and your other half in future.I can't always reside inside you. I know you would have lashed out that's why i didn't tell you.] Nero didn't know what to say as it was true if Aria told him this three days ago then he would have made a ruckus. ' Aria is not a bunch of codes anymore to serve me . She has her own will now and she can make her decisions. I created her as my sister then I should treat her like that too. ' Nero thought and decided to let Aria create her new body until Qliphoth became a 100,000 year old soul.

" Master you should absorb Qliphoth as it would help your bloodline advance " Iblis came out of the spirit ring and suggested to Nero. " You are right Iblis i will do it now please guard me " Nero also agreed with Iblis and sat down to absorb Qliphoth.

10 minutes later Nero opened his eyes and at the same time a wave of spirit power radiated from him. Iblis already went inside the spirit ring to absorb the benefits.[ Your status and bloodline ability page, because a new bloodline ability just unlocked]

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Name: Nero

Age: 9

Martial soul: Yamato

Rank: 25

Bloodline: Sparda (35% unlocked)

Legacy: The Alpha and The Omega

Spirit soul: Iblis (2000 years)

Qliphoth (18,000 years )(Note: Available for fusion at 5th ring)

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Bloodline Skills:

( Awakens when the required amount of bloodline is unlocked and gets strengthened after every 1 % unlocking of the bloodline)

Demonic-Human physiology (Passive)

• Demonic-Human physiology - As a descendant of Demon knight sparda and also being a human you have the perk of enhanced strength,speed, agility, regenerating power and longer lifespan. It gives the user capital to go on par and even slightly overpower the golden dragon king at the same rank in terms of physical combat. This physiology also gives access to demonic energy which makes the user's spirit energy stronger,condensed and larger than normal spirit power while also forming a demon core when the required demonic-spirit energy is obtained. Demonic power slowly grows with time.At the same time the side effects of demons which are bloodthirst,rage and other unstable factors are countered.

Demon eyes

• Demon eyes: Demon eyes build a mental barrier as a passive which enhances the resistance against spiritual attacks. Demon eyes allow the user to see the flow of the world from seeing everything in slow motion and detail in the initial stage to modifying the lines of Time, Space and fate in limited range at the final stage. Demon eyes grow with the user's bloodline.

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" In the initial stage demon eyes works just like Tang sect's purple demon eye and my spirit rank also got raised by 2 ranks" Nero said as he examined the benefits brought by the absorption of Qliphoth soul.

Nero activated the Demon eyes for the test. Nero's iris became purple and pupils changed into a vertical demon pupil (photo in comments ).Even though it was dark in the room Nero could see the finest grain in the air.

Nero left the room to meet Zhou Hongbuo after

experimenting with Demon eyes. Nero found Zhou Hongbuo talking to a beautiful woman with red hair. Nero couldn't see her face as Zhou Hongbuo was blocking him. " Nero you are finally out let me introduce you to your father's righteous sister Leng Yaozhu " Zhou Hongbuo who finally noticed Nero stepped aside and said. Nero was surprised to see such a familiar face he didn't expect the vice master of Spirit Pagoda to be his aunt. Aria also displayed Leng Yaozhu status.

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Name: Leng Yaozhu

Age: ?? (Every mature woman guards her age)

Martial soul: Heavenly phoenix

Rank: 99

Spirit ring configuration: ⚫⚫⚫⚫🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

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I couldn't find Leng Yaozhu's original Spirit ring configuration so i gave her this configuration.