Chapter 592: Mutation Failed?
Although the Black Turtle bloodline had the ability to balance his blood, it also meant that it had increased the strength of his bloodline multiple times over.
While this was, indeed, a very beneficial thing when considering the final outcome, it might also cause a higher chance of failure, if Hei Gou could not handle the sheer amount of energy that it infused into the mutation.
Hei Gou was not born with the sovereign bloodline. To him, this was a foreign treasure that could rouse his own bloodline's potential and cause it to mutate which would bring him to a higher state, however, it was, after all, a foreign treasure.
Unlike Xue Wei, who was the owner of this energy, Hei Gou was not, and he would not gain any help from his body or bloodline, so he would have to face this potent energy on his own.
The area had descended into silence. Xue Wei and the others kept their eyes on Hei Gou, worried that they might miss something important, but the black dog did not react.
It was clear that he had sealed his senses away from the outside world and was fully focused on his body and the changes happening within.
The sweat had beaded on his forehead and kept rolling down one drop after another. His body was trembling and his lips had turned pale. The appearance was even more haunting than if he had been rolling on the ground shaking and screaming in pain, as no one knew what exactly was happening.
The time went by slowly. Although all of them were cultivators and had a good patience, some of them had even lived for thousands of years, but right now, it felt as if the time was going slower than ever before.
Xue Wei released a breath of foul air and felt a stiffling feeling in his chest. He was not an emotional person, but these companions had been through mountains of knives and rivers of blood alongside him, so he could not stay calm and uncaring.
It was unknown how long time had been spent waiting for Hei Gou's mutation to end. The sun had risen and fallen more than once, but suddenly, as the full moon rose to the sky, a tremor ran through Hei Gou's body.
The body began to twitch, and the arms began twisting into strange shapes, before his legs and body followed suit.
When looking at his face, it did not seem as if he had realized the strange change in his body, but Xue Wei and the others instantly knew that something was happening.
The body, which was twitching and moving around like a broken spider, suddenly began to transform.
The limbs turned from human-like to beast-like, and black fur began sprouting out from his skin.
Hei Gou's body was transforming into the original shape, but many of the changes that had happened before were vanishing one by one. His wings seemed to slowly wither and the feathers fell off one by one. The bones became visible, before slowly turning to dust and spreading in the air.
The previous mutations were slowly being removed one by one, and Hei Gou's body was returning to the appearance he had before the first bloodline activation.
Hei Gou was a Celestial Dog, but he had long since lost most resemblance to this race as his bloodline mutated further, however now he was returning to back then, and they all held their breath in worry.
They knew how much Hei Gou had sacrificed and gambled to become stronger. Even his life was on the line, but instead of getting stronger, it seemed that all his previous advantages were being removed one after another.
Unfortunately, Xue Wei and the others were unable to tell Hei Gou this worrying news. They found that he was still sealed off from the outside world, and if they forcefully pulled him back, he would suffer great injury.
Since the bloodline had already reverted back to the original version, there was no way they would be willing to risk his life by forcefully telling him the bad news.
They all wanted to speak together, but none of them dared. They did not know what could have gone wrong for his bloodline to return to the origin like this, but they found that even after the orginal Hei Gou had vanished and a Celestial Dog had appeared, there was no signs of waking up.
"Wait. He is still breaking through."
Bai Tainyi looked at Hei Gou with a frown on his youthful face. He felt that the situation was a bit out of control, but he could sense that something was different from the expected mutation.
Hei Gou's mutation had likely gone wrong somewhere along the way, but he still managed to pull through with his life intact.
To Xue Wei and the others, this was, without a doubt, the most important thing.
The energy that the blood had brought Hei Gou had still not dispersed, and the others dared not act rashly.
Hei Gou stayed in his celestial dog shape, but unlike before, he was no longer trembling. The dog was lying down calmly with the eyes closed, and the air around him continued to fluctuate as the energy was being consumed by him.
It was not before the next morning that these ripples of energy finally subsided, and the mutation could be considered complete.
Although it seemed obvious that it had been a failure, Xue Wei and the others still held their breath, as they kept looking at the dog in front of them, as he slowly opened his amber eyes.