Two weeks later, inside Locke's makeshift laboratory.
On Locke's workbench lay an obsidian bed shaped like a coffin—a specialized culture bed for cultivating Gray Mushroom Bacillus, which he had ordered from Tyne, an alchemist assistant at the Chimera Market, for 1,000 Magic Stones.
Inside the obsidian bed, thick black liquid writhed like viscous ink, except this ink was alive, teeming with countless Gray Mushroom Bacillus.
Locke snapped his fingers, and the Tombstone Grimoire automatically flipped open, floating before him. He scanned the information on its pages: Gray Mushroom Bacillus was a unique bacterium that thrived in Negative Energy Particle Fields, a classic example of Negative Energy Particle Dependent Bacillus.
This bacterium was exceptionally rare and fragile. If removed from its specific Negative Energy Particle Field environment, it would collectively perish, making it uncommon in natural settings.
However, Gray Mushroom Bacillus possessed a unique ability: the plasmids within it could replicate the Negative Energy Particle information input by archaeological scholars and use this data to produce corresponding cells. It was precisely this bacterium that allowed scholars to create pure Ancient Creature Bloodlines.
Cultivating this bacterium, however, was costly. Aside from spending 1,000 Magic Stones to craft the specialized obsidian culture bed, Locke had shelled out another 500 Magic Stones for related consumables like Strain Powder, Culture Medium, and Cell Division Accelerating Potion.
Now, Locke extended his right index finger and infused the Moduo Language information he had extracted from the skeletal fossil specimen into the obsidian culture bed.
Half an hour later, he injected the purified Catwoman Queen Bloodline—extracted from a Catwoman and refined multiple times through Potionology techniques—into the obsidian bed.
Since this involved his Ancient Creature Bloodline Essence, Locke chose to handle everything personally rather than seek assistance. Reliable assistants were scarce, with Tilly, the Second-Class Wizard Apprentice, being the only dependable one. But Tilly was managing his Personal Pharmaceutical Room in another city, overseeing the crucial Memory Ointment project.
After all, the Memory Ointment now generated roughly 3,800 Magic Stones monthly—a significant income stream, far surpassing the combined profits from his Super Mandrake Vine and Wire Tendon Grass.
Using the Mana Centrifugal Extraction Method, Locke thoroughly mixed the Catwoman Queen's blood with the Gray Mushroom Bacillus, maximizing their contact surface to accelerate the bacterium's modification of the bloodline.
Fortunately, this was cultivation at the level of magical bacillus, allowing for rapid generational turnover. Had it been an experiment involving Magic Plants or Magical Beast Studies, waiting for just a few generations could take months. But with magical bacillus, a single drop of the purchased Cell Division Accelerating Potion could yield multiple generations in just a day or two.
The next morning, Locke extracted the black liquid and placed it into the [Magical Medicine Material Crushing Device] provided by the academy for his laboratory, crushing the Gray Mushroom Bacillus into fragmented mixed liquid to extract the blood stored within their suspended bubbles.
He then poured the fragmented mixture into the Layered Column Element Separation Equipment previously gifted to him by the Reeves family.
Filtering out all cellular impurities from the crushed bacillus, only the relatively pure, modified bloodline of the Catwoman Queen remained.
Holding a tube of now entirely crimson blood, devoid of any black traces, Locke gave a slight nod. Under the laboratory lights, the blood shimmered, crystal-clear and strikingly beautiful.
Using the Focusing Monocle, Locke examined the tube closely. Within the bloodline cells, he could see floating spherical luminescent bodies covered in peculiar neural-like synapses, resembling eyeballs in shape.
These seemed to be the unique bloodline cells of the long-extinct Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat—a creature he had resurrected from ancient fossils buried deep underground, employing techniques from both Archaeology and Potionology to revive its special blood, lost for untold millennia.
With his right eye, Locke read the Moduo Language inscribed within the blood, comparing it meticulously to the Moduo Language he had deciphered from skeletal fossil specimens.
He pondered. "Only about 90% matches, but that's already quite good. The remaining 10% discrepancy isn't a major issue—during bloodline modification, some Bloodline Factors will naturally attempt to align."
"The key is that this blood has indeed produced the unique bloodline cells exclusive to the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat."
Over the past two weeks, Locke had repeated this process countless times—from re-cultivating Gray Mushroom Bacillus to continuously studying the Moduo Language, refining Archaeological Spells, and consuming Eye Demon Potions to enhance his archaeological expertise through sheer pharmaceutical determination.
Finally, through relentless effort, he had extracted three test tubes of Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat blood.
Of course, given the extreme difficulty of the project, his limited time, and his novice status in Archaeology, the precision of the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat bloodline was still somewhat lacking.
That slight gap, however, was a critical threshold—requiring at least half a year, if not a full year, of further effort to bridge.
Without hesitation, Locke decisively placed the three tubes of blood into the Synthetic Magic Cube.
"A small discrepancy can be compensated for through synthesis," he declared.
Three days later, in the makeshift laboratory...
Locke retrieved a tube of crimson blood from the cube and examined its description—
Grade-7 Synthetic Item: Pure Blood of the Ancient Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat
A premium version cultivated through three years of nurturing pristine Gray Mushroom Bacillus and the Archaeological Scholar's mastery of Moduo Language interpretation.
The Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat possessed formidable physical prowess and potent ocular magic. Using this bloodline might grant partial access to its abilities.
This hard-won blood of the ancient creature, the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat, could be used for various purposes—alchemy, potion brewing, and more.
Locke immediately cast [Summon Graveyard Spirit] and began reading the Moduo Language inscriptions on it. To his delight, he discovered that the similarity between them had reached 95%.
This meant that the bloodline he held in his hands was very close to that of the ancient Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat.
Of course, the Moduo Language he had deciphered from the fossilized skeletal specimens also contained some margin of error.
In other words, this blood still had a significant gap compared to the original Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat's bloodline.
But one couldn't demand perfection in everything.
A bloodline that was 100% identical was nearly impossible to obtain in a laboratory.
At least at his current stage, it was unattainable.
Perfectionism was a killer—it would only slow his progress.
With a 95% similarity rate, this bloodline already indicated minimal side effects and high quality.
Locke promptly employed Potionology techniques, setting up his cauldron and preparing the materials he had long since gathered, intending to brew a Bloodline Separation Potion.
Then, using the Bloodline Separation Potion and the Mana Centrifugal Extraction Method, he isolated the portion of bloodline essence he needed from the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat's blood.
In this process, the quality of the Bloodline Separation Potion he had designed and his proficiency in the Mana Centrifugal Extraction Method would greatly influence the final quality of the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat Bloodline Modification Potion.
After completing these steps, Locke didn't proceed immediately. Instead, he began contemplating the design approach for the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat Bloodline Modification Potion, checking for any oversights or unconsidered aspects.
Bloodline Modification Potions followed a structured system with established rules.
Thus, by adhering to this modern Potionology bloodline modification framework and making slight adjustments to the potion recipe, he could derive the formula for the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat Bloodline Modification Potion.
This step, too, would significantly impact the final quality of the potion.
A day later, as evening fell, Locke let out a long sigh of relief. He had been working on this experiment for two straight days without sleep.
But as he gazed at the two vials of Bloodline Modification Potion before him, the corners of his lips curled upward.
He had succeeded.
Before him lay two vials of Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat Bloodline Modification Potion.
"After so much effort, I've finally completed the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat Bloodline Modification Potion," Locke murmured. Without hesitation, he picked up one of the vials, drew the potion into a syringe, and injected it directly into his body.
Since this technology was relatively mature for Archaeological Scholars, he didn't need to repeat the verification process. "Let's see just how much this potion can enhance my physical body."
"According to the data I've gathered, bodies modified with ancient creature bloodlines are incomparable to those modified with modern magical creature bloodlines in terms of strength."
"This is why Archaeological Scholars possess such extraordinary combat prowess!"
High-level Bloodline Modification Potions like this couldn't be consumed orally. They had to be administered intravenously via syringe to achieve deep-level bodily transformation.
The moment Locke injected the potion, he immediately heard a roaring sound like crashing waves in his ears. The noise grew louder and louder, as if the ancient king of the forest—the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat—had been resurrected right before his eyes.
His muscles bulged one by one, then shrank back, only to bulge again in a continuous, repeating cycle. During this process, his Magic Pressure and Mana actually began to rise as well!
And the increase was quite substantial!
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