If Allen wanted to evolve his Hill Giant bloodline, he had to meet two prerequisites.
First, the purity of his Ogre bloodline must be ≥7%.
Second, his Constitution attribute must be ≥20.
With three points of Constitution missing and his bloodline purity insufficient, he had to give up on the evolution.
With this approach blocked, Allen had to settle for the next best option: "Bloodline Fusion."
After a quick calculation, the system offered a guiding suggestion.
"Ogre bloodline can be fused with either 'Venom Bloodline' or 'Beastman Bloodline'. Please choose which one to fuse!"
Alan stroked his chin, considering for a moment.
After much deliberation, he still preferred 'Venom Bloodline'.
He had a poison resistance talent, which perfectly matched the Venom Bloodline, giving him both offensive and defensive capabilities.
On the other hand...
He already knew that consuming poison could simultaneously increase both his poison resistance and his Venomous Bloodline.
This upgrade path was clear.
As for the so-called Beastman Bloodline…
Firstly, its purity was far too low, and secondly, he had no idea what it was, so he had no idea where to begin if he wanted to improve it.
Overall, it was clear that the Venomous Bloodline was more valuable to cultivate!
After making his choice, the system gave another prompt.
"Do you want to spend 1 potential point to purify the Venomous Bloodline to 5% to meet the fusion requirements?"
"Yes!" Allen answered in his mind.
Ding-ding—
"Venomous Bloodline, purified!"
"Do you want to spend 1 potential point to fuse the Venomous Bloodline with the Ogre Bloodline?"
"Yes!" Allen said without hesitation.
The two potential points he had just acquired were already gone before they had even warmed up.
The result he got was somewhat unexpected.
In the system interface, the bloodline system section had undergone a drastic change!
Alan's original ogre bloodline and venom bloodline had now disappeared.
In their place, a completely new bloodline type emerged.
Poison Demon bloodline (approximately 5% purity)!
Alan couldn't help but scratch his head.
This Poison Demon bloodline should be compatible with Ogre bloodline, right?
In the future, when he meditates on his ancestral journey, would he be able to draw on the ancestral memories of "Poison Demons" in addition to Ogres?
He was curious.
What kind of monster was a Poison Demon?
How was it different from an ordinary Ogre?
Unfortunately, the wilderness wasn't suitable for meditation.
He had to suppress his curiosity for the time being.
Let's finish the work at hand first. It won't be too late to study this problem after returning home.
…
Evening.
Alan descended the mountain and said goodbye to the hunter father and son.
Back home, he tried to meditate.
Entering the spiritual realm.
The Milky Way, symbolizing the ogre bloodline, appeared before him.
A long river, a sea of brilliant stars.
The Poison Demon bloodline is a subtype of the Ogre bloodline.
The memories of the Poison Demon's ancestral spirits are mixed with those of ordinary ogres.
Alan concentrated his mind, silently activating the Poison Demon bloodline.
The stars in the long river of bloodline gradually faded.
In the end, only a hundred or so stars remained, a somewhat desolate sight.
These were the only memories of the Poison Demon's ancestral spirits that Alan could currently access.
This demonstrates just how rare the poison demon, a subspecies of ogre, is.
In the long ages of the past, only a few hundred or so poison demons have left their ancestral memories within their bloodlines.
Alan randomly selected an ancestral memory.
Integrating it into his own thoughts, he officially began meditating.
This time, the character he played was born on a continent at the end of the ocean.
To the north of the continent, in a place called Frostfall Hills.
Since ancient times, a group of ogres has lived.
Known as the "Iron Stomach Clan."
Both Alan's parents were members of the Iron Stomach Clan.
As always.
Alan's biological father, however, refused to acknowledge his role.
He had long since perished.
Alan's mother was truly extraordinary!
This female ogre was half high elf!
Renowned for her beauty and intelligence within the Irongum Clan, this peerless beauty among the ogres had already given birth to seven children.
Sadly, with the exception of her eldest daughter, who was also renowned for her intelligence and beauty, the other six children died before reaching adulthood.
The ogre mother was pregnant once again, and it was already five months old.
As she was about to give birth, a catastrophe struck!
The terrifying green dragon Kroshir, lord of the mountains, suddenly descended upon the Frostfall Hills, sweeping across the Irongum Clan with a furious fury!
In just one week, hundreds of ogres perished tragically at the hands of the dragon's claws and breath, forced into submission and becoming Kroshir's vassals.
Even Alan's mother was spared in this catastrophe.
A mother ogre accidentally inhaled the poisonous breath of a green dragon.
She gave birth to a pair of baby boys and then died.
Perhaps it was because the mother was infected with the dragon's toxins during pregnancy.
These posthumous children appeared abnormal from birth.
A typical ogre baby has light yellow skin.
As they age, their skin tone darkens.
In adulthood, their skin tone is typically yellow with a hint of green.
However, Alan and his twin brother had a deep blue skin, like ink.
It was obvious that the brothers were both mutants! Their skin color was abnormal.
Furthermore, they lost their mother shortly after birth. These poor twins should have died young.
A blessing in disguise.
Their eldest sister, a female ogre who was one-quarter elven, was nursing and exceptionally kind-hearted, so she adopted the orphans.
Alan's eldest sister was also their foster mother.
By ogre standards, she was still a young woman.
In her first pregnancy, she gave birth to quadruplets.
And all of them were girls.
The four little sisters were only a month older than Alan.
Alan didn't know whether to call them sisters or nieces.
The foster mother's four daughters had already been weaned.
But she had adopted a pair of boys shortly thereafter, so her milk supply remained plentiful.
Enough to feed Alan and his twin brother.
Throughout their nursing days, Alan never stopped thinking.
He carefully observed himself and his brother, trying to understand what differentiated them from ordinary ogres and why they were called poisonous demons. The Gluttony system can also lead to atavistic meditation.
Based on the system's detection results,
The two brothers are not contaminated with toxins, nor do they secrete toxins.
Perhaps the poisonous demon trait will only awaken after adulthood?
Alan speculated.
Besides his skin color, Alan also noticed something amiss about himself.
A small, hard lump protruded from the palm of his left hand.
It was shaped like a closed eye.
The closed upper and lower "eyelids" were smooth and hard, like scales.
There was a narrow slit between the scales.
Sometimes, his palms felt itchy.
For comparison,
Alan examined his twin brother's palms.
That boy also had the same deformed lump.
It was only on the palm of his right hand.
It was perfectly symmetrical with Alan.
The days passed.
The lump on Alan's left palm gradually mutated.
When it was almost a full moon, Alan discovered...
When he tensed his palm muscles, the eye-shaped slit would open.
A bone spur protruded from it!
When he relaxed his muscles...
The bone spur retracted into his palm.
The slit closed, just as it had before.