[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rivers-of-the-night":3,"chapter-rivers-of-the-night-rivers-of-the-night-chapter-532":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rivers of the Night",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1338334,1783,"Chapter 532: 100x","rivers-of-the-night-chapter-532",532,"\u003Cp>Chapter 532: 100x\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron collapsed onto the floors of the shake at the bottom of the Dark River, gasping for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had kept it together all along, but that battle had really been on a razor’s edge. Although he had everything under control from start to finish, that didn’t mean his body hadn’t ended up beaten and battered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn’t allow himself to rest for too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a breath, he slowly pulled himself to his feet and pulled the Alpha out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha was completely spent, but thinking that Theron needed it, it came out in a battle stance, ready to fight against anything that was thrown at it that very instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until it noticed that there was no threat around that it shuddered and almost collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron caught it, slowing its descent to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two lay there for a moment, Theron barely having his legs crossed while the Alpha’s large head lay in his lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We survived.” Theron said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha breathed out a breath that almost came out in a low growl. But it was almost more like the purr of a kitten than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron gripped its mane with a bit of strength before he relaxed. He really wanted to sleep… he really did…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this next time period before they suspected that the Patriarch had died was too important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron wasn’t 100% certain of a Sect like the Nightingale Sect would have a Soul Lamp powerful enough to detect the Patriarch’s death or not. But he wasn’t going to bet his life on a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Patriarch’s death would actually be helpful even in this situation, it would be even better if he could set up some other things first before they noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for what he needed to set up… step one was this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron pulled out the Patriarch Core and gently fed it to the Alpha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHUU.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hair of the crimson wolf bristled, a surge of power rippling through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron’s eyes sharpened as he pulled out the Karmic Needle and Thread again. He didn’t do anythign with it, just holding it. What needed to be down had already been done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thread he had severed from the Patriarch had been tied in a knot around the Core. If he was correct, this should allow the Alpha to keep a little bit more of the benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Theron had to guess, the Centinnial Blooming Lotus wasn’t a secondary item that the unnamed cultivator was lucky enough to stumble into. It was a part of the legacy to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha was extremely powerful. It could use its soul and blood in continuous streams while only ever really exchanging fatigue. If it was a non-Blood Mancer that pushed their bodies as far as the Alpha pushed its own, they would certainly be dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Alpha still very obviously had its limits. Even after its recent breakthrough, it could only sustain the speed of a Touching Cloud Realm expert for a few fractions of a second before collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, to most, exerting this amount of strength would require a heavy cost, and almost certainly death. The fact the Alpha was just tired was a testament to the power a Blood Mancer could produce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… what if the Alpha had even more strength to pull from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if the reason for the Centinnial Blooming Lotus was actually to increase the amount of sacrifice a person could make?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that this was actually a Blood Mancer’s inheritance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Entangling Blood Vein Pupils] was already enough of an indicator. But the subsequent six techniques of the nine total techniques only seemed to make this more obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron’s eyes sharpened as the aura of the Alpha continued to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t really a matter of cultivation. Although the Alpha went from the Fourth Resonance to the Fifth, and then the Sixth, it stopped there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was excellent, but it wasn’t what Theron was looking for. It was what happened next that made Theron certain that his choice was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloody aura coming from the Alpha multiplied several times over, a surging might making the density of its presence so much greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron had wondered once before… why was it called the Centinnial Blooming Lotus if it could only increase your lifespan by a factor of ten?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a matter of talent, it was a matter of compatibility. No… maybe it was also a matter of talent, because in Theron’s hands, it would have shown the very same effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because Theron also had the body of a beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, in the hands of the Alpha, it was a different matter entirely. That was because the ability of the Alpha to display the might of a cultivator far above its level had been increased by several orders of magnitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact… it had increased a full 100 times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha surged to its feet and unleashed a howl that shook the shack to its very core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron nodded to himself internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, the Alpha could increase its potential, speed, and strength to that of a Touching Cloud Realm expert for several minutes at a time. But that wasn’t the best part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best part was the fact that its recovery would be much faster as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The confidence in Theron’s eyes grew as the Alpha’s aura began to settle down, a shocking amount of Life Mana radiating out from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, he would have the capital to not just leave this place, but to stroll out with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, why would he just leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theron was lackng information, he was lacking resources, and most importantly, he was lacking money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, this Nightingale Sect was on the chopping block for him. Theron pulled out a badge. A badge that was one of a kind. A badge taht only the Patriarch of the Nightingale Sect would have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, he would leave. 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