Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Ryu didn't take very long to regain his bearings. However, he first checked to see if Ailsa was still with him. If she was also teleported away, it would be a problem. He would definitely have to set everything aside to find her first.

Luckily, it seemed that Ailsa wasn't affected. Since she was within the Ethereal Plane, she was spared from the random teleportation. It was either that or her deep unconscious state was the reason. Either way, she was here and that was all that matter to Ryu. Now, he could focus on making it to that mountain.

As for Sarriel, Ryu wasn't very worried about her. She was at the Half-Step Path Extinction Realm and her talent was probably only a few levels beneath his own, especially considering her Heavenly Pupils. If she couldn't survive in this world, then no one could.

Since this Legacy World had a cap at the Immortal Ring Realm, it should be that the difficulty was adjusted as such. This should both make this world exceptionally easy for Ryu to speed run through while Sarriel should be more than equipped to protect herself.

But, something about this feeling told him that things wouldn't be so simple. Ryu could only sigh to himself at this reality.

After activating [Intuition], his senses would be more sensitive until he claimed the reward or treasure it was pointing him toward. This made his instincts especially sharp, sharp to the point he would almost never be wrong.

It seemed that nothing would come easy… Anything his [Intuition] could alert him of was a grand treasure of epic proportions. He should have known that he would be able to get it for free.

'This Legacy World should have been brewing for a long while. In this environment, it might be possible for it to appear… but this snow would make it difficult for any Spiritual Herbs to grow…'

Ryu was a bit disappointed in this, but he could only move forward.

As expected, it wasn't long before Ryu suddenly found himself surrounded. If it was humans, things would have been fine. But, monstrosities formed of resentment and snow suddenly rose up from the ground, cutting off all his paths of retreat.

Ryu raised an eyebrow. The 'snow monsters' didn't seem to be modeled after any particular beast or human. In fact, they were amalgamations of all sorts of races as though someone had mentally vomited all sorts of bits and pieces from different lore to form them.

Ryu's figure flickered, dodging the downward swing of claws double the size of his body.

The ground shook and quaked, waves of white walls spreading out in every direction.

'They obviously don't have true physical bodies. Cutting them down is meaningless, they'll just cobble themselves back together and maybe even cause me to have to face more enemies at once.'

The snow monsters weren't very strong. From what Ryu could tell, they were at the Lower Immortal Ring Realms. However, they couldn't be handled simply.

They acted like wraiths, being formed of resentment. But, at the same time, unlike wraiths, they had physical bodies and could thus do great physical damage. Though they weren't nearly as powerful as the Wraith Knights that Nemesis descended from, the concept was the same and it was very soon clear that attention was warranted to deal with them properly.

The easiest thing to do would be to use [Divine Chaotic Annihilation]. Ryu felt that after his soul had been reconstructed, he could once again manifest its Visualization. However, Ryu quickly decided against this.

As 'easy' as it would be, the stamina consumption wouldn't be worth it in the slightest. Also, Ryu was a bit worried about how this odd snow would react when faced with his Visualizations. Would it eat away at his soul as well?

Ryu's qi supply was practically endless. His foundation techniques had only given him exponentially more benefits as he progressed. His qi reserves put even more Path Extinction Realm seniors to shame, and that was despite not quite beginning to use his Spiritual Foundation yet.

But, his soul was still a bit different. He couldn't see the end of his qi stamina, but he could see the end of his Spiritual Qi. He had to be more careful with it.

Suddenly, Ryu had a thought and almost slapped his own forehead. He was an idiot. What was a better counter to the yin of wraiths if not his own extreme yang? In fact, his Lightning was the bane of wraiths.

Ryu stretched out a finger. In that moment, arcs of purple flame lightning shot from its tip, incinerating the snow beasts to nothingness in the blink of an eye.

'Hm…'

Ryu's gaze narrowed. He had tried to call out his lightning alone, but it still manifested in this combined form. It seemed that there was really no going back.

The good news was of course that this combined lightning fire was far more powerful than any one individually. But, the potential bad was that Ryu may be cut off from the usual evolution path of Dragons and Qilins. Whether that was a good or bad thing… only time would tell.

Ryu shot forward, his speed picking up. He wanted to make it to that mountain as quickly as possible. He wanted to know just what was calling him.

His left hand grasped at thin air, bringing out a familiar bow Ryu hadn't touched in years. On his right hand, the Glove of Order also made its reappearance, causing the space around Ryu to tremble slightly.

Since he only had one weapon as opposed to three to focus on now, why not give his marksmanship another chance. He couldn't disappoint both sides of his family, right?

Ryu's lip curled into a smile. The bow that used to feel so heavy in his hands felt so flimsy now. It was barely at the Black Grade and he could snap it in two with just a couple fingers. But, this was what Ryu wanted.

His Grandpa Kukan had always said that the power of the bow shouldn't matter to a true bowman. And now… he was more open to finding out just how true this was.

The air whistled as the Glove of Order trembled. The arrows Ryu formed couldn't be compared to the past, just the formation of one made it feel like the world just might collapse…