PATH OF THE STAR HUNTER

281 Chapter 281 Awakened Bloodline

“I guess, I’m next” Mei said with an expression of false bravery trying to calm her two companions a bit.

Without saying a word Desmond and Xiauyue nodded seriously and watched as Mei ingested the fruit that caused Desmond so much pain.

In a matter of minutes Mei could feel how it felt to die alive and feel so much pain that all her thoughts stopped, nothing existed in this world besides her agony, and know that Desmond’s pain could only be greater than what she felt at this moment it was of no comfort to Mei.

As time passed the suffering that Mei went through only increased but through her arduous perseverance, she managed to go through the entire refinement process collapsing on the ground exhausted with her body covered in filth very similar to what Desmond had.

Looking at Desmond with a sharp gaze, Xiauyue approached Mei and began to bring her closer to the bathtub at the same time that she began to undress her with great care and affection but with a touch of quite understandable shy nervousness.

Desmond for his part only coughed in discomfort and turned around pretending that the stone wall in front of him was the most complex work of art in the world, dedicating himself to understanding it with a serious expression while Xiauyue was in charge of washing Mei’s body.

How could Desmond know that in less than a second his meditative pose would be interrupted by a thunderous roar?

Turning around with speed, the first thing that entered Desmond’s sight was Mei’s naked body as beautiful as a work of art sculpted by God but after a brief appreciative glance, Desmond looked around confused in search of the source of the roar.

One can imagine his surprise when upon hearing the roar again Desmond saw that the source of it was not another person or being that Mei Fei Long herself, with Xiauyue looking to the side confused, Mei had returned to that wild appearance with her silver eyes shining brightly and a dense silver Ki escaping from her entire body.

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But something seemed wrong, Mei didn′t seem to be fully aware and only roared like an enraged beast, and with a closer look Desmond managed to notice that Mei’s canines seemed to have grown significantly and what was even more noticeable was how the silver Ki that escaped from her body solidified in some parts of her skin forming some kind of silver scales made of Ki.

“Don’t just stand there looking like an idiot, something is wrong with her bloodline; help me calm her down “Seeing how Desmond stared at the naked body of her lover, Xiauyue got very upset but had more important things to worry about so she immediately asked for help to calm Mei down.

Desmond, noticing the seriousness of the matter, rushed to try to hold Mei with the help of Xiauyue but what he met was much more resistance than expected, and with a cold murderous look, Mei gave him a blow with the back of her hand that Desmond did not even see it coming

POM!

Cough * Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Desmond felt several of his bones take a considerable amount of damage when hitting the stone wall from that seemingly simple blow from Mei.

“Are you ok?” Seeing Desmond spitting blood, Xiauyue asked worriedly not knowing whether to run to help him or to keep holding Mei.

Seeing the conflicted expression on Xiauyue’s face, Desmond just waved his hand trying to signal that he was okay, and looked once more at Mei Fei Long whose piously sensual naked body was increasingly covered in silver scales.

Knowing that attempting to restrain her with his physical strength was nothing more than a fools dream, Desmond focused on drawing every last drop of the recently enhanced mana into his body and channeled the hidden understanding he obtained from

According to the description of the fruit, it was not only a cultivation resource capable of greatly refining the body thus increasing the strength of an individual but also gave the person who consumed it some kind of understanding or innate ability depending to a certain extent of the luck, aptitude, and talent of the individual.

In his case, Desmond had gained a deeper understanding of various concepts related to the element of water, from weakness to strength and from hardness to softness, Desmond had somehow understood how to change more naturally and balance these four aspects of water and now he planned to use his newfound understanding to help Mei.

Taking all of his mana into the two tubs of still clean water, Desmond forcefully pulled out a series of chains of water and threw them at Mei trying to hold her.

With her tyrannical physical power now seemingly amplified, it didn’t take Mei more than a moment to force the chains but no matter how much force she poured the chains this didn′t break, the chains expand and deform but never break; alternating between strength and softness these chains seemed to be able to contain Mei for the moment exhausting her strength little by little.

The only problem was that Mei wasn’t the only one who was quickly depleted, this precise level of control over mana was something Desmond had never done before and he was having a hard time keeping Mei at bay while he burned his mana reserves at breakneck speed.

The push and pull duel went on for almost a dozen seconds during which Xiauyue couldn’t help but feel useless for not being able to do anything for Mei, but soon Mei’s berserk state began to fade and it was Xiauyue’s sweet words that helped Mei regain her clarity more quickly just in time to see the water chains collapse on its own as Desmond fell to his knees exhausted.

The next thing that happened was that Mei apologized until she was tired to Xiauyue and Desmond who had just passed through a difficult time trying to calm her down in her berserk state, feeling really guilty for hurting Desmond; she pounced on him hugging him while she apologized.

Leading to a slightly familiar scenario where a certain person in the room had forgotten that she wasn’t wearing anything at all, it wasn’t until Mei felt her soft, plump breasts press against Desmond’s steel-solid chest that she realized her current state.

The lucky yet unfortunate Desmond couldn’t even squeeze out a word before his landscape blurred as a familiar sensation washed over his back as he hit the stone wall behind him.

Letting the second mouthful of blood escape him in a couple of minutes, Desmond looked back at Mei’s now partially naked body and felt that it had been worth it, as painful as the process had been; Seeing Mei’s naked body was certainly worth it.

One had to know that Mei’s body was easily among one of the most beautiful Desmond had ever seen, her breasts were plentiful enough with just the right amount of softness and firmness, the truth was that nothing about Mei’s body was less than exceptional especially those shapely legs and perfectly shaped plump butt.

But feeling that both girls were now looking at him with some resentment, Desmond had to scold his teeth to look at the stone wall again and spent the next few minutes trying to get the image of Mei’s fragrant naked body out of his mind.

That is until he felt someone touch his shoulder pulling him out of his fantasies, a hint of lust still burning deep in his pupil’s Desmond turned around only to receive a familiar gesture of affection causing his lust to burn more intensely for a moment before calming down giving way to a more sincere affection when he saw how Mei separated her lips from his face before turning away flushed and repeating the gesture with even more tenderness when kissing Xiauyue.

Not wanting to add any more unnecessary words, Mei only expressed her thanks with the only intimate display of affection she knew and felt comfortable with.

Xiauyue tried to use that reminiscent heat on her face as a source of courage, and put the fruit directly into her mouth, and hope for the best giving a kind smile to the two people who were looking at her with concern.

Similar to what happened to Desmond and Mei, Xiauyue underwent a hellish christening that offered her the opportunity to break her bottleneck in exchange for putting her through the worst punishment her body could ever bear.

Upon finishing Xiauyue not being as rude as her companions gasped anxiously with tears of pain rolling down her cheeks as she weakly tried to clean the dirt that now filled her body.

This was one of the reasons why people used to go through processes like this when consuming resources of great power in isolated and safe places, not only because they were weakened but also to hide this vulnerable side of themselves.

At the end of the day, they were human and they didn’t want to show their vulnerable side to anyone else, Desmond and Mei understood that having been through this pain and having been in this same sorry state recently they could both understand the feeling one had at that moment.

Looking at Xiauyue still on the ground mired in that phantom pain caused by the traumatic experience, Mei’s heart bled with pain seeing her beloved in that way but unlike Xiauyue she did not try to take Desmond away from the place and instead she gave him a pleading and confident look before advancing towards Xiauyue.