Altering the target's DNA in reference to another creature's DNA wasn't as simple as gaining a new bloodline as Rex's current bloodline was already the near-perfect product of filtering and fusion of many. It was mostly related to building a foundation, similar to how Rex had to choose the DNA signature of five different creatures when he evolved for the first time, after doing that he got the traits from those five creatures like Twilight, Spider-Sense, Shadow-Dive… etc.
Using the DNA signature of Royal Sky Dragon is like adding one more participant to inherit traits after counting the eight creatures that had contributed to Rex's foundation to this date. Five from the time he evolved into Yellow-Tier Carbonite Human and the rest three from the time he evolved into Blue-Tier Lamiarious Carbonite Human.
After the DNA was chosen, the main part was reconstructing the clone's DNA structure to meet his requirement. It was similar to customizing a character if during his first evolution Rex was customizing it using a simple front end screen then this time it was like back end coding, he was doing everything manually.
Rex was sitting cross-legged on the ground while holding the oval egg-shaped stone-like seed in the center of his palms overlapping each other.
Wisps of Pure Yang Qi were being channeled through his meridian, guided to his palms, and ending up getting absorbed by the Sacred Blood Baby Seed.
By this time, the seed had started to continuously adsorb his blood only with the help of physical contact with his skin.
At first, it was normal suctions but with time, it started to demand more, it was like a black hole that would never get filled. Because of it, Rex had already lost one sub-stage of his cultivation base, his cultivation base degraded from Core Breaking peak stage to Core Breaking 8th stage.
The seed didn't stop sucking Qi and blood from him, just by maintaining the current supply Rex was losing his cultivation base but Luna had already told him about the disadvantage of using it so he wasn't surprised.
Several hours later, he lost one more substage. This time, the seed finally showed some changes, a small crack appeared on its surface, the crack then expanded to the whole body, and the surface of the seed shattered like eggshells.
After the shell was removed, a tiny humanoid baby covered in a slimy red liquid made its appearance from inside it. The baby had its eyes closed and his body was curled up, he looked like he was inside his mother's womb a moment ago, the baby had similarities with a real one but it had a weakness, although his heart was beating but it gave the onlooker a feeling that it lacked a very crucial element to be recognized as a living being.
'The first step is completed, now it's time to move to the second,' Rex thought, he urged and was able to sense the soul present in his body, as a soul cultivator his soul perception was higher. He willed it and a part of his soul started to stretch out from its usual shape. After the small part was stretched out to the limit, Rex gritted his teeth and used his Spirit Qi to cut off that part.
It was similar to how amoeba produces their offsprings, it first stretches out a part of themselves then severs the physical connection. The severed part develops a life of its own and would become another amoeba.
The severed soul part floated in the air, although it was severed Rex could still control it as it was the part of his soul, under his guidance the severed soul piece moved into the body of the small blood baby and started stabilizing itself.
Rex flickered his finger, a small glass tub filled with green medicinal liquid appeared beside him. The medicinal glass tub wasn't simple, an array disk was embedded at its bottom, he activated the array then slowly put the blood baby in the tub.
Under the effect of the array, the baby floated at the surface of green liquid, half of his body was submerged in the liquid while half was left outside. The fragile body of the baby started to slowly absorb the medicinal liquid to nourish itself.
'Now he can be considered to be a living being, a living being in a coma though. The last step doesn't need me to do anything, should I refine another one?' Rex thought about it, then confirmed it.
He took out another Sacred Blood Baby Seed and started refining a clone.
[So which DNA are you going to use this time? Another Royal Sky Drakon?]
Rex shook his head.
'You can't use a sword in the work domain of a needle, using the same DNA for multiple clones just doesn't seem right to me. Moreover, I only used Yang Qi to refine the first clone which is highly compatible with Royal Sky Drakon but this time I am going to use Yin Qi so we will go with the 'Ice Wolf' DNA from before,' Rex said.
About a day later…
Rex placed the second blood baby in another medicinal glass tub, he turned to look at the first tub and his eyebrows twitched, the previous fragile baby that used to look like an upgraded fetus now looked like a two-year-old child.
Not only he was old enough, one could even see tiny strands of hair growing on his little head.
'They will need nine days of refining before getting ready to see the world,' Rex thought. He then recovered his lost four substages of cultivation base and decided to head out.
Before heading out, he prepared necessary material like bigger tubs and more medicinal liquid for them, he left the newly made Mr. Black here to take care of them and inform them if something unexpected happens.
Rex was hesitant at first but eventually decided to go back to his room, his and Lerna's room to be more precise.
He arrived at the room and saw her reading a book.
Lerna peeked at him then ignored him.
Rex's lips twitched, he knew something like that was going to happen even if he only left her for a few days. He walked to the bed and sat beside her.
"What are you reading?" He politely asked.
At which Lerna stared at him, like she was saying, you have the gull to ask?
"Who cares?" She snorted.
"I care," Rex said with a straight face, the word shame was never introduced in his dictionary.
"You do?" Lerna raised her eyebrows, she was shaken by his confidence.
She closed the book and placed it on the table at the side, Lerna then reached out her hand, grabbed onto his robe, and pushed him down on the bed, she leaned forwards and looked into his eyes.
"Then you won't make excuses and leave again?" Lerna asked, her face was very close to him, his hard stone-like chest was already under the mercy of two unfathomable mammoths.
"I won't, how could I? You misunderstood, I finished my work early and came to stay together with you, you know," Rex shook his head and replied.
At that moment, his eyes contained deep resolve, a resolve that soldiers have when they are going to fight for their kingdoms to death, a resolve every husband has when they are going home drunk knowing that their doom is waiting there.
'Rose if we reincarnate again, then I will be the system and you can have the body,' He said summoning up his last bit of courage.
[No thanks, I'm fine as it is,]
Rex had the inborn habit of not being able to hurt a woman's heart, this was something planted by Johnathan and was now deeply rooted in his bones, especially when it was the woman he loved.
Johnathan never knew that the good habit planted by him could make Rex kiss the death with a straight face and dance in front of it.
Lerna smiled then showed her Return To Nature mastery kissing skills.
Although Rex was enjoying the kiss, for some reason, his life till now was rolling back in his vision.
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Golden Bird Continent...
Sea Dragon Port...
When someone wants to cross a continent, they cannot do it alone, even the Sky Body Formation stage expert would have trouble because it not only takes a lot of time but if they don't know the correct path the journey ahead could become life-threatening.
That's why they use skyships and travel with others who are veterans in transporting passengers, the pilots of public skyships.
The agencies that control these ships have fixed stations from where they start their every trip and end it.
Sea Dragon Port is one of those sky ship stations where cultivators could buy tickets to become the passenger and aboard the ship to go to other continents.
Sea Dragon Port is located at Sea Dragon City, it's one of the ten great cities of Golden Bird Continent, just like Corentis in the past.
If it was before the war, people of all races used to come here and enjoy their trip but now only those belonging to the human race come here. The city didn't forbid other races to come directly, but if they really come then it won't be a surprise if they disappear in the crowd or are accused of being thieves before getting imprisoned by righteous sects.
In a dark alley of Sea Dragon City.
Two women wearing a tattered robe were cornered by two middle-aged men.
Both the woman had an identical appearance, they were twins, they had a mature charm of women in their peak and delicate face that could attract vigorous men from afar. Their tattered black robe revealed their soft tender skin on their shoulders and legs, which was working like a seductive spell to attract men.
Their back was facing a wall while the way in front was blocked by the two men.
The man on the left had a long scar on his face that added to his sinister smile he couldn't hide on his face.
The man on the right was a fat man, he was wearing gold chains around his neck and rings in his fingers, but there was no elegance in his dress code.
The man on the left looked like a sailor from the dress up while the one on the right looked like a merchant from the black market.
"Old Bao, you really hit the jackpot, to think such lambs came to your door themselves. Haha... ladies don't you want the tickets to Peaceful Heaven Continent? You need to show your sincerity to this big brother first," The fat man said with drool coming out from his mouth.
"I'm... I'm telling you... Step back, or else my Mao Clan won't let you go," The girl on the left said in a trembling tone.
The two-man just laughed at her comment.
"Hehehe... Little girls, how would your clan know what happened here?.. Hehe, Cough... Cough..." The scar-faced man said with a sneer.
He was laughing at the start but his laughter soon came to a halt, he started coughing nonstop. He felt like his neck was so swollen that it was going to burst, the same thing happened with his heart then the other parts of his body.
In less than 5 seconds, he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
The fat man frowned, the situation escalated so fast that he failed to react. Suddenly when he opened his mouth to speak, a gush of blood poured out of it, he wasn't able to stop the blood coming out of his mouth and soon felt his head going dizzy.
He almost lost his ability to think, as he fell to the ground his gaze landed on the two women and his eyes got wide in shock. He could see their expressionless faces and the look of disdain in their eyes which was completely different from before, they didn't seem the least bit surprised.
'Poison?... In.. Air?' It was the last thought that came to his mind before he closed his eyes for eternity.
The woman on the right expressionlessly raised her hand and touched her face, suddenly a black metallic mask appeared on her face, followed by a black membrane that covered her body and when it disappeared, her appearance had completely changed.
She now looked like a young girl in her twenties, she still had a mature charm to her body, her curves could put even an enchantress to shame, she was without a doubt a peerless beautiful in her age group but her eyes were cold as ice, she was like a seductive snake that can only be looked at and can't be touched.
If Rex was here, he would recognize her at first glance, it was none other than... Ria.
Ria looked at the face of the fat man for a seconds before putting pack the black iron mask on her face again. The black membrane-covered her body then disappeared after a moment, her appearance changed again but this time, she didn't look like a woman but had the same appearance as the fat man.
Although her clothes were the same, she was still wearing a black tattered robe but her appearance, smell, aura, and presence was totally different.
"How long are you going to stare? Get ready fast," Ria said as she took out a purple robe from her storage ring and changed into it.
"Yess.." Mia hastily removed her mask, then similarly changed her appearance.
"And what is Mao Clan? Think of a better name next time, not everyone is as idiot as them," Ria snorted, she bent on her knees and carefully took out the storage rings from the fingers of the two dead men.
"I.. Understand," Mia said with a somewhat embarrassed look on her face.
Ria didn't pursue the matter more, she extended her hand towards the two-man lying on the ground, a green gas came out of her hand and covered the corpses.
...Siiizzz...Szzz.....
A sizzling sound was heard as the two corpses deformed and their flesh melted into a meat puddle together with their clothes.