The essence of a secret technique language was a curse.
Using the secret technique language to combine the mysterious items and stimulate the mysterious energy inside to apply it to the target.
And because there were all kinds of mysterious items, secret techniques did not have the principle system of magic. Therefore, secret techniques were also a type of experience-based spell technique. Any mature and controllable secret technique language would have countless failures behind it.
These failures could very well be life-threatening.
Most secret technique masters might not be able to find a single secret technique language in their entire lives.
To be able to have one or two of their own secret technique language was the highest dream of all secret technique masters.
However, as players who was not afraid of death, they did not have so many concerns.
Professional secret technique players could even create a collection of failed secret techniques with 10,000 ways to die and post it online for everyone to admire.
As the players continued to develop the secret techniques, it quickly grew from an unpopular system to a popular system in The New Age. Moreover, as the supply of resources increased, more and more top-tier items were available for players to experiment on.
In the later stages, secret techniques that did not have an upper limit became the strongest power system in The New Age.
Just by looking at Clear Sky's Wings of Time and Space, one could tell how domineering a late-stage secret technique could be.
However, the current conditions didn't allow Luke to complete the fancy secret technique language.
He could only choose a secret technique that could allow him to quickly gain a certain degree of self-protection ability from the available materials.
An accidental discovery in the Secret Whisperer's Mysterious House made Luke confirm the secret technique language he was going to use this time.
Bloodline: Taotie
The name was awesome. This was because this was a secret technique developed by players, and the name was given by players.
It wasn't too high-end, but it was very suitable for Luke at the moment.
Clear Sky took out the black wood carving he had bought from the Secret Whisperer's Mysterious House and placed it in Luke's hand.
Although it was a little uncomfortable to control two bodies at the same time, he could still do some simple interactions after getting used to it.
Luke held the wood carving with both hands and pointed the snake head at himself.
A rhythmic drumbeat sounded in the secret room.
Then, under the illumination of the candlelight, the apparitions of trolls wearing animal skull masks appeared. They surrounded Luke, beating drums and dancing sacrificial dances.
They let out an orderly and rhythmic chant.
In Luke's hand, the poisonous snake carved on the wood moved.
It wriggled up, and then it looked like a pile of poop coiled on top of a pillar of wood. The snakehead stared at Luke and stuck out its red-forked tongue.
Clear Sky walked closer and placed a small piece of meat in front of the snake.
The snake swallowed the meat.
Then, it twisted in pain.
A pair of dragon horns pierced through the skin of the snake's head and extended out. Four dragon claws grew out from its abdomen.
The black snakeskin turned from head to tail, and the fine scales turned into large crystal-like dragon scales. The color also turned red.
It raised its head and let out a faint dragon roar, and spat out dragon breath that looked like a lighter.
A pair of wings spread out from its shoulders.
After eating the dragon meat fed by Clear Sky, the little snake turned into something similar to Yinglong. It spread its wings and flew around Luke before landing on the back of his right hand.
Its tail wrapped around his wrist, and its dragon body gradually sank in.
A red dragon and snake tattoo was left on Luke's right hand.
At this moment, the dancing of the giant demon phantoms around them turned into a cheerful rhythm.
They twisted their bodies, beat their waist drums, and danced toward Luke.
One by one, they overlapped with Luke.
The drumbeats and the shadows gradually disappeared.
At this moment, Luke felt a surge of madness rising from the depths of his heart. His muscles squirmed uncontrollably, and his bones made cracking sounds.
The excruciating pain made him unable to make a sound.
Clear Sky handed over a bottle of Concentration Potion, and Luke took it and drank it.
Clear Sky handed over another bottle of Stamina Potion, and Luke drank it in one gulp.
The effects of the medicine took effect quickly. The pain was still there, but it was not unbearable.
The changes in his bodily functions were rapidly consuming his stamina and energy. When he couldn't hold on, he took a bottle of potion from Clear Sky and drank it.
At this moment, Luke began to rejoice that he had not chosen the high-level secret technique language. If he had really tried it, he would probably have died instantly.
The pain and changes in his body continued.
After two hours, it gradually stabilized.
Luke's clothes were soaked in sweat, and there were more than ten empty potion bottles on the ground.
At the same time, Luke felt the changes brought about by the secret technique.
There were no obvious changes to his body and appearance, but the increase in strength and five senses was something he could only experience in Clear Sky.
Although he still felt that it was not as good as the Level 60 Clear Sky, compared to his previous self, he had entered a completely different realm.
It was probably stronger than a two-star hero and slightly lower than a three-star hero.
When the physical burden brought by the increase in strength was completely gone, Luke couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Then, he raised his right hand and looked at the tattoo on the back of his hand.
Taotie was a Troll bloodline developed by players based on a Troll race called the Carnivore Trolls in Mandel Jungle.
Players with the Taotie bloodline had the power of the Trolls and their powerful recovery ability.
The Carnivore Troll clan also had a special ability. They could temporarily obtain the power of flesh-based creatures by eating meat.
This ability came from the totem they believed in... Swinburne Barley Snake.
The players called it the Gluttonous Snake.
The Carnivore Trolls would seal the old and dead Swinburne Barley Snake into a special tree in the Mandel Jungle.
The Swinburne Barley Snake fused with the tree as it grew, forming a Swinburne Barley Snake pattern on the outer layer of the tree trunk.
This pattern looked as if it had been carved.
The Carnivore Trolls would cut off this piece of wood and obtain the meat of whatever the Swinburne Barley Snake ate through a ritual. Then, they would obtain the ability of a meat-based creature.
The meat had to be a large amount of raw meat.
The ritual itself was a secret technique.
After a player obtained this secret technique, he experimented with it and improved it, creating the Troll bloodline secret technique, Taotie.
Players who obtained the Taotie bloodline did not need to eat raw meat themselves. They only needed to feed the totem snake meat, and they could also store the power they obtained for a certain period of time.
When the snake on the back of his hand was in its dragon form, it represented that a portion of the Red Dragon Nilcro's power was sealed in the body of the dragon snake.
Luke released the sealed red dragon power.
The dragon snake flew out from the back of his hand.
It let out a roar. It was no longer the wailing sound from before, but a real dragon's roar.
Its body also instantly expanded. After circling Luke's body, it quickly turned into sparks and entered his body.
Luke's eyes turned into the vertical pupils of a dragon at this moment, and golden light erupted from his pupils.
His skin was covered with a layer of red dragon scales.
His face also changed slightly into a dragon shape. As he breathed in and out, sparks flew out of his nostrils.