Chapter 149: Chapter 148: Shattering the Doubts, Center of Attention

As soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, one hundred Elf Soldiers quickly brought over one hundred large wooden barrels.

These one hundred large barrels contained the heated liquid from the Bloodline Evolution Pool.

As the barrels filled with the Bloodline Evolution liquid were brought forward, an aura that made every Elf’s blood stir drifted through the air.

Countless Elves stared with longing at the barrels, filled with the liquid that could bring about Bloodline Evolution.

Zhang Yi surveyed the one hundred Elves before him and said, "The liquid in these barrels is enough for you to complete one Bloodline Evolution! If you are lucky, it will stimulate your Middle Class bloodline, causing it to evolve into an Upper Class bloodline of a corresponding attribute! Even if the Bloodline Advancement fails and your Middle Class bloodline doesn’t become an Upper Class one, it will still be enough to improve your aptitude and enhance your Four-dimensional Attributes!"

Besides the Elf Soldiers, Rethof was the first Elf to be personally named by Zhang Yi, qualifying him to soak in the Bloodline Evolution liquid. In truth, Rethof was both excited and nervous. When he first surrendered to Elf Legion Commander Feiyana of the Elf Alliance, he had only wanted to save his own life.

If I could get something more out of it, all the better!

He never would have imagined back then that surrendering would lead to such an immense benefit—the chance for Bloodline Evolution! An opportunity previously reserved only for Elves favored and blessed by the great Elf God!

This was something I wouldn’t have even dared to dream of before!

In his mind, Rethof had already made his decision.

After I receive this chance for Bloodline Evolution, as long as I succeed and become an Upper Class Elf, I will be completely loyal to the current great Elf God! I will obey the great Elf God’s commands until death!

Unfortunately for him, Zhang Yi was unaware of his thoughts.

Zhang Yi continued, "Now, you just need to remove your outer clothes, leaving on your undergarments, and get into the barrels to soak! However, there is one thing you must be aware of! The liquid in these barrels that facilitates Bloodline Evolution will cause some pain. You must endure the pain and completely submerge your bodies, everything below the head, in the liquid! Now, you may enter the barrels!"

As soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, all one hundred Elves eagerly stripped off their clothes. The Elf Soldiers removed their Armor, while the other Elves tossed aside their outer clothes. Clad only in their undergarments, they climbed into the barrels to soak!

As for Zhang Yi’s warning about the pain, they paid it no mind. They would endure any amount of pain for a chance at Bloodline Evolution!

As for the other Elves watching this unfold—whether they were residents of Moon City, the other members of the Elf Corps, or even the Elf Professors from the Elf Mage Academy—none of them cared about the height or build of the one hundred chosen Elves.

Their eyes were all fixed with rapt concentration, wondering the same thing: was this liquid that could trigger an Elf’s Bloodline Evolution real?

Out of one hundred Elves, even if only ten successfully underwent Bloodline Evolution, they would still consider the liquid a success!

At first, nothing happened as the Elves entered the barrels. But after a few minutes, the Magma Crystals added to the liquid began to take effect.

The liquid entered their bodies through their pores and began to transform their bloodlines. The Elves’ bodies began to tremble, and expressions of agony appeared on their faces.

But the thought that this was a rare opportunity for Bloodline Evolution, and that they might never get another chance in their entire lives if they failed now, steeled their resolve. They clenched their jaws and endured.

Fortunately, the pain came on as quickly as it faded. After ten minutes, the efficacy of the liquid in the barrels was completely absorbed.

Zhang Yi urged the Elves that their time was up and they could leave the barrels, but they were reluctant to go. Each of them wanted to stay a little longer, afraid that the liquid’s potency hadn’t been fully depleted. Left with no choice, Zhang Yi had to prompt them every five minutes. Finally, after the third prompt, the Elves sensed that the liquid’s effects were truly gone and began to climb out of the barrels.

While the Elves had been soaking in the barrels, the changes happening to them were not obvious. But when they stood up and stepped out, the changes became strikingly clear!

The watching Elves erupted in cheers. The success rate of the liquid Zhang Yi had promised, the one that could induce Bloodline Evolution, was simply astounding!

As the one hundred Elves emerged from the barrels, the changes they had undergone were visible to the naked eye! They looked completely transformed!

"Quick, look!"

"That Elf grew a full ten centimeters compared to before!"

"This liquid for Bloodline Evolution can make an Elf taller, too?"

"No, no, look at that Elf over there! The moment he stepped out of the barrel, he started exuding the aura of an Upper Class Elf. And with that warm feeling... I’m certain he awakened the bloodline of a Magma Elf!"

"Wow! Look at this Dark Elf! He actually awakened the bloodline of a Moon Elf!"

"Doesn’t that make him the same as that group of Moon Elves north of the Moonlight Forest? Do you think he’ll betray our Elf Alliance?"

Even the Elf Professors from the Elf Mage Academy, who had previously been Zhang Yi’s biggest critics, now stared in utter shock. If they could, they would have loved a soak in those Bloodline Evolution barrels themselves!

After the one hundred Elves had all come out of the barrels, dried themselves off, and put their original clothes back on, they also began to cheer.

"Look at me! I was just an ordinary Wood Elf before, but after the Bloodline Evolution, I became a Grassland Elf!"

"That’s nothing! I was just an ordinary Fire Elf, but after soaking in the Bloodline Evolution liquid, I became a Magma Elf! A Magma Elf, you hear me! The bloodline of an Upper Class Fire Elf, second only to a few legendary Fire Elf bloodlines!"

The joy of the Elves who had successfully undergone Bloodline Evolution was palpable. They had been silent before, only because they were shy about being in their undergarments. Once they were dressed, the joy that had been building inside them burst forth!

And after their Bloodline Evolution, they did not forget to thank the great Elf God. They knelt one after another before the thirty-meter-tall statue of the Elf God in the center of Moon City and began to pray!

Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm where Zhang Yi’s consciousness resided, a series of notifications began to ring out!

[Prompt]: Under the guidance of the great God of Nature, the Clan’s faith has deepened!

[Event]: Congratulations! You have gained 30 new Devout Believers and 45 new True Believers!

[Event]: Congratulations! You have harvested 4,223 Faith Value