"By the way, patriarch it is said that a child awakened nine star bloodline, is it true?" the third elder asked.
"What! Nine star?"
All the elders in the hall exclaimed followed by ecstasy on their faces. Leonhardt could only explain this matter. He cannot hide this forever.
All of them had complex emotions on their faces. Some of them were disappointed as he did not inherit the clan's attributes or natal spirit. Some of them blamed Leonhardt for not introducing Max as his son. Nevertheless they were all little happy considering there will be another Rank 9 Star Knight along with Levon in the future, After all even if he did not inherit the clan's star power he was the patriarch's son. So he is considered a member of the clan.
"Patriarch, why don't you call him here?" The second elder proposed whiled the remaining people nodded.
Leonhardt could only bite the bullet and ask the steward to bring Max here.
After a few minutes, a middle aged woman walked into the hall along with the old steward.
Everyone was puzzled to see that it was not Max who arrived.
"Why did you come? Where is he?"
Leonhardt knew Rin as she served Elora. So he asked her.
"Patriarch, Young Master Max left the clan a week ago." Rin replied.
"What!!"
Everyone along with Leonhardt exclaimed.
"How dare he!"
Leonhardt was furious and exclaimed.
"Isn't is because you neglected him and treated him indifferently without providing him any status and resources."
Rin mumbled in a very weak voice. But how can this escape the ears of the high ranked Star Knights.
Everyone regretted it very much now.
"Patriarch, judging by the situation I don't think he considers himself as a member of the clan."
The first elder expressed his thoughts.
Everyone reproached Leonhardt who closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
FIVE YEARS LATER.....
In a lush green forest, a 5 meters tall wolf with grey fur on its body is chasing a shadow. The wolf had a bunch of golden hair on its forehead. Its claws were golden and they looked very sharp. The wolf was chasing the shadow madly. Its eyes were full of hatred. The wolf is bleeding from his forelimbs.
The shadow was a handsome young man who looked around thirteen years old. He had two large curved blades in his hands that were stained with blood. Every time the man moves six phantoms were formed around him. It was difficult to identify the real one among the phantoms.
The wolf suddenly accelerated with all its strength and pounced towards the shadow as its claws passed through the phantom. It was very angry thinking that it has been tricked. Suddenly the wolf felt a little dizzy. It felt like all of its power was draining slowly. The wolf finally realized it has been poisoned.
It fell to the ground with a thud. The shadow suddenly turned around launched an attack on the wolf before it could react.
The wolf could only watch the two blades cut its neck with hatred and desperation. The wolf closed its eyes with unwillingness.
The young man was Max. He killed a Rank 4 Gold Clawed Greyback Wolf two days ago. It was the child of the wolf in front of him.
While the wolf was chasing him he threw some poison laced needles at the wolf. Those needles were called numbing needles, when laced with numbing poison it does not cause ay pain when the needles are inserted. He applied the poison of a Rank 4 Saw Scaled Viper known for its extremely poisonous venom that can even poison a Rank 5 Star Knight or a Star Beast, which he had previously killed. Otherwise how could it be possible to poison a Rank 5 star beast with just some numbing poison.
As he injected the poisonous needles into the Grey back Wolf, he dragged it for some time as the wolf chased him before the poison took its effect.
Max walked to the corpse of the Grey back wolf to collect its sharp claws and its monster core. Every Star Beast with cultivation Rank 5 or more produces monster core, which is suitable for brewing potions and also used by blacksmiths for building equipment.
As he opened the corpse, a golden spherical shaped object with a diameter of two centimeters floated out of it. He knew this was a monster core with golden attribute. This is his first time seeing a monster core as he had never hunted a Rank 5 Star Beast.
He is now a peak stage Rank 3 Star Knight. With his strength he can even win against peak stage Rank 4 Star Knight and contend against an initial stage Rank 5 Star Knight, but it is a very difficult to win. At least without using poison.
The Grey-back Wolf that he had just killed was an advanced Rank 5 Star Beast. He could not do it without the highly poisonous venom.
During these five years he cultivated his Titan Body art to fifth stage with the help of the spiritual herbs grown in the forest. Now his strength, endurance and physical body are equal to that of a Rank 5 star beast. You have to note that even Rank 5 Star Knights with strong beast type natal spirit focused on strength cannot have the physical strength of a Rank 5 Star beast as Star beasts are known for their high body strength.
He has also cultivated the Nine-Fold Dark Shadow Technique to the fourth stage. His attacks are highly corrosive. They can also erode the opponent's star power if not careful.
He has killed quite a lot of Rank 3 and Rank 4 Star beasts. His space ring is filled with the materials extracted from them. He could make quite a fortune with them.
During these five years he also studied the patterns on his star rune may times. Now he can activate any of his Star skills without flashing the rune.
But whenever he studies or concentrated his mental power on the silver lines on the runes, he could not figure out anything. Even when he urged those silver lines with mental power and star power, he did not get any response.
He thinks that it might be due to his low cultivation. May be those silver lines would be activated when he reaches Rank 6 Star Knight.
Because once a Star Knight breaks through Rank 6 there will be a major leap in his star power and star rune. Once a Star Knight breaks through Rank 6 his star power quality increases.
It is said that all Star Knights can condense another small Star Seed inside their body. They can also have a special skill called Star Spirit Manifestation. When the skill is activated the small second Star Seed in their body gets burned while providing a fifty percent star power boost to the Star Knight. But it will take two days for the second star seed to fully recover before performing the Star Spirit Manifestation again.
So he thought those silver lines would be activated after he becomes a Rank 6 Star Knight. By then he could use space attribute along with the dark attribute.