Hearing this, Natalia's regard for Logan rose again. "At first, I just wanted to find a good talent and send him to the Genius Training Camp to show his face and gain some prestige."
"But if he really has Diamond Rank potential, then maybe... he could go to that place and help me make up for a regret."
With that thought, Natalia turned around and ordered the soldiers to seal the area and keep everyone away.
She lightly swept back her wavy hair, then stepped into the Blood Cultivation Realm.
With her strong mental sense, Natalia easily locked onto Logan's position.
"I want to see what you, a familiar tamer with Diamond Rank potential, are up to." she murmured, and headed deeper into the Blood Cultivation Realm.
Soon after she left, NancyPriest arrived in the realm with Raven, the commander of the Temple Knights.
Raven summoned three familiars in turn, probing every part of the space, and quickly reported back.
"Priest, Your Highness, they've picked up the Holy Girl's aura." Raven said, his face growing serious. "But... the area where the Holy Girl is seems to have gone through a big battle. The heart of the battlefield is filled with dark energy. I'm afraid her situation doesn't look good. Please brace yourself."
Nancy Priest turned pale, but gritted her teeth and said: "With Diana there, I believe Evelynna will be fine!"
She then summoned a golden Griffin and flew toward the central area of the Blood Cultivation Realm.
Meanwhile, in an underground cave, Logan was sorting the realm's resources under Kerparos's guidance.
Spiritual herbs, spirit ores, all kinds of materials, rare treasures—too many to count.
Among everything, what pleased Logan most was the wooden box in his hand.
Inside the box were spatial fragments taken from the core area of the Blood Cultivation Realm—exactly twenty-seven pieces.
According to Kerparos's guidance, to open a purple familiar space, you need at least 108 spatial fragments.
And that's only the main material—the other secondary materials aren't even counted yet.
Thinking about this, Logan felt a headache coming on.
Opening a familiar space eats up way too many resources.
If he hadn't signed a contract with Kerparos, he would've thought this old dog was playing him.
Annoyed, Logan grabbed Kerparos by the neck. "Are you sure there's an important treasure hidden under this Blood Cultivation Realm?"
"Master, you may not trust my character, but you should trust my nose!" Kerparos squatted beside Logan, looking very sincere.
Seeing him like that, Logan spat and said: "You're a dog. Do you even have 'character'?"
After being snapped at, Kerparos looked pitifully at Lilith, not daring to argue.
But Lilith didn't plan to help him. Instead, she took Logan and kept exploring this strange underground space.
Soon, they found an underground palace.
Logan stared at the gate and froze for a moment.
"Could this be the true core of the Blood Cultivation Realm?" With doubt in his heart, he reached out and pushed the gate open.
The palace wasn't big. There were three altars in total, inside and out.
On the first altar, a crystal was floating.
Logan stepped closer and immediately called Kerparos over to identify it.
"Master, it's a [Void Crystal]. This is a top space-type treasure—really good stuff!" Kerparos looked at the crystal, all three heads getting excited at once. "With this, plus the twenty-seven spatial fragments in your box, it's enough for you to open a purple familiar space."
Saying that, Kerparos wagged his tail and ran to check the other two altars.
The other two treasures were also extraordinary, with very special uses.
The second treasure is called a [Holy Spirit Crystal]. It's a great treasure used to upgrade a familiar tamer's familiar space.
Using one [Holy Spirit Crystal] will forcibly add one more familiar contract slot, no matter what level the user's familiar space is.
Of course, for Logan, whose goal is a purple familiar space, this reward doesn't mean much.
But for familiar tamers who are limited by talent and resources and can't properly grow a high-level familiar space, this is an important way to boost their strength.
For example, Headmaster Mark urgently needs this item to upgrade.
With that in mind, Logan put away the first two treasures and fixed his eyes on the last altar.
The last treasure was a pool of clear spring water. It is called the [Spring of Life].
According to Kerparos, the Spring of Life is the source of all life in the world. When a familiar drinks it, there is a chance for a life breakthrough and an evolution into a new form.
Logan walked to the spring, took out a glass bottle, and collected every last drop.
Then he tossed the bottle to Lilith beside him, his tone firm and commanding: "Lilith, it's yours."
"Master, this Spring of Life is too precious. I can't..." Lilith tried to refuse, but Logan lifted the bottle and poured it straight into her mouth.
The milky Spring of Life was very active. As it flowed into Lilith's mouth, foam soon spilled out. The strong reaction made her want to cough.
But when she saw Logan's eyes, she forced herself to endure it, stuck out her tongue, and licked the foam at the corner of her lips clean, not wasting a single drop.
Soon after swallowing the [Spring of Life], Lilith started to change.
A powerful life force rushed to the top of her head, waking the hidden life potential in her soul.
She instinctively activated her Infernal Lord Form, and her elite four-star stage was fully revealed.
But unlike before, the two horns on her head began to shrink. Beneath the pair of wings on her back, a new pair of demon wings grew out.
After this round of changes, in her Infernal Lord Form, there was no trace of a succubus left.
[Familiar: Lilith (Infernal Lord Form, 20% unsealed)]
[Race: Succubus (Infernal Lord Hybrid)]
[Stat: Darkness]
[Ranking: A-level 1 star → A-level 3 star ]
[Stage: elite 4 star]
[Talents: Natural Charisma, Expert in Passion, Demon Eye (boosts the power of mind-type skills and dark magic by 100%–150%) ]
[Skills: Weaken Will, Life Drain, Enslave Mind (0/5), Mind Lash, Infernal Lord Form, Demon Lord Blade Wings]
[Stats: power 101 → 125, stamina 113 → 138, mind 208 → 249, agility 130 → 157 ]
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Logan looked at Lilith's new form and was amazed by how effective the [Spring of Life] was.
One bottle of spring water raised the Infernal Lord Form's unseal progress by a full ten percent.
It also pushed her ranking up two stars to A-level 3 star. More importantly, Lilith gained the talent [Demon Eye], which will greatly boost the power of all her mind-type and dark-type skills.
You could say that after this upgrade, if Lilith fought Kerparos again, she would surely win without needing any desperate, life-risking moves.
Thinking of this, Logan opened his hands to show the [Void Crystal] he had just taken. The hesitation in his eyes was gone.
With Headmaster Mark's notes and Kerparos's guidance, Logan had figured out a clear method to create his own familiar space.
He first ground the prepared auxiliary materials into powder and used them to draw a void array on the ground.
Then he took out twenty-seven spatial fragments and, together with the Void Crystal, put them into his mouth.
Finally, he sat cross-legged at the center of the array, closed his eyes, and quietly circulated his Mental Power.
"According to Headmaster Mark's notes, if a familiar tamer doesn't open their own familiar space, their stage will stay stuck at elite 1 star."
In that case, a familiar tamer's abilities stop growing. Only by opening a familiar space can they keep improving."
"But if a familiar tamer is stuck at elite 1-star, their abilities are still limited. Even with an array to help and top-tier materials, the tamer themselves is what really matters."
"In the end, the reason a familiar tamer can't create a top-tier familiar space is that they're too weak."
Logan muttered to himself, analyzing the situation.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
"What if I break the elite 1 star stat limit and get stronger?"
With that, Logan reached out and grabbed the [Philosopher's Stone] hanging around his neck.
"Infernal Lord Form!"
In an instant, a dark-gold light covered Logan's body.
Powerful spatial ripples, mixed with surging Mental Power, spread out in all directions.
Seeing this, Kerparos, who had been hanging his head, was stunned. "D-dark-gold familiar space ripples!"
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