Chapter 365: Sapphire

Despite the fact he had yet to awaken a Talent for his Qilin Bloodline, Ryu's resistance to lightning was objectively high. However, no matter how high his resistances were, the power that slammed into his back practically tore him apart. 

'Focus, Little Ryu. The Awakening of Talents is fairly random in most cases, but this is only because certain beasts don't have the proper lineage, while humans with beast bloodlines like yours have it even worse. If you want any sort of control, you have to work with me.' 

Ryu's bloodlines had the potential to be no weaker than true Ancestral Grade Bloodlines. As long as he continued to temper them faithfully, there was no doubt. However, this didn't mean that there weren't also disadvantages.