As the magic energy within the magic stone was stimulated by Austin’s talent magic, a blue ghostly light spread out, suddenly flowing like a current into Quik’s body.
A loud, miserable scream echoed.
In an instant, Quik only felt as if a mass of burning molten lava surged upon his chest, scorching muscle and skin, seeping along the veins, spreading to every corner of his body, like magma flowing through his veins.
It was a pain like piercing and drilling, as if every piece of flesh was being ground to mush, then reborn anew.
And at this moment, his limbs had completely lost their ability to move, rigid on the experiment table, unable to twitch, as he could only stare with bloodshot eyes, enduring this extraordinarily painful transformation.
"It’s going to succeed!"
Seeing Quik’s reaction, Austin’s expression was focused, the feeling in his heart telling him that this time he was really going to succeed.
The air at this moment began to swirl, forming a tiny vortex, with visible ripples spreading in all directions — a sign that the magic energy and the omnipresent magical power in the air were resonating. Thɪs chapter is updated by NovᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt
A mysterious and unfathomable power was at work in the shadows, and if there were a microscope to observe minute details, it would be discovered that the cells within Quik’s body were being savagely destroyed by the infusion of magic energy. Meanwhile, under the influence of the "authority" of the Giant Dragon, some of the cells eroded by magic energy survived, rapidly dividing and proliferating, replacing the necrotic cells that had been destroyed.
In just a short few moments, the magic power contained within the magic stone was completely unleashed and dissipated, and Quik’s body was now fully affected by the magic energy, achieving an enhancement at the level of life’s essence.
Austin withdrew his claw, the magic stone in his palm now transformed into an ordinary piece of rock, cracking with webs of fissures, then crumbling into dust, cascading down from his fingertips.
Quik’s face still held a grim expression, but as the cells regenerated within, the relief after intense pain made him feel as if he had opened the door to a new world, an indescribable feeling of transformation from death to rebirth.
"Your Highness, it should have succeeded."
After a short rest, he slowly stood up from the experiment table and exhaled a long breath.
Compared to before, it was impossible to notice any obvious changes in his appearance.
But his pupils became remarkably deep, his fur shone with a faintly ghostly light, swaying with the breeze, even emanating a magical fluctuation.
And now, standing before Austin, Quik gave him the feeling that something drastic had changed.
The difference was like a piece of wood versus a piece of glowing wood — the essence of life’s aura had fundamentally transformed.
If before, in front of Austin, Quik’s life aura was like a spark, now it was at least a burning charcoal.
The extraordinary experiment should have been successful!
"Have any abilities emerged?"
For what was likely the first genuine success, Austin could not help but place significant importance.
Quik pondered and stretched out his palm, closing his eyes.
Concentrating his heart spirit, constantly gathering the newly generated power within his body into his palm, tiny dots of light slowly emerged from the center of his palm, transforming into an azure-blue flame, the size of a match burn, then suddenly,
The blue flame was instantly extinguished and dissipated, while Quik, as if drained of strength, half-kneeled on the ground, drenched in sweat, panting heavily as if the effort had completely depleted him.
"Sorry, Your Highness, I am incompetent."
The power of this tiny flame was useless in battle.
In Quik’s view, His Highness Austin’s experiment had failed again, and he had wasted a seemingly precious magic stone imbued with magic power.
Thinking the experiment had failed, Quik hurried to apologize to Austin.
"No, you did well, very well!"
Contrary to Quik’s disappointment, Austin was immediately overjoyed.
Compared to the previous experiments that only temporarily enhanced the Beastmen’s physical strength, what was revealed now in front of him was truly extraordinary power!
And this also meant that Quik officially entered the realm of extraordinary life!
Even though he couldn’t condense even a spark, in Austin’s eyes, Quik entering the realm of extraordinary life through his modification was more significant than the Dragon Nest tribe’s population surpassing a hundred.
"The plan might be able to start!"
In Austin’s pupils, the beast called ambition was roaring fiercely from within, occupying his entire vision.
The starting and end points of extraordinary life and ordinary life are different, and within the Dragon Nest tribe, the training and combat power of Beastmen may have nearly reached their limits.
Yet if it were extraordinary life forms, with enough food support and rigorous training, despite the lack of a cultivation breathing technique, their achievements would far surpass ordinary beings.
Quik obtaining extraordinary power also meant that Austin had truly overcome the obstacle in the plan for extraordinary beings, using this method to endow his subordinate Beastmen with the potential of extraordinary beings as well.
Once all his subordinate clan Beastmen were successfully transformed, and after a short period of training, a force of nearly a hundred extraordinary beings even Austin could not underestimate, let alone on the battlefield, where the formation of Beastmen with extraordinary power could play a role far exceeding what Austin could achieve.
And as long as there were extraordinary Beastmen, Austin could boldly step out of the Dragon Nest territory’s bounds and expand in all directions.
At this moment, Austin already had a comprehensive plan in his mind.
Expend all the magic stones to transform his robust Beastmen subordinates, then form an army with these extraordinary Beastmen at the core, sweeping west, south, and east to conquer all surrounding Beastman tribes within a fifty-mile radius, capturing prisoners, and then gathering a thousand strong Beastmen soldiers to march north and utterly defeat the mysterious Jackal Wolfman tribe located just over ten kilometers north.
Since the Jackal Wolfman tribe settled north of the Dragon Nest tribe has a Bronze Level Jackal Wolfman leader, it likely possesses a breathing technique.
As long as they captured the Jackal Wolfman tribe and seized that breathing technique, the entire Dragon Nest tribe was set to soar to new heights.