Suddenly, Bai Xiao closed his eyes and fell into a meditation state.
The entirety of his consciousness floated ethereally clear, yet his body underwent intense transformations. His chest area, where his heart was located, began to thump rapidly like a bowstring, strikingly several times faster than usual. Fresh from a bath, his body also began to sweat, with fine beads of sweat covering it, yet quickly evaporated by the heat.
Inside his body, a vast and warm current instantaneously dispersed, enveloping his whole body. It felt as if he was soaked in a hot spring, exceedingly comfortable. Wherever the invisible current traveled, muscles, fascia, bones, and blood vessels all felt a slight squirming and tingling sensation. A sense of fulfillment and fullness pervaded him.
Bai Xiao’s body heat radiated outward in all directions, as if the essence and spirit within his body expanded outward, his body temperature enveloping the surrounding area.
This state persisted for a while.
Until he reopened his eyes, and the sharp light in his pupils slowly dispersed.
In his vision, notification messages swiftly scrolled by.
[Your "Black Sword" has been absorbed by the "Devourer"!]
Bai Xiao slowly clenched his fist; he could feel that his four-dimensional attributes were somewhat enhanced. The strength within his fists surged back and forth like the tide.
After adjusting for a moment, Bai Xiao stood up and walked towards the bathroom.
After another shower, he walked out slowly, carrying an indescribably robust and powerful aura, like refined steel hard-forged a thousand times.
Bai Xiao sat on the bed, sensing briefly.
[Strength: 102.2→105.4]
[Physique: 107.1→108.2]
Strength +3.2, Speed +3.4, Physique +1.1, Will +0.5!
The enhancement was good, roughly what he had expected. It’s a pity that this Beast-level Armor wasn’t the type with formidable defense; otherwise, the Physique would have also seen a significant increase. Bai Xiao turned his attention to the Armored Knight profession.
At this moment, astonishingly, five pieces of Biological Armor had been devoured, leaving only a lone Wing-level Armor, the Blue Crystal Fire Demon, yet to be upgraded to full level. Therefore, it hung empty and still on the panel.
"I must acquire more Biological Armors..."
"And various other resources with the same function as the Mercury Potion."
Bai Xiao had already regarded the Armored Knight profession strengthened by the Devourer as a major pillar for enhancing his own strength. If he didn’t remember it wrong, among the hundreds of points of Strength he currently possessed, at least ten points were from devouring Biological Mechas, and this was because the Devourer’s enhancement came relatively late. Clearly, the importance of this aspect would grow larger in subsequences.
He must take it seriously.
His thoughts flowed; Bai Xiao leaned against the bed head, the blanket covering his chest.
As time passed, he slowly closed his eyes.
Fearful nightmare, War City.
Familiar place, familiar sky, a hint of bloody and cold aura.
Bai Xiao took a deep breath, ready to mobilize his team, entering War City in search of the Dragon Scale Knight. But he seemed to suddenly think of something and abruptly took out a Secret Manual. It was something Bai Xiao obtained on the second floor of the Beidou Holy Temple Secret Technique Hall; however, the energy used inside was the so-called Star Power.
This was an interesting secret technique, essentially finding qi point locations within the human body and then storing Star Power. The qi points had the effect of polishing and tempering Star Power, slowly enhancing the quality of body’s Star Power.
"Perhaps in the fearful nightmare, not only do I need to search for this time’s target, but also try out this secret technique. In a fearful nightmare, injury or death doesn’t become real. Though dying once might make fear target me. But, with my physique, even if training goes awry, at most it would backfire with injuries. Perhaps, I can try using a strengthened Pure Heart and Extraordinary Wisdom a few times to replace the fundamental Star Power..."
Bai Xiao muttered to himself.
He looked at this Three Qi Points manual, vaguely feeling a premonition. If he could solve the problem of power replacement, then there would be extraordinary gains.
Bai Xiao pondered for a moment, then raised his head again, and assembled his team to go.
Time flew by, the night faded. Morning light shone, spreading across the entire modern city. East Sea consisted of towering buildings, their tea-colored glass windows reflecting sunlight, casting dazzling golden lights. The weather was good today, blue skies and white clouds. A blazing sun slowly rose from the east.
Hanhai Hotel, a room on the fourth floor.
A strong, black-haired young man suddenly woke up from the bed.
He deepened his gaze towards the ceiling, relaxing for a moment before getting up.
"Finally reached the big pit smashed out by the Dragon Scale Knight."
"But, there was no trace of it..."
Last night’s fearful nightmare, Bai Xiao led his team all the way through, rushing towards the direction in his memory. Along the way, they encountered many monsters. Some were originally from War City, while some were invaders from the external mist. They were very troublesome, even for Bai Xiao, a peak Martial Artist, who had to pay a heavy price. His well-forged body bore bloody wounds.
His left arm nearly broke, and his white, nearly twisted bones.
Bai Xiao exhaled a hot breath heavily.
Fearful nightmare was quite dangerous, even when he and Shadow Assassin Si Yu, under the state of Extreme Realm, clashed, they did not feel the hardships as now. The Void Energy harvested from the fearful nightmare was all built on the foundation of risking oneself and grabbing chestnuts from fire. Just a few fearful nightmares, and Bai Xiao encountered many dangers, even going so far as to give up on a large number of recruited team members to escape safely.