12: Chapter 12 The Cultivation Method of Being a Cheater

Hearing the system's notification, Chen Yi was stunned for a moment.

Did the favorability break through just like that?

He thought he would have to wait until tonight to push the combat time past twenty minutes before a breakthrough was possible—

He hadn't expected it to happen so suddenly; it was truly unexpected.

Looking at the Enhancement Points displayed on the system interface, Chen Yi chose to enhance his Physique without hesitation.

Because his physical activity had surged over the past two nights.

His Physique value successfully rose to 10 points, barely reaching the level of a normal adult male!

But this was still far from enough!

"System, add 10 points to my Physique!"

[Ding! Enhancement successful! Current Physique: 20 points!]

Chen Yi smiled slightly and said, "Alright, don't just stand there being surprised. There are fifty-two more; eat them all in one go!"

Lin Mengxue nodded and, with the help of Energy Guidance, quickly swallowed all the remaining Rank 1 magic beast crystal cores.

In an instant, an extremely pure surge of energy slowly pulsed within her body.

As the energy dissipated, a cold aura permeated the room.

Seeing this, Chen Yi knew it was time for him to step in.

He held Lin Mengxue tightly, their foreheads gently touching as he performed Energy Guidance once again.

Instantly, the surrounding spiritual energy flows seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, beginning to circle around them rhythmically.

Every ten seconds, a thread of spiritual energy would merge into Lin Mengxue's body;

And roughly every thirty seconds, a tiny thread of spiritual energy would also quietly merge into Chen Yi's body.

As those threads of spiritual energy continuously fused with Lin Mengxue, the temperature in the living room plummeted, and a layer of crystal-clear white frost began to slowly condense on the furniture.

Lin Mengxue's originally pitch-black hair also began to gradually turn white starting from the tips.

On top of her head, a pair of small dragon horns slowly grew out.

"Entering Armed Form again? No, wait—this is... Power Manifestation!"

"Holy crap, as expected of an SSS-rank Spirit Beast. Can she already achieve Power Manifestation at Rank 1?"

"Though it seems she's still lacking quite a bit of spiritual energy; it probably won't manifest completely."

The so-called Power Manifestation was a special state between Armed Form and Human Form.

When the power within a Spirit Beast Girl's body was too abundant to be fully controlled, the phenomenon of power overflow would occur.

This overflowing power would grant the Human Form a certain degree of power boost and physical changes.

To put it in the simplest terms—she had become a beast girl!

Spirit Beast Girls required a massive amount of spiritual energy to maintain Armed Form and Spirit Beast Form.

Only the Human Form allowed for the slow recovery of energy.

A Spirit Beast Girl with Power Manifestation could still possess a certain degree of combat self-defense capability even in Human Form when her power was completely exhausted.

High-rank Spirit Beasts could usually trigger Power Manifestation; it was a symbol of their immense strength.

However, no one expected that Lin Mengxue would successfully trigger this state at only Rank 1—

Boom!

Suddenly, a powerful aura erupted from within Lin Mengxue's body.

Lin Mengxue's level successfully broke through to Rank 1, Stage 3!

However, this was only the beginning.

As Chen Yi continuously guided the spiritual energy imprints out of Lin Mengxue's body, her level also climbed steadily.

Rank 1 Stage 4, Rank 1 Stage 5, Rank 1 Stage 6... It wasn't until Lin Mengxue's level reached Rank 1, Stage 8 that the energy from the fifty-three magic beast crystal cores she had swallowed was finally fully refined!

[Name: Lin Mengxue (Power Manifestation)]

[Contract Master: Chen Yi]

[Bloodline: SSS-rank Frost Dragon]

[Level: Rank 1, Stage 8]

[Physique: 28]

[Spiritual Energy: 21]

[Attributes: Ice, Dragon]

[Skill: Breath of Ice]

[Favorability: +80 points]

[Affinity: 6]

At the same time.

Basking in the glow of Lin Mengxue refining the magic beast crystal cores, Chen Yi also successfully broke through to Rank 1, Stage 6.

His Physique reached 25 points, and his Spiritual Energy finally broke past 10 points!

"Rank 1 Stage 8 already? How can it be so fast?"

Feeling the massive changes in her own level and power, Lin Mengxue's heart was filled with astonishment.

In class, the teacher had once released some research data.

Normally, to break through from Rank 1 Stage 1 to Rank 1 Stage 8, one would need to refine at least two hundred and fifty magic beast crystal cores.

But she had broken through this bottleneck using only fifty-three.

Furthermore, she felt that she wasn't far from breaking through to Rank 1, Stage 9!

Seeing Lin Mengxue's surprised expression, Chen Yi smiled slightly and explained, "The teacher should have also mentioned that grinding magic beast crystal cores into powder and mixing them with water for consumption results in a loss of about eighty percent of the spiritual energy, right?"

Lin Mengxue nodded. "But that's unavoidable, isn't it? How else can you eat them if they aren't ground into powder? Even if you could swallow them whole, it would take at least several months to completely absorb the spiritual energy of a single magic beast crystal core."

Chen Yi gently flicked Lin Mengxue's forehead and continued, "That's why I had you swallow them whole just now. Combined with my ability, I can ensure that not a single bit of energy is wasted!"

"So that's how it is. No wonder fifty-three Rank 1 magic beast crystal cores allowed me to break through directly to Rank 1, Stage 8—"

Lin Mengxue was also extremely shocked.

With an ability like Chen Yi's, wouldn't it be equivalent to having five times the number of magic beast crystal cores?

And it was more than just that!

Although this was Lin Mengxue's first time cultivating,

she could clearly feel that when Chen Yi performed Energy Guidance, the spiritual energy flow was as natural and smooth as flowing water, without the slightest bit of waste.

It was taught in class that during Energy Guidance, depending on the Beast Tamer's proficiency, there would always be some degree of spiritual energy loss.

But now, Chen Yi actually didn't waste even that part.

All things considered, a single magic beast crystal core in Chen Yi's hands could be used as if it were six or seven compared to other Beast Tamers.

Such a heaven-defying ability was truly unbelievable!

"Stop being so dramatic! I see you probably haven't eaten your fill yet. Eating a Magic Beast Leg shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No problem, I love eating Magic Beast Legs!"

"Is eating it raw okay?"

"Whoa, no way? You want me to eat it raw?"

Looking at Lin Mengxue's expression, Chen Yi couldn't help but laugh.

"Just kidding. You can cook it however you want; this thing doesn't have much spiritual energy content anyway."

Chen Yi stood up and gently poked the dragon horns growing from the top of Lin Mengxue's head. "By the way, can I use these as handlebars tonight? I feel like it would be quite interesting!"

Hearing this, Lin Mengxue's face instantly turned bashful red.

She pouted and grumbled coyly, "What handlebars! Can't you be a bit more serious!"

"Is that a no?"

Lin Mengxue sighed.

She felt it was necessary to tell Chen Yi that these were dragon horns—sacred and inviolable!

How could they be used for those strange things?

"Fine!"