118: Chapter 118 First Wave of Rewards Distributed (Part 2)

[Reward Three: Beast Tamer Exclusive Reward - Seven Kills Chaos (Enhanced Version)]

[Skill Type: Energy Manipulation Technique]

[Effect: Contains seven methods of energy application — Prosper, Wither, Chill, Heat, Flow, Reverse, Stop. Each method can manipulate one's own energy with specific techniques to produce different effects. When used with specific moves, it can function remotely.]

[Note: This skill requires active activation. When activated, it will first damage one's own meridians before affecting the target or skill. The degree of damage is directly proportional to the intensity of activation.]

Qin Ce's brows furrowed slightly.

First harm oneself, then harm the enemy?

This skill sounds a bit sinister.

Hurting oneself, what kind of fighting style is that?

Seven Injuries Fist?

But as the skill's insights integrated, he gradually understood.

These seven methods essentially forcibly alter the natural flow of energy.

"Prosper" is nourishment, radiating outwards from the center; "Wither" is extraction, forcibly condensing energy towards the center; "Chill" freezes all energy; "Heat" boils all energy; "Flow" boosts energy circulation; "Reverse" inverts energy circulation; "Stop" halts all energy circulation.

Each one is an act of defiance against the natural laws of energy.

And this defiance will inevitably cause damage to one's own meridians and energy.

Therefore, the threshold for this skill is extremely high.

So high that ordinary people wouldn't dare to cultivate it.

Because harming the enemy by eight hundred and oneself by one thousand isn't fighting, it's suicide.

But.

Qin Ce's gaze fell on the words "Reborn."

The corners of his mouth slowly curved into an arc.

Reborn can repair all damage, and even strengthen after repair.

Seven Kills Chaos actively causes damage.

Wouldn't combining these two be...

A perfect self-tempering cycle?

Using Seven Kills Chaos to injure himself, then using Reborn to repair; each repair makes him a little stronger.

How is this a suicidal skill?

This is clearly a cheat-like cultivation method!

No wonder these two rewards were body-tempering skills.

Qin Ce took a deep breath and, following the skill description, began to try circulating Reborn.

Buzz!

Qingluan's wind-element energy began to flow through Qin Ce's twelve meridians.

A warm sensation emerged from deep within his body.

The feeling was like the warm sun of spring, or a mother's hand, gently caressing every wound on his body.

The scars corroded by Ink Feather slowly healed in the warmth.

The internal organs, damaged by the shock of Gold Rank fierce beast attacks, gradually recovered in the warmth.

The almost depleted meridians were refilled in the warmth.

He could clearly feel his body recovering at a visible speed!

Moreover.

The recovered areas were even tougher than before!

The wound on his left arm, which had been corroded to the bone by Ink Feather, healed with new muscles and bones that were noticeably denser and more powerful than his right arm!

Several lacerations on his chest healed without even leaving scars on the skin, yet the muscle tissue beneath the skin was twice as thick as before!

Even those subtle, normally unnoticed hidden injuries were completely healed and strengthened during this repair!

In just five minutes.

Qin Ce felt as if he had a new body.

The previous feeling of exhaustion, nearing its limit, disappeared.

The previous feeling of weakness with stinging pain all over his body disappeared.

Replaced by an unprecedented...

Vitality.

The feeling was like an old engine that had been completely refurbished, upgraded, and tuned, reigniting with surging power!

And when he opened his eyes, he saw Qingluan's golden, expectant gaze.

Qingluan's condition was even worse than his.

It had endured no less, if not more, damage than Qin Ce this night.

Those torn feathers.

Those wounds cut by sharp claws.

Those body surfaces corroded by various energies.

...

Qin Ce's mind stirred.

Could the energy from Reborn be fed back to Qingluan?

He tried to transmit that warmth to Qingluan through their contract.

The next second—

Qingluan's body trembled violently!

A light of surprise burst forth from its golden eyes!

New feather buds began to emerge from the roots of its fallen feathers!

The torn wounds began to heal at a visible speed!

The muscles, exhausted to their limit, regained their elasticity!

Qin Ce was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

It works!!!

Reverse charging, repairing Pet Beasts.

Wouldn't he then become...

A human power bank?

This function seems quite useful.

In this world where Beast Tamers are paramount, he is the ultimate sustain station.

Moreover, he can also gradually strengthen his Pet Beasts during the repair process.

Thinking about it this way.

His skill is incredibly practical!

One person and one bird, thus suspended at an altitude of twenty thousand meters, mutually nourishing and mutually repairing.

Until.

A red light suddenly shot from the direction of Fengling City!

The red light was astonishingly fast, reaching Qin Ce in the blink of an eye!

Qin Ce instinctively wanted to dodge, but the red light, as if alive, directly plunged into his glabella!

Boom!!!

Another piece of information flooded his mind!

[Detected that the Host has successfully seized the "Wang Family's Opportunity"]

[Opportunity Content: A mythic-grade ruin will appear in the northern border of Fengling City three months from now.]

[Opportunity Effect One: When near the ruin or in contact with related items, a prompt will automatically be received.]

[Opportunity Effect Two: When the ruin opens, as long as the Opportunity Holder is within a hundred-mile radius of the ruin, it guarantees that the Opportunity Holder will enter the ruin's interior.]

[Note: This opportunity originally belonged to Wang Zhuo, a core member of the Wang Family. Due to his severe injuries and unconsciousness in the Raven King battle, his opportunity's luck flowed away and was intercepted by the Host.]

Qin Ce's pupils suddenly contracted.

A mythic-grade ruin!

The highest-level Beast Tamers among humans now are only Legendary-grade.

And mythic-grade is one level higher than Legendary-grade!

What could be in a ruin of that level?

Cultivation techniques? Skills? Heavenly materials and earthly treasures? Or...

Even more powerful Pet Beasts?

Qin Ce's heart pounded violently.

This was almost the top-tier opportunity in this world!

He must obtain it!

He was determined to get this ruin!

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Meanwhile, ten minutes before all this happened.

Fengling City, Wang Family Private Hospital.

In the highest-level VIP ward, a group of top physicians was busy around the sickbed.

On the bed lay a man covered in ice crystals.

Wang Zhuo.

He had fallen after being corroded by Ice Soul Spirit-Devouring Insects during the Raven King battle.

The Wang Family spared no expense to rescue him from the battlefield.

At this moment, a top physician who had contracted a "Light-element Healing Beast" was desperately using his Pet Beast to repair Wang Zhuo's internal injuries.

The healing beast was an all-white "Sacred Light Beetle of Life," its antennae emitting a soft white glow that enveloped Wang Zhuo's entire body.

Under the treatment of the Sacred Light Beetle, the ice crystals on Wang Zhuo's body were melting little by little.

The wounds corroded by the Ice Soul Spirit-Devouring Insects were healing little by little.

His vital signs were stabilizing little by little.

However.

Just when everyone thought he was finally out of danger.

"Beep—beep—beep—"

The cardiac monitor suddenly blared a piercing alarm!

Heart rate, plummeting!

Blood pressure, plummeting!

Blood oxygen saturation, plummeting!

"What's going on?!"

The attending physician's face changed dramatically!

He abruptly looked at the Sacred Light Beetle, finding that the usually docile healing beast was now trembling all over, the white light on its antennae flickering erratically, as if some energy was being drained from it!

"Not good! His life force is draining!"

"Quick! Increase energy input!"

"No! The Sacred Light Beetle's energy is draining rapidly! Something inside him seems to be absorbing energy!"

"Damn it! What is happening?!"

The ward was in chaos.

And Wang Zhuo, on the sickbed, though in a deep coma, had his brows tightly furrowed, his lips trembling slightly, as if having a nightmare.

His body was, in a strange way, gradually...

Weakening.

As if something had been extracted from his body.

It wasn't until a red light, invisible to ordinary people, left his body that all absorption stopped.

Three hours later, when the physicians finally managed to stabilize his vital signs, Wang Zhuo was a full size thinner than when he was first brought in.

His face was ashen, his lips bloodless, and he looked like an empty shell.

And the top physicians responsible for treating him looked at each other, none knowing what had just happened.

They only knew that.

This genius, once hailed as the "Number One Below Starlight."

Now inexplicably seemed to have lost some of his brilliance.

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