216: Beast transformation, crazy promotion! (Please read it later)

Chapter 216: Beast Transformation, Rapid Advancement! (Seeking continued readership)

Lu Zheng's Dimensional Space ability had reached Ninth-Tier, and to advance further, he needed at least 50 million Third-Tier crystals.

It said 'at least,' but he wasn't sure of the exact number.

Perhaps even 100 million Third-Tier crystals wouldn't be enough.

With people from two worlds working for him now, he wasn't short on crystals.

Gathering them might not be possible in ten days to half a month, but a month offered a good chance.

But the problem was, his current crystal absorption rate was very limited.

He could absorb a maximum of two million crystals a day, meaning it would take fifty days to absorb 100 million crystals.

This was the number he could achieve if he did nothing else all day but focus on absorbing crystals.

If anything delayed him, or if he wanted to spend intimate time with his women, the time needed would be greatly extended.

Because of this, improving the efficiency of crystal absorption was crucial.

Lu Zheng didn't have a good solution for this aspect.

But the transcendent materials he obtained today showed him a turning point.

Item: Beast Transformation Ability Fruit

Type: Transcendent Material Card

Effect: Can obtain one Beast Transformation Ability Fruit limitlessly.

Beast Transformation Ability Fruit: Upon consumption, grants a Beast Transformation ability. As the tier increases, an additional transformation form is gained at each tier.

Transforming into animals, with an additional form at each level, was equivalent to the Seventy-Two Transformations, though slightly fewer.

Lu Zheng went outside to try it.

This transformation indeed only involved the body, not clothes; transforming almost meant stripping naked.

Of course, with feathers and such covering him, it didn't matter much.

The form of the beast transformation was random.

Lu Zheng's first transformation was into a Golden Eagle, which might be related to his familiarity with Golden Eagles and frequent contact with them.

A First-Tier Beast Transformation ability could only last for five minutes, and after transformation, his weight was similar to his own.

There was no difference from an ordinary Golden Eagle, and no special abilities.

Ten fruits advanced him to Second-Tier, and the new transformation he gained was a tiger.

Compared to First-Tier, the Second-Tier transformation lasted for ten minutes, and his transformed weight was greater, but still similar to that of an ordinary tiger.

One hundred thousand fruits advanced him to Fifth-Tier, granting him the transformations of a rabbit, a wasp, and a vulture.

The transformation duration reached eighty minutes, and his weight reached ten tons.

Transforming into a rabbit or a wasp could also reach this weight.

A ten-ton wasp would be incredibly huge, more than twice the size of a Golden Eagle of the same weight.

This had a lot to do with its physiological structure.

Such large animals, under the current oxygen content, should logically be unable to survive.

However, the energy sustaining the body was not oxygen, but ability, so it became very reasonable.

After beast transformation, existing abilities were retained.

Although he outwardly appeared to be only a Fifth-Tier Beast Transformation ability user, Lu Zheng's Ninth-Tier Dimensional Space ability, Eighth-Tier Divine Strength, Ninth-Tier Sword Control Technique, and so on, all still existed.

This was clearly a means that could be used for disguise.

But most importantly, the gigantism effect it brought allowed him to directly accelerate the absorption of crystals by devouring them.

Similarly, for Divine Power Fruit and other ability fruits, he could swallow thousands or tens of thousands at once, thereby rapidly increasing his strength.

Take the Beast Transformation Ability Fruit, for example; 100 million fruits were needed for Lu Zheng to obtain a Ninth-Tier Beast Transformation ability.

If he swallowed 100,000 fruits at once and digested them in ten minutes, that would be 600,000 in an hour, 6 million in ten hours, and at least 10 million in a day.

In ten days, he could advance to Ninth-Tier.

But at the same time, as the Beast Transformation ability's tier advanced, the beasts Lu Zheng transformed into would become even larger, and the efficiency of absorbing fruits swallowed in one go would greatly increase.

In reality, it would take far less than ten days.

And when the effects of another transcendent material were stacked, the absorption efficiency could continue to increase.

Item: Transformation Fruit

Type: Transcendent Material Card

Effect: Can obtain one Transformation Fruit limitlessly.

Transformation Fruit: Upon consumption, increases body flexibility, extensibility, and other effects, granting the body the ability to transform.

This ability initially had no significant advantages.

The First-Tier Transformation ability only increased jumping power, enhanced body flexibility, and slightly boosted agility.

For some close-combat kings, this boost was enough to significantly increase their combat power.

But for ordinary people, it was still insufficient to contend with even the lowest-level monsters.

Similarly, it took ten fruits to advance to Second-Tier, and the Second-Tier Transformation ability began to show its uniqueness.

The body could expand, reaching a maximum of two and a half meters, strength increased, and the body's resistance to attacks also significantly improved.

Damage from blunt weapons was greatly reduced.

One hundred crystals reached Third-Tier, allowing his body to expand to five meters tall, greatly increasing his strength. If he only extended his arm, one arm could reach ten meters long.

If a martial arts master were given such an ability, he would likely become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader directly.

After advancing to Fourth-Tier, his body could reach ten meters tall, and after testing, his arms could extend up to fifteen meters.

What surprised Lu Zheng even more was that his skin and bones could be manipulated at will to create various strange shapes. For example, he could form a pair of wings and fly like a bat.

Normally, a human, even with twenty-meter giant wings, would be unable to fly.

On one hand, the bones are heavy, and muscles cannot provide enough lift; on the other hand, insufficient oxygen supply cannot provide the energy for flight.

But with the Transformation ability, the body structure could be adjusted, and flight consumed transformation energy, not requiring oxygen for power. Therefore, only a seven-meter wingspan was needed to fly perfectly.

Of course, for Lu Zheng, he could transform into a Golden Eagle or directly fly with the Sword Control Technique.

This was just an attempt focused on a single ability.

After absorbing ten thousand crystals and advancing to Fifth-Tier, his body could become even larger, as if every inch of his flesh could be individually altered, and control became more precise.

Previously, forming a pair of wings took two minutes; now it could be completed in half a minute!

His brain, internal organs, and other body parts could be arbitrarily placed in different positions on his body.

Cell toughness greatly increased, and the body could generate extremely strong Ejection force like a slingshot, fully absorbing external kinetic energy to achieve the effect of deflecting physical attacks.

For Lu Zheng, the most crucial aspect of these was that all body organs could be changed, thereby enhancing the absorption capacity for crystals and ability fruits.

And when the Transformation ability was combined with the Beast Transformation ability, Lu Zheng's body could become even larger.

His absorption capacity would naturally also be greatly enhanced.

That night, Lu Zheng transformed into a beast outside and frantically absorbed these two kinds of fruits.

In less than one night, he successfully advanced both abilities to Eighth-Tier.

This meant absorbing over twenty million fruits.

This absorption capacity was also related to the amplification from the large number of Strengthening Pills and Divine Power Fruits Lu Zheng had consumed before.

Sharpening the axe doesn't delay chopping wood.

The next morning, Lu Zheng simply gave a few casual instructions and went back to fully absorb the two kinds of fruits.

Three days later, both superpowers advanced to Ninth-Tier.

This meant that in less than three days, he had absorbed 200 million fruits.