"...!"
Staring at her right hand, completely covered by crimson black carapace, Yun You was stunned.
How did her slender hand suddenly transform into this?
This was completely beyond her expectations.
She was dazed for a long while before finally half-regaining her senses, beginning to feel the sensation brought by this carapace.
This carapace looked quite enormous, and the thickness of the black armor on its surface was at least over 3 centimeters, equivalent to the thickness of a book.
The hooked sharp claws extending from the fingertips were also nearly 10 centimeters long, like sharp knives, looking quite imposing.
Whereas in her palm, there was always a wisp of blazing flame, making the carapace in her hand glow red, not knowing how it was ignited...
Strangely enough, with the blessing of the carapace and claws, her entire right hand had almost become as large as an adult's head, roughly estimating at least weighing a hundred pounds... Yet Yun You did not feel it was very heavy.
She gently moved her fingers enveloped in the carapace... and subsequently, the gigantic claws also bent along, tracing a flaming arc in mid-air.
"I can control it...!"
Yun You instantly realized this fact.
But now, the girl who usually liked to daydream, couldn't quite believe that this thing was real.
So, she instinctively rotated her wrist, clenched her fist, and then slowly opened it...
"Woo~!"
The flame in her palm burned fiercely, and all her movements were perfectly mirrored by the black carapace, continually repeating the fist-clenching motion with its enormous black armored claws.
This feeling was quite miraculous.
She used her index finger... no, "index claw" to gently poke the floor, without any sensation.
Then she suddenly stabbed a broken knife beside her into the carapace-covered back of her hand.
"Snap~!"
The knife blade snapped, and tiny metal fragments splattered everywhere, some even embedding in the walls.
This was ample evidence of how much force Yun You exerted.
But the black carapace did not sustain any damage, not even the slightest scratch appeared, and of course, it did not bring Yun You the slightest pain.
Her body almost couldn't perceive the existence of the carapace, the hand wrapped in heavy black armor felt as if it was soaked in warm water, merely experiencing slight resistance when swung, otherwise, there were no other feelings.
Yet she could precisely control the huge claw composed of carapace.
After examining the nature of the claw, Yun You blinked, the joy in her brows was irrepressible.
Because she knew, this was her power!
Previously, she was a bit puzzled, thinking how could Mad Spirit, that guy, with such powerful strength, not pass on that godlike physique to her after being "eaten" by her.
At that time, the girl was still wondering whether only a small portion of the Apprentice Death God's power was absorbed by her, while most was wasted.
But now it seems, the reality might not be so.
The power that helped improve her physique was just a small part of the total energy of the Apprentice Death God... The majority, in fact, entered Yun You's hand, nurturing this giant claw.
"How much power can you truly possess?"
Yun You examined the giant claw, pondered a little, then clenched the claw, and once again exerted all her strength, swinging the head-sized black armored fist, smashing it onto the wall she had just hammered.
"Boom!"
This strike was much greater than the previous punch, causing a slight tremor in the house at the moment of impact.
When Yun You removed her fist, a circular pit about a meter in diameter nearly covered half of the house's wall.
The concrete reinforced with steel rods and bricks was forcefully dented in; and a fist-sized central piece was even directly pierced through, revealing glimpses of light from within the house.
This punch was enough to injure Mad Spirit, the Apprentice Death God, at full strength!
"So strong..."
Yun You's eyes shimmered, without a trace of fear towards this claw, only feeling attached to it... wishing both her hands were covered in black armor.
With this power, her path of hunting would become more stable.
"But how was this claw formed?"
Yun You used the big claw to gently scratch her chin, resembling a small black cat using its paw to scratch an itch.
"Is there a special connection between it and my 'strange illness' and 'eating ability'?"
"Or rather, can my eating ability allow me to absorb the[Special Abilities]of my enemies and thus gain their power?"
Yun You suddenly considered this possibility.
It wasn't unfounded, because Yun You clearly remembered, when Mad Spirit, the Apprentice Death God, erupted, his hands would emit a visible crimson steam...
These gases, coordinated with his specific movements, could condense on his body a silhouette of a giant wolf, greatly enhancing his physical attributes.
Yun You once found information on Apprentice Death Gods online.
Although these people all bore the title of Apprentice Death God, their abilities were entirely different, divided into several different[Sequences], and within the same sequence, abilities were ranked from low to high in a hierarchy of one to seven[seven major tiers].
Mad Spirit, most likely belonging to the [Second Sequence], with a tier possibly reaching[Tier One].
The Second Sequence, called [Mad Dog], is a type skilled in close-range combat, and the giant wolf summoned by Mad Spirit is one of the basic moves of the Mad Dog Sequence.
And this peculiar style indeed has a striking similarity to Yun You's black armored giant claw, except one is an illusory shadow, while the other is a tangible entity.
Thus, Yun You had reason to suspect that her eating ability could not only enhance her physique but also absorb the enemy's abilities.
This was quite interesting...
To use someone's methods against them, it is a form of insult to the Apprentice Death Gods, and also the best retort to those arrogant individuals.
Yun You grinned, then hopped off the garbage heap, intending to leave this place.
But just as she landed, a sudden and intense wave of exhaustion overwhelmed her body, spreading rapidly to her limbs.
Simultaneously, a tingling sensation that made her limbs tremble with numbness appeared, stripping away the sensation in her legs, causing her legs to weaken and collapse directly.
She instinctively reached out, intending to support herself with the giant claw in her right hand, but at this moment, the claw suddenly "popped" and exploded, as if pricked by a needle, dispersing into sparks of red light and dissipating completely in an instant.
The girl's small, fair hand reappeared, landing on the ground with a thud, causing her to grimace in pain involuntarily.
She understood the nature of this giant claw.
This thing, it wasn't a gift from above...