Chapter 580: Blood Bodhi
[You consumed a specially cooked piece of beast meat. Ingredient Grade: Average. Deliciousness Grade: Excellent]
[Gourmet Cells obtained a massive amount of growth. Current: Lv2 (198/200)]
[Milestone · Gourmet triggered. You obtained a temporary buff · Rapid Regeneration (Rare)]
[Rapid Regeneration (Rare): Obtain extra cellular activity, regeneration speed increased by 30%, lasting 25 minutes]
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[You consumed a specially cooked piece of beast meat. Ingredient Grade: Average. Deliciousness Grade: Excellent]
[Gourmet Cells obtained a massive amount of growth. Gourmet Cells level increased. Current: Lv3 (22/400)]
[Strength +1, Constitution +1, Agility +1. Current: Strength: 60; Constitution: 62; Agility: 43]
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[You consumed a specially cooked piece of beast meat. Ingredient Grade: Good. Deliciousness Grade: Excellent]
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Inside the pure white Training Ground, Kaito Shirogane this time neither changed the terrain nor the gravity. Instead, he directly set up a large pot, boiling a large amount of purchased beast meat inside.
These beast meats came from various worlds, including those gigantic beasts from the Naruto world, and Sea Kings from the One Piece world. The qualities varied, and the effects after consumption also had slight differences.
Kaito Shirogane consciously noted down the ones with better effects.
However, the most crucial thing for the improvement of Gourmet Cells was actually still the [Cook] skill. This ability, capable of directly altering food to be "delicious" on a conceptual level, had already allowed Kaito Shirogane to clearly feel the power of this ability.
Because in the [Swirl of the Root], Kaito Shirogane had consciously massively improved all abilities that could be trained. Only abilities like the Satsui no Hadou, which was difficult to improve without killing strong enemies, and the Gourmet Cells, which completely relied on eating, still had relatively low levels.
And what Kaito Shirogane lacked most currently, besides needing to raise his Energy attribute to 40 to touch the extreme value, so as to break the energy limit as soon as possible and naturally control the authorities corresponding to several energies, was naturally attribute points.
Among Kaito Shirogane's current abilities, Kaioken, Qilin Armor, Despairing Savior, etc., were all abilities that multiplied his own attributes and combat power. Every point of attribute increase had a multiplied effect for him.
Moreover, most crucially, these several abilities all had requirements for Kaito Shirogane's endurance. Kaito Shirogane's body was exactly a vessel. The stronger the vessel, the more powerful the strength it could endure.
And... the activation extent of the [Limiter] was already approaching a threshold. Kaito Shirogane could feel he was approaching the first [Limit of the Vessel]. He was already very close to the time he would completely shatter his [Vessel] for the first time and enter a completely new state.
When he simultaneously activated the Qilin Armor and Kaioken in the Goddess's Dwelling, his physical body directly exploded. That was a sign.
His body was already very close to that limit, that shackle. That restriction confining him to this strength would also be smashed, and he would evolve towards a new realm!
Kaito Shirogane utilized the feature of different time flow rates in the Training Ground to eat a large amount of beast meat in a short time. He also utilized the characteristic of the Ultimate Being and the ability of [Life Return] to forcefully digest and continue eating.
This pathological process quickly made the improvement of the Gourmet Cells slow down. Probably, the Gourmet Cells also couldn't endure this level of nutritional extraction.
Only then did Kaito Shirogane stop this process. The plan to rapidly elevate the Gourmet Cells in a short time went bankrupt, and he returned to the public space with a gloomy expression.
However, at this time, he received some good news.
Not long after Kaito Shirogane returned to his personal space, the Black Butler brought a Reincarnator with a somewhat nervous expression before him.
He pointed at this young girl with short orange hair and introduced:
"Codename [Orange], strength is average, but says she can trade with you using a [Blood Bodhi]."
Orange wore a white off-the-shoulder long dress, her skin fair, but there were some freckles on her nose. Probably when creating her avatar, she deliberately wanted to create a cute feeling.
At this time, her expression was somewhat timid. She was a Reincarnator who Kaito Shirogane would classify into the ranks of the weak at first glance.
Kaito Shirogane raised his chin. The woman immediately stood up and extended her right hand.
[Reincarnator DO97736657 showed you the item · Blood Bodhi (Incomparably Rare)]
[Blood Bodhi]
[Quality: Incomparably Rare]
[Description: An unparalleled exotic fruit watered by the blood of the rare beast Fire Qilin in a certain world, possessing the miraculous effect of healing injuries and increasing cultivation power]
[Effect 1: After consumption, can heal any injuries the body has suffered (Priority is low, cannot heal injuries from abilities exceeding its own priority)]
[Effect 2: After consumption, can completely make up for the metabolic consumption of the human body, replacing eating]
[Effect 3: After consumption, can slightly increase the Energy attribute. This effect is valid up to 3 times (If the energy type is internal energy, it will be massively increased)]
That fruit slightly emitting red fluorescence, just appearing in the woman's palm, made the flow of Kaito Shirogane's bodily force much smoother.
And seeing this thing, Kaito Shirogane very naturally associated it with a person.
As far as he knew, mid-to-high-level martial arts worlds like [Wind and Cloud] were similarly quite precious. Previously, the vast majority of abilities and items related to Wind and Cloud were produced by the [Chaos Sage] and [Crimson Lotus].
Until [Crimson Lotus] ultimately suffered a crushing defeat and was completely monopolized by the [Chaos Sage], it was rarely heard in the shantytown that other teams could produce high-level items and abilities from that world.
"What is your relationship with that guy [Red Dust]?"
Kaito Shirogane spoke. The woman was obviously stunned. The Black Butler merely pushed his glasses. Naturally, he wouldn't casually bring any Tom, Dick, or Harry before Mercenary Tao. Even he could judge that this woman's absolute strength couldn't be considered powerful.
An item like the [Blood Bodhi] was basically impossible for a low-level Reincarnator to hold long-term. Even if truly lucky enough to obtain one, the vast majority of people wouldn't sell it.
Whether used as a life-saving divine medicine in times of crisis, or finding an internal martial arts ability and eating the Blood Bodhi to rapidly increase the Energy attribute, it was a powerful item that people couldn't bear to part with.
The lower the level of the Reincarnator, the more impossible it is for them to give it up.
So, this woman's Blood Bodhi must definitely have been given by someone else.
[Crimson Lotus] had already been defeated previously, and the people of the [Chaos Sage] were nearly wiped out by Mercenary Tao. Who could still bring out this thing to trade now, the Black Butler could also guess.
The Black Butler felt that things he could figure out, Mercenary Tao couldn't possibly not know.
The woman obviously didn't expect this. She subconsciously looked around, seemingly worried about being eavesdropped on by others. This reaction made Kaito Shirogane almost unable to endure her stupidity.
"This is the Space. No one can peep on you here, unless... you signed some kind of Space Contract."
The woman hurriedly waved her hands.
"No, no... I didn't sign..."
"In other words, it is Red Dust. Ha~ That idiot actually got hit hard again?!"
Kaito Shirogane raised his eyebrows, revealing a mocking smile. Red Dust wasn't weak. Purely calculating by energy intensity, among the Reincarnators Kaito Shirogane had encountered so far, apart from Mahakala, no one had his kind of intensity.
But his ability composition was extremely singular, as if he were an old antique still immersed in the wuxia worlds from over a decade ago. Kaito Shirogane completely didn't feel any abilities outside of martial arts.
This kind of ability construction had quite large flaws, its affinity very singular, extremely easy to be sneak-attacked and overturned by various bizarre abilities.
That day, when he and Kaito Shirogane were defeated together by the Millennium Ring's Domain Expansion, Kaito Shirogane realized this point and had already begun consciously making up for his "resistances."
But Red Dust seemed to not have realized.
Subsequently, Orange told Kaito Shirogane the news that Red Dust was defeated by the Reincarnator codenamed [Mad King] and controlled by some kind of Authority, hoping to use this Blood Bodhi as a price for Kaito Shirogane to make a move and rescue Red Dust.
Kaito Shirogane was about to agree smoothly, but the Black Butler immediately spoke up.
"Wait a minute, there's a problem with this trade!"
The Black Butler's expression was serious. He looked at Kaito Shirogane and said:
"Wait a minute, Mercenary Tao. That [Mad King] is not simple..."
"This trade cannot be made!"
(End of Chapter)
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