NOVPUB"Heave-ho! Heave-ho!"
A palm-sized piece of flesh, Su Changkong chewed it finely for a minute or two, pulverizing it to aid his digestion before swallowing it into his belly and fully engaging in the process of refining it.
Consuming the meat of an Alien Beast raw was naturally not tasty for Su Changkong, even difficult to eat, akin to chewing on a tough piece of old meat that couldn’t be softened.
Such a palm-sized piece of Alien Beast meat was something ordinary Martial Artists didn’t even have the eligibility to digest, their stomachs incapable of breaking it down any more than they could a chunk of lead or iron.
Even for an Innate Martial Artist with a strong physique, digesting it would be both time-consuming and exhausting.
However, Su Changkong’s practice of the Giant Whale Skill had already reached the 9th realm, and his appetite and digestive capabilities were monstrous!
Wrapped and refined by the Giant Whale True Qi, it didn’t take long for the piece of Alien Beast meat to be gradually digested, transforming into a scorching energy that surged throughout Su Changkong’s body.
Pain! A tearing sort of pain!
This was Su Changkong’s sole sensation, as if he had ingested a deadly poison. His blood boiled, his skin reddened, his veins seemed ready to burst, and his internal organs appeared to be melting!
"Could this Alien Beast meat... really not be a potent poison?"
Su Changkong’s mouth twitched slightly, feeling as if what he just consumed was not flesh but a deadly poison that could kill an Innate Martial Artist!
Alien Beasts, descendants of True Beasts, held extremely nourishing flesh that also contained energy fatally potent to the human race. Consuming Alien Beast meat was a gamble with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death.
Weaker Alien Beasts might be manageable, but the stronger the Alien Beast, the more difficult their flesh was to refine. Ingesting it in large amounts was nothing short of suicidal, as the alien energies contained within could kill a person!
And this Black-scaled Giant Lizard was undoubtedly a very powerful type of Alien Beast, capable of head-on battle with an unparalleled warrior like Dong Yunkuang and more than ten Innate Martial Artists, entering and exiting the fray as it pleased.
Its flesh was indeed lethal to an Innate Martial Artist!
A person of profound martial prowess might dare to consume it in small quantities, relying on time to slowly digest and refine it, but overindulging could still threaten their life!
Su Changkong saw his own body internally cracking open under the violent and dominating energy of the Alien Beast meat, as if his whole body were about to shatter into pieces.
"Thud, thud, thud, thud!"
Even his heart pounded frenetically, throbbing like a drum, the beats audible from over ten yards away.
"Heaven Silkworm True Qi!"
Su Changkong was not panicked; enduring the pain of his body splitting open, the Heaven Silkworm True Qi circulated naturally, quickly healing his injuries and the redness on his skin gradually faded, bringing a sense of relief.
After digesting a palm-sized piece of Alien Beast meat, surprise surfaced on Su Changkong’s face.
"My body has become tougher than before, and the Giant Whale True Qi... has progressed a bit?"
Clearly feeling that refining a piece of Alien Beast meat had strengthened his physique, most importantly, there was a slight progression in his Giant Whale Skill!
The hallmark of the Giant Whale Skill was eating, and Su Changkong initially relied on devouring nature’s spiritual energy to cultivate the Giant Whale Skill to the 9th realm.
But upon reaching the 9th realm, making further progress in the Giant Whale Skill became extremely difficult, even the spiritual energy of nature couldn’t satisfy its appetite, akin to not getting enough nutrients. Advancing the Giant Whale Skill to the next level was onerous.
Yet now, Su Changkong had merely eaten a palm-sized piece of Alien Beast meat, and he could distinctly feel his Giant Whale Skill had improved!
And here lay an entire Alien Beast.
The Black-scaled Giant Lizard was massive, with a size equivalent to the total of five elephants. Excluding the thick scale armor and bones, its flesh alone was estimated to weigh about 20 tons.
Considering an average adult consumes three taels of meat per day, 20 tons of meat would last more than thirty years to finish.
Naturally, we are talking about Alien Beast meat here, which not just any commoner, but even Innate Martial Artists would find difficult to digest.
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"If I devour the flesh and blood of this Alien Beast... perhaps I can take the Giant Whale Skill to the next level!"
Su Changkong’s eyes shone brightly.
The Giant Whale Skill was certainly his most formidable combat cultivation technique among those he had mastered. It far surpassed others like the Turtle Breath Technique or the Heaven Silkworm Technique, not just by a small margin. With the Giant Whale Skill at the 10th realm, the power he could wield would be terrifying indeed!
It was no easy feat to move such a large Alien Beast, so Su Changkong dealt with it on the spot.
"Time to eat!"
Licking his lips with anticipation and without hesitation, Su Changkong cut off a piece of Alien Beast meat. After washing it in the waterfall, he swallowed it and began to digest it using the Giant Whale Skill.
"Boom!"
As the Giant Whale True Qi circulated, Su Changkong’s belly acted like a bottomless pit, swiftly digesting the Alien Beast meat.
The digestion process was excruciating. The potent energy of the Alien Beast meat made it feel as though countless wild beasts were rampaging inside his body. His internal organs sustained damage, his blood flowed furiously, his veins bulged, his skin turned crimson, and he was scorching hot like a furnace.
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But as he felt his Giant Whale Skill advancing rapidly towards a higher realm, Su Changkong reveled in the progress and didn’t consider the pain he endured as anything significant.
Having spent years at Black Iron Manor tirelessly refining his body and spirit, and having experienced the trauma of having all his meridians severed, waking from pain in his dreams every day, Su Changkong’s mind had been tempered to be unyielding and unafraid of suffering!
The Giant Whale Skill metabolized the Alien Beast meat while the Heaven Silkworm Technique continually repaired the damage done to his body by the violent energy of the Alien Beast’s flesh, creating a cycle.
With the Giant Whale Skill at the 9th realm, Su Changkong’s prodigious appetite allowed him to metabolize nearly a thousand taels of Alien Beast meat in a day, an unimaginable feat for the average person!
Time flowed second by second, and the enormous Alien Beast, as large as a small hill, gradually shrank, entering Su Changkong’s belly where it was metabolized and transformed into the driving force for his growth.
In the blink of an eye, a month had swiftly passed, and all that remained of the Black Scale Huge Lizard’s carcass was a skeleton and a small amount of flesh and blood. 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
Su Changkong sat cross-legged. Compared to a month ago, there appeared to be no change in his body. Yet his Qi and Blood surged more powerfully, and his physique grew even stronger. Sitting there, he was like a slumbering giant beast; still when at rest, but capable of causing landslides with a single movement!
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And as the Giant Whale Skill neared its breakthrough, having nearly consumed an entire Alien Beast, it approached that limit, ready to advance!
"Boom!"
Su Changkong felt his body become burning hot. His heart beat fiercely, nurturing Qi and Blood so powerful they almost exceeded what his physical body could bear, coursing through his veins. In his heart, his Heart Blood began to condense, becoming as dense as mercury.
Threads of blood-colored Qi and Blood enveloped his body like a fiery cloud, mysterious and deep as the vast sea!
As the Giant Whale Skill edged towards a breakthrough, Su Changkong’s breath caused howling hurricanes, and the distant waterfall seemed to be pulled and distorted by his presence, twisting and tumbling.
Moreover, Su Changkong was immersed in a wondrous state. He saw a Giant Whale, massive as an island!
In the ancient seas, everything whether it be plants, animals, or minerals, was its food. It devoured everything!
This Giant Whale was ancient and powerful, no longer of the ordinary world!
"A True Beast... This is a True Beast!" Although Su Changkong had never seen a True Beast before, he recognized that this Giant Whale definitely belonged to the same category as mythical creatures such as dragons, phoenixes, and Qilins – beings beyond mere mortals’ comprehension.
And as the Giant Whale Skill neared its breakthrough, perhaps because of the Alien Beast meat Su Changkong had ingested, and through a certain connection in the Alien Beast’s bloodline, he caught a glimpse of an incredibly ancient memory fragment and envisioned this True Beast that might have once lived in the boundless seas.
Powerful! That was Su Changkong’s sole impression of the Giant Whale!
This Giant Whale was the supreme ruler of the vast marine territories. Its breath accompanied by storm thunderbolts, a single fury could transform the skies and bring torrential rain. The seas trembled before it, and with a mere thought, it could raise waves capable of annihilating everything!
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