Following the method Ice Storm and Big Kukri had told him, Meng Chao first unscrewed several plastic soda bottle caps, mixed several doses of "Energy Secret Medicine," "Bone Strengthening Secret Medicine," and "Steel Hardening Secret Medicine" together, then carefully sprinkled in a pinch of insect powder that stimulated the medicines' potency.
The originally multicolored secret medicines, thick as viscous oil, immediately began to bubble and churn, spurting jets of heat. Tiny bursts of Fireworks even bloomed above the surface.
Without even blinking, Meng Chao tipped back his head and drained a large bowl of extremely suspicious-looking liquid in one gulp.
Then he forcibly stuffed several chunks of energy-rich Golden Milk Block deep down his throat.
One lump of milk block even had a Totem Beast core embedded inside it.
These things surged down his throat and into his organs like magma.
Every pore across his body expanded to its limit, venting steam like an old-fashioned locomotive.
Afterward, Meng Chao prepared another bowl of boiling secret medicine.
He poured every last drop of the faintly glowing medicine over the fragments of Totem Armor.
Something strange happened.
Although the Totem Armor's surface was smooth as a mirror,
the medicine did not flow down the armor's curved surface and drip onto the ground.
Instead, it was swiftly absorbed by the armor fragments, without a single drop falling.
Saturated with Spiritual Energy, the Totem Armor bloomed with magnificent radiance in the darkness deep within the abandoned sewage pipe.
Like the shell of some living creature, it slowly squirmed. Several silver-metallic feelers extended from its edges, inviting Meng Chao closer.
This time, Meng Chao did not refuse.
He drew a deep breath, extended his right hand, and fiercely gripped a fragment of Totem Armor.
He activated his Life Magnetic Field to the limit, attempting to