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Qing City outskirts.

Inside a somewhat shabby but very clean little house.

Su Heng opened his eyes and sat up in bed.

"Phew..."

His breathing was slightly heavy. The Anaconda's advancement had not gone smoothly, and the endless unexpected situations had drained a great deal of Su Heng's energy as well.

Fortunately, as Little Snake grew, although the benefits fed back into reality were not particularly great.

Su Heng's physical condition had still improved noticeably. His vigorous vitality allowed him to recover quickly from his exhaustion.

He casually put on some clothes and stood before the bathroom window.

The figure in the mirror was tall and strong. Beneath the thin robe, firm muscles rose slightly.

His skin was no longer sickly pale, but fair with a healthy flush, making him look exceptionally energetic.

At the same time, Su Heng noticed that he seemed to have grown quite a bit taller, probably already over 1.8 meters. His formerly snug clothes were now stretched tight across his body.

"Next..."

With a nervous heart, Su Heng opened his panel.

Host Template: Human (Male)

Status: Healthy

Life Level: 1

Vitality: 1.12 (Average: 1)

Height: 1.82 meters

Age: 21

Current Template: Anaconda (Can be fused)

Current Traits: None

Current True Points: 50

True Points needed to unlock the next template: 200

Both his height and vitality had increased significantly, but more importantly, his condition had finally changed from weak to healthy.

"I'm still alive. That's truly wonderful."

Su Heng let out a long sigh of relief.

He pushed open the window. The evening breeze carried a faint floral fragrance as it rushed against his face. Not far away, the Dragon River wound through the city and fields like a sash tied around a woman's waist.

Some things could only be cherished after they had been lost.

For the six months since crossing over, Su Heng had lived beneath the shadow of illness. Now, with Little Boa's growth, those dark clouds had finally scattered.

"Then, next."

After some time, once his excitement had settled.

Su Heng turned his attention to Template Fusion.

Once the Bond Level reached Level 3 and the template's Life Level rose to Level 2, the Template Fusion function could be activated.

After fusing with a template, the host could gain varying degrees of enhancement depending on the Bond Level.

Even though Su Heng had only met the minimum requirement of Bond Level 3, after fusing with the template, he should theoretically receive a fifty-percent boost to the Anaconda's overall physical attributes.

That was an incredibly exaggerated amount.

The Anaconda's strength and constitution were terrifying. At the peak of Tier 1 Lifeform, it could easily tear an entire squad of evil ghosts to pieces, including a leader suspected to be a Tier 2 Lifeform.

Not to mention...

After breaking through to a new level, the Anaconda's attributes had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Even if only fifty percent of that power was added to his own body, the strength displayed would still be horrifying.

"Then let me try your true strength."

Su Heng took a deep breath.

A flash of excitement gleamed in his clear eyes.

"Template Fusion!"

The moment he silently issued the command in his mind, an irresistible force suddenly surged from the depths of his body.

Crack, crack, crack...

Sounds like popping beans rang out in succession. His body grew taller by the second, his muscles swelled as though inflated, thick bluish-black veins crisscrossed beneath his skin, and blood coursed through his body.

A layer of pale golden scales covered Su Heng's body, while his eyes became vertical pupils like molten gold.

"Hiss..."

His body was as perfect as a classical sculpture. Even standing still, those powerful muscles constantly displayed astonishing strength and majesty.

"Perfect."

After thinking it over, Su Heng could only use that one word to describe his current state.

He raised his hand and gently tried to touch it.

But the instant his hand touched the mirror, countless thick cracks spread across its surface.

Crash!

Tiny shards of glass broke away and fell all over the floor.

It was not just the mirror that shattered. Even the wall behind it was now covered in several obvious cracks, crossing each other like a spiderweb.

The reinforced concrete wall felt less sturdy than tofu beneath Su Heng's touch.

"Hiss..."

The cracked wall snapped Su Heng out of his overwhelming sense of power.

This was his only little house. If he accidentally wrecked it himself, he would surely end up on the streets.

The changes in his body receded, and Su Heng returned to his previous appearance of just over 1.8 meters tall.

Looking at the wrecked bathroom before him, Su Heng said helplessly, "It seems I shouldn't use this power recklessly until I have fully mastered it."

Grrrr!

The growl from his stomach interrupted Su Heng's thoughts.

His expression changed slightly as an almost unbearable hunger surged from his abdomen into his brain.

He hurried into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, took out the frozen food he had prepared beforehand, and heated it up. Only after wolfing down a hearty meal did he feel somewhat better.

"This should be a side effect of fusing with the template."

Full and satisfied, Su Heng lay comfortably in his chair and rubbed his slightly swollen stomach as he guessed.

Although the Template Fusion function was powerful, it also had certain drawbacks.

His inability to control the power perfectly and its excessive consumption were both problems he would need to find a way to overcome in the future.

"And there are also the Anaconda's talents."

The increase in Life Level had directly raised the rarity of all three talents.

Compared to gambling with True Points, which carried a great deal of uncertainty, this method seemed much safer.

"Looking at it this way, more talents do not necessarily mean better."

Talents were not better in greater numbers; what mattered was suitability. Too many useless talents would only turn the template into a deformed patchwork monster. It was better to develop a single strength to its utmost limit.

But that did not mean the True Points Su Heng needed to cultivate his templates would decrease.

As he continued drawing talents and searching for suitable ones, the True Points he needed to spend would only grow greater and greater.

"So, in the end, I still need to find more relics."

"But what do these relics actually have in common, and how am I supposed to find them?"

Ring, ring, ring~

As Su Heng pondered seriously, a crisp ringtone sounded beside him.

"Who would be calling me?"

Filled with confusion, he stood up, retrieved his communicator from the living room, and opened it. When he saw the contact on the screen, Su Heng froze slightly.