Ignition (17)

Ignition (17)

It was already known that when he devoured a stable supernatural target, whether a person or an object, he could perceive the power within it.

But what if he devoured an unstable target—say, a form of harm itself?

As a researcher, Fu Qian had long wanted to test it.

And the target before him was undoubtedly a suitable one.

What would he perceive when he devoured flesh that was practically cursed?

What's more, this was divine-level perception.

As it turned out, this kind of behavior, which seemed suspiciously like exploiting a bug, couldn't help him avoid the damage.

For an instant, Fu Qian felt as if his body were about to be burned through. The heat, capable of reducing everything to ashes, spread throughout him.

But at the same time, something truly strange appeared in his consciousness.

Unlike ordinary devouring, the sensation was quite vague. He could only roughly tell that it was related to the nature of the power currently destroying his body.

Fu Qian lowered his head. He was completely naked now, so he could see everything clearly.

A scorching radiance seemed ready to seep through the skin covering his entire body, as though the liquid flowing beneath it wasn't blood, but boiling lava.

The burning hadn't stopped, and the pain of his will being torn apart remained. But thanks to what he'd gained from devouring, the damage to his body seemed to have reached a kind of dynamic equilibrium.

Had what he'd just done been equivalent to a temporary inoculation, granting him resistance to this specific threat?

Fu Qian quickly arrived at a guess.

Not bad!

Though he felt like an iron-plate squid right now, Fu Qian was quite satisfied with the result.

After all, losing sanity upon death was one thing, but he