Lifespan X Frail with Age

Outside the Dense Forest.

Kevin watched as the Nen Beast approached him.

His consciousness had returned to his own body, and the Nen Beast had now become a faceless puppet.

The aroma was so rich and enticing.

Kevin only truly felt the incredibly alluring life force emanating from these three types of bones through his own body.

"It would be strange if this bait wasn't attractive."

Just a quick rant: he took out three glass beads from the ring.

Infuse it with Qi Refining.

One after another, huge bubbles floated around.

Divide the bones into three categories and put them into three bubbles.

With the touch of the arm.

It can now be definitively confirmed that these are Peak A-Rank materials; all three are.

There is no difference in rank in essence.

With the bubbles completely Blockade, the essence of the bones was cut off.

Kevin then had time to bring the Nen Beast back. As he withdrew his Nen Aura, the Nen Beast, carrying everything it had just sensed, merged into Kevin's body.

Close your eyes and carefully savor this memory, not missing a single difference.

"Vomit!"

He suddenly opened his eyes, then couldn't help but cover his mouth and gag.

"Fuck you, is it that disgusting?"

It's so painful, so incredibly painful.

As Melusina's strength increases, the maid's Nen Beast abilities are also constantly being updated and upgraded.

The essence hasn't changed much, but the things that the Nen Beast can carry are increasing.

If Melusina were to use it, the enemy would face four other Nen Beast that are almost as strong as Melusina and possess extremely strong autonomy.

This Nen ability was borrowed by Kevin from Melusina, which resulted in the Nen ability being at the Knight Rank.

It can only materialize Nen Beast with Knight Rank strength, because that is the upper limit of this Nen ability.

If Melusina's level increases to Lord Level, along with the improvement of her Nen ability, then when Kevin borrows this Nen ability, the limit of this Nen Beast will naturally also increase.

Therefore, Kevin didn't actually find it very easy to use.

It has little practical significance in combat; it can only Emission during peacetime as an intelligent humanoid assistant to help handle some troublesome matters.

Therefore, when the consciousness descends to control the Nen Beast, it naturally only possesses the strength of the Nen Beast itself.

But things were different when the Nen Beast returned.

This was, after all, composed of Kevin's Nen Aura, and at the Lord Level, humans have an extremely precise degree of control over themselves.

Naturally, one can relive everything that this body has just experienced.

Information that was previously impossible to analyze can now be analyzed.

The information itself existed, but at that time, this body was unable to interpret it.

The problem is that, in order to read this series of information, you can't just read the good parts.

Kevin needs to analyze everything that just happened in detail.

The sensation of burrowing through the mire of blood and flesh is naturally preserved intact.

And because Kevin is experiencing it in such detail, he can't ignore the feeling that it's like he's gone through it all himself and is seriously reliving it.

The level of disgust has increased by at least one dimension.

Inhale—exhale.

Kevin took a deep breath, suppressing the nausea in his heart.

Close your eyes, furrow your brow, and experience it once more.

What's the difference between this and a latrine?

Enduring this nausea, I slowly followed the timeline to experience it.

The ordinary Double-tailed Snake does seem to be some kind of Clone, but it also has a certain degree of individuality.

Strange life forms.

However, the level of a regular Double-tailed Snake is indeed not high. If it is only at this level, Netero, who has not broken through the limit but only maintained the limit, would be able to escape in this environment.

And it won't be greatly affected.

Of course, it would be unlikely that others would resist.

If you were to enter the forest yourself, you could deduce the answer based on the information provided.

Upon entering the forest, a faint smell of blood could be detected shortly, gradually growing stronger.

Until they entered the mud.

The experience of being in the mud goes without saying; it's more about the environmental stimulation.

However, Kevin could already vaguely sense the connection of the entire environment.

The flesh and blood contain a certain substance that prevents them from rotting over time, keeping them fresh like a gel.

Those bones, large and small, came from many completely different creatures.

Furthermore, the size of the skeleton is based on a strict breakdown.

It looked like it was done by someone.

Even the largest beasts, after turning into skeletons, should still have some short bones in their bodies.

Larger bones are transported to the center, while shorter bones are left on the periphery.

Based on the information gathered so far...

Those bones were indeed pure bone, but in the blood and gore of the swamp, they seemed to have become a kind of plant?

I'm not entirely sure, but Kevin thinks using plants as a metaphor is quite appropriate.

And that swamp of flesh and blood is probably the soil that nourishes this plant.

Why is this? We don't know.

This is not information that can be easily discovered; it requires long-term and meticulous observation and collection.

Finally, the information in my mind progressed to the final step.

Before that enormous Bone Tower.

The information you perceive using your own physical body is completely different from the information you perceive using your Nen Beast.

It's not just a simple, vibrant life.

And there was a desolate, lifeless silence.

And without a doubt, the Giant Snake coiled atop the Bone Tower was absolutely not the one he had fought before.

Or rather...

The one that fought against him earlier was essentially a Clone that had been created.

The possibility is not low.

Lord Level Clone? That's incredibly powerful!

Thinking this through, Kevin shook his head again.

Wrong.

Given the opponent's tyrannical nature, this situation is unlikely to occur; they would allow you to escape and put you at a disadvantage in the fight.

This is insufficient to prove that he is the only one with such Clone.

If only one Lord Level Clone can be created, then it will only be at the Lord Level.

Otherwise, in that situation, with two Lord fighting one, Kevin would have to pay a heavy price even to escape.

Moreover, prophecy also played a role at this time.

The conclusion was already given in the first week of the Prophecy Poem.

They suffered heavy losses, and Kevin was forced to use his trump card, capturing his opponent inside the Medicine Tripod.

In that situation, Kevin revealed his trump card without knowing that the opponent's Lord Level body was actually Clone.

However, there is no relevant record in the last paragraph.

This means that if the Medicine Tripod is used to forcibly absorb and refine the substances...

The intense Life Energy used to create the Clone does not disappear with death, but is directly seized into the Medicine Tripod.

Therefore, this is definitely a severe blow to its own body.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have given up chasing after him and taken advantage of that moment to kill Kevin.

Kevin wouldn't spend the following week cleaning up his teammate's funeral arrangements before temporarily leaving the place.

Given the circumstances and his personality at the time, Kevin would likely have taken the opportunity to enter the Dense Forest and obtain the Longevity Rice first.

If we continue to extrapolate from the prophecy at that time, it would happen in the second month.

When you enter the swamp.

It is very likely that we will encounter the very entity we just saw.

That leaves only two options: death or victory.

The powerful Clone was directly consumed, which was definitely a heavy blow to the opponent.

He was seriously injured when Kevin encountered him, and he ultimately died at Kevin's hands.

The powerful Clone was destroyed, but the opponent still retained its strength.

Kevin, who has no trump cards and Kevin information has already been exposed, is very likely to die there.

Kevin felt that only the first possibility would be true.

Because he had just seen it.

If the snake on the Bone Tower is the real body, then that snake is about to die.

That's right.

The Nen Beast couldn't sense it, but Kevin, being of the same level, could see it very clearly.

The Double-tailed Snake was very old.

That sense of life's decline, that desolation of approaching old age.

It is what all life has in common.

The Double-tailed Snake has definitely realized that it is aging and heading towards death.

The aura of decay and death emanating from him was impossible to conceal.

This Lord is now incredibly close to death.

He was even close to dying.

"That makes sense from that perspective."

Some seemingly illogical details suddenly become reasonable at this point.

It turned out that this was a Lord was about to die due to old age.

Kevin was genuinely pleasantly surprised to see this.

The aging process at the Lord Level.

Incredible.

Because Kevin still can't be sure how long he will live, but it's definitely more than a hundred years.

It's even approaching a thousand years.

This is a change that species migration inevitably brings about.

"That's why he created a Clone with almost the same strength as himself. Since his main body is nearing the end of his life, the Clone wouldn't inherit that aged attribute, but would still possess the necessary strength."

So, it seems the Clone's level and power are even higher than we imagined.

With these thoughts in mind, Kevin returned to camp with his spoils.

"You really got it?"

Looking at the three giant floating bubbles, Men Qi asked with great surprise, circling the three spheres.

"Why are they bones?"

A shape I never imagined—what does this bone have to do with rice?

"The expressions in the book are all adjectives, it's utter garbage."

Kevin was still deeply troubled by the matter of the Flesh-and-Blood Swamp.

Melusina sensed Kevin's emotions, walked over and sat down next to him, took his hand, and looked at him carefully.

"Are you preoccupied? Judging from your expression, you're not even in the mood to care about this important gain."

Upon hearing Melusina's words, the three people who were circling around the bubbles turned around and looked at the two of them with suspicion.

"What happened?" Buhaci asked.

That makes sense; how could you not encounter anything when you're deep in the Dense Forest?

Kevin didn't hide anything from them and told them everything he knew.

Especially the important information you perceive when you acquire information from your Clone.

"To die of old age? That's hard to imagine."

For humans, whose average lifespan is no more than a hundred years, a lifespan of several hundred or even a thousand years is truly unbelievable.

Think back, what was the state of humanity a thousand years ago?

They are still in a state of ignorance and stupidity.

Feudal antiquity is almost entirely a distant legend.

Only through such metaphors can one perceive the time scale.

"So the so-called Longevity Rice can't really make you live longer?" Qi pouted and couldn't help but ask.

Otherwise, why didn't the snake eat it itself?

Men Qi glanced at him speechlessly upon hearing this.

"Don't you have any culture? Longevity Rice, long life, do you want to live forever?"

For humans who typically live to be only one hundred years old, does doubling lifespan to two hundred or even three hundred years count as longevity?

It's definitely already been settled.

Think about it carefully.

For the average human being with a lifespan of less than one hundred years, being in one's forties is already considered middle age.

If Longevity Rice, lifespan can directly double to two hundred years.

Ninety-one or one hundred is when a person reaches middle age.

The concepts are completely different.

"Yeah, how come I didn't realize it at first?"

Qi suddenly slapped his head.

"Because you're still young." Men Qi glanced at Qi and said coldly.

"You're not much older than me," Kiy said, glancing at Men Qi.

Men Qi's lips curled into a smile, a hint of pleasure in her expression.

That's true, but you've only recently come of age. For you, you're still growing up and can't possibly understand aging.

"If this happened to your father, or even your grandfather and great-grandfather, their feelings would naturally be completely different from yours."

Young people dream of growing up and becoming adults, so naturally they don't have much of a tangible understanding of longevity and imagine immortality more.

For people who are already aging, being able to extend their lifespan by thirty or fifty years is already quite remarkable.

"That's why the snake wasn't interested in your other gains, but only cared about the most important Bone Tower in the middle."

Melusina seemed to understand something and tapped her chin.

According to records from the East, the contents inside these short bones on the outside can prolong life.

"Without changing the fundamental nature of the bones, the bones in the intermediate Bone Tower will only have a greater impact on lifespan."

"Based on your speculation, the Double-tailed Snake is coiled up there essentially to prolong its life; it's a struggle driven by the instinct for survival."

All external struggles and battles were left to the Clone.

The entire Dense Forest's vigilance was entrusted to the Clone, and it was also entrusted to the Clone when encountering a powerful enemy.

Their true form remains on the Bone Tower, where it nourishes them and prolongs their lifespan.

"Possibly, because that aura was so weak and decaying, like an old man who could die at any moment."

"As for 'New World Travelogue,' that book is from two hundred years ago. When it was written, it was even further back from when Dong actually experienced this place, perhaps even three hundred years ago."

The events that happened to Dong three hundred years ago are not much different from those of today, meaning that the Double-tailed Snake was already entrenched here back then.

If its purpose remains unchanged.

So at that time, the Double-tailed Snake already knew that it was approaching the end of its life and was about to die.

For Lord Level, surely three hundred years ago wouldn't be considered the end of their life?

All I can say is that I'm getting old.

The Double-tailed Snake will stay there for more than three hundred years.

Everyone had thought of this.

"So, the nourishment from that central Bone Tower can extend even Lord Level's lifespan by hundreds of years?"

That's why the Double-tailed Snake is so violent and bloodthirsty.

They slaughtered all threatening lives within a radius of over 100 kilometers.

It doesn't need these things.

All it wanted was to stay there quietly and continue its life.

"Given its current condition, it might truly die soon after leaving the Bone Tower, completely bound to it there."

Men Qi spoke, a conjecture arose in everyone's minds.

Is this considered a symbiotic relationship?