100% Life Essence

"Boss, ten skewers of lamb testicles, twenty skewers of grilled tripe, one grilled fish, a plate of peanuts, and two cans of Courageous Journey,"

"Coming right up! Who's with you? Chunhua, hurry up and serve the customers!"

"It's just me, boss, hurry up! Is this your helper? Bosses these days really like to hire female helpers."

"You old man, always squeezing me dry! Hmph~ Here, you can sit here~ Are there still many orders at your factory recently?"

"Not many. We just sent a shipment to Jinzhou two weeks ago. Things are pretty relaxed now."

The middle-aged man with a shoe-last face sat down as he heard the voice, replying to the disheveled Chunhua with a sigh, an indescribable sense of ease in his words.

After noting down the order, Chunhua glanced subtly outside the shop before saying, "Please wait a moment," and busied herself.

The middle-aged man with the shoe-last face took out an old-fashioned watch and placed it on the table. It showed the time: 20:45.

He glanced at the father and daughter duo welcoming and seeing off customers inside the shop, his eyes shimmering with a hazy light, as if recalling something or lost in thought.

It had to be said that the shop owner's skills were excellent. With his hands flying over the grill, he was cooking nearly a hundred portions of food. Yet, when served, there wasn't a hint of burnt smell, only a rich aroma of spices.

The middle-aged man with the shoe-last face was none other than Wang Changle. After stopping a factory worker and asking about the recent changes in the small town and the location of the factory pictures.

He spent 50,000 silver dollars to replace all his clothes and accessories, and used the Human-faced Rose to sculpt a face that was nine parts similar, thus creating the scene above.

He took out a bag of [Cool Spring Water] and began to drink it sip by sip, opening his personal stats to check his Qi recovery speed.

The spring water was sweet, with a hint of coolness. The moment it entered his mouth, it brought a refreshing sensation, jolting his mind awake. His internal Qi was also slowly recovering.

He glanced at the time; it took a full 5 minutes from drinking it to reaching maximum recovery!

After finishing the [Cool Spring Water], he began to devour the skewers on the table.

It had to be said that Liao Tietou's skills were indeed impressive. The marinade was flavorful, and it was pure charcoal-grilled!

However, looking at Liao Tietou, who was warm and hospitable, optimistic and generous outside the shop, and Chunhua, who was busy inside, he found it hard to connect the two of them with Quanxing.

After paying the bill, Wang Changle ordered another table of barbecue. Having undergone physical reinforcement, not only were his stamina and body improved, but his appetite had also greatly increased.

Late into the night, Chunhua's barbecue shop.

"Hey, hey, hey, wake up, wake up, we're closing now~ Oh dear, you're…"

Chunhua impatiently pushed the customer who had eaten three tables' worth. After a tiring day, all she wanted now was to go home and sleep soundly.

Wang Changle hooked his left hand around her neck, pulling out a syringe from his right hand. It was empty.

"Liao Tietou, you'd better not move, unless you don't want your daughter. This is anesthetic for elephants!"

He waved the syringe in his hand, propping the limp and powerless Chunhua against the wall. He tightened his grip, and Chunhua showed signs of difficulty breathing.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

Liao Tietou, who had come over upon hearing the commotion, took a nervous step back, but his head glowed with a faint silver light, killing intent surging as he locked onto the shoe-last-faced man before him.

"If you take one more step back, I'll cut your daughter. If she really is your daughter. Here are three doses of anesthetic. Inject them all into yourself, and I'll let your daughter go."

He tossed three doses of potent anesthetic into the air. The syringe in his hand disappeared, and he produced a fruit knife from his spatial storage, placing it on Chunhua's arm artery.

These were anesthetic needles he had obtained using his authority within the Tianxia Association. For Otherworldly Persons, firearms were not only less effective but also prone to being defended against and noisy.

This potent anesthetic was convenient to carry and highly effective. Even for powerful Otherworldly Persons like Feng Baobao, a super-large dose of anesthetic would have an effect.

Liao Tietou was merely a minor character from Quanxing, so three doses of potent anesthetic should be sufficient.

"Okay, I'll inject it. I'll inject it now. The rules of the martial world state that family members are not to be harmed! Don't hurt Chunhua."

Seeing that the knife had already drawn a bloodstain, Liao Tietou immediately picked up the three doses of anesthetic and injected them into himself one by one.

"I'm not one of your Quanxing, I won't kill a young girl. Continue!"

Wang Changle gestured towards Liao Tietou, who was gradually swaying, and threw out another dose.

"Thump~"

"Click"

Wang Changle grabbed a long wooden chair and pinned Chunhua to the ground with it, then sat on the chair himself. A jade-colored chain of light submerged into Liao Tietou's body.

"Life Extraction, activate."

"I didn't expect the burly Liao Tietou to be capable of scheming too! You'd better not move, or the knife in my hand won't have eyes!"

Wang Changle narrowed his eyes, staring at Liao Tietou, who had collapsed to the ground.

The tip of the knife, however, was pressed against Chunhua's throat. He hadn't expected that he only brought out five doses of potent anesthetic, and four had been used on him, yet the man was still standing.

To think that a third-rate Quanxing character could be so resilient.

This Innate One Qi was indeed extraordinary. It seemed this world was not simple either.

"Such a decisive young man, I haven't encountered one in a long time. Who exactly are you?"

Having been seen through, Liao Tietou slowly got up, a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

"Easy to say, easy to say. A cadre of the Tianxia Association, Marfario Ode. It's a pleasure to have 'picked up' Your Excellency."

He smiled and nodded, but the tip of the knife pressed down a fraction further, drawing blood.

"When did the Tianxia Association produce someone so insidious? Threatening someone by using their family, don't you find it shameful?"

Liao Tietou roared in anger as he looked at the beads of blood forming on his daughter's neck.

"Quanxing is an organization without rules, so others don't need to follow rules with Quanxing either."

Seeing that he had already consumed 24 points of magic, he raised the knife in his hand, took out another [Cool Spring Water], and began to drink it mouthful by mouthful.

After receiving four injections and having 14.4% of his life essence extracted, which was equivalent to suppressing 14.4% of all his attributes, Liao Tietou could no longer hold on and fainted.

Ten minutes later.

[You have killed the plot character Liao Tietou, causing a minor change to the plot world, and obtained 1% World Origin.]

[You have killed the Quanxing demon 'notorious' Liao Tietou, gaining 500 points of Tianxia Association reputation. You have been promoted from an intern cadre to a low-level cadre, with current respect at 500/2000.]

[You have obtained Treasure Chest (White).]

[You have obtained Life Essence (Qi) * 1.]

[Your innate talent Extraction has activated. You have obtained the Talent Card: Tough.]

[Your relationship with Quanxing has changed to mortal enemies 100/10000.]

[You have entered the Quanxing bounty kill list, currently ranked 392.]

"It's the third day since I arrived here, and I've finally got some proper gains."

Wang Changle panted, having absorbed for 14 minutes and finishing two cans of [Cool Spring Water].

He kicked Liao Tietou, who had turned into a dried corpse. So this was what happened to people who had 100% of their life essence absorbed.

He lowered the shop door, then threw Chunhua and the corpse into the storage room. Only then did Wang Changle tear off the Human-faced Rose, take a picture, and send it to Feng Shayan.

He had to admit that the Human-faced Rose given by Wang Wei was simply an essential item for murder, theft, sneak attacks, and framing!

He changed into his own clothes from his spatial storage and checked into a random hotel with a balcony. He placed the [Moonlight Rose] aside and began to examine his spoils.

[You have opened Treasure Chest (White).]

[You have obtained Iron Head Skill (Cultivation Method) * 1.]

[Iron Head Skill (Cultivation Method) * 1]

Origin: Under One Person

Rarity: White: 8

Type: Skill Book - Cultivation Method

Usage Conditions: Stamina 6, requires Innate One Qi to be active.

Passive Effect: Passively increases head defense by 5 points (head defense +5 for every level increase).

When actively released, consumes 50 points of Innate One Qi, converting all head defense into attack power, dealing corresponding physical damage to the enemy for 10 seconds, with a cooldown of 1 hour.

Description: Watch my headbutt!

Price: 1000 Paradise Coin

This skill book is a cultivation method, more suitable for those specializing in strength or stamina.

[Talent Card: Tough]

Type: Consumable

Effect: Grants the target equipment or item the characteristic: Tough. Attributes will be regenerated.

Description: A product of innate talent, cannot be traded.

This was an unexpected gain. He planned to use it to forge an equipment for Feng Shayan, but as for the reward, he would have to plan carefully.

As for what attributes the equipment with the added characteristic would have, that was not something he could predict. After all, when forging artifacts, who could know the effect in advance?

Finally, there was a ball of radiant energy. As soon as it was taken out, layers of light ripples spread throughout the room, like a flowing amber of life.

[Life Essence (Qi) 100%]

Origin: Under One Person

Type: Recovery Item

Rarity: Green: 30+ (Fine)

Effect: Upon absorption, restores 60% Health within a short period and grants the skill Innate One Qi.

Life Apostle: Upon absorption, immediately restores 100 points of Life Force and increases Life Force cap by 5. (Secondary modulation invalid)

Description: Contains all of "Liao Tietou's" life essence.

Price: 5000 Paradise Coin (Secondary modulation possible)

At this moment, he finally understood the true purpose of "Life Extraction": it could extract the opponent's inherent abilities!

For him, it could also supplement Life Force and increase its cap.

With such a mass of Life Essence, he not only had an extra burst of power in this world, but with his excellent defense, it was equivalent to having an extra life!

The most crucial thing was gaining a passive skill, Innate One Qi.

He didn't yet know what special abilities Innate One Qi possessed, but judging by the description of [Iron Head Skill (Cultivation Method)] earlier, it was at least a new energy system.

A new energy system represented a completely new development path.