Zhu Zhuqing was stunned. She had never imagined that after taking just one bite of roasted meat, she would feel the blood throughout her body boiling and her flesh gradually strengthening. She knew very well that under the stimulation of that bite of roasted meat, her body had begun a second transformation!
Not only that, even her Soul Power, which had already undergone a cleansing, began transforming once more!
Zhu Zhuqing even vaguely felt that her Soul Power was no longer Soul Power at all!
And that was indeed the case. In a world like the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where Heaven and Earth Essence was abundant, something as low-grade as Soul Power simply could not withstand the erosion of the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence.
It was like when they had first entered the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and were cleansed by Heaven and Earth Essence. Spirit Rings that should have been able to manifest externally had completely fused with their bodies under that cleansing. Although their Martial Souls had not been completely erased, they had received considerable strengthening. Even so, compared to the power system of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, their quality was far, far inferior.
Originally, as time passed, the Soul Power within their bodies would gradually be assimilated by Heaven and Earth Essence and eventually be fully converted into the power of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
However, the bite of essence roasted meat from a Spirit Transformation Realm Fierce beast that Shi Hao had specially chosen for Zhu Zhuqing directly accelerated the process. In an extremely short time, the Bloodline Power and essence contained within the roasted meat instantly assimilated the Soul Power within Zhu Zhuqing, which had already become practically an entirely different species from her original Soul Power.
In other words, if not for the faint remaining trace of Soul Power within her body, it would not have been an exaggeration to call Zhu Zhuqing a native cultivator of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands!
And that final trace of Soul Power would completely vanish before long!
After quite some time, Zhu Zhuqing exhaled a breath of turbid air. When she opened her eyes, golden light flashed within them, and joy was impossible to conceal on her face.
"Hell Spirit Cat!"
Following Zhu Zhuqing's delicate cry, the Hell Spirit Cat, a top-tier agility-type Martial Soul, appeared behind her.
As she looked at her Martial Soul, the delight on Zhu Zhuqing's face became even more intense.
Strong, incredibly strong, unbelievably strong!
It was ten, perhaps even dozens of times stronger than the Hell Spirit Cat she had possessed after first entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and receiving its cleansing!
She even felt that with a single swipe of her Hell Spirit Cat's claw, ten thousand versions of her former self would be torn into bloody pulp!
As for whether that was merely an illusion, wouldn't trying it reveal the answer?
"Netherworld Slash!!!"
Boom!
The black slash descended, instantly splitting most of the small mountain before her apart. Zhu Zhuqing stared in utter disbelief.
When she had first entered the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, she had not even been able to cut through a blade of grass. Later, after being cleansed by Heaven and Earth Essence, she could cut grass, but leaving a mark on stone was another matter entirely. Even if she exhausted all her strength to unleash Netherworld Slash, she could only leave behind a faint white mark. Nothing more!
But now, with this attack...
"What terrifying power! This is too powerful! Little brat, what kind of Fierce beast meat did you just feed me? Just two bites made me more than a hundred times stronger than before!"
Zhu Zhuqing laughed happily and could not help picking Shi Hao up and spinning him around. At that moment, Maoqiu, who was squatting on Shi Hao's shoulder, gave her a human-like look of disdain, nearly making Zhu Zhuqing lose her composure.
"Not little brat, what does this little thing mean? Why do I feel like it's looking down on me?"
Hearing that, Shi Hao burst into laughter. He reached out to tease Maoqiu and said with a grin,
"Because you're too weak, fatty. A single piece of roasted Fierce beast heart made you this much stronger. Maoqiu could eat as many hearts from this kind of Fierce beast as it wanted and not react in the slightest."
In fact, when he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing, Shi Hao had already noticed her problem. Although he had no idea what exactly was going on with her, the power within her body was exceptionally weak—the weakest of any cultivator he had ever seen. She was even far weaker than the ordinary adult men of Stone Village.
If one called her a cultivator, she was weaker than some adult men who had only received rudimentary training. But if one said she was not a cultivator, she possessed power beyond Bloodline Power within her body and could even use Treasure Techniques called Hell Spirit Cat.
It was just that this Treasure Technique—whether there was something wrong with the technique itself or with its user—was frighteningly weak...
Honestly, this was the first time Shi Hao had ever seen a cultivator this weak.
However, Shi Hao could also tell that Zhu Zhuqing was not a bad person. On top of that, Village Chief Grandpa had told him to carry a female fatty back to the village as his wife, so he was happy to lend her a hand.
That was why, after rescuing Zhu Zhuqing, he had not immediately left. Instead, he had taken the most precious heart meat from the Spirit Transformation Realm Fierce beast and specifically roasted it for her.
But then again, under normal circumstances, the heart meat of a Spirit Transformation Realm Fierce beast was enough for an ordinary Blood Transporting Realm cultivator to condense their first Cave Heaven and enter the Hole Heaven Realm. Yet when used on Zhu Zhuqing...
Forget it. Better not damage her confidence...
After confirming through Shi Hao that Maoqiu really was looking down on her, then seeing Shi Hao's hesitant expression, Zhu Zhuqing fell completely into self-doubt.
Was I... really that weak?
But that shouldn't be possible. Back on the Douluo Continent, I was considered a genius no matter what. How had I come to this world only to become worse than a little brat not even ten years old...
While Zhu Zhuqing sank into self-doubt, everyone across the Douluo Continent who witnessed her transformation likewise began doubting themselves.
They knew the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands was absurdly powerful, but wasn't this a little too absurd?
Just one bite of Fierce beast meat! Even if it was meat from the heart, wasn't this far too outrageous?
In the Star Dou Empire, Zhu Zhuyun and her fiancé, the First Prince of the Star Dou Empire, Dai Weisi, looked at each other and saw indescribable shock in each other's eyes.
"Gurulu, isn't that too strong?"
Dai Weisi swallowed, his voice trembling slightly.
He had personally witnessed how Zhu Zhuqing had grown in a single day, from someone who could not cut through even a blade of grass in the Eight Regions to someone who could now nearly split a small mountain in half with ease!
It was as outrageous as if the person standing before him had been a level-one Soul Master one moment, then achieved Hundred Level Godhood the next...
He had seen outrageous things before—after all, Tang San had already been quite outrageous—but he had never seen anything this outrageous!
Zhu Zhuyun, standing beside him, silently nodded.
"Yes, it truly is too powerful. In only three days, the gap between my sister and me has already reached an utterly terrifying level."
To be honest, Zhu Zhuyun herself would not believe it if she claimed she was not envious of Zhu Zhuqing. But she knew very well that such things depended entirely on fate. Even if Zhu Zhuqing were given another chance, she might not be as fortunate as she was now.
Her little sister had truly struck it rich this time!
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