A Bite of Beast Meat, Strength Increased a Hundredfold

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned. She never expected that after just one bite of the roasted meat, her entire body's blood would feel as if it were boiling and her physical form would begin to grow stronger. She knew clearly that under the stimulation of that single bite, her body had begun a second transformation!

Not only that, but even her Soul Power, which had already undergone a baptism, had begun to transform once again!

Zhu Zhuqing even had a vague feeling that her Soul Power was no longer just Soul Power anymore!

In fact, that was indeed the case. In a world like the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where the Heaven and Earth Essence was abundant, low-end things like Soul Power simply could not withstand the erosion of the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence.

It was just like when they first entered the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and were baptized by the Heaven and Earth Essence; the Spirit Rings that were originally capable of being manifested externally had completely merged with their bodies under the baptism of the Heaven and Earth Essence. Although their Martial Spirits were not completely erased, they had gained considerable reinforcement. But even so, compared to the power system of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the quality was far, far inferior.

Under normal circumstances, as time passed, the Soul Power within their bodies would gradually be assimilated by the Heaven and Earth Essence, and after a period of time, it would be completely converted into the power of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

However, the bite of roasted meat—made from the essence of a Spirit Transformation Realm fierce beast that Shi Hao had specially selected—accelerated this process directly. In almost an instant, the Bloodline Power and essence contained within the meat assimilated the Soul Power inside Zhu Zhuqing, which was already nearly a different species from her original Soul Power.

In other words, if not for the tiny sliver of Soul Power remaining in her body, it would be no exaggeration to say that Zhu Zhuqing was now a native cultivator of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands!

And this last sliver of Soul Power would also completely dissipate before long!

After a good while, Zhu Zhuqing exhaled a breath of turbid air. When she opened her eyes, golden light flashed within them, and she could not hide the joy on her face.

"Hell Spirit Cat!"

Following Zhu Zhuqing's delicate shout, the top-tier agility-attack type Martial Spirit, the Hell Spirit Cat, manifested behind her.

Looking at her Martial Spirit, the expression on Zhu Zhuqing's face became exceptionally joyful.

Strong, very strong, incredibly strong!

It was ten times, or even dozens of times, stronger than the Hell Spirit Cat she had possessed after just entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and receiving its baptism!

She even had the feeling that with one swipe of her Hell Spirit Cat, ten thousand of her former selves would be torn into a bloody mist!

As for whether it was an illusion, she would know if she just tried it!

"Netherworld Slash!!!"

BOOM!

A black slash descended, instantly cleaving more than half of a small mountain in front of her, leaving Zhu Zhuqing dumbfounded.

One had to know that when she had first entered the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, she couldn't even cut a blade of grass. Later, after undergoing the baptism of the Heaven and Earth Essence, although she could cut grass, if she wanted to leave a mark on rock, even if she exerted all her strength to perform the Netherworld Slash, she would only leave a faint, dim white mark—nothing more!

But now, with this single strike of hers...

"What powerful strength! It's too powerful! Little brat, what kind of fierce beast meat did you just feed me? Just two bites, and I'm more than a hundred times stronger than I was before!"

Zhu Zhuqing laughed happily and couldn't help but pick up Shi Hao and spin him around. Just at that moment, Maoqiu, who was squatting on Shi Hao's shoulder, gave her a look of human-like disdain, which almost caused Zhu Zhuqing to lose her composure.

"It's not 'little brat,' what does this little thing mean? Why do I feel like it's looking down on me?"

Hearing this, Shi Hao laughed out loud. He reached out to tease Maoqiu and said with a smile, "Who told you to be so weak, you fatty? A piece of roasted beast heart gave you such a boost, whereas for Maoqiu, it could eat these beast hearts all day without the slightest reaction."

In fact, when he saved Zhu Zhuqing, Shi Hao had already noticed her problem. Although he didn't know exactly what was going on with her, the power within her body was extremely weak. She was the weakest cultivator he had ever seen—even worse than the average adult man in Stone Village.

If you called her a cultivator, she was inferior to some adult men who had only undergone rough physical training. But if you said she wasn't a cultivator, she happened to possess power beyond mere blood and energy, and could even manifest a Treasure Technique called the Hell Spirit Cat.

It was this very Treasure Technique—whether it was an issue with the technique itself or the user—that was terrifyingly 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 didn't have a bad heart. Plus, since Village Chief Grandpa had told him to bring a fatty back to the village to be his wife, he was happy to give her a hand.

This was why, after saving Zhu Zhuqing, he didn't leave immediately. Instead, he had specifically harvested the most essential heart meat from a Spirit Transformation Realm beast and roasted it for her to eat.

But then again, under normal circumstances, the heart meat of a Spirit Transformation Realm beast would be enough for an ordinary Blood Transporting Realm cultivator to condense their first Heaven Hole and step into the Hole Heaven Realm. Yet, when used on Zhu Zhuqing...

Forget it, better not crush her confidence...

After confirming through Shi Hao that Maoqiu was truly looking down on her, and seeing Shi Hao's hesitant expression, Zhu Zhuqing fell into a state of self-doubt.

Could it be... am I really that weak?

That shouldn't be right. In the Douluo Continent, I'm considered a genius, at the very least. How is it that after coming to this world, I seem to be worse off than a brat not even ten years old...

Just as Zhu Zhuqing was sinking into self-doubt, everyone across the entire Douluo Continent who witnessed her changes fell into the same state of self-doubt.

Although they knew the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands were outrageously powerful, wasn't this a bit too excessive?

It was just a mouthful of beast meat! Even if it was meat from the heart, this was simply too absurd!

In the Star Dou Empire, Zhu Zhuyun and her fiancé, the First Prince of the Star Dou Empire, Dai Weisi, looked at each other. Both saw unspeakable shock in the other's eyes.

"Gulp, isn't this too strong?"

Dai Weisi swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

He had witnessed with his own eyes how Zhu Zhuqing had grown in a single day, from someone who couldn't even cut a blade of grass in the Eight Regions to someone who could now easily split a small mountain nearly in half!

This level of absurdity was like someone standing before you as a Level 1 Soul Master one second, and the next second, they had reached Level 100 and become a god...

They had seen absurd things before—after all, Tang San had been quite absurd—but they had truly never seen anything this ridiculous!

Beside him, Zhu Zhuyun nodded silently at his words.

"Indeed, it's just too strong. In only three days, the gap between us two sisters has reached a terrifying degree."

To be honest, even Zhu Zhuyun wouldn't believe herself if she said she wasn't envious of Zhu Zhuqing. But she knew very well that this kind of thing was purely a matter of fate. Even if Zhu Zhuqing were to do it all over again, she might not be as lucky as she was now.

Her younger sister had truly hit the jackpot this time!