104 Absorbing Demons
The power emanating from the Monolith Core allowed Yuan Chen to move freely through the rocks and soil, guided by the Monolith Core's calculations.
In this situation, Zaun was already filled with rifts due to the effects of the alchemical explosion.
In this situation, Yuan Chen could move freely among the steel artifacts from the alchemy plant, simply by avoiding them.
Among these, the vast majority of houses in Zaun are made of earth and stone.
The formation of the Great Rift Valley provides Zaun with a natural advantage for quarrying. Although the safety of parts of the rift valley is already precarious due to years of mining, the people of Zaun, who only live in the present, don't care about that.
In Zaun's environment, unless you use special wood from the Anti-Magic Forest, a wooden house will be riddled with holes in less than half a month given Zaun's climate.
Well, the Demacia Mana Stone, although called a stone, is actually a fossil of a tree.
Emerging from the stone wall, Yuan Chen looked at the woman standing there dumbfounded and shook his head with a sigh of helplessness, "You actually think that the terrain of Stone City could trap a great Earth Sect master?"
As he spoke, Yuan Chen stretched out a hand and beckoned to himself with his fingertip in the direction of the woman.
"Stop running, attack! Let me see how demons fight."
Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, You Nu gritted her teeth and scanned her surroundings—the houses, all made of earth and stone, were utterly useless in front of this guy.
With this thought in mind, the courtesan abandoned her plan to escape.
With violent writhing movements, fine granulation tissue grew rapidly from the shattered flesh, connecting the broken flesh and fractured bones. In an instant, the woman's right arm was restored to its original state.
Without making a sound, You Nu clenched her Riot Games, then flicked her wrist, her sharp nails like unsheathed blades. Her narrow gaze swept over every corner of Yuan Chen's body: his abdomen, neck, heart, kidneys...
"I can't choose the torso," the courtesan thought.
Although he didn't know exactly what form the dragon scale armor this guy was talking about took, or even if it was real, one thing was undeniable: he definitely felt its undeniable toughness when he hit it.
If that's the case... then attack the exposed neck!
Thinking this, the woman exhaled a breath of stale air, and the next moment her entire body merged into this heavy, stale air. Her long white hair instantly turned jet black, and her eyes were filled with a malicious glint.
Clothes and the like have completely disappeared, or perhaps she simply didn't need any clothes at all.
Her graceful body transformed into pure black, almost blending into the rain-soaked night sky; only the horns on her forehead and the curved light in her eyes revealed the true form of the courtesan.
Swish!
Blending into the darkness, the woman transformed into a swift afterimage as she charged towards Yuan Chen. Her arms outstretched, her sharp nails whistling through the air. In the instant of their tearing motion, the woman was confident that even a yak would be instantly shredded before her.
Standing still, sensing the sharpness of the woman's fingertips, Yuan Chen neither dodged nor avoided, but simply extended two fingers to push away a fingernail that was aimed at his eye.
Slap slap slap,
As the sharp blade touched Yuan Chen's body, You Nu did not feel the pleasure of tearing flesh. On the contrary, it was like a dull knife being draped over thick cowhide; the strange sensation made You Nu feel genuinely uneasy.
Special trait: Dragon Blood Enhancement, Excellent.
The enhancement gained from bathing in the blood of the Elemental Drake Dragon Heart Blood not only greatly increased Yuan Chen's resistance to magic and elements, but also tempered the toughness of his skin through the Dragon Blood.
If it's ordinary Dragon Blood, such as the refined Dragon Blood, it's at most of excellent to good quality.
However, the dragon's heart is a top-tier material. In any national-level super-large magical structure, the Dragon Heart is the best material for the magic engine, the central hub, and the magic furnace, without exception.
Similarly, the Dragon Heart Blood possesses a purity that is closest to that of a pure-blooded dragon.
In this situation, let alone a lowly demon like a courtesan who relies on feigning pitifulness and weakness to lure people into becoming food, even a high-ranking demon like Evelynn would need to be alert to inflict truly effective damage.
Otherwise, at most it would only cause some minor skin and flesh damage.
But soon, the courtesan's second attack followed.
She broke off her own finger, and the fingernail that Yuan Chen was holding in his hand was torn apart by the twisting force.
With a splash of crimson, it leaped into the air, its whip-like tail whipping through the air, the sharp end resembling a spear aimed at Yuan Chen's left eye.
Clearly, in You Nu's view, Yuan Chen's act of pushing away her knife to protect his eyes also revealed that the most vulnerable part of the human body had not been strengthened like the skin and flesh!
"Comparatively speaking, my eyes are indeed far less resilient than my body. But," Yuan Chen said, his expression unchanged as he felt the heavy blow coming at him.
"A weakness that cannot be exploited is called a trap."
The next moment, the slanting drizzle paused briefly, and the Water Curtain instantly formed a huge wall on one side.
It felt like being in a dump truck; by the time the woman came to her senses and turned to look, all she could see was the light of Zaun reflected in the Water Curtain.
The dump truck is here!
Bang!!!
The woman attacking Yuan Chen was struck by the Water Curtain without pause, and was viciously slapped to the side like a rag doll.
Before it even hit the ground, the rain immediately formed sharp spikes in the air.
Sizzle!
Nailed in mid-air, the woman instinctively tried to struggle, but with the slightest movement, the water spikes inside her body began to multiply further, tearing her apart continuously from the inside.
The painful stimulation caused the woman to unconsciously let out a muffled groan.
It was at this moment that the woman noticed that Yuan Chen, despite standing in the alchemical drizzle of Zaun and walking through the damp, puddle-filled alleyways, remained completely dry, from head to toe...
I can't think about it any further, because the water spikes inside the woman's body are becoming increasingly intense.
Although they are called demons, in reality, the moment they leave the spiritual realm and enter the material realm, they also gain the perception of living beings.
If it were a high-ranking demon, perhaps it could ignore this level of stimulation by changing its form.
But for a demon that is only of lower rank... barely qualifies as a mid-ranking demon, this is clearly asking too much.
Looking at Yuan Chen, the woman seemed to want to say something. A hint of hesitation flashed in Yuan Chen's eyes, but in the end, he simply stretched out his palm, making a grasping motion before raising it high.
With the Demon's Blessing, the power of the Flowing Water, which seemed to flow at his command, instantly transformed into a giant spike that tore through the prostitute's chest.
With a piercing scream, the woman's inky black body began to dissipate at an alarming speed.
Although it was death, Yuan Chen did not experience the same emotional fluctuations as before.
Taking two steps forward, the power of the Demon of Temperance emanated from within her body; compared to the power of the prostitute herself, the power of Temperance was like a giant star.
Even without Yuan Chen actively absorbing it, its own gravity swept in the power of the wandering maiden and poured it into Yuan Chen's body.
Standing still, this was the first time Yuan Chen had devoured another demon.
To be honest, this power isn't much. This is evident from the power the courtesan herself possesses...
Even in a place like Zaun, a place blessed with outstanding people and resources, prostitutes can still attract the attention of strangers and gain their pity by pretending to be weak and pitiful.
Compassion... this is the concept that courtesans represent.
Feeling the extra part inside his body, Yuan Chen thought silently.
Compassion, also known as pity, is a universal human emotion. While its power may not be immense, it is not difficult to cultivate if one is willing to do so.
Unfortunately, the prostitute's own power was too weak. She didn't even know that her origins lay in the emotion of pity; she was simply acting weak out of instinct.
Thinking it over, Yuan Chen transformed his pity into pure energy and absorbed it into his Temperance.
Within Yuan Chen's consciousness, the shadow representing Temperance completely engulfed the shadow of the courtesan.
The concept of pity itself, along with the dissipation of the material realm, returned to the spiritual realm, reverting to its original state of confusion and unconsciousness.
As the power of the wandering maiden became a part of him, Yuan Chen could clearly feel a sense of comfort emanating from his soul.
Having been replenished, the power of Temperance also began to grow.
He reached out and caught a raindrop. The rainwater, which had been highly acidic due to the corrosive effects of the alchemical fumes in Zaun, began to wriggle.
As the power of Temperance gradually unfolds, the raindrops take on an eerie state of being half-green and half-transparent.
As the force continued to penetrate deeper, the green within the raindrops dissipated, as if neutralized by some antidote.
The clear water was dispersed, leaving behind a trace amount of waste gas on Yuan Chen's fingertips that was barely perceptible to the naked eye.
The power of Temperance can be used for adjustment, evolution, balance... but not for direct resolution; rather, it extracts the abrupt parts.
Just like this extremely small amount of waste material in front of us, which would not have any effect on the human body even if ingested directly.
Separating a solute from a solution in a crystalline state, or separating a solid substance from a gas... but it should be more than that.
Yuan Chen thought to himself, if it's just like this, it's more like separation than Temperance.
Was it because the courtesan's own power was too weak?
Yuan Chen thought to himself... If that's the case, then to truly reach the core of Temperance, one must at least kill a high-ranking demon.
Is it over?
Qiyana leaped down from a nearby rooftop—despite her Elemental Dominion, she couldn't simply walk through rocks and soil, ignoring the terrain's obstacles.
"It's over," Yuan Chen said, rubbing his temples.
"But this demon's memories are somewhat fragmented... I need to go back and sort them out properly."