The attic.
Inside the underground chamber.
Fang Yi opened the enormous, elongated combination case before him.
The upper layer.
It was neatly packed with combat suits, a war halberd, and other equipment.
The lower layer.
It held three wooden boxes. The first two contained World Destroyer and Mist Sword, while the third held the dragon blood.
Fang Yi had already met the requirement of a Combat Power Amplitude of 14.
So, not long after he left the villa, his reward was delivered to his door.
"Now I won't have to worry about equipment for a long time."
With an SS-class Combat Suit and a top-grade war halberd, he could handle any Lord-level Monster.
As for the manuals, Fang Yi had chosen World Destroyer and Mist Sword. Though his weapon of choice was a war halberd rather than a spear, the two weapons had some compatibility.
He could also learn and draw insights from their techniques, finding skills suited to the war halberd.
Besides, all Fang Yi had to do was meet the requirements again to earn more manuals. By studying different manuals, he could draw on the strengths of many schools.
That would lay the foundation for creating his own martial arts in the future.
"I'll save even more money from now on. At least I won't have to worry about weapons, equipment, or manuals."
He opened the third wooden box.
Fang Yi took out a test tube nestled in foam.
The golden blood inside gleamed brilliantly. Under the light, it made his heart stir faintly.
"Just as described."
He gently pulled out the wooden stopper, and a peculiar scent wafted out, quickly filling the underground chamber.
"I'm already an Intermediate War God. I wonder how much this dragon blood can improve me?"
Fang Yi took off his clothes and was about to pour the dragon blood over himself.
But his vision suddenly blurred. Black Profound Qi spilled from his eyes, and the power of his Heavy Pupil was inexplicably stirred.
The strange occurrence made his hand stop abruptly, just as he was about to pour the blood over himself.
"What's going on?"
Fang Yi examined the situation and discovered that his Double Pupil Eyes were reacting to the dragon blood.
"Does it want me to put drops in my eyes?"
"This isn't eye drops."
"Putting it in my eyes shouldn't count as taking it internally, right?"
Fang Yi narrowed his eyes at the golden dragon blood before him. After a moment's thought, he decided not to hesitate.
He raised the test tube high and carefully aimed it at his eye.
One small drop. The cold dragon blood immediately seeped into his left eye, which began to heat up at once!
"It feels like something's stabbing my eyeball... It hurts so much. It's burning!"
Fang Yi gritted his teeth against the discomfort, raised the test tube again, and carefully dripped some into his right eye. The mercury-like blood slid down.
Pain and heat immediately flared in his right eye, too.
"All right, n-now I just have to rub the rest over my body..."
The pain in his eyes was as if someone were repeatedly prodding them with a sharp object, scraping at the flesh around his eyeballs with a blade.
It was pure torment.
After rubbing the dragon blood over his chest and evenly spreading the rest across both arms, heat and pain surged through his body as well.
The pain kept intensifying, accompanied by a tingling numbness that spread everywhere.
And then there was the indescribable heat.
It was as if he were trapped in a raging fire, his skin, muscles, and even bone marrow all subjected to endless torment.
Fang Yi's eyes were tightly shut. He forced himself to stay upright, resisting the indescribable agony. His skin had turned scarlet, and even his muscles were twitching on their own.
The process was agonizing.
But every cell in his body was frantically absorbing the dragon blood's energy, shedding useless genes and improving and refining the rest.
His body was undergoing a transformation.
Within his Sea of Consciousness Space, the dark golden cube, now gradually turning translucent, continuously released Spiritual Force that spread throughout the entire space.
Before long,
a thick fog began to swirl around the cube, half transparent and half solid. Countless droplets fell from it, forming a strange image of mist and rain.
No one knew how much time had passed.
Only after the pain faded did Fang Yi slowly open his eyes. Seeing the grime covering his body, he immediately pushed himself up and headed for the bathroom.
"It's finally over..."
The agony of bathing in dragon blood was unforgettable.
And that was without mentioning the two drops he'd put into his Double Pupil Eyes. The searing pain had been a hundred times worse than any ordinary eye ailment.
In the bathroom,
hot water poured down from above as Fang Yi washed off all the grime, then let out a long breath.
Afterward, he checked the Interface before him. Once he'd taken the dragon blood, it had changed again.
[Heavy Pupil]:
(Left) Growth Progress──9.9%
(Right) Growth Progress──3.9%
[Punching Force──298090kg×(2.2)]
[Speed──926m/s×(2.2)]
[Neural Response──Advanced War God (Super)]
["?" Unlock Progress─20%]
"My strength has improved. The dragon blood also stimulated the growth of my eyes. With both effects combined, I've reached the Advanced War God level."
"Both Heavy Pupils have made significant progress, too. The full-body power boost from my right eye has risen from 1.5 to 2.2, and even that question mark has reached 20%."
"But more surprising than any of that is my right eye's new ability."
After waking up, Fang Yi had first noticed the strange sensation in his right eye.
Once he'd washed up and changed into fresh clothes, he went to the underground chamber. The 9-Series Combat Suit he'd bought earlier sat on a rack before him.
He moved back a dozen or so meters.
Fang Yi took a slow breath.
"Let's try the new ability of my Double Pupil Eyes."
Then,
a Mystic Black Light gradually appeared in Fang Yi's left eye.
Thin strands of Black Flame spilled from his eye.
Look closely, though, and the black flames seemed to be made of countless strange symbols. They gathered into a beam, like firelight, and suddenly shot out!
The terrifying black flames
struck the chest of the combat suit at once.
The instant they touched its surface, their terrifying force melted straight through it!
It was like a bullet passing through a sheet of paper.
The combat suit had no chance to defend itself. The black flames pierced right through it, leaving a hole in an instant.
As the black fire vanished,
his right eye returned to normal.
"What a terrifying way to kill... It pierced right through the combat suit."
Fang Yi hurried over to inspect it. The alloy wall behind the suit bore a round scorch mark, dented several centimeters inward.
If Fang Yi hadn't stopped in time, the blast might have gone straight through the wall.
"The first time my Double Pupil Eyes have shown such a deadly ability, and it's already this terrifying. This is a... killing move. A genuine killing move!"
Fang Yi drew a deep breath.
His Double Pupil Eyes hadn't fully matured or awakened yet. They still had even more powerful abilities hidden within them.
"This doesn't just give me another way to fight. It gives me a trump card—a truly terrifying trump card for dealing damage."
"Should I try it on the SS-class Combat Suit?"
As soon as the thought crossed Fang Yi's mind, he dismissed it.
"Forget it. I still need to wear that suit. Judging by what I've seen so far, even an SS-class Combat Suit probably couldn't withstand this killing move."
Using his own gear for an experiment would be too extravagant.
Later, when he went to City 1001, he could try it out on a few high-level Beast Generals or Lord-level Monsters.
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