Inside the bedroom, her breathing gradually settled.
Jiang Yuechu did not hurry to get up.
Instead, she quieted her mind again and carefully sensed the changes within her body.
And whether there had been any unexpected gains.
After a while.
Jiang Yuechu opened her eyes, a trace of helplessness flashing in them.
Though the two Black Dog demons had provided a vast surge of essence powerful enough to break through her bottleneck,
she had not plundered any innate divine abilities from them.
Neither the gust of foul wind,
nor the rain of blood,
had appeared on her panel.
"As expected..."
Jiang Yuechu shook her head, though she was not too disappointed.
The description of the Ten Thousand Demon Heaven-Swallowing Technique had already made it clear: the odds were extremely low.
Before she had transmigrated, she had been an absolute failure at luck.
How could changing eras possibly make her luck any better?
Aside from that, what truly left Jiang Yuechu feeling helpless was the cost of breaking through.
From first entering Ink-Dotting to reaching its current peak,
just how many demons had she consumed along the way?
In the past, devouring a demon of the same realm had been enough to send her cultivation soaring.
But now...
"The farther I go, the harder this road gets..."
Jiang Yuechu sighed inwardly.
If she reached Lotus-Planting, or even Mountain-Viewing...
the number of demons she would need would probably be astronomical.
But on second thought, that was only natural.
Even with a cheat like hers, she was finding it difficult.
For an ordinary person, it would be harder still.
No wonder there were countless martial artists in the world, but only a handful ever reached the summit.
Still...
Jiang Yuechu clenched her fist.
The cost was terrifying, but the improvement was real.
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