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Besides that, there was another possibility: raise his true cultivation to the Dou Saint realm, then piece together a low-grade Tiger Leopard Set.

If that were the case, leaving aside how long it would take to cultivate his true strength to the Dou Saint realm, although a low-grade Tiger Leopard Set could raise his strength by five stars, the gap between the skill grades carried by the magical beast body parts was equally obvious.

After all, the difference between a D-rank skill and an S-rank skill was enormous.

So trying to game the system did not seem feasible!

No matter how he arranged them, he could not make everything perfect.

Mo Yun went through each of the magical beast body parts he had catalogued, familiarizing himself with their magical beast enhancement effects.

To activate a magical beast enhancement, he needed to gather at least three body parts!

Furthermore, different types of magical beasts had different enhancement limits. For example, the tiger and leopard enhancement could gather up to eight body parts! The limit for ape-type beasts was six, and most magical beast enhancements capped at six. The tiger and leopard enhancement's eight-piece limit was already quite rare.

Of course, the Snake Python Set's four-piece limit was equally rare. Snakes and pythons had neither feet nor hands, so their limbs were directly excluded. That was why the Snake Python enhancement could have no more than four pieces.

The effects of magical beast enhancement skills were not limited to increases in strength, speed, or cultivation realm. Some enhancement effects also came with special skills.

For example, the final special skill activated by the six-piece ape set was Indestructible Diamond Body. Its effect was that, for five seconds, no matter how much or how powerful the damage he endured, he would remain unharmed.

In short, five seconds of true manhood!

A skill like this was worth collecting as a backup set. Even a low-grade one would do; at a critical moment, he could instantly switch equipment to save his life.

With eight body parts, one option was a complete eight-piece set like the Tiger Leopard Set, which gave five combination skills.

That was also the only arrangement capable of granting five combination skills. Next came arrangements with four combination skills: two four-piece magical beast enhancement sets, or one three-piece set and one five-piece set. Those could also activate four skills.

Originally, with the Chimera Beast Transplant System, becoming stronger only required transplanting high-grade magical beast body parts. But after magical beast enhancement effects were added, everything changed. He now had to use his brain and consider set effects, since the attributes granted by magical beast enhancements were quite tempting as well.

Still, he would have plenty of time to study it later. Mo Yun had not even left the beginner village that was the Jia Ma Empire yet, and he was wearing a mishmash of C-rank and D-rank beast equipment. Aside from quickly gathering a Monkey Set first, there was no need to rush anything else.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of magical beast enhancement effects, Mo Yun finally examined the Flight C-Rank skill granted by the Black Eight Wings.

Flight C-Rank: Special skill. Grants the ability to fly and increases the user's speed by 20%.

The 20% speed increase was easy enough to understand. The crucial point was what exactly "grants the ability to fly" meant!

Could it be...

As Mo Yun speculated, the moment he activated Flight C-Rank, a warm current surged through his body. It flowed along the meridians throughout his body, continuously moving toward his back before gathering at a certain spot there. At the same time, a tingling sensation arose.

Following that tingling sensation, Mo Yun's back suddenly stretched outward, and a deep purple radiance began to shine from it.

"Huff!"

The next instant, beneath the purple glow, a pair of enormous black-and-purple Dou Qi Wings unfurled from his back.

In appearance, these Dou Qi Wings were quite similar to the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's four pairs of wings, except their number had changed from four pairs to one.

Moreover, although he had transplanted the Black Eight Wings, what Mo Yun summoned was not a pair of physical wings, but Dou Qi Wings formed entirely from Dou Qi.

A five-star Great Dou Shi who had mastered Dou Qi Wings—his aura of superiority was secured for quite some time to come.

Mo Yun immediately stopped supplying Dou Qi, and the black-purple Dou Qi Wings behind him gradually faded before finally vanishing into nothingness.

As he slowly stretched, Mo Yun was shocked to discover that one-tenth of the Dou Qi within his body had been used up!

Flight C-Rank was good, but it consumed far too much Dou Qi. At this rate of consumption, Mo Yun's current amount of Dou Qi would not even last for one minute.

It seemed he could not use it lightly unless absolutely necessary.

Elsewhere.

Outside the Snake-People Tribe Holy City.

There was, remarkably, a lush bamboo forest.

A quiet path ran through the forest, and at the end of that path stood a simple Bamboo House.

Inside the Bamboo House, five members of the Snake-People Tribe sat cross-legged on meditation cushions. They were Medusa Queen and the tribe's four elders.

The two sides faced each other, and the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

Perhaps only when facing these four elderly women of the Snake-People Tribe would Medusa put away her cold and arrogant demeanor. She lowered her proud head like a girl who had done something wrong.

"Medusa, do you truly insist on this?" the Great Elder asked, her voice still hoarse and unpleasant.

Medusa Queen replied respectfully, "Great Elder, although there is only a single word separating the Dou Emperor and the Dou Zong realms, the gap between them is like a heavenly chasm..."

"You have remained at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm for too long, so now you seek to scheme for the strength of the Dou Zong realm, is that it?" the Second Elder beside the Great Elder suddenly interrupted with a grim rebuke.

Medusa Queen's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. She slowly explained, "Second Elder, my desire to break through to the Dou Zong realm is not entirely selfish. It is also for the future of the Snake-People Tribe! The Dou Emperor realm is indeed strong enough within the Jia Ma Empire, but even so, we cannot even find a suitable place to live. A scorching and arid place like the Tagor Desert is fundamentally unsuitable for our Snake-People Tribe. It is not as if the elders are unaware of this!"

"It is already like this within the Jia Ma Empire, so what about beyond the empire? The Jia Ma Empire is merely a drop in the ocean on the Dou Qi Continent. In the face of dangers from the outside world, a Dou Emperor cannot change anything. To say nothing else, Heavenly Snake Mansion beyond the empire can freely threaten and bully us. Is that not because our Snake-People Tribe has no Dou Zong powerhouse to stand guard over us?"

"If our Snake-People Tribe had a Dou Zong powerhouse, even just one, Heavenly Snake Mansion would never dare disregard us. Only the strength of a Dou Zong could possibly lead our Snake-People Tribe in search of a new homeland!"

Medusa Queen spoke eloquently, while the four elders before her kept their gazes fixed upon her and did not speak for a time.

This was the first time they had seen Medusa like this.

After voicing what was in her heart, Medusa Queen seemed to realize it only afterward. She softened her tone again and said, "Four Elders, I was presumptuous, but I truly am considering the Snake-People Tribe, not acting out of personal selfishness!"

The Great Elder looked at Medusa and said calmly, "The method of evolving through Heavenly Flame exists only in ancient records. Who can guarantee success? If you fail, can you bear the consequences? Can the Snake-People Tribe bear them?"