The basement was dimly lit.
Only the area around the experiment table was exceptionally bright.
Professor Monteria wore a grayish-white robe and Silkworm Skin Gloves as he intently dissected a finger on the table. The finger was enormous, nearly as tall as an adult. Its skin was unusually delicate, like a baby's, while its sharp nail had been pulled out by the root and tossed onto a nearby rack. Yet not a drop of blood seeped from the nail bed. Instead, a crescent-shaped patch of milky white flesh slowly wriggled there, as though a new nail would grow out the next second.
A silver knife traced the patterns at the fingertip and cut through the outermost layer of skin, revealing a tough layer of plate armor beneath. Beige veins crisscrossed over the plate armor like a great net. The professor pressed the upper part of the fingertip, and it was clear that the force applied to it was dispersed through the pulsing beige network to every corner of the plate armor.
"Record it."
Without looking up, Professor Monteria used the knife to sever several veins on the plate armor, carefully observing the cross-sections at the breaks. His tone was detached. "...A very traditional defensive mechanism. It borrows parts of the subcutaneous structures of Gog Giants and Ogres, granting it formidable physical defense... At the same time, it references the physical structure of high-level demons. After the subcutaneous veins absorb external force, they feed it back above the plate armor, forming a semi-energy defensive membrane that enhances its defensive capability in combat... It can be observed that after the main body died, its Magic Power did not dissipate. Instead, it was bound within the flesh by the subcutaneous plate armor and vascular network... Nourished by Magic Power, the body retained tremendous