NABC Chapter 8 Dissolution and Absorption
Chapter 8 Dissolution and Absorption
Zhou Qing stepped forward, gently poked the corpse with his training staff, raised an eyebrow and muttered, "So it was just a hermit crab that had become a spirit? Its strength is far too weak; it doesn't live up to the name of a demon."
By the standards of the martial arts world, this treasure chest monster doesn't even qualify as a first-tier beast.
Of course, based on the general knowledge Zhou Qing learned, there is still a difference between strange beasts and monsters.
Demonic objects contain magical energy, while mythical beasts, like martial artists, rely solely on their physical strength, focusing on being tough and resilient.
"Since these ingredients were delivered to our door, we can't waste them."
Zhou Qing's eyes lit up, and he immediately activated his skill.
Slime-ification!
His left hand instantly transformed into a ball of viscous blue liquid, precisely enveloping the mimic's corpse.
Immediately afterwards, the Dissolve and Absorb skill was activated, and within the area enveloped by the liquid, the mimic's corpse was gradually dissolving.
Soon, a faint energy flowed into his body through his arm, and Zhou Qing comfortably squinted his eyes:
"Although it's not as good as the Xuanzong pork we just ate, it's about the same as the unpalatable nutritious meal in the school cafeteria."
After all that happened last night, Zhou Qing is preparing to stop using the slime transformation skill.
He's starting to feel the strain.
After all, in a short period of time, he had eaten a nutritional meal, a large amount of Xuanmane pork, and the dissolving treasure chest monster. Even with the Stomach-Expanding Swallowing Divine Skill, his stomach and intestines were still somewhat burdened.
In this situation, practicing the basic high school physical training method a few times is just right.
This technique allows you to accelerate the absorption of energy from food during practice, thereby strengthening your physical body.
Although basic high school boxing and staff techniques have similar effects and follow the path of "combining skills and combat training," they are ultimately focused on actual combat and are far less professional than basic high school physical training methods in terms of comprehensively strengthening the body.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Qing retreated back into the pitch-black space in the blink of an eye.
Just kidding, how could he possibly be stupid enough to practice martial arts in the dungeon?
This place is teeming with monsters; who knows when some fool might suddenly appear?
What if you get caught up in practicing and get ambushed from behind? Wouldn't that be the same mistake as that slime?
"An absolutely safe, pitch-black space is the best training room, bar none!"
Just as Zhou Qing was about to get into position to practice the body-strengthening method, the smile on his face instantly froze.
He glanced down at his left hand, which was still in a blue, viscous state, and tried to retract the skill with a thought, but there was no reaction at all.
Zhou Qing tried several times before finally figuring it out.
The slime-making skill cannot stop until the mimic's corpse is completely digested, unless the corpse is thrown away.
"What a useless skill!"
"Failing at the crucial moment—typical of a lowly monster's skill, its reliability is zero!"
But despite the criticism, the problem still needs to be solved.
Zhou Qing unleashed a mental storm, his extraordinary wisdom working at full speed, and within two seconds he had an idea.
The next moment, he simply gave up struggling and transformed into a huge blue slime. Then he suddenly contracted and shaped himself, trying to separate the slime covering the mimic's corpse so that the other parts could fully restore his human form first.
"Bang!"
Shaping failed.
Zhou Qing tried several times, but the result was the same.
He must use all of his mucus to fully restore his human form; not a little less will do, and he can't even restore a shrunken version of his body.
"What utterly worthless trash!"
Zhou Qing cursed as he returned to human form, looking at his left hand, which was still turned into slime, and was furious.
But then I thought about it again, and this skill comes from slimes, which are the lowest level of the dungeon food chain. It's already pretty good that it has this effect. You can't expect a lowly skill to be overpowered.
"Luckily, I have the [Infinite Metamorphosis] ability. Maybe I can achieve my goal of separating the slime once I upgrade the slime transformation in the future."
Zhou Qing consoled himself, but he simply didn't have the patience to fight this skill to the death. With a thought, he spat out the undigested treasure chest monster's corpse from the blue slime and threw it into a corner of the dark space.
He examined the corpse and muttered to himself, "I'd better cook it before eating it."
"It's really hard to eat this stuff raw without using slime to dissolve and absorb it; just thinking about it makes me nauseous."
Having fully recovered to human form and looking at his left hand, which had finally returned to normal, Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He no longer thought about returning to the underground city and immediately set up his stance in the dark space.
Basic physical training methods for high school students – let's get started!
At the same time, Zhou Qing activated his dissolution and absorption skills.
This skill doesn't need to be tied to slime transformation; it can be used independently or in combination with other skills.
Soon, Zhou Qing realized something was wrong:
The remaining Xuanzong pork and nutritional meal in the stomach are being digested and absorbed at a visible speed.
This efficiency is more than twice as fast as simply practicing body tempering methods; it's like riding a rocket!
Zhou Qing was overjoyed, secretly calculating, "At this rate, it should be completely digested in three hours at most. If I use more magic to accelerate it, it should be even faster!"
He instantly grasped the key point.
The high school basic body training method focuses on strengthening the physical body, with digestion and absorption being merely a side effect. Compared to professional skills like dissolution and absorption, it is simply insignificant.
"With this skill as an aid, as long as I don't lack food, won't my physical strength increase like crazy? My previous poor athletic performance will soon be able to catch up!"
As for the issue of the high price of exotic beast meat and the fact that the cooking club only supplies it once a week, that's no longer a problem.
Zhou Qing could totally go to that fantasy world's dungeon to hunt down monsters!
For him, that place was a paradise, with free buffets everywhere, all you could eat without spending a penny.
Zhou Qing became happier and happier as he thought about it, increasing his magic power consumption and fully activating the dissolving and absorbing skill, while his body-tempering actions did not stop.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the food in his stomach had been completely digested.
Zhou Qing brought up the panel with a thought:
Name: Zhou Qing
Physical Strength: 11.82
Energy Intensity: 1.73
【Features: One certificate grants eternal proof, infinite transformations, and the ability to unite all heavens】
[Skills: Dissolve and Absorb (Mastery), Slime Transformation (Beginner), Stomach-Expanding Swallowing Technique (Beginner), High School Basic Body Tempering Method (Minor Mastery), High School Basic Fist Technique (Mastery), High School Basic Staff Technique (Mastery)...]
Zhou Qing's physical strength increased by 0.09. Although it was not as much as the 0.5 increase when he subdued the slime, he was not surprised.
After all, he didn't eat much of the Black-maned Pig, and there is always some loss in the digestion and absorption of food.
The "Condensing Slime" method involves directly inheriting everything about the other party, even converting their racial characteristics into skills, resulting in a vastly different boost.
Zhou Qing put the panel away, having made up his mind.
First, go out and buy a set of pots and pans, then cook and eat those mimic monster corpses.
Only by practicing body-strengthening techniques while eating can you maximize the use of food energy to enhance your physical body.
If you simply eat it without exercising, your physical strength won't increase much; it's a complete waste of ingredients.
Besides, what does cooked monster meat actually taste like?
Zhou Qing was filled with curiosity.
This is the first time I've ever seen a monster from another world. It would be a disservice to joining the cooking club not to try it.