In the blink of an eye, the Ancient Tree Heart Crystal Shell completely shattered!
Golden...
An indescribable, noble gold.
The gilded liquid, no longer restrained by its original tough shell, could not maintain its gem-like shape and began to spread evenly in all directions.
"Ugh!"
Colin's pupils contracted, and he involuntarily let out a muffled grunt.
The moment his flesh touched the molten-rock-like liquid material, it was as if he actually came into contact with scorching hot lava, feeling an intense burning pain!
This overwhelmingly domineering energy seemed to be something his body could not bear at its current state.
Upon contact, his cells were not strengthened but instead instantly eroded and destroyed, presenting a burnt appearance.
At this moment, the Strong Life Talent was stimulated and began to operate spontaneously.
Under its powerful effect, the burnt flesh cells were continuously healed and then destroyed, temporarily maintaining a balance.
But the heat could not disappear into thin air; an invisible heat wave radiated outwards from Colin at the center.
The extremely high temperature even instantly evaporated the moisture from the grass on the ground, turning the lawn yellow.
Fortunately, Renee had already taken Demi and Nasi down to the basement, and there was no one else in the yard.
He clenched his teeth and subconsciously continued the movements of the Yi Guang Breathing Method.
The Blood Qi Group in his lower abdomen slowly began to rotate, absorbing energy from the flesh.
Gradually, it also began to absorb the far stronger "heat current" from his chest than ever before.
A trace of relief flashed across Colin's pained face.
His instinct was not wrong; such an action indeed alleviated the pain.
Colin emptied his mind, allowing his subconscious to take over, mechanically repeating the exercises of the Yi Guang Breathing Method.
And in this way, he had no idea how much time had passed.
The liquid material at his chest had reduced a bit, and the pain had significantly decreased; he was finally able to divert some energy to check on himself.
Upon inspecting, Colin was taken aback.
Under the vision of his spiritual power, the Blood Qi Group inside his body had almost completely changed.
Originally, the Blood Qi Group was nearly colorless, or with a slight touch of red energy.
However, at this moment, the Blood Qi Group was completely dyed a cyan-gold color, and not only had the color changed, but its state also appeared denser and thicker than before.
If the original Blood Qi Group was like thin mist, then the current energy group was like solid cotton.
Unlike Magic Power, which mainly stays within the Magic Sea, Blood Energy constantly travels through the limbs and core with the flow of blood.
So when Colin discovered the anomaly in the Blood Qi Group at his lower abdomen, it also meant that the altered Blood Qi had already spread throughout his entire body with the flow of his blood.
As he realized this, a somewhat familiar, yet slightly different sensation gradually became clearer—
It was as if... the physical enhancement from Advancing to Great Knight?
Slowly, a tingling feeling overtook the pain.
Colin concentrated his attention, and his consciousness followed the Blood Qi flowing throughout his body.
In this process, he could clearly see that every piece of tissue where the Blood Qi passed seemed to receive invisible nourishment, with a gleaming light flowing within.
A strong and abundant sense of power emerged spontaneously.
But before he could observe more,
A sudden sense of swelling pain came from his lower abdomen.
Colin's heart tightened, realizing that it was because the Blood Qi capacity had reached its limit.
So he stopped the movements of the Yi Guang Breathing Method and switched to the Traction Technique instead.
Under the effect of the Traction Technique, the Blood Qi Group kept rotating and compressing, its color growing deeper and deeper.
Gradually, from its original light cyan with some gold, it turned into a dense and thick cyan-gold color, like that of ancient, solid copper.
Having stopped the Yi Guang Breathing Method, the efficiency of absorbing the liquid at his chest decreased, and the pain began to increase.
However, fortunately, the Traction Technique also had the ability to strengthen the Blood Qi, promoting the absorption of the liquid material, so the pain was bearable for the time being.
For nearly the entire morning, Colin repeated this process.
Continuously switching back and forth between the Traction Technique and the Yi Guang Breathing Method.
Of course, the results were quite remarkable.
He could feel his strength growing, and his speed had also significantly increased.
And not to mention the Blood Qi Group within his body, it was even smaller than before in volume.
But in terms of quality, it was almost more than ten times greater!
Even if the enhancement process were to stop right now, he would have already achieved his original goal of foundational body enhancement!
And far exceeded the average standard of more than ten times a Great Knight's level!
However, Colin still did not stop, or rather, could not stop.
The liquid material from the chest's Ancient Tree Heart Crystal was not yet fully absorbed and continued to cause damage.
Were it not for the Strong Life Talent, he might have already been eroded and destroyed by this energy.
But like its shell, the liquid material inside the Ancient Tree Heart Crystal was increasingly difficult to absorb towards the end.
Of course, the quality of energy was also higher, which would have been a good thing... if the resulting pain was not becoming stronger as well.
And so, until dusk fell, Colin finally absorbed most of the liquid from the Ancient Tree Heart Crystal in his chest.
Only the last drop remained...
"Anilasa—!"
In the dim twilight, a strange whisper sounded by Colin's ear.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
The burning sensation in his chest had disappeared without him knowing when.