Chapter 166: Chapter 154: Crab Slave
Su Ze, who aspired to be a "hexagon warrior," had always been weak when it ca to Spiritual Power.
His Spiritual Power was only at the level of a typical Cocoon Stage Evolver, no stronger than anyone else’s.
It was just that at his current stage, it was difficult to encounter enemies who had mastered spiritual attacks.
Among sub-Tier 3 Aberrants, those that possessed spiritual attack skills were exceedingly rare. For instance, the "Head of the Wailer" that Su Ze once owned ca from an extrely rare Tier 2 Aberrant, the Wailing Demon.
As for Evolvers who specialized in spiritual attacks, they usually didn’t beco fully ford until at least the Butterfly Stage.
And there was a saying that the later a spiritual-type Evolver fully developed, the stronger they would be.
Spiritual-type Evolvers often transitioned from being evolution researchers. Take Liou Wenxin, for example. Many of the research-assisting skills she had absorbed, like "Super-Capacity Brain," "Rapid mory," and "Eye of Evolution," also amplified an Evolver’s Spiritual Power.
You could say she had been accumulating Spiritual Power all along.
Once she evolved to the Saint-rank and absorbed a spiritual attack skill, she would be fully ford in an instant.
The later one beca fully ford, the more profound their accumulated Spiritual Power, and naturally, the stronger they would be.
Therefore, Su Ze knew he would definitely encounter spiritual-type enemies later on, so he had always considered absorbing a Spirit Defense Skill.
’Still, this Wen Si Fruit that can directly boost Spiritual Power is also a great option. As long as my Spiritual Power is strong enough, my resistance to spiritual attacks will also be stronger.’
The thod for using the Wen Si Fruit was even more peculiar than that of the Rootless Dodder Seed. It wasn’t ingested orally. Instead, you lit it on fire and inhaled the resulting smoke.
To prevent the "smoke" from escaping and causing the Wen Si Fruit’s effects to dissipate, Su Ze sealed all the doors and windows in his bedroom before lighting it.
Then, he took out a lighter and ignited the "tip" of the Wen Si Fruit.
A wisp of green smoke curled upward.
Su Ze quickly leaned in and took a sharp sniff, instantly drawing the wisp of smoke into his body.
As it turned out, Su Ze’s precaution of closing the doors and windows had been unnecessary.
After he inhaled the first wisp, the rest of the smoke followed in a continuous stream, entering his nose along the sa path.
The green smoke was like the aloe vera juice from Luofan Country—once you started, you couldn’t even bite through the stream. Even if he tried to stop breathing through his nose, the flow of smoke wouldn’t break.
After inhaling the smoke for a while, Su Ze suddenly felt himself quiet down. It was as if he had attained so form of Zen enlightennt. His body grew still, his mind grew calm, and he entered an ethereal state.
He continued to silently inhale the smoke. An unknown amount of ti passed until the Wen Si Fruit had completely burned away into a pile of ash, at which point Su Ze finally erged from that ethereal state.
Senses sharp, mind clear, utterly refreshed.
That was how Su Ze felt now.
He closed his eyes to sense it and could indeed feel that his Spiritual Power had grown stronger. Although it still couldn’t compare to a researcher of the sa rank like Liou Wenxin, it was definitely superior to other Cocoon Stage Evolvers.
’Not bad. If I could get my hands on more treasures like this and keep boosting my Spiritual Power, I wouldn’t even need a Spirit Defense Skill.’
That’s what he thought, but Su Ze also knew that such treasures were, for one, precious, and for another, repeated use would lead to tolerance, with the effects diminishing until they disappeared completely.
Before going to sleep, Su Ze contacted Ye Jin to let her know he was back from Lin Hua Country. He also asked how things were going on her end and when she would be coming to Dongli University.
Ye Jin replied instantly, as always.
[Ye Jin: I might have to wait a while before I can co over. The killer in the case I told you about still hasn’t been caught. My grandmother has been having a real headache over it lately.]
[Su Ze: Not caught yet? Any progress?]
Su Ze was quite surprised to hear this. A Saint-rank powerhouse had gotten involved personally, and yet half a month had passed without the killer being caught.
’This killer is really sothing else.’
[Ye Jin: The killer has committed several more cris since then. If you look at the recent murders and disappearances, he’s responsible for many of them. Judging by the trajectory of his cris, he doesn’t seem to have a clear destination or a regular route. He’s striking randomly in cities all across the country.]
[Su Ze: Then how are you sure it’s the sa person?]
[Ye Jin: Because at the scene of every new disappearance, we find the body of the previous missing victim.]
[Su Ze: !!!]
[Su Ze: He can’t be carrying the victim’s body with him all over the country, can he?]
[Ye Jin: That’s why we suspect the killer possesses a "parasitic" type skill. He parasitizes the victim’s body, controlling their actions to commit cris. After finding his next target, he discards the previous victim’s body and moves into the new one.]
A chill ran down Su Ze’s spine as he read that.
He had heard of parasitic skills, but he had never seen one.
There were so many types of parasites in the world. Although it was very difficult for such creatures to evolve, so had inevitably evolved into Aberrants.
However, not every parasite that evolved into an Aberrant retained its parasitic ability, and it was even rarer for a "parasitic" skill to appear in an extract for humans to absorb.
In short, it was a terrifying, bizarre, and evil type of skill.
Basically, if the authorities discovered anyone who possessed a parasitic skill, even if they had no criminal record, they would be registered and monitored, with their whereabouts checked from ti to ti.
[Su Ze: Have you been able to determine if the killer is an Evolver with a parasitic skill or a parasitic Aberrant?]
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