Chapter 147: Chapter 108: New Talent, Peak of Professional Grade
CRUNCH!
CRUNCH!!
A crisp chewing sound echoed through the apartment, as if someone were gnawing on some kind of brittle bone.
The Magic Crystal seemed solid, but in reality, it was a physical manifestation of condensed energy and could be easily crushed by his teeth.
Its texture was somewhat like crystal-based nutritional foods such as the Cyan Jade Crystal. Lu Chao chewed it to bits and swallowed.
In an instant.
BZZZT!!
An indescribable power surged forth, rushing from his lower abdomen to every inch of his body—his limbs, his meridians, his bones.
’Such powerful energy.’
His eyes narrowed. Lu Chao could clearly feel the violence of this energy.
If the intermediate Nutritional Potion he had taken before was a gentle stream, then this Magic Crystal was a boiling lake, furiously scouring his meridians and savagely boring into every single one of his cells.
Faint, sharp pains pricked him from within, as if the energy was so violent that it far exceeded the limits of his professional-grade physique and organs.
Fortunately, at the critical moment...
BOOM!
[Devouring Growth] activated with a roar.
Like a roaring engine, or perhaps a ravenous predator, it forcibly suppressed the violent energy.
The stabbing pain inside him instantly receded. The rampaging energy was gently tamed, strand by strand, and rapidly broken down.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Chao felt a pleasant warmth spread throughout his body, enveloping him like a hot spring.
’[Devouring Growth] is as impressive as ever.’
He nodded to himself. Lu Chao suspected that if any other professional-grade individual had forcibly consumed this resource, they might have suffered a significant backlash.
He even finally understood why the man in the mask hadn’t used up the entire resource at once, instead leaving half of it behind.
With that thought, he looked at his panel.
[Potential Progress: 75%... 80%... 90%...]
The Potential Progress numbers climbed rapidly. Lu Chao stared intently, his eyes filled with growing anticipation.
Finally.
[Potential Progress: 100%]
[Potential Fulfilled!]
[Talent Specialty Successfully Activated!]
’Just as I thought!’
As the notifications appeared on his panel, Lu Chao’s eyes shone. ’A special resource of elementary quality is truly something else,’ he thought.
And soon.
HUMMM!
An invisible force pulled at his consciousness, seemingly dragging it into the depths of his mind.
Not resisting, Lu Chao followed the familiar path and soon once again saw the boundless darkness, and within it, the towering phantom of a giant.
Its colossal form, which seemed to prop up the heavens and press down on the earth, looked as if it could suppress the entire world. Countless points of starlight formed the meridians of its body.
Its blurred face remained indistinct, a sight Lu Chao had long grown accustomed to.
His gaze swept over the giant’s phantom, landing on the rock-gold light at its heart—a pulsing flame that exuded a sense of resilience.
Beneath its feet, a pale-silver light dispersed some of the gray mist, while the scarlet glow on its arms gave off a violent aura, as if it could crush anything at any moment.
HUMMM!
Suddenly, as if sensing his gaze, the giant’s phantom shuddered. The three pulsing flames at its heart, feet, and arms flared violently, their different-colored talent lights flaring up to the heavens.
The three seemed to be on the verge of merging into one, yet something was missing.
In the next instant.
WHOOSH!!
A new pulsing flame, brilliant blue and dazzling, suddenly appeared at the center of the giant phantom’s brow.
The formless light seemed to take shape as the brilliant blue glow dispersed a portion of the mist above the giant’s head, revealing a dim, diamond-shaped emblem.
In just a few breaths, as if scouring away rust, the light ignited the emblem, transforming it into a new talent specialty.
[Talent Specialty: Flow State!]
[Quality: Basic — Spirit Transformation Dimension!]
[Effect: After activating this talent, you can enter a Flow State. This will briefly sharpen your mind and enhance your comprehension, allowing you to gain a much deeper understanding of knowledge such as Martial Arts techniques and potion theory!]
[Note: The effectiveness and duration of the Flow State are directly proportional to your Spiritual Power!]
As the information appeared before him, Lu Chao wasn’t surprised that this newly awakened talent belonged to the Spirit Transformation dimension.
He had already anticipated this during the last premonition of his potential.
However...
’Flow State?’
He read the effect, slightly surprised.
’A talent that enhances comprehension?’
Before he could dwell on it, the giant’s phantom began to vibrate violently.
The successful awakening of four Basic Talents from different dimensions seemed to symbolize the end of one stage and the beginning of another.
In an instant, the four pulsing flames flared, seeming to breathe and burn in perfect sync.
Within a few breaths, the four lights began to flow wildly, flooding every part of the giant’s phantom, weaving and intertwining with each other.
It looked like a four-colored rainbow was circulating inside the giant’s body, flowing from its head to its chest, from its shoulders and back to its waist and abdomen, even piercing through its limbs.
’This is...’
Lu Chao’s eyes widened in astonishment as he stared fixedly at the scene before him.
The four lights within the giant’s phantom merged into one, circulating endlessly, as if they had completed some kind of perfect cycle.
Soon, the four original flames hummed and shuddered.
The interwoven lights then scattered, returning to their original positions and transforming into four towering pillars of different-colored light, which once again dispersed even more of the mist.
[Basic Resilience], [Devouring Growth], [Adrenaline Rush], [Flow State].
The four emblems were respectively engraved upon the four corresponding pillars of light, looking like some kind of spiritual brand.
And soon, just as Lu Chao was feeling puzzled...
[Basic Potential Stage Completed!]
[Intermediate Potential Stage Successfully Unlocked!]
Suddenly, two notifications appeared.
A flicker of understanding passed through Lu Chao’s eyes. An epiphany struck him, and he instantly grasped the meaning.
’So, completing the Basic Potential Stage means the energy anchor points for my talent awakenings have been firmly established, forming the pillars of strength for [The Glutton].’
