Chapter 348: Chapter 279: Preparation, Part 2
He began to think about the method he used to absorb the Eye of Insight.
The Eye of Insight was a special item of the spiritual type, so it had been absorbed upon contact with his Spiritual Power.
As for this special item, "Thousand Illusions," it was most likely meant for upgrading his "Liquid Life" skill. The item itself was also in a near-liquid state.
Su Ze tried using the "Liquid Life" skill, turning his body into a liquid form and making contact with "Thousand Illusions."
In the next instant, "Thousand Illusions" transformed into a stream of water and merged into his liquid body.
’It really worked!’
Su Ze was overjoyed. He maintained his liquid form, allowing his body to continuously absorb and fuse with the energy from "Thousand Illusions" as it underwent a transformation.
Through his transparent liquid body, one could see "Thousand Illusions" turn into a streamer of ever-changing colors, darting wildly within him.
A quarter of an hour later, the light from "Thousand Illusions" dimmed until it faded completely, leaving behind an ordinary octopus skin.
The liquefied Su Ze "spat out" the octopus skin and returned to his human form.
Just as he had expected, his "Liquid Life" skill had indeed been upgraded!
"Liquid Life" was now a Rank 5 skill.
Liquid Life: Liquefy the body (with the option of partial or full Liquefaction) and freely alter the shape of the liquefied parts.
The upgraded "Liquid Life" skill had essentially integrated the disguise function of "Thousand Illusions." Su Ze no longer needed the help of the Hundred-Change Mask to freely alter his body shape and appearance.
After all, water has no constant form, and a liquid state is inherently capable of countless transformations.
This upgrade had helped Su Ze perfect this ability.
Previously, when Su Ze was in his liquid form, he could at best form a humanoid ball of water. No matter how finely he sculpted the details, it still looked like it was made of water.
But now, he could "color" himself, making him look and feel completely real—extremely lifelike, almost identical to the effect of the Hundred-Change Mask.
It was even better than the Hundred-Change Mask. A Venerable Powerhouse could see through the Hundred-Change Mask’s disguise at a glance, and a Spiritual Power Overlord also had a chance of detecting it.
But now, as a Rank 5 skill, the camouflage ability of "Liquid Life" had the potential to deceive even a Venerable Powerhouse.
Of course, he didn’t have to turn into a person. He could also transform into anything of a comparable size, be it a curly-haired baboon or a table.
Moreover, if he combined it with the "Expansion" skill, his maximum size would be greatly increased. He could easily transform into a twenty-meter-tall Ultraman or a Gundam.
Besides this transformation ability, the partial liquefaction ability from this upgrade was also extremely useful.
Previously, whenever Su Ze used this skill, his entire body had to liquefy, but now he could do it partially.
He tested this new ability. He extended his left hand, and his palm immediately turned into a liquid state.
With a flick of his wrist, the liquid palm detached, fell to the ground, and instantly transformed into a rat.
Su Ze crouched down to examine the rat formed from his own palm. Its fur was rendered in minute detail, and its eyes darted about, bright and full of life.
Even he couldn’t tell the difference between it and a real rat.
With a wave of his hand, the rat dissolved into a stream of water and merged back into his body. The next moment, his left hand grew back.
After a moment of thought, Su Ze activated his "Expansion" skill, tripling his body size.
Then he split his body into three, becoming three pools of water.
The three pools of water used the transformation ability simultaneously, and in an instant, three identical Su Zes appeared in the room.
The three Su Zes looked at each other, then all started laughing together.
This could completely pass for the real thing... because it *was* the real thing!
He had used "Unyielding Will" to fuse his Spiritual Power with his physical body before splitting into three. It could be said that each of these three clones contained a part of Su Ze’s soul.
In fact, all three Su Zes could be considered the main body, and all three could be considered clones. There was no distinction between the original and the copies.
It was just like when he had previously transformed into ten Liquid Clones to fight. Each Liquid Clone was him, and even if he lost a few, he would only be injured.
As long as a single Liquid Clone survived, he would not die.
The only limitation was that the three clones could not be too far apart from each other. Once the distance became too great, the connection between their souls would break, and the clones would dissolve into water and dissipate.
Su Ze was very satisfied with this skill upgrade.
"Liquid Life" had been upgraded to a Rank 5 skill. While it didn’t seem to increase his combat power, it had many practical applications, with many more uses yet to be discovered.
He had upgraded three skills today. Now, the only Rank 3 skills he had left were "Needle Strike," "Furious Waves," and "Celestial Sea Wings."
As long as he upgraded these three skills to Rank 4 and absorbed a Rank 5 extract, he could theoretically attempt to break through to the Venerable level!
Of course, that was only in theory...
In reality, Su Ze still needed to complete his "Divine Grace of Evolution" and then absorb a Rank 6 extract—skipping a rank—before he would try to reach the Venerable level.
However, his progress was so fast primarily because of his powerful network of connections.
Other Overlords didn’t receive such treatment. He had access to the Dongli National Treasury and then Evolutionary Technology, with all sorts of materials his for the picking. The Dongli National Treasury even allowed him to buy on credit. The Minister of Education of Lin Hua Country used his personal connections to help him gather materials. The Lin Family’s treasury was also open for him to choose from, and they had even gifted him a Rank 5 special item.
All things considered, the value of the resources Su Ze had consumed in the past few days was an astronomical figure. He had already gone through two Rank 5 special items alone!
