Chapter 39: Tenfold Surge!
500 energy points!
A whole five hundred energy points!
What kind of body enhancement serum could be materialized?
Qi Jun didn't know.
But none of that mattered!
Facing the wildly burning dock fire was like having an infinite energy reserve.
Qi Jun just wanted to quickly and safely enhance his physical strength!
Although the sea of fire was caused by crude oil, the oil was not infinite! The burning material was not infinite either!
Even half of New York's fire and rescue forces were coming here.
Every minute wasted I meant a loss of energy for Qi Jun.
The goal was to ensure safety as fast as possible!
Nothing else mattered to Qi Jun.
"Spend 500 energy points to materialize the safest, most effective body enhancement serum I can handle!"
"Right! It should be an oral serum!"
Qi Jun communicated with the [Mutated Stone] in his mind, almost shouting out loud.
.............
Continuously monitoring the energy values in his mind, Qi Jun quickly noticed that the 500 energy points had vanished instantly.
But as the energy points hit zero, Qi Jun felt that in his hand, there appeared a small bottle glowing green, similar to a glass bottle of herbal tonic.
Even more considerately, it came with a straw!
Qi Jun strenuously propped himself up without saying much and inserted the straw into the sealed bottle.
Suck~~~~
Qi Jun sucked hard at the glowing green liquid in the small bottle!
Amazingly, although Qi Jun was sucking hard, just a gentle suction made the green liquid in the bottle instantly flow up the straw into Qi Jun's mouth.
And the bottle was left empty, not a drop remaining—spotlessly clean!
But that was just perfect!
Gulp~~
Qi Jun didn't hesitate and swallowed the green liquid in one gulp.
.............
"Oh~~"
"Oh oh~~~"
As the serum was swallowed, Qi Jun instantly felt warm energy swiftly spreading throughout his body.
Qi Jun appeared somewhat greenish under this soothing energy, yet he felt supremely comfortable, even unintentionally humming in delight.
Under the influence of this energy, all of Qi Jun's pain disappeared, and his physical strength intensified.
"Ah~~~"
"Ah ah~~~~"
"Ah ah ah~~~~~"
But the good feeling didn't last long, not even five seconds.
Intense pain once again spread throughout Qi Jun's body and into his mind.
It felt like every cell in his body was being crushed and reformed!
Then, the comfortable sensation emerged again~
"Oh, oh, oh~~~"
Then, the intense crushing sensation came back again~
"Ah ah ah~~~"
.............
"Oh oh oh~~~"
"Ah ah ah~~~"
Every five seconds, the cycle repeated, lasting for a full two minutes!
During these two minutes, Qi Jun continuously cycled between the most delightful feelings and the most intense pain!
.............
"Huff~"
"Huff huff huff~~~"
"That's insane!"
"I do not want to go through that again!"
"The ultimate pleasure and the ultimate pain!"
"My god, it felt like a century!"
After the ordeal, staring blankly into the sky, Qi Jun muttered.
"But!"
"This feeling of immense power is incredible!"
His eyes quickly focused, and Qi Jun promptly snapped back to reality.
He sprang up, not minding the sweat all over his body, feeling the strength of his peak-condition body and the powerful force within him. His spirit soared!
I, Qi Jun, am invincible!
.............
Of course, all of this was just a hallucination from Qi Jun just gaining explosive power.
Moreover, there is a better time for daydreaming!
"This is not over yet!"
"I need to continue absorbing the fire energy!"
"Until a single flame is left at the fire site!"
Seeing the fire still raging, even intensifying under the sea breeze, Qi Jun became even more determined.
How could he not make the most of such a rare opportunity?
"Absorb!"
"Keep on absorbing!"
With a thought, the power of the [Mutated Stone] emerged again, engulfing the sea of fire before Qi Jun.
+10
+10
+10
Wow?
This terrifying? A tenfold increase?
Doesn't that mean my physical quality also improved tenfold?
Thinking this, Qi Jun became incredibly excited!
He didn't know how much he had been strengthened before, but now it was clear!
.............
Indeed, as his physical quality improved, so did the speed of his energy absorption, and even the amount of energy absorbed spiked!
Even more, Qi Jun felt that the range of the sea of fire covered by the power of the [Mutated Stone] had also expanded.
So, did the distance from which he could absorb energy increase?
Sss~
Huff~
Qi Jun took a deep breath to calm his astonishment.
He imagined a future day when he could easily absorb solar energy from the Earth!
Would one inhale cause a solar flare?
Could another suck the sundry?
Terrifying indeed!
.............
Cough, cough, that day is still far too distant.
How far is it from Earth to the Sun? Qi Jun had yet to keep track, but he knew well enough that it was a despairingly vast distance for current Earthlings!
Qi Jun's focus returned once more to absorbing fire energy.
Due to the increased speed and strength of energy absorption.
Qi Jun watched as his energy reserves quickly exceeded the previous limit—500—and aimed for even higher levels!
1000~
2000~
3000~
4000~
Gradually, Qi Jun began to feel pain in his body again.
However, due to the previous experience of ultimate pleasure, he could endure this pain.
4500~
Qi Jun's expression had already started to distort~
4800~
Qi Jun's expression was twisted entirely now!
4900~
Qi Jun had collapsed on the ground in pain~
5000~
Qi Jun could no longer bear it!
"Stop!"
"Stop now!"
When the energy reached 5000, Qi Jun decisively chose to stop absorbing energy.
He gasped for air, looking at the slightly reduced but still not very noticeable fire, and chuckled.
Indeed, was it a tenfold increase?
Once again, he communicated with the [Mutated Stone], manifesting a more advanced body-strengthening serum!