novelraw Chapter 345: Terrifying Beast
Chapter 345: Terrifying Beast
Little Crow spoke with a hint of grievance, as if the blood-mechanical implant set in her backpack card was her entire life savings!
The blood-mechanical implant set looked quite expensive... Why did I feel like a shameless pirate robbing an ordinary girl of her inheritance... Chen Qi frowned for a moment, but when he heard the term "flesh armor," he couldn't help but flash a hint of excitement in his eyes.
The blood-mechanical implant set was an intermediate product between mechanical armor and flesh armor, even rarer and more expensive.
If it was a blood-mechanical implant set that only legends could use, that was already treasure valuable enough to make great pirates fight over it!
Little Crow was much wealthier than he had imagined.
Chen Qi asked curiously:
"What exactly is it?"
Little Crow said solemnly:
"This comes from a Black Forest dimensional rift..."
Then she took out an object about the size of a human head from her backpack card.It was entirely metallic black in appearance, somewhat resembling a partially extracted spine, but sharper and more pointed.
In its central part was embedded a blood-red gemstone—no, more precisely, it looked more like the heart of a supernatural creature!
The gemstone pulsed with uneven beats, and Chen Qi could see within it a humanoid wolf monster hiding in the shadows, more cruel than a dragon.
Little Crow explained word by word:
"Its name is Red Moon's Gray Wolf Bone, originating from a hidden B-tier dimensional rift, from the monster Big Gray Wolf under the red moon in the forest. It can be installed at the spine position as a device for storing spiritual energy.
At the same time, this power will also corrupt ordinary spiritual energy, transforming it into purer Blade affinity qi force, as well as Goblet affinity power for body repair.
Simply put, it allows humans to obtain power similar to Blood Demons, greatly enhancing physical constitution. If perfectly installed, it can even release special Blade Release..."
Sounds good... Chen Qi's eyes flashed with joy.
In some cases, large-scale body mechanization could be achieved through certain rift artifacts. In Beiguo, many mechanics advocated for full-body mechanization.
If one ignored reason, there were many ways to stop being human.
If this were a game character, Chen Qi wouldn't care about mechanization, gender, or race.
Becoming a monster covered in tentacles, or full-body mechanization to embark on glorious evolution—none of that would matter.
But in reality, Chen Qi himself didn't want excessive mechanical modifications to his body.
Both gender and race, as well as the degree of flesh mechanization, were important.
Little Crow noticed his hesitation and said:
"This blood-mechanical implant set won't cause major changes to the flesh, and can even be understood as half armor.
Its real danger lies in its mental pollution. Without a legendary spiritual core and inspiration, it's impossible to suppress it...
A third-tier equipping it would only become a monster roaming at night, constantly hunting for little girls."
Hunting for little girls... Chen Qi frowned. Without rational control, this was indeed an extremely dangerous piece of equipment.
But for a legend, it only counts as armor? That sounds really good. Plus, being able to turn into a monster might work well with my Monster's Desire... Chen Qi's eyes flashed with delight as he quietly said:
"Then I'll leave it to you. Should we start the surgery now?"
Chen Qi said urgently.
Now they had gathered the relics, and after preparing, they could head to the Witch's Coffin.
The Witch's Coffin was an A-tier dimensional rift, where any random monster could kill a weak legend.
Therefore, before entering the Witch's Coffin, he must have enough trump cards.
And flesh technology was undoubtedly one of the fastest ways to improve his strength now.
Little Crow looked toward the bedroom on Chen Qi's Ghost Ship:
"This will be very painful and cause extreme damage to the body. I need super-potent anesthetic and healing potions."
Fen glanced at Little Crow, took out anesthetic from her backpack, and said coldly:
"Don't cause any accidents."
This look meant that if I caused an accident, I was dead... Little Crow could clearly feel the Flower Witch's chilling gaze:
"I'll do my best with the surgery."
"But I must state in advance, any surgery can have accidents..."
Little Crow muttered softly.
No surgery is 100% successful.
Flesh surgery has an extremely high mortality rate. Even though Chen Qi is a legend, there's still a certain probability of dying.
After briefly changing clothes and eating, Little Crow set up a temporary operating room in the bedroom using various tools from her backpack card, changing into a black surgical gown.
This is my first time performing such a major surgery... Chen Qi looked at Little Crow wearing a mask and dressed entirely in black.
Even though he had become a legend, this feeling of abandoning thought and entrusting his life to someone else still made him feel uneasy.
Fen leaned against the wall and said to Little Crow:
"With me here, you can be more aggressive with the surgery, but absolutely don't cause any accidents..."
Fen mastered life magic;
theoretically, even if Little Crow crushed Chen Qi's heart, she could ensure Chen Qi's survival!
With Fen here, there's nothing to fear—it's just sleeping for a while... Chen Qi felt an inexplicable sense of security and took a deep breath.
He had to admit, Fen gave him an unprecedented sense of security.
Then he lay down on the temporarily set-up operating table.
I never thought I'd actually perform surgery on a legend one day, and this legend was my former subordinate... Little Crow's hand holding the anesthetic syringe trembled slightly.
But contrary to her expectations, when facing Chen Qi, she felt no fear, only excitement.
Chen Qi lying on the bed was at her mercy.
Just like usual... Little Crow injected the potent anesthetic into Chen Qi's body.
Chen Qi's eyes burned with desire for unknown power, but his body briefly convulsed due to the drug.
Looking at Chen Qi on the operating table, Little Crow habitually said gently:
"Don't be afraid, I'm a doctor. With me here, I'll do my best to keep you alive..."
Little Crow's voice was as gentle as a nightingale's. Under the doctor's reassurance, Chen Qi slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness becoming blurry until he completely fell asleep.
Surgery begins! Little Crow adjusted her black gloves.
Chen Qi's back was exposed;
under the white light, the spider-like blood-stained blue patterns looked particularly terrifying.
On the damaged flesh, flesh tentacles wriggled slightly as if they might break through at any moment...
What a beautiful back... Little Crow licked her lips and gave the flesh tentacles a shot of specialized anesthetic too!
This was potent anesthetic strong enough to knock out even a dragon!
Little Crow roughly inserted a knife into Chen Qi's body.
Then she slowly extracted the flesh tentacles from the spine and placed them on a nearby table.
Truly astonishing, the spine wasn't severely damaged—this is a rare parasitic sea beast... Little Crow looked at the translucent flesh tentacles on the table, becoming increasingly fascinated.
If Chen Qi hadn't become a legend, she would definitely have locked him in the operating room for thorough research.
It wasn't very large, curled up like a small jelly-like tentacle cat.
A species I've never seen before, what exactly is this... Little Crow blinked, a flash of surprise in her eyes, then took a deep breath and continued the surgery.
With her exquisite skill and deep understanding of human anatomy, she connected the blood-mechanical spine to Chen Qi's back.
Every touch, every minor adjustment was accompanied by faint mechanical clicks and some indescribable flow of spiritual energy.
Tick tock! Tick tock!
By the room's edge, the Flower Witch Fen watched everything, the tense atmosphere growing increasingly heavy.
As the surgery progressed, subtle changes began to appear on Chen Qi's back—faint blood light circulating beneath the skin, as if new vitality was being awakened.
A barely noticeable satisfaction and excitement flashed in Little Crow's eyes.
So wonderful!
Chen Qi's physical strength was nothing like a weak patient suffering from Sea Beast Disease!
On the contrary, his physical strength was sufficient for any flesh surgery!
Therefore, she could not only enhance Chen Qi's body but also allow his inherent supernatural power to better integrate with him!
Fantastic!
Even just surface installation would allow him to directly master one Release...
Be more aggressive! Let him master another Release, give him even stronger power! Little Crow's lips curled up as she began bolder attempts!
As a doctor, sometimes you need to be bold!
Fen frowned;
Little Crow's manipulations were becoming increasingly daring.
After a long time, following the final perfect connection, the blood-mechanical spine fused with Chen Qi's blood, emitting a soft, steady blood light.
Chen Qi's body trembled slightly.
"Stable, only the final step remains—spiritual energy infusion..."
Little Crow licked her lips.
The blood-mechanical implant set was essentially an energy-charged equipment that periodically required spiritual energy input.
She reached out, aimed at the center of Chen Qi's back, at the 'heart' of this blood-mechanical implant set, and infused spiritual energy.
Under the spiritual energy infusion, Chen Qi's back displayed bright red spider patterns, and a violent spiritual energy instantly burst forth!
"Surgery successful, unprecedentedly successful at that. This is simply a miracle—I've caused a qualitative transformation in a legend's power..."
Little Crow smiled triumphantly, as if admiring a perfect work of art.
However, the next second, her expression abruptly changed.
The spiritual energy coiled around Chen Qi's surface instantly turned frenzied, like face after face of evil spirits, rushing toward her!
The crimson pupils directly met Little Crow's eyes.
That's the look of seeing food... Little Crow froze, the scalpel in her hand motionless.
She had been too arrogant. Because Chen Qi couldn't move on the operating table, she had forgotten that Chen Qi wasn't a weak sea beast patient.
Boom!
Then, with a loud noise, the person on the operating table instantly vanished from Little Crow's sight.
"Where is he?"
Little Crow looked around in confusion.
Until the moment she turned her head, a massive crimson hand suddenly gripped her throat, slamming her against the wall!
Crimson spiritual energy materialized, coiling around Chen Qi's surface, making him resemble a starving hungry wolf.
Damn it! In that instant, Little Crow saw herself having her neck bitten off by Chen Qi, dying miserably here.
"Move aside!"
Fen flashed to Chen Qi's side and punched him in the face.
This punch directly twisted Chen Qi's face!
Found an excuse, successfully got revenge—serves you right for biting my neck before... Fen thought quietly to herself.
What's happening? Is the witch disciplining the Black Hunter? Isn't she worried about Chen Qi going berserk? Little Crow looked at the smile on Fen's lips, completely bewildered.
"Pant, pant, pant..."
Under Fen's friendship-breaking face punch, Chen Qi gasped heavily.
[You are being corrupted by the gray wolf's desire...]
[Your Monster's Desire has devoured the gray wolf...]
Reason gradually returned to Chen Qi's eyes. He looked down at the pitiful Little Crow in his hand.
To make me fall into this level of madness... Chen Qi swallowed and released Little Crow:
"Sorry..."
"Cough... It's fine. You need to check your body immediately..."
Little Crow massaged her reddened neck and said.
The effect of this flesh surgery is even stronger than I imagined... Chen Qi couldn't help but marvel.
[Your strength increased by 40 points, your healing ability improved, you gained medium Goblet affinity comprehension.]
40 points of strength! Chen Qi was extremely shocked. This improvement even exceeded his advancement to legend.
His previous total strength was only 120 points.
And appearance-wise, his back only had additional bright red blood-colored spider patterns, with no extra changes.
A minor surgery actually directly increased his strength by one-third, reaching an astonishing 160 points—it could be called a miracle.
Besides, medium Goblet affinity comprehension also far exceeded his expectations.
And that's not all... Chen Qi felt the raging Blade affinity spiritual energy in his body, like spiked armor constantly extending outward.
As if with just a slight provocation, this power would instantly transform into qi force, becoming a terrifying bloodthirsty giant wolf!
A horrifying beast that could instantly devour both Little Crow and Fen before him!
Similar to Qi Transformation—such dangerous equipment, but I like it... Chen Qi helped Little Crow up with his hand and praised:
"Well done. Do you want any reward?"
Reward? Why do I feel like your subordinate... Little Crow calmed herself:
"I'm not your subordinate. Also, if you need to pay, you can let me touch your..."
"His?"
What does this person want to do? A question mark flower appeared above Fen's head.
Why is my body trembling... Little Crow muttered:
"Your water spirits."
She really likes cute deep-sea things... Chen Qi said:
"No problem, you can touch the water spirits on the ship as you like, but don't delay their work."
"Really?"
Little Crow's eyes lit up—this was the happiest news she'd heard recently.
Chen Qi stretched his limbs—he was filled with power!
But mastering this power would require considerable practice and actual combat.
"Black Hunter, we have information for you..."
Outside the room, the voices of Ice Demon Pirates crew members suddenly sounded.
The feeling of punching his face was quite comfortable... Fen smiled at Chen Qi, blowing on her blood-stained fist:
"Qi, the Ice Demon Pirates have been waiting outside for us for a long time. According to their intelligence, something has happened in Moonstone City."
...
Moonstone City, council hall.
Navy Marshal, White Pigeon Press chief reporter Pelu, current head of the Magic Bullet Family, head of the Bonfire Family, Moonstone City Hunter Association president, Haibao Company general manager, Disaster Messenger Rose, etc.
It could be said that all the major dignitaries Moonstone City could gather were present. Originally a round table for twelve people to discuss, it was now filled with fifty people.
Among them, sitting at the round table's chief position was a woman wearing a blue-black off-shoulder dress with a graceful figure.
She had blue hair, giving a melancholic beauty vibe, with a bullet pattern visible above the corner of her eye.
On her exposed back, twenty bullet holes could be seen, making her even more like a thorny rose.
She was Moonstone City's leader, White Seagull Admiral's wife, also the current head of the Magic Bullet Family, nominally the most powerful person in Moonstone City, inventor of the Spiral Magic Bullet—Madame Magic Bullet Oli.
Madame Magic Bullet Oli propped her chin with her hand, looking at White Pigeon Press's Pelu in the distance:
"Miss Pelu, please share the intelligence about the Rift Sea."
"No problem, Madame."
Pelu stepped forward and reported the news she had collected one by one.
Blue Fire Island incident, Blade Witch's advancement to legend, Sea God Island's major mutation, Dragon Tamer King's crushing defeat, navy base loss, Book Tower's movement, Black Blood Empire's invasion, great sea monster awakening...
Including the recently concluded Devil Island battle—situations significant enough to affect the entire sea's landscape.
Madame Magic Bullet closed her eyes, after listening to Pelu's series of reports, and said softly:
"By the way, who is this Black Hunter appearing in various events? What's his background?"
Many people causing trouble at sea, whether it's the self-proclaimed Blade Witch Little Red Riding Hood or the Blackfin Crew's seven navy generals, were all wanted criminals known to Madame Magic Bullet.
Except for this Black Hunter.
Madame Magic Bullet Oli said solemnly:
"I heard he's someone from your White Pigeon Press..."
Pelu immediately waved her hand, speaking seriously:
"No background? Can we arrange a marriage then?"
Madame Magic Bullet Oli from the prominent family asked seriously.