ushernet Chapter 120 - Body Enhancement
Chapter 120 - Body Enhancement
Chapter 120 - Body Enhancement
Cassius looked around but couldn't locate the source of the voice. He looked down at the mark on his right hand and instantly understood. He immediately opened the box and took out a faintly quivering heart. It belonged to a Blood Race so it was extremely resilient. Even though many days had passed, it still had some vitality in it, though it had shrunk significantly in size and was currently about two-fifths the size of a normal human heart.
Holding the heart in one hand, Cassius walked to the center of the private room. He stood before a chest-high stone pillar with two rotating, open palms at the top. He observed it for a moment before placing the Blood Race's heart between the hands.
Whoosh...
A gust of wind blew from nowhere, and a small vortex of black mist materialized on the stone hands. Moments later, the airflow dissipated, and the heart had vanished.
The deep voice echoed in Cassius's ear again. "Two units of dark essence have been extracted. The following items are available for exchange:
Beast Blood (Crow): take the voucher to the Daybreak Hospital at Black Rain Manor for a blood injection. This blood enhances agility, but carries some risk for failure (1.5 essence).
Blue Mercury (Inferior): take the voucher to the Craniotomy Clinic at Black Rain Manor for a craniotomy. This mercury affects the enemy's blood and the user's eyes (2.0 essence).
Howling Mouth (1 piece): take the voucher to the Arthropod Hall at Black Rain Manor for a grafting surgery. The Howling Mouth, taken from a dead Sound Demon, can produce sonic attacks (1.6 essence).
Tendara Burning Poison (Knowledge): administered in the Baptism Chapel, this poison causes a unique burn that water and wind cannot extinguish. It is doubly effective against dark creatures (1.2 essence).
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10. Power of the secret soul: can be used to enhance three dimensions of physical attributes. Examples of such attributes include but are not limited to strength, speed, and defense. It can also improve the Secret Techniques mastered by the marked-one simply by imagining themselves practicing the Secret Technique when using the power of the secret soul. The power will circulate through the body thousands of times, accelerating the process and achieving instantaneous enhancement (Reminder: two essences for one unit of secret soul)."
Cassius was rooted in place, processing the information in his mind. He contemplated each option, from the first to the last.
After mulling over all of his options, he came to the conclusion that the various supernatural Dao listed at the beginning weren't the most marvelous, but the last one—the power of the secret soul! By simply imagining himself practicing the Secret Technique, the power of the secret soul would circulate within his body and accelerate the process!
This was the true training accelerator. The power of the secret soul could allow an ordinary person's body to instantly grasp Secret Techniques by transforming their physique into the most suitable form for it. Although combat techniques still needed to be learned, the physical foundation was already there. So long as they diligently practiced, mastery of it wouldn't be difficult.
He considered the other rewards but quickly lost interest. In Cassius's opinion, the Dao of the supernatural seemed somewhat deviant. While they were able to provide formidable combat power early on, they were dangerous and had significant drawbacks. Not to mention, there were risks involved with undergoing surgery to gain power.
After an indeterminate amount of time, the pain stopped. Cassius immediately opened his eyes and shook his body. His skin, muscles, and bones all began to crackle, and his physique grew a full size bigger.
He twisted his neck, his joints cracking crisply. As he examined his body, Cassius noticed that Twilight's body had grown two to three centimeters taller, and his muscles had begun to bulge. If he was considered weak and scrawny before, his current form looked like he could at least put up a fight. Cassius instinctively glanced at the upper right corner.
[Wind Elephant Fist Incomplete: Elephant Herd 67.3% (Total Three Stages)]
[Elephant Soul Incomplete: Bug Bite 43.2% (Total Three Stages)]
Wind Elephant Fist was lit up, while Elephant Soul was dim, indicating that Cassius had not regressed from his pugilism stage, only that his physical prowess had been suppressed since he was in Twilight's body. There was a small, flickering, illuminated entry underneath the dim Elephant Soul entry.
[Elephant Soul Incomplete: Prickling 5.1% (Total Three Stages)]
This was where Twilight's body was currently at in terms of his training.
After some careful analysis, the peak of the Federation's fifth stage was revealed to equate to the peak of the amateur stage—roughly the equivalent of the mid-professional level. The current stage of Elephant Soul was slightly higher, just above the peak of the Federation's fifth stage.
Previously, Twilight's physical prowess hovered somewhere between the Federation's third and fourth stages, just above the peak of stage three. This meant that one unit of power of the secret soul had directly boosted physical prowess by two stages! It was truly the best training accelerator.
Physical prowess wouldn't usually increase this dramatically just from one unit of power of the secret soul. The main reason it did was because Cassius had trained in the Wind Elephant Covert Martial Arts which was specifically designed to enhance physical strength. Using the power of the secret soul to accelerate this training yielded surprisingly good results!
Pa! Pa!
In the chamber, Cassius stood with his feet apart. One foot was forward while the other stood firmly back. His entire body's center of gravity lowered, he held his fists up at his sides, like a boxer. A sense of solid and powerful strength immediately welled up within him.
With a swoosh, Cassius's fists struck out like javelins and swiftly sliced through the air. A faint whistling sound could be heard. After completing a simple set of boxing techniques, he retracted his fists and his breathing gradually calmed down.
Cassius's ability to control his sudden enhancement in physical prowess with relative ease was because he had once mastered an even greater strength; it was just that simple. If it were an ordinary Hellsing, it would have taken them at least half a month to a month just to get used to the power. Not to mention, their combat techniques may not even be able to keep up with their physical prowess.
Pushing open the door, Cassius left the chamber and walked out of the Baptism Chapel. He opened his umbrella and began walking back to his residence. His heart was pounding, not just because his strength had been restored, but because he had confirmed just how effective Black Rain Manor's enhancement truly was. According to the information he had obtained earlier, the legend of Black Rain Manor was rooted in ancient history. There might be traces of it in every era.
Despite the fact that the Black Rain Manor would sometimes disappear, Cassius felt his mood lift. By using a legendary antique to return to the past, it was very possible the original owners that he replaced were weaker. If his strength plummeted, he might not be able to handle the situation at hand. Fortunately, Black Rain Manor could prove to be extremely valuable since he could quickly regain his strength by completing missions. The Black Rain Manor was going to prove beneficial to Cassius in future time-travel missions when he went to fulfill the previous owners' lingering attachments.