110: He stubbornly tackled the wonton bread crumbs and broke through on the spot! [Highly praised + 4 more updates]
Hearing this, Su Jue shifted his gaze from the pile of "trash" to that piece of rusk.
He was calculating frantically in his mind.
This little girl had a mysterious origin and terrifying strength; she even seemed to possess the Law of "Eternity" that could offset the Power of Creation and Destruction.
Taking it by force was definitely out of the question.
That only left... outsmarting her!
Yes, outsmarting!
First, he had to get on her good side!
And the first step to getting on her good side was to accept her "friendly" gift!
Even though this rusk looked... really not that great.
"I want it! Of course I want it!"
The smile on Su Jue's face became incredibly "sincere" and "enthusiastic."
"Little sister, you're far too kind! We've only just met, how could I let you go to such expense!"
As he spoke, he reached out his hand, preparing to take the rusk.
He had already made up his mind; once he got it, no matter how bad it tasted, he would grit his teeth and choke it down, all while putting on an expression as if "this item should only exist in heaven" to raise her favorability first.
However, at the very moment his fingertips were about to touch the rusk...
Ling's hand pulled back.
Su Jue's hand froze in mid-air.
His smile also froze on his face.
"You haven't answered my question yet."
The little girl looked at him calmly, then extended another finger, pointing at the pile of glittering "trash" on the ground.
"You want these?"
Oh no!
Su Jue's heart skipped a beat.
Was he seen through?
But his skin was incredibly thick, and he immediately shook his head with a face full of righteousness.
"No! Of course not!"
"Little sister, you've misunderstood! I just saw these things lying on the ground and was afraid they'd get dirty, so I wanted to help you put them away!"
"I have absolutely no interest in these flashy, useless things!"
In the distance, Capybara looked at its boss's solemn way of talking nonsense and silently covered its face with its paws.
Ling seemed to believe him.
She nodded.
"These... are all expired."
"They don't taste good."
She shook the black rusk in her hand.
"This one is good."
"If you can bite it, I'll give you a bite."
After saying that, she handed the rusk over again.
Su Jue had learned his lesson this time and took it directly without a word.
The rusk felt heavy in his hand, its texture like some kind of metal.
The surface was rough and carried a slight warmth.
[Ding! Out-of-spec item detected!]
[Item Name: Charred Husk of the Primal Chaos Seed (??? Rank)]
[Effect: Contains a trace of the most primitive Chaos Power; it is condensed from the first wisp of 'matter' at the birth of the universe. Indestructible, immune to all laws.]
[Devouring Suggestion: The Host's dental strength is 99.999 (Saint King Level), while this item's hardness is 999.999 (Immeasurable). Calculated results show a 99.99% probability that forced consumption will result in all teeth shattering. However, the Host's Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body might be able to digest its source essence. Suggestion... Host... try swallowing it?]
Looking at the long string of numbers on the system panel, Su Jue's eyes twitched violently.
Even the system said he couldn't bite it?
What a joke!
His, Su Jue's, teeth were strong enough to gnaw on saint king-grade magic treasure fragments like chew sticks!
He glanced at Ling, who was staring at him curiously with those pure gold eyes.
The girl's gaze clearly carried a hint of disdain.
That look seemed to say: See, trash is just trash, you can't even bite my snacks.
Seeing this, Su Jue's pride was ignited.
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, he stuffed the black "charred husk" directly into his mouth.
"Crunch!"
He used all his strength and bit down hard!
The expected sound of shattering did not occur.
Instead, a piercing ache came from his own teeth!
It was like an ordinary person biting down on a diamond!
That "charred husk" didn't just fail to break; it didn't even have a tooth mark left on it!
Shit!
It's so damn hard!
Su Jue's face instantly turned the color of pig liver.
Seeing his embarrassed state, the corners of Ling's mouth seemed to turn up slightly.
Although the curve was very small, Su Jue still caught it.
She was mocking him!
"I don't believe this!"
Su Jue's stubbornness was fully roused!
Boom!!!
A majestic surge of golden blood-qi soared into the sky from within his body!
Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body, fully activated!
The muscles all over his body instantly bulged and knotted; even under his onesie, his body seemed to transform into a small god-fiend cast from gold!
His teeth were also covered in a layer of pale gold flowing light!
"BREAK! FOR! ME!!!"
Su Jue's eyes widened as he used every ounce of his strength to bite down hard again!
Crack—!
This time, a crisp sound like glass shattering finally rang out!
Though the sound was small, it was exceptionally clear on this deathly silent Bone Platform!
Success!
Su Jue was overjoyed!
A sharp pain came from the roots of his teeth, nearly making his tears well up.
But he didn't care!
A thumbnail-sized black fragment was successfully broken off from the "charred husk" by him!
Without stopping to think, he swallowed it directly!
The moment the fragment entered his stomach...
Duang!
A surge of the most primitive and pure Primal Chaos Energy, billions of times more terrifying than a supernova, exploded within his limbs, bones, and meridians!
That energy was domineering to the extreme!
It didn't reason with you at all, directly washing over and reconstructing every cell in Su Jue's body in the most violent manner!
Su Jue couldn't even let out a scream!
He felt as if his body had been thrown into a furnace that was constantly creating heaven and earth!
First being decomposed into the most primitive particles, then being reorganized into a completely new form!
This process was painful to the extreme!
But at the same time, it brought unimaginable benefits!
[Ding! Your 'Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body' is being passively tempered!]
[Experience +10%!]
[Experience +20%!]
...[Ding! Your True Essence is being converted by a massive amount of Chaos Qi!]
[Quality is rapidly improving!]
[Ding! Congratulations Host! Your cultivation bottleneck has been forcibly broken through!]
[Current Realm: True Essence Realm Sixth Layer → True Essence Realm Seventh Layer!]
A majestic aura centered on Su Jue swept in all directions!
The entire Bone Platform was vibrating violently!
In the distance, Niu Tuo and Capybara were directly blown away by this airwave, rolling a dozen times on the ground before stopping.
When they raised their heads again, the way they looked at Su Jue had completely changed into looking at a monster.
Just like that... another breakthrough?!
Taking one bite of a rusk and jumping directly from the Sixth Layer to the Seventh Layer of the True Essence Realm?!
Is there any damn justice left in the world?!
As for the culprit, Su Jue, he was currently sitting cross-legged on the ground, enveloped in a layer of greyish chaos currents, his aura still steadily climbing.
Opposite him.
Watching this scene, a trace of genuine... surprise appeared for the first time in Ling's eternally unchanging void-like eyes.
"Oh?"
"You... don't seem to be completely trash."
She looked at Su Jue and muttered to herself.
Su Jue was enduring great pain at the moment, but his heart was blooming with joy.
A thumbnail-sized fragment had allowed him to break through a minor realm!
If he ate the whole thing, wouldn't he become a Saint on the spot?!
His gaze turned fervently toward the pile of "expired snacks" on the ground again.
If even this most unremarkable "rusk" was so terrifying... that Saint King Level "world tree fruit", that bottle of "star river mother spring"... He was rich!
He was really rich this time!
Jie jie jie... He endured the sharp pain of his body being reconstructed and scrambled up from the ground, his face once again squeezed into that incredibly "sincere" smile.
"Little sister, um... what's your name?"
"I feel like we're very fated. Why don't... we become friends?"
Ling tilted her head, seemingly in thought.
After a long while, she finally spoke slowly.
"Name..."
"I seem to be... called... Ling."
"As for friends..."
Her pure gold eyes looked at Su Jue as she asked with a serious face:
"What is that?"
"Can it... be eaten?"