40: Chapter 40 Extremely Weak

The sky gradually brightened.

Nie Ning's face was pale, drool running from the corner of his mouth, as he lay half-dead on the floor.

The burning sensation on his body had faded by now, but his body and mind were already exhausted beyond measure.

Nie Ning had never imagined he would suffer such torment; he didn't even know how he had managed to pull through.

If not for his super strong self-healing ability, he might have already turned into a dried corpse.

After resting on the floor for about half an hour, Nie Ning crawled with difficulty to the bedside, then took out two secret spirit pills from under the bed and swallowed them.

As the medicinal effect took hold, a hint of color gradually returned to Nie Ning's face.

However, his body was truly too weak—so weak that he didn't even have the strength to climb onto the bed, and his dizzy head felt as heavy and uncomfortable as if it had been filled with lead.

‘Knock, knock, knock...’

At this moment, the room door was knocked on.

Nie Ning pushed the medicine bottle under the bed, then struggled, wanting to stand up.

But just as he propped up half his body, Nie Ning's arm suddenly went limp, and his head slammed heavily onto the floor as he passed out.

...

By the time Nie Ning woke up, it was already dark outside.

Nie Ning stared blankly at the ceiling above, his mind constantly recalling what had happened before.

As his eyes slowly focused, his memories became clear.

When Nie Ning wanted to get up to check his physical condition, an indescribable, heart-piercing pain flooded his entire body, as if countless ants were gnawing at his bone marrow.

Nie Ning curled his body up as if having a cramp.

But his condition did not improve because of this, and dense beads of sweat continuously seeped out along his forehead.

At this moment, Nie Ning had the feeling that it would be better to just die.

It was simply too painful—a hundred times more painful than the burning sensation from last night!

Just then, a figure walked to the bedside.

Seeing Nie Ning in such a painful state, the person immediately forced two pills into Nie Ning's mouth.

Under the influence of the medicinal pills, Nie Ning's symptoms eased slightly.

At this moment, a feeling of drowsiness washed over him again, and then Nie Ning's head lolled to the side as he fell into a deep sleep.

...

Half a month later.

Nie Ning lay weakly on the bed.

Norma was sitting next to him, holding a bowl and feeding Nie Ning.

It had to be said that life with someone to wait on him was indeed comfortable; he could eat just by opening his mouth every day. If only he had a mobile phone, it would be even more perfect.

Unfortunately, this world had not developed to that level yet; he didn't know how many years he would have to wait to play with a mobile phone.

As Norma left the room with a look of annoyance, Nie Ning opened his panel.

[Class: Elementary Knight (Early Stage)]

[Talent: Supernatural Adaptability]

[Bloodline: ??? (Inactive)]

[Derivative Traits: Strange Beast Body, beast source, Beginner Self-Healing (Alienated), Strength of an Ox, Tiger Back and Bear Waist, Elementary Agility, Limb Coordination, Elementary Poison Resistance, Elementary Cold Resistance, Malice Perception, Strong Physique, Elementary Wood Affinity, Elementary Fire Elemental Affinity]

[Derivative Skills: Assisting Evil, Elementary Fire Control]

[Cultivation Technique: Basic Knight Method, Swift Fox Method, Mountain Collapsing Qi Condensation Art]

[Skills: Hedal Combat Technique (Mastery), Swift Swordsmanship (Great Success), Breath Condensation Technique (Great Success), Shadow Gliding Steps (Mastery), Concentrated Heavy Strike (Great Success), Single Stroke Slash (Mastery)]

Although he had successfully fused with the crystal core, Nie Ning's own knight cultivation had fallen to rock bottom.

It appeared that he still possessed Elementary Stage strength, but that was only because a wisp of battle qi remained in his body; in reality, he was currently not even as strong as an ordinary person.

Fusing with the crystal core originally burned a large amount of his vital energy and blood, as well as almost all of his battle qi energy; this was the root cause of his extreme physical weakness.

But it was precisely because his body was so weak that the doctor brought by Lilith did not notice the problem.

At this moment, Nie Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Fortunately, he had succeeded; with the 'beast source', he could now store magic power.

It was just a pity that his body was still too weak; practicing the Meditation Technique would make him feel a splitting headache, and his body would crack under the damage caused by elemental power.

...

Over the next month, Nie Ning's body finally recovered to the state of an ordinary person.

But that was all.

After the incident of fusing the crystal core, his knight cultivation was effectively ruined.

If he wanted to return to his peak state, he would have to continue practicing the Basic Knight Method step by step, which was equivalent to having to go through the cultivation process all over again.

Although his aptitude had improved significantly compared to before, it was not something that could be recovered in a short period of time.

The only silver lining was that a wisp of battle qi remained in his body; he only needed to continue strengthening this wisp of battle qi and would not need to expend magic potions to break through.

However, Nie Ning had other thoughts at this moment.

Since he could already store magic power, he might as well just follow the path of a wizard.

If it was indeed feasible, giving up the path of a knight was not out of the question.

Anyway, as long as he could become stronger, there was no need to be rigid about the form; otherwise, hadn't he suffered for nothing?

Thinking of the suffering he had endured before, Nie Ning shuddered all over; he really didn't want to experience that kind of torment again.

...

At this moment, Nie Ning was sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed.

As the modified Meditation Technique began to operate, he could clearly feel elemental power entering his body and then gathering toward the beast source in his chest.

However, it seemed somewhat different from what was described in the Qiong Guang Meditation Method.

Nie Ning felt an inexplicable dryness and heat flooding his entire body; although it was not as scorching as when he fused with the crystal core, it had an extremely itchy sensation.

After practicing the modified Meditation Technique once, Nie Ning frowned and opened his eyes.

“Could it be a side effect?”

Normally, there is a rejection reaction between humans and beasts.

Although he had forcibly fused with the crystal core by relying on Supernatural Adaptability, no one knew if there were any side effects.

Because there was no reference, he couldn't even figure out what his current situation was.

Moreover, besides the extreme itching all over his body, he actually felt hungry even though he had just eaten lunch.

The Meditation Technique is different from the knight cultivation method; even if it consumes physical strength, theoretically, it shouldn't consume it this quickly.

Nie Ning pondered for a moment and decided to eat some secret spirit pills to alleviate it.

But as soon as Nie Ning got out of bed, he felt something was wrong.

It seemed...

he had more energy?

Thinking of this, Nie Ning closed his eyes and carefully sensed the vital energy and blood in his body.

Only then did he discover that not only had his vital energy and blood increased a little, but even his battle qi seemed to have grown a wisp.

You have to know, because of his physical weakness, he hadn't practiced the knight method for a long time and had relied almost entirely on eating and medicinal soups to recover.

Seemingly having thought of something, Nie Ning hurriedly rummaged for the secret spirit pills from under the bed.

After taking two secret spirit pills, while the medicinal effect began to take hold, Nie Ning sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice the modified Meditation Technique.

Compared to before, he didn't know if it was because of the pills, but Nie Ning's body became even hotter and itchier.

Nie Ning endured the physical discomfort and continued to practice.

If his conjecture was correct, it would be an epic enhancement for him!