CHAPTER 396: CHAPTER 236: GAIA, LIGHT OF THE EARTH, AND DYNA, LIGHT OF MIRACLES (COMBINED)

After staying in Bailing City for two days and fully recovering his body, Qin Shou set out again, heading to Demon Eye Base City.

After this incident, Qin Shou became even more eager to explore the Demon Eye Base.

Killing the Five-eyed Demon Xiong Mu not only earned him millions of Synthesis Points but also allowed him to pocket hundreds of Monster Puppets.

Additionally, the millions of Earth Core Energy Crystals extracted from Xiong Mu’s Demon Eye, five Constant Star Energy Crystals, and various other miscellaneous items added to his haul.

This battle was an absolute jackpot!

And this was just a Five-eyed Demon. If it were a Six-eyed or higher Demon Eye Star Person, then...

The mere thought is thrilling.

...

In the sky, the Big Snail flew along the Demon Eye Map, encountering no particularly strong monsters along the way.

The route mapped out was a relatively safe zone; any powerful monsters along the path had already been dealt with.

So with nothing much to do, Qin Shou could only stay in the Capsule Apartment and focus on cultivation.

In the room, hundreds of Earth Core Energy Crystals floated in the air around Qin Shou. The boundless energy was activated by the azure Star Power, forming a shroud of red energy that enveloped Qin Shou’s entire body. With each breath he took, the energy rhythmically flowed into the pores on his skin and through his nose and mouth.

As the Earth Core Energy entered his body, strands of Light and Dark Energy seeped out, circulating throughout his body, devouring every last trace of Earth Core Energy they encountered. They resembled greedy black-and-white serpents, insatiable and endlessly consuming.

And after devouring the Earth Core Energy, the Light and Dark Energy also grew slightly stronger.

In just over ten minutes, the hundreds of Earth Core Energy Crystals had lost their luster, their energy depleted, and they fell to the ground as ordinary crystals.

Qin Shou opened his eyes and looked at the drained crystals, his eyelid twitching involuntarily.

If he worked diligently, he could easily use up tens of thousands of Earth Core Energy Crystals in a single day.

What extravagance!

Despite consuming large quantities of Earth Core Energy Crystals, the efficiency of energy absorption was still too low.

Out of the energy contained in these hundreds of Earth Core Energy Crystals, his body only managed to absorb about one percent.

Advanced Breathing Technique?

Qin Shou shook his head. At the Unbreakable Realm Stage, even the Advanced Breathing Technique wasn’t much help—everything depended on one’s own abilities.

And above the Advanced Breathing Technique, there were no more powerful training aids available.

At least, that was the case on Earth for now.

As for the forces on Demon Eye Planet, Giant God Planet, and Drue Planet, they didn’t require Breathing Techniques for cultivation at all. Everything depended on their unique cells to absorb energy, advancing their physical evolution in the process.

The innate abilities of Unbreakable Realm experts were essentially a type of "unique cells" as well.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Unbreakable Realm experts didn’t need any Breathing Techniques.

Still, having a Breathing Technique was slightly better than having none at all.

From ancient times to the present, Earth has been filled with myths about cultivation and achieving immortality.

Qin Shou didn’t believe that the upper ranks of the Federation hadn’t looked into enhancing or modifying Breathing Techniques to make them more effective and efficient as cultivation aids.

But up until now, whether it was from the Long Family or Principal Qin Long, not a single word about this had been mentioned.

Either Qin Shou hadn’t yet entered that circle, or such advanced techniques simply didn’t exist.

His gut told him that it was probably the latter.

If truly advanced Breathing Techniques existed, there was no reason for Qin Long to keep them from him.

Of course, it was also possible that he was overestimating his importance. Perhaps they didn’t see him as worth the trouble.

Shaking his head, Qin Shou pushed these potentially awkward thoughts aside.

"Knock, knock..."

Big Big Wolf entered after knocking on the door, handing Qin Shou a card embossed with five blood-red Demon Eyes.

"Dear master, the card you requested is ready."

Big Big Wolf explained, "Using this card, you can disguise yourself as a Five-eyed Demon and also simulate a Five-eyed Demon’s aura.

As long as you don’t let your disguise slip, the Demon Eye Star People won’t be able to detect any flaws."

Ever since Big Big Wolf acquired the technological knowledge from the Kid Star People, he’d been able to create "simple" items without using the System’s synthesis. Instead, he figured them out on his own.

Spaceship construction? Handmade nuclear bombs? Big Big Wolf had nearly mastered these skills, too.

However, due to limited raw materials, Qin Shou had never let Big Big Wolf engage in his "handmade nuclear bomb" mode.

Still, Qin Shou was quite tempted to test the power of a Big Big Wolf-brand nuke.

If it packed enough power, even Nightmare Five-star Monsters would disintegrate in a nuclear explosion.

However, Nightmare Six-star Monsters and above would not be so easily destroyed.

Even the most severe nuclear radiation was ineffective against monsters. While nuclear detonations produced extremely high temperatures, they weren’t enough to cause serious harm to the tough hides of Nightmare Six-star Monsters.

In short, for stronger beings, nuclear bombs lacked cost-effectiveness.

For weaker beings... well, unless they were sitting on a gold mine, they shouldn’t even think about acquiring such things.

Thinking this over, Qin Shou accepted the Five-eyed Card from Big Big Wolf and casually stored it in his camera at his waist.

"Demon Eye Control!"

A cold, mechanical synthesized voice echoed as a QR code wrapped around his body, transforming Qin Shou into the form of a Five-eyed Demon he’d never seen before.

Taking out a mirror, Qin Shou examined the three vertical eyes on his forehead and smiled in satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad. I look the part."

"Beep... Killed Unbreakable Realm Second-Star human. Earned 20,000 Synthesis Points. Obtained Gigantification Cell..."

Suddenly, the System’s notification sounded, leaving Qin Shou surprised.

He hadn’t even started recruiting Unbreakable Realm Workers yet, so how...

Oh, right, it must’ve been the Giant Stone Statue!

Qin Shou scratched his head. Had Bai Yan reached Earth Base City by now?

Or was it one of Earth’s three Giant Stone Statues?

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