Unlike the previous times of absorbing holy spring water, this time it was too refreshing and extremely satisfying. In the past, whether it was holy spring water obtained by completing tasks or hundreds of units of holy spring water resources exchanged for honor badges, it was just a drop in the bucket for a strong physique. It was like a piece of land that had been dry for a long time, and occasionally a light rain fell, but it couldn't even fill the cracks in the soil. But now, it was directly flooded, and the dry desert turned into a swamp. There is no doubt that this is a kind of enjoyment.
Kaxiu could feel the invisible warm liquid seeping into his tough skin layer by layer. It was like a hazy mist, passing through the muscles, moistening the fascia, and covering the surface of the bones. At this moment, it was like taking a hot spring bath, with water waves from all directions like fingers gently patting, massaging and relaxing. It would soon allow the body to enter a transparent state.
The golden water in the pond was constantly being absorbed, and began to slowly drop at an inaudible speed. The spring water above was constantly replenishing, making the water level drop even more slowly. Kaxiu entered a state of freedom and laziness. It was as if he was lying alone on a boat, swaying with the blue waves, and sailing towards an unknown direction. But at this moment, he did not relax his vigilance.
The two magical powers, the holy spring water and the secret soul power, both contain trace amounts of disaster. It's like an inconspicuous chronic toxin, which is nothing at first. As time goes by, the dosage increases, and the toxin breaks out completely, turning into a highly toxic and terminal disease that is almost incurable.
After the Night Monsters mastered various powers from the Black Rain Villa, there would be extreme side effects. As the hunters continued to fight and replenish the holy spring water, the disasters in their bodies would accumulate, and they would be unable to stop turning into beasts.
For intelligent life, especially humans.
Disaster is a deadly poison that has no cure.
Fortunately, the mysterious ancient Aoyin civilization seems to have left some means of restraint. The five cornerstone runes use disasters as energy consumption to function. For example, Kaxiu's spiritual runes can easily absorb the essence of these ownerless disasters. Speaking of this, sometimes Kaxiu would wonder whether the Aoyin civilization is fighting against disasters or controlling disasters. After all, using the essence of disasters as the driving energy of the five cornerstones is possible in both directions.
Of course, these are all wild fantasies. Kaxiu is still enjoying the convenience brought by the spiritual rune. The essence of disasters mixed in the holy spring water and absorbed into the body has just settled, and before it has time to penetrate, it was swept away by the spiritual rune. The black Ouroboros tattoo on the chest began to slowly rotate, silently operating.
Crash...crash...
As the spring water continued to fall on the surface of the pool, Kaxiu glanced at the back of his hand. There were thirty-three platinum-colored stigmata on it, and in addition, there were pale gold-colored stigmata that continued to grow and overlapped at the end of the platinum-colored stigmata. After a while, the number of gold-colored stigmata had become the same as the number of platinum-colored stigmata. A total of sixty-six.
This number should already exceed that of most Shadow Hunters.
The first Shadow Hunter Colossus Kasai only had 70 stigmata, while the Black Organ Leader had 79 stigmata. This was the limit of their ability to resist the erosion of disasters at this stage, which was related to their physical strength and mental will.
Of course, reaching the limit does not mean that you cannot continue to improve. People are adaptable. After living together for a long time and having a higher tolerance for disasters, you may be able to improve your strength a little bit based on the limit.
And this power will not be very much, at most three or five, at least one or two stigmata. Generally speaking, after becoming a shadow hunter and soaking in the holy spring water, most of the time, you have reached the limit of your talent. The little bit of power you gain after that is just a drop in the bucket and will not have a significant increase.
Kaxiu now has 66 stigmata, which is actually the same as the second Shadow Hunter Louis. This is Louis' limit, but not Kaxiu's. His body is still absorbing the holy spring water, and the speed is still as hungry and violent as when he first started absorbing it, with no sign of stopping.
Gradually, the number of stigmata on the back of the hand began to increase.
... 69, 70, 71...
Easily surpassed the number one dark hunter Kasai.
... 78, 79, 80...
Surpassed the black chief again.
At this time, Kaxiu found that the growth rate of the stigmata began to slow down. It was not that his absorption rate of the holy spring water slowed down, but that his body seemed to have developed something similar to drug resistance. The higher the saturation of the stigmata, the more difficult it would be to reach the limit or even perfection. So Kaxiu's previous calculation was actually wrong. He thought that only 2,400 units of holy spring water were needed to achieve perfect saturation, but the actual situation was different.
However, it doesn't matter at all given the current situation.
Kaxiu soaked in the source of the holy spring, taking the precious holy spring water directly for a bath. Even if the holy spring water required far exceeded 2,400 units, so what? Ten times that would only be 60 liters, a drop in the bucket.
What's more, the consumption cannot be increased tenfold.
This is the benefit of being a Shadow Hunter, the only chance to absorb the holy spring water recklessly until you reach your personal limit.
97, 98, 99… 100!
One hundred holy marks were neatly arranged on the back of the hand, like a square. The lower half was white gold, and the upper half was pale gold. At first glance, it looked like a piece of gold foil.
According to Kaxiu's induction, the amount of Holy Spring Water absorbed this time was one-half more than expected. In other words, excluding the original thirty-three platinum holy marks, the remaining sixty-seven golden holy marks consumed about two thousand four hundred units of Holy Spring Water. He made a brief calculation and thought of the secret soul power he had already stored, and he was relieved.
Fortunately, I made a reserve before and saved a lot more, otherwise if the power of the secret soul had the characteristic of increasing consumption as it becomes more saturated, it might not be enough.
Of course, this was not Kaxiu's intention. He was taking the Ghost Knight to do the Black Rain Villa mission, and the rewards related to the world of disaster were quite rich. Unknowingly, he accumulated a huge amount of secret soul power.
Now, the holy spring water has reached saturation, and the only thing left is to absorb the power of the secret soul. Kaxiu suddenly opened his eyes and found that the sky was approaching dusk. He slowly stood up and exposed the back of his right hand. With a slight movement of his mind, the holy marks turned dim and disappeared on their own.
With a flash in his eyes, Kaxiu hid the thirty-three platinum holy marks.
Only sixty-seven golden holy marks were left flashing.
The energy of the holy spring water in his body reached saturation, and he felt extremely full and endless. It was not true as the rumors said that if someone could reach 100 holy marks, they could create a self-circulation in their body. Even if the holy marks were consumed in battle, there was no need to replenish the holy spring water, and those consumed holy marks would grow back automatically.
Kaxiu looked slightly surprised, but he did not continue to study, after all, the Holy Light Hunter Dilixiati was right next to him. He took a step and walked out of the pool. The holy spring water was not absorbed by the cloth at all, as if it was attracted to each other, and it remained in the pool. Kaxiu slowly moved his body, and a crisp explosion sound came from his bones.
On the golden stone, Dilishaiti opened his eyes and jumped down.
He slowly glanced at the back of Kaxiu's hand and saw the appearance of sixty-seven golden stigmata. He nodded secretly: "Very good, your current limit is already one higher than Louis'. If the subsequent adaptation goes smoothly, maybe it can exceed seventy, and even surpass Kasu." Dilishati said in an appreciative and encouraging tone.
Kaxiu smiled and looked at the back of Dilishati's hand: "What about you? I once heard that the black agency leader is seventy-nine."
Dilixiati shook his head, as if he had recognized Kaxiu, and generously showed the back of his hand. There were seventy-seven golden holy marks on it.
"Oh? It's only two less than the black organ. Maybe..."
Kaxiu's eyes flickered slightly.
Dilixiati smiled and shook his head: "Do you believe that all the rumors are true? There are also rumors that I can replace the head of the agency, but what is the reality? The gap between him and me, hehe..."
He ended with a self-deprecating laugh.
Kaxiu narrowed his eyes slightly. Judging from Dilishati's reaction, the rumor might not be true. Or rather, it was true, but 79 was the limit when the Black Organ Leader first became a Dark Hunter. The number of stigmata he later improved through the training of his will was a mystery and was not counted. There could be as few as one or two, or as many as three or five? So it was 84
In the end, Kasu did not get an answer from Dilishat.
The two followed the same procedure and returned to Florence through the dark tunnel. By this time, it was already night.
Kaxiu first came to the residence of the old hunter Heb, celebrated with a group of old hunters without excitement, and then returned to his own single-family house. He took a black box and left the Dark Hunter headquarters at night.
He came to the outskirts of the city, a somewhat familiar place. The last time Kashu and the Ghost Knight met was in this abandoned monastery.
The bright moon hung high above the branches, and hazy clouds gathered around. In the dark sky, stars twinkled, and some similar stars vaguely formed various animal shapes. Next to the dead tree, a young man quietly looked up at the sky.
Wherever you look, it seems to be the Southern Dipper constellation.
Kaxiu looked for a while and seemed to have found the ever-changing Great Eagle and Star Python. He retracted his gaze and adjusted his state to the best.
This is the courtyard of the monastery, with dead grass all over the ground and gravel on the stone road. The windows of the pointed building are dark and hollow, and spider webs are entangled in the corners, which looks a bit gloomy. A dead tree stands in the corner of the courtyard, and there is a broken stone table and stone bench next to the tree.
Kaxiu sat on a stool, and on the table was a metal vessel that exuded a chilling aura. Inside was 2,800 units of Secret Soul Power.
He sat quietly for a while, then slowly stretched out his right hand. The symbol on the back of his hand was no longer concealed, and it returned to one hundred. Kaxiu's big hand grabbed the metal vessel, brought it in front of him, and drank it in one gulp like a thirsty man drinking strong liquor. Suddenly, a cold and icy feeling permeated from head to toe.
When he had drunk enough, a deep palm print had been left on the solid metal vessel. Kaxiu then put it down, exhaling a chill. He felt as if he had just drunk liquid nitrogen, and his mouth, throat, and blood vessels were almost frozen.
Before his senses could calm down, Kaxiu could already feel the reaction between the power of the secret soul in his body and the holy spring water. The expected drastic changes occurred, and the feeling of ice and fire was extremely sour and refreshing. The two special energies collided and merged violently under the catalysis of the body's blood. For a moment, it seemed as if every blood vessel in the body was wailing in pain.
Phew…
Kaxiu's skin cracked all over his body, and blood gushed out from nearly a hundred cracks, instantly dyeing the fabric of his clothes red. It looked extremely scary at first glance, but he didn't care. He just consumed his life vibration energy to repair the wounds. Afterwards, blood vessels all over his body continued to crack and heal.
Blood spurted out again and again, forming a thick layer of blood scab on the surface of the body. Kaxiu remained expressionless, his eyes fixed on the back of his right hand.
The golden stigmata, which were mostly golden in color, were being stained with platinum.
From two-thirds to one-half, one-quarter...
Finally, the only remaining golden holy mark disappeared.
At this moment, the one hundred stigmata turned into one hundred platinum stigmata!
The blood in Kasu's body seemed to have been replaced with the blood of living creatures.
Suddenly, the stigmata on the back of his hand changed dramatically. The neatly arranged stigmata began to rotate and reconnect, as if to form a new pattern. At the same time, Kaxiu felt the spiritual runes on his chest also echoing each other, with a burning feeling. After more than ten seconds, the gorgeous white and gold color stopped, and a pattern appeared.
This is an equilateral triangle, with thirty-three platinum stigmata overlapping on each side. In the middle of the equilateral triangle, there is a platinum stigmata that connects the apex and is perpendicular to the other side.
Soul Rune? Or Life Rune
Certainly not the rune itself, but it seems to have considerable abilities.
Kaxiu stood up with great interest and decided to test the effect of the Perfect Platinum Stigma. He decisively added it to the Nandou Fist.
Bang bang bang bang bang…
There were dozens of holes in Kaxiu's clothes, as if he had been hit by a hail of bullets. Each hole corresponded to the location of the two Nan Dou boxing acupoints, and he immediately took off all his clothes.
The thirty-one acupoints of the Nan Dou Red Eagle Fist emit a scarlet color.
The thirty-one acupoints of the Nan Dou Yin Snake Fist exude a rich purple glow.
The two actually began to echo each other, not only echoing each other, but also directly related to the flashing frequency of the Eagle and Python constellations in the sky. Kaxiu immediately sat cross-legged, put his hands together, and looked up at the sky. The azure eyes reflected the bright starry sky.
Kakaka… Kakaka…
There was a sudden sound of shattering coming from the body. It was not actual physical damage, but a drastic change in the constructed Nan Dou virtual meridians.
The two Nandou framework systems that were originally separate and distinct were actually compressed and overlapped! It was as if the blood eagle slowly extended its sharp claws and captured the python. The sound python reversely wrapped around the blood eagle's wings, wrapping tighter and tighter. In this process of mutual repulsion, fighting and strange symbiosis, Kaxiu felt an unprecedented power...