Chapter 99: Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones

The armored beast's massive body floated to the surface.

Liang Qu first set up an iron net, took out a fire starter to ignite the charcoal, and stuffed it into the bottom of the net, blowing slowly, sparks flying.

This time, he would change his taste; no more boiling, he would eat charcoal-grilled.

Always boiling, everything tasted bland.

Liang Qu drew Qing Lang, not in a hurry to dismember the prey, but looked it over carefully.

After a moment, Liang Qu finally understood why he had always had a sense of familiarity with the armored beast.

This guy looked a bit like an armored dragon whose limbs had degenerated into fins!

When Liang Qu was young, he often watched dinosaur-themed movies, and the herbivorous background characters that fled in large numbers whenever they encountered danger were just like this guy!

The only difference was that the armored beast had no limbs, having completely turned into fish fins, and it seemed to have become a carnivorous creature, with a mouth full of sharp teeth.

Liang Qu inserted Qing Lang along the armored beast's back armor, following the gaps, cutting open the huge back like a turtle shell, inserted his fingers into it, and pried it open with force.

Tendons and blood vessels adhered to the back armor, which was truly stubborn, but they were all picked apart by Liang Qu with a dagger. He peeled off the entire back armor and threw it onto the boat.

The armored beast's scarlet flesh and tissue were exposed to the air, and one could even see some muscles still twitching.

Incomparably "fresh".

Ah Fei and Ah Bu drooled upon smelling the scent but couldn't move; the boat couldn't hold such a big guy, so they could only serve as temporary tables.

This guy's meat yield was a bit low.

Liang Qu scanned it.

The armored beast's internal structure was very simple. Most of its weight was in the back armor, and the bones inside were also big and thick. The meat yield was no more than fifty percent.

Excluding the internal organs, what he could eat was only about thirty or forty percent.

Fortunately, it was big enough, more than enough to evolve Ze Ling.

Liang Qu's technique was proficient; he cut off the armored beast's meat bit by bit, some thick-cut, some thin-cut, all spread on the iron net to be grilled and eaten.

Quan Tou took the opportunity to clamp a few pieces of internal organs and feasted on the bow of the boat.

The Heavenly Water Centipede, Ah Wei, dove into the armored beast's body, sucking blood in large gulps, its abdomen rising and falling.

The Heavenly Water Centipede was the most peculiar of the four beasts. Despite being the smallest, it could drink several liters of blood when feeding, making Liang Qu curious about where all that blood went.

In the air, the scent became increasingly thick.

Ah Fei and Ah Bu were even more greedy, with a head full of meat, unable to eat even a bit themselves, their drool constantly dripping into the river.

Liang Qu took out a small cloth bag and opened it; inside was white, fine salt, which he had taken from the Yang Mansion's kitchen.

Compared to the coarse salt bought by ordinary people, the bitter taste was extremely faint, barely noticeable without careful tasting, just a pure salty and fresh flavor.

Truly good stuff.

He pinched a pinch, sprinkled a layer on the thin-cut meat slices, and as soon as the meat slices changed color, he picked them up and stuffed them into his mouth.

The taste was quite good!

The faint salty taste mixed with the unique texture of the meat itself, giving a feeling of eating a mix of lamb and chicken, which was very wonderful.

【Water Ze Essence +0.1】

【Water Ze Essence +0.2】

【Water Ze Essence +0.2】

The meat slices were small, but the Water Ze Essence was not lacking at all.

After eating for a quarter of an hour, Liang Qu's mouth was almost numb from the heat, and he was already full to his throat.

Communicate with the Ze Tripod.

The Water Ze Essence was still short by more than ten points.

Compared to eating the crab last time, Liang Qu's appetite had greatly increased after breaking through the barrier, but even so, he hadn't expected that being full once wouldn't be enough and he would have to continue.

Thinking of the abdominal distension last time, his stomach began to feel uncomfortable.

No way, everything for a better future!

Liang Qu smoothed his breath, cut the entire severed tail into several sections, placed them on the iron net to grill, and stood at the stern of the boat to practice his stance.

Quan Tou saw this and came to the charcoal stove, imitating Liang Qu's method, using its pincers to help flip the meat sections quickly so they would be heated evenly.

The energy of the flesh and blood was constantly consumed, continuously poured into the body, turning into firewood, burning the fire of Qi and blood more and more vigorously.

Liang Qu now knew how to refine flesh, without forcibly locking and circulating Qi and blood.

Every time Qi and blood were generated in his body, they were guided to merge into his muscles and tendons, turning into the best nectar, rapidly strengthening himself.

The intensity of Qi and blood continued to rise, and rich vitality burst forth.

His chest heaved, and long smoke sprayed from his nose.

After only a moment, Liang Qu was so hot he stripped off his upper garment.

On the river in the middle of winter, his entire skin was red and hot, his whole body steaming as if he had just finished a sauna.

Every muscle was slowly squirming, expanding and contracting, becoming more refined, the lines becoming more perfect.

After finishing a full set of Ape Fist and refining flesh twice, the fragrance of the tail meat on the stove was completely stimulated.

Not caring about the heat, Liang Qu picked up a thick slice of meat and bit down.

It wasn't as easy to chew as the thin slices, and there was a thick bone in the middle, like taffy, but it was still edible.

【Water Ze Essence +1.1】

【Water Ze Essence +1.2】

When the last bit of the tail tip with a slightly burnt taste was stuffed into his mouth, Liang Qu's stomach was uncomfortably bloated, and he couldn't move anymore, leaning against the deck to pant.

Communicate with the Ze Tripod.

Liang Qu silently calculated the Water Ze Essence obtained; it was enough to fill the final gap.

He used all this Water Ze Essence to improve the fusion degree. Every few minutes, the number on the fusion degree would jump, continuously rising.

It would still take some time for everything to be converted.

"The rest is all yours."

Liang Qu waved his hand; he wasn't very worried about the harm of Ah Wei's venom residue.

Ah Wei's venom needed to enter the blood to take effect, and the armored beast's blood had basically been drunk dry. Even if Bu Neng Dong had wounds in its mouth, the venom ingested from eating raw meat was very minimal.

At most, a stomachache?

Ah Bu and Ah Fei heard this and stopped propping up the armored beast, happily diving into the water, while Quan Tou and Ah Wei were not to be outdone, jumping into the water one after another.

The four beasts divided the meat at the bottom of the water.

Only Ah Fei and Ah Bu could bite the armored beast's thick bones. Although it was strenuous, they didn't find it troublesome at all, gnawing with relish and sucking the bone marrow.

Half an hour later, the fusion degree finally crossed the last threshold, reaching one hundred percent!

The Ze Tripod shone brightly.

A phantom of a spirit monkey emerged behind Liang Qu, its fur fine and vivid, completely overlapping with him, his whole body shining brightly, moist and smooth like jade.

Every pore was breathing wantonly, every cell was growing sturdily.

Thick water vapor rose around him, spreading out like clouds and mist.

The water waves under the covered boat moved without wind, slowly spreading to both sides.

【Ze Ling Water Monkey (White) Fully Fused】

【Ze Ling Promotion Condition: Obtain a trace of river favor, fully fuse with Ze Ling Water Monkey (White).】

A trace of river favor?

Liang Qu's eyes flashed, and he immediately realized that by accident, he had already met all the promotion conditions!

Confirming again that he hadn't misread, Liang Qu took a few deep breaths, calmed his mood, and sank his mind into the Ze Tripod.

Ze Ling Promotion!

Countless rays of light flew out from the tripod, merging into the spirit monkey phantom, turning into firewood, fueling the fire.

A line of ancient, simple characters slowly appeared before Liang Qu's eyes.

【Ze Rong: A heaven-born strange species, with infinite strength, fierce and extraordinary, beloved by the river; fusion can obtain Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones.】

【Dragon Tendons and Tiger Bones: Tendons as big as a dragon, bones as strong as a tiger, Qi is infinite, strength is limitless, dragging nine oxen, unstoppable.】 ===== CHAPTER 100 =====