Chapter 705

"The bones of the fierce beasts are too tough; to deal with them, Teyvat has already broken many divine artifacts."

"I had no choice but to ask Senior Sister Liuyun to forge this instrument for cutting through fierce beasts."

"As long as it is not a fierce beast at the peak of Refining Essence into Qi, it can be cut."

"The bones of this fierce beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment can probably be forged into hundreds of powerful weapons."

"Therefore, fierce beasts are absolutely a very important resource."

Himeko looked at Theresa and smiled:

"This thing is for you too. I brought some other fierce beasts this time, ranging from the early Foundation Establishment stage to the late Refining Essence into Qi stage."

"There are about a hundred in total; that should be enough for you to use for a while."

Theresa nodded silently again. Himeko had returned like a philanthropist this time, giving her so many things in just a short while.

"Himeko! Teacher Himeko! What are those three drops of blood in your hand!"

Kiana didn't care about that; she hugged Himeko with a fawning face and a longing look in her eyes.

"It smells so good, Himeko, I want to eat it…"

Himeko tapped Kiana's head in annoyance.

"This is the most essential part of a fierce beast: the essence blood of a fierce beast."

"One drop of essence blood from a fierce beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment is enough to give birth to three Grandmaster experts."

"But if you can't handle it, you will explode and die."

"The most abundant spiritual energy of a fierce beast is all in its essence blood."

440. Himeko: Maintaining humanity is my secret to longevity

"Essence blood…"

Einstein pushed up her glasses, leaned in closer, and carefully examined the three drops of essence blood.

Kevin was also somewhat thoughtful.

If the essence blood of fierce beasts had been used as the foundation for the Fusion Warriors back then…

Perhaps the Honkai would have been gone long ago.

A fierce beast-type Fusion Warrior with 70% immunity to Honkai energy attacks—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they could crush a Herrscher.

A brilliant luster appeared in Himeko's eyes as she swept her gaze across everyone's faces.

Suddenly, Kevin and the others felt uncomfortable all over, as if they had been seen through by Himeko in an instant.

They really didn't like this feeling.

"Fierce beast essence blood gathers the essence of the entire fierce beast. If used properly and with good luck, you can even activate the innate divine abilities of the fierce beast."

"Of course, this fierce beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment doesn't have any innate divine abilities to speak of."

"The source of a fierce beast's strength is its physique; you can think of essence blood as the engine that drives its physique."

"Therefore, to fully consume a drop of essence blood, one must have a sufficiently strong physique."

"Of the people present, only Durandal and Kevin have this ability."

Upon hearing this, Kiana said with some dissatisfaction:

"Himeko! What about me? I'm very strong too!"

Himeko pursed her lips and smiled, saying softly:

"Indeed, Kiana, you are also very strong, but you don't have this ability yet."

As she spoke, Himeko lightly tapped the essence blood in her hand, handing two drops directly to Kevin and Durandal.

The remaining drop was divided, turning into boundless blood energy that surged into everyone's bodies.

Kiana and the others were fine, as one drop of essence blood was being shared by so many people.

Kevin didn't have any major problems either; although that drop of essence blood had surging energy, it wasn't enough to overwhelm him.

His physique was not something a fierce beast at the peak of Foundation Establishment could compare to.

But Durandal couldn't…

This drop of essence blood had just reached the upper limit of what Durandal could bear.

Although Durandal's physique was strong, it was still primarily based on human bloodline, and furthermore, she had no ability to circulate the energy of this drop of essence blood.

She was different from those existences in the Abyss Order.

The existences in the Abyss Order were already non-human themselves, tending more towards non-human monsters close to fierce beasts.

Although their bloodline origins were different, they ultimately had non-human appearances, and the Abyss Order itself was also an existence on the mysterious side.

Strictly speaking, they were actually easier to accept essence blood.

But Durandal was just a human.

The collision between a human and the essence blood of a fierce beast brought about tearing consequences.

In just an instant, Durandal realized that a power capable of bursting her was brewing within her body.

"Don't hold back."

Himeko reminded her. Durandal gritted her teeth and nodded. The next moment, she exerted everything she had with all her might.

The World Bubble within her body, combined with her Holy Sword, operated simultaneously.

Instantly, the pressure from the essence blood diminished significantly.

Durandal's complexion returned to a rosy state.

Before long, this drop of essence blood was also integrated.

Comprehensively speaking, Durandal had become much stronger.

Compared to her former self wielding the Abyss Flower, her current strength, even with bare hands, was greater than it was back then.

But…

Durandal still felt some regret in her heart.

If she could have absorbed this drop of essence blood with pure physique, then her physique, even if not approaching the previous Kevin, would at least be second only to Kevin.

"Truly magical…"

Einstein clenched her fists, feeling the surging power within her body. Now, she could also dismantle Titan mechs with her bare hands.

And this was just a trace of fierce beast essence blood.

"I think… I probably understand why the people of Teyvat would actively embrace the recovery of spiritual energy and even actively hunt fierce beasts."

"These things are indeed extremely precious resources. Compared to Honkai beasts, fierce beasts have higher usability."

Himeko nodded with a smile.

"Therefore, you should also understand that fierce beasts are indeed resources worth pursuing."

"The recovery of spiritual energy, if utilized well, actually has many benefits."

"This is also why the nations of Teyvat are all doing their utmost to advance the process of spiritual energy recovery."

"At the very least, spiritual energy recovery is not like the Honkai, which only exists to destroy all civilization."

"Spiritual energy recovery is an opportunity for all life in the world, including humans. If humans are destroyed because of spiritual energy recovery, it cannot be said to be the responsibility of spiritual energy recovery."

"It can only be said that humans themselves are not striving hard enough."

After a pause, Himeko looked at Theresa with a smile and said softly:

"Cultivators are the only existences in the era of spiritual energy recovery that can ensure civilization continues to sail far. Martial arts techniques are precisely the opportunity for humans during the recovery of spiritual energy."

"Now that the way to clear the level is placed before you, generally speaking, spiritual energy recovery shouldn't be something that makes you too fearful."

Einstein and the others nodded silently, acknowledging Himeko's statement.

Himeko looked around at everyone and saw that they were still somewhat preoccupied. Presumably, what they had experienced today had too great an impact on them.

In a short period of time, they probably couldn't fully comprehend it.

Himeko didn't intend to continue chatting with them and said softly:

"Let's leave it at that for today. You can take a look at the books I gave you about cultivation; they record quite a bit about the situation of cultivation."

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"We'll talk about cultivation matters the day after tomorrow."

Seeing that Himeko had started to see guests out, everyone stopped pestering her and decisively stood up to say goodbye.

However, they didn't intend to leave St. Freya in the short term.

Fortunately, Theresa also helped to settle them in.

After the better part of a day, the people of St. Freya gathered again at Himeko's former house in St. Freya.

There were no outsiders here, so everyone communicated more naturally.