Chapter 527: Gu Qing's Talent Advances

The man-eating mage was not large in stature, but was quite plump.

The layer of fat on his body made excellent fuel, and his whole body burned fiercely.

A nearby tree had been blackened by the smoke, with scorch marks on its bark.

If the fire wasn't put out soon, it could easily spread into a wildfire.

Zhao Chi emerged from within Gu Qing and immediately began extinguishing the flames.

The two of them worked for quite a while before finally putting the fire out.

The battle settlement information appeared.

【Congratulations, battle victory!】

【Battle settlement as follows】:

【Battle participants】 5 total, 2 on our side, 3 on the enemy side

【Our side defeated】 3 man-eaters

【Party experience】 2600

【Personal contribution】 28%

【Personal experience】 728

【Loot】 Man-eater corpses 2.5

Not much experience, no level up.

Still, 2600 experience from 3 man-eaters wasn't bad.

The only loot was man-eater corpses.

Two plump man-eaters should yield quite a lot of fat, which could be rendered into oil.

But certainly not cooking oil.

Making fire oil would be no problem.

As for that man-eating mage… forget it, it was already burned beyond recognition, only half a corpse left.

They could deal with it later.

What they needed to do now was find the man-eater camp and scavenge supplies.

"Gu Qing, let's go, let's look for the man-eater camp, it should be nearby."

Gu Qing: "……"

She stood in place, carefully examining something.

Zhao Chi curiously walked over and touched her face.

"Hehe, my lord, stop that, look at this quick."

As Gu Qing spoke, she opened her mouth and spat out a thin strand of silk that stuck to Zhao Chi's hand.

Zhao Chi asked, puzzled: "Isn't this spider silk? What's up?"

Gu Qing smiled: "Give it a tug."

A tug?

Zhao Chi pinched both ends and pulled hard.

The silk stretched.

Gu Qing had only spat out a tiny bit of silk, about 10 centimeters or so.

Zhao Chi pulled with all his might, until his arms were fully extended, and the silk still didn't break.

He could only feel an extremely powerful rebound force.

Zhao Chi noticed the change too.

Before, the silk Gu Qing produced was already strong in toughness and elasticity, but never this strong.

With only such a small, short strand, it should have snapped by now.

But this one seemed to have changed.

"What's going on, Gu Qing? Have you mastered a new way of spinning silk?"

Zhao Chi asked, delighted.

Gu Qing smiled: "Hehe, my talent has advanced too."

"Huh?"

Zhao Chi quickly opened Gu Qing's personal interface.

He found that she had also just reached level 13 after the battle, same as Tang Ruan.

Her talent really had changed.

【Talent】 Spider Lady Silk Gland

【Grade】 Grade B, Growable

【Effect】 1: Can convert bodily fluids into Spider Lady silk paste, spraying out powerful spider silk.

【Effect】 2: Silk output +1000%

From Spider Woman Silk Gland to Spider Lady Silk Gland…

The name didn't matter, what mattered was the effects.

Now this talent had also become Grade B, a pretty high grade.

But Effect 1 didn't show any specific numerical value.

They could only verify it through later experiments.

The silk tugging just now was one such test.

This new silk seemed to have better elasticity and toughness.

The stickiness... it really does feel even stickier now.

Effect 1 is still blurry, but Effect 2 is very clear.

Written plainly: drainage volume +1000%!

An extra ten times the drainage volume!

Zhao Chi couldn't help but pick Gu Qing up.

Gu Qing gave a startled cry, then broke into soft giggles.

Gu Qing's weight hadn't changed at all — still around 50 kilograms.

Zhao Chi could still carry her easily.

So this extra ten times' worth of moisture still comes from an unknown source.

But this way Gu Qing would have much more silk thread available for combat.

The fluid produced from the bladder had nearly doubled compared to before, allowing more coarse and heavy silk bundles to shoot out from the navel, and the power was stronger too.

"That's wonderful, Gu Qing — this way not only are you stronger in battle, your combat endurance is stronger too."

Gu Qing was of course also very happy.

"Hehe, my lord, from now on I can offer you even greater help. Don't hold me anymore — your arms will get tired."

"They won't."

"Put me down. Let's go back and hold each other on the bed, or hold each other in the Carefree Spring."