Chapter 191

Refine!

As Su Hao's thoughts turned, a scarlet beam of light wrapped the huge corpse of Hatred bit by bit, finally forming a massive scarlet light sphere over a hundred meters in diameter.

Hatred's corpse was a fourth‑tier Supernatural Grade item, and also the first fourth‑tier Supernatural Grade item Su Hao had refined.

The refining time required was far beyond what a third‑tier Supernatural Grade item could take, stretching five or six hours without finishing.

During this period, Su Hao was not idle; he continually pulled skeletons, zombies, and headless knights from his Storage Bag and repeatedly applied the Item Refining Technique to their corpses.

Most of the corpses in his Storage Bag had already been refined by Su Hao into first‑rank to third‑tier Supernatural Grade items, which he sorted and piled into five small hills of varying size.

Thus, after about another hour, the scarlet light sphere enveloping Hatred's corpse finally showed signs of dissipating.

When the scarlet light vanished completely, the huge corpse of Hatred, nearly a hundred meters tall, was no longer visible.

In the spot where Hatred's corpse had lain, only three different items remained.

The only thing that left Su Hao somewhat regretful was that, after refining Hatred's corpse, his proficiency in the Item Refining Technique had not yet reached mastery.

Fortunately, a small portion of undead corpses still remained in his Storage Bag, offering a last hope.

Su Hao stopped pondering and turned his gaze to the first item produced from refining Hatred's corpse.

It was a pool of dark‑red blood, about ten meters in diameter.

According to the feedback from the Item Appraisal Technique, Su Hao knew this was Hatred's essence blood; consuming it would increase the consumer's physical strength and recovery ability.

Furthermore, there was an extremely low chance of gaining a passive skill that accelerates regeneration.

But given that the chance was merely 'extremely low,' Su Hao held no hope of obtaining that passive skill.

According to his experience, an 'extremely low' success rate is essentially zero.

Besides that, for any flesh‑bearing species, whether undead or other living beings, after consuming this mist's essence blood,

there is an extremely high probability that the flesh will necrose, causing an irreversible change that turns all bodily flesh into rotting meat.

Even if one were to shave off all the flesh and let it regrow, the new flesh would still be corrupt, rotting meat.

Normally, only zombies and similar kinds, whose flesh is already rotting, would be completely unaffected by Hatred's essence blood.

However, Su Hao possessed the Synthesis Heart, so he wasn't overly worried about this.

He had already used three synthesis chances today, and he did not rashly spend the remaining two on synthesizing Hatred's essence blood; instead, he planned to first examine all of this harvest.

Afterward, Su Hao shifted his gaze to another item nearby.

It was a chunk of dark‑red flesh that was rhythmically expanding and contracting.

At its smallest it was the size of a fingernail; at its largest it could reach nearly ten meters in height.

Even without sensing the powerful aura emanating from this flesh, its automatic expansion‑contraction ability alone shows how extraordinary it is.

【Expanded Muscle】

Supernatural Grade: Fourth Tier

Effect: Upon consumption, it greatly enhances physique; based on the consumer's current physique, it can raise the breakthrough limit up to fourth‑tier Supernatural Grade.

Furthermore, after consumption there is an extremely low chance to gain the active skill 'Flesh Expansion'.

However, note that after consuming Expanded Muscle, there is an extremely high chance of being influenced by Hatred's residual power, falling into a mindless undead creature.

……

"Flesh Expansion? Does that mean after learning this skill I can make my flesh expand and contract like that piece of muscle?" Thinking this, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes, a hint of anticipation appearing on his face.

Even the effect of raising the breakthrough limit to fourth‑tier Supernatural Grade after consuming Expanded Muscle was temporarily ignored by him.

After all, what man can resist the temptation of growing larger? Who wouldn't want to become a giant and slap an enemy to death with one palm?

However, he had no intention of directly consuming Expanded Muscle.

If he directly consumed Expanded Muscle, there would be an extremely high chance of being affected by Hatred's lingering power, turning completely into a senseless undead being.

More importantly, doing so would give only an extremely tiny chance to obtain this skill.

As stated above, an 'extremely tiny' chance is practically zero, and Su Hao does not want to take that risk.

Such a rare treasure naturally should be synthesized first to increase the chance of gaining the skill, then used.

Furthermore, if the negative effects could be eliminated, this would be a completely universal item.

Su Hao can use it, Da Xiong Mao can use it, and all combat units can use it.

Moreover, Su Hao's sanctuary contains infinite cells capable of replicating bodily tissue.

He can completely keep this as a sample and produce many more Expanded Muscles.

It can be used for synthesis, or as future rewards for his subordinates.

If in the future his body could grow tens or even hundreds of meters tall, and he rode a Da Xiong Mao of similar size, the sight would be incredibly cool.

"Let's talk about it when we get back; first let's look at the last item."

Afterward, Su Hao stopped thinking further and turned his gaze to the final item refined from that corpse.

It was a massive dark‑red heart, seemingly alive, absorbing ambient free energy and beating rhythmically.

From the appraisal results, Su Hao learned that this heart was called the Regenerative Heart, and it too was a fourth‑tier Supernatural Grade item.

Upon consumption, there is a certain chance to generate a brand‑new heart inside the body.

This heart can greatly increase physique and regenerative ability, and it can also cause any existing heart to produce the same effect.

Theoretically, the more hearts one has, the greater the increase in physique and recovery ability.

For an ordinary person, this heart is already a tremendous boon, and it is a perfect match for Da Xiong Mao.

After consuming three‑life hearts, Da Xiong Mao's body contains four hearts and possesses super‑regenerative ability; as long as at least one heart remains, he will not die.

If he then consumes this Regenerative Heart, Da Xiong Mao will have five hearts, and his survivability will undoubtedly increase by another tier.

Furthermore, the benefit brought by the Regenerative Heart will be three times greater than when others use it.

However, using the Regenerative Heart also carries a risk of degeneration; Su Hao plans to find a suitable material, synthesize it, and then give it to Da Xiong Mao.

Afterward, Su Hao waved his hand and stored all three items into his Storage Bag.

Next, he again took out the remaining undead corpses from the Storage Bag one by one, continuing to refine them, hoping to raise the proficiency of the Item Refining Technique to Great Accomplishment.

Only when the proficiency of the Item Refining Technique reaches Great Accomplishment can one refine the corpse of the Shadow Priest to obtain the Shadow Priest's Source Crystal and complete the Black Dragon's task.

Furthermore, besides the Source Crystal, the corpses of those at the Supernatural Fifth Rank likely could yield other things as well.

(End of Chapter)