Transform, transform, transform!!
The moon shone over Crocodile Bay.
As the Crocodile Fiend Evil Qi surged into the Transformation Diagram, a strong force of Evil Qi pulled at Chen Ku's entire physique. His shadow under the moonlight was distorted, dragged into a shape that was no longer human.
Pain!
Chen Ku hadn't expected his first transformation to be so painful; it felt as if his body was being shattered and reassembled.
Luckily, the process was extremely fast, lasting only two or three breaths.
When Chen Ku regained his senses, he could already feel the change and difference in his physique.
Looking down, the clothes from his human form had slid off.
He was now on all fours, with dog paws and white fur. His body was half the height of his human form, but an indescribable mysterious power coursed through his blood.
I've completely transformed into a Skinny Dog!
Chen Ku extended a "dog paw."
At this moment, if anyone were there, they would see a majestic white Skinny Dog, half the height of a human, standing by the water under the moonlight on the sandy banks of Crocodile Bay.
I feel that the strength I have now as a Skinny Dog seems greater than the original one. It far exceeds the white Skinny Dog I killed before. If that Skinny Dog had the strength I have now, I would have been the one to die. Chen Ku thought.
He pondered further, Could it be that after transforming into a Skinny Dog, the strength of my human form can also be superimposed on this form?
With this idea in mind, he looked towards the Transformation Diagram.
[Diagram Master: Chen Ku]
[Skinny Dog Transformation Status]
[Skinny Dog Transformation·Transformation Level (Perfected)]
[Ability: Strength of the Skinny Dog (eyes, ears, nose, legs...)]
[Moon Eating Bloodline: Inside the body is one in a hundred million parts of the Demon 'Moon Eating Dog' bloodline, which can cultivate Returning to Ancestry by absorbing 'Moon Essence'.]
[Root Bone: Ordinary Demon Dog]
[Extra: Human Form Strength, Root Bone Enhancement]
Note: Thirty-three more wisps of Evil Qi of the same level are required to perfect the 'Transform' state, the third level of Skinny Dog Transformation.
When Chen Ku read that final note, he thought, Indeed, the power of the Skinny Dog can fortify the human form, and the strength of the human form can also be applied to the Skinny Dog form... The combination of both is what gives me the strength of eight hundred jin now.
What caught Chen Ku's attention most was that after completely transforming into a Skinny Dog, he had actually gained an additional bloodline.
Does this mean the transformation includes a change so deep that even bloodlines are altered?
Moon Eating Dog? Celestial Dogs devouring the moon? Does that mean there will eventually be a Celestial Dog devouring the sun? A Sun Swallowing God?
Chen Ku speculated. However, in this state, he could truly feel his body invisibly breathing in and out the moonlight that cascaded down from above.
Hmm? This feeling seems to be even faster than taking Muscle Enhancement Powder concoctions?
As Chen Ku felt the Moon Essence being absorbed in his Skinny Dog form, each strand of essence felt like medicinal power penetrating his limbs and bones. He secretly thought, I wasn't wrong; this Skinny Dog that can smell from Ten Li away indeed has demon blood. It seems this is because it can absorb Moon Essence. But I don't know if this ability to feed on Moon Essence is unique to it or a necessary step in Demon cultivation?
No matter what, the second level of Skinny Dog Transformation, "Shape-Shift," brought Chen Ku huge surprises.
The ability of the second level, to put it plainly, isn't about using Shape-Shift for disguise. Instead, it granted me the demonic bloodline of the Skinny Dog, allowing me to absorb Moon Essence in addition to taking medicinal concoctions.
Chen Ku knew what this meant. With my progress in martial arts, which is typical for someone with ordinary Root Bone and Talent, I can now cultivate faster than others thanks to the added Skinny Dog 'Moon-Eating' bloodline. In a sense, my lower limit has been raised, giving me an enhancement.
And this is just the enhancement from an ordinary Skinny Dog's demon bloodline and Root Bone. If in the future... as I advance, stacking these layer by layer, doesn't that mean my Root Bone's potential will have no upper limit?!
Feeling the strength of his body in the Skinny Dog form, Chen Ku couldn't help but have some wild thoughts:
Now that I've transformed into a Skinny Dog, what would it look like if I used the move 'Yellow Dog Peeing'? Can a dog use human Martial Arts?
The thought struck him. His figure flashed as he headed towards Crocodile Pool.
I'll know once I test my strength against the crocodiles in the pool.
He was sure that not all the crocodiles had been paralyzed, but not many were left—well within the range he could handle. He could definitely handle four or five crocodiles.
However, the moment the Shape-Shifted Skinny Dog entered the water, the Transformation Diagram issued a warning.
"Diagram Master is targeted by a crocodile, which harbors ill intent toward the master..."
Barely a dozen breaths after entering the water, a crocodile with a head the size of a washbasin lunged at him from underwater, its jaws agape.
Chen Ku's figure flashed; he found that, inexplicably, his swimming abilities had vastly improved. Was this doggy paddle?
In a flash, he was under the crocodile's belly...
[The Diagram Master kicked and killed the crocodile...]
Only then did the sound follow.
BOOM!
Underneath the water surface, it was as if an underwater mine had exploded; a large bubble and a mist of crocodile blood burst forth, spreading outward.
Chen Ku was astounded by the power of his kick in the Skinny Dog state.
It was so incredibly fast he hadn't even clearly seen his own leg move.
The leg of the Skinny Dog shot out suddenly, faster than the blink of an eye, and kicked straight through the belly of the nearly three to four hundred jin crocodile.
Silent and traceless! Yet it packed an explosive force of eight hundred jin!
Only when the crocodile's intestines were pierced and its belly ruptured, as if struck by a bomb, did a terrifying swirl of air bubbles erupt underwater, expanding in a ring and rippling outward!
This is it! This Hidden Kick technique has reached the Realm of Perfection!
Chen Ku was joyfully shocked.
I wonder, now that I've Shape-Shifted into a Skinny Dog, if I could kill a Thousand Jin Force human expert with such a stealthy, unexpected kick.
He felt it was not impossible.
Who would have thought a dog could practice Martial Arts?
Chen Ku's confidence soared. He then swam toward Heart of the River Island in his Skinny Dog form. Now acutely aware of his power, he felt that even if a dozen more crocodiles lurked underwater, they would be no match for him.
At this moment, I am truly the king beneath the waters of Crocodile Bay!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
[The Diagram Master kills a crocodile...]×4
He easily killed four crocodiles.
Finally, Chen Ku reached Heart of the River Island.
The island was no larger than two or three houses and very dry. After the water had receded and the land had been baked by the scorching sun, the aquatic plants and small shrubs on it were mostly withered.
SNIFF.
Instantly, Chen Ku caught an extremely sweet and invigorating medicinal fragrance that roused his Spirit.
He made his way to the source of the scent in a few steps.
What caught his eye was a stone hollow, still containing some river water, surrounded by aquatic plants. There were even some fingernail-sized crucian carp fry and tadpoles inside.
But Chen Ku's eyes were drawn to the two-foot-tall plant in the hollow.
A lotus plant. The petals were almost half-wilted.
It seemed no different from a normal lotus, that is, if you discounted the appearance of its leaves.
Seven or eight lotus leaves, each the size of a human head, were bizarrely adorned with sinister, terrifying ghostly faces. They looked like seven or eight fiends serving as leaves, collectively guarding the lotus seeds above.
And that fragrance was precisely emanating from the lotus seeds in the center of the lotus petals.
Ghost-Faced Lotus... this distinct form that sets it apart from ordinary lotuses... this is a Treasure Herb!
Chen Ku's heart trembled with excitement:
I've finally harvested my first Treasure Herb!
This is the ticket to enter Medicine King Hall and change my fate!