Chapter 239: Manipulating Plot Armor (1/2)

Subduing the divine dragon's heart should be an impossible task for a mid-stage essence gathering realm alchemist. Yet, Cao Mao grabbed it with both hands and fused his fire element Qi and gold element Qi together, trying to seal the will of the dragon, so he could compress the heart as a pill ingredient.

The will of the dragon heart woke up again. It pulsed, unleashing its killing intent toward Cao Mao, attempting to crush his soul and his brain.

Cao Mao's soul was unaffected by the mind attack, but his physical body couldn't.

He felt like someone had crushed his heart to pieces. Blood gushed out from his eyes and ears as the pressure destroyed several veins in his skull and shattered his eardrums.

Yet, Cao Mao persisted. He negated the damage with the recovery effect of the spring water, which kept coming out from the ring in his mouth.

The heart also kept struggling, sending the second and the third wave of pressure to crush Cao Mao's brain.

Again, Cao Mao braced the impact and focused on fusing his element Qi in the heart.

The dragon's willpower was slightly weakened every second. However, Cao Mao's condition also deteriorated as his golden blood began to clot inside his brain.

At this rate, he would die first!

The dragon heart's power was still out of Cao Mao's league. After it unleashed the fourth wave of pressure attack, both Cao Mao's eyes shattered!

”BRAT!”

”MIAOMIAO!”

”BOSS!”

Jia Wenhe, Ju Shoufen, and Ma Moxi panicked after Cao Mao's eyes exploded from the inside and gushed out various colors of liquid.

”… I'm fine.”

Even then, Cao Mao calmly poured spring water into his mouth, slowly regenerating his eyes. He didn't need to use them at the moment, so he had directed the damage toward them, using his own eyes as a decoy against the dragon heart's attacks.

Furthermore, he had died countless times in ITS. Simple pain, such as losing his eyeballs, was nothing compared to the gruesome Mortal-Kombat-like sparring matches in the space.

Changes also occurred inside his body. His bone marrow, which had been producing golden blood, began to absorb life essence from his dantian.

After the bone marrow absorbed enough life essence, it attracted wood element Qi. Fire element Qi and lightning element Qi were also no exception. The stem cells ate everything as it evolved once more.

However, these element Qi was not enough. These cells demanded something else that Cao Mao didn't have.

Cao Mao also felt it. Because of such hunger for more Qi, he had another inspiration to deal with the heart and his gold Qi.

Cao Mao gritted his teeth and shouted with a hoarse voice.

”Is there anyone that can use wind element, water element, earth element, or other basic elements other than fire, lightning, and wood? Please pour them into my bones!”

Jia Wenhe, Ju Shoufen, and Ma Moxi widened their eyes in astonishment. At a time like this, was he still planning to cultivate?

Zhao Bao reacted first. He flashed and reappeared behind Cao Mao's back. Then, he pressed his palms against Cao Mao.

The monk poured his light element Qi into his bone marrow.

”Light element may be an advanced element, but it is compatible with every basic element! Use it as a medium if you want to fuse them together as one!”

Zhao Bao had figured out what Cao Mao had planned to do. He didn't hesitate to help regardless of what motive Cao Mao had.

Ma Ping also came to the rescue. He placed his hand on Cao Mao's shoulder, ”I have wind and metal element Qi. Take as much as you need.”

Pang Lingming followed suit. He touched Cao Mao's other shoulder, ”I have earth Qi. Let me help you.”

White Album, who was dormant within Cao Mao's body, also replied to her master.

'I'll help you convert some of your life essence into the water element.'

Ju Chen also got back to her feet and staggered toward Cao Mao. She placed her hand on his head without saying anything, but she injected her blood element Qi into his circulation system.

Even yin slaves, who had no element Qi to support Cao Mao, followed Ju Chen's example. They touched Ju Chen's back and used her as a medium, injecting their life essence to support Cao Mao.

Ding

[OG-Buddha is moved to tear by the power of friendship!]

[OG-Buddha has gifted you 1,000,000 liters of yin and yang essence.]

Ding

[The power of friendship had empowered your Heavenly Fate Fragments.]

[Both fragments have been restored!]

[All your Heavenly Fate Fragments are now active!]

Although Cao Mao couldn't see anything at the moment, he could sense everybody nearby. He could also hear the system's voice, which echoed in his head. As if it knew that he couldn't see the system screens, it directly sent a voice transmission to his mind, telling him about the changes.

A faint smile appeared on Cao Mao's face. He appreciated all the help he had received.

'Right. Protagonists and main characters are always brokenly OP when they use the power of friendship. I've been acting like a protagonist these days, haven't I? Oh, isn't there another broken plot that can help me? Can I use that as well?'

For the sake of exploiting the mysterious plot armor that he had, Cao Mao intentionally thought about his past struggles and the events that everyone had been through together.

Cao M first encounter with Wei Yuan, the trial events, and their first time in the underground mine,

The time when he had met the yin slaves,

The time that he had saved them through sex,

The time that he had eloped with Wei Yuan and rescued everyone out of the brothel,

The time that he had entered Ju Shoufen's garden for the first time,