Chapter 385: Rising Sync Rate (1/2)
The River Whale opened its mouth, sucking the water into it. The water formed a vortex while moving in a stream, grinding all the flesh into bits and pieces. It swallowed them whole, its body bulging to more than twice the size.
A couple of minutes later, it ejected all the water before beginning to swallow up another stream of the flesh piled up in the shallow waters. Jyorta sat on its back, observing the River whale's digestion process.
Its digestion rate was many times faster than a human Warrior at the same Tier. Frenzy Beasts digested their food while making use of their Essence of Frenzy, so irrespective of the food consumed, they quickly broke them down into nutrients.
The food was converted into psychic energy at a steady stream that gushed into its Brain Crystal. It was at a pace at least ten times his. The River Whale possessed a humongous body, containing a tremendous density of muscle mass.
So, the quantity of Essence of Frenzy it contained was a significant sum. Upon ingestion of the flesh, all its Essence of Frenzy was summoned to its stomach, rapidly eating the flesh, consuming the Essence of Frenzy in them while evolving itself further.
If the Frenzy Beasts didn't possess such a humongous body, and a massive Quantity of the Essence of Frenzy, its digestion speed wouldn't exceed a human's by that much. Jyorta thought, 'Then, how high would a Lava Turtle's digestion rate be? After all, it is a race with one of the biggest bodies.'
The River Whale and the Bundle Flea munched on the flesh and blood, not even leaving the bones behind. In the meantime, Jyorta finished making the same circuit of souls in the Rigordile, vaporising all its murkiness.
With a command, it too began to gobble up the flesh and blood. Jyorta seeped a Soul Cornea into the River Whale's soul, siphoning energy at a steady stream. He matched the siphoning rate to its replenishment.
Trait of Severability!
Jyorta felt a mild headache as he activated the Trait, feeling something change in himself. It was a slow process, due to the slow energy supply. But still, he could sense the change. It was a feeling of upgrading himself slowly, but steadily to the peak.
In the intervals of every hour, he would extend his second Soul Cornea into the soul of the Rigordile, siphoning energy from it. Once the reserves in all the Heart Crystals in it were expended, he left it to begin eating once again.
As for the Bundle Flea, the Heart Crystals of the Shoe Fishes had disappeared after the evolution. They seemed to have been consumed by its Essence of Frenzy that had achieved a qualitative change as a result. So, it only possessed a Tier 2 Heart Crystal now. Jyorta occasionally siphoned energy from its soul before leaving it to its devices.
The Rigordile consumed food in large quantities until its stomach visibly bulged. But, the bulge continued to decrease at a visible rate. It wasn't being digested by it alone. The Shoe Fishes absorbed nutrients from it and digested them on their own.
This way, the quantity of food digested at every moment was significant. After digesting the nutrients, each Shoe Fish replenished a trace quantity of energy in their Heart Crystals. Thanks to the circuit, Jyorta could siphon them as a collective whole.
It was the same in the case of the River Whale.
Energy flowed into the blue soul through the two Soul Corneas. Ten soul tendrils extended from it and connected with his Brain Crystal, sending a steady stream of psychic energy into it.
The effect of the Trait of Severability made his blood absorb psychic energy from his Brain Crystal, carrying it as it coursed through his body. While making its circulations, it came upon the Trait of Severability, the psychic energy in it getting absorbed.
Jyorta's Sync Rate began to steadily increase. In the meantime, he closed his eyes, working on his tattoos. He didn't create the sixth tattoo, judging that it would only be a waste of time. Once he used all five tattoos, he would have five Tier 2 beings fighting for him.
Adding onto his own battle strength, he wouldn't be hard-pressed for survival in any situation. Thanks to the River Whale, he had an advantage in mobility and defence. So, in the off-chance something turned amiss, he could just command it to run away.
Even if there was a chase, he could launch aura beams at his foes while using the tremendous energy stored in it. What he was currently working on was the core use of Aura Induction: creating a tattoo to be inscribed on himself.