Chapter 161 (1/2)

Chapter 161 – Trapped In a Hopeless Situation (3)

This bird’s body did not have skin like copper or bones like iron. Its meat was easy to slice off. She easily sliced off two pieces. Uncaring of the stench, she stuffed one into her mouth.

This bird was grotesque; its meat was rather tough from age. Chewing it was as tough as chewing leather.

Ning Xuemo forced herself to swallow the two pieces before ceasing to eat anymore.

‘Oh right, Number Two had said that the magic beasts here all had cores in their bodies. Since this bird was born on the 9th peak, it must have reached psychokinesis rank 8.’

‘There could be a high-level crystal core in its body!’Original and most updated translations are from volaretranslations. If she could survive through this and bring this crystal core back, it would surely cause a storm, making this trip worthwhile!

She immediately started to dissect the large bird. Fortunately, she already watched how Number Two extracted the crystal core earlier, so she knew where the crystal core should be located at.

An hour passed and she finally managed to pry out a red and transparent crystal core in the shape of an antler from under the weird bird’s breastbone.

This crystal core was only around 30 centimeters long and less than 2.5 centimeters wide. The first impression it gave was that it seemed delicate and exquisite.

Ning Xuemo examined the core for a while. ‘The grade of this core should not be the same as the Flying Dragon Centipede’s one, right? It seems like the cores that appeared on the 9th peak were different from the ones that appeared on the 6th peak!’

She held the crystal core as she tried to feel the energy in it. However, she had only just used a bit of energy when she felt the energy in the core pour into her body from her palm. It was as if her entire arm had lightning running through it: it numbed immediately!

This numbness spread too quickly. In the blink of an eye, it occupied her entire body. She could feel that at this moment her entire body seemed to be as stiff as a piece of wood. She wanted to let go of the core in her hand but was unable to and could only endure that burning energy fiercely rampaging in her body. In the blink of an eye, it had charged into her dantian…

What happened this time was just like before. Not even a spark had escaped before it completely disappeared.

When that energy finally disappeared, Ning Xuemo regained her awareness.

She widened her eyes only to discover that she seemed to have sunk like an iron peg in the water for more than 20 meters below. She hurriedly moved her limbs and finally managed to surface.

That was strange. Although the energy that red crystal core brought her just now was a bit unbearable, after that energy disappeared, she unexpectedly felt quite comfortable. The inner energy in her dantian had also unexpectedly grown quite substantially!