Chapter 177: Metal (1/2)
'What's going on?' Alex was surprised. This was an unprecedented event for him during all of his time, making pills. However, as an expert alchemist, he didn't let the unusualness of the situation, derail his concentration.
He made use of the situation and moved the energy directly into the forming pill. The pill absorbed as much as it could before the energy left it. While he couldn't instill a lot of energy, he could tell that it was still better.
He waited for the pill to be formed and when it did, he directly brought it out. He caught the pill in his hand and looked at its name.
[Bronze Tiger's Rage: 58%]
”What??!” he was beyond surprised at this point. He had a hard time crossing 45% on normal pills and had barely reached 49% occasionally, yet today, he had somehow reached 58%.
'That… has to be incorrect right? No way that's correct,' he couldn't believe his own eyes and so he checked again. It was in fact 58%.
”But… But how?' he couldn't make head or tails of the situation. It was almost the exact scenario as when his Iron Fist Punch was all of a sudden much stronger.
'Wait a second…' Alex fell into deep thought. He thought of the similarity between the two situations and realized that the only thing similar between them was…
”Metal!” he shouted out. ”That's it. Metal Energy. Iron Fist Punch uses Metal spiritual root, while the pill just now was had a majority of Metal energy. So, did I get a benefit regarding Metal Energy? But how?” he started thinking.
It didn't take him long to come up with the answer. ”That blood essence. Did it somehow increase my affinity to metal energy?” he wondered. That was the only explanation he could come up with.
This certainly didn't feel like the advantage of Mortal Cleansing or Body cultivation. Besides, those came after he was already strong at using Iron Fist Punch, so the essence was the only answer.
”But why?” he thought for a while, but couldn't come up with an answer. Sighing to himself, he left the game.
He logged out and woke up in his new room, in his new bed. The temperature of the room was perfect thanks to the AC and the bed was softer than any bed he had been in.
'Such a shame I won't be able to sleep on it for long due to the new capsules.' He walked out of his room to the brightly lit corridor that leads to the living room. Past that he walked to the kitchen, only to find that Hannah was also there about to eat.
”Oh, you logged out?” she said as she looked at the time. ”But it's only 7 pm, don't you want to play some more?” she asked.
”I do, but it's ingrained into me at this point that I should log out at 7 for dinner. Will take some time to adjust to the new changes,” he said.
”Alright, sit down. I'll put some food for you in the microwave as well.” Hannah set the timer on the microwave and sat back down on the chair.
”So, how do you like your new crib? Isn't it fancy?” she asked.
”Very, sister. I didn't even imagine that such a place was available in the world. I had thought that such places were only for the rich people with fancy business and titles,” he said.