Chapter 137
“Ack! That was close.”
After changing his gear once more, Merlin sat down cross-legged and gathered his breath. The Golden Pill Immortal Technique allowed him to circulate qi in any stance, but since he was also recovering from some internal injuries, he decided to take a more stable position this time.
“Phew. It seems like there’s less backlash after my internal energy capacity increased. The Golden Pill Immortal Technique’s operation speed has also increased.”
Fortunately, Merlin quickly healed after he was injured while outputting 80 years of internal energy. Once he fully understood the essence of the Spiritual Power Transfer Method, his Golden Pill Immortal Technique reached Level 9, which was likely one of the reasons his recovery was so swift.
“However, the force behind the output has decreased to 80 percent- no, 70 percent of what it was before. Well, I did expect a reduction….”
Merlin had used the Spiritual Power Transfer Method to empty all of the internal energy within him. This was a normal part of the process; however, what he did afterward was not normal. Using the core principles of the Dark Northsea Divine Technique, Merlin had gathered more internal energy than he had emptied, and after condensing this newly acquired internal energy, Merlin used his monstrous image-making abilities to create a new internal Gold Core. This sort of approach went beyond common sense and was something only Merlin could do, but it wasn’t a cheat with no drawbacks, as it made Merlin’s genuine qi purity level drop dramatically. The instability was considerable in the beginning, but it settled down over time.
“The next guy will probably be Level 12… hmm, this is starting to get tough. What Level 12 monsters do I know of?”
Merlin recalled quite a few monsters. Actually, the lich that he just fought could have easily been a Level 12 monster if it had developed a few more skills. If the lich was a newly minted 5th-class mage, it was the lowest type of lich amongst its species.
“Outside of the lich… an ogre champion perhaps? Or a cyclops warrior?”