Chapter 899: A Complicated Process
A mechanical chime rang faintly in his mind:
[Draconic Essences increased by 100]
[Current Draconic Essences: 800]
[Current Dragon Scales: 800]
A slow smile formed on Max’s face as he clenched his fist, feeling the surge of hidden potential coiling inside his body. With eight hundred draconic essences and eight hundred dragon scales, he knew his raw physical strength alone was now enough to contend with peak Legend Rank experts.
He could stand toe-to-toe with enemies who once would have crushed him.
"Max, are you going to refine these two beast cores?" Blob’s calm, ethereal voice echoed in his body.
"Yes," Max replied without hesitation, his eyes gleaming. "Even though the restrictions of the secret domain won’t let me break through immediately, the energy won’t vanish. If I keep absorbing cores and treasures like this, then the moment I step into Champion Rank, I could jump straight to the second or even third level without a pause."
He looked down at the cores again. These weren’t ordinary spoils—they were eighth-level Legend Rank beast cores, the highest quality cores he had ever touched. The sheer energy packed inside them was staggering, enough to destroy a small city if mishandled.
And that wasn’t all—he had already fully devoured the corpse of the peak Legend Rank three-headed black dragon. That alone would have been enough to raise his strength by one or two levels under normal circumstances. Now, adding these two cores would push his hidden reserves beyond anything he had ever imagined.