Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Strengthening Serum.
Editor: Henyee Translations
“Ao!”
Xiao Hui howled softly, signaling his cousin to go eat,
then naturally moved to the cave entrance to lie down, taking over the watch duty.
At that moment, Su Lin,
returned to his place and began studying the Strengthening Serum granted by hunting the grizzly bear.
The first combat rating reaching S+ had rewarded him with a vial of Strengthening Serum.
[Strengthening Serum]: Upon consumption, it may fortify random organs and limbs with a 70% success rate; should it fail, the potion disappears.
The introduction to the Strengthening Serum was straightforward and easy to understand.
It’s meant to enhance one’s organs or limbs,
whereas the Potential Potion developed the potential across various parts of the body.
Then the Strengthening Serum would unlock the genetic shackles of the species, breaking through the limits of potential.
“No wonder it’s so rare; just one vial for an S+ combat rating,” Su Lin thought to himself.
With a 70% chance of success, the odds weren’t low.
He decided to give it a try and see which part of his body would be strengthened.
Of course, he hoped most for the heart and brain.
After all, these two organs are critical in determining life or death.
“Ding! Would you like to use the Strengthening Serum?”
As Su Lin took out the Strengthening Serum, a faint grey notification message appeared before him.
“Use it,” he nodded.
Following that,
he felt a searing energy materialize within his body.
This energy roamed through his wolf body, and wherever it went, it felt as if that part was being scorched by flames.
Su Lin tried to control this energy with his consciousness,
but to no avail.
After the searing energy roamed for a moment, it slowly surged toward the right front paw of his wolf body.
“Ao!”
As the excruciatingly hot energy poured into his right front paw, bringing a burning pain,
Su Lin, despite his numerous brutal combats, couldn’t help but howl softly in agony.
It was too painful!
This scorching energy concentrated in his right front paw, causing unimaginable agony.
This wasn’t ordinary physical pain,
but more like roasting the bones, meridians, and even the genes within the cells.
As Su Lin clenched his teeth tightly, howling in pain,
Xiao Hui, cousin, Wolf Sister, and Grey White Little Wolf in the cave all turned their gazes towards him.
Although they didn’t understand why their pack leader was trembling in pain,
they all gathered around him.
Especially Wolf Sister, seeing her Wolf Brother, who always doted on her, trembling all over with pain,
couldn’t help it and her tears started to flow as she howled softly while licking Wolf Brother’s fur.
Her immature wolf howling revealed confusion and worry for Wolf Brother.
Besides Wolf Sister,
Xiao Hui and cousin were also extremely anxious.
Xiao Hui’s fur even bristled, thinking that something had hurt their leader.
His eyes shone desperately as he began to search everywhere with a soft whining.
In Xiao Hui’s heart, his pack leader was the most important.
Without his leader, he wouldn’t have his current life.
He might even still be in his old cave, starving irregularly.
However, despite searching, Xiao Hui found nothing.
Panicked, he too couldn’t help but howl in place.
And cousin,
sniffed around Su Lin, left and right, carefully seeking the reason.
Su Lin wanted to signal to Wolf Sister and Xiao Hui that there was no need to panic,
but the intense pain prevented him from conveying a complete message.
This meant Su Lin had to clench his teeth tightly, fighting against the pain brought by the hot energy.
This scalding energy, as it poured into Su Lin’s right front paw,
caused the bones and cells within to undergo changes amidst the searing heat.
The bones became tougher, and the cells plumper,
although the external appearance of the right front paw did not undergo any significant changes,
but Su Lin could feel that the strength contained in this wolf claw far exceeded the past!
The scorching energy continued to intensify the right front paw,
and Su Lin clenched his teeth to endure it.
As the enhancing agony stretched on, time also trickled away bit by bit.
After what felt like a full hour,
the burning energy finally began to weaken.
The roasting pain also lightened considerably.
Before long,
as the last strand of energy flowed into the right front paw,
the bones, tendons, and cells in it also broke through the genetic shackles.
“Ao!”
Su Lin howled long and shook the fur on his body.
The resonant howl echoed in the cave.
Seeing that Su Lin had returned to normal,
Xiao Hui, Cousin, Wolf Sister, and Grey White Little Wolf, all breathed a sigh of relief and the worry in their eyes dissipated.
After getting up, Su Lin first gestured to them not to worry,
then leaped out of the cave at a run,
Beginning to feel the strength of his newly enhanced right front paw,
“Bang!”
Upon exiting the cave, Su Lin viciously smacked a pile of ice that had solidified.
The Arctic ice piles, due to the bitterly cold weather, were often frozen extremely solid.
But now, with one paw down from Su Lin, containing immense force, the ice shattered upon impact.
The shattered ice danced in the dark night, and with bits and pieces falling on Su Lin’s body, brought a touch of chill.
Very strong!
The power now unleashed by his right front paw had even reached the attack power that could only be achieved after activating Hunting Talent.
If Su Lin were to fight with the Grizzly Bear again now,
he was confident it would not be as fierce and bitter as before.
Feeling the robust force from his right front paw, Su Lin also felt that the pain he had endured was not in vain.
“Ao!”
With another loud howl, he started running again,
repeatedly practicing his strikes,
displaying the formidable strength of his right front paw to its fullest.
However, as the number of strikes increased, Su Lin also noticed that using his right front paw for attacks clearly doubled the physical strain.
It was evident that the fierce power brought on by the strengthening did not come without a cost.
But overall, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the cave, Xiao Hui, Cousin, and the others,
seeing not only Su Lin’s safe return but also his evident increase in strength,
also howled long and loud, expressing their joy and congratulations.
In the pitch-black night, the extended wolf howls rose and fell.
Wolf Sister was also howling in her immature voice while excitedly hopping around,
and soon,
after getting used to the power of his right front paw, Su Lin returned to the cave.
He had seen the concern for him in their eyes just now.
Especially Xiao Hui and Wolf Sister,
he stretched out his wolf claw and gently patted Xiao Hui’s head, acknowledging his companion.
This made Xiao Hui wag his tail with joy.
Wolf Sister was then carried into the cave by Su Lin, who gestured for her and Cousin to quickly go eat.
Having just taken the Strengthening Serum, and also having expended a lot of physical energy,
Su Lin joined them alongside the Grizzly Bear, starting to eat.
Now, the Grizzly Bear meat provided him with reduced Evolution Points, down to 0.1.
But it still offered substantial calories and nutrition.