Chapter 162 - 121: Ascending to an Advanced Creature

Chapter 162: Chapter 121: Ascending to an Advanced Creature

That hulking man sending an adult woman flying several meters with a single kick was already ridiculous enough.

But who would have thought Gu Qing would be even more ridiculous?

Not only did he take a kick to the crotch completely unscathed, but he also grabbed the man’s head with one hand and casually lifted his entire body off the ground.

Wasn’t that level of defense and strength a little inhuman?

If they hadn’t seen Gu Qing call the police afterward, the crowd would have thought the two groups were just acting, putting on some kind of street performance for show.

「A short while later.」

The two Night Court colleagues stationed nearby, as well as police officers from a local precinct, began to arrive at the scene.

The two Night Court colleagues were both women.

They both looked to be in their early thirties.

The tag [Night Court Member] floated above both of their heads.

It was Gu Qing’s first time seeing an all-female team.

As soon as the two female colleagues saw Gu Qing, they immediately came over with big smiles, trying to get friendly.

They said they had long heard of Gu Qing’s great name and were glad to finally meet him in person.

They praised him for being handsome and a great fighter, saying they admired him very much.

They also mentioned his immense strength, how as an Extraordinary Contactor, he had surpassed all the Extraordinary Awakeneds from his cohort, making him a role model and the pride of all Extraordinary Contactors.

Then they each took out their phones and asked to add Gu Qing on WeChat.

Gu Qing wasn’t against getting to know more people, so he agreed to add them.

During this, Xia Shuran was a bit reserved and didn’t say a word, like an introverted little sister.

After handing things over to the two Night Court colleagues,

Gu Qing didn’t linger to chat. He and Xia Shuran quickly left the scene and found another place to continue their walk.

"By the way, Shuran, I’m going back to school tomorrow morning to pack my things, then I’ll head to the Night Court to report in. What are your plans?"

Gu Qing asked, looking at Xia Shuran.

Xia Shuran didn’t have any plans. She turned her head, a bright smile on her face as she looked at Gu Qing, and said in a soft voice, "Then I’ll go back to school tomorrow morning too. I can go with you to the Night Court for the recruitment test, Senior."

Gu Qing smiled. "That works out perfectly."

The two of them continued their walk for a while longer.

When it started getting late,

Gu Qing walked Xia Shuran home.

He then hailed a taxi and went home himself.

...

Ten o’clock at night.

After a busy day, Gu Qing was finally back in his familiar home.

The first thing he did upon returning was take the Wise Man’s Fruit hidden in his refrigerator and, with a thought, place it into his Storage Pouch.

He then immediately went into his room, locked the door, and with another thought, took the Wise Man’s Fruit out of the Storage Pouch.

The Wise Man’s Fruit was a deep blue fruit.

It was the size of a tennis ball.

It was ice-cold to the touch.

Holding it felt like holding a piece of ice; it was a bit numbing.

Gu Qing stared at the Wise Man’s Fruit in his hand, examining it for a moment.

Then, without much more thought,

He opened his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Under the effects of his Devouring Attribute,

The moment the Wise Man’s Fruit entered his stomach, it was instantly digested and broken down, transforming into a cool current that rushed toward his brain at incredible speed.

The next second,

Gu Qing felt an icy sensation wash over his head. The inside of his skull felt like it was swelling and going numb, and his scalp began to itch.

It was as if his brain was growing at a frantic pace.

The process was fleeting. It was replaced by an explosion of immense mental energy, and his body underwent a qualitative transformation.

[Your Biological Level has successfully evolved from Tier Nine to High-Level]

The moment the text notification appeared,

A strange sense of apathy and emptiness welled up within him, and he couldn’t muster the desire for anything.

Gu Qing knew this was a side effect of consuming the Wise Man’s Fruit. His body had entered Sage Mode.

He didn’t pay much mind to this apathetic state.

He focused his mind, sensing the changes in his body.

His five senses had been completely upgraded, granting him the equivalent of Super Vision, Super Hearing, and Super Reaction.

His normal Reaction Speed was now on par with his pre-evolution speed when he activated Lightning Reflexes.

Now, when he activated Lightning Reflexes, things around him weren’t just slowed by a hundred times; they were slowed by a terrifying thousand times.

As soon as he activated Lightning Reflexes,

Life forms below High-Level would appear completely motionless in his eyes.

Now, it was truly a case of "all are ants below High-Level."

At the same time, his Physical Strength skyrocketed, becoming more than a hundred times stronger than it was just before his evolution.

The Qi Blood Power within him burned a hundred times hotter, the energy contained in every cell was a hundred times stronger, and he was brimming with a rich vitality.

Gu Qing used Qi Blood External Release, condensing a Blood Sword in his hand and lightly swiping it across the back of his other hand.

The destructive power of the Blood Sword was immense. It easily cut through his steel-like body, instantly splitting the skin and flesh on the back of his hand. Blood gushed out from the grievous wound.

The gushing blood dripped onto the floor tiles with a SIZZLE, as scorching hot as lava.

Gu Qing ignored the blood on the floor, his eyes fixed on the wound on the back of his hand.

He discovered that the wound was healing at an incredible rate. The bleeding stopped in just a few seconds as the flesh and skin deep inside grew back frantically. His self-healing ability was astonishingly strong.

In less than half a minute, the wound had completely healed over.

Without looking closely, you couldn’t even tell that there had just been a gash deep enough to expose the bone.

At that moment, Gu Qing felt as if he had transcended the realm of ordinary people.

On a physiological level, he was now a completely different life form from a normal human.

’So this is what it’s like to be an Advanced Creature, to have left the state of an ant behind?’

’It’s unbelievably powerful.’

’I wonder if I’ve already become reproductively isolated from normal humans?’

The thought suddenly crossed Gu Qing’s mind.

’If I’m really reproductively isolated, I can save money on "raincoats" in the future.’

’No, wait.’

’This isn’t a question of saving money anymore.’

’It’s a question of whether a normal person could even handle me.’

"Looks like, from now on, romance with a normal person is probably out of the question for me."