He drained the soup.
The human-skin doll began to savor the main course.
"It's perch soup! With bean sprouts, tofu, winter melon, and other ingredients!"
The human-skin doll stared blankly at the dishes.
Ju Feng, standing beside her, urged, "Hurry up and eat, what are you spacing out for!"
"This... what a coincidence."
"What's wrong?"
The human-skin doll said, "The sweet soup just now was my favorite flavor, and this perch soup... I always liked eating perch."
Everyone looked at Zhang Wei, who offered a faint smile.
He raised his hand, signaling them to continue tasting.
As the fish entered the mouth~~~
The human-skin doll's eyes narrowed in bliss, "So smooth~~"
"The fish is as soft as jelly, it feels like it's flowing into my stomach, no chewing required."
"With a slight movement of my tongue, the taste of perch fills my entire mouth."
As the perch soup entered her stomach, more steam rose from the human-skin doll's body.
At some point, the human-skin doll could no longer maintain her illusion technique and reverted to her faceless state.
Her entire head, only her mouth was normal.
No!
Not normal!
Her mouth split open, and half her head flipped over!
The last dish was a vegetable salad, mixed with an unknown sweet sauce.
Faintly discernible were many specialties from the Cloud Country.
The entire salad was enormous! Weighing hundreds of pounds!
The human-skin doll, with red eyes, chewed ravenously. The basin-sized dish disappeared at a visible rate.
After finishing the last dish, the sensation of pleasure in her body reached its peak!
"Mmm~~~~~"
A strange moan emanated from the human-skin doll, as if a dozen vocal cords were being used simultaneously.
Foul, black blood seeped from her rags.
But the human-skin doll seemed oblivious.
What shocked Ju Feng and Qing Cheng even more was that many of the rags that were one with the human-skin doll were washed away by the foul blood.
As these rags hit the ground, they emitted a grating shriek.
Then a puff of green smoke rose from them, and they turned to ash...
Qing Cheng covered her nose and exclaimed, "This smell is too foul!"
Ju Feng agreed, floating into the air and pointing at the continuously flowing foul blood, "What strange bleeding! At least hundreds of pounds, right?"
"Exactly, I never knew the human-skin doll carried hundreds of kilograms of foul blood... so dirty and disgusting!"
Ju Feng waved his hand gently, blowing the stench away.
The human-skin doll collapsed on the ground, her features appearing on her face, a look of ecstasy.
After a moment, Zhang Wei asked, "How do you feel?"
The human-skin doll, savoring the memory, licked her lips, "Truly a taste of heaven."
"To have tasted such a meal, I have no regrets, even if I don't break through my limits."
"Did you break through then?"
The human-skin doll paused, instantly coming to her senses.
She looked at her hands, then touched her face...
"I... I have features?"
"I didn't even use the illusion technique..."
"And this power, I feel my strength has increased so much!"
Even her tattered clothes were no longer the style of beggar's rags.
The fabric was vibrant, resembling a form of performance art.
"Wind Control Technique, Invisible Blade!"
Ju Feng attacked without warning!
The invisible blade struck in an instant!
The human-skin doll instinctively defended, her rags wrapping around her arm to block!
*Clang!*
Metal clashed, and cloth fragments flew!
This attack directly broke half of the human-skin doll's forearm, nearly severing it!
The human-skin doll angrily shouted, "Ju Feng, what are you doing!"
"Wow, I've actually gotten so much stronger!"
She vaguely remembered Ju Feng's dazzling display of his Wind Control Technique just now.
The Invisible Blade was one of its skills.
Air, sand, and even the human-skin doll's body were easily pierced, creating large holes!
Yet, after just one meal, she could withstand this attack with half her arm!
In terms of defense alone, her attributes had increased by at least 40%!
Ju Feng stated with certainty, "You broke through! You definitely broke through!"
The human-skin doll laughed wildly, her voice shifting between more than a dozen tones, "Ahaha, of course! As expected, fate is on my side! Hahaha..."
However, she quickly realized her impropriety.
She immediately bowed to Zhang Wei.
"Your art is magnificent, sir! Rare in this world!"
"The human-skin doll's current state is all thanks to your help!"
Zhang Wei waved his hand, "As I said, it's mutually beneficial."
Looking at the human-skin doll's newly formed features, Qing Cheng and the other two couldn't help but feel envious!
Ju Feng said thoughtfully, "My Invisible Blade couldn't injure you deeply. I'm afraid the Black List rankings will have to change."
The human-skin doll had countless limbs and no vital organs, making her survival rate incredibly high.
Now that her physical condition had improved, coupled with her defense, she was even harder to contend with.
A stealthy, invisible, assassin... who is also a heavy tank! Aren't you afraid?
Zhang Wei asked, "After breaking through, are there any changes?"
The human-skin doll shifted her form, stretching her limbs...
After a long while, she replied, "I feel exceptionally good. My strength, speed, and stamina all seem to have improved significantly."
"The most important thing is that I feel incredibly relaxed now, as if a heavy burden has been lifted, and my mood has brightened considerably."
"And the illusion technique, before when I maintained it, I felt a slight pain all over my body, intermittent and faint, which was very annoying and could distract me at critical moments."
"Now there's no such obstruction, and I feel it's much smoother to release!"
"I feel my overall combat power has increased by at least 55%!"
Fifty-five percent?
Qing Cheng exclaimed in surprise!
Ju Feng questioned, "Usually, leveling up only increases by about 20%. Breaking through a bottleneck is around 30-45%. 55% is the effect of two or three levels! You must be mistaken!"
"What, you want to try again?"
"Then let's try!"
Wind Control Technique!
Pressure!
Ju Feng launched himself forward, air currents surging around him, directly pressing down on the human-skin doll!
Within a radius of several hundred square meters, the air became stagnant, as if moving through mud.
The human-skin doll took a step, leaving a deep footprint, slowly walking towards Ju Feng...
"She can actually withstand my pressure!"
"Heh, this isn't over yet~"
The human-skin doll sneered. A ghost claw, tens of meters long, suddenly extended from her chest, its sharp nails fiercely clawing at Ju Feng...
At this moment, the drawback of the pressure technique was exposed!
This continuous channeling skill required a large amount of Ju Feng's energy and stamina, severely limiting his own reaction speed and movement!
Ju Feng was familiar with the human-skin doll's attacks, but he hadn't expected the ghost claw to emerge so quickly within the pressure zone.
At the critical moment, Ju Feng shouted!
"Power of Wind!"
"Strong Defense Mode!"
Air currents swirled around Ju Feng, mixed with dust and sand, forming something akin to a tornado.
The powerful repulsive force and the friction from the dust and sand could greatly resist ranged attacks!
However, the human-skin doll's ghost claw easily tore through the air armor like paper, leaving three deep claw marks on Ju Feng's chest!
Blood splattered~
Ju Feng retreated dozens of meters, exclaiming in exasperation, "Are you trying to kill me!"
"Hmph~ If I hadn't held back just now, you would have been cut into three pieces. Shouldn't you thank me for sparing your life?"
Ju Feng looked on in terror.
The human-skin doll, who had been completely suppressed by him in terms of strength, had actually become so powerful!
A 50% increase in strength was a conservative estimate!
Normally, this would be cause for celebration. Yet the human-skin doll had gained 50% in just one hour!
Ju Feng and Qing Cheng looked at Zhang Wei with even more fervent gazes!
This journey with him was indeed a great fortune!
"Mr. Zhang, why has the human-skin doll become so strong?"
"Yes, we've broken through bottlenecks before, but the increase was never this exaggerated. Forty percent was already the limit!"
Zhang Wei replied, "The medicinal effects of the meal were simply very suitable for the human-skin doll."
Qing Cheng's lips curved, a hint of jealousy in her voice, "But... why do you know her so well? We met for the first time..."
"It's not just the human-skin doll, I know all of you very well."
"Do you remember the Tofu Donburi I made before the main course?"
The mystery, where could it be?
Though that dish was delicious, it didn't seem particularly special, except for that bowl of extremely bitter soup.