Chapter 300 - Abominable Devour
[Option 1: Inferior Devour – Carries an extremely low chance of obtaining enhanceable body parts from digested food. Becomes stronger with each stage.]
[Option 2: Multisac Stomach – Adds extra stomach sacs to boost digestion speed and expand stomach capacity. Becomes stronger with each stage.]
[Option 3: Improved Digestion – Secretes 1,000% more digestive enzymes, drastically accelerating digestion. Becomes stronger with each stage.]
Han Wu dismissed the second option the moment he saw it. Extra stomach sacs could indeed boost digestion, but he already relied on his Cockroach Cells to accelerate the process. Supercells allowed his cells to replicate stomach functionality, boosting digestion on their own. Adding more sacs would offer little advantage. His choice now narrowed to the first and third options.
Inferior Devour promised infinite growth and possibilities, yet the Inferior suffix carried a severe drawback. Traits with that label had an extremely low chance of activating their effects successfully.
The third option presented a simpler, more brutally efficient solution. It produced ten times more digestive enzymes and sharply increased the digestion rate of his Dark Locust Stomach, converting even the toughest matter into energy. The trait’s power amplified when combined with his Cockroach Cells’ Infinite Energy.
After a moment’s thought, he selected the third option. Immediately, his Dark Locust Stomach adapted and effortlessly broke down the Steel Demon’s rock-hard muscles. Han Wu channeled the resulting energy into his cells, which began repairing themselves at an astonishing rate. The cracks marring his body slowly closed and vanished.
Xun stayed busy as well, tossing meat into Han Wu’s Void Jaw while simultaneously gathering the enhanceable body parts from the fallen Demon Lords.
Han Wu considered himself incredibly fortunate. Each of the two demons had dropped three Stage 9 enhanceable body parts. Xun suppressed his intense greed and handed all six parts to Han Wu, who carefully checked them.
[Abominable Devour (Red, Stage 9; Traits: Swallow Alive, Transmute, Gigant)]
[Huge Power (Orange, Stage 9; Traits: Mighty, Seal, Suppress)]
[Demon Sniffer (Orange, Stage 9; Traits: Heightened Sense of Smell, Reinforced Sense of Smell, Long Range Tracker)]
[Massive Steel Horn x 2 (Orange, Stage 9; Traits: Unbreakable, Sharp, Almighty Pierce)]
[Iron Blood (Purple, Stage 9; Traits: Recharge, Conduit, Reborn)]
Han Wu’s heart pounded as he saw the first Red body part, the Abominable Devour. He had just ignored the Inferior Devour, and now fate had handed him the superior version. He felt a surge of excitement; he knew he would be a fool not to graft it immediately.
He instructed Xun to hand over the Abominable Devour, which was shaped like an esophagus. Checking its compatibility, he found an astonishing 90% match. Such a perfect alignment could hardly be coincidence—it was as though fate had intended this body part for him alone.
Han Wu examined its three traits.
[Swallow Alive: Can engulf any living demon, isolating them from all energy while consumed.]
[Transmute: Converts the consumed life form or non-life material into flesh for the user. Cannot absorb souls, but can imprison them in the user’s flesh, transferring any damage and pain inflicted onto the user instead.]
[Gigant: Allows unlimited growth in size by consuming flesh.]
The traits were exceptional and synergized perfectly with his existing body parts. Without hesitation, he grafted it. Once integrated, the Abominable Devour activated its Gigant trait, giving him a choice: convert the consumed flesh into cellular energy or transform it into additional muscle to increase his size.
Han Wu had not yet recovered from his injuries, so he chose to convert the flesh into energy for his cells. Recovery was his priority. He then turned his attention to the remaining body parts but felt a twinge of disappointment because none of them were suitable for grafting.
He intended to store them safely for future use when he noticed Xun staring at the Demon Sniffer and Iron Blood with a mixture of greed and longing.
The Demon Sniffer could be grafted to dramatically enhance one’s sense of smell. Its three traits elevated it to a level unmatched by any ordinary body part. With its final trait, Long Range Tracking, the user could detect scents across a 5,000-kilometer radius. In the right hands, it surpassed even Han Wu’s own Detection.
Iron Blood ranked just below the Demon Sniffer in terms of quality but was no less formidable. Its three traits seemed almost tailor-made for Xun. Recharge allowed the user to store energy within their blood. Conduit accelerated the flow of that energy throughout the body. Reborn enabled the user to regenerate from severe injuries by absorbing energy.
Han Wu studied both parts and nodded approvingly. They were indeed powerful and would make Xun exponentially stronger if he grafted them.
He also reflected on Xun’s unwavering loyalty since becoming his slave. Xun had even risked his life to save Han Wu during his critical injuries at the hands of the Steel Demon, expending vast amounts of energy just to protect him. Such devotion could not be repaid with mere gifts of body parts.
“Here, take the Demon Sniffer and Iron Blood,” Han Wu said, offering them without hesitation.
Xun froze. He thought he must have misheard. He had never imagined his master would give him two highly enhanceable body parts of such rare value. As a proper Demon Lord, he understood their worth—he could easily exchange them for tens of millions of Demonic Origin. Accepting such a lavish gift felt almost indulgent.
“What? You don’t want them?” Han Wu chuckled, pretending to pull them back.
Xun snatched both body parts before Han Wu could reclaim them. “No, I want them. I need them.”
He had already confirmed their compatibility while collecting them from the ground for Han Wu. He could have hidden them for himself, but he had chosen honesty and presented them openly to his master. In a way, he had fulfilled his duty as Han Wu’s slave, yet he longed to graft the parts for his own power. Naturally, as his master, Han Wu knew what Xun was thinking and deliberately chose to give them to him.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry and graft them,” Han Wu urged.
Xun nodded and retreated to a secluded spot to graft the two body parts.