My health recovery is incredibly fast.

"Ascension exists outside the walls of flesh and bone, and everyone who studies this book knows that flesh and bone themselves have no walls..."

Uh... ascension?

Xia Zuo looked at the notebook and carefully pondered the meaning of the phrase.

Influenced by his previous life, when he heard the word "ascension," his first reaction was to think of the "ascension" in Eastern culture.

But that's not actually the case.

In the common language of the Eastern Continent, "ascension" specifically refers to a promotion across stages, and is a more literary way of saying it.

For example, becoming a full-fledged Dharma master from a Dharma master's servant, skipping the apprenticeship stage, is called ascension.

When Xia Zuo was learning the subject of Odd Objects, he was exceptionally promoted from the Apprentice level to the Proficient level, which was also a kind of advancement.

Chapter 7 The Half-Finished Ascension

At home in the St. York community.

It is now 1 a.m. on December 25th.

The bright yellow light from the alchemical lamps still shone through the crack in the study door.

Xia Zuo rested his chin on his hands, his elbows on the desk, his gaze fixed on the perspective of Servant No. 5.

It wasn't that he was affected by the coupling ritual, but the scene before him was particularly eye-catching, and the information from the detection spell was very bad.

About 10 minutes ago.

The potions, powders, and high-grade bone sacs placed on the magic circle floated up and flew around Scarface's body.

The high-level bone capsule drilled into Scarface's body through his nostrils. In that instant, Scarface's face first showed extreme pain, then turned into ultimate enjoyment. His body floated in the air, bent over and hugged his knees, falling asleep like a baby.

His flesh and blood split apart like cracked tree bark, and pieces of skin detached from his body, forming a fleshy nest that enveloped his exposed skeleton, internal organs, and the bony sac located in the center of his brain.

The ritual potions and powders became the materials for sewing up the meat nest. When mixed together, they acted like glue, tightly binding the meat nest together.

Now, there is a new movement in this meat nest, which is about a meter high and half a meter wide. It seems that something is struggling inside, trying to tear through the meat wall and break out of the nest.

When Doom saw the flesh and blood begin to tear apart on Scarface's body, he was so frightened that he retreated to the doorway, staring blankly at the nest of flesh in front of him, his mouth wide open, almost forgetting to breathe.

Xia Zuo quickly recovered from his brief shock.

As time went by, the color of the meat nest changed from bright red to dark gray, a change that made him a little suspicious.

What kind of meat is dark gray?

Transformer.

The encounter with Fritz on the Western Continent, the first Transformer killed after arriving in the Federation, and the Transformer that was bombarded with fireballs on the ship but never died...

They all have a dark gray appearance.

Only when they reach maturity can they control their appearance and change their skin color to a normal skin tone, but once they start fighting, their true form will be revealed.

and so…

This so-called coupling ritual is actually a transformation ritual that turns a normal person into a transformer.

The answer is about to be revealed.

The fleshy nest throbbed violently, and handprints appeared on the fleshy walls, as if fingers were gripping the fleshy walls, trying to tear them apart.

Xia Zuo manipulated his servant number 5 to slip a little deeper into the crack in the door, ready to run away at the first sign of trouble.

"Hiss~~" Two gray hands emerged from the flesh wall, pulled left and right, tearing the flesh wall apart. The sound of the flesh wall tearing was no different from tearing paper.

A gray head poked out of the meat nest, breathing heavily, then stepped onto the ground, turned around, tore off pieces of the meat wall, and put them into its mouth to feast.

“Scarface… Carpenter…” Doom cautiously stepped forward, reaching out to gently pat the gray-skinned figure on the back.

To his surprise, he discovered that every time the other person ate a piece of meat fragment, a patch of skin on their body would turn back to its normal color.

Doom withdrew his hand, moved along the wall, and stood facing the other person. "Carpenter? Your face..."

Carpenter buried his head in his mouth, stuffing fragments of flesh into it, and mumbled indistinctly:

"Dum... I'm so hungry... Let me eat first... then we'll talk..."

Xia Zuo unleashed his detection technique...

...

[Character Name] Carpenter (Scarface)

[Identity 1] Veteran fighter in the Beast Arena

[Identity 2] Mature Transformer

[Health] 200/900 (Moderate Hunger)

[Resistance] 0%

[Bloodline Quality] 8

[Bloodline Characteristics] 73

[Strength] 10

[Agile] 6

[Endurance] 10

[Vitality] 25

[Perception] 5

[Willpower] 6

[Mental State] 2

【Charm】1

[Characteristics]

[Python V-Type Alchemy Armor], [Pseudo-Human Form (Activating)], [Transformer Form (Currently Unavailable)], [Bloodline Sense - Incomplete], [Underground Speech Lv.8], [Unarmed Combat Proficiency - Expert Level], [Dual-Handed Weapon Specialization Lv.22], [Power Burst Lv.8]...

...

Carpenter skipped his infancy and adolescence, becoming a mature Transformer directly!

No wonder the prayer mentioned "ascension".

However, his blood volume, blood pattern quality, and blood pattern characteristics were far too low, only slightly better than those of a young Transformer.

Furthermore, the "bloodline connection" is also incomplete.

Xia Zuo focused his attention on this entry and looked at its detailed description.

..

[Special Ability Name] Carpenter's Bloodline Intuition

[Special Ability Description] You have not yet absorbed your master's blood, and your connection with your master is still very weak. You need to obtain your master's blood to strengthen your connection.

[Special Effects] (Omitted)

..

There was no blood to contain the Blood Demon…

Xia Zuo opened his notebook and looked at the list of materials for the coupling ceremony.

The coupling ritual used the serum of the Black Iron Python, and there were indeed no other blood-related items.

Therefore, the coupling ritual of the Wild V-shaped alchemical implant is not an authentic transformation ritual.

It used a similar accelerated method to make Carpenter a converter, giving him the ability to disguise himself as a human. However, due to the low quality of his blood runes and the incompleteness of his blood magic abilities, Carpenter could only be considered a half-finished converter.

Shazo jotted down his observations in his notebook and then turned his attention back to Carpenter's character template.

His vitality attribute value is increasing little by little. Each time he eats a piece of meat wall fragment, his vitality attribute value will increase by 0.1 points.

Xia Zuo silently counted. When Carpenter was full, he had just eaten 108 pieces of meat wall fragments, which increased his vitality attribute value to about 36 points and his maximum health to 1000 points.

The flesh wall is composed of Carpenter's original body flesh and blood.

Eating the flesh wall is like eating yourself...

Surprisingly, this scene didn't elicit any further aversion from Doom?

Shazo cast a detection spell on Doom.

..

[Perception] 5-5→0

[Spirit] 2-2→0

(Due to the coupling ritual, some properties are reduced to zero.)

..

Does this ritual even have an aura of intellectual impairment...?

Xia Zuo's lips twitched, relieved that he hadn't been affected by the negative effect...

After consuming the flesh wall, Carpenter did not gain any new blood magic perks other than changes in vitality and health.

He patted his belly contentedly, looked at Doom standing there dumbfounded, waved his arms and struck a few poses, and touched his muscles.

"I feel full of energy."

Doom pointed at the other man's face, "Carpenter, you've regained your appearance! All those scars are gone!"

"What?!" Carpenter frantically touched his face, the smooth skin filling him with a mixture of joy and worry. "What am I going to do? Do I have to wear a mask forever... or will I be disfigured again..."

Doom paced back and forth with his arms crossed.

"Disfigurement...we may not be able to do that."

"According to that black marketeer... although the V and IV models are only one generation apart, their performance is significantly worse."

"After the V-shaped alchemical implant couples with the user, it will give the user powerful regenerative abilities. Unless [hit in a vital area that will kill], the user can recover from any injury, no matter how severe. Not to mention disfigurement, even limb regeneration is entirely possible."