"Sorry, I used to love reading Chinese novels, especially those about cultivators flying on swords."
Anderson smiled awkwardly. "I learned those lines from a novel."
"This..."
Draco was a bit speechless. Is this cultural export? Impressive...
"My dream was to become a cultivator, but this is a world of magic, so..."
"You invented a cultivation technique?!"
Draco interrupted Anderson mid-sentence with a cry of surprise.
"Hehe, I don't know, I just tinkered with it myself."
Anderson smiled sheepishly and scratched his head, then casually explained what he had researched.
This guy seems even more carefree than Rimuru.
Draco complained silently in his heart.
But after hearing Anderson's research results, his expression became extremely colorful.
Anderson's magic experiment was simple and crude.
One must know that the humans of this world were created by the "Primordial God" using his own Divine Factors.
Vampires and humans were born from the hands of the "Primordial God" at the same time.
Among them, humans inherited powerful magic power, while vampires possessed eternal life, strong physiques, and magic adaptability, but their weakness was being unable to move under sunlight.
From a genetic standpoint, a human's strength lies in their own magic power; it's almost impossible to break the physical body's shackles.
Furthermore, cultivation in this world eventually leads to the Spiritual Body becoming a Saint; the physical body is actually a shackle.
For example, Hinata's current Saint realm, which can rival an Awakened Demon Lord, is a semi-spiritual state; at the peak of cultivation, one can become a terrifying existence of a complete spiritual lifeform.
But Anderson didn't know that and did the exact opposite.
He had read too many cultivation novels with various realm systems, and most protagonists started by training their physical bodies.
Things like the Blood Moving Realm, Body Forging Realm, Body Tempering Realm, Blood Refining Realm, and so on.
Refining a post-natal physical body into a pre-natal one to start the path of cultivation.
So, this guy started treating Magicules as spiritual energy, using magic power to draw Magicules into his body to temper his physique.
Good grief, he's lucky he didn't just explode and die.
When he first started doing this, he would vomit blood every day, but he thought it was a sign of impurities being expelled from his body.
So this guy firmly believed his method was correct, trying over and over again until one day he finally couldn't take it anymore and almost died, which is when he finally realized.
This method is really not right!
Then he thought of the concept of the Dantian in the human body.
Anderson compressed his Magicules into his Dantian and formed a Golden Core.
"One Golden Core swallowed into the belly, my fate is mine to decide, not heaven's!"
Cough cough, getting sidetracked.
According to him, this was a Golden Core, but Draco could tell at a glance that he wasn't human.
Uh, no, he saw at a glance that this wasn't a Golden Core; it was clearly a Magic Core.
A Magic Core that only monsters and demons possess.
This guy actually cultivated himself into a High-ranking Demon; all I can say is, impressive...
Years of pouring Magicules into his body allowed Anderson's flesh and blood to adapt to the existence of Magicules; when the Magic Core was formed by accident...
It was somewhat similar to when Clayman transformed Mjurran into a demon.
Anderson became a demon just like that, possessing both the powerful magic power of a human and the strong physique of a demon, and he could store a large amount of Magicules in his body, allowing him to cast magic instantly by mobilizing it, making him a perfect Magic Warrior.
At this moment, a bold idea occurred to Draco.
But he quickly discarded this absurd idea.
Even if he created more A-rank peak warriors, it wouldn't be very useful, but Anderson's new cultivation method was worth researching.
After Draco became an Awakened Demon Lord, Benimaru and the others in the Kijin had successfully evolved into Yōki.
People like the Shanks, Souei, Benimaru, and Shion, due to their evolution paths, now had Magicules levels exceeding 200,000, reaching the Demon Lord Species level.
In other words, if there were enough human souls, they could become Awakened Demon Lords through a special method.
However, for those like Hakurou and Shuna, whose combat was more technical, their combat power could not reach the Demon Lord Species level.
Hakurou's current Magicules level was only 60,000, while Shuna's was only 120,000.
Of course, that's not to say they weren't strong; Magicules level doesn't represent combat power, it's just due to different evolution paths.
Previously, when Shuna obtained the unique skill "Analyst," her rank dropped from A to B+. That was the reason.
The increase of Magicules is a passive process; in places with high Magicules, it will be slowly absorbed from the surroundings to improve oneself.
For instance, a certain husky stays in Rimuru's shadow every day, absorbing the terrifying amount of Magicules Rimuru emits over the years, eventually growing into the existence with the highest Magicules intensity besides Diablo.
But this method is too limited, and the improvement speed is too slow.
If Anderson's cultivation method could be applied to monsters, they could quickly break the 200,000 mark and evolve into the Demon Lord Species.
At that time, how strong could Hakurou and Shuna become?
Draco suddenly had the urge to slice Anderson up for research and study his body structure thoroughly.
Of course, that was clearly unrealistic.
"Hey, Draco, how did you become a king?"
Reina asked, her eyes blinking with curiosity.
Draco's train of thought was suddenly interrupted, and he was stunned for a moment before making up a lie.
"Didn't I steal a lot of gold coins from the Kingdom of Falmuth? I found a place, recruited troops, and then became a king."
"Eh, it's that simple?"
The young girl was a bit disappointed; she thought there would be a magnificent and epic history of conquest.
"By the way, what do you plan to do next? Continue adventuring?"
"Yeah, but we plan to rest for a while and explore this place properly first."
"That's good."
"What's good?"
"Nothing."
After that, Draco chatted with them for a while longer, then waved goodbye and left.
They were not on the same path as Draco, and they were destined not to have much more interaction.
"Souei, are you there?"
Swoosh!
Space distorted, and a figure abruptly appeared before Draco's eyes.
"Master, what are your orders?"
"Send someone to keep an eye on them, especially that black man."
"As you command."
Souei came and went like the wind, vanishing from the spot instantly.
It just so happens that Teacher Ciel has been born. When Rimuru wakes up, I'll have him analyze Anderson to see if that cultivation method can be replicated.
Heh heh heh...
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