In a short span of time, after engaging in two Abyss hunts, Yan Luo's absolute power increased rapidly, now surpassing the Engraver of Sequence 4 [Vajra], reaching a terrifying 2.5 tons.

This means he can lift 2.5 tons of weight, his maximum punch strength exceeds 6 tons, and his kick strength almost reaches 9 tons.

In this current era, buildings are quite sturdy, withstanding even an eight-magnitude earthquake without collapsing. Otherwise, Yan Luo could probably tear down buildings with his bare hands.

Yan Luo can kick a car away with one strike and shatter walls with a single punch.

For him now, the exoskeleton has become a burden instead.

Wearing the exoskeleton, Yan Luo cannot unleash his full potential because if he exerts himself fully, he will be restrained by the exoskeleton.

The exoskeleton only has the life support system and defense capability useful for Yan Luo, and with his current rate of growth, it won't be long before his defense can rival a B-grade exoskeleton.

Even so, Yan Luo still feels that he is not strong enough.

Compared to a City-breaking Level Demon, he is still too weak!

Currently, he can indeed inflict damage to a City-breaking Level Demon, but that relies on having a powerful weapon. Without a sufficiently strong weapon, Yan Luo's own strength cannot harm a City-breaking Level Demon.

Thus, he must find a way to become stronger.

Yan Luo set his mind on the Ruby unearthed from the chest of the Frost Bear.

"You said... you want some augmentation gemstone powder?"

Li Jiongming looked at Yan Luo sitting across from him, not quite understanding what Yan Luo wanted to do.

That Ruby has been officially named 'Augmentation Gemstone' and has always been kept by the research team at Lingquan University.

However, the ownership of the Augmentation Gemstone actually belongs to the Scarlet No. 2 Hunter's Guild, after all, it was produced from a demon hunted together by the advanced hunters of the Scarlet No. 2.

"You should be asking Chairman Wu about this; we only have temporary custody and research rights of the Augmentation Gemstone, the ownership lies with all the advanced hunters of the Scarlet No. 2."

To be honest, Li Jiongming also wanted to try scraping some powder from the Augmentation Gemstone for experimentation, but their application had never been approved.

Yan Luo shook his head, saying: "In theory, I own 27% of the Augmentation Gemstone's ownership, so I don't need to submit any application to anyone."

Hearing this, Li Jiongming's heart was moved, and he leaned forward slightly, "You mean, as long as you want, within your 27% domain, you can do whatever you want with the Augmentation Gemstone?"

"Theoretically, yes." Yan Luo did not commit to an absolute statement.

Getting this answer, Li Jiongming did not immediately ask Yan Luo for the Augmentation Gemstone powder but rather sent a message to Wu Zechuan, informing him of Yan Luo's intentions.

Soon, Li Jiongming received a reply from Wu Zechuan: [If he wants it, let him have it, don't worry about the integrity of the Augmentation Gemstone. When we found that stone, we discovered some fragments nearby; the gemstone fragments we handed to you came about in that manner.]

Upon seeing this reply, Li Jiongming felt relieved and immediately sent Sasa a message, requesting her to figure out a way, ensuring Yan Luo would give them some Augmentation Gemstone powder for research.

Despite being an old academic requesting a student to 'flirt', causing Li Jiongming to blush in shame, he felt a bit relieved knowing Yan Luo is a serious person. At most, Sasa would need to put in some more words of persuasion.

If Yan Luo were the kind of unserious person, he would never let Sasa do such a thing.

"Then let's proceed."

Li Jiongming sent messages to his students, telling them to drop all unimportant work and prepare to grind the Augmentation Gemstone.

Although temporarily unable to obtain a portion of powder for research, grinding the gemstone itself counts as research; they can observe the gemstone's properties through this.

The Augmentation Gemstone is enormous, weighing close to a ton, with even the smallest fragment weighing 300 grams.

Yan Luo doesn't need that much; he plans to consume the gemstone powder, so he only wants 10 grams for experimentation.

The entire research team dashed over hurriedly. Though only two could handle the actual operation, they all wanted to vie for a chance.

Everyone was eager, but Li Jiongming waved his hand, pre-assigning one spot for himself.

Even though Li Jiongming was the teacher of all of them, people couldn't help but internally curse the old fellow.

Sasa squeezed into the crowd, yet she made no move.

Because she knew as long as Yan Luo gets the gemstone powder, he'd definitely ask for her help. Why should she compete for a chance to grind the gemstone with others?

She could directly research the gemstone powder itself!

Soon, the winner was decided, a middle-aged man with a bald spot on the top of his head walked out of the crowd with a smile, approaching the grinder.

All eyes fixated on the grinder, watching attentively as Li Jiongming and the middle-aged man operated it.

The grinder was started, and the mechanical arm holding the Augmentation Gemstone fragments slowly approached. Sparks flew the moment contact was made.

This made everyone widen their eyes, even leaning in unconsciously, wanting to see more clearly.

The Augmentation Gemstone was hard, and even using the highest precision grinder, it took a while to grind out 10 grams of powder.

After half a minute, as people nearly looked until their eyes ached, the grinding was finally done.

"Is everything recorded?"

"Quick, everyone send all your recorded data to me, I need to compile it."

"Check the state of the powder!"

"Ah, it's a pity we can't measure it directly, otherwise... Alas!"

From silence to uproar, in just a moment.

Yan Luo took the box containing the Augmentation Gemstone powder from the middle-aged man with a bald spot, turned around, and left, regardless of how eager other people's looks were.

"Sasa, let's go."

Sasa's lips curled into a gleeful smile as she followed Yan Luo out amidst envious glances from everyone.

You all don't have the chance to study the Augmentation Gemstone powder, but I do!

After leaving the dormitory with Yan Luo and getting into a taxi, Sasa occasionally glanced at the box in Yan Luo's hand.

Yan Luo noticed this and stuffed the box into Sasa's arms, "If you want to see it so much, here you go."

Sasa was instantly elated, lifting the transparent box to carefully inspect the Augmentation Gemstone powder.

Despite originating from a unique artifact, this powder looked no different from common substances, just like the Augmentation Gemstone itself. Without contact with anything possessing superpowers, it was just an ordinary mundane item.

Having seen enough, Sasa turned to Yan Luo and asked: "What do you plan to do next?"

"Eat it," Yan Luo replied succinctly as usual.

Indeed!

The taxi soon arrived at Yan Luo's villa. Sasa joyfully followed Yan Luo inside with the box in her arms.

Before Yan Luo could speak, Sasa set down the box, dashed to the basement, and returned after a while with a high-precision electronic scale in hand.

Sasa was already out of breath, but she only rested for a moment before excitedly activating the recording feature of her eyeglass.

"How much do you want for the first portion? I think 1 milligram would be just right."

Sasa wanted to personally assist Yan Luo in dividing the gemstone powder into multiple portions. Being a researcher, she was adept at this kind of task.

Yan Luo nodded, "Let's go with 1 milligram."

Sasa immediately got to work, quickly separating out a 1-milligram portion of gemstone powder, then sat quietly aside, eagerly waiting.

Without much hesitance, Yan Luo directly poured the portion of powder Sasa had separated into his mouth, swallowing it with warm water.

The fine gemstone powder passed through the esophagus, landing in the stomach.

The powerful digestive ability, honed by consuming City-breaking Level demonic meat, began to digest the gemstone powder for Yan Luo. Yan Luo sat on the sofa waiting and finally, after five minutes, felt a surge of heat from his stomach, spreading to all parts of his body.

He described his feelings to Sasa, then stood up and began pacing back and forth in the living room.

"What are you feeling now?" Sasa, kneeling on the sofa, clutched the back of the sofa with both hands, watching Yan Luo going back and forth.

"Hot!"

Yan Luo exhaled hot air, suddenly bouncing up and down twice in place.

After awhile, he directly darted to the gravity room.

Sasa followed him but stopped when she saw Yan Luo enter the gravity room.

Her body was rather fragile, unlike the brute Yan Luo.

Inside the gravity room, Yan Luo initially doubled the gravity, not yet satisfied, he increased it further, yet again, and eventually set the gravity multiplier to fivefold.

Finally, it felt satisfying!

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