Macon and Gregory stared wide-eyed at Lord Voodoo. They finally understood why the Orleanians feared the Stargulf plant.
Nearly everyone in Orleans practiced the art of charms and curses which relied on cursed bugs. If the Stargulf plant was capable of consuming cursed bugs, then it was the Orleanians’ biggest enemy. It was understandable why the Orleanians wanted to exterminate the plant.
“In that case, why is the Stargulf plant so precious to you?” Gregory asked.
“That’s because after the plant was exterminated, people began to realize the wondrous way it could be used,” Lord Voodoo said quietly.
“What’s that?” Macon quickly probed.
Lord Voodoo stared at the fruit in Macon’s hands and carried on quietly, “After consuming cursed bugs, the Stargulf plant can use the vitality drawn from the bugs to form a fruit. The fruit will then contain all of the vitality that was sucked out of the cursed bugs.”
Gregory glanced at the fruit. “How much vitality can cursed bugs have anyway?”
“You’re right,” Lord Voodoo said. “Most cursed bugs don’t have much vitality in them. Before the Stargulf plant was pushed to the brink of extinction, some Orleanians ate the fruit as well. Not only did they not receive any benefit from it, but they also ended up consuming the poison from the plant…”
“Quite a few of them died because of this. Therefore, the Orleanians thought that the Stargulf plant was just a useless, poisonous plant. That went on until an Orleanian stumbled across an unexpected find that led to favonovel.com discovering the wondrous way to use the Stargulf plant.”
Macon was getting impatient. “Just what on earth is this wondrous way of using it?”
Lord Voodoo hesitated for a moment before explaining quietly, “In Orleans, we have something called the Vitality Devourer Charm, and the Vitality Devourer Bugs used in that charm can devour a person’s vitality. It is incredibly useful when used against martial arts practitioners as it can devour the fighter’s vitality…”
“The person will also lose all of his inner energy. If the Stargulf plant consumes Vitality Devourer Bugs, it means that it has also absorbed the martial arts practitioner’s vitality. This means that the fruit of the Stargulf plant is like an elixir that contains a martial arts practitioner’s vitality, and consuming the elixir will give you all of that person’s inner energy!”
Macon and Gregory’s jaws dropped. They both stared at the fruit with gleaming eyes.
The Stargulf plant had consumed all of Falconn’s vitality, which meant that the fruit contained his inner energy.
Falconn was someone who was on the verge of becoming a grandmaster. Therefore, gaining his inner energy was enough to catapult a person into far greater heights of martial arts prowess.
Macon couldn’t stop himself from clutching the fruit even tighter as Gregory gazed at favonovel.com warily as if favonovel.com might run off with the fruit.
At last, the two of them realized what Lord Voodoo had been up to. He wanted to gain all of Falconn’s power!
Noticing the looks on both men’s faces, Lord Voodoo got straight to the point. “Don’t get so excited. You can’t just eat the fruit straight away…”
“Do you think it’ll be that easy for you to gain the power of a grandmaster? I’ll put it this way. Think about what state your body is in right now. Do you think your meridians can take it if you suddenly absorb all of a grandmaster’s power?”
Macon and Gregory, who were indeed getting extremely excited, both froze as soon as they heard what Lord Voodoo said.
It was a harsh reality check for both men.
Considering their respective power levels right now, their bodies would undoubtedly explode if they suddenly absorbed the power of a grandmaster!
Macon relaxed his grip a little. He looked at Lord Voodoo and asked, “How do you think this fruit should be consumed then, Lord Voodoo?”
“Give the fruit back to me and I’ll tell you!” Lord Voodoo declared coldly.
“What do you think the chances are of that happening?” Macon retorted just as coldly.
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