My 100th Rebirth a day before the Apocalypse - Chapter 238

Chapter 238: Chapter 238 A Technique to Absorb the Scarlet Honey
After checking her status window, Kisha noted that her stats were steadily increasing by three points each time she consumed Scarlet Honey. The increments were random, but it seemed she could potentially max out her level 0 stats before she upgrades to level 1. However, the risk lay in consecutive consumption—doing so could lead to overheating her energy core and brain, possibly resulting in a catastrophic failure.

So now, Kisha had to establish a safe time interval for taking Scarlet Honey. She understood that this interval might vary for each person, so others would need to experiment cautiously, starting with a safe approach and not attempting what she had done. Even now, she felt drained and her mind was foggy from the intense experience.

She set an alarm on her system for an hour later, then collapsed onto the boulder. Her head felt unbearably heavy, almost detached from her body, and before she knew it, she slipped into unconsciousness.

An hour passed in what felt like mere minutes to Kisha before she was jolted awake by the blaring alarm placed beside her. Startled, she snapped to attention, momentarily disoriented and on high alert, scanning her surroundings without fully grasping what was happening.

She scanned the area cautiously, momentarily forgetting she was within her own territory space as her mind lagged and struggled with a brief memory lapse. She deduced that the Scarlet Honey had likely stimulated her energy core, located in her brain. Eating a substantial amount in a short period had prevented her energy core from cooling down after processing the initial changes brought by the Scarlet Honey. Consequently, it was overwhelmed by another stimulation before fully recovering from the previous one.

After regaining her senses about 10 minutes later, she sat upright and surveyed her surroundings. No one had returned yet, and she figured they might still be occupied with their tasks, given that time passed ten times faster in her space and everyone wanted to take advantage of it to finish more work. Deciding to proceed with her experimentation, she took another spoonful of Scarlet Honey. Similar to before, she still experienced the searing pain coursing through her body, though she couldn’t discern if she had become somewhat numbed to it or if the pain had indeed lessened slightly compared to earlier.

She still felt uncomfortable, with her head throbbing as if on the verge of exploding from the stimulation, but it seemed slightly more tolerable than before. Encouraged by this, she decided to try again. Setting an alarm for an hour and a half later, she opted to meditate rather than sleep, hoping to clear the excess stimulation from her energy core.

To be precise, she was attempting to cool down her energy core, hoping it would make a difference. Remembering what 008 had mentioned about martial arts practitioners in the Murim World, they meditated to enhance their spiritual energy. They absorbed and controlled energy from heaven and earth, harmonizing it within their meridians and storing it in their cores or it was known as dantians, located in their stomachs.

By continually practicing this method, practitioners in the Murim World strengthen themselves and ascend to higher levels of power. Drawing inspiration from this, Kisha adapted the technique: rather than absorbing heavenly and earth energies, she channeled the essence of the Scarlet Honey, guiding it like a flowing stream into her energy core, ensuring a smooth and controlled flow.

It took Kisha numerous trials and adjustments to achieve her envisioned technique. Despite its difficulty, she persisted, and eventually, she succeeded. Through this method, the throbbing in her head ceased, and the erratic energy movements causing her pain calmed down. Now, after guiding the Scarlet Honey’s essence, each breath felt refreshingly soothing and harmonious.

As she continued with this method, Kisha found it to be a stark contrast from the euphoria of her first experience. This time, it resembled a serene, calm lake—refreshing and deeply fulfilling. Lost in her focus, she didn’t even notice that she had already reached the time she had set on her alarm.

Before she took another spoonful of the Scarlet Honey, Kisha felt an inkling to check her status window again. To her surprise, she noticed some changes.

[Kisha Aldens]

Level 0 (Exp: 0/100 X 3.0)

Strength: 37 (+ 10)(+7)

Stamina: 31 (+ 10)

Defense: 30 (+ 10)(+3)

Agility: 36 (+ 10)(+4)

Mental Capacity: 48 (+ 20)

Charm: 34 (+ 10)(+3)

Leadership: 50 (+ 20)(+4)

At first, she didn’t notice any changes, but then it hit her. Kisha couldn’t help but suck in a mouthful of breath. Her multiplier had shot straight up to 3. And that wasn’t all—instead of the usual 3-point increase in her stats, it had jumped to 4 points!

After successfully guiding the essence of Scarlet Honey to flow smoothly through her body, Kisha theorized about what might have occurred. By establishing a proper pathway, she prevented her energy core from becoming overwhelmed or overheated by the uncontrolled flow of Scarlet Honey, which typically came from all directions. This focused passage allowed her to maximize and absorb every bit of essence and preventing any excess from dispersing, resulting in an increase in both stat points and multiplier.

Kisha felt a surge of excitement as she realized a new method of handling Scarlet Honey. While different from the sensual euphoria of her first and second experiences, this approach proved to be the most rewarding and efficient. She decided to shorten the interval again to one hour, intending to apply her newly developed technique once more to observe its effects.

After consuming another spoonful of Scarlet Honey, Kisha immediately began her meditation, guiding the essence’s flow through her body. Surprisingly, this became a subconscious process as her body grew accustomed to the sensation—it flowed naturally, similar to how her blood flows in her bloodstream. And when she was done, she thought she’d done a better job at creating a technique to absorb the Scarlet Honey but when she saw her Status window again, she found out that she was very wrong.

[Kisha Aldens]

Level 0 (Exp: 0/100 X 8.0)

Strength: 42 (+ 10)(+12)

Stamina: 36 (+ 10)(+5)

Defense: 35 (+ 10)(+8)

Agility: 41 (+ 10)(+9)

Mental Capacity: 58 (+ 10)

Charm: 39 (+ 10)(+13)

Leadership: 55 (+ 20)(+9)

This time, instead of her stats randomly increasing by 3 points or more, every single stat saw a boost of 5 points, and her experience multiplier soared by an additional 5 points as well. Kisha’s eyes widened in disbelief as she couldn’t fathom that such a simple technique could yield such significant results. Laughing excitedly, she stared at her status window. Energized by her discovery, she decided to continue her experiments. Rather than waiting an hour, she reduced her interval to just 30 minutes.

After just half an hour, when she consumed another dose of Scarlet Honey, Kisha found that she no longer needed to consciously guide the flow of essence; it moved effortlessly, as if possessing a mind of its own. She simply meditated, cleared her mind, and when she finished, she discovered another 5-point increase across all her stats. Moreover, her experience multiplier had now reached x10, seeming to be the current maximum achievable at her current level.