Chapter 119: The Mutated Keratin Skin

If we use Mu Hua’s previous life’s words, the magic of keratinized skin should be a secret technique belonging to the biochemical genetic category.

It requires relatively intact skin from other creatures. It does not mean simply putting the skin on the caster, but rather obtaining a complete genetic sample of the skin tissue.

Of course, the above statement is pure nonsense. In this world, keratinized skin refers to more than 90% of the skin of the same organism, including the surface layer, true layer, and deep layer. It doesn’t matter if it is damaged, as long as there is enough of it.

The Minotaur possesses extraordinary defensive capabilities, and even if it dies, Mu Hua seems to be unable to do anything about it.

"Master, how about I try to tear it again?" Zhou Yi knew Mu Hua's need and volunteered, his eyes involuntarily looking towards the indescribable place again.

"Get out!" Mu Hua cursed.

Although he seemed to have made some bad decisions just now, Mu Hua said that he was forced to do so.

Now that he's dead, why are you still messing around? This is the medium of your own keratinized skin... Well, it's not the medium's problem, it's mainly because the dead are the most important, so it would be wrong to mess around again.

The Minotaur was slightly taller than the Black-Armored Skeleton General, but his shoulder width was four and a half meters, a real big guy.

If that doesn't work, go out and find a weapon with cutting or piercing properties? A holy sword or something, who can borrow it?

Mu Hua scratched his head for a while.

Go all out for the sake of your keratinized skin!
Why not! Mu Hua planned to use the Minotaur as a medium. If there were too many, he could just return them. Anyway, there couldn't be too few.

A magic circle rose into the sky in the center of the arena. The seven-layer magic circle enveloped Mu Hua and the Minotaur. The halo of magic seemed to have built a sacred temple in the void.

Mu Hua always thought that keratinized skin was an evil magic. Not to mention the accompanying screams of ghosts and gods, there should also be surging waves of blood and an eerie air of death.

But the sacred scene before him really surprised Mu Hua. The layered magic arrays rising into the air drew the magic power from the outside world into the "hall" like a compressor.

For a moment, Mu Hua was in a trance, as if he was in a sea of ​​liquefied magic. He felt drifting, comfortable, and a little itchy. Mu Hua gradually lost control of his body.

Why is the keratin moving so much? Maybe it's because of the environment of the Abyss Island? Or maybe it's because the quality of this Minotaur is too high?
With unanswered questions, Mu Hua's consciousness seemed to fall into nothingness in a trance.

At this time, outside the magic circle, in the eyes of Monday and Tuesday, Mu Hua and the Minotaur's bodies were shrouded in dark magic power, and the two individuals were connected by countless mysterious tentacles.

Seven magic circles of different sizes rose up and down, and under the background of magic halo, it was like a sophisticated instrument constantly scanning the space inside the "hall".

Time passed, one day, two days, five days, ten days, thirty days, sixty days, until the sixty-sixth day, when the magic circle that caused such a big commotion on the Abyss Island finally changed its eternal rhythm.

The seven magic arrays dissipated one by one, and the shattering of each magic array brought out a gust of wind filled with magical power.

In the formation, the material magic power surrounding Mu Hua faded away, and the bodies of Mu Hua and the Minotaur reappeared in the sight of Monday and Tuesday.

Mu Hua has not changed at all, he is still naked, with a human head and face, healthy limbs, and healthy and delicate skin.

At this time, the Minotaur's appearance changed drastically.

Not only was the skin missing, but the once strong and firm tendons were like dried corpses that had been drained of moisture. The dark purple dried muscles were like dry and rotten bark.

The originally six-meter-tall body shrunk to just over three meters. It was intact overall, but it gave people an inexplicable feeling of deformity and distortion.

"Master?" Monday and Tuesday ran to Mu Hua. They didn't feel that Mu Hua was in any danger.

But as demons with a long heritage, they have some idea about keratinous skin.

Demons all like keratinized skin and like to plunder powerful races and improve their own defects.

But the problem is, they don't know that keratinized skin can cause such a commotion.

Look at what has been done to a Minotaur. Didn’t they agree that they only wanted the skin... ?
Monday and Tuesday looked at Mu Hua with concern. They wanted to see if Mu Hua had turned into a Minotaur.

If Mu Hua turned into a demon, that would be... great!

"Well, I'm fine. It was just a small accident, a very great accident." Mu Hua slowly opened his eyes, as if no time had passed.

Very good, Mu Hua is still Mu Hua, and should still be a human being. Monday, Tuesday, a little disappointment, not malicious, they just hope that their master is a devil.

"Accident? Master, this..." The followers were puzzled. Tuesday pointed to the Minotaur who had shrunk severely and whose original species was almost unrecognizable, and reminded Mu Hua.

"Tsk, how did it become like this?" Mu Hua turned his head to glance at the corpse of the Minotaur and sighed with regret.

"The magic of keratinized skin is really not simple." Looking back at his followers, Mu Hua stretched out his hand to look at his palm, and explained with a chuckle. "It should be caused by the environment here, the abnormal magical environment, and the complete demon body."

"The keratinized skin not only absorbs the skin characteristics of the Minotaur."

"Including its muscles, bones, and internal organs, all the characteristics related to the flesh have also been absorbed and transformed." Mu Hua clenched his fists, feeling the power that seemed to have not changed.

"Muscles? Bones? So, master, are you now... a human being, or a Minotaur?" Monday shook his head and asked in confusion.

"Of course it's human. The keratinized skin won't change the root cause. It just strengthens my flesh and blood organs." Mu Hua rolled his eyes.

"However, my current physical growth potential should be considered equivalent to that of a Minotaur, right? Ha, ha, ha."

"Hahahaha~~" Mu Hua, who had been pretending to be calm, couldn't bear it anymore and laughed wildly with his head raised.

Looking at Mu Hua, who was laughing wildly like a villain turned evil, Monday and Tuesday felt confused.

Possessing the physical potential of a Minotaur? The Minotaur made a living by relying on physical potential, didn't he? Is this still a human being?
"Haha, if it has something, I also have it, and if it doesn't have something, I still have... um, forget it, it seems I don't have anything that others don't have."

After a burst of laughter, Mu Hua happily shared his gains with his family members.

"Benign transformation, benign transformation, understand? Based on my human nature, I took away the benign flesh and blood characteristics of the Minotaur."

"Forget it, I've made a lot of money anyway. A human-shaped Minotaur? Haha." Mu Hua was happily talking nonsense, he didn't understand what special or not special was.

"What's the difference between that and learning shapeshifting, and the Minotaur becoming a human?" Tuesday wondered.

“Uh…” Mu Hua was speechless.

What's the difference? There must be some difference, right?

"I am still me. I don't have the devil's horn. My actual strength has not increased. I just absorbed the characteristics and did not gain the physical fitness of the Minotaur. The monster warning should not sound the alarm for me, right?" Mu Hua said uncertainly.

"Of course you are you. Well, as long as you are safe, everything is fine." Tuesday smiled and Monday's tail wagged happily.

Mu Hua felt inexplicably that these two relatives seemed to have suddenly become much closer to him.

Too lazy to care about the little thoughts of his two followers, Mu Hua called up his own attribute panel.

Mu Hua: Constitution 323, Intelligence 150, Spirit 149, Magic Adaptability B, Allocable Points 26.

There was no improvement in any of the attributes. Just as Mu Hua said, the keratinous skin allowed Mu Hua to absorb the physical characteristics of the Minotaur, but not the predatory attributes.

He will be more efficient in improving his physical fitness in the future, and he won't even need to meditate. Eating, drinking, and normal exercise can all help his physical fitness grow. It can be understood that he has the natural growth limit of the Minotaur.

After all, adventurers need to meditate and temper themselves because there is a natural limit to human growth.

Breaking through one's own limits through practice is applicable to both humans and monsters. The only difference is that the natural growth limit of most monsters is higher than that of humans.

There are strong ones among humans, and there are elite ones among goblins.

However, Mu Hua's current physical condition is far from reaching the normal growth limit of the Minotaur.

Mu Hua's attributes have not changed, but his physical growth potential is completely different from before.

With all the changes in his bones, muscles, and especially skin defense, he is like a newborn monster!

As the monster grows naturally, as long as it has enough nutrients, it will become stronger until it reaches the monster's natural growth limit.

Of course, in addition to the attributes, there is another place where Mu Hua has changed.

His original LV14 magic protection has disappeared from the skill panel.

In contrast, there is an additional talent called 'Blood of Rage'.

This thing should be a talent that only the original sin bloodline has, right? It is higher than the magic protection required to upgrade the bite.

But I don’t have demon blood. I’m human. The monster warnings on the streets shouldn’t sound an alarm to me, right?

(End of this chapter)