The ling-tier warrior asks if he's special. He's got a hundred-dragon-scales of power. He feels like his energy center is burning with fire. Maybe it can help him with consolidation and stimulus. The chapter opens with a description of how one's innate energy center can be strengthened and stimulated. In other words, one can enter the realm of innate energy when one is strong enough to do so. In this case, that means that one has to be able to fight off the ling's attacks. The guy who killed the ghoul is a newbie at this level, but his body is super strong. He thinks he'll keep hitting him with his fists until he gets strong enough. The fight is over, and the guy is super stoked. He can't believe that the guy he just killed is still alive. He says that the meat of the special-humans is even tastier than the meat that the slayer ate. He swears that they're going to become the thieving ghoul's dinner. He also swears to himself that he won't