Ray extracted the mysterious substance from the Valenamese ability users, one by one.

After three whole hours, he finally finished pulling it all out from the first one. When he absorbed it, he got exactly 198 units—right on the money, matching what he'd sensed earlier.

Ray was ecstatic. Not only could he still gain ability units, but he was getting 100% of it—zero waste.

Awesome!

Even better, absorbing the raw substance directly came with no side effects.

He kept going.

Another three hour