For a martial arts practitioner, the most important thing when it came to developing inner energy was the body's meridians.

The meridians were the channels that facilitated the flow of inner energy. Meridians became smoother with training, and the smoother they were, the stronger the inner energy they could allow through. Thus, the stronger the person would be as well.

Lord Voodoo could no longer use martial arts because Matthew had destroyed his meridians.

Even if a body contained inner energy, it was pointless when there wasn't a passage that allowed it through.

However, Matthew's situation was the complete opposite of Lord Voodoo's.

By consuming Stargulf's fruit, it was almost the same as Falconn's strength had entered his system.

However, Matthew's network of meridians wasn't strong enough. Thus, if this strength passed through his meridians, they would burst, and he would die on the spot.

Even if he were fortunate enough to survive, he would be crippled for the rest of his life!

Lord Voodoo had struck a vicious, cruel blow.

He knew he had been crippled and couldn't take the Stargulf anymore, so he fed it to Matthew instead.

What he couldn't have, he wasn't going to allow others to have, either.

Most importantly, he could use the Stargulf's fruit to kill Matthew, so he was killing two birds with one stone!

Lord Voodoo leaned against the wall with a face streaked with blood, but he was still laughing his head off. "I took you down with me! It's worth it! It's worth everything!"

Tyson helped Matthew up as he checked frantically. "How are you feeling, Dr. Larson?"

Matthew's face twisted up in agony.

The Stargulf's fruit immediately began disintegrating as soon as it entered his system.

He could sense an overpowering strength swiftly gathering in his abdomen. It was so overwhelmingly strong that his hara was on the verge of exploding!

He couldn't concern himself with Lord Voodoo anymore as he cried out at once, "Take out my silver needles, Master Rathbone!"

Tyson quickly brought out the bag of silver needles.

Matthew listed out a few acupoints and instructed Tyson to stab the needles into these points.

Tyson held the needles hesitatingly. "Dr. Larson, I-I never used these before... A-Are you sure that it'll be alright—"

"Don't think about that now!" Matthew shot back frantically. "Just stab the needles into the acupoints I told you! I-I can't hold out much longer..." Tyson studied Matthew and saw that the veins along both his arms were bulging out gruesomely. It was as if the veins would explode at any time.

He dared not hesitate any longer as he quickly stuck the needles into the acupoints that Matthew mentioned.

Once the needles were in, Matthew exhaled, and his veins slowly flattened out.

Tyson eyed him worriedly. "How do you feel now, Dr. Larson?"

Matthew's mind was growing hazy, and with the final bit of strength he could muster, he said, "Get Dr. Ellis..."

That was all he could get out before everything went black-he had passed out!

Tyson was visibly anxious. He quickly scooped Matthew up and instructed the others to deal with the situation before turning to Victor and saying, "Mr. Victor, I'm taking Dr. Larson back. Send someone to bring Dr. Ellis over!"

Victor didn't waste any time. He immediately sent people to find Dr. Ellis.

Matthew slowly came to the next afternoon.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Salazar sitting beside him.

Salazar was pressing his hands against Matthew's back to channel inner energy into him.

Matthew could sense a large amount of powerful energy being held within his hara and attempting to enter his meridian channels.

This was, without a doubt, Falconn's strength.

The strength was terrifying for Matthew.

He would die an ugly death as soon as it entered his meridians!

However, things weren't that bad right now.

Salazar was using his formidable strength to keep Falconn's strength caged up within Matthew's hara. Thus, the strength couldn't enter Matthew's meridians. If it hadn't been for this, he would've been dead by now!

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