Ultragene Warlord

ter would have to infuse it with the purest genetic energy they possessed, causing a reaction between the core and the hunter's genetic code which would cause the core to soften.

After this two-step procedure, the disaster-grade lifeform's core would turn into what was essentially a very large gummy.
Apparently, it even tasted quite good.

Zhang Lie sliced his left palm with Venombane, causing deep red blood to well out of the wound.
The moment it touched the dark, spiky core, the blood was quickly absorbed into its interior.
It sucked up more and more of Zhang Lie's blood, and Zhang Lie had to reopen the wound five times before it finally transformed wholly into a red, crystalline ball.

Then, he closed his eyes and began pouring concentrated, black genetic energy from his body into the core.
It took him an entire hour before he felt the core start to soften.
After ten more minutes or so, the entire core had softened completely.
As Zhang Lie clutched the crystalline orb, he felt some unusual sense of kinship with it, as though it was already part of his body. 

Zhang Lie swallowed it whole without even daring to chew it.
As the core slid down his throat, Zhang Lie felt a fiery, numbing sensation spread throughout his body.

The moment the core reached his stomach, it seemed to explode.
Zhang Lie let out a huge burp, and his face turned red, quickly followed by his neck, and then his whole body.
Almost immediately, Zhang Lie took on the color of a boiled prawn.

As the fearsome energy from the genetic core rampaged through his body, he felt his blood begin to steam.
The pain was unimaginable.
Despite how tough Zhang Lie was, he had curled up into a ball on the ground.
His head spun as he forced himself upright one stumbling step at a time.

The agonizing process he was going through was essentially a full-body blood transfusion between him and the disaster-grade lifeform's core, an evolution of the genetic code in his very cells. 

Zhang Lie's [Ninecarp Transformation] activated on its own.
Because of the genetic energy surging through his body, Zhang Lie was able to complete one cycle of cultivation in just a minute, an unimaginable speed.
Even Zhang Lie himself could barely believe it, considering that this had previously been an hour-long process that required his full concentration.

Even more shockingly, this speed was increasing moment by moment.

As he continued to cycle the genetic energy through his body, he suddenly felt himself starting to swell, as though his body couldn't take it any longer.

Indeed, were Zhang Lie to open his eyes, he would find his body inflating like a balloon; at some point, he would surely pop, and he was drawing very close to that boundary.