Xu Shu had just gone through a sleepless night.
Everyone else had stopped, worn out and gone to sleep, but he kept coughing up blood.
By morning, with the sun three poles high, the "Sunrise, Resurrection of All Things" from the Tai Chu Scroll had already refreshed once, adding 3 to today’s opening count, he was still coughing up blood.
He had coughed from evening until morning, and from morning till noon, with no rest in between.
By the afternoon, Xu Shu’s lips were trembling, and at last, he stopped.
His face was deathly pale, like a junkie who had cut off his supply on the first day, hunched over the toilet, heaving for a long ti, vomiting bitter bile.
Then, he just lay there on the floor, like a fish flipped on its back, gasping for air.
Turning his head, he saw the green crystals wrapped in little green lace next to him, seven of them lying there, trembling like seven little gourds, as if beckoning Xu Shu.
He swallowed, but ultimately dismissed the idea of gulping down those seven crystals as well.
No more, he couldn’t eat any more, he had to rest. Eating any more would truly kill him!
Xu Shu took eighteen hours to successfully digest 45 Erosion Crystals.
On average that’s fifteen every half day, but in reality, he started off fast, and then the pace gradually slowed down.
He couldn’t eat any more, if he forced it, his body might be protected by "sit-ups," but his mind couldn’t take it.
The last ti he felt this way was on the Wasteland, when he caught a glimpse of the eyeball Suji Herrera carried with her.
Xu Shu felt as if his brain had been scooped out, the whole person was befuddled.
"Indeed, one mustn’t be too greedy and rash..."
"It seems that the pressure during a breakthrough is multifaceted, not just physical, but probably spiritual as well..."
"I’ll eat these seven... no, tomorrow, I’ll eat them tomorrow night!"
For the first ti in his life, Xu Shu genuinely understood the feeling of "a mountain hog can’t eat fine bran."
In the past, he was always short on Erosion Crystals. On a good day, he would get seven or eight, and on a bad day, maybe just one or two, or even co back empty-handed.
Back then, he felt he could never eat enough and wished he could level up in a single day.
Now he could finally eat his fill.
Oh boy, he nearly "ate himself to death!"
Not physically, but spiritually, he nearly blew up.
The thing is, this sequela didn’t co gradually but rather as Xu Shu ingested more and more curse power from the Erosion Crystals, surpassing a certain threshold, suddenly, it exploded.
This really caught Xu Shu off guard.
Truly a narrow escape from death!
Now, if you asked Xu Shu to try it again, he really wouldn’t dare. It was too dangerous.
"No wonder those Transcendents living off the Supervision Bureau, each with a team of doctors for recovery and an unlimited supply of Erosion Crystals, can’t just level up to 12 in a month or two, it’s not that they don’t wish to, they simply can’t~"
Lying on the floor, Xu Shu’s mind raced chaotically, unable to stop his wandering thoughts.
Nearly two hours passed before his complexion improved slightly, and he felt much recovered.
He got up from the floor, found so food to fill his belly, and turned on the Promotion Drive.
*Promotion Network
*Gu Pan (Tai Chu), Second Order Iron Armor
*Contribution: 200
[First-tier Curse Seal: Warrior (Legendary) // Level: 20/20]
[Second-tier Curse Seal: Iron Armor (Legendary) // Level: 08/20]
Level 8!
With 45 Second-order Crystals digested, in one night and half a day, Xu Shu had soared by 8 levels!
Coincidentally, today was the 8th day of December, and he had just elevated 8 levels.
Seeing this, Xu Shu’s previously wilted spirit got quite a boost.
At level 28, he could now be called a "Second-order Middle Stage" expert.
"Back when the first-tier Curse Seal was leveling up the fastest, it was five levels in one day, and I didn’t feel much ntally, so maybe six or seven levels are the limit I could advance each day?"
"Maybe not, starting from level one and going up six levels, and starting from level ten and going up six levels, the amount of Erosion Crystals consud is completely different."
"This limit, it should be influenced by the amount of curse power from the Erosion Crystals I ingest..."
Xu Shu’s spirit eased, and his thoughts beca more active.
He could set aside the matter of the daily ingestion limit for now; there was another pleasant matter at hand.
That was, his own Second-tier Curse Seal "Yang God·Iron Armor," though it had not yet reached level 12, had preemptively had a skill breakthrough.
Xu Shu checked the details of his Second-tier Curse Seal.
[Entry one: Yang God (Epic)]
*Talent: Spiritual Perception, Blood Do!
[Entry two: Reckless Fighter (Legendary)]
*Talent: Iron Bone, Iron Wall, Domineering Presence, Heart Armor Removal (Breakthrough Skill)
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Similar to when he was first-tier, this ti, a "Legendary" level entry led to an early skill breakthrough.
Xu Shu began to suspect that perhaps Legendary Curse Seals had this vaguely defined effect of "slightly increased chance of sudden insight."
Heart Armor Removal!
At face value, it seed like it could break through the enemy’s defense. Although the phrasing felt a bit odd, in reality...
Xu Shu cald down and carefully reflected on it.
A mont later, his expression beca sowhat strange.
This ultimate skill...
It was indeed formidable as it really could force the enemy to be "stripped of armor."
Activating "Heart Armor Removal" could forcibly remove the opponent’s armor, including the "Protective Spell."
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