Chapter 72
To be honest, Greem was acting rather impulsive by consuming the Mind Concentrating Potion!
According to the process he had understood earlier, a time interval of at least three to four days was required between each intake of the potion. This was so that he could avoid the cumulation of damage. But, because he thought that he was a young, strong and growing man, he decided to take the second potion right after the first. After all, he didn’t have the patience to wait.
The consequence brought about by his reckless decision was obvious.
After the first potion, his Physique was only reduced by 0.85, but the second potion had brought it down by another 1.05. If Greem had taken the third potion, perhaps his Physique would’ve taken a nose dive of nearly two points.
After all, the parameters calculated by the Chip were just the digitized representation of his body’s attributes. All four major body attributes weren’t isolated but supported and influenced each other. For example, Spirit and Agility influenced the hitting accuracy of long range attack and the frequency of attacks. Spirit and Strength together influenced reflex and explosive force. Meanwhile, Physique was the foundation for all attributes. It worked with other attributes and influenced a person’s amount of health, their physical and elemental resistance, evasion, and many other aspects.
When Greem’s Physique dropped from 4.98 to 3.17, the reduction of two points not only lowered his health points, but also caused a decay to his entire life system.
At this moment, Greem felt as if his entire body was empty.
The feeling of emptiness and hunger brought by the quick decay of his Physique kept bugging him. It was a really uncomfortable feeling and made all his internal organs feel like they were being burnt by fire.
After experienced a targeted food tonic, today’s deep meditation had brought Greem’s Spirit the unprecedented increase of 0.11, which was an additional 0.03 comparing to the normal 0.08 increase. Judging from this alone, if he was able to increase the density of Fire element energy in his body or his surroundings, it would also increase the efficiency of his meditation.
Greem ordered the Chip to record this finding, so he could use his free time to research for the best meditation formula. After finishing with all these, Greem breathed out a long sigh of satisfaction and sunk into a deep slumber.
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It was a good sleep!
After a long hour of sleep, when Greem finally woke up from his sweet dream, he found that his entire body was filled with a powerful yet inexhaustible strength.
Of course, this was only a sensation of fullness after his Strength had reached the maximum level. After all, he only had 3.34 of Physique and 4.04 of Strength. For a Beginner Apprentice, numbers like this weren’t considered a shame, but if it was an Intermediate Apprentice, it was considered rather ‘frail’.
Even though an Intermediate Apprentice didn’t take the path of Body Refining, he should also make his Strength, Agility and Physique reach the minimum level of five. It was only a body quality like this that wouldn’t hinder their Spirit, placing themselves in an unbalanced course of development. Of course, those like Evil Bugs and Dark Wood were extreme examples and couldn’t be judged by this standard.
For people like them, their bodies could no longer be judged by normal standards, as they had transformed into completely different body constitutions. The bug’s body of Evil Bugs clearly showed the miraculous signs of vitality and damage sharing, and he could be considered an undefeated cockroach.
Meanwhile, although Dark Wood’s Physique was extremely low, he obviously possessed some unspeakable special abilities. At least, Greem’s Demon Alligator had attacked him multiple times with Paralyze Gaze during their battle, but it seemed like he wasn’t affected at all. Clearly, his strange body constitution had an immunity toward such spell.
Greem briefly exercised his body. Right when he decided to pay a visit to the library in this place, someone came knocking on his door.
It was Mary.
When Mary strode into his room with rather charming steps, her eyes were instantly filled with unconcealed puzzlement.
“You… your Spirit has reached ten?”
The strange feeling coming from Greem’s body made Mary think that there was something wrong with her senses, as it was obvious that the spiritual ripple could only be owned by an Intermediate Apprentice.
“Yes, I just made a breakthrough yesterday. Oh, right. I suppose you’re here for the war trophies? Let me tell you some good news, I successfully sold all those war trophies, and I got us these treasures!” While saying that, Greem took out a bottle of Mind Concentrating Potion from his waist pouch.
Mary took over the potion and gave it a closer look. An expression of sudden comprehension emerged on her face. She then gave it back to Greem.
“You can keep this yourself! A low-grade potion like this has no effect for me, but it can still provide some benefits to you. Remember, don’t consume them continuously, and don’t forget to recuperate after having it. Or else, the condition of your body will become really bad!”
Greem was startled.
Although he did expect that Mary wouldn’t care too much about this potion, but her indifferent attitude of giving it back still surprised him. After all, a bottle of Mind Concentrating Potion was five merit points and five magic crystals in this Adept Tower. Anyone who went to the Underground World at least once would understand how valuable a merit point was.
Therefore, Greem was left speechless.