When Mu Bei recovered from the earth-shattering kick that Hollier Rowe had just performed using his body, he had already been teleported back to the Skill Upgrade Chamber by Paradise.
However, before Mu Bei could make any move, his body lost its balance and fell to the right.
This was due to the immense recoil from performing that astonishing Ground Shatter; Mu Bei's right foot bones, leg bones, and parts of his pelvis had suffered comminuted fractures.
Even worse, large areas of flesh and blood had fallen off his right leg, and blood gushed out, staining the floor of the Skill Upgrade Chamber red.
Just as he was about to have a "close encounter" with the ground, Mu Bei used his right hand to support his upper body.
But as his right palm hit the floor, blood splattered everywhere, and a few drops landed on the screen.
At this moment, a prompt message popped up on the screen in front of Mu Bei:
【Detected that the Contractor has polluted the environment within the Skill Upgrade Chamber. Forced fine of 50 paradise coins.】
"What? Do You think I wanted this? Give me back those 50 paradise coins!"
This was an accident caused entirely by force majeure, how could it be blamed on him?
【Forced fine will not be refunded.】
"Hey, so You're being unreasonable, huh?"
Mu Bei casually picked up a piece of flesh that had fallen to the ground and threw it directly onto the display screen.
With a "splat", the flesh slowly slid down the display screen, leaving a strange bloodstain.
Before Mu Bei could feel smug, the screen changed again:
【Detected that the Contractor has maliciously polluted the chamber environment. Forced fine of 500 paradise coins!】
"You... fine, You're ruthless!"
Mu Bei casually wiped the bloodstains off the display screen, then heavily poked the "Upgrade" option behind 【Elementary Undying Trait】 with his left hand, as if this could vent the frustration in his heart.
【Upgrading this skill to 「Intermediate Undying Trait」 requires consuming 0.05 ounces of 「source of undying and indestructible」.】
【Contractor authority level detecting... Authority level insufficient.】
【However, because You participated in the 1907653248th Anti-entropy Experiment, You are exceptionally granted the authority to directly purchase 「source of undying and indestructible」 from Order Paradise.】
【The price of every 0.01 ounces of 「source of undying and indestructible」 is 10000 paradise coins.】
"Alright, I'll spend 50000 paradise coins to purchase this thing called 「source of undying and indestructible」. Hurry up and upgrade it for me."
【50000 paradise coins have been deducted. 「Elementary Undying Trait」 is upgrading...】
A black energy appeared out of thin air in front of Mu Bei, and before he could react, it drilled into the latter's body.
The next second, Mu Bei fell into a complete coma, his arm could no longer support his body, and he then fell into his own pool of blood.
While Mu Bei was still in a coma, 「Elementary Undying Trait」 upgraded to 「Intermediate Undying Trait」:
...
Skill 2: Intermediate Undying Trait, LV.1
Skill Effect 1 (Passive): No Vulnerability, ...
Skill Effect 2 (Passive): Undying Body, the degree of flesh and blood vitalization is further increased, maximum HP +11%, extra recovery of 1.1% HP per second, exempt from some instant death effects and execution abilities.
(Hint: The maximum level of this skill is LV.30.)
(Hint: Upgrading this skill requires consuming 20 negative entropy points.)
As the 「Intermediate Undying Trait」 was promoted, the skill effects immediately manifested.
The flesh and blood scattered on the floor of the Skill Upgrade Chamber began to writhe.
The smaller pieces of flesh and blood only struggled a few times before becoming still, while the larger pieces of flesh and blood underwent even stranger changes—
They grew tiny eyes that rotated left and right, observing the surroundings.
This group of "flesh and blood caterpillars" wriggled in the pool of blood on the floor, and after absorbing enough energy, they all crawled towards Mu Bei's right leg, connecting, intertwining, and finally merging with the growing flesh and blood.
At the same time, tiny eyeballs occasionally appeared on the surface of Mu Bei's body. These eyeballs looked around the Skill Upgrade Chamber, seemingly recording the surrounding environment.
After an unknown amount of time, when Mu Bei regained consciousness, the environment inside the Skill Upgrade Chamber had undergone tremendous changes:
All the scattered blood and flesh on the floor had disappeared, and the Skill Upgrade Chamber was as clean as if it had just been cleaned.
Mu Bei closed his eyes, trying to recall the experience during his coma.
Soon, some blurry memories surfaced in his mind.
These memories carried a strange perspective—
As if they were scenes seen through the eyes that had grown from the flesh and blood.
This made Mu Bei feel a chill, and at the same time, he found it unbelievable.
"This... it can even do this?"
Mu Bei lowered his head and carefully examined his body, secretly marveling at the power of the 「Intermediate Undying Trait」.
Flesh and blood could actually repair themselves and reattach to the body, and could even enhance themselves by absorbing external energy.
Thinking of this, Mu Bei couldn't help but have a bold idea:
"If as the level of 「Intermediate Undying Trait」 increases, the vitalization of my flesh and blood becomes high enough, will I one day be able to regenerate from a single drop of blood?"
"Or even if only a single cell remains, as long as the DNA is still there, can I regenerate from it?"
This idea made Mu Bei both excited and thrilled—
After all, this ability was enough to overturn common sense and even change fighting styles.
Mu Bei vaguely felt that this ability would become one of his biggest trump cards in the future.
After completing the promotion of 「Intermediate Undying Trait」, Mu Bei directly left the Skill Upgrade Hall.
At this time, Mu Bei's personal resources were as follows:
paradise coins: 1074213 coins
soul crystal · small: 1 piece
negative entropy points: 1792.18
These resources were temporarily unused.
It wasn't that Mu Bei didn't want to upgrade, but there were nearly 20 days until the next World, so there was no rush.
Before upgrading skills, he needed to plan carefully to ensure resources were utilized to the maximum extent.
How should resources be reasonably allocated to achieve the best balance between survival ability and offensive ability?
This was a problem.
And in order to maximize the rationality of resource allocation, Mu Bei decided to go to the Paradise Arena.