Richard carefully sensed the state of his body after taking the medicine. A moment later, he lowered his head and looked at his hands.
Without any external interference, his hands rapidly turned dark and black. It was as if invisible ropes had constricted the blood vessels in his wrists. In mere seconds, his hands lost all color and took on the appearance of crippled limbs, their surfaces icy cold, like Ice Blocks.
Then, with a thought from Richard, a faint stabbing pain arose. A large amount of blood rushed into his hands, and they returned to normal in an instant.
Richard raised his brows and shifted his gaze from his hands to his arms. The next moment, as if performing a magic trick, his arms did not move at all, yet the muscles on them bulged one after another. After swelling, they quickly flattened and returned to normal.
"Hu—ha—"
After seeing this, Richard took a deep breath and smiled. He had confirmed the first change brought by the "Advanced Blood of the Gods": it had increased his control over his body.
Yes, it had increased his control over his body. More specifically, it allowed him to use his body with greater freedom.
One had to understand that although every person's body belonged solely to them, that did not mean they could completely control it and make it do anything.
A simple example was that a person could never commit suicide by holding their breath through sheer force of will while in a normal state. Even if they held their breath until they suffocated and lost consciousness, once they passed out, the lower neural centers of the brain would take over the respiratory function and maintain normal breathing on their own.
Another example was walking. To walk, a person needed to