She cradled the work of art in her hands, her face red as if it were about to catch fire. Feeling guilty like a thief, she opened the stall door and poked her little head out to look around.
After confirming that no one was outside, she hugged the ice chamber pot and rushed back to Yang Yu's hospital room as fast as she could.
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She shut the door again, leaned against it, and panted heavily.
Yang Yu, lying in the hospital bed, had gone from anxious at first to practically wishing he were dead.
When he saw Jiang Shuyue finally return, it was like seeing a savior.
"Student Jiang, you finally..."
His words caught halfway through.
Because he saw what Jiang Shuyue was holding.
It was a... crystal-clear vessel that radiated cold air and looked rather pretty... a pot?
"W-What is this?"
Yang Yu's face was filled with enormous question marks.
Jiang Shuyue lowered her head and did not dare look at him.
She quickly walked to the bedside and set the ice chamber pot on the bedside table.
Then, in a voice quieter than a mosquito's buzz, she said,
"It's... it's for you..."
After saying that, she abruptly turned around like a robot that had completed its task, facing away from Yang Yu as though reflecting on her mistakes.
"I... I won't look at you. Call me when you're done."
Yang Yu stared blankly at the ice chamber pot, then at Jiang Shuyue's posture of refusing to witness anything improper. His mind completely crashed.
It took him more than ten seconds to finally understand what the thing was for.
In an instant, his expression became incredibly colorful.
Shock, bewilderment, absurdity, and a hint of helpless amusement.
An A-rank Frost Mage had handcrafted an ice chamber pot on the spot with magic?
What kind of goddamn move was that?!
Was this the power of an A-rank Mage?
Terrifying indeed!
He picked up the ice chamber pot. It was freezing cold to the touch, almost making him shudder.
For a moment, he hesitated. If this went on, he would definitely freeze himself, wouldn't he?
After quite a while, Jiang Shuyue, still facing away from him, asked softly in a barely audible voice,
"Are... are you done?"
Yang Yu looked at the ice chamber pot, on the verge of tears.
"Um... Student Jiang..."
"Hm?"
"Could you... go outside for a moment first?"
"Huh? Wh-why?"
"With you here... I... I can't pee."
Jiang Shuyue's back suddenly stiffened.
A day later.
Yang Yu was finally able to get out of bed and walk around with difficulty.
The side effects of King's Descent were even more troublesome than he had imagined.
That bone-deep sense of weakness and mental exhaustion could not be quickly cured with potions.
Still, regaining the ability to move was already a huge improvement.
And throughout the entire day, Jiang Shuyue had practically never left his side.
From his three meals a day to serving him tea and water, even when he changed his medicine, she helped him from the side.
Although the process was filled with all sorts of awkwardness, it also gave Yang Yu a completely new understanding of this former young miss.
She might have been proud and somewhat inexperienced in dealing with people, but her kindness and earnestness were genuine.
That made Yang Yu feel increasingly embarrassed.
An A-rank genius and Linhai City's future star of hope was now waiting on him like a little nanny.
If word got out, Jiang Shuyue's countless admirers would probably drown him in spit.
"Student Jiang, really, there's no need. I can manage on my own."
Yang Yu said helplessly as he watched Jiang Shuyue enter again, carrying a bowl of carefully simmered bone soup.
"No. I have to take good care of you!"
She placed the bowl on the bedside table, stirred it with a small spoon, blew on it, and only then handed it to Yang Yu.
"Drink up. I had my dad specially hire someone to hunt the leg bones of an 'Iron-Boned Fierce Tiger' outside the city. It's very good for recovering from injuries."
Yang Yu: "..."
Looking into Jiang Shuyue's clear, earnest eyes, Yang Yu swallowed the refusal that had reached his lips.
Forget it, just drink it.
If I keep refusing, I'll just seem too pretentious.
He took the bowl and drained the bone soup in one gulp.
A warm current slid down his throat into his stomach, quickly spreading through all four limbs and every bone in his body. He felt as though every bone in him had become much more comfortable.
"Thank you," Yang Yu said sincerely.
When Jiang Shuyue saw that he had finished it, a happy smile appeared on her face, like a child who had received praise.
"You're welcome."
After tidying up the bowl and utensils, she seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, right, Student Yang. Didn't you want to see those Legendary-grade pieces of equipment earlier? Are you feeling better now?"
At her reminder, Yang Yu remembered as well.
The joy of his talent upgrade, followed by that string of awkward incidents, had nearly made him forget about it.
Those were Legendary-grade equipment and items!
"Yeah, much better."
Yang Yu nodded. With a thought, he took out all three Spoils of War that had dropped from the Abyss Demon Dragon.
A dark-red heart, a pitch-black longsword, and a scroll radiating golden light.
The moment the three items appeared, the energy fluctuations in the hospital room became much denser.
Jiang Shuyue's gaze was instantly drawn to the faintly beating heart and the viciously shaped longsword.
Was this... the power of Legendary grade?
Simply sitting there, they gave people a heart-pounding sense of dread.
Yang Yu first picked up the dark-red heart.
[Abyss Demon Dragon Heart] [Quality: Legendary difficulty] [Type: Special consumable] [Effect: Permanently increases all attributes by 150 after consumption.] [Note: A gift from the Abyss, containing pure and immense power of life and destruction.]
Simple, brutal, powerful!
Without hesitation, Yang Yu swallowed the faintly beating dark-red heart in one bite.
The heart melted the instant it entered his mouth, turning into an incomparably pure Energy Torrent that instantly washed through his limbs and bones.
He could clearly feel every muscle, every bone, even every cell in his body emitting a joyous hum as it was nourished by that energy.
His strength was skyrocketing wildly!
[You consumed the Abyss Demon Dragon Heart. Your Strength permanently +150, Agility permanently +150, Constitution permanently +150, Spirit permanently +150!]
Amazing!
Yang Yu felt so good that he nearly moaned aloud.
He immediately opened his Attribute Panel to check.
[Name: Yang Yu] [Profession: Warrior (D-Rank)] [Level: 17 (5220/600000)] [Strength: 290 + 170] [Agility: 225 + 110] [Constitution: 305 + 210] [Spirit: 159 + 110] [Talent: Thousandfold Effort (Rare-level)] [Equipment: Bloodstained Iron Sword, Wild Boar King's Protection, Wild Boar King's Mask, Wild Boar King Ring, Wild Boar King Bracer, Advancing Novice Adventurer Badge] [Skills: Blade Draw Slash (Lv13+1), War Cry (Lv12+1), Bloodthirsty Battle Intent (Lv5+1), Iron Will (Lv8+1)]
Looking at his outrageously luxurious attributes, Yang Yu was in an excellent mood.
After consuming the dragon heart, his four basic attributes had almost doubled again!
Even S-rank Profession users of the same level might not have basic attributes as high as his!
Once he reached level twenty or thirty and changed into an even better set of equipment, how terrifying would he become?
The only imperfection was the severe weakness debuff still hanging in his status bar.
It was the aftereffect of using King's Descent.
Although this skill could lock his health and prevent death, it did not come without a cost.
All damage suffered during battle would be fed back after the skill ended in the form of mental strain and physical weakness.
This time, he had forcefully endured the World BOSS's attacks, nearly getting beaten into pulp before recovering. Naturally, the aftereffects were especially severe.
Still, even if he had to do it again, Yang Yu would make the same choice.
The gains this time had simply been too great!
The Thousandfold Effort talent, his skyrocketing attributes, and also...
His gaze fell on the other two items in his Storage Space.
A vicious longsword as black as ink, its blade seeming to echo with the howls of countless resentful souls.
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