Greed was no virtue. Bai Xiaowen set aside his wish for more. Wisdom Aura's three-kilometer radius would be enough even in a large-scale battle.
He exhaled and opened his eyes.
At once, he found Li Shuyi staring straight at him.
"Hey, come back to earth." Bai Xiaowen laughed and waved his open hand in front of her eyes.
"Xiao Wen, I..."
Li Shuyi snapped out of it and smiled sheepishly. "When you were meditating just now, you seemed so different from before. It was like you'd become another person."
"Was it that dramatic?" Bai Xiaowen asked with a smile as he stood up.
As he rose, he could feel the changes in himself.
The improvement to his physical abilities went without saying. His strength, agility, and constitution had each increased by ten points. His build was more balanced, and his lean muscles held considerable explosive power.
His strength, agility, and constitution were all close to 50 points now, with strength at 44. He could hold his own in a head-on fight against Hero Classes that specialized in melee combat. His Melee Specialty was no slouch either, at level 7 or higher.
The greatest change was to his spirit. After replacing his Desert Eagle/Winter's Wrath Wand and Whispering Grimoire combination with Mara's Wisdom Holy Relic, his spirit had reached 87 points. The temporary lord enhancement had given him another 40.
Even with his Psychic Field held in check, Bai Xiaowen now had the bearing of a top-tier powerhouse. His eyes, too, had changed. They seemed much deeper than before.
"Now you look like a prophet," Li Shuyi added with a grin.
"If I'd looked like this when we first entered the Black Tide Plane, I probably wouldn't have needed to wipe out the Wogata Tribe's stronghold. I could've walked right up