"Beep, 67 points consumed. Strength Attribute enhanced."
"Beep, enhancement in progress. Please do not move."
White light flashed in waves.
As substantial energy like mercury mixed with a hint of red descended from above his head, Lin An stood motionless inside the Exchange Point, his expression grave.
Unlike the previous attribute exchanges, when enhancement could be completed instantly,
this time, it was clearly not that simple.
"The power of red."
Listening to the continuous sound of his muscles tearing inside his body, although it was so faint as to be nearly imperceptible, Lin An's senses far surpassed those of an ordinary Fifth Order. To him, the sound was like steel cables exploding inside his body.
He could even imagine those muscles being forcibly stretched apart like rubber bands.
His body trembled slightly.
As the red-and-white energy continued pouring into him, Lin An lowered his head silently and endured the agony, enough to cripple an ordinary Third Order.
Compared to this inhuman torture, he cared more about the enhancement's effects.
"Muscle restructuring?"
"It seems that when the attribute reached 1,100 points, my original bodily structure could no longer support it."
"I wonder what I'll ultimately become."
A faint anticipation and excitement flashed in his eyes.
It was not that he had a masochistic tendency.
For Lin An, this round of 268 points of attribute enhancement could be said to be the key to a qualitative transformation in his strength!
Physical Body System, Fifth Order!
Once he crossed that threshold, he would possess the capital to overwhelm War Star Level beings in conventional combat power!
His muscles continuously expanded and contracted. At a rate visible to Lin An's naked eyes, they writhed as though his entire body had come alive, and the agony of restructuring grew more intense.
Those few seconds felt