Zhou Muyun sank his mind into his consciousness.
The golden panel flickered, settling accounts right on time.
[Heaven Rewards Diligence; there shall surely be gains. Diligence Points settled daily.] [Root Bone: Upper Ding (9/1000)] [Comprehension: Upper Ding (1/1000)] [Willow Stake, Mastery (2040/2400)] [Flurry Fist, Mastery (748/2400)] [Seven-Colored Glazed Body—Silver Blood Stage (2120/2400)] [Diligence Points: 1008]
Lower Bing-grade Root Bone, here I come!
Without hesitation, he added every point to his Root Bone.
[Root Bone: Lower Bing (17/2000)] [Diligence Points: 0]
Unlike last time, when he had gone from Middle Ding to Upper Ding, the instant the Root Bone field changed to Lower Bing—
Zhou Muyun's entire body began to tingle, as if a thousand ants were crawling over him. Then the tingling turned into searing pain.
Veins bulged all over his body, his face turned ashen, and he clenched his teeth, trying to endure it.
Yet before the burning pain could stop, an even more violent force burst forth from the depths of his marrow.
Like a flood beast, it rampaged wildly through his body.
"Crack, crack."
The sound of bones breaking rang out without end. Zhou Muyun collapsed limply to the ground, his consciousness beginning to blur amid the agonizing pain.
After every bone in his body cracked open, a force brimming with vigorous life surged forth.
It forcibly kneaded his shattered bones together and reshaped them.
And so it went—reshaped, shattered; shattered, reshaped.
"Ah...!"
Zhou Muyun let out a beast-like growl, his body twitching unconsciously on the ground.
Great amounts of red-black foul blood seeped from his pores.
No one knew how long passed.
At last, the storm sweeping through his entire body subsided. A thread of coolness washed over him, nourishing every inch of his body.
Zhou Muyun knew it. Lower Bing-grade Root