Green looked at his body, now built like a bodybuilder from his previous life, and at his pale skin, which made the whole picture look wildly out of place. He was momentarily speechless.
"My body's changed that much?!"
Green shook his head and paid no more attention to his appearance. The Wizarding World had plenty of wizards with bizarre looks.
Wizards with long tentacles, crab claws, two heads, or wings were everywhere. The more frightening ones were no different from monsters in novels. As a whole, their looks were a complete mess.
The White Wizards still cared somewhat about their appearance. If they could, they generally kept themselves as close to human-looking as possible. Black Wizards were far more ruthless. They cared nothing for appearances; as long as it made them stronger, all manner of flesh modifications were fair game.
"Chip, show me my current stats!"
[Ding! Task established. Scanning begins!]
A new model of Green's body appeared on the Chip's blue-and-white interface. A thin blue line scanned it from top to bottom as torrents of data refreshed beside it. Gradually, his current stats were tallied.
[Ding! Green. Strength: 5. Speed: 4.2. Constitution: 5. Mental Power: 2000 (wizard scale, Second Level). Soul Power: 235 (Soul Hunter scale, level one).] [Soul Talents: Hearing Enhancement, Resistance Enhancement.]
Green was startled by the new figures on the Chip's display.
He knew every Soul Hunter gained an enormous boost the first time they absorbed a soul, but he had never expected this much. His physical stats, once all at 2, had more than doubled. Physical stats were calculated on a nonlinear scale; 2 and 5 belonged to entirely different leagues.
As his body grew stronger, the amount of Mental Power it could bear also rose from 500 to 2000. He