Intelligence +1 (Fourth update!)

"Raise it!" Xia Lun said under his breath.

As soon as the words left his mouth, several lines of cobalt blue information flashed past the corner of his eye.

[Free attribute point consumed!]

[Constitution 18 → 19!]

Thump-thump, thump-thump.

Xia Lun heard his own steady, powerful heartbeat. With each beat, a current of heat as searing as molten lava suddenly surged from his heart, then thundered into his blood vessels.

Unlike the gentle warmth of his previous increases in constitution, this increase felt particularly violent—and particularly painful.

An indescribable burning sensation and agonizing pain flowed with his blood into every limb and organ. In an instant, beads of sweat covered Xia Lun's forehead, and his breathing gradually grew heavy.

Xia Lun had never feared physical pain, but even he had to grit his teeth to suppress this terrible agony. It felt as though a living flame were rampaging through his body, burning him away and restoring him over and over.

"Hsss—"

Soon, Xia Lun's skin turned bright red, like a steamed prawn. Clouds of scalding white vapor seeped from his pores, then condensed in the cold air into layers of mist.

The scorching sensation flowed across the back of his neck, swept along his jaw, and flooded his nasal passages. Xia Lun's eyes flew wide. After the searing pain, he suddenly felt his respiratory system clear up like never before.

At that very moment, the agonizing heat instantly softened into a gentle warmth. The warm current flowed into his forehead, bathing his frontal lobe in warmth, and his thoughts suddenly became much clearer.

The warm current flowed along the arteries around his brain. When it reached the back of his head, a tingling sensation like an electric shock suddenly erupted, then shot down his spine like lightning!

Crack.