He was not upgrading his status this time to shine in the upcoming sparring on the island.
After all, Kong Xunzhen had only mentioned the sparring in passing and had set no requirements for it.
The main reason he wanted to upgrade Water Binding was that the strands of hair it formed were no longer quite enough for what Chen Miao needed to do. Forget Flying Jiangshi-even against some Leaping Hopping Corpses, the hair's ability to restrain them was very limited.
Most of the time, Chen Miao had to wrap a great deal of hair around a target to restrain it.
But the hair could only do so much. Against certain beings, even wrapping more around them was useless.
So upgrading Water Binding would clearly improve his current strength.
As for the other statuses, they were not bad, but none was as practical as Water Binding.
With that thought, Chen Miao stopped hesitating and placed his hand on [Status: Water Binding].
One jin of yin virtue was consumed. The words "Water Binding" vanished from the page, and a new status appeared.
[Status: Crimson Abyss Locks the Nether]
Once Chen Miao received the information about this new version of Water Binding, a hint of surprise entered his eyes.
"This thing..."
Chen Miao glanced at the sky outside.
He stood up and headed into the courtyard.
Looking at the pond filled with yin energy, Chen Miao began testing it.
He activated the status, and strands of hair almost identical in color to the water silently appeared in the dark pond.
The hair easily pulled the Pool Ghost free of the Soul-Binding Grass restraining it.
Like parasites finding a host, strands of hair swiftly burrowed into its soul body.
In the blink of an eye, a network of hair appeared inside