The kindhearted girl had gone to work. Cheng Yu sat cross-legged and took every High-Energy Crystal Block out of his System Space in one go.
Including the High-Energy Crystal Blocks he had bought with the currency exchanged from this morning's achievement, he had fifteen in total.
Cheng Yu tossed the blocks into his mouth one after another. His aura grew increasingly unstable, and he felt as though his flesh had developed a consciousness of its own. No, it wasn't his flesh becoming conscious-he could vaguely sense the condition of the organs inside his body.
Cheng Yu's eyes snapped open. He could feel that his vision had changed too. Now, as long as he concentrated, he could clearly see the tiny specks of dust floating in the air.
Cheng Yu closed his eyes again, taking in what it felt like to reach Bronze. After a long while, he opened them again and let out a heavy breath of stale air.
Bronze One-Star. He had done it!
Cheng Yu stood and stretched his muscles and bones. Crack, crack-the sounds came from bones all over his body.
Suddenly, Cheng Yu glanced at his exposed arm. It was clean and pale, without even any fine hairs.
Cheng Yu concentrated and took a closer look. Sure enough, his pores were gone. Startled, he reached up to feel his hair. Gone! He was bald!!!
He hurriedly told the system what had happened.
The system replied,
"That's normal. From a human perspective, if Black Iron means breaking free of the innate constraints of your flesh, then Bronze means you've already begun moving beyond the human species. Your body's structure has started to differ slightly from that of an ordinary human. The disappearance of every pore on your body is excellent proof.
"You now truly have a leakless