"So the key lies in these insect shells."
As the price for replacing the energy of an entire biological body, these insect shells surely had to serve some purpose.
Mu You tried tapping the "Insect Molt" entry.
Unfortunately, no detailed description appeared, only an ambiguous prompt: Unknown item. Eating it may cause some kind of change in your body. It then asked whether he wanted to eat it.
"Eat it directly?"
Mu You hadn't expected its use to be so blunt and straightforward. After a moment's hesitation, he selected "Yes."
[You put the Insect Molt into your mouth. The insect shell dissolved on contact, turning into a strange current of air that surged into your body. After modifying your body, it vanished without a trace.] [Your maximum energy decreased by 1 point. (Can be restored by consuming large quantities of Divinity Crystals.)]
"???"
Mu You was startled at the first line. He hadn't expected this thing to have a side effect that reduced his maximum energy!
Maximum energy was precious, the equivalent of a "mana bar" within the Divinity system. Almost all Divine Arts and Divinity items consumed energy, and its numbers were nowhere near as inflated as those of Magic. It was directly tied to Intelligence: however much Intelligence you had, that was how much energy you had.
Mu You had now fused with four Divine Bones, and even after several huge increases to his attributes, his maximum energy was still only 297 points. Every point mattered.
This made him instinctively want to Rewind.
But then he noticed the words in parentheses: the reduction wasn't permanent and could be restored. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. As long as it could be restored, that was fine.
Besides, something this difficult to obtain naturally wasn't