Chapter 108: Super Heart

In his mind, messages surfaced continuously.

“Level 4 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 49/50”

“Level 4 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 50/50”

“Beginning Advancement”

“Muscle enhancement begins, Strength increased”

“Base Strength increased to 1,000 jin”

“Defense capability increased by 100 jin”

“Stamina enhanced, Speed increased, Vision enhanced, Hearing enhanced”

“Lung capacity increased, Base breath-holding time extended by 1 minute”

“…”

“Advancement Complete”

“Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 0/70”

“Talent: Enhancement Favor”

“Basic Enhancement: Enhanced Lung Type I (Extends breath-holding time by 2 minutes)”

“Basic Enhancement: Muscle Augmentation Type IV (Adds an extra 900 jin of strength)”

“Special Skills: Peering Rune (Flawed), Gluttony Fangs (Left), Spider Walk”

“Basic Enhancement Choice: Enhanced Lung Type I, Muscle Augmentation Type IV, Teeth, Bladder”

“Comprehension of Spiritual Source Technique begins”

“Spiritual Source Technique: Steel Muscles, Demon Muscles. Choose one to comprehend and master”

A torrent of information surged in his mind. There were four choices for the basic enhancement: Lungs, Muscles, Teeth, and Bladder.

Su Li needed more power to fight the extremely dangerous Undead monster. Enhancing the lungs would only extend his breath-holding time. Although he didn’t know the specific effects of Teeth or Bladder enhancement, Su Li guessed they wouldn’t relate to strength. To boost his combat power now, the only choice was to continue enhancing his muscles.

His muscles had been enhanced four times, granting him unprecedented power, but it also made Su Li fear that other parts of his body might be unable to withstand such immense power output. He had originally decided to temporarily halt muscle enhancement and focus on other body parts.

But now, facing this terrifying Undead in a life-or-death situation, he had no other choice but to boost his combat power as much as possible. He could worry about the rest after killing the Undead. If he couldn’t survive, any other consideration was meaningless, especially since he had an extra enhancement opportunity anyway.

Following his choice, his entire body’s muscles instantly rippled as if they had sprung to life.

“Muscle enhancement begins. Muscle Augmentation Type IV upgraded to Type V. Acquires extra muscle strength of 1,200 jin.”

“Muscles have undergone five enhancements, reaching the current level’s and body’s structural limit. Cannot be further enhanced. The number of basic enhancements cannot exceed the current level.”

Sensing the messages in his mind, Su Li immediately understood that the number of basic enhancements had a limit—it could not exceed his current level and the maximum his body could withstand. Since he was a Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder, his muscles could be enhanced a maximum of five times. To enhance them further, he would need to level up again.

“It seems all my previous worries were unnecessary. The basic enhancement options already limit the maximum number of enhancements. I was worried about over-enhancing my muscles and whether the rest of my body could withstand it, but that worry was groundless.” Su Li felt relieved.

“I didn’t receive this message during the fourth muscle enhancement when I was Level 4, but it appeared this time. It seems the fourth muscle enhancement hadn’t reached the body’s structural limit yet.”

Based on this, Su Li guessed that choosing to enhance a body part had two limitations: one, the number of enhancements to a single part couldn’t exceed the current level, and two, the body’s structural tolerance. If the enhancement reached the body’s maximum limit, a warning would be given, restricting further enhancement.

These two limitations were not necessarily the same. For example, if a person trained rigorously and their muscles were already extremely well-developed before becoming a Spiritual Source Wielder, they might reach the muscle enhancement limit at Level 5 with only four enhancements.

Since Su Li had been an ordinary person, his muscle enhancement limit perfectly matched his current level.

A new message once again appeared in Su Li’s mind.

“Talent ‘Enhancement Favor’ ability is triggered. Acquires one additional enhancement opportunity. Available enhancements: Enhanced Lung Type I, Muscle Augmentation Type V, Heart, Stomach.”

“The Heart option finally appeared!” Su Li was overjoyed.

As he sensed the messages flooding his mind, the Undead had already closed in on him.

Su Li knew he didn’t have time to carefully process the information and make a second choice. With a furious roar, he tightly gripped the machete and swung it to meet the attack.

Upon advancing to a Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder, his base strength reached 1,000 jin. Muscle Augmentation Type V added an extra 1,200 jin of strength, bringing his maximum power surging to 2,200 jin (approx. 1,100 kilograms or 2,425 pounds).

Compared to when he was Level 4, his strength had increased by 500 jin.

Not only his strength, but his speed, stamina, reaction time, and defense had all improved. His Muscular Defense capability increased from 500 jin to 600 jin. He could now offset a more powerful attack.

Following Su Li’s roar, the machete swept out with a fierce wind, moving even faster than before.

The Undead extended its mutated claws to block, completely unafraid. However, Su Li’s attack was a feint. He had already activated “Spider Walk,” circled to the monster’s other side, and launched his left-hand “Gluttony Fangs.”

With a “bang,” the Undead simultaneously launched its spring-head attack. Su Li’s “Gluttony Fangs” smashed squarely into the Undead’s lunging head.

The four sharp fangs pierced the Undead’s head.

Blood splattered. The Undead let out a mournful, low roar, violently recoiled as if electrocuted. Its spring-head quickly retracted, putting distance between itself and Su Li. Its face turned paler. Four bloody holes appeared on its forehead, continuously oozing blood mixed with white matter.

Su Li did not pursue immediately. He used the extra enhancement opportunity he had just acquired and decisively chose to enhance his Heart.

Su Li quietly let out a long breath. He had noticed his heart pounding violently and struggling during fights. He had wanted to enhance it for a long time, but the option had never appeared until now.

“Heart enhancement begins. Acquires Super Heart Type I. Stamina doubled. Maximum sustained power output time is 2 minutes. Super Heart adds an extra 3 minutes of sustained time and increases base strength by 100 jin.”

Su Li sensed the changes in his heart. It felt like it had transformed into a blazing fire, continuously releasing powerful energy throughout his body. His stamina became more abundant, and his body grew visibly stronger and more powerful.

(End of Chapter)