THUMP!

With a sound like a light tap on a drum, Lu Yuan's emaciated figure returned to his usual shape.

It can be used to change my body shape, conceal my identity...

Normally, Lu Yuan was well-built and muscular. If he suddenly became emaciated, people who knew him might not recognize him, even without a mask.

High-level muscle control is just a side benefit. The main change of the Lv. 3 Special Burst lies in the amplification and control of power...

Lu Yuan calmly extended his right hand; water from the showerhead fell onto it.

His fingers curved slightly inward, his palm cupping to form a small pool of water.

Suddenly, Lu Yuan's fingers twitched, and he exerted force from his palm.

POP!

The water pooled in his palm instantly exploded into a misty spray.

But it wasn't over yet. One misty spray exploded, followed by a second, then a third...

It exploded four or five times in succession before finally subsiding.

Lu Yuan lowered his hand. With a calm expression, he smoothed his dripping hair, now in matted strands, back from his forehead, then began to apply shower gel to his body.

Multiple bursts!

Upgrading to Lv. 3 Special Burst, building upon its segmented power application, unlocked more sophisticated techniques. This allowed the applied force to burst in multiple stages, making attacks even more unpredictable and difficult to counter.

In addition, the power amplification had also increased.

However, Lu Yuan still didn't know the upper limit of this amplification factor.

When his Strength increased to 16 points, his Fist Strength reached 1.5 tons.

But the limit his 17-point physique could withstand was likely just over a three-fold burst, amounting to about five tons of Fist Strength.

There's still room for improvement. The Spirit Crane Body is about to break through. When my physique improves, I should be able to test the upper limit...

As he mused, he finished applying the shower gel and began to rinse the foam from his body.

Five minutes later, the sound of water stopped.

Lu Yuan, standing at the shower entrance, trembled slightly.

The residual water droplets on his skin immediately sloughed off. This eliminated the need to towel dry.

Martial Arts changes life.

However, this technique couldn't remove the water from his hair.

Lu Yuan haphazardly rubbed his hair with a towel. He grabbed a strand and noticed it fell past his eyes. He considered asking Liu Si to arrange for someone to trim it for him tomorrow.

Without using a hairdryer, he walked out of the bathroom with semi-dry hair.

He casually picked up his phone to check for messages.

There was nothing important, just a message from his mom. She was asking about his long trip to Weishan, wondering why there had been no word from him, not even a single picture posted on his Moments. Even if he didn't like posting on Moments, he could at least send her a few pictures to look at.

Lu Yuan felt a slight headache. Casually scrolling through his Moments, he discovered his classmates' group trip had already ended, and his feed was almost entirely flooded by their photo-sharing.

Lu Yuan felt helpless. After a moment's thought, he replied, "I've been here for ten days. My friends here had me staying at an internet café with them for eight of those days. I'll go out and explore properly tomorrow."

His mom replied with a few emojis of a hammer hitting a head.

He had managed to placate her, for now.

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SWISH—

SWISH—

The sound of water being scooped, again and again, reached his ears.

A cool breeze drifted by. A few strands of hair seemed to brush against his cheek, tickling him, accompanied by an inexplicable, faint fragrance.

Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes. The familiar crimson and pure white entered his vision.

A trace of helplessness emerged in his eyes.

Again...

He calmly sat up from amidst large clusters of Other Shore Flowers.

The enormous, water-soaked moon seemed to hang very close in front of him.

The pitch-black Netherworld River flowed silently beside him.

The sound of scooping water also came from his side.

A woman stood there, her back to him. She wore a black, openwork long dress that accentuated her graceful curves, and she was washing her hair in the river.

"Still not clean yet..." Lu Yuan greeted the woman as naturally as if she were an old acquaintance.

Finally, he couldn't resist adding, "How long has it been since you last washed it? Is it really that dirty?"

The woman scooping water froze, her movements ceasing abruptly.

An inexplicable jolt went through Lu Yuan's heart. Did I say something wrong? he wondered. This had never happened before.

Just when he didn't know how to react, suddenly, the Netherworld River before him rippled, and with a SPLASH, a dark shadow burst from the water.

It was a crow!

It was followed by a second, a third, a fourth... an innumerable host of them.

In the blink of an eye, the vast Netherworld River was enveloped by countless dark forms.

As if the water were boiling, tens of thousands of crows flew out from its dark depths.

They blotted out the round moon, obscuring the night sky.

The Other Shore Flowers covering the landscape swayed, and Lu Yuan stared blankly at the scene before him.

He suddenly turned his head.

He found that the woman in the black dress who had been by the water's edge had vanished without a trace...

PHEW—

Lu Yuan startled awake on his large bed, his forehead covered in a thin sheen of sweat.

He took a moment to calm himself, then got out of bed, poured a glass of warm water, and sipped it slowly.

I had that dream again.

Lu Yuan called up his profession panel.

On the [Death Teller (Extraordinary)] panel, the emergent point of light was still pulsing.

Ever since Lu Yuan had increased his Intelligence to 17 points a few days ago, he had been repeatedly experiencing the Crow Dreamscape.

Each time, it featured the Other Shore Flowers, the Netherworld River, the round moon, the woman in the black dress, and the crows.

He had tried several sleep remedies he found online and had even asked Liu Si to switch to a special soothing incense meant to aid sleep, but nothing could prevent the dreamscape's nightly arrival.

He didn't know if it was a good or bad thing.

All he could say was... for the time being, its impact on him wasn't significant.

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