The moment Nita Taku died, an indescribable feeling surged into Kurozawa's body.
He focused his mind on the grayscale symbols in his vision, and sure enough, they changed.
Strength: 0.33.
Constitution: 0.41.
Agility: 0.31.
Intelligence: 0.20.
Potential Points: 65 points.
Skills: Water Breathing, Fourth Form (Upgradeable); Water Breathing Sword Forms, Second Form (Not Upgradeable).
The Power of Despair also gained a new sentient branch.
Power of Despair (Undying Man-Eating Demon): 1 point.
(Previous text has been revised, Potential Points and Power of Despair changed from percentage form to numerical points.)
"My Potential Points were 55 before, increasing by 10 points. It's just as I expected. When I killed ants before, my Potential Points vaguely increased, but only a little, just like the Power of Despair. Killing any sentient being can grant Potential Points and the Power of Despair."
Looking at the newly added Potential Points, Kurozawa rubbed his chin, considering where best to allocate them.
He tried focusing his mind on Water Breathing, but Water Breathing showed no reaction.
It seemed 65 Potential Points were still not enough to upgrade Water Breathing again.
Well, the sword forms of Total Concentration: Constant were already the highest stage of sword forms Kurozawa had heard of. Although the attribute panel indicated it could be upgraded further, it would definitely require a large amount of Potential Points.
"Keep accumulating Potential Points to upgrade Water Breathing to the unknown fifth stage... Forget it, I'll use them. I, Kurozawa, am exceptionally talented. Maybe I can reach the fifth stage through my own training."
He didn't know how many more Potential Points he would need to accumulate to upgrade Water Breathing, which was already at the fourth stage.
And the Swordsman Trial was in a month. Kurozawa decided it would be better to improve his strength further.
"Strength, Constitution, Agility, Intelligence."
"My innate Constitution is the highest, much more than the other three attributes, it's my strong suit."
Kurozawa carefully analyzed his body's attributes, not rushing to upgrade.
The amount of Potential Points required to upgrade body attributes wasn't fixed. It changed as the body's attributes changed, and the specific Potential Points consumed would also change.
Potential Points were very precious, and Kurozawa didn't want to waste them casually.
"Increasing Strength will further enhance my offensive capability; my fists and feet will be deadly weapons. Increasing Agility can improve both pursuit and escape abilities. As for Intelligence, the analytical, thinking, and logical abilities brought by 0.2 Intelligence are already sufficient."
"Choosing Strength or Agility is both good."
After careful consideration, Kurozawa made his decision, and 50 Potential Points were instantly consumed.
At the same time, a strange sensation suddenly surged from deep within his body.
"Hoo! So good!"
That feeling was extremely comfortable, indescribable. It felt like every cell in Kurozawa was immersed in a warm ocean. Tiny mouths and hands continuously massaged and altered his cells, causing the strength of various cells in his body to rapidly increase.
This process lasted for a full ten minutes.
After a little over ten minutes, Kurozawa's body trembled slightly and he suddenly shivered.
"This feeling... it's truly addictive."
Kurozawa's eyes were slightly closed, recalling the feeling that lasted for over ten minutes, his breathing a little heavy.
A few seconds later, he opened his eyes, a look of apprehension within them.
"If it were someone with weaker willpower, after experiencing this feeling, they might become addicted to it."
"Fortunately, I, Kurozawa, am kind, pure, and strong-willed. I won't be affected by such low-level desires."
Strength 0.37, Constitution 0.51, Agility 0.33, Intelligence 0.21. That's right, Kurozawa feigned a choice and ultimately chose to upgrade Constitution.
It was purely because Constitution allowed for greater endurance, absolutely not because he was afraid of dying.
At the same time, the other three attributes also increased to varying degrees.
The four body attributes were closely related. When one was primarily upgraded, the others would also change, and currently, these were all positive changes.
However, Kurozawa had speculated that if he continuously upgraded Strength, when the attribute difference reached a certain level, would Agility start to decrease if he continued to upgrade Strength? The human body was a balanced system, and all attributes were important. He wouldn't dare to mess around like that.
After upgrading his Constitution, Kurozawa felt his body and noticed that his muscle definition had subtly decreased, but the muscle fibers composing the muscles were more refined, and the toughness of his skin felt greatly improved.
He touched the edge of his Nichirin Blade to his arm and lightly swiped.
A shallow white mark appeared on his skin. Kurozawa slowly applied more pressure until he was using about one-fifth of his strength before the blade edge broke through his skin, leaving a blood mark.
And that very shallow blood mark was recovering at a visible speed. It should heal within a few minutes.
Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on Kurozawa's face.
"If I keep upgrading Constitution, I wonder if I can reach the level of Demons, where severed limbs can instantly regenerate."
"One day, I, Kurozawa, will be able to stand still and let people chop at me, tiring my enemies to death."
Potential Points: 15 points.
Looking at his current Potential Points, Kurozawa grew even more excited for the Swordsman Trial a month from now.
By then, with the intelligence network of the Demon Slayer Corps, he would be able to actively hunt Demons and quickly increase his Potential Points.
"Speaking of which, humans can also increase Potential Points... and humans are everywhere, far more numerous than Demons."
Having tasted the benefit of instantly gaining 10 Potential Points after killing a Demon.
A terrifying thought sprouted in Kurozawa's mind.
However, in just a second, Kurozawa crushed this idea in its bud.
"If I actually did that, it would only make me a slave to Strength, losing myself after becoming immersed and decadent, rather than being the master of Strength."
"But if someone doesn't know their place, I wouldn't mind seeing how many Potential Points a human can give me!"
Although he said that, at this moment, Kurozawa realized the terrifying nature of his ability.
He had stopped that thought, but it was like the forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden, constantly surfacing, impossible to cut off, tempting Kurozawa to pluck it.
"Everything has two sides; such a useful ability also hides terrifying consequences."
Kurozawa shook his head, only able to caution himself in his heart to stay true to his original intention and be careful not to become a slave to Strength.
Besides this, he didn't have a much better solution, or rather, there was no solution at all.
As long as he craved Strength, those thoughts would continuously emerge.
And Kurozawa, due to his experiences in his previous life, was precisely someone who craved Strength. Every increase in his physical attributes made him feel genuinely happy and pleased.
"Don't think about these things for now; thinking is useless."
Taking a deep breath, the杂 thoughts dissipating with the exhale, Kurozawa looked at the blood-stained bag on the ground in front of him.
He stepped forward and untied the bag.
The pungent smell of blood filled the vicinity.
The body inside the bag was that of a girl around seventeen, with a beautiful face, and a large hole torn open in her chest.
Looking at the wound, she had died from her chest being directly ripped open by sharp claws.
"Hmph, suicide?"
What Nita Taku said, the part about having a daughter should have been true, otherwise his acting would certainly be worthy of an Oscar.
But for the part about picking up corpses to eat and never having eaten humans, Kurozawa just scoffed.
That guy was probably just stalling for time, looking for an opportunity.
Kurozawa played along for a while to see if the Power of Despair would be greater when Nita Taku was desperate, but he never let down his guard, so the other party had no chance.
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