Ch 85 : Transcendent Physique

Posted by decakranovel, ? Views, Released on June 18, 2026

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“Phew…” Bai Qiu sat up straight from the bed and let out a long breath.

Just as he was about to inhale, he caught a sharp, extremely unpleasant smell.

After confirming it repeatedly for two seconds, he realized the stench was coming from his own body.

Without even checking what had happened to him, Bai Qiu rushed straight into the bathroom and took another shower.

After washing up, he immediately contacted the apartment owner to clean the bedsheets and change his room.

Under the [Supporter]’s expression that clearly said “Did you just poop on the bed?”, Bai Qiu quietly slipped him an extra 2,000 Sanctum Coins.

The man instantly broke into a wide smile and promptly arranged a larger, more comfortable room for him.

He even thoughtfully brought Bai Qiu some warm water and fruit.

It just went to show—if you have money, even people in another world are willing to go the extra mile for you.

…

After fully taking care of everything, Bai Qiu carefully sniffed himself again.

Once he confirmed there was no lingering odor, he began examining his physical condition.

Instead of checking his status panel right away, he first tried releasing the mana within his body…

“Whoosh…” A pale golden sphere of light appeared in Bai Qiu’s hand, quietly spinning.

With a thought, he reabsorbed it into his body in just 0.3 seconds!

“As expected, it’s much stronger—far stronger than I anticipated. The release and retraction speed has increased by 22.7 times!” Bai Qiu muttered. After his mana circuits had been reconstructed, the color of his mana had changed from pale red to pale gold. Its quality, strength, and overall performance had all improved.

After personally confirming the changes, Bai Qiu finally checked his status panel. He rarely relied on it, as many aspects of his body weren’t fully recorded there—he preferred to maintain direct awareness and control.

Bai Qiu – Level 22

Strength: C
Mana: C+
Endurance: C
Agility: C
Spirit: D+
Luck: F-

Class: Lancer

Class Blessings:

Strength Increase (Small)
Agility Increase (Medium)

Noble Phantasm:

Spear of Converging Mana (C Rank) (Proficiency: 15,000 / 250,000)

Weapon Cards: —

Equipment Cards:

Insight Necklace (C-)

Item Cards:

Enhancement Card (C+)
Holy Demonic Physique (B+) Lv.1 【Slots: 2/4】

Skill 1 (Learned via Skill Cards):

Berserk (D+)
Mana Manipulation (C)
Kill Looting (C-)
Fivefold Arcane Crystallization Eyes (D) 【Slots: 4/8】

Skill 2 (Self-Awakened):

Battle Continuation (C)
Gathering (E)
High Sky Archery (C-)
Infernal Spear (D+)
Thunderbird (D+)
Water Cannon (D+)
Mana Release (C)

Transcendent Physique:

Holy Demonic Physique (B+)

After using the Holy Demonic Physique item card and reconstructing his mana circuits, Bai Qiu’s mana attribute skyrocketed—surpassing his previously dominant Strength and Agility…

Looking at the changes on his status panel, Bai Qiu couldn’t help but sigh in amazement.

If he had once stood at the forefront of humanity with just the Enhancement Card equipped, then now—he had already surpassed the very peak of humanity!

What intrigued him even more was that this B+ rank item card was actually a growth-type…

Curious, Bai Qiu tapped on it, wanting to see what this so-called “level” meant.

Instantly, a brand-new panel appeared:

Holy Demonic Physique – Level 1

Mana Affinity (F-)
Mana Control (F-)
Mana Growth (F-)

Upgradeable!

Materials required for next level:

E-rank Item Card ×1

Upgrade?
Yes!

Bai Qiu had quite a few useless item cards.

However, since there were only six types, no matter how many he had, they only occupied six slots.

Since they were useless anyway, he decided to use all of them for upgrading.

However, he soon discovered that the number of item cards required increased with each level!

From Level 1 → 2: requires 1 E-rank item card
From Level 2 → 3: requires 2 cards
And so on…

By Level 10, he would need a total of 45 E-rank item cards.

After Level 10, the requirements increased even further:

Level 10 → 11: 11 cards
Level 11 → 12: 13 cards
Each level increases by 2 additional cards

By Level 20, it would require a total of 200 E-rank item cards…

“Hiss…” Bai Qiu sucked in a breath.

If he hadn’t farmed so many monsters, he might not have had enough to upgrade!

From Level 20 → 21, the required item cards upgraded to D-rank, but the quantity reset back to 1 and increased again from there.

If item cards weren’t upgraded using materials, it would take three identical cards to raise one rank (from E to D), which made the math simple:

Level 1–20: requires 245 item cards
Level 20–40: requires 735 item cards

Holy Demonic Physique – Level 22 (Cannot exceed the user’s level)

Mana Affinity (D)
Mana Control (D)
Mana Growth (D)

Bai Qiu took out an ordinary spear from his storage card.

Opening the window, he hurled it toward the sky with full force.

The spear traced a dark arc and flew beyond the safe zone’s barrier.

A few seconds later, he raised his hand and grasped at the air—the spear suddenly flew back from outside the safe zone, landing directly in his hand.

To achieve what he had just done, Mana Affinity, Mana Control, and Mana Release were all indispensable!

Mana Release allowed him to quickly enchant the weapon, greatly increasing its damage.
Mana Control enabled him to retrieve objects infused with his mana—including weapons.
Mana Affinity let him clearly distinguish his own mana from the ambient mana in the world, allowing him to sense the weapon’s position and guide it back.

He had just tested it—an ordinary E-rank spear had a maximum retrieval range of 400 meters.

Beyond that distance, he could no longer recall it using Mana Control.

This was mainly because the weapon itself was too poor in quality.

Its compatibility with mana was low, causing high energy loss during infusion—and once thrown, the mana dissipated quickly.

If it were the Darksteel Heavy Spear, its mana compatibility would indeed be far superior to that of an E-rank weapon.

However, its sheer weight was a limiting factor.

Even with Bai Qiu’s current attributes, throwing it by hand would probably only give it a range of about a thousand meters…

He wouldn’t be able to get the Darksteel Heavy Spear until nighttime.

After using the item card to reconstruct his body, he had likely been unconscious for about an hour.

Including the scattered time spent afterward, it was now already noon.

After carefully sensing his condition again, Bai Qiu nodded to himself and muttered,
“Mana is abundant, stamina is full… and thanks to my mental power, even after nearly twenty hours without sleep, I’m still in great condition!”

“It seems that after increasing mental power, as long as I don’t do anything mentally exhausting, I can go a whole day—or even several days—without sleep and not feel tired.”

After reaching this conclusion, he headed straight out toward the potion shop.

He wondered how Guinelia’s progress on his Riptide Potion was going. Even though his quest was already complete, he had no intention of giving up on improving his mana affinity—anything that could strengthen him, Bai Qiu would not let go.

When he arrived at the street where the potion shop was located, he once again witnessed what it truly meant to be bustling with customers.

Two long lines had formed outside the shop, with people buying potions in pairs.

However, the one selling the potions wasn’t Guinelia—it was… Li Shi.

That’s right—Li Shi was collecting money and handing out potions.

After serving several customers, he hurriedly hopped back into the workshop with his crutch, only to come out again shortly after to continue selling.

Thanks to the storage card, Guinelia could simply place the finished potions inside it, and Li Shi could take them out to sell—there was no need to worry about him dropping them due to his injured leg.

Bai Qiu quietly walked over.

When Li Shi saw him, he immediately shouted excitedly, “Boss Bai Qiu!?”

His shout caused a stir, drawing everyone’s attention.

The person at the front of the line even stepped aside, silently giving Bai Qiu a spot.

“Looks like Guinelia hired you to help out? This isn’t exactly an easy job,” Bai Qiu said, standing beside the counter and gesturing for them to continue business—he had no intention of cutting in line.

Li Shi smoothly completed another transaction while chatting with Bai Qiu, shaking his head as he replied, “No, no, I’m just working as a temporary helper. The general store has already taken me in.”

“Then you—”

“Actually, this is all thanks to you, Boss Bai Qiu! I was at the general store today when Miss Guinelia came to restock supplies and asked me to help out here.

She said you asked her to make a new type of potion last night, so the shop was closed the whole day yesterday. That’s why there are so many customers today.”

Noticing that the crowd, which had been looking at him with curiosity, was starting to become less friendly, Bai Qiu said awkwardly,
“Ahem… well then, Brother Li, you carry on. I’ll go check how my potions are coming along.”

“Oh! Alright!” Li Shi replied, completely oblivious, and continued selling potions.

…

Inside the workshop, Bai Qiu saw Guinelia busily at work.

Her face looked somewhat pale and exhausted—she had probably not rested well at all last night.

He couldn’t help but shake his head; he had clearly pushed her too hard.

With his current level, Bai Qiu could now see Guinelia’s stats:

Guinelia – Level 21