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During this period of exploration, Rein had understood that this was a sorcery scroll for healing wounds.

Thus, even if he was severely injured in battle, he still had the chance to turn the tide against adversity.

With these methods in hand, Rein felt that no one else could claim to be more suited to "Turning the Tables" than himself.

"However... should I continue to add points, or is it about fine for now?"

"Given I am soon to face a sea serpent neck dragon comparable to a Great Knight, it's better not to take it lightly."

"Feeling the brink of life and death does spur growth, but the purpose is for you to feel it, not to actually seek death!"

"What's the point if you feel it just before death."

"Facing life and death, forcing faith to fuse fully, thereby mobilizing the Source Force, and thus seeking life in death' this is the true meaning of the trial by faith!"

"Lastly, it's about increasing the success rate of mobilizing the Source Force to the highest possible level, turning it into the 'final layer of paper window,' which would then make breaking through much easier and quicker..." Rein mused, talking to himself.

Having made up his mind, Rein did not hesitate any longer, choosing to add points again.

As the remaining Skill Points on the attribute panel decreased from 5 to 4, the Giant Bear Breathing Technique suddenly leveled up from lv6 to lv7 (1/5000).

Instantly, a rush of fragmented memories about the new breathing technique was infused into Rein's mind.

These fragmented memories of the breathing technique, like a series of slideshows, flashed through Rein's mind one by one, and then quickly integrated into the memory of his muscles and fascia.
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When Rein opened his eyes again, it was as if he had undergone over a year of training in the Giant Bear Breathing Technique.

At this moment, apart from feeling his muscles and fascia becoming much tougher, the strand of Source Force within him was rapidly strengthening!

The Source Force soon thickened notably, growing from a wisp as thin as three or four hairs to one as thick as a toothpick!

This enhancement was visible to the naked eye!

"Adding points really packs a punch!"

"Compared to others, I just saved a year's worth of painstaking training!"

Rein, with a joyful expression, began to try guiding the Source Force again.

Sure enough, after some attempts, the success rate was noticeably better.

The success rate of mobilizing the Source Force increased from less than half to about sixty percent.

Sixty percent?

Rein couldn't help but pontificate again.

Before long, Rein gritted his teeth and added points to the new breathing technique again!

As the remaining Skill Points on the attribute panel decreased from 4 to 3, the Giant Bear Breathing Technique instantly leveled up to lv8 (1/7000), becoming Rein's highest-level skill at present.

A flood of nearly two years' worth of memories about training in the Giant Bear Breathing Technique began to pour into Rein's mind...

The strand of Source Force, previously as thick as a toothpick, now quickly strengthened to the thickness of chopsticks!

"The feeling of getting stronger is really great!" Rein felt the surge of power in his body.

The ongoing enhancement of his body's muscles and fascia became even more intense; the originally thin fascia fibers began to grow thicker and stronger, linking increasingly firmly with Rein's skeletal muscles.

Suddenly, Rein's eyes widened dramatically!

Because he felt an inner part of his body suddenly make a 'bang' sound, and he had broken through some sort of limit.

It was like the feeling of a bowstring being pulled to its limit and then being forced further until the bowstring suddenly snapped!

At that moment, two system notifications suddenly appeared:

[Congratulations! Your Strength attribute has been enhanced!]

[Congratulations! Your Agility attribute has been enhanced!]

"Eh!"

"A major increase in breathing technique leading to physical enhancement?"

"This hasn't happened in a long while!" Rein exclaimed.

"However... logically, the first to enhance should be the Constitution Attribute, considering the Giant Bear Breathing Technique primarily strengthens Constitution. How did Agility increase?"

Rein felt puzzled and couldn't help but check the attribute panel.

He found that although Constitution had not increased, it had reached 21 points; Strength, which was previously 19 points, had increased by 1 point, reaching 20 points, thus crossing into the 20-point range for both attributes.

Meanwhile, Agility remained the lowest...

"Before the increase, Agility should have been 17 points, the weakest attribute, so it must have been boosted by the enhancement of the Giant Bear Breathing Technique?" Rein pondered.

"Yes, that must be it."

"It's also possible that the new Giant Bear Breathing Technique doesn't have the 'weak link' of the previous Giant Bear Breathing Technique, which was biased towards enhancing Strength and Constitution, and instead boosts all three attributes nearly equally..."

Elated, Rein tried to mobilize the Source Force again.

Soon, Rein discovered that the success rate of mobilizing the Source Force had now increased to about eighty percent!

Just then, Rein felt a strong sensation of hunger suddenly emerge within his body.

Continual point additions indeed significantly increased the total amount of Source Force.

But this newly added Source Force was not created out of nothing, but derived from Rein's own body, which was now significantly drained.

Fortunately, the numerous sea madfish Rein had killed over the past seven days had already been processed by Bask into grilled fish jerky, some stored inside the stone house, others still drying.

Rein immediately rummaged for it and started devouring large bites!

After eating seventeen grilled madfish jerkies, Rein finally felt a sense of fullness in his stomach.

After all, this was flesh from sea madfish comparable to ferocious beasts, which was quite filling.