308: There's a door, but no way out?

Two hundred and fifty points was not the limit at all!

As long as he had enough [Life Serum], as long as his [Ghost Card] could duplicate infinitely...

There was no upper limit to his enhancement!

A thought, a hundred times more insane than his previous act of self-detonating ten cards, exploded in his mind.

Lin Yu slowly raised his hand.

This time, he wasn't facing a mere ten cards.

Instead, it was like a golden galaxy, a brilliant and lethal storm gathered from hundreds, even thousands of [Instant Burst Potion] cards.

That storm, formed by the convergence of hundreds of golden cards, surged toward Lin Yu's body without a moment's pause.

No hesitation, no stopping.

The first card, the second, the third... the cards transformed into a golden torrent, slapping onto his arm and merging into his body at a near-frenzied speed.

[All Attributes +1]!

[All Attributes +1]!

[All Attributes +1]!

...The numbers on the attribute panel, after breaking through two hundred and fifty points, began to climb steadily and resolutely.

Two hundred and fifty-one.

Two hundred and fifty-two.

Two hundred and sixty.

Three hundred!

Simultaneously, the linearly increasing backlash followed him like a shadow.

It was like countless tiny steel bone-scraping knives, rampaging through every corner of his body.

Lin Yu's body trembled violently, and the blood beads seeping from his skin turned him into a bloody figure almost instantly.

He continuously slapped down [Life Serum] cards, using massive amounts of life energy to combat that destructive force.

But this time, things were different.

Besides the familiar and powerful restorative power of [Origin Level] Vitality Nourishment, two other ancient and dormant forces deep within his body were boldly activated by this unprecedented pressure!

[Divine Skeleton Armament (Archaic)]!

At this moment, under the backlash force that was enough to grind ordinary experts into powder, this 'Divine Remains' seemed to undergo a special mutation.

His bones wailed, yet in that wailing, they became denser and tougher!

His muscles tore, yet after tearing, they reorganized into a stronger form!

His meridians were repeatedly pulled, but in the process, they widened several times over!

This was no longer simple destruction and repair.

It was a frenzied, forced evolution occurring on the brink of destruction!

The other power came from [Eight Desolations Return to Origin (Archaic)].

This skill was originally used to absorb external energy for one's own use.

Now, it actually targeted the backlash vortex formed by the side effects within Lin Yu's body!

Strands of violent energy were forcibly stripped from the vortex and, after conversion, became the purest nutrients to nourish his entire body.

Although the efficiency of this conversion was extremely low—less than one-thousandth of the total backlash—

Its appearance was like opening a door to 'life' within a closed loop of pure destruction!

Destruction, repair, reinforcement, absorption.

[Origin Level] Vitality Nourishment, [Archaic-grade] Divine Skeleton Armament, [Archaic-grade] Eight Desolations Return to Origin.

The three god-tier passive skills reached an inconceivable, perfect closed loop at this moment.

A startling thought flashed through Lin Yu's mind.

His body seemed to be gradually adapting to these side effects!

To verify this hypothesis, he performed an even more insane act.

He deliberately slowed down the frequency of using [Life Serum].

Boom!

Without the suppression of sufficient life energy, the backlash force was like a beast breaking free from its shackles, rampaging through his body.

The intense pain increased tenfold!

Every nerve was screaming; every cell was wailing.

Lin Yu's body jerked back, and a large mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth, but he didn't make a sound.

He endured it.

Furthermore, he could clearly feel his body's resistance to this destructive power rising rapidly at a visible speed!

It worked!

This process was undoubtedly hellish torture.

But as long as he could adapt, his upper limit would be even higher!

Come on!

Let me see exactly where my limit is!

Lin Yu's heart roared.

He completely gave up on using [Life Serum], letting the destructive force run wild in his body, relying solely on his three passive skills to hold on.

At the same time, the speed at which he slapped down [Instant Burst Potion] cards did not decrease; it increased!

Three hundred and fifty points!

Four hundred points!

Five hundred points!

His body wavered frantically on the edge of collapse and reorganization; each oscillation made his foundation even more solid.

Pain was becoming the ladder for him to grow stronger.

Seven hundred cards... eight hundred... nine hundred... a thousand!

The moment the thousandth [Instant Burst Potion] card merged into his body, Lin Yu's [All Attribute] enhancement reached a terrifying figure.

[+1240]!

His Spiritual Power limit soared directly from a base of five hundred points to one thousand seven hundred and forty points!

However, just as he was preparing to push for a higher peak...

The numbers on his attribute panel flickered wildly, finally dropping from [+1240] to [+1239].

A second later, another new card merged, and the number jumped back to [+1240].

But immediately afterward, another point of enhancement vanished.

Lin Yu's movements came to a sudden halt.

He immediately understood the reason.

The duration of the potion was limited.

It was roughly twenty-eight seconds.

Although his speed of stacking cards was fast, by the time he stacked a certain amount, the effects of the first batch of potions had already begun to expire.

What he was doing now was merely maintaining a dynamic equilibrium of enhancement.

No matter how many more cards he stacked, this value of around [+1240] was the limit he could achieve through this method.

What a pity.

Lin Yu stopped his actions, letting the enhancement effects within his body recede like a tide.

The golden card storm also dissipated along with it.

The adaptation training was complete; continuing further would just be a waste of time.

Linear stacking had an upper limit of efficiency and time.

To obtain stronger explosive power in an instant, he had to find another way.

His mind calmed down as he began to review every detail of the entire enhancement process.

Using a potion directly through a card form still essentially fell within the category of [Item Cards].

It merely omitted the tedious steps of turning a card into a potion and then injecting it, compressing the usage process to the limit.

But it couldn't change the nature of the potion itself.

It wasn't an [effect card].

It couldn't be processed with Multiplication like skill cards to directly amplify the enhancement effect.

Otherwise, even if the side effects were ten times more painful, he would find a way to endure it.

What now?

Lin Yu couldn't give up on this idea; once successful, the boost to him would be far too great.