Chapter 630: Physical Reconstruction
’Seriously?’
Still in the middle of grasping what he had just realized, Leo immediately took out a hand mirror to examine himself, and just as he felt...
’It’s all gone!’
The proof of the way too many close calls he had during his battle with the Abyssal Dragon was gone; not a single blemish remained!
’This was the secret to her overpowered healing factor...?’
He didn’t really have a chance to understand the purpose of the skill he had copied.
Given the limited time he had with each Legendary Experience and the unfamiliar skill he was dealing with, Leo simply put his focus on grasping anything he could.
Even if it were to only grant him minimal benefit, that would have been enough for him.
As long as he didn’t end up letting the Legendary Event Bonus go to waste, even an auxiliary ability that contributed nothing in battles would have been just right.
After all, what Leo hated the most was wasting precious opportunities, especially when it came to a Legendary Experience that was likely to appear only once per book.
Unplanned benefits were always great to receive, but letting them slip by despite almost having them in your grasp felt much worse than driving a well-studied plan to the ground.
’Truly a Legendary Experience...’
To obtain a branch ability using ’Skill Reading’ didn’t sound plausible to Leo, until now that is.
’In fact, it’s the best of them by far!’
Even when compared to the impossible Swordsmanship insights that he had gained, Leo still regarded Aurora’s ’Enigma Circulation’ to be of slightly higher value.
Of course, this was purely from an objective point of view. Practically, the advancement of his Swordsmanship was a gain that immediately boosted his combat ability.
Yet, at the same time, Leo felt that he could have attained the level of Swordsmanship he currently had even without the bonuses.
Reader or not, Leo wasn’t exceptionally talented, but he wasn’t untalented either.
Being slightly above average in most aspects, realizing Advanced Swordsmanship wasn’t impossible, though it would take him decades to do it on his own.
On the other hand, the Enigma Circulation that Leo had just learned was like bestowing him with a new organ.
Even a person with all the talent in the world could only recognize the possibility at best, but not obtain it... Unless he had access to the same blueprint that Leo had just copied.
’How far does it go, though?’
Naturally, Leo was aware that even Aurora’s Healing Factor wasn’t omnipotent.
The reason it was called a cheat was the fact that all the damage could be fixed as long as enough time had passed.
What Leo wanted to figure out was the extent of the Ability he had obtained. Was it at the same level as Aurora’s or did he receive a nerfed version?
After all, it wouldn’t be strange if Aurora’s current healing ability was the final form that she reached after toiling around in her years as a beginner.
’Let’s see.’
The wounds that were healed within seconds were mere scratches that didn’t penetrate past the first skin layer, so they couldn’t be used as an indicator.
Swish!
For a proper test, some muscle damage was the bare minimum!
Taking his forearm out of his sleeve, Leo decisively cut himself with precision, barely exposing the outermost layer of muscle fibers.
A few drops of blood were splashed on the ground, but aside from that...
’It’s already working.’
As the Enigma flowing inside his body grew faster around the area of his injury, Leo could see a layer of shadow filling the small gap created by the injury.
’This is...’
It wasn’t as instantaneous as the shallow skin cuts, but the faint shadow was darkening from the top to the bottom.
Once about a minute had passed...
’Tissue Synthesis?’
Leo had been shocked too many times as of late to do so again, but he couldn’t help raising his eyebrow at what he saw.
Once the color of the shadow reached saturation, it simply faded away, leaving behind a perfectly fine arm with boss skin and muscle tissue reconstructed!
’To think this was how it worked...’
Originally, Leo believed that Aurora’s Healing Factor was simply a property of her one-of-a-kind Light Enigma, but that guess was far too removed from the truth.
In reality, it was just a case of efficient resource management!
As the Enigma circulated throughout the body in that specific pattern, it readily reacted to any damaged tissue, turning itself into nutrients for sped-up tissue synthesis, allowing any simple wound to be healed within minutes!
’Actually, if I’m not wrong...’
The bigger surprise was the fact that Leo estimated that his healing speed was at least twice as fast as Aurora’s, at least when it came to the level of wound he had just tested.
’Law-level Enigma, right?’
That being said, it didn’t take him too long to consider an answer.
Aurora’s Ability in itself was completely broken, but it could only surpass Leo once it reached its full output, something that Aurora only displayed during her final explosion.
Since Leo’s constant Enigma quality was higher, it only made sense for the nutrients it produced to work faster.
’Even the Enigma consumption is barely noticeable.’
If this whole process was consumption-heavy, then the word ’passive’ would have had to be abandoned. Thankfully, this was only a hypothetical problem.
’In fact, wouldn’t something even more amazing be possible?’
At the thought of enhanced muscle repair, Leo’s mind instantly travelled to the gym.
With something like this, taking rest days for muscle healing was no longer required. Moreover...
’I have to try this.’
Skipping the contemplation stage, Leo went ahead and applied the thought that popped up in his head, manipulating his very own shadow to phase into his body.
Turning the internal shadow into very thin threads, Leo carefully manipulated it to extend into every muscle in his body before...
’No pain, no gain.’
All of a sudden, Leo started tearing apart his muscles with no remorse!