36 The Ultimate Short Stick of a Bucket

Proudness?

No.

Satisfaction?

Not possible.

Leaning against a tree that required five people to hug it, with a blade on his left and an ax on his right, Li Siwen looked at the sunlight that leaked through the leaves, his eyes as peaceful as a lake.

Carrying the water gourd, he drank in small sips, until the seventh one also became empty.

Only then did Li Siwen reopen his attribute bar and slowly added five Vitality Points onto Health, turning it into 18 Health Points.

Being a solo creep with no base and reinforcements, nowhere to hide or run to, survival was his utmost priority now. Therefore, he must have high health.

Next, he looked at his Stamina and Strength attributes.

His Stamina Points were definitely not enough yet, but at least there wasn't a rush to increase it now. 19 points of Stamina Points were enough to ensure that even if he drank unboiled water, ate raw meat, was stung by mosquitoes, be drenched in a rainstorm, be scorched by the hot sun, he could still be alive and kicking very well. However, he needed to be wary of the Iron Ring Black Snake which lurked around at night, and always activate his Spirit Vision when going out.

His Strength Points were definitely not enough too. This decided his instant attack output. Take the leopard in the morning, for example. If he couldn't damage it heavily with a single strike, that leopard would have run away and become trouble for him in the future.

Therefore, he added Strength to 15 points first.

Then his eyes moved to Agility and directly skipped it. The reason was simple. When he extracted the Vitality Point, the Agility attribute was grey, unable to be lighted or added to.

This signified that his agility had already reached the current limit. This limit could only be broken when his body removed the short stick of his body.

This short stick was the attribute that Li Siwen didn't have a chance and pressure to increase the Defense attribute.

How was defense related to agility?

They weren't related at all, right?

But from increasing his agility last time, Li Siwen was clear that they were not only related but also very important to each other.

"Stamina actually increases some defense too, but it refers to resistance to negative effects, such as diseases. It wasn't clearly stated, though. In video game terms, it increases the magic resistance."

"Then, what does the Defense attribute increase? It probably increases the body's toughness, increases the resistance level against damage for the skin, organs, muscles, veins, and even the blood."

"That's why I can't increase my agility anymore, because my body and organs could only endure the strain from six points of agility maximum."

"If I want to increase my reflexes and speed, I definitely need to utilize more muscle movements and joint movements and use more energy to the organs to provide power support. However, these require me to increase my Defense attribute."

"Just like how muscle ligament strain and spraining of the ankle when jumping from a great height can only be improved by Defense and not Strength or Stamina."

"From this situation, there is probably a limit to Strength too. How is strength affected? It is formed by muscles and bones. If the defense strength of muscles and bones is not enough, it naturally can not continue to improve."

"Similarly, the Stamina attribute may be the same, because it requires an enormous amount of energy storage, which requires an extensive amount of food to be consumed in a short period of time and stored. If the internal organs' defense strength is not enough, overeating for a long period will eventually damage the internal organs, and then threaten the health of the entire body."

"Hehe, so this is the legendary ultimate short stick!"

As Li Siwen pondered over this, he extracted a Vitality Point and carefully added it to Defense.

Defense+1.

He waited patiently for a few minutes, wanting to see what changes there would be to his body.

This was very important.

For example, when he increased his strength, his body would develop a hot flow in his body that would flow into all parts of his body, and cause him to become very energetic, requiring him to do his work quickly in order to suppress it.

And when he increased his agility, his muscles would enter a convulsive state, dislocation of sense of space, temporary disturbance of the central nervous system and temporary loss of his combat might.

There wasn't any reaction only for adding Stamina and Health.

"Huh? No reaction."

After waiting for an entire three minutes, Li Siwen was relieved. It looks like this was a lazy attribute too.

Continue to extract the Vitality Point.

Defense+2, everything normal.

Defense+3, everything still normal.

Continue extracting—

"What? Already at the limit? So this Defense attribute also has its limits too!"

Seeing the Defense attribute darken in the attribute bar, it surprised Li Siwen. Luckily, the Agility attribute lightened up, proving that his guess was correct.

Li Siwen quickly extracted a Vitality Point and added it to Strength, making it 16 points.

The treehouse wasn't completed yet. Before he could guarantee his safety, he couldn't increase his agility. If not, he would be killed if a wild beast came by while he lost his combat might.

"Gu Gu!"

What sound was that?

Li Siwen rapidly lifted his head, a killing intent flashing in his eyes. Right now, he—

"Gu Gu Gu!"

"What the heck, what's this, why am I so hungry, I only just add tens of kilograms of leopard meat!"

Li Siwen clenched his stomach. The hollowness and emptiness in his heart didn't give him any face, rushing upon him at once, not giving him any chance to resist against it.

Stumbling towards the place where the dried meat was, Li Siwen wolfed it too crazily, his eyes almost green from hunger.

After he ate up all the meat, the burning sense of hunger was still there. Li Siwen instantly tore open the packet of demonized wheat seeds that he planned to grow, stuffing it into his mouth with no regards.

After finishing the 7.5 kilograms of wheat seeds and drinking up all of his water, he finally laid on the ground panting, as he just woke up from a nightmare.

That was too terrifying and crazy, but it was also amazing.

That's right. When the sense of hunger disappeared, another type of strength filled his body.

Not the simple type of strength released from the bones and muscles, but the type where he felt like a mountain himself, where every breath he took seemed to be drawing in energy too.

This was the Defense attribute. It represented not only the toughness of his skin, but the muscles, bones, organs, veins, and nerves were all strengthened too.

Li Siwen suddenly jumped up and ran around the trees, constantly changing his direction and jumping around. Then he constantly tried to increase his speed too.

Three minutes later, he stopped. He was still very calm and casual looking, but the surprise in his eyes couldn't be suppressed.

He ran 16 rounds in three minutes, about 1.5 kilometers. This was quick, but it must be considered that this was a professional running track, but in the forest where the ground was covered with leaves. Also, he had to constantly evade the trees too, increasing the difficulty during the run. This was simple.

Also, when running, he lost his steps more than once because of the soft leaves. Without that three additional points in defense, he would have sprained or fractured his legs in the progress.

But now, he was unscathed.

In terms of stamina, he only used up two points. In the past, he would need at least five Stamina Points to run like that for three minutes.

"So, is this the overall improvement after making up for the last short stick?"

Li Siwen felt very satisfied and comfortable in his heart now.

Sense of security+0.01.