Thinking of this, Kevin gave a self-mocking shake of his head.

Next, he opened his system backpack.

Just as he had expected, after Luna and Amelia took away the spoils, Kevin received a huge amount of reward returns.

The Bloodmist Crystals, which had originally numbered in the thousands, directly broke past ten thousand.

As for the other equipment, weapons, potions, and Eldritch Artifacts, they had reached nearly a hundred pieces in total.

Looking at the packed backpack and the serious overload warning, Kevin scratched his head and sighed. "Sometimes, having too much stuff is also a kind of trouble."

Right after that, Kevin took ten Bloodmist Crystals with the most unique shapes out of his system backpack.

[Bloodmist Crystal (Dragon Form): B-Tier Eldritch Artifact, consumable. After taking it, there is a 99% chance to greatly reduce Sanity by 90 points, and a 1% chance to permanently increase 5 random attribute points. At the same time, there is a 1% chance to master the Mist Phantom mark and gain the ability to summon the same type of Mist Phantom to assist in battle. For every Bloodmist Crystal devoured, the chance permanently increases by 0.01%.]

After Kevin finished reading the description, he tightened his grip on the Dragon Form Bloodmist Crystal in his hand.

Compared with the other C-Tier Bloodmist Crystals, this B-Tier Bloodmist Crystal was the one with the greatest value.

Thinking back to all the different forms of Mist Phantoms summoned by the King of Mist Phantoms, the strongest one was, without a doubt, that giant dragon Mist Phantom soaring through the sky, almost ten meters long.

From beginning to end, the King of Mist Phantoms could only summon one giant dragon Mist Phantom. That alone showed how rare and powerful it was.

At this thought, Kevin let out a sigh and muttered, "Looks like I have to change the plan. I have to find a way to successfully gain the ability to control the Dragon Form Mist Phantom."

Once Kevin could summon a Dragon Form Mist Phantom, both his mobility in battle and the flexibility of using summoned Eldritch Entities to carry out tactical goals would greatly improve.

And more importantly, the Dragon Form Mist Phantom was currently the ability that gave the biggest boost to the "Lance of Condemnation" Talent.

Just imagine it. Kevin holding the Lance of Longinus, standing on a giant dragon, becoming a dragon knight. With the dragon’s charging force, plus the Lance of Longinus’s ability to deal true damage, Kevin, riding on the dragon’s back, could thrust out one spear strike with heaven-defying damage.

Originally, Kevin had planned to raise a "covenant-bearer" and let her swallow Bloodmist Crystals, so the rewards would be returned to him. But now, Kevin canceled that idea.

The reason was simple.

Other than himself, he could not think of any way to let another Survivor swallow more than ten thousand Bloodmist Crystals in a row without turning into an Eldritch or a madman.

Combining the experience from his past life and this life, in Kevin’s memory, only his own "Lance of Condemnation" Talent had the ability to stop Sanity from falling below zero.

It seemed that he still had to suffer through this himself.

The moment he remembered the sickening taste of Bloodmist Crystals, Kevin sighed and once again took out a bottle of "Restoration Potion."

Just as Kevin was about to drink the "Restoration Potion" and start swallowing the C-Tier Bloodmist Crystals, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and he directly called Nova over. "Do me a favor."

Hearing this, Nova raised an eyebrow and smiled. "You still weren’t satisfied on the helicopter just now?"

Nova’s voice was extremely teasing, and her eyes were even more seductive.

Kevin forced down the impulse in his heart and shook his head. "It’s serious. I can help you quickly farm a wave of negative energy."

As soon as she heard that she could absorb negative status energy, Nova instantly became interested.

When Nova found out Kevin was going to swallow over ten thousand Bloodmist Crystals in one go, her eyes immediately widened. She reached out and pressed her hand against Kevin’s forehead. "Are you sick? What kind of crazy talk is this?"

Kevin smiled and shrugged. "Relax. I survived soaking in the creepy ocean. Eating ten thousand Bloodmist Crystals is as easy as eating chocolate beans."

Nova thought about the holy light deep in Kevin’s soul that was so hard for curses to touch. This calmed her down most of the way.

Next, Kevin drank half a bottle of Restoration Potion right in front of Nova. He handed the bottle to her and stuffed the Dragon Form Bloodmist Crystal into her arms. "After I swallow ten thousand C-Tier Bloodmist Crystals, give this B-Tier one to me no matter if I’m awake or not. Then feed me another Restoration Potion."

Nova nodded.

Then she saw Kevin tilt his head back. Crystals suddenly appeared above his head one by one.

These crystals were stored in his system bag. Kevin could make them appear anywhere within a ten-meter radius around him.

So, they fell like free-falling beans. They lined up and dropped into Kevin’s mouth one by one.

As soon as one hit his throat, Kevin felt the bitter taste was hard to stand. It even made him feel a little sick.

But to get the ability to summon the Dragon Form Mist Phantom, Kevin held back his physical discomfort and kept swallowing.

As each crystal was absorbed by his body, a string of notification sounds began to ring in Kevin’s ears.

[Sanity -80]

[Sanity -80]

[Sanity -80]

These sounds hit Kevin’s mind like heavy hammers.

He quickly lost his sanity. His eyes turned red, and he wanted to go crazy.

But the Bloodmist Crystals kept dropping into his mouth one by one.

Maybe he ate too much at once. Kevin’s mouth hung wide open. He sat frozen on the deck and completely lost consciousness.

In a daze, Kevin felt wave after wave of warmth surging inside his body.

He seemed to be getting stronger, but he couldn’t measure how much. Because every time he felt a hint of power, a stronger wave would cover the old one.

Nova stood beside Kevin, looking down at him with a slight frown.

Only after Kevin swallowed all ten thousand Bloodmist Crystals did Nova’s eyes widen. She sensed a curse power she had never seen before.

But as soon as the power showed up, it was swallowed by Nova’s Cursed Wraith Songstress Talent. It turned into a magical power that strengthened Nova’s vocal cords.

Soon, Nova noticed a slight change in her throat.

The throat muscles that could only move a little bit before now had much more room to move.

Besides that, Nova felt a magical energy wrapping around her vocal cords.

She hummed two notes lightly. The energy immediately formed a wave and spread out.

Kevin took the hit of the wave first, and he reacted quickly.

The Eldritch curse that covered Kevin was actually pushed away by the wave.

Seeing this, Nova immediately covered her mouth in surprise. "Did I gain a dispel ability? The Cursed Wraith Songstress Talent actually has this effect."

While Nova was amazed by her new ability, the Eldritch curse on Kevin was completely absorbed by her.

Keeping their promise, Nova took out the Dragon Form Bloodmist Crystal and stuffed it into Kevin’s mouth.

But Kevin’s throat was now as hard as steel. The Bloodmist Crystal stayed in his mouth and would not melt or absorb.

Nova saw this and suddenly got worried.

She was afraid that if she delayed, Kevin would fail to absorb the Dragon Form Bloodmist Crystal.

So she sighed. "Oh well, looks like my first kiss is yours."

With that, Nova leaned down and gently kissed Kevin’s lips.

Guided by Nova, Kevin’s throat started to move slightly. The Dragon Form Bloodmist Crystal in his mouth slowly dissolved and got absorbed into his body.

Nova guided the whole process and didn’t try to take even a tiny bit of the Bloodmist Crystal energy for herself.

Finally, a bright red glow surrounded Kevin.

Seeing this, Nova knew the Dragon Form Bloodmist Crystal had completely merged into Kevin’s body.

So she took out the remaining half bottle of Restoration Potion and poured it straight into Kevin’s mouth.

Right after that, all the curses, poisons, and Eldritch energy on Kevin magically disappeared.

Kevin opened his eyes and moved his arms and legs.

Sure enough, the system hadn’t lied to him.

The over ten thousand Bloodmist Crystals he swallowed gave him 97 random attribute points.

At the same time, Kevin also gained the combat ability to summon Mist Phantoms in Falcon, Bear, Serpent, and Skeleton forms.

Of course, the most important thing was that Kevin successfully got the ability to summon the Dragon Form Mist Phantom, plus an extra 5 random attribute points.

Kevin immediately opened his status panel. The huge jump in his stats completely shocked him.

[Name: Kevin]

[Status: Healthy]

[Strength: 17 (15-1+3)]↑

[Mental: 15 (16-1)]↑

[Agility: 17 (14+3)]↑

[Constitution: 14]↑

[Perception: 28 (26-1+3)]↑

[Sanity: 125/125, -1 per hour, Recovery speed +50%]↑

[Stamina: 120/120, -1 per hour, Recovery speed +150%]↑

[Health: 117/117, -1 per hour, Recovery speed +50%]↑

[Talent: Lance of Condemnation (SSS), Covenant of the Saint (SSS), Mechanical Sovereign (S)]

[Summon Marks: Normal Mist Phantom (Falcon Form, Bear Form, Serpent Form, Skeleton), Elite Mist Phantom (Dragon Form)]

[Covenant-Bearer: Luna Cassabreya (Bronze), Reimbursement rate 10x; Amelia (Bronze), Reimbursement rate 12x; Nova (Bronze), Reimbursement rate 15x]

"Holy crap, I’m basically a superman now," Kevin thought to himself while quietly testing out his new abilities.

For a normal human, the max you could reach in Strength, Mental, Agility, Constitution, and Perception through training was just ten points.

Right now, Kevin had completely surpassed the natural physical limits of a normal human in all these stats.

As a result, his health, stamina, and Sanity had all seen a huge boost.

In his past life, Kevin would have taken a whole year to get this kind of stat increase.

He wondered if he had a chance of winning if he fought the Fish Fiends by himself.

Kevin felt a strong urge to try it out right away.

If it weren’t for Nova looking at him so anxiously, Kevin would have even summoned a Normal Fish Fiend right then and there just to test his skills.

"Are you okay?" Nova looked at Kevin with a worried expression.

Only then did Kevin remember that Nova had been standing beside him, absorbing all the negative status energy.

At this thought, Kevin opened the details for the Covenant of the Saint talent again.

The Cursed Wraith Songstress talent, which had zero enhancement before, had now been upgraded to include a curse-cleansing ability.