After tactical awareness, long-pass accuracy also reached a perfect score, but that wasn't the end. Lu Ke then used another gold point on his injury resistance index.

From 99 to 100, it seemed like a simple step, but it took a long and hard effort. Then, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, he was reborn. He flapped his wings and flew freely toward the sun.

When the injury resistance index reached a perfect score, Lu Ke didn't feel any special changes. Unlike tactical awareness and long-pass accuracy, everything seemed calm and peaceful. This made Lu Ke wonder, was the injury resistance index special, and would it only take effect when a player was hit or injured?

Just then, the feeling came. He could feel a faint, warm current on his bones and joints, as if a spring was bubbling and flowing. He could even hear the sound of his bone marrow flowing, clinking against his eardrums. That faint warmth started from his heart and spread out little by little. After passing through his main body, it slowly spread along his limbs, as if his entire body was submerged in a hot spring. The warmth made him want to close his eyes, especially in the ice bath. This warmth became more and more obvious, but it came from the inside out, like a heater radiating heat.

At the same time, the warmth overflowed layer by layer, immersing his entire head in a perfect hot spring. The feeling of comfort that spread out instantly made all his fatigue and exhaustion disappear. He was so comfortable that he couldn't help but groan. He could feel the transformation from his body to his soul.

But that wasn't all. The temperature continued to rise and showed no signs of stopping. It went from a faint warmth to a gentle warmth, then to a burning heat, and finally to a full-on scorching heat. His entire body felt like it was in boiling water. The heat that erupted from the inside out gradually turned into stinging and soreness.

For the first time, when breaking the perfect score barrier, Lu Ke didn't feel comfort or ease, but rather torment and pain. What was even more terrifying was that the stinging pain was deeply hidden in his bones. It made him want to cut open his skin and muscles with a knife and hit his bones over and over again, hoping to relieve the pain deep in his soul. But he couldn't use any strength in his limbs. He was lying in the bathtub like a puddle of mud.

If someone were to observe him carefully at this time, they would clearly notice that Lu Ke's entire body was shaking slightly. His eyes and teeth were tightly clenched, and he seemed to be enduring great pain, like he was being cut by a knife or roasted by a fire.

The problem was that the ice bath water didn't feel warm at all, and there were no ripples. This meant that all the sensations were happening in Lu Ke's mind. To others, whether it was more strange or not was unknown.

Fortunately, everyone was immersed in the joy of victory. In the midst of the celebration, no one noticed Lu Ke's abnormality. Otherwise, Lu Ke wouldn't have known how to explain why he looked like he had just returned from hell, but in reality, he was perfectly fine. Not only was he perfectly fine, but he had never been so healthy and complete. It was like he had been restored to factory settings.

The pain disappeared. It slowly receded like a tide and finally disappeared completely. Lu Ke felt as if he had just been suffocating from drowning. After breaking through the surface of the water, he was reborn, and his entire body felt lighter.

There was no doubt that this time, breaking the perfect score barrier felt completely different. After he came to his senses, Lu Ke carefully thought about it and suddenly realized that the areas where the pain was most intense were his old injury sites: his knees, ankles, arms, and back. In Lu Ke's short career, he had not yet suffered any major injuries, but as a football player, even as a quarterback, in intense confrontations, minor scrapes, strains, and sprains were countless. Although they might not have a noticeable impact now, they could very well affect all aspects of his life after retirement.

What's more, these minor injuries could become hidden dangers for the next major injury. Someone once commented on football like this: Why are TV stations willing to pay a high price for the NFL's broadcasting rights? Why is the NFL America's best form of entertainment? Why is the NFL championship so intense? A big part of the reason why football games are so unpredictable is because no one knows which play could change an entire season. A single play by a player could cause a key player to be out for the season, and then the team would be out of the competition. For example, in the 2017 season, Aaron Rodgers's collarbone injury, and then... there was no then.

Any player, any play, could be the fuse for an accident.

Now, with the injury resistance index reaching a perfect score, the hidden dangers and old injuries have been successfully healed—at least that's what Lu Ke guessed. This was undoubtedly great news. The most important thing was that during the process just now, Lu Ke could also feel an intense pain in his head, even more than in his limbs. This meant that Lu Ke was always at a potential risk of a concussion.

Because football is a sport of collisions, the fierce collisions and confrontations are more intense than in any other sport and are the norm. This means that every football player has to face the serious injury of a concussion. Colin Kaepernick was forced to leave the field in the last preseason game because of a concussion. Lu Ke was no exception.

This time, the injury resistance index broke through the perfect score barrier, and the hidden danger of a concussion was eliminated. But Lu Ke still felt a lingering fear. Who knows? Maybe the next collision in the next game, Lu Ke would have to face the danger of a concussion, and then he would have to sadly end his season, or even worse, his entire career.

Even if Lu Ke's guess was wrong and this didn't truly eliminate the hidden dangers, at least one thing was right: the concentrated areas of warmth and pain just now were all potential injury sites. In the upcoming training and physical therapy, he must pay more attention to them. This was beyond a doubt.

A perfect score in injury resistance index did not mean that Lu Ke would not get injured. It just meant that the possibility of injury was relatively low. Similarly, a perfect score in physical fitness did not mean that Lu Ke had become a Superman. It just meant that his overall physical fitness had reached the peak level required by the system.

It was true that football players were very strong, but they were still flesh and blood. They would still get injured, get sick, and have ups and downs. Even with the system, Lu Ke would not become a Super Saiyan. After all, he didn't want to become a guinea pig for scientists to study.

Because of this, Lu Ke felt even more fortunate that he had chosen the injury resistance index to make the breakthrough. This was a wise choice, and this offseason, his physical fitness training must also keep up. The season was not over yet, and Lu Ke had already started to set a lot of goals for his offseason.

Three single items with a score of 99, and two gold points. After careful consideration, Lu Ke finally chose long-pass accuracy and injury resistance index, and he gave up on anticipation.

Relatively speaking, anticipation, as a hidden attribute, still had no definite answer, and all its functions and effects were just Lu Ke's guesses for now. And the different single items of the hidden attributes should have some connection and interaction with each other. Maybe in the future, when they are all improved, the impact will become clearer.

But long-pass accuracy and injury resistance index were different. The changes and effects of these two items on the game were very clear, and they could be seen right now. They worked together with tactical awareness. After breaking through the perfect score barrier, they had a clear effect on improving the quality of the game. Now it seemed that Lu Ke's choice was undoubtedly correct.

He had used both gold points.

Tactical awareness: 100

Long-pass accuracy: 100

Injury resistance index: 100

Now, Lu Ke had a total of three perfect scores. Although his weaknesses were still very obvious, his strengths had now truly entered the top tier. They weren't just excellent, they were top-tier. So, what was next?

The next step was to accumulate enough game experience. Only after being tempered by countless games could a player's skills be fully utilized, and he could grow into a top elite quarterback in the league, step by step. Just like Ted Ginn this season, before this, he was just a return specialist on the special teams. After this, he became a top wide receiver who shined throughout the league.

After using the gold points, he was left with base points and special points.

Base points: 5; Special points: 15. Because of the special nature of the playoffs, Lu Ke won more special points than base points for the first time ever. But for Lu Ke, the most urgent matter was not to improve his hidden attributes but to improve his technical items. Compared to special points, base points were more important.

The points exchange system that he got at the end of the regular season was now showing its value. Lu Ke had previously thought that he wouldn't use the points exchange system again in a short time since he was far from being in a state of abundance. But he didn't expect to see it again after two weeks. Lu Ke needed to add points according to his plan to improve his skills, and the system provided the bridge.

He opened the points exchange system and found the exchange equation in the floating window on the right. One special point could be exchanged for three base points. After carefully thinking about it, Lu Ke decisively chose five special points and clicked "confirm" to complete the exchange.

So now, Lu Ke had 20 base points and 10 special points.

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