just an idea where around each zone would be shrines which u can give some items of a specific zone to, upon reaching that amount you can take a on more concentrated corruption of each zone and gain a benefit and downside depending on the zone,
slime would get a dmg reduction but have a high defense and regen.
flesh would less hp but be a lot faster and do high dmg.
latex one idk what benefit it could be.
also, when u choose it, I think it's fair where armor except for the ring is disabled and weapon of the same type as what u chose to gain a benefit where other types are weaker than what they normally are. idk if they should be like a penalty or something to exchange and swap out from each "blessing" up to you..