After checking his maximum Life Value and Energy Value, Zhang Yanhang opened his Soul Points balance.
Soul Points: 624 (-17040)
"Sigh, what can I say, although I previously estimated that I could only level up two or three levels, I’ve now reached LV.4. I should be happy, but I feel the soul point consumption was a bit too much."
Zhang Yanhang mainly felt the upgrade requirements for Limitless Universe Skill had surged too aggressively. He remembered spending only 2100 soul points to reach LV.1; the upgrade to LV.2 consumed 3180 soul points, followed by LV.3, which took 4800 soul points.
Finally, reaching LV.4 cost Zhang Yanhang 6960 soul points, rounding up to seven thousand. After the upgrade to LV.4, his soul point balance was almost entirely depleted.
"624 soul points... Previously, I was considering that after upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill, the remaining soul points might allow me to also level up the Indestructible Golden Body to LV.6. But now it seems I can only manage to upgrade it to LV.5 at most."
Before upgrading the Indestructible Golden Body Skill, however, Zhang Yanhang planned to first experience the energy restoration efficiency of the Limitless Universe Skill after advancing to Second Tier.
Perhaps because he hadn’t acquired the Second Tier part of the Limitless Universe Skill in advance, when he promoted the skill to Second Tier LV.1 previously, a new segment of memory sprouted in his mind immediately, just like when he had upgraded Alchemy before. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel_fіre.net
This segment of memory clearly marked the complete cultivation technique of the Second Tier part of Limitless Universe Skill, including all stages from Second Order First Layer to Second Tier Tenth Layer. It was quite miraculous.
Zhang Yanhang felt that when he returned to the Main World later, he should probably claim the Second Tier portion of the Limitless Universe Skill from the relevant departments to see if there were any differences between the version he got from Multiple Choice and the authentic version. If there were differences, that could be troublesome.
Because if there were differences, it would mean one of two results, either worse or better than the original Limitless Universe Skill.
Zhang Yanhang certainly did not believe he could improve the Limitless Universe Skill, drafted by the Empire’s Elder-level cultivators, with just 2100 soul points.
After all, even group leaders who emerged after the Spiritual Qi Recovery could reach Fourth Tier or higher, so the Empire’s old monsters who had been cultivating for many years before the speed of Spiritual Qi should at least be in the Fifth Tier or even Sixth Tier.
A Fourth Tier Awakened alone, such as the group leader, could single-handedly destroy a province. The power of Sixth Tier cultivators was absolutely unimaginable for novices like Zhang Yanhang; he could only roughly surmise that Sixth Tier Awakened must possess national-level destructive capabilities at the very least.
If upgrading required consumption of Ash Source, Zhang Yanhang might have a slight confidence that Multiple Choice could improve the Limitless Universe Skill, but 2100 soul points was too low a cost to really make it better through Multiple Choice.
Therefore, Zhang Yanhang actually leaned towards the belief that the Second Tier part of the Limitless Universe Skill he upgraded with Multiple Choice was just the original version. However, to verify this, he would have to wait until after returning to the Main World.
As for Limitless Universe Skill ending up worse than the original after leveling to Second Tier? That was the least likely because Multiple Choice was his own superpower; how could it harm him? At any time, Multiple Choice would always give him the best options.
In the Ashen World, Zhang Yanhang had already roughly experimented with the recovery rate of the First Tier Limitless Universe Skill.
Regrettably, even in the Ashen World where energy was extremely dense, his energy restoration speed was still only about three times the panel recovery rate. So, if he didn’t upgrade Limitless Universe Skill, it would indeed be somewhat inadequate for him.
Because he had already prepared an experimental control group in advance, Zhang Yanhang then immediately started trying to operate the Limitless Universe Skill, now at Second Tier, to restore his Energy Value.
After a simple experiment, Zhang Yanhang discovered that after ascending to Second Tier, the Limitless Universe Skill indeed returned to the previous fivefold speed, which meant it could restore about two hundred energy points per hour.
"Without upgrading, it took six or seven hours to fully restore my energy value, but now it’s back down to about four hours. Still, despite shortening it by more than two hours, it feels a bit slow. I should really find other ways to increase the energy restoration efficiency."
After operating the Limitless Universe Skill for a while, Zhang Yanhang glanced at the time and noticed it was already seven o’clock, meaning he had been in the Ashen World for an hour.
"Next, I need to quickly use the remaining soul points to upgrade the Indestructible Golden Body Skill, then immediately execute the Crimson Iron Ant Nest clearance plan."
Zhang Yanhang didn’t know whether the Crimson Iron Ant Nest would adopt a different strategy after this failed encirclement, but if it did, he hoped they would organize another wave, larger and stronger, of Crimson Iron Ant Swarms to attack him, saving him a great deal of hunting time.
"Choose! Skill Level Up!" Regardless of whether the Advanced Crimson Iron Ants would organize another swarm to attack Zhang Yanhang, he was prepared to first visit the storage point in the Crimson Iron Ant Nest where they stored Refined Crimson Iron. That way, he could use the refined ore there to promote his Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist to light gold.
After upgrading the Indestructible Golden Body Skill to LV.5, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked its skill effect.
Indestructible Golden Body LV.5 (Passive/Active)
Passive Effect: Life Value +25% (+5%)
Active Effect: When the skill is activated, the defensive power of body parts covered by the golden body effect +125% (+25%), Attack Power +25% (+5%), currently coverable areas: both arms and lower legs. No cooldown, consumes a negligible amount of Physical Strength.
"I remember the original coverage was just the arms and soles of the feet, but now it’s spread to the lower legs. It seems like once the Indestructible Golden Body Skill is upgraded to LV.6, it should be able to cover all limbs."
If possible, Zhang Yanhang wanted to quickly elevate the Indestructible Golden Body to LV.MAX because once at LV.MAX, it should be able to cover his entire body. Then, the Energy Shield could enjoy the defense bonus from the Indestructible Golden Body.