"But what exactly does this ’1’ refer to?" Zhang Yanhang tentatively hit the upgrade button to see the specific requirements.
"Would you like to spend 1 Ash Source to raise your Profession Level to LV.11?" Follow current novels on novęlfire.net
"Ash Source? What the hell is Ash Source?" Zhang Yanhang only had Soul points at the moment and there was no such thing as Ash Source, so he shouldn’t be able to continue leveling up.
"The question is, if I can’t continue to level up because I don’t have Ash Source, where can I find it? Judging from the name, this thing is definitely related to Ashen World." Zhang Yanhang thought for a moment and figured he might as well try making an autonomous choice.
No sooner thought than done, Zhang Yanhang considered his wording and then began to make his choice directly, "Choose! Acquire Ash Source!"
"Where would you obtain Ash Source?"
Option One: Raccoon City (After slacking off at home for three days, at 9:30 PM on October 4th, you lay in bed and entered the Ashen World again. This time, you fought tirelessly for dozens of hours and eventually cleared the entire aboveground part of Raccoon City in one go.
Although it might reduce the reward limit of the ’Ashen Treasure Box (Raccoon City)’ since the underground section of Raccoon City had not been cleared, you insisted on forcing open the Ashen Treasure Box to get the Ash Source within, using it to upgrade your Rank.)
Option Two: Goblin Plain (After three days of slacking off at home, you enter the Ashen World not knowing what’s on your mind, and strangely develop a sense of weariness towards the Zombies in Raccoon City. Thus, you choose to head to the Goblin Plain with its clear skies, green grasslands, and fresh air, where you hunt Goblins for Soul points.
During your cleanup of Goblin Plain, you encounter the ’Ashen Treasure Box (Goblin Plain)’ from which you can get the Ash Source you desire.)
Option Three: Temporarily give up on acquiring Ash Source (You’re momentarily conflicted over whether to hunt Zombies in Raccoon City or Goblins on Goblin Plain, so you decide to wait until your next visit to the Ashen World to plan your next steps accordingly.)
"Ashen Treasure Box?" As soon as he heard the name, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but think of the Big Treasure Box he had encountered at the top of a fountain in a garden, glinting with golden light.
"If that’s the case, then that Big Treasure Box glittering with golden light is probably the so-called ’Ashen Treasure Box’, and the condition to open it should be clearing the entire Raccoon City.
But now, I’ve already left the Ashen World and I’ll have to wait until the next passage opens to re-enter the Ashen World, which will be the evening of October 4th.
So, I have three or four days before I go back to the Ashen World, and there is no rush to make a decision. I choose Option Three, to temporarily give up acquiring Ash Source."
Zhang Yanhang’s choice this time was just to figure out how to obtain Ash Source. Therefore, once he knew how to get it, his goal was essentially achieved.
"Since I’ve reached the max level, what should I do next?" Zhang Yanhang pondered and felt that he might as well upgrade a Skill.
"I still have 2310 Soul points left, it would be unreasonable not to upgrade a Skill. But this time, I’ll skip upgrading Limitless Universe Skill, because I just upgraded it. This time, I’ll upgrade Technique Immunity, after all, Shields are really quite desirable."
The Shield Value of Technique Immunity LV.1 had just reached 10% of Zhang Yanhang’s Life Value Limit, which didn’t seem sufficient by any means.
"Choose! Enhance Skill Level!" This time, Zhang Yanhang was ready to spend all his Soul points. After all, keeping them had no significance; he would continue to clear the Outer Zone in Raccoon City next time, thus gaining a lot of treasure boxes.
"Would you like to proceed with Skill Level Enhancement?"
Option One: ’Gun Master LV.1’ enhanced to ’Gun Master LV.2’ (Costs 50 Soul points.)
Option Two: ’Fighting Master LV.1’ enhanced to ’Fighting Master LV.2’ (Costs 50 Soul points.)
Option Three: ’Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.1’ enhanced to ’Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.2’ (Costs 50 Soul points.)
Option Four: ’Technique Immunity LV.1’ enhanced to ’Technique Immunity LV.2’ (Costs 50 Soul points.)
Option Five: ’Limitless Universe Skill Level 7’ enhanced to ’Limitless Universe Skill LV.8’ (Costs 990 Soul points.)
Option Six: ’Alchemy [Incomplete]’ upgraded to ??? (Cannot be enhanced)
"Limitless Universe Skill has Ten Layers in the First Tier, and it has just been upgraded to the eighth layer, which already requires 990 Soul points, a whopping 32 times more than when upgrading from the second to the third layer." Zhang Yanhang only hoped that Technique Immunity wouldn’t require such a drastic increase for upgrading.
"So, I choose Option Four, Technique Immunity!" As for Shields, which could save lives, Zhang Yanhang felt he must stack them thickly, to have a sense of security.
After completing the upgrade, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked the Skill Effect of Technique Immunity.
Technique Immunity LV.6 (Passive Skill)
Skill Effect: Generates an Energy Shield worth 60% (+50%) of your Heavenly Destiny Master’s Life Value Limit. The defensive power of the Energy Shield is equal to Heavenly Destiny Master’s defensive power (including positive status bonuses, negative statuses won’t decrease Energy Shield power).
The Energy Shield automatically isolates all forms of attacks from the outside world, and if not attacked and damaged by enemies, it regenerates 20% of the total Shield Value every second.
Besides automated isolation, the ’Heavenly Destiny Master’ can freely select the objects to isolate, and can also switch the display state of the Energy Shield. In the visible state, the Energy Shield inherits 125% (+25%) of Heavenly Destiny Master’s defensive power, and in the normal state, the Energy Shield will have only 92.5% (+12.5%) of Heavenly Destiny Master’s defensive power.
The Energy Shield is generated with no cooldown time, no consumption, cannot be dispelled, and cannot be weakened. Energy Shield Duration: ∞.
Additional Attributes: +20% Shield Value Limit.
"Holy shit, it gained an Additional Attribute after upgrading to LV.6? An additional 20% Shield Value? So doesn’t that mean my total Shield Value now is roughly equivalent to 80% of my Life Value Limit?"
Zhang Yanhang was very satisfied with the upgrade result, having nearly an extra bar of health, he felt an unprecedented sense of security.