"4.89 million Soul points, this balance is somewhat subtle."
Zhang Yanhang remembered that upgrading the Fourth Tier Limitless Universe Skill to LV.7 requires 4.9 million Soul points. So now, he's exactly short of ten thousand Soul points, which is quite subtle indeed.
"I really want to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill, but the Soul points are truly not enough..."
Zhang Yanhang began to consider a question: whether to immediately go hunt some monsters to earn these Soul points, but after thinking carefully, he decided to forget it. After all, upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill is not urgent.
"Since the remaining 4.89 million Soul points are now unusable, what should I do next?"
Zhang Yanhang thought for a moment and felt like he had nothing else to do, as everything had already been upgraded. So, he directly opened the data panel to check.
[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Fourth Tier)]
[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]
[Level: LV.40 (Legendary Essence [0/4], Ash Source [0/10])]
[Soul points: 4,891,717]
[Shield Value: 78,913/78,913 (Life Value Limit × 470%, Recovery Speed: 20% per second.)]
[Life Value: 16,790/16,790 (Constitution × 58, current body has been officially datafied, Life Value Recovery Speed: 55 points per hour.)]
[Energy Value: 14,195/14,195 (Intelligence × 58, current body has been officially datafied, Energy Value Recovery Speed: 222 points per hour.)]
[Constitution: 100 (+3)]
[Intelligence: 100 (+3)]
[Charm: 100 (+33[-2])]
[Luck: ???[+2] (This attribute is a Hidden Attribute)]
[Talent: 1. Multiple Choice (???). 2. Longevity Mountain and Fortune Sea (SS level). 3. Longbo's Power (XX level). 4. Mature Scroll Dragon [Bloodline Purification] (SS level). 5. Ocean Rhythm (SS level).]
[Skills: 1. Limitless Universe Skill [Fourth Tier] LV.6 (Passive/Active). 2. Alchemy·Original (Active Skill). 3. Gun Mastery LV.MAX (Passive Skill). 4. Fighting Master LV.MAX (Passive Skill). 5. Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil·Origin LV.6 (Passive/Active). 6. Technique Immunity·Origin LV.6 (Passive Skill). 7. Death Wave·Original LV.MAX (Passive/Active). 8. Supreme Will LV.MAX (Passive Skill). 9. Indestructible Golden Body·Original LV.MAX (Passive/Active). 10. Heavenly Earth Form · Original Scripture LV.6 (Active Skill). 11. Three-Headed Six-Armed LV.MAX (Active Skill). 12. Heaven and Earth Devourer·Original LV.6 (Passive/Active). 13. No Taboos LV.MAX (Passive Skill).]
"If I could just upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill, then my main attributes would probably overflow a bit, but for now, I'm still enjoying that three-point All Attributes bonus as usual."
But since upgrading the Limitless Universe Skill is indeed very expensive, Zhang Yanhang thinks that if he wants to ultimately upgrade it to LV.MAX, the Soul points consumed might be even more expensive than the normal 20 million Soul points required for skill upgrades. Thus, correspondingly, upgrading it must be much harder than normal skills.
"If I continue developing according to this current trend, the Shield Value Limit will probably soon break through the five-digit limit into six digits, becoming increasingly absurd."
The Same Tier monsters used to have four-digit Life Value limits, and his five-digit Shield Value limit was already a magnitude higher. Soon, it will be two magnitudes higher, which is indeed absurd no matter how you think about it.
After checking the data panel, Zhang Yanhang finds himself with nothing to do again.
"Since there's nothing to do, let's take a rest..."
Earlier, when Zhang Yanhang hunted monsters, he consumed a lot of Physical Strength, so now he indeed needs to rest and recover his Physical Strength.
By the way, although when Zhang Yanhang first promoted his Rank, he didn't need to sleep due to Rank reasons, he can still sleep if he actively wants to. After all, in terms of recovering Physical Strength, sleep does indeed restore it faster. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel·fire.net
The lack of need for sleep caused by his Rank promotion mainly means that if he doesn't consume much Physical Strength, he can stay awake indefinitely. After all, as his body gradually becomes energy-quantified, maintaining his own Spiritual Energy can to some extent substitute for related consumption. However, if Physical Strength is excessively depleted, sleeping for a while is indeed better.
October 31st, Saturday, the sixth day after the Double Ninth Festival, and also the second day Zhang Yanhang left the Ashen World. It's 8:30 PM, Main World, Qin Island City, Xingfuli District, Apartment 505, Bedroom.
After sleeping for nearly nine hours, Zhang Yanhang has finally restored most of his Physical Strength, but he has discovered a problem: his Physical Recovery Speed seems a bit slow.
After all, he has only been increasing his Stamina limit lately and hasn't upgraded his Physical Recovery Speed for a while, causing it not to keep up with the Stamina limit, making the recovery time after depletion longer.
This led to the embarrassing situation where, despite sleeping for nine hours, he still wasn't able to fully recover his Physical Strength, still lacking a bit.
"Speaking of which, I haven't triggered any fortuitous encounters today. I wonder if I could get any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to boost my Physical Recovery Speed."
Zhang Yanhang hinted blatantly, but Multiple Choice seemed to have no reaction.
Yet it could also be due to a delay, so he waited a bit more. But after waiting for half an hour, until 9 PM, there was still no reaction from Multiple Choice.
Although Multiple Choice didn't respond, Zhang Yanhang received something else—a message from someone.
When Zhang Yanhang checked his phone, he was surprised to find it was Zhao Yalan who sent him a message. This seemed to be the first time Zhao Yalan had messaged him since they added each other as friends a few days ago.
Zhao Yalan: "Are you there?"
Since they had only recently become friends and hadn't sent messages before, Zhang Yanhang hadn't even changed Zhao Yalan's note to her Talent name [Gathering Power].
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Not here."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Automated forwarding service is activated; related message information will be viewed later."
Zhao Yalan: "Are you polite?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "If you ask, I'm not here."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Every time I ask if they're there, a Fifth Tier Awakener I know always tells me they're not."
Zhang Yanhang found that replying with "not here" was quite satisfying. No wonder every time he asked if the group admin was there, they replied with "not here."
Zhao Yalan: "That's clearly your issue, okay? Don't vent such weird emotions on unrelated people!"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "What you said makes a lot of sense, but I am indeed feeling very happy, so I choose to refuse. I'm not in!"
Zhao Yalan: "Defying the heavens!"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Actually, I'm really not here. I'm currently using the invisible third hand to send you messages, so it doesn't count as me sending the messages myself."
Zhao Yalan: "I hope when the police catch you, you'll also tell them you're using the invisible third hand to commit a crime, so it doesn't count as you committing sexual harassment."
Zhao Yalan: "Invisible third hand, why not just become 'Transparent Man'?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "How do you know I can use the Invisibility Technique? Are you spying on me? You're so perverted."
Zhao Yalan: "I really will call the police, who's the pervert here?!"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "When you're out mixing in the world, you need connections. I have connections in the relevant departments, what means do you have to catch me?!"
Zhao Yalan: "Are you an outlaw?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "I just destroyed a country, and no one's come to catch me. Maybe calling me an outlaw isn't wrong, but theoretically, since the Empire doesn't have specific laws against destroying other countries, technically speaking, I haven't broken the law."
Zhao Yalan: "If your bragging was just a little bit smaller, I'd believe it. With such capabilities, why haven't you flown up to rub shoulders with the Sun?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Although I've only devoured micro stars, when I get a bit stronger, I will definitely try to eat a proper sun, since it seems to have abundant energy and probably is quite nutritious."
Zhao Yalan: "We're all adults, can you not tell these lies meant for three-year-olds? At least tell me a six-year-old's lie to fool me a bit."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "You don't believe me?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Why don't you believe me?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Nowadays, speaking the truth earnestly isn't believed, is this the loneliness felt at the pinnacle due to immense strength?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Unexpectedly satisfying."
Zhao Yalan: "Can you be a bit more serious? Stop with the irrelevant nonsense."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "I'm being serious, isn't this serious enough? What's your definition of serious? Could it be that we have differing definitions of serious?"
Zhao Yalan looked at Zhang Yanhang's message and couldn't help but clench her fists and grit her teeth, but she ultimately endured because she indeed needed Zhang Yanhang. Even if continuously teased by him, she had to hold it in for now.
Zhao Yalan: "If it wasn't for the phone barrier, I'd really want to kick you."
Though she said she had to endure, Zhao Yalan ultimately couldn't completely hold it in.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Are you sure?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "You're quite brave?"
Zhao Yalan: "Just kidding, I'm super brave, okay!"
Zhang Yanhang immediately opened an Arbitrary Gate and stretched his hand through.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Come on, kick me! Don't let me look down on you!"
Zhao Yalan watched as a hand suddenly appeared on her ceiling. Although it seemed a bit eerie, considering Zhang Yanhang had previously demonstrated space-related abilities in front of her, she could accept it.
As for how Zhang Yanhang knew where she lived, with the varied abilities of Awakeners, there might be one who can travel through internet lines, so she could accept that too, albeit reluctantly. Well, more like not fully accepting it.
But compared to that, she was more torn about whether to really kick Zhang Yanhang, that was the key issue at hand.
However, soon after recalling Zhang Yanhang's recent bizarre words, Zhao Yalan immediately kicked toward his hand.
But since his hand was extended from the ceiling and a bit high up, a standard kick wouldn't reach it, so Zhao Yalan executed a spinning kick. Her pink foot wrapped in flesh-colored tights struck Zhang Yanhang's hand with a resounding 'smack'; this is only achievable by an Awakener, as regular folks couldn't manage such a challenging maneuver.
Zhao Yalan originally planned to attack and retreat immediately, but before she had a chance to react, Zhang Yanhang's large hand snapped shut like a long-awaited animal trap, gripping her foot.
Zhao Yalan was immediately suspended in mid-air, and influenced by gravitational potential, her skirt involuntarily slid down, revealing a mature-looking black lace that Zhang Yanhang wasn't familiar with in appearance.
She instinctively tried to cover her skirt, but then realized that her arm couldn't see anything, so it was unnecessary to cover it.
"Wow, you didn't really think you could kick me and just escape, right?"
Zhang Yanhang explored Zhao Yalan's smooth foot wrapped in flesh-colored tights and, after finding the right spot, pressed down hard on the Yongquan acupuncture point.
Zhao Yalan, who was just feeling a bit shy ⁄(⁄⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄⁄)⁄, immediately felt a powerful force continuously conduct downwards through her foot.
Suddenly, the sensory overload of soreness, itching, swelling, pain, and numbness hit all at once. As Zhang Yanhang released his grip, she fell limp onto the bed, her face flushed while she panted heavily; it couldn't be helped, the pain was indeed intense, enough to almost bring tears.
Noticing that Zhao Yalan seemed temporarily at a loss for words, Zhang Yanhang withdrew his arm and closed the Arbitrary Gate.
He placed his hand near his nose and gently sniffed it, finding Zhao Yalan's foot seemed much less smelly than before.
Or perhaps due to the rank promotion, it surprisingly had no odor, only a mix of pheromone (hormone) and body wash scent, not smelly at all, even a bit intoxicating.
But these matters were irrelevant to Zhang Yanhang now and not worthy of his attention.
So he quickly sent another message to Zhao Yalan.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "That Fifth Tier Awakened, every time I ask 'Are you there?' she always replies 'I'm not,' and directly tells me to get to the point."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Had you started by stating your issue directly instead of asking if I was here, it might have already been resolved by now."