LRAB Chapter 506 Which Do I Upgrade?
Chapter 506 Which Do I Upgrade?
I can take in Chaotic Qi now? If the System is warning me about how dangerous it is, it's probably something I still can't take lightly...
William contemplated the System's words while he waited for it to upgrade. The last time he tried to absorb Chaotic Qi, it had burnt through all of his Talents to include his Forcefield and the layers of protection from the Fitness Talent.
If he hadn't used Chaos Magic to suppress the effects of the Chaotic Qi, it would have damaged his Dantian and sent him all the way back to the Golden Core Realm. That was some serious damage from a single drop of black liquid.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
But it also spoke volumes of its power. If William could harness Chaotic Qi... even if it was a single drop...
His thoughts were interrupted by an earthquake within his own mind. The pain resistance effect of his Mind Talent that was supposed to activate was once again useless as the layers of Soul Strength protecting his mind shattered into pieces.
William writhed on the ground in pain while the Soul Strength reformed, its presence slightly weaker than before but the numbers unchanged within his Status. At the same time, William's attention was drawn by another event elsewhere in his mind.
Somewhere hidden deep within his Sea of Consciousness, a blurry humanoid figure formed out of nothingness, its body somewhere between 1.6 and 1.7 meters tall. It stood stiffly, as if its legs were made from wooden planks, and shuffled forward slowly without bending at the knees.
After a few minutes of stumbling around, the humanoid figure finally learned how to operate each of its joints, but it didn't become any clearer than before. It simply looked like a cloud of grey smoke, with no eyes, ears, mouth, or nose to give William any hints to its gender.
System, is that you? He asked warily. William wanted to guess that this newcomer could have only appeared because of the System upgrade, but he couldn't be sure.
The System didn't answer his question directly, instead displaying its usual message that told him it was done upgrading.
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SYSTEM RANK: (A+ --> S-)
-11 Extra Ascended Points added to progression towards the next System Rankup.
Next rank up: 239AP
*New Changes:
-System has reached version 2.9 and has enhanced various concealment and detection techniques unique to the System. Tracking device attached to the Host has been fully disabled.
-Three Additional Farm Slots.
-When upgrading Talents, percentage bonuses past 200% will now be displayed as multipliers.
-Potential Spells feature unlocked within the Status Panel. Potential Spells will be organized by Potential Tier, starting from 1 at the lowest.
-Potential Tiers are similar to the strength of Alchemical recipes, meaning a Tier 10 Potential Spell is equivalent in strength to a Spell at the peak of the Mortal Realms.
-Talent Shop removed from the System.
[Ascended] Fitness (Mythic): (X --> F)
Effects:
-Speed increased by 20000% >> 500x
-Jumping strength increased by 20000% >> 500x
-Balancing ability improved by 20000% >> 500x
-Flexibility improved by 20000% >> 500x
-Time to reach maximum speed reduced by 20000% >> 500x
-Reaction time improved by 20000% >> 500x
-Resistance to physical fatigue +20000% >> 500x
-Full-body muscular ability +20000% >> 500x
-Immunity to the effects of knockback
-Wall-scaling improved by +20000% >> 500x Stay updated through empire
-Ability to redirect your velocity in another direction +20000% >> 500x
-Your hands can be used with 20000% >> 500x finer detail and grace.
X-Rank Bonus Effects...
Next rank up: 100 AP
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In addition to the Fitness Talent's now over 1.5 times improvement, several of its bonus effects also doubled in effectiveness. The most notable increase was William's Accelerated Reflexes Bonus Effect, which now slowed down time by 192 times compared to the previous 96.
Now, if William was targeted by a Spell that would reach him in one second, he would have over three minutes to decide how to respond. Even compared to a Time Mage, this was absurdly strong!
Now here's the hard decision... do I upgrade the Fitness Talent again, or Cultivation? Both will cost me one hundred Ascended Points, so I have to choose. Or maybe... Mana Dominator twice?
Mana Dominator was a Legendary Talent, which meant it would cost him 25 Ascended Points to reach E-Rank, then another 50 for D-Rank. He could do both upgrades right now for 75 AP and still have 73 left.