Fifteen billion Skill Points can do so much that Zhang Chen doesn’t even know which skill to upgrade at the moment.
Zhang Chen’s gaze swept over the Golden Finger Interface and finally rested on the Sun Charcoal Fire.
The Sun Charcoal Fire is currently a ninth-tier skill, and it is the most destructive and highest level among all his skills.
Although he has fifteen billion points, he must use them cautiously, employing all points as effectively as possible to elevate his skills to the extreme and fully unleash their effects.
[Skill 19 (Ninth Tier): Charcoal Fire in a Grain + Sun Sensing (/1000000000)]
Upgrading the nineteenth skill to the tenth tier only requires one billion points. After a brief consideration, Zhang Chen directly clicked to choose the upgrade for the nineteenth skill; there was indeed no better choice than this at the moment.
As Zhang Chen’s thought moved, the vast Skill Points evaporated directly; fifteen billion Skill Points turned into fourteen billion instantaneously, and at this moment, his Golden Finger Interface changed: [Skill 19 (Ninth Tier): Charcoal Fire in a Grain + Sun Sensing (/1000000000)] —> [Skill 19 (Tenth Tier): A Bloom of Sun True Flame + Sun Sensing (/10000000000)]
Then Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger Interface refreshed:
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[Skill 19 (Tenth Tier): A Bloom of Sun True Flame + Sun Sensing (/10000000000)]
[Points: 14000000000]
At this moment, Zhang Chen felt a sudden change in his Primordial Spirit. In the deepest part of his conscious space, a small flame suddenly appeared, emitting a golden glow, resembling a small candle.
"This flame is really too small." Zhang Chen looked at the flame, about the size of a candle, with a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
As he carefully sensed the flame, he observed numerous faintly discernible runes flowing within it; sometimes the runes transformed into birds, vividly jumping within the flame, and sometimes they flowed in a particular trajectory as runes.
It seemed that within the candle-sized flame, there existed a fiery world, inhabited by countless creatures evolved from runes.
Feeling the information transmitted from the Golden Finger Interface, Zhang Chen always sensed that his Sun True Flame skill wasn’t that simple, but it wasn’t the right time to experiment now, so he turned his head to look at the Golden Finger Interface:
"Goodness, upgrading the tenth-tier Sun True Flame to the eleventh tier requires a hundred billion experience points. My current experience points are only 140 billion; choosing which skill to upgrade still requires careful consideration." At this moment, Zhang Chen hesitated a bit. Although his remaining Skill Points amount to 140 billion, enough to push Sun True Flame into the eleventh tier, he still has other essential skills that need upgrading.
For example: True God Golden Light.
The emergence of the Exquisite Tower, along with the malevolent spirits beneath it, left Zhang Chen with a sense of insecurity.
For example: Soul Hooking Chain!
Now that the soul of the Unknown Tier Innate Water God had emerged, Zhang Chen felt that his skill Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing should also be upgraded. Perhaps after upgrading, his soul-stealing could restrain the Soul of the Innate Water God.
He could imagine that it would not take long before the Innate Water God would soon recover to the Twelfth Tier. Once he confronts him directly, even if his Sun True Flame steps into the eleventh tier, he can’t contend with him!
Another example: Body Transformation Blood River.
Becoming the master of the Blood Dao, the Blood Sea Dao is continually expanding each day, the power of Blood Dao intensifying, and the uses of Blood Sea Dao growing, so it’s necessary to upgrade these skills soon to discover and develop more applications.
Moreover, upgrading the Spiritual World is crucial; no matter what, it holds significant importance for him. If one can explore the Fourth Heaven, there might be a greater gain within.
As for the Invisibility Rune, the upgrade can be postponed for now; currently, it’s still adequate in use.
However, Time Acceleration must be upgraded in a wave; its divine power is incredibly practical. For Zhang Chen, it promotes the growth of the Innate Jianmu. It relates to future cultivation, the speed of acquiring Innate Qi, and the nurturing and revival of Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Regarding the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, Zhang Chen thought about preparing it in advance. His real deadly move isn’t the Sun True Flame but the Nine Bends Yellow River Array. The combination of the Nine Bends Yellow River Array and the Ice Domain is the foundation of his life-saving strategy.
"If the Sun True Flame can’t rush into the Twelfth Heaven in one go, there’s no assurance in this world for me. It’s best to upgrade the skills needed for the future first, ensuring a stable course of action. For me, arranging skills for maximum benefit. For instance, the Spiritual World must be upgraded, granting sufficient exploration time. After all, the Spiritual World is filled with various risks, and exploring even one heaven isn’t a task that can be accomplished in a short time; it’s a long-term mission. Ascending the Power of Time can accelerate the growth rate of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu daily, hasten the accumulation of Innate Qi, all of which are long-term investments..."
"First, enhance the skills related to long-term development, and if there’s enough remaining points to upgrade the Sun True Flame, then upgrade the Sun True Flame to the eleventh tier. This would maximize benefits for this opportunity." Zhang Chen thought privately, and he soon made up his mind.
At this thought, Zhang Chen’s gaze fell on the sixth skill: [Skill 6 (Extreme): Third Heaven (0/8000000)]
The fourth heaven in the realm of extreme mental state can enter the fourth heaven of the Spiritual World.
It was merely a trivial eight million Skill Points. Thinking of this, Zhang Chen clicked on it directly, and in the next moment, he observed the Golden Finger Interface in front of him transform:
[6 Skills (Extreme): Third Heaven (0/8000000)] ---> [6 Skills (Extreme): Fourth Heaven (0/16000000)]
"To upgrade from the Fourth Heaven to the Fifth Heaven actually requires sixteen million points."
Zhang Chen thought about it and decided to give up on further enhancing the Spiritual World. For now, reaching the Fourth Heaven in the Spiritual World was sufficient for his needs, and he didn’t want to waste points that could be better used to enhance the power of the Sun True Flame.
Then Zhang Chen turned his gaze to the True God Golden Light:
[1 Skill (Tier Five): True God Golden Light (0/20000000)]
The True God Golden Light was only at Tier Five, and upgrading it required merely twenty million experience points. Along with the increasingly bigger troubles he was encountering, the True God Golden Light had become somewhat inadequate, unable to keep up with his developments.
With this thought, Zhang Chen applied the skill points directly, and in the next moment, he saw the Golden Finger Interface of True God Golden Light transforming:
[1 Skill (Tier Five): True God Golden Light (0/20000000)] ---> [1 Skill (Tier Six): True God Golden Light (0/200000000)]
Then the Golden Finger Interface refreshed:
[1 Skill (Tier Six): True God Golden Light (0/200000000)]
[Note 1: Wherever the golden light passes, evil entities of the Tenth Tier retreat.]
[Note 2: Your Light of the True God has developed mysterious runes that can be imprinted on all things, breaking their one-day retention feature.]
[Note 3: Your True God Golden Light has gained a suppression attribute that can temporarily seal Tenth Tier evil entities when applied inside sealed containers.]
Zhang Chen’s eyes landed on Note 3, a hint of delight in his eyes: "A suppression attribute against evil entities? That could be useful."
However, the True God Golden Light hadn’t unlocked the ability to counter Eleventh Tier evil entities, leaving Zhang Chen slightly disappointed. He glanced at the numbers behind the True God Golden Light, noting that upgrading from Tier Six to Tier Seven required two hundred million points. After briefly hesitating when considering his 13.9 billion points, he decided to proceed.
Evil entities in this world are countless and bizarre, far more frightening than humans who could only reach the Twelfth Tier. If one is even slightly negligent, they might not even understand how they died.
Especially having sensed that the Innate Water God was still alive, Zhang Chen dared not be careless, given the ancient devious techniques the entity might possess from times immemorial.
With two hundred million points spent, the True God Golden Light Interface refreshed once more:
[1 Skill (Tier Six): True God Golden Light (0/200000000)] ---> [1 Skill (Tier Seven): True God Golden Light (0/2000000000)]
Then the Golden Finger Interface refreshed again:
[1 Skill (Tier Seven): True God Golden Light (0/2000000000)]
[Note 1: Wherever the golden light passes, evil entities of the Tenth Tier retreat.]
[Note 2: Your Light of the True God has developed mysterious runes that can be imprinted on all things, breaking their one-day retention feature.]
[Note 3: Your True God Golden Light has gained a suppression attribute that can temporarily seal Tenth Tier evil entities when applied inside sealed containers.]
[Note 4: Your True God Golden Light has gained the power to resolve curses, as long as the Power of Curse does not exceed the Tenth Tier.]
"Resolve curses? This skill has some potential!" Zhang Chen hadn’t forgotten that he had initially been tainted by the Power of Curse in the Empress Tomb.
That Power of Curse was incredibly persistent, and Zhang Chen still hadn’t had the opportunity to resolve it.
With the upgrade of the True God Golden Light, the golden light seemed to sense the Power of Curse lurking deep in Zhang Chen’s soul, streaming directly toward it. The mark formed by the Power of Curse started evaporating continuously, rapidly turning into nothingness under the illumination of the golden light.
However, the black Power of Curse was exceedingly resilient, continually regenerating to resist the dismantling power of the True God Golden Light.
Though the True God Golden Light was disintegrating the Power of Curse, the curse itself stubbornly resisted, regenerating even more rapidly.
Ultimately, the Power of Curse’s regeneration couldn’t outpace the True God Golden Light. Facing its power, the black curse mark evaporated like snow melting under the sun, eventually vanishing without a trace.
At this moment, the True God Golden Light withdrew, leaving no sign of any phenomenon.
It was just as Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, believing he had eliminated a hidden danger, when suddenly his Primordial Spirit stirred. Within, the endless darkness reemerged, with the previously disintegrated curse appearing out of nowhere once again.