The agitation traveled through his energy threads to his energy well and amplified the Shifting Armor Life Ability and only the Shifting Armor Life Ability.
This amplification came in the form of an excited state of the Life Ability. The Life Ability was put in an excited state, so it produced more power than normal.
He tried many other combinations after that. Each time he did so, a phantom copy in the Energy Nexus would activate and combine its power with the real one, creating a greater output. Each time it did so, the amplification was always by 450%.
So something that should be 3(Dao Status) × 3(Telekinesis Metac) × (4(Body) + 5(Life Ability) + 450% Energy Well) × (4(Body Lever) + 4(Living Armament) + 4(Energy Amplifier) +4(Force Lever)) × (300% Overdrive), which is 5,832 units.
Became 3(Dao Status) × 3(Telekinesis Metac) × (4(Body) + 5(Life Ability) + 450% Energy Well) × (4(Body Lever) + 4(Living Armament) + 4(Energy Amplifier) +4(Force Lever)) × (300% Overdrive + 450% Energy Nexus), which is 14,580 units because of the amplification of the Energy Nexus.
This made his eyes light up and say, "So it is a 150% increase. I wonder how much of an increase it would be when I advance to rank 4."
This is why he calls the Energy Nexus a Power Core. It is because it enhances his power.
Of course, this power didn’t come for free. The Energy Nexus consumed as much energy as his Metacs did, which means he is now consuming double the amount of energy.
So he is consuming an extra 100% of energy for a boost of 150% to power. This makes it very worthwhile to him. But it is not always worthwhile for other cultivators.
A cultivator with a total capacity of 50% will have their power at 3(Dao Status) × 3(Telekinesis Metac) × (4(Body) + 5(Life Ability) + 50% Energy Well) × (4(Body Lever) + 4(Living Armament) + 4(Energy Amplifier) +4(Force Lever)) × (300% Overdrive), which is 4,104 units.
This power will then be enhanced by the Energy Nexus to 3(Dao Status) × 3(Telekinesis Metac) × (4(Body) + 5(Life Ability) + 50% Energy Well) × (4(Body Lever) + 4(Living Armament) + 4(Energy Amplifier) +4(Force Lever)) × (300% Overdrive + 50% Energy Nexus), which is 4,788.
This is only an increase of 16.66% to their power. But they will still need to consume an extra 100% energy to acquire this meager boost of power. So the boost of the Energy Nexus isn’t as worth it compared to his situation.
When he thought of this, he smiled and said, "Fortunately, this is only a side effect of gaining the Energy Nexus. The main purpose of the Energy Nexus is to become the Mind Palace. Without the Mind Palace, the Energy Nexus will cost more than it is worth for them."
Then he curled his lips and said, "Not for me, though. For me, the Energy Nexus is already more than worth all of the time and effort and energy that I spent on it and will continue to spend on it."
A boost of 150% to his power is about ten times the boost that most cultivators gain from their Energy Nexus, but this power is not enough for him. He wants to see how far he can take it, which means he wants to advance to rank 4 as soon as possible.
With his mind made up, he began to walk towards the door. There was only one goal in his mind as he did so, and he wasn’t willing to let anything stop him.
After all, he spent nine years creating the Energy Nexus. It was just right for him to want to solidify his effort into an increase in cultivation, which he can take with him to the past if he reverses time.
On the way there, he said to himself, "I have level 12 energy density, rank 5 Dao Heart, 300% overload limit, and an Energy Nexus. All I need now is a rank 4 Core Metac of the Forging Pathway to advance to rank 4 myself."
"But who should I target? And how should I target them?"
This question made him pause just as he reached the door. Instead of opening the door to go on the hunt, he decided to first work on deciding who to hunt.
So he said to himself, "Greg is a good option, but he is at the front lines doing Amelia’s bidding. And aside from him, I don’t know any other viable option. I just don’t know the people in this battlefield."
As he came to this conclusion, his eyes lit up, and he said, "But I know someone who should know everyone on the battlefield. And she is my ally too. So rather than going out wasting my time, why don’t I let her help me out?"
He thought this was a good idea, so he immediately messaged Amelia, saying, "I am almost ready. But I need a rank 4 forger to complete something."
She said, "What do you want me to do exactly?"
He replied, saying, "Send one rank 4 forger to me. You should also send their information to me, including information about their Life Ability. If you do so, I will give you your cities in a week’s time."
She said, "Alright. But you’d better fulfill your promise, or there will be hell to pay."
At this point, she has waited for nearly a decade. She can’t let all of that time that she spent go to waste, so she has to fulfill this request.
Fortunately, this request is a small matter. It is clear to her that any forger that she sends to Loki will die, but it is still a small request because she won’t be the one who needs to pay the value of the life of the rank 4 cultivator.
Plus, even if she will be the one to pay, that will only be in case this battlefield turns out to be a loss. So