Chapter 743: Chapter 738: World Difficulty Increases
"What clues do you have about True Intent Cultivation?" Discarding and Letting Go asked.
"Currently, my Mystical Arts are all from conventional systems. I have Top Grade Mystical Arts in both the Earth Element and the Water Element, but not in the Wind Element or the Fire Element. I want to cultivate all four Elemental Mystical Arts to the Top Grade level..."
Listening to Bai Pu revealing his plan, surprise flashed in Discarding and Letting Go’s eyes as he looked Bai Pu up and down. "Kid, you’re even crazier than I am. Even Third-Grade True Intent can’t satisfy you?"
Bai Pu said, "I have confidence in my Comprehension. Since there are higher-grade True Intents, it means someone must be able to cultivate them."
"On the Silver Heart Continent, those who possess Second-Grade True Intent are as rare as phoenix feathers. In fact, many of the experts who cultivate First-Grade and Second-Grade True Intents come from other races, like the Divine Race."
Discarding and Letting Go sighed lightly, "Human talent cannot be compared to the Divine Race. However, this is the path you’ve chosen, and I have no position to oppose it. But have you thought about the possibility that if you learn too many diverse things, it might impact your understanding of Special System Mystical Arts, or even hinder the understanding of True Intent Prototype, potentially stopping you forever at the Awakener level? At that time, where will Earth go?"
Bai Pu calmly said, "If I confirm that I cannot break through, I will pass the highest authority of the Earth Battleship to you."
After a moment of Silence, Discarding and Letting Go said, "Very well, it’s good that you have such realization. Go talk on the Gaia Network and send me your virtual coordinates."
"Bai Pu F9Z55G."
Bai Pu reported his virtual coordinates, then ended the call.
The blood-colored glow emanating from the Hell Scroll sheepskin paper quickly faded, eventually turning into Spiritual Particles and disappearing without a trace.
Bai Pu didn’t have time to feel distress over the National Destiny Artifact; he directly logged into the Gaia Network.
Bai Pu F9Z55G Virtual Island.
Soon, a flash of white light, and Discarding and Letting Go appeared in the sky above the virtual island, gently descending.
Now both were in a state of virtual reality, where even death wouldn’t affect reality.
"Since you intend to cultivate the four Top Grade Mystical Arts, let me lend you a hand."
Discarding and Letting Go said, "Have you learned how to upgrade the Red Flame Mystical Arts and Gang Wind Mystical Arts to the Top Grade level?"
"Venerable Envoy Li Yan gave me some guidance. She said that upgrading Rare Mystical Arts to Top Grade Mystical Arts requires understanding the ’principles’ of things."
Discarding and Letting Go nodded, "That’s right. In fact, Top Grade Mystical Arts are all about understanding the fundamental principles of things that align with the trajectory of the Law, such as annihilation, fluctuation, dissolution, burning... for instance, with the Red Flame Mystical Arts, to comprehend the further Top Grade Mystical Arts of burning, you must understand what the essence of burning is, turning yourself into a particle of Fire, participating in the operation along the trajectory of the Law."
Bai Pu closed his eyes, trying hard to think.
However, after half an hour, he still couldn’t grasp it and opened his eyes.
Discarding and Letting Go said, "How is it? Does it feel very difficult?"
Bai Pu replied, "It’s like there’s an invisible barrier that I can’t immerse myself in."
"That’s the ’Knowledge Barrier’. Existing Mystical Arts insights can influence your comprehension of new Mystical Arts," Discarding and Letting Go said indifferently. "However, it’s not an impossible path. You can seek help from Spirit Realm Native experts."
"Gain guidance from Spirit Realm Native experts?"
"Ordinary guidance won’t do. You need to trigger tasks where the mission rewards are Mystical Arts insights; it depends on your Spirit Realm exploration capability."
Discarding and Letting Go emphasized, "At your level of cultivation, in terms of Mystical Arts, there aren’t many Spirit Realm experts more formidable than you. They originally wouldn’t have the qualification to guide you, but if you trigger high-difficulty tasks in the Spirit Realm, the final task rewards will be elevated by Spirit Realm Will and become useful to you."
Bai Pu suddenly realized, "This is the Enlightenment of Spirit Realm Will!"
Back when he was a mid-level Awakened, Bai Pu experimented on Qin.
The insights into Qin’s Flesh and Blood Alchemy were written into a booklet and given to Bai Pu as a mission reward. After receiving the "Enlightenment" of Spirit Realm Will, it recorded more profound Flesh and Blood Alchemy knowledge, eventually helping Qin break through the shackles of the Mid-level Sub-profession and advance to the Advanced Alchemist level.
The principle is that the task rewards must match the task difficulty. If the insights and perception booklet rewarded from high-difficulty tasks offer no assistance to the Awakened, it contradicts the Spirit Realm Will’s principle of "equal risk and reward."
"I will go to the Spirit Realm to give it a try," Bai Pu nodded, then said, "Lord Discarding and Letting Go, I am currently on the Silver Heart Continent. Is the Spirit Realm Source Plane I teleport to still based on Earth’s blueprint?"
"The so-called Source Plane uses the historical and cultural blueprint of the real world, generating at different time nodes with Spiritual Energy variables. At present, the real world has turned into the Silver Heart Great World, and Earth is also a part of it. The Source Plane you teleport to might have Earth’s history as the blueprint, Illusion Wood Star’s history, or even Silver Heart Star’s history."
After a pause, Discarding and Letting Go reminded again, "However, you should be mentally prepared. The intensity of Spiritual Particles in the real world will have a significant impact on the Spirit Realm intensity."
Bai Pu was surprised, "What do you mean, the Silver Heart Continent has a Level 12 Spiritual Particle intensity... does that mean the corresponding Spirit Realm, even the Awakened World, will also be at Level 12 intensity?"
"Not quite. When I mention real world intensity, I’m not referring to a single planet but rather an extensive space, like the entire Silver Heart Great World. The overall Spiritual Particle intensity is about 4~6, while the Solar System’s intensity used to be between 1~2... so, the Awakened World’s intensity should increase by 2~4 points. The harder the Plane World originally, the greater the increase."
Bai Pu gasped in surprise.
An intensity of 2~4 points—considering that Demon Fighting: Battle Academy was originally at 5 points, does it mean it directly becomes 7~9 points?
This level of intensity is enough to give rise to King-level experts, right?
Lords everywhere, Leaders no more than dogs?
Hell dungeon indeed.
Of course, there’s also the possibility that the Natives’ templates haven’t changed much, but overall attack and defense along with blood volume have been boosted by World Difficulty, where even a small soldier has Warrior-level Attributes.
"Earth Awakened are probably finished," Bai Pu sighed.
"These are the growing pains of the Transformation Era. Actually, as long as Earth Awakened lower their stance and take on low-difficulty tasks they previously overlooked, there is still hope for completion. With the change in World Difficulty, even low-difficulty tasks now have good rewards," Discarding and Letting Go wasn’t worried.
Bai Pu then said, "Lord Discarding and Letting Go, there’s one more thing... I need you to communicate with the Earth side... I have developed a new formula, called ’Refining God Liquid’."
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