Chapter 432: Chapter 323: Advancing by Leaps and Bounds
Including the Talent Points left over from last month,
this month, he could draw for Combat Talents a total of 1,089 times.
The fragments needed to upgrade all three Combat Talents added up to only 1,050. This meant that no matter what, at least one talent was guaranteed to reach seven stars this time.
Theoretically, it would only take 1,048 draws in the worst-case scenario for one talent to upgrade, and Fang Yun had forty more draws than that.
Since upgrading a Combat Talent produced an intense, scorching heat, Fang Yun planned to draw for the Combat Talents slowly.
The 136th draw.
He drew a Sword Talent fragment, the final piece needed. The Sword Talent was the first to be upgraded.
The theoretical extreme was unlikely to happen. He only needed forty-nine Sword Talent fragments to upgrade, and if he had gotten stuck at forty-eight, Fang Yun would have seriously suspected there was something wrong with the draw system.
Fang Yun was already prepared when the Sword Talent began to upgrade.
First came a wondrous sensation, followed shortly by an intense, scorching heat.
He had to endure the feeling that followed.
As his Cultivation and Realm advanced, Fang Yun’s resistance to all sorts of things grew stronger. However, this sensation ignored his defenses, making the scorching heat feel more intense with each upgrade.
"Phew."
After the scorching heat subsided, Fang Yun took a deep breath.
Then, he continued drawing for Combat Talents.
On the 775th draw, he received a Shield Talent fragment, and the Shield Talent also began to upgrade.
After a good while, Fang Yun recovered once more.
He checked the number of draws he had left and the number of fragments needed to upgrade his Shoe Talent. It would be difficult to upgrade the Shoe Talent this month, so he used all his remaining draws at once.
He had 178 Talent Points remaining. The Combat Talent interface changed as follows:
[Gear] Sword Talent ★★★★★★★ (218/362,880)
[Gear] Shield Talent ★★★★★★★ (133/362,880)
[Gear] Shoe Talent ★★★★★★ (40,008/40,320)
The Shoe Talent, which hadn’t been upgraded, was still 312 fragments short of its next upgrade. It probably wouldn’t be upgraded next month or even the month after; it would likely take three months.
He estimated it would take three months to get the fragments he needed for his Shoe Talent, requiring him to accumulate around 900,000 Talent Points. Recently, the number of Talent Points Fang Yun accumulated each month was usually around 300,000.
After closing the translucent screen, Fang Yun eagerly began to test the changes from his talent upgrades.
A seven-star Combat Talent was barely sufficient even for the Nascent Soul Stage. The effects of an upgrade were more pronounced every two stars.
First, Fang Yun took out the Earth Yellow Sword, an Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact with nine Spirit Patterns, to check the new Spiritual Power reduction effect.
After upgrading the Sword Talent to seven stars, the Spiritual Power reduction was even more significant.
’It only takes one percent of the Spiritual Power normally required to activate an Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact.’
As a Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, with the enhancement of his seven-star Combat Talent, his Spiritual Power reduction for Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifacts had reached a staggering ninety-nine percent.
After understanding the Spiritual Power reduction, Fang Yun immediately began testing its power.
A series of sounds rang out one after another.
Fang Yun’s rough test of the Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact’s power under the enhancement of his seven-star Sword Talent was complete.
It was a very simple test, so the results were only an approximation.
’It’s just as I thought. After my Combat Talent reached seven stars, I can now wield an Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact with nine Spirit Patterns and unleash the power of a Magical Treasure with one Prohibition.’
The enhancement effect was within Fang Yun’s expectations.
As a Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he could now use a tiny amount of Spiritual Power to unleash a full-power strike equivalent to that of a normal Early-stage Core Formation Cultivator. This was a massive increase in strength.
He would have far more stamina than an Early-stage Core Formation Cultivator.
After putting away the Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact with nine Spirit Patterns, next up was the Magical Treasure-level Earth Yellow Sword.
Compared to his estimates for the Spiritual Artifact, he wasn’t as certain about controlling the Magical Treasure.
As he continuously poured in Spiritual Power, the Magical Treasure-level Earth Yellow Sword rose into the air.
’The Spiritual Power consumption is still high, about a quarter of what it was before the Sword Talent was upgraded.’
In reality, the amount of Spiritual Power consumed was already very low. But from Fang Yun’s subjective point of view, it still seemed like a lot, especially since he now only needed a tiny bit to control an Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact.
When his Combat Talent was at six stars, the Spiritual Power he used to control a Magical Treasure with one Prohibition was slightly more than what a normal Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator would use to control an Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact.
Now that he understood the Spiritual Power consumption for using a Magical Treasure, he could extrapolate the cost of using the Magical Treasure-level Light Silk Boots after his Shoe Talent was upgraded, even though it hadn’t reached seven stars yet.
Previously, when using the Light Silk Boots at full power, he could maintain an extremely high speed for a short period.
Now, that duration would be extended by at least four times. It could no longer be described as a "short period," but rather a "considerable amount of time."
Moreover, with the greater enhancement, his speed would undoubtedly be even faster.
In about three months, once the Shoe Talent was upgraded, most Late-stage Core Formation Cultivators probably wouldn’t be able to do anything to him if he decided to flee.
Because he didn’t have a good target, it was difficult to test the power of the Magical Treasure-level Earth Yellow Sword.
"In terms of power, it should be close to the level of a Magical Treasure with two Prohibitions," Fang Yun roughly estimated.
With his Combat Talent upgraded to seven stars, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.
Now, there wasn’t much danger for him to travel alone to the Celestial Demon Sect’s Earth Realm.
Mid-stage Core Formation Demons posed basically no threat to him.
There was now a Late-stage Core Formation Demon within the Celestial Demon Sect, but only one. Furthermore, it was a Demon that had only recently reached that stage. A Demon like that would, in all likelihood, have a hard time threatening him either.
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