Chapter 216 - 216 103 Strength Enhancement

216: Chapter 103: Strength Enhancement 216: Chapter 103: Strength Enhancement “I hope this time it won’t be like before, always clashing with that Dragon Egg…”

Zhang Xiaoman muttered to himself, then stretched out his hand and pressed the upgrade button.

“Currently drawing a random upgrade, please wait…”

“Upgrade complete!

Green Skill—Soul Absorption Technique, has been successfully upgraded to Green Skill—Soul Raiding Skill.”

Zhang Xiaoman had intended to use up all four upgrades in one go, but after the result of the first one came out, he was surprised to find that the system had randomly selected the Soul Absorption Technique on the first try.

This made him instinctively stop his actions and eagerly opened his attribute panel.

[Soul Raiding Skill]

Usage Effect: Absorbs Dark Energy from the surroundings or the target.

Maximum Absorption: (20)→40 points

Usage Consumption: None

Usage Range: Radius (40)→50 meters

Cooling Time: (30)→20 minutes

——Plunder others’ spirits for my use.

When the upgraded Soul Absorption Technique appeared before his eyes, Zhang Xiaoman was truly overjoyed, as it was definitely one of the skills he wanted to upgrade the most.

He had no choice, as he had always been troubled by not having enough energy, even after his Awakening.

Even with numerous tactics at his disposal, being unable to use them freely was really frustrating.

“The absorption has increased from 20 points to 40 points, not only has the range increased, but the cooling time has also decreased by 10 minutes.

This is really a significant improvement for me,” he said.

His face was radiant with happiness as the first upgrade of the day brought him a surprise.

Zhang Xiaoman felt that even if the next three draws were all Dragon Eggs, it would still be worth it.

The upgrades continued.

“Currently drawing a random upgrade, please wait…”

“Upgrade complete!

Blue Skill—Star Guardian·Second Layer, has been successfully upgraded to Blue Skill—Star Guardian·Third Level.”

“This…

The Star Guard upgraded…?”

Zhang Xiaoman looked at the result before him and still found it somewhat unbelievable.

He had just upgraded the Soul Absorption Technique to the Soul Raiding Skill, and now the Star Guard had also leveled up.

Was his luck today also too good?

Thinking this, he immediately pulled up the attribute panel to check the effects of the Star Guardian Third Level.

“Hmm…

The number of Star Guards I can summon at once has increased from 2 to 4, the energy consumption has doubled to 60 Dark Energy points.

But that’s not a worry, I can still summon just two for 30 points…

”

“The maximum limit has also increased to 8, the Duration has become 3 hours, and both the summoning and controlling ranges have improved.

It really is powerful!”

Zhang Xiaoman looked at the new level of the Star Guard skill, his face blooming with a smile.

The first upgrade changed the summoning from 1 to 2, and now from 2 to 4.

If this trend continues in future upgrades, does that mean he could summon thousands of Star Guards with a wave of his hand, and directly crush monsters with a sheer mass of numbers?

He thought about this, his heart couldn’t help but get a little excited again.

“Since my luck is so good right now, I might as well continue upgrading!”

He said, and his finger once again pressed the upgrade function.

“Currently drawing a random upgrade, please wait…”

“Upgrade complete!

Purple Skill—Mountain River Suppression, has successfully added 1 Upgrade Point!”

“Hmm?

Upgrade Points?”

Zhang Xiaoman saw the system prompt and was completely stunned.

Before, it had always been direct upgrades from the system, but now it suddenly changed to adding upgrade points, which was the first time he had encountered this situation.

“How could this be?

Wasn’t it always that I spent 10 points and then directly upgraded whatever I drew?

Why now has it only added one upgrade point…

Oh right, what exactly is an upgrade point?”

He was quite puzzled as he opened the attribute panel for Mountain River Suppression, wanting to see what these so-called Upgrade Points were all about.

“Hm…

Mountain River Suppression is still the same; the attributes haven’t changed a bit and it’s still Invincible for 5 seconds, with a cooling of 1 hour…”

Zhang Xiaoman scanned from top to bottom, but nothing had changed.

“Wait, what is this?”

When his gaze shifted to the bottom of the Skills section, he suddenly noticed a “1/5” display, which he clearly remembered wasn’t there before.

“Could it be that these are the so-called Upgrade Points?

Do I need to gather 4 more points to upgrade this skill?”

Zhang Xiaoman immediately had a rough guess about this new appearance of Upgrade Points.

“Come to think of it, this must be the first time I’ve randomly got a skill of Purple quality or higher.

Could it be that items above Purple quality require gathering enough Upgrade Points to further upgrade?”

Although he was still uncertain verbally, he was inclined to agree with this in his heart.

However, from his explorations, he discovered that although there weren’t many benefits after the addition of the Upgrade Points, his shop now suddenly included buying permissions for the Mountain River Suppression Skill, albeit at a frightening price…

“1000 points?

System, you blockhead, that’s just too ruthless!”

This led Zhang Xiaoman to completely give up the idea; gathering 1000 points to buy that item seemed like en eternity away.

Putting these thoughts aside, he moved on to the final upgrade of the day and without hesitation, clicked on it.

“Randomly drawing an Upgrade, please wait…”

“Upgrade Complete!

Green Skill—Hearing Assistance Technique, has successfully upgraded to Blue Skill—Communication Skill.”

This upgrade left Zhang Xiaoman feeling a bit conflicted.

Because previously, the application of the Hearing Assistance Technique was quite redundant; he accidentally let the dog and cat take the slots.

He then discovered that the so-called “Beast Language” was essentially useless.

Although the Hearing Assistance Technique allowed him to understand what the other party intended to say through mental cognition, unrestricted by language,

the way animals expressed themselves was quite baffling, and many times Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t understand them.

Also, this mental understanding could not detect lies.

Since the Hearing Assistance Technique only grasped the “intended content” rather than the “internal thoughts,” it couldn’t be used as a Mind Reading Technique.

With such an analysis, this skill was indeed somewhat awkward.

Basically, it was just a built-in translator.

However, at the end of the day, Zhang Xiaoman still had to check the attributes of its upgraded version.

Based on previous experiences, a skill should have a qualitative enhancement as it transitions from a lower to a higher quality, with the effects becoming more pronounced the higher the quality.

“I wonder what this Communication Skill is like; I hope it doesn’t disappoint me…”

Zhang Xiaoman said as he opened the detailed information in the attribute panel to check it.

[Communication Skill]

Passive

Imprints and utilizes languages not previously learned through mental cognition, with a limit of four imprints.

Current Engraving: 2/4

…

After reading this description, it initially didn’t strike him as different, feeling like besides the imprint limit increasing from 2 to 4, there seemed to be no other changes.

However, after reading through the content carefully, Zhang Xiaoman was surprised to find that the change brought by this skill upgrade was much greater than he had imagined.

All because the previous description of “understanding” in the Hearing Assistance Technique had changed to “usage” in the current Communication Skill.

Although there were only two words difference, the meaning represented was night and day.

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