372: Chapter 371 Entering the Dream Again!

The spirituality value required for skill points was one thing, but a full 300 soul crystals forced Chu Xuan to abandon the idea of continuing to level up.

Currently, he only had 5 soul crystals left, not even enough to cover the fraction needed.

The method of obtaining soul crystals, at least for now, was truly far too difficult.

Chu Xuan had experienced quite a few Specter incidents, but the total number of soul crystals he had obtained so far didn't even add up to 300.

"If I had 300 soul crystals, I'd rather upgrade the Exclusive Skill [Fire of Nirvana] by another level first..."

Chu Xuan shook his head slightly.

Upgrading an Exclusive Skill required soul crystals in addition to spirituality value.

Increasing it from Level 1 to Level 2 required only 3 soul crystals, while from Level 2 to Level 3, it required 10.

Level 3 to Level 4 required 30, and Level 4 to Level 5 required 100.

From Level 5 to Level 6, it tripled again, requiring 300 soul crystals.

He hadn't expected that upgrading a Transcendent Skill to Level 6 would require the same resources as an Exclusive Skill.

"Where can I get more soul crystals..."

Chu Xuan's eyes showed deep thought.

Right now, he needed a large quantity of soul crystals, not just for upgrading [Fire of Nirvana] and [Void Burst Step].

[All-Cutting Slash] required them as well.

For the current Chu Xuan, this skill, which was only at Level 3, relied more on the attached Fire of Nirvana to wear down enemies' health.

On its own, whether in terms of power or quantity, it was actually starting to be insufficient.

"And then there's the spirituality value..."

Chu Xuan shook his head slightly; after upgrading Void Burst Step to LV.5, his remaining spirituality value was only 10,706 points.

He suddenly felt that spirituality value was still too scarce; no matter how much he had, it was never enough.

Taking a soft breath, Chu Xuan first directly absorbed all 15 pieces of golden spiritual money through the System, converting them all into spirituality value.

[Your spirituality value +1500]

Then, he used the 1,500 points of spirituality value he had just absorbed to condense Slashes within his body, totaling 50 Slashes.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Xuan began to test the newly acquired Void Burst Step.

In the deep of night, he suddenly leaped up, reaching dozens of meters high, and then stomped his foot down hard.

Bang!

A faint sonic boom sounded, and a pale white ring of air rippled out from under Chu Xuan's feet, not very conspicuous in the dark night.

Chu Xuan himself vanished from the spot in the blink of an eye, shooting up another twenty-plus meters.

With another kick, Chu Xuan reached a height of a hundred meters, then abruptly shifted his body, diving down like a meteor.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

At a hundred meters high, Chu Xuan would suddenly dive, then rebound as if kicking off a wall; his afterimage-like form darted everywhere, looking like a phantom.

With his current stamina attribute, he was fully capable of enduring such rapid turns and sudden stops.

This was his first time using [Void Burst Step]; although it was a quick mastery through the System's skill points, it felt as if it were branded into his mind, having been used effortlessly countless times.

It could be said that his Foundation was deep and incredibly solid.

Afterward, Chu Xuan exerted his full strength and continued to step through the air, causing explosive booms to echo in the sky.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Chu Xuan's figure shot toward the sky like a sharp arrow, leaving a ring of white air trails with every step.

In just a few breaths, he had already reached a height of three hundred meters.

The night wind howled.

It was only at this height, as Chu Xuan ascended further, that he felt the constraints of the airflow and wind pressure having a slight effect on him.

It wasn't a major problem.

Looking down, more than half of the Capital City was within his view.

In the biting cold wind, Chu Xuan was still tipsy, but a sense of liberation welled up in his heart.

Flying through the air was the dream of countless people, and Chu Xuan was once no different; now, he had finally achieved it. Although it wasn't true flight in the strictest sense, it was close enough.

Chu Xuan's head broke through the cloud layer as he continued to ascend.

Soon, upon reaching over 1,000 meters, the wind pressure here caused his ascent speed to gradually slow down. Although he could have climbed further, Chu Xuan stopped trying.

Plummeting down from a thousand meters, as he neared the ground, Chu Xuan stepped through the air several times in succession, as effortlessly as walking down stairs, and landed slowly.

"At a distance of 300 meters, I can probably still exert my full strength at this height, but further up, due to external influences, my power might be somewhat compromised..."

Chu Xuan was quite satisfied with this result.

After a brief rest, several more hours passed. As the sky gradually brightened, Chu Xuan's tipsiness completely vanished.

However, he had no intention of continuing to use life essence for upgrades, as it was now exactly 7:00 AM.

There was only 1 hour left until the next time he entered the dream.

Given his previous difficulty falling asleep, Chu Xuan planned to start early this time.

Just as it turned 7:00, he took out the "Intermediate Alchemical Item: Sentry Bastion" he had obtained from the dwarf Molo.

Consuming 20 points of spirituality value, Chu Xuan activated it with his Mental Energy, and an invisible force field with a radius of 100 meters instantly spread out.

For Chu Xuan, the greatest function of this item was not defense against enemies, but early warning.

It could alert him immediately if someone intruded.

As the invisible barrier spread, Chu Xuan focused his mind and tried to shrink the coverage area; it indeed responded to his will.

Thus, Chu Xuan simply maintained the 100-meter radius coverage.

Seeing that everyone else was still sound asleep.

Not far from the pond, Chu Xuan slowly closed his eyes.

One minute, ten minutes, half an hour...

This time, it took a full half-hour for Chu Xuan to completely fall asleep.

"Never trust anyone!"

"Never..."

...

Chu Xuan opened his eyes.

The first thing he did was take out his phone.

By then, [Future Tang Zheng] had already sent a message.

[Tang Zheng: Chu Xuan, you should have entered the dream by now, right? There's been a change in the future, and I have something very important to tell you.]