530: Chapter 528 Crazy Skill Point Allocation for Promotion

Chu Xuan was in no hurry to allocate attribute points; instead, he first checked the resources required to promote to Rank 13.

[Current Rank: LV.12. Promoting to the next Rank, LV.13, will grant real attribute points: 15.

[Upgrade Requirements: Fire of Nirvana LV.6 (Achieved), 3000 spirituality value (Achieved), 10 rule fragments (Achieved).

[Note: For every 10 points each basic attribute is increased, 1,000 spirituality value and 1 rule fragment must be consumed to continue increasing them.]

"It seems that from Rank 11 onwards, each Rank up grants an additional 5 freely distributable real attribute. That's quite good, but the resources required have also increased..."

Chu Xuan murmured to himself.

Fire of Nirvana was already Level 7, and his spirituality value was more than sufficient. Those were easy, but the 10 fragments required made Chu Xuan frown.

"I need to keep 5,000 spirituality value and 10 rule fragments as a backup for Dream Return, so I can actually only use 5 rule fragments..."

Chu Xuan temporarily abandoned the idea of leveling up.

Then he thought that since a Tianyuan Martial Artist was comparable to a Rank 15 Transcendent, by extension, that range started from Rank 11 and ended at Rank 15.

One could obtain roughly 75 freely distributable real attribute points.

"From the Guiyuan Realm Martial Artists I've seen before, even their weakest attribute had 11 real attribute points. This suggests that before breaking through to the Guiyuan Realm, their basic attributes should be similar to a Rank 10 Transcendent with maxed-out attributes."

"Although the promotion systems are different, by analogy, the average basic attributes of a Tianyuan Martial Artist comparable to Rank 15 should be at least between 28 and 29 points."

"But that's just the baseline. Those Martial Artists master various martial arts Cultivation Techniques, which surely provide additional bonuses to specific basic attributes. Otherwise, Yang Yu wouldn't have been so serious about it."

"Assuming their attributes increase by another 50%, reaching a strength of over 40 points..."

"Plus the miraculous effects that a Martial Artist's Cultivation Techniques and Divine Abilities can display..."

Chu Xuan kept increasing his estimation of a Tianyuan Martial Artist's strength in his mind, using this to decide how to improve his own power next.

"From my previous conversation with Xiao Luowei in the dream, I know that Martial Artists who reach the Guiyuan Realm achieve the 'Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak' and 'Five Qi Converging to the Origin.' They begin to unify their essence, Qi, and spirit, merging Soul and body. They ignore Heart Demons and external miasmas, striving to break all laws with martial arts. With a single roar, they can shatter divine, ghostly, or demonic arts..."

"Renyuan, Diyuan Realm, Tianyuan... a Tianyuan Martial Artist can be called the Peak of the Guiyuan Realm, having almost reached the limit of this path. Therefore, if I use the Heart Bewitchment skill, its effect will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, or it might even be completely ineffective..."

"So, there's no need to increase my current 32 real spirit attributes for now..."

"On the contrary, my stamina, strength, and agility are all only at 30 points. Whether it's defensive power, attack power, or mobility and flexibility, it's far from enough when facing that Tianyuan Martial Artist..."

"The real damage of Fire of Nirvana is one of my trump cards. I can first increase my agility to enhance flexibility, ensuring I can kite and chip away at the enemy, then use All-Cutting Slash for area attacks at critical moments, and finally use Death-Dealing Blade for the kill!"

Chu Xuan visualized a hypothetical enemy and weighed his own strengths and weaknesses. Having made up his mind, he didn't hesitate and immediately spent 1 rule fragment to start allocating points.

[agility +10]

In an instant, intense soreness, pain, numbness, and itching swept through the bones and muscles of his entire body.

This stinging, electric sensation made Chu Xuan gasp. His whole body couldn't stop trembling slightly, accompanied by an intense numbness as if he had been struck by a Lightning Tribulation.

Fortunately, Chu Xuan's thoughts were not hindered.

"With the leap in life level, one wouldn't die immediately even if hit by a nuclear bomb. Reaching 20 real attribute means one could survive even at the center of a nuclear explosion, and the radiation that is lethal to ordinary people can be completely ignored..."

"And after each real attribute reaches 30 points, while I can't say I can ignore the damage from a nuclear explosion, I can still maintain my combat capability."

With a slight thought, Chu Xuan abandoned the idea of attacking his opponent with modern warfare weapons.

The power of a nuclear explosion is great, but only for ordinary people. Its strength lies in the vast area of its instantaneous explosion, which can destroy many buildings and erase human habitats, making it no different from a natural disaster.

For the vast earth, it's not even as terrifying as an earthquake. If it falls in high mountains and lofty Peaks, it can only wipe out a small hilltop.

For a Transcendent who possesses real attribute in all aspects, this is not impossible to withstand.

This is not just because their physical defense stats are superhuman, but also because of additional related traits and defensive skills.

And that Tianyuan Martial Artist must have martial arts secret techniques. Regardless of their defense, they could instantly move away even from a supersonic strike.

By avoiding the central explosion area, the damage caused would be even less.

Simply put, while the area-of-effect damage of a nuclear strike is sufficient, its single-target damage is still far from enough.

"In that case, I won't consider anything else; I can only face it head-on..."

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed. Seeing that his real agility attribute had been successfully increased, he continued to consume 4 rule fragments to unlock stamina, strength, and agility, allowing these three basic attributes to continue increasing.

"I won't consider stamina for now; I'll add strength first."

With a thought from Chu Xuan...

"—The remaining 6 real attribute points, all into strength!"