551: Chapter 549 All Resources Converted

Subsequently, Chu Xuan did not immediately allocate points; instead, he closed his eyes to meditate and cleared his mind.

When he had consumed the high-grade life essence earlier, Chu Xuan had discovered that the more relaxed his entire body was, the faster his health points recovered.

He adjusted slightly and rested for a while.

The damaged night cloak on his body was still slowly wriggling, self-repairing, and the 1,000 health points he had previously lost had already been rapidly fully recovered under the effect of "Regeneration"; only a little over ten minutes had passed in total.

Chu Xuan was full of energy, without a trace of fatigue.

He took a look at his attribute panel:

[ stamina: 40 (real attribute) ]

[ Strength: 46 (real attribute) ]

[ agility: 45 (real attribute) ]

[ spirit: 40 (real attribute) ]

[ Current allocatable real attribute: 19 ]

[ spirituality value: 36850 ]

"The battle just now was too short; I didn't have time to thoroughly investigate the specific attributes of that Rank 15 sword-wielding Martial Artist. I only managed to see 9,800 health points before that person pulled away to kite me..."

"Just as I had anticipated earlier, compared to Transcendents, these Martial Artists are much better at frontal combat. Combat power cannot be calculated solely based on basic attribute values; various powerful Martial Skills and Divine Abilities will increase their combat power by at least a significant margin."

"And that Rank 15 Martial Artist who was teleported across worlds at a great cost must only be stronger..."

Chu Xuan pondered to himself: "The skills that can be improved have all been improved. I only have these final 19 real attribute to allocate, so I must use them in the right place."

"The key to the mission is to seize the Teleportation Array within the specified time, so frontal combat is unavoidable. As such, I need to maximize my frontal combat power to the greatest extent; stamina can be disregarded for now."

"And spirit-based skills, such as Heart Bewitchment, are becoming less and less effective against life forms with real attribute. Although they have miraculous effects whether bullying weaker opponents or when used for special requirements, they are clearly ineffective in frontal combat against a Rank 15 Martial Artist..."

With this thought, Chu Xuan immediately made a decision.

—4 points to Strength, 15 points to agility!

The best way to improve frontal combat power is undoubtedly to increase Strength and agility, and for Chu Xuan right now, with limited resources, agility is clearly superior to Strength.

"When we meet, I'll start with a Slash, then teleport over for a quick attack, while simultaneously replenishing the missing Slash within my body.

Then, through combat probing, I will investigate the opponent's strength and see if they have any damage-negating Divine Abilities or Martial Skills. If their defense is too strong to penetrate, I will fire a hundred Slashes simultaneously to wear them down with the Fire of Nirvana.

If they specialize in combat power but have slightly weaker defense, I will directly combine a hundred Slashes into one. Even if I can't break their defense and one-shot them, I will at least beat them half to death.

After that, I can continue to skirmish relying on agility, wearing them down with the Fire of Nirvana, and occasionally sending another Slash..."

Chu Xuan had all sorts of thoughts; he had already simulated the combat scene in his mind. As for whether he would encounter group attacks or other unexpected situations during the actual battle, he would adapt on the spot depending on the circumstances.

As the heat flowed through his body, his Strength attribute quickly reached 50 points. His muscles became engorged, harder than refined steel.

Next was the agility attribute; once it reached 50 points, the System immediately popped up a prompt.

[ Your real agility attribute has reached 50 points. Do you wish to consume 1,000 spirituality value and 1 rule fragment to continue breaking through and improving? ]

—Yes.

Chu Xuan made the choice directly, without any surprise.

Ever since he had successfully advanced in Rank, he had known that every 10-point increase in basic attributes required spirituality value and rule fragments.

And this was precisely the reason why Chu Xuan allocated these 19 real attribute points this way; he only needed 1 rule fragment to maximize his current combat power.

The more rule fragments he saved, the sooner he could re-gather 10 of them later, thereby being able to use the Talent [Dream Return] at any time as a final safety net.

At this moment, after a brief pause, the agility attribute broke through again.

51, 52, 53...

In less than 10 minutes, it had directly reached 60 points.

This was not something achieved overnight; rather, his body had truly undergone a change, as if it had been forged in a furnace and tempered a thousand times.

Perhaps because Chu Xuan had made slight adjustments earlier to bring himself to his optimal state, both agility and Strength far exceeded stamina and spirit.

Unexpectedly, the pain and torture Chu Xuan felt were not much more intense than before.

Regarding this, Chu Xuan even felt a slight sense of regret.

Exhaling a long breath, Chu Xuan observed himself. The muscles that had been taut from engorgement were now much more relaxed, not looking bulky, but merely having faint muscle definition.

However, as Chu Xuan clenched his fist suddenly, a thunderous explosion erupted in his palm.

The muscles in his arm instantly expanded, veins bulged, and even the air vibrated, revealing immense explosive power.

Chu Xuan nodded in satisfaction. Then, his empty left hand suddenly flicked a finger, and a sudden explosion sounded in the air, like a bullet fired from a sniper rifle.

A stream of air, visible only when captured by a high-definition camera, shot straight out.

If nothing went wrong, this air stream would smash into the windshield more than a meter in front in the next instant.

But at the same time, Chu Xuan's body lunged forward, and his right hand reached out and grabbed, moving faster than the initial action to catch the ejected air stream in his hand.

"To think that a human body could become this strong..."

Chu Xuan muttered to himself, feeling somewhat incredulous even himself.

The power of that casual flick just now, without any external objects, merely shooting out air currents, was almost equivalent to a Slash he had initially condensed by consuming 10 spirituality value.

The power of an ordinary sniper rifle is likely no more than this.

"The most important thing is still the basic attributes. Once the values go up, there will naturally be miraculous aspects. For example, my current Mental Energy is completely on par with Qin Qing's Talent skill in terms of investigation..."

Chu Xuan checked his own Rank details.

[ Current Rank LV.13, promotion to the next Rank LV.14, can obtain real attribute points: 20.

Upgrade conditions: Fire of Nirvana LV.6 (achieved), 10,000 spirituality value (achieved), 15 rule fragments (not achieved). ]

[ Remaining rule fragments: 5 ]

"Very good. As long as I kill a few more Guiyuan Realm Martial Artists, I can continue to upgrade, and then I will be able to directly obtain 20 attribute points as a reward."

Chu Xuan's mood was stirred, but he immediately frowned slightly.

"I just killed a few Rank 11 Martial Artists, and the spirituality value gained was about the same, so why didn't I get any rule fragments? And that Rank 12 Martial Artist should have yielded at least 2 rule fragments, but I only ended up getting 1..."

Chu Xuan thought of the White Tiger he had killed earlier; the opponent was only Rank 11, yet after killing it, he had received 2 rule fragments.

"Is it because of the difference in strength relationship? Or perhaps..."

Chu Xuan's mind stirred, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "Or perhaps, it's because this is the Cangyun World? When killing natives in this world, although the spirituality value didn't decrease by a single bit because of the Fire of Nirvana, the rule fragments were reduced accordingly."

Just as Chu Xuan was pondering, Gaga Chicken suddenly said: "Boss Chu, at the current speed, we will arrive at the Cangyun Sect in about 10 more minutes."