628: Chapter 626 The Last Eight Hours

As Tracing Cause and Effect reached the level of Perfection, Chu Xuan had an extremely peculiar feeling.

He looked around.

Everywhere his eyes fell, there seemed to be countless threads of Karma.

All things have Karma; it felt as if with a mere wave of his hand, he could pluck the threads of Karma and see the source.

[Tracing Cause and Effect · Perfection: You can trace the source through the influence the "target" has had on people, events, and objects, as well as the traces left behind, to see the "target" and lock onto their position.

Note 1: If you and the "target" are in the same world, you can ignore spatial distance, dimensional concealment, etc.

Note 2: If your life Rank is not lower than the "target", you can ignore disguises, transformations, invisibility, etc.]

[Your quantity of exchangeable real attribute +15, remaining: 44]

Chu Xuan's eyes gleamed. Now that he possessed [Tracing Cause and Effect] at the level of Perfection, his chances of tracking down Revelation were much higher.

As long as the World Mission began, he wouldn't need to search everywhere; as long as the opponent descended into the Cangyun World, there would be no possibility of them hiding.

"It's just a pity that the Wisdom Candles have been exhausted. The resources required for future Cultivation of Divine Abilities and Cultivation Techniques will not be so little..."

Chu Xuan checked his soul crystals; 620 remained.

True Authority was not being considered for the time being due to the lack of an extraordinary skill promotion scroll.

As for his exclusive skills, upgrading from Rank 5 to Rank 6 required 1600 spirituality value and 300 soul crystals, which was still within an acceptable range.

However, upgrading from Rank 6 to Rank 7 required 3200 spirituality value and 1000 soul crystals; the consumption increased significantly.

Currently, [All-Cutting Slash], [Death-Dealing Blade], and [I Will Not Die] had all reached Rank 5. Due to the limitation of soul crystals, Chu Xuan could only choose two to upgrade by 1 Rank each.

Among them, [All-Cutting Slash] was a mandatory choice; not only could it increase the power of his Slash, but it could also directly boost his head-on combat strength.

It also provided a significant boost to the long-range sniping ability of the [heavenly punishment overlord bow].

[Your exclusive skill "All-Cutting Slash" Rank +1, current Rank: LV.6]

[All-Cutting Slash LV.6: You can condense up to 100 Slashes within your body by consuming spirituality value, which can be released separately against enemies.

Each condensation consumes 10-60 spirituality value; the more spirituality value consumed, the stronger the condensed Slash.

Cooldown: 1.3 seconds.

Note 1: You can instantly combine up to a hundred Slashes within your body, and this combined Slash is treated as "1"; you can then accumulate another 99 ordinary Slashes within your body.

Note 2: When each of your Slashes is released, you can consume additional spirituality value to attach the Fire of Nirvana.]

"The cooldown for condensing Slashes has been reduced by 0.2 seconds..."

"Furthermore, after combining a hundred Slashes, they are treated as only '1' Slash. This single Slash can form a super-strong single-target attack, while at the same time, I can condense another 99 Slashes to coexist within my body, ready to be released at any time to form area-of-effect damage! The coexistence of these two undoubtedly greatly strengthens my means of attacking enemies!"

"But calculating it this way, the consumption of spirituality value also surges significantly, totaling 11940 points of spirituality value... Must use it cautiously!"

Next, he could upgrade one more exclusive skill. After a moment of thought, Chu Xuan chose [I Will Not Die].

"A Rank 5 Death-Dealing Blade can already execute targets with less than 9% health points. Increasing it by another Rank won't provide a huge improvement.

"Conversely, Rank 5 I Will Not Die, although it can withstand one fatal injury, only leaves 5 health points, still in a near-death state, making it very difficult even to take medicine.

It can't maintain bodily functions, and health points continue to drain, lasting only a few minutes at most. It's better to try to raise the Rank of this skill to increase survivability..."

With this thought, Chu Xuan consumed another 1600 spirituality value and 300 soul crystals.

[I Will Not Die LV.6: When you suffer fatal damage, you will lose spirituality value and retain 10 health points, remaining in a near-death state.

Cooldown: 5 hours

Note: The current state requires 800 spirituality value to trigger "I Will Not Die"; when spirituality value is insufficient, this skill cannot be triggered.]

"The retainable health points have reached 10, but compared to my current base attributes, 10 health points are still a near-death state, though I can hold on for a little longer. Also, the cooldown time and required spirituality value consumption have all been reduced slightly..."

Overall, Chu Xuan was quite satisfied with the Rank increase of [I Will Not Die].

Not only that, as both exclusive skills were upgraded to Rank 6, the quantity of exchangeable real attributes surged by another 40 points, reaching an exaggerated 84 points.

A sense of ambition surged in Chu Xuan's heart.

Although it required consuming a large amount of resources—whether it was spirituality value, soul crystals, or rule fragments, which were all extremely scarce—the method of increasing his strength had stepped onto a brand-new level.

Chu Xuan's eyes shone brilliantly: "Just waiting to enter the Cangyun World!"

He checked the time.

Unknowingly, it was already 2 PM.

During the period of upgrading his Divine Abilities and exclusive skills, Chu Xuan's body, which had been battered by the Lightning Tribulation, had recovered quite a bit under the "Regeneration" trait.

Now, his health points had reached 4500.

"I'll soon reach 80% of my base health points, at which point the recovery speed can be significantly increased... Looking at it this way, I can save one super life recovery potion."

Chu Xuan took a deep breath and then continued to refine "Life Essence" to fill the empty grids in the Life Tree House.

At 4 PM, a System notification rang out, echoing in everyone's ears.

[Notification: The World Mission is about to begin. Personnel who need to participate in this mission, please prepare in advance. Countdown: 8 hours.

Note: When the countdown ends, those who have not successfully ascended in Rank will be forcibly executed!]

[Timer started!]

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(Thanks to "Bai Xueming" for gifting a King of Gifts. Thank you very much for your support. There will be another chapter later.)