91: Soul Binding Technique
Song Ming had previously completed a hidden quest in the Demon Suppression Pass Secret Realm, but he hadn't had time to open the treasure chests he received.
Now that he had some free time, he opened them all.
“You opened a Legendary Treasure Chest and received 100,000 EXP, and one Profession-Exclusive Skill Book.”
“You opened a Legendary Treasure Chest and received 200,000 EXP, and one Profession-Exclusive Skill Book.”
“You opened a Legendary Treasure Chest and received 250,000 EXP, and one Elementary Skill Point Book.”
The first two chests were fairly standard, yielding EXP and Profession-Exclusive Skill Books.
The item from the last treasure chest, however, surprised Song Ming a little.
It was an Elementary Skill Point Book.
As the name suggested, using it would increase the number of skill points a Professional could gain per Rank.
An Elementary one could add one point.
An Intermediate one added three points, while an Advanced one added a full five points.
It was well-known that skill points, like attribute points, had a very fixed gain per Rank.
This depended on the quality of the Professional's own profession.
The higher the Rank of the profession, the more bonuses one could receive.
For example, Song Ming's current unique hidden Divine-Grade profession, Myriad Laws Celestial Master, gave him 25 points to all attributes per Rank, along with 25 free attribute points.
It was important to note that a Legendary Rank profession only granted 15 attribute points per Rank.
The same was true for skill points.
Moreover, skill points were also very important.
They could increase the proficiency Rank of the skills you currently possessed.
However, Song Ming's current situation was special due to the existence of his unique Divine-Grade talent, Limitless Breakthrough.
He now gained seven skill points per second.
So, Song Ming was very curious if, after using this Skill Point Book, he would gain eight skill points per second.
He acted on the thought without the slightest hesitation.
Although an Elementary Skill Point Book was precious, with a market price of at least five million, that was for others.
Even if it had no effect, he would suffer no loss.
Song Ming used his Mental Energy to activate the Elementary Skill Point Book.
Then, he immediately looked at his panel.
One second later.
The number in the skill points column began to jump.
“Skill Points: 129510 → 129518”
Song Ming's face immediately lit up with joy, “Indeed, my guess was correct!”
Out of caution, he waited a few more seconds.
He found that the skill points had indeed changed from seven per second to eight per second.
It seemed that this Elementary Skill Point Book was truly useful to him.
He would need to pay more attention to acquiring such Skill Point Books in the future.
After all, as he learned more and more skills, skill points would certainly become insufficient.
Take, for example, the sublimation of a Forbidden Spell.
To sublimate from Desolate-level to Hong-level required one million skill points.
And to sublimate from Hong-level to Cosmic-level would require even more.
Ten million skill points.
At the current rate of eight skill points per second, that was over 340,000 per day.
To accumulate ten million points would take at least nearly a month.
Not to mention, he had more than just this one skill that needed to be sublimated.
Looking at it now, the growth rate of these skill points was actually still too slow.
This was also why Song Ming had always wanted to level up quickly.
The higher his Rank, the higher the Rank of his unique Divine-Grade talent would also grow synchronously.
At that time, he would gain even more skill points per second.
The more skill points he acquired, the stronger his power would become.
Ultimately, this would form a positive cycle.
Song Ming then looked at the remaining two Profession-Exclusive Skill Books, considering whether to use them now.
After some thought, he put them back into his backpack.
His current set of skills was very comprehensive, and he didn't need to learn new ones for now.
At the very least, he needed to sublimate his existing powerful skills into Forbidden Spells first.
Moreover, after killing the final World BOSS in the Secret Realm this time, he had also opened a special skill from a treasure chest.
Spirit Restraint Art!
“Spirit Restraint Art (Special Skill): For every creature killed, its Soul can be enslaved for your use, retaining 10% of its full attributes during its lifetime, with a maximum quantity of 100.”
Song Ming looked at the description of Spirit Restraint Art, a surprised expression on his face.
He hadn't expected to obtain such a Heaven-Defying skill from that Secret Realm.
His luck could not be said to be bad.
As long as he killed a monster, he could capture its Soul and turn it into his soldier, fighting for him.
The power of this skill was beyond doubt.
And let's not forget, Song Ming had the talent of Limitless Breakthrough.
Spirit Restraint Art could be infinitely upgraded in his hands.
Retain 10% of full attributes?
Maximum quantity of 100?
It seemed unimpressive, but in Song Ming's hands, Spirit Restraint Art could definitely play a huge role.
One could imagine.
When he unleashed a skill, thousands of monsters would fall.
Then, through this Spirit Restraint Art, thousands of monsters he had killed would rise again to serve him.
He would be an army of one, leaving nothing but desolation in his wake.
It was simply terrifying.
Without another word, Song Ming directly learned this special skill.
Then he began his most proficient operation.
Adding points!
“Consumed 71,050 skill points.”
“Spirit Restraint Art (Yellow Rank One-Star) → Spirit Restraint Art (Heaven Rank One-Star).”
“Spirit Restraint Art (Heaven Rank One-Star): Solidified into a passive ability. For every creature killed, its Soul can be enslaved for your command, retaining 40% of its full attributes during its lifetime, with a maximum quantity of 100,000.”
Song Ming looked at the skill description, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.
Spirit Restraint Art, sublimated to Heaven Rank One-Star, had directly transformed into his own passive ability.
To put it simply, for every creature Song Ming killed, he would synchronously gain a replica with 40% of its full attributes.
The maximum limit had directly increased to one hundred thousand.
Perhaps in the future, Song Ming wouldn't even need to act personally; the Soul warriors summoned by his Spirit Restraint Art would be able to flatten everything for him.
Song Ming had originally intended to upgrade either Sealing Magic Ring or Holy Shield Magic Ring into a Forbidden Spell.
Now, it seemed there was no rush.
Sublimating Spirit Restraint Art first was the most cost-effective choice.
So, Song Ming began to put all his remaining skill points into Spirit Restraint Art.
“Consumed 60,000 skill points.”
“Spirit Restraint Art (Heaven Rank One-Star) → Spirit Restraint Art (Heaven Rank Four-Star).”
“Spirit Restraint Art (Heaven Rank Four-Star): Solidified into a passive ability. For every creature killed, its Soul can be enslaved for your command, retaining 44% of its full attributes during its lifetime, with a maximum quantity of 140,000.”
At this point, all the skill points Song Ming had accumulated over the past half-day were used up.
Spirit Restraint Art had also been successfully upgraded by him to Heaven Rank Four-Star.
The values had increased once again.
For the following period, Song Ming did not go out, but instead stayed in the villa.
Firstly, he was new to the place and unfamiliar with his surroundings.
Secondly, there was no need for him to go out; he just needed to wait long enough, then add points to his skills.
Early the next morning, Song Ming was woken up by the doorbell outside the villa.