26: Talent upgrade, secondary amplification!

Rushing home under the cover of night, Xia Qi confirmed there were no signs of anyone entering his house, then closed his bedroom door and took out the Talent Potion.

“Ding, Awakening value +1.”

“Ding, Awakening value +1.”

“Ding, Awakening value +1.”

As the System prompts kept ringing, after he drank all four Talent Potions, he watched the progress bar on his panel continuously increase.

One increment, another increment, and yet another increment.

Finally, his Talent upgraded!

Name: Xia Qi.

Talent: Congenital Double Pupils Lv2 (0/500)

Left Pupil Replication: You can replicate any Talent up to S-Rank. The replication Rank increases with the Talent Rank.

Right Pupil Amplification: You can amplify any Talent up to S-Rank. You can only amplify twice a day.

Indeed, after the naturally Awakened Congenital Double Pupils upgraded, its abilities greatly improved.

Now, Xia Qi could directly replicate S-Rank Talent, and he could amplify twice within a day.

“What a pity, I’ve already amplified once today, leaving only one amplification chance. Which Talent should I amplify first?”

To cope with today’s wild dungeon, after midnight yesterday, Xia Qi had already amplified his Instantaneous Movement Talent to S-Rank early on.

Now, he could only amplify once more before midnight.

“I’ll still amplify Good Fortune.”

Having tasted the sweetness, Xia Qi felt that while the Good Fortune Talent had no combat power, it had an invaluable use for him in earning money.

Without Good Fortune, it would have been impossible for him to farm so many Materials in the Twisted Jungle.

Don’t look at the Materials he’s farming now as not being very valuable; that’s because his Rank is low now, and the Materials aren’t worth much.

Once he reaches Rank 20, the Materials will become increasingly expensive, and his income will naturally increase.

So, early investment, early return.

“Amplifying B-Rank Talent Good Fortune, gaining A-Rank Talent Little Lucky!”

【Talent: Little Lucky (Replicated Amplification)】

【Quality: A-Rank】

【Effect: You are favored by the Goddess of Lucky, and your luck will be extraordinary.】

Upon seeing the Talent’s effect description, the words “extraordinary” were particularly striking.

At B-Rank, it only had a small chance of increasing luck, but after being upgraded to A-Rank, his current luck became extraordinary.

“I’ll know the specific effect when I enter the dungeon tomorrow.”

Xia Qi looked at the amplified Talent with satisfaction, already anticipating the drop rate after entering the dungeon tomorrow.

He glanced at the time, 10:15 PM. He would be able to amplify again in just over an hour.

Besides the increase in Talent Rank, Xia Qi’s body also underwent significant changes.

【Profession: None】

【Rank: 10 (75.00%)】

【Strength: 100】

【Agility: 100】

【Intelligence: 200】

【Physique: 100】

【Equipment: None】

【Talent: Congenital Double Pupils Lv2, S-Rank Thunder Control, S-Rank Instantaneous Movement...】

He glanced at his attribute panel; indeed, this feeling was that his attribute values had changed.

First, the elemental energy within his body was more active than usual, and his energy value had doubled.

“If I were to cast Frenzy Lightning again now, its power would probably double as well.”

Because of the increase in the Congenital Double Pupils’ Rank, his Intelligence attribute directly doubled. Intelligence can not only increase the total energy within the body but also has a damage bonus effect on elemental Spells.

“200 Intelligence. Even a typical A-Rank Talent user probably wouldn’t reach that at Rank 20.”

Xia Qi analyzed it; based on his current attribute values, he could probably contend with an S-Rank Professional at Rank 20.

One must know that he was only Rank 10 now, yet he already possessed the ability to fight above his Rank.

He could be considered invincible among those of the same Rank.

For the next hour or so, Xia Qi took out his phone and chatted with Sister Shuido for a while.

Through their conversation, he learned that Su Qingqing had already contacted her team leader and left Jiangcheng by car overnight.

After Su Yuanchen was beaten last night, although he was not seriously injured, the Su Family completely lost Face.

So, they put pressure on the Professional Guild overnight, demanding that the Professional Guild hand over the perpetrator.

The Professional Guild was also helpless; although they could choose not to give the Su Family Face, there was no need to offend the Su Family in Jiangcheng.

As a result, Su Qingqing’s B-Rank team was directly put on a wanted list.

The wanted period was thirty days. During this time, if Su Qingqing and her team were caught, they would be handed over to the Su Family.

If they weren’t caught, the matter would be dropped.

“What a pity, Su Qingqing will have to hide for a month. A month later will be the college entrance examination, so I probably won’t have time to drink Su Qingqing’s water.”

Thinking of this, Xia Qi could only reply with a message, “Stay safe, we’ll meet again if there’s a chance.”

Su Qingqing also replied with a blushing emoji, indicating that if needed, she could secretly help Xia Qi make some energy water and mail it to him.

After thinking about it, Xia Qi still refused.

The Professional Guild’s influence was not small. If Su Qingqing were caught because she mailed something, it would not be worth it.

During their pleasant chat, time unknowingly reached midnight.

Seeing the time on his phone, Xia Qi’s spirits lifted. He ended the chat early and opened his Talent panel.

“Let me think, which Talent should I amplify?”

He currently had eleven Talents: two S-Rank, six A-Rank, and three B-Rank.

Excluding the Talents he didn’t use much, such as A-Rank Talent 【Mechanical Transformation】, B-Rank Talent 【Weaken】, and B-Rank Talent 【Wind Blade】.

The remaining nine Talents were all very useful.

“Instantaneous Movement is already S-Rank, so I can exclude it.”

The S-Rank Talent originally used for self-preservation currently had no need for improvement, so Xia Qi prioritized removing it.

“Sword Heart Clarity seems very powerful, but I don’t have any sword skills right now, so I’ll postpone it.”

A-Rank Talent 【Sword Heart Clarity】 was a top-tier Talent among melee Talents, but unfortunately, it was not needed right now.

Currently, the most used method by Xia Qi was 【Thunder Control】. It had high damage and fast speed, and few monsters in the early stages could withstand the power of 【Thunder Control】.

After all, it was a noble elemental type, with almost no major weaknesses.

“Amplify S-Rank Talent 【Thunder Control】!”

With a thought, Xia Qi decided to use the amplification opportunity on an S-Rank Talent, to see how much the Acquired Talent could be enhanced after amplification.

“Amplifying S-Rank Talent Thunder Control, gaining S-Rank Talent Thunder Control!”

When the prompt sounded, Xia Qi was stunned. After amplification, Thunder Control was still S-Rank. Shouldn’t it be SS-Rank?

After his expectations were dashed, Xia Qi immediately opened his Talent panel.

【Talent: Thunder Control (Replicated Amplification)】

【Quality: S-Rank (1/10)】

【Effect: You can control lightning. The thunder from all directions will obey your command.】

Upon seeing the Talent panel, Xia Qi suddenly understood.

It turned out that the amplification was not unsuccessful; it just needed a progress bar.

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