222: Chapter 222 The Tremendous Change in Strength Brought About by the Fusion, A Sword from the Void Arrives!

Xuan Jizi returned quietly with his teammates, their harvest far exceeding expectations.

They had originally intended to appear suddenly to properly thank Zhang Jian and share the good news with him.

However, what they saw was Zhang Jian with his eyes tightly closed, his physical state appearing abnormal.

Fortunately, after Zhou Quan's explanation, he understood what had happened.

He immediately waved his hand.

"Use my contribution points!"

The others also spoke up one after another.

"And ours too!"

As the number one person in Galaxy Academy and a well-known veteran powerhouse on Water Blue Planet, Xuan Jizi's accumulation was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

Very quickly, he had gathered a full three hundred pieces of various epic-grade Materials.

Hai Mengen and Yun Haiyi also opened their purses generously, contributing another thirty pieces.

Although Xiao Yuntian, Yan Buyu, and Yun Haiyao were not from Galaxy Academy and did not have contribution points, they still carried many valuable items with them.

They handed them directly to Director Yun Wenhong, asking him to donate them to the material warehouse. After the System verified them and they obtained a significant amount of contribution points, they exchanged them for a large batch of epic-grade Materials.

Just like that, relying on everyone's efforts, Zhang Jian's Fusion speed became faster and faster, and the consumption of epic-grade Materials increased accordingly.

As the one who had witnessed the entire process from the beginning, Director Yun Wenhong couldn't help but secretly calculate in his heart.

One hundred pieces. Two hundred pieces. Five hundred pieces. One thousand pieces!

The more he calculated, the more shocked he became. And this number continued to rise.

Until the third night, when Director Yun Wenhong obtained contribution points by helping Wang Xuri exchange for a mythical level armor and prepared to exchange for a few dozen more Materials.

"No items meeting the criteria are currently available." The prompt from the warehouse management System startled Director Yun Wenhong.

Were there no more epic-grade Materials? He cast a look of distress toward Xuan Jizi.

Xuan Jizi did not hesitate and immediately gave the order, "Exchange for mythical level Materials!"

Director Yun Wenhong hesitated slightly, "Many of these have been reserved by professors and directors; there aren't many that can be used freely..."

Xuan Jizi's gaze was resolute, "Use the idle portions first. If that's not enough, take the others' as well. If there are any issues, tell them to come find me!"

Since Xuan Jizi had spoken, Director Yun Wenhong stopped hesitating and went directly with Wang Fei and his group to retrieve the Materials.

The exclusive material for crafting a mythical level necklace, [Heart of Essence]. The exclusive material for crafting mythical level armor, [Tough Divine Blood]. The core material for crafting mythical level shields, [Spirit Machine Guide]. ...

One after another, rare Materials that many Professionals had never even heard of were placed together. Each one of them was worth as much as the entire net worth of a 70th-level third job change Professional.

Many of the high-level ones were things that even countless 90th-level Professionals could only sigh at in despair. But here, they all had only one name: Fusion Materials!

Xuan Jizi personally took action and placed a piece of material in front of Zhang Jian. Instantly, the suction force, which had been emitting a faint golden light, seemed to evolve.

Not only did the light change, shifting from gold to seven colors, but the suction force also greatly increased, quickly swirling it up and turning it into a stream of light that merged into Zhang Jian's body.

One piece. Two pieces. Five pieces. Ten pieces! The quantity was constantly being consumed, and Director Yun Wenhong stopped watching. His fragile mind could no longer calculate the cumulative value of these Materials.

Xuan Jizi's expression was incredibly calm, even carrying a hint of anticipation. As mythical level Materials disappeared one by one, not only did the aura on Zhang Jian's body gradually become more stable and profound.

As the strongest person present, he also faintly felt an invisible force seemingly landing near him. Xuan Jizi felt that this mysterious force also seemed to bring him benefits, but he wasn't entirely sure.

Until all seventy-four remaining mythical level Materials in the academy were consumed, and the others had scraped together some more, Zhang Jian's body finally underwent a change.

The seven-colored light cycled and transformed, finally turning into an indescribable color. And Zhang Jian finally opened his eyes.

Ever since he chose [Start Fusion], Zhang Jian felt that his body had lost control. There was only a faint yearning coming from within his heart, a need for Materials condensed from energy.

And after his body spontaneously began to absorb them, a progress bar appeared in Zhang Jian's consciousness. 0.1%. 0.17%. 0.25%.

As Director Yun Wenhong began to provide a large amount of epic-grade Materials, the progress bar slowly increased. Then Zhou Quan arrived and continued to invest. Wang Fei and the others arrived and provided another portion.

When all of the academy's epic-grade Materials were consumed, the progress bar had reached 100%. A prompt also appeared in Zhang Jian's mind.

"Your body has been forged, your attribute points have merged into one, and you have gained 500 points of Destruction Power Index."

"You have absorbed a small amount of epic-grade Materials, your body has been strengthened, you have gained an additional 20% effect, and your current Destruction Power Index is: 600 points."

"Your current strength is re-evaluated as: planet-level Tier 3."

Zhang Jian was overjoyed. He hadn't even completed the third job change, nor had he reached the 99th-level cap, yet he had taken a giant leap and become a planet-level powerhouse?

Moreover, he had skipped tiers 1 and 2 and reached the level of Tier 3. He was not far from the 800 points of Destruction Power Index required for Tier 4.

He remembered when he last forged a Sword Puppet for Xuan Jizi to help him raise his level. It seemed the other party was also only planet-level Tier 2?

And Xuan Jizi was already considered an anomaly. By prioritizing the improvement of basic attributes before reaching the level cap, he was able to stay one step ahead of others.

According to Zhang Jian's estimation, when other 99th-level third job change Professionals reached their original cap, their total attribute points might only be around 10,000. They would barely be able to break through to planet-level Tier 1.

Thinking of this, he was startled. With just one attribute Fusion, he had directly become the strongest on Water Blue Planet?

Zhang Jian was a bit dazed. But in an instant, he calmed down.

Although his Realm on the surface was such, let alone comparing directly with Xuan Jizi, even other planet-level powerhouses had basically learned at least a dozen more skills than him.

They wore higher-level mythical level equipment and possessed their own unique attack and defense methods. Even if his strength on paper was higher, he did not have an overwhelming advantage.

He still needed to continue working hard!

The benefits of reaching planet-level also emerged in Zhang Jian's mind. The most important one was tier suppression.

Even the most ordinary 99th-level Professional, as long as they met the conditions and broke through to planet-level strength, would be different from their former selves.

Even the lowest planet-level Tier 1 strength had the effect of tier suppression. For every tier higher than the opponent, one would possess a 10% final damage bonus and a 10% initial damage reduction.

The effect of this attribute was even above the Heavenly Dao-Grade. No skills or equipment characteristics could exempt one from it.

And as a planet-level Tier 3, Zhang Jian not only had a one-tier suppression—meaning 10% on both sides—against powerhouses like Xuan Jizi. His suppression effect against planet-level Tier 1 reached a level of 20% on both sides.

And against Professionals who were not planet-level, he had a full 30% advantage!

Let alone comparing with others, even if Zhang Jian faced his pre-Fusion self, he could rely on this huge advantage to achieve complete suppression!

Zhang Jian let out a long sigh of relief. Since becoming a Professional, he finally had a sense of security!

Zhang Jian thought it was over. But when Xuan Jizi began to provide mythical level Materials, the yearning in his heart became even stronger. It seemed as if a voice came from the void, "You can still do it! You can continue!"

Therefore, along with the curiosity and anticipation that spontaneously arose in Zhang Jian's consciousness, his body autonomously amplified this yearning. To Xuan Jizi and the others, it looked like his state was still unstable. And when Zhang Jian began to continue absorbing, another progress bar quietly appeared and grew rapidly.

1%. 2%. 10%. 30%, until all the mythical level Materials that Xuan Jizi could scrape together were consumed. The progress bar had also broken through 100%.

With just a thought, Zhang Jian felt a special aura envelop his entire body, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, passing through in a whoosh. This intense sensation almost made him cry out.

And the corresponding improvements also quietly surfaced in his mind.

"You have re-forged your body using mythical level Materials, your total bearable attribute points have increased by a cumulative 50%, current cap: 75,000 points."

"You have absorbed a trace amount of epic-grade Materials, your body has undergone a transformation, you have gained an additional 30% effect, and your current Destruction Power Index is: 780 points."

After the second improvement, his Destruction Power also rose accordingly. It was just 20 points short of reaching 800 points and upgrading to planet-level Tier 4, which left Zhang Jian feeling a bit regretful.

But fortunately, the cap for total attribute points he could obtain had increased by a full 25,000 points compared to before. And according to the rate of improvement just now, every 10,000 points could add an extra 100 points of Destruction Power Index.

If he filled the cap, he could completely increase his Destruction Power by another 250 points! Thinking of this, Zhang Jian became completely excited.

Did he seem to have exploited a bug? Before he could savor this unexpected benefit, a System prompt sounded in his mind again.

"As a pioneer and trailblazer, you have enhanced the foundation of the Water Blue Planet Professionals, and the total attribute cap for Water Blue Planet Professionals has been raised to: 62,500 points."

"You have gained an additional 10% of your current total attributes as free attribute points, and all ordinary Professionals have gained 5% of their own total attributes as free attribute points."

"Your desire to pursue limits and transcend yourself has caused the Will of the Heavenly Dao to improve. You have received a reward of a 10% increase in Destruction Power Index, and all planet-level Professionals have received a reward of a 5% increase in Destruction Power Index."

After digesting all the prompts, Zhang Jian opened his eyes. Compared to three days ago, his aura had completely changed.

The whole person seemed to be filled with a lofty and immense feeling. Wang Fei and the others gazed at him as if they were looking at a huge statue, and they couldn't help but want to prostrate themselves in worship.

Even when Xuan Jizi looked at him, he felt his eyes stinging slightly, as if it were difficult to look directly. He was all too familiar with this feeling. But it was precisely because he was familiar with it that he was filled with disbelief.

To actually be able to exert tier suppression on him, what level had Zhang Jian's strength reached?

Just now, as Zhang Jian finished the Fusion and fully woke up, several Heavenly Dao prompts also sounded in their ears.

The attribute cap was raised from 50,000 to 62,500 points. This not only made Hai Mengen and the others feel extremely ashamed. So their attribute points were still so far from the cap?

It also made Xuan Jizi, who had been proud and had a solid foundation, blush. His own total attributes of 20,000 points were not even half of the previous cap? And now that the cap had been raised, it was only one-third of it.

This gap also caused a sense of despair to well up in his heart. If so, wasn't his foundation also very weak? Even if he improved in the future, wouldn't there still be a world of difference between him and the true powerhouses?

Fortunately, he didn't despair for more than a few seconds before the System update appeared again.

[Professional System Special Update]:

1. Professional level-up rules for obtaining attribute points have changed: Ordinary class from 5 points to 6 points, rare class from 6 points to 8 points, top-tier class from 7 points to 10 points, Divine-Grade class from 10 points to 15 points, and unique-class classes receive an additional 20% increase.

2. After a successful Second Job Change, gain an additional 5% of total attributes as free attribute points; after a successful third job change, gain an additional 10% of total attributes as free attribute points.

3. Before reaching the 99th-level third job change, if total attributes exceed 20,000 points, one can perform Fusion early by consuming the corresponding amount of Materials to break through to planet-level strength; this level System is calculated separately from the basic level.

4. After reaching planet-level strength, one can absorb star core fragments to additionally increase basic attribute points, up to a maximum of 30,000 points, but the cumulative attributes cannot exceed the total attribute cap of 62,500 points.

5. After reaching planet-level strength, one can learn one additional passive mythical level skill per tier, for a total of nine skills, but the cumulative attributes cannot exceed the total attribute cap of 62,500 points.

The six consecutive System updates left everyone present in silence. A moment later, they began to communicate.

"I thought it only started calculating after the Second Job Change; I didn't expect it to compensate me for the previous attribute points. The System is so intuitive!"

"Over 100 free attribute points, it can increase my strength a bit more. Really nice!"

This was Wang Fei and the others, who had benefited quite a bit this time because their class quality was improved after the Second Job Change.

As for Xuan Jizi and the others, their expressions turned from gloomy to sunny. Even if their basic attributes were low, there was still a chance to catch up.

After their moods improved, Xuan Jizi and the other planet-level Professionals thought of Zhang Jian, who had finished his Fusion.

They had many gains from the Dungeon and couldn't wait to share them with Zhang Jian.

If previously Zhang Jian was just a promising junior, now he had leapt to become a powerhouse on the same level as them.

Even more, Xuan Jizi already suspected that Zhang Jian's strength might be above his own.

But just as they were about to leave together, a sphere with intricate patterns suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Jian. An eye opened from within it, scanned the surroundings in an instant, and then, transformed into a sharp sword and thrust fiercely toward Zhang Jian.