282: Chapter 282 Automatic Regeneration of Star Power! Zhang Jian: I need a stronger Star Core!

Because the accumulated count does not reset after the affix upgrades.

It equates to an extra opportunity that guarantees a perfect effect.

Plus the one originally accumulated.

In total, I have two opportunities for a perfect effect!

Zhang Jian speculated inwardly and already began to experiment.

He first cast it on himself.

"The effect caused by your current use is 100%, which has reached the perfect effect under the current conventional state of the Star Art."

"You currently have no injuries caused by Star Power, so other additional effects will generate extra bonuses."

"Your automatic Star Power recovery speed has increased by 25% (+25%), lasting for 24 (+24) hours."

Looking at the prompt's content, Zhang Jian was thrilled.

It worked!

This perfect effect is simply too powerful!

He immediately checked his status and found that there was indeed an additional buff effect.

[Powerful Recovery] - Recovery Acceleration

You will automatically recover 0.6 (+0.3) points of Star Power per hour, lasting for 48 hours.

However.

The effect of this buff caused the smile that had just appeared on Zhang Jian's face to freeze instantly.

What the hell?

0.6 points per hour?

Even with the extra effect added by the Star Art, it only added 0.3 points?

In this case, 0.9 points per hour, it would take 10 hours to recover 9 points.

What's the point of that?

He was somewhat unwilling to give up and studied it again.

Only then did he discover.

This automatic recovery effect was also influenced by the [External Star Core Cultivation Technique] Cultivation Technique.

A normal Transcendence Realm practitioner who broke through by absorbing a three-star Star Core and is cultivating normally in an environment rich in Star Power should be capable of recovering 3 points of Star Power per hour.

But he did not break through normally.

Relying on the [External Star Core Cultivation Technique], he only temporarily and barely possessed this ability.

Influenced by the Cultivation Technique Realm, it only had 20% of the effect in the end.

Naturally, it was only 0.6 points.

Although the additional percentage under the perfect effect of the [Powerful Recovery] Star Art is as high as 50%.

But unfortunately, the initial value was simply too low, making it look quite pathetic.

After figuring out the truth, Zhang Jian felt very helpless.

But on second thought.

He had no choice but to accept this fact.

Wang Fei and the others wouldn't be able to recover even a single point of Star Power, even if they received the perfect effect of [Powerful Recovery].

Even though his amount was small, it was at least somewhat useful.

After observing while absorbing the Star Core.

He discovered.

Besides what was originally absorbed normally.

Star Power did indeed automatically recover by 1 point.

But at the same time, the usable time of the Star Core also simultaneously decreased by 1 hour.

It only had 17 hours left now.

Only then did Zhang Jian realize.

This External Star Core was not omnipotent either.

Usually, absorbing Star Power seemed no different from a normal Transcendence Realm practitioner.

But when he used Star Arts, or even drove the Star Core to operate normally, it would consume the corresponding usage time.

If he wanted the automatic recovery to take effect, it meant a reduction in usage time.

Zhang Jian felt a bit depressed.

After studying it, he directly turned off the [Powerful Recovery] buff.

Moreover, this was only a stopgap measure.

After losing the initial novelty, he discovered.

This three-star Star Core had very limited use for him now.

He had always been relying on a temporary cap to use Star Arts.

The actual cap converted from the original was not high.

And [Powerful Recovery] was just an ordinary recovery-type Star Art.

If it were other attack and defense-type Star Arts, they would require more Star Power.

Among the few Star Arts exchanged from the Will of the Heavenly Dao.

A Star Art called [Starlight Ejection], which required as much as 200 points each time.

And a defense-type Star Art called [Star Power Shield] required a full 300 points of Star Power to cast.

His current Star Power cap didn't even really support casting a few Star Arts one after another.

Although in terms of basic strength, he could reach the cap of a Water Blue Planet Professional at any time.

Enough to break through to the Transcendence Realm.

But after understanding the differences between various Star Cores, he had long set a goal.

At the very least, he had to use a Top-Quality Star Core level for his Breakthrough.

And such Materials were probably very hard to obtain in the short term.

For a period of time, the External Star Core would likely remain his main method.

So.

Replacing the Star Core was imperative!

If it were at the very beginning, in order to improve the proficiency of his Cultivation Technique faster and more cost-effectively, he would definitely have used a one-star Star Core.

But now with the bonuses from several major affixes.

Naturally, using the most difficult and most resource-consuming method would be more efficient.

He directly selected a four-star one from the Star Cores he had synthesized previously.

[External Star Core Cultivation Technique], activate!

With previous experience, he didn't encounter too many obstacles when fusing this four-star Star Core.

Everything seemed to go very smoothly.

But at the final moment of Fusion, Zhang Jian was a little too impatient.

The attempt failed!

Zhang Jian was a bit dejected.

Such a long time, and he was just a little short, what a pity!

When he looked at the time, his eyes widened.

Only a little over a day had passed, less than 30 hours.

He remembered very clearly.

Previously, absorbing a two-star Star Core took 24 hours, and a three-star one took 48 hours.

A four-star one should logically require 96 hours.

He had already prepared to spend four days and four nights.

But now, it actually only took less than one-third of that time?

This ratio coincided perfectly with the 70% reduction in absorption time from the +2 [Reward of Knowledge] affix!

Zhang Jian swallowed his saliva.

The shock in his heart was imaginable.

This affix is truly omnipotent!

Moreover, this failure was influenced by the [Failure is the Mother of Success] affix.

He still received 40% compensation.

The progress of the [External Star Core Cultivation Technique] directly increased by 16 points.

This made Zhang Jian exclaim in satisfaction.

Fusing a three-star Star Core successfully only increased progress by 4 points.

The four-star one didn't just double it, it increased it ten times!

Looking at the proficiency level progress, it had surged to 18 points.

It was still 82 points away from reaching the Major Achievement level.

Zhang Jian was suddenly full of motivation.

He immediately began the next attempt without stopping.

This time, his mindset was much more relaxed.

Although he still couldn't succeed, he didn't care too much.

Relying on another upgrade to the +2 level [Failure is the Mother of Success] affix.

He received 20 points of Cultivation Technique progress compensation.

And two consecutive failures also caused the [Mark of Adversity] from the [Persevering through Adversity] affix to stack two layers consecutively.

Possessing a 21% success rate increase.

Plus the 20% success rate inherent to the Cultivation Technique at the proficiency level.

On the third attempt, he finally succeeded in fusing it!

However.

Zhang Jian just casually glanced at the basic information of the Star Core and chose to continue fusing.

Because this successful Fusion directly caused the Cultivation Technique progress to surge by 40 points.

Reaching the level of 78 points.

He only needed one more success, or two more failures, to allow the Cultivation Technique to break through to the Major Achievement Realm.

By then.

When he officially fuses again, the effect will definitely be better.

Holding such expectations, Zhang Jian excitedly began another round of cultivation.