Chapter 516: Objective of the Trial (1/2)
As soon as I stepped on the circle, I instantly felt that someone or something scanned my whole body.
With the Domain of Valor opened infinitely through the use of Autoskill, my UPL had just gone over 650+. Upon reaching the 5th Realm, every progress equates to a bonus stat after all.
That's why, even when I still hadn't completed my Mortal Pathway, I was still gaining stats alongside the bonuses I was getting from those listed Support Individuals and my Companions. That's also what's going to happen when I begin treading a Transcendent Pathway.
At every step of the way, one's body was continuously being nourished by the Source Energy.
Among my Companions, Irja has the highest UPL. Without the bonus stats from my Support System, she's already at more than 500 UPL. It's now easy for her to assimilate the Elemental-type properties for her Transcendent Pathway thanks to assimilating an Elemental-type Mortal Pathway through the Flux Energy State. If the bonus was factored then she would be close to 600 UPL. Furthermore, if she was also buffed by the Domain of Valor, Enhancement Aura, Avelin's Necklace of Enhancement as well as Hikari's copied Domain of Valor, she would go over the threshold of the standard UPL of a Rank 3 Transcendent.
The second highest UPL among my Companions was Yuko because of the abundant bonuses of her Hero System. Following her were Sofiel, Fleur, Nysia and Yumiko. Their UPL were all close to each other.
Perhaps by the time we leave this place, most of them would get some equipment that would boost their prowess to defeat a Rank 3 Transcendent by themselves.
As for me, my UPL was now in the middle of my strongest Companions.
[Legendary Support System (80%)
Strength: 263.8 (533.7)
Endurance: 273.7 (559.1)
Intelligence: 36 (51.8)
UPL: 561.44 (Rank 2 Transcendent)]
Looking at this now makes me wonder why I am still at my Mortal Pathway. And these are my stats without factoring in Domain of Valor or any other buffing skills. It only consisted of my base stats and bonuses. Either way, it's all because of the cheat I brought back from my previous life. Without those, we would probably still be struggling to reach Rank 2 Transcendent in strength.
Anyway… What's happening here? After that scan, nothing changed.
I looked around the place and it was still filled with darkness. The flow of Source Energy was also not being disturbed by anything. In fact, it was too serene. The only disturbance in the surrounding Source Energy was around the circle and in my vicinity that was being subjected to my passive absorption.
After waiting for more than five minutes, I began walking out of the circle.
However, before I could step my foot outside of it, a deafening sound pierced my ears, followed by an embarrassed cough from the Artificial Intelligence.
[I apologize for the delay. This Formation was stocked for more than 5 millenniums that it has become too faulty. Without further ado, here's the result of the Screening.]
Faulty, huh? What did he do? Did he reroute more Energy Channels towards this space?
I could certainly feel that the density of the Source Energy in this room thickened.
Moreover, I could sense different types of Level 3 Source Energy coagulating at five corners of this huge space.
If I'm not wrong, whatever Formation it activated, it concerned another combat trial. He's creating Energy Clones or Incarnation of an expert.
And judging from the pressure that was slowly enveloping this circle, they're at least Rank 3 Transcendents.
[You passed the screening trial. You're eligible to take another trial before the real Legacy Acceptance.]
See? He shamelessly admitted that this wasn't the Legacy Acceptance yet. This was all prepared by him to make things difficult for me.
”Say, is there really a Legacy Acceptance that you prepared, or is it also this faulty that you needed more time to fix it?”
[Hmm? Why don't we start?]