Chapter 121 - Soul Strength (2/2)

[Rank 1 — Sigils of Inner Tempering] - 0/5

[Rank Upper 1 - ???? ?? ?? ????] - Needs the Sigils of Inner Tempering to be mastered

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He pondered over the reason as to why his Soul Power was insanely high. It took him a few minutes to find out the reason, which was all because of the skill given to him by the inheritance at the first trial.

”To think that the Soul Enchantment System is considered as a soul-based technique...” Aurus could not help but sigh as he felt some stress creeping in his mind. Of course, he did not mind high Soul Power, since it brought him benefits. But from his memories, those with high Soul Power in the early Inanimate stages were most likely to be used as a catalyst for the weapons of Animates. That also meant that players at the Animate stage could basically create weapons out of Inanimate players.

Although there were no other player of ISE other than himself in this world, he still wanted to be safe from Animates, or at least less detectable than now. He was very sure that those Animates with high perception could easily sense his strong soul.

”I'll have to check the Tempest Cliff Inheritance or the Alliance Market if they have soul sealing skills at hand later,” Aurus said to himself as he commanded the system to max out the Rank 1 Sigils.

Ding!

'10 Genesis Points have been consumed to upgrade [Rank 1 — Sigils of Inner Tempering] to its maximum level.'

'Your Soul Power has increased by 5 points (13 points total due to a special skill).'

'Thanks to the user mastering the Rank 1 Sigils, an additional two points of Soul Power has been added (5 points total due to a special skill).'

'Thanks to the user mastering the Rank 1 Sigils, the Rank Upper 1 Sigils, the Sigils of External Tempering, have been unlocked.'

Reading through the consecutive notifications brought by upgrading the Rank 1 Sigils to the maximum level, Aurus could not help but shiver at the fact that this was going to make him more detectable.

”I now have a Soul Power of 38...this is too much, even for a decently ranked Animate!” Aurus could not help but complain in his heart. Contrary to his complaints though, he continued to invest Genesis Points into the Soul Enchantment System, maxing out the Rank Upper 1 Sigils which consisted of 8 Sigils in total.

Ding!

'25 Genesis Points have been consumed to upgrade [Rank Upper 1 — Sigils of External Tempering] to maximum level.'

'Your Soul Power has increased by 12 points (30 points total due to a special skill).'

'Thanks to the user mastering the Rank Upper 1 Sigils, an additional 4 points of Soul Power have been added (10 points total due to a special skill).'

'Thanks to the user mastering the Rank Upper 1 Sigils, the Rank Inferior 2 Sigils, the Sigils of Inner-Outer Unification, have been unlocked. This set consists of 12 Sigils.'

”...” Aurus could not help but calculate his current Soul Power after seeing the notifications from the system one more time. In the end, he could not help but curse out, ”Now this is just fucking overkill at this point.”

As he said this to himself, he decided that he was going to stop...only for it to be at a crossroads as he hesitated. ”Is a Soul Power truly enough to fully clear the third trial?” Aurus had a feeling that a Soul Power of 100 would totally be enough to clear the third trial. Then again, he was now going to be extremely noticeable at this point.

”Ah, fuck it,” Aurus said to himself. ”The first thing I'll do after leaving this inheritance is to get a soul sealing skill as fast as possible!”

”Upgrade the Rank Inferior 2 Sigils to its maximum level!”

Ding!

'60 Genesis Points have been consumed to upgrade [Rank Inferior 2 — Sigils of Inner-Outer Unification] to maximum level.'

'Your Soul Power has increased by 36 points (90 points total due to a special skill).'

'Thanks to the user mastering the Rank Inferior 2 Sigils, an additional 8 points of Soul Power have been added (20 points total due to a special skill).'

'Thanks to the user mastering the Rank Inferior 2 Sigils, the Rank Lower 2 Sigils, the Sigils of Foundation Establishment, have been unlocked. This set consists of 15 Sigils.'

'Due to the user having a Soul Power of over 150, the Rare grade skill [Soul Transcendence] has been created, allowing the user's stats and senses to be highly boosted for a certain amount of time.'

'Due to the user having a high Soul Power, the system shall warn the user to suppress the Soul Power, lest the user wants to be caught by external entities.'

”...” After upgrading the Soul Sigils once more, Aurus decided that now was a good time to stop. He calculated the total amount of Soul Power he had and could not help but curse afterwards.

”Fuck.”

”A Soul Power of 188.”

”Ain't this overkill?”

”I'm just fucking target practice for the Animates at this point!”