Chapter 138 - Procrastination Sucks, Good Night (1/2)
Tempest Branch Alliance, Tower of Seclusion.
After finishing his grind that needed the Ruler skills to be at X-grade Mortal, he was able to raise his Ruler Rank, becoming an Assistant Ruler of the Void. After he obtained the title, he felt a definite change in his power. He definitely wanted to check his stats right now, but he thought that it was better to grind all of his skills first before checking his stats.
And so, that's what he did.
The first batch of skills he focused on were the Flux skills he obtained from evolving to S-grade Inanimate. Namely, the Flux equipment creation skills, the enchantment skill, the sacrifice skill, and the storage skill for Flux. Although the latter was now obsolete due to [Stick-Flux Unification], a little still went a long way.
Thanks to the Transcending Comprehension Leaf, it only took him 3 hours to raise all of these Flux-based skills, which were at B-grade Mortal, to his current goal, which was C-grade Transcendent level.
[Better Flux Weapon Creation] was now called [Unworldly Flux Weapon Fabrication], while [Better Flux Armor Creation] was now called [Unworldly Flux Armor Fabrication]. As for [Better Flux Enchantment] and [Better Flux Sacrifice], they were now called [Third Heaven Flux Enhancement] and [Grand Flux Samsara] respectively.
As for the storage skill, [Expanded Flux Vessel], it was now called [Flux Chiliocosm], giving Aurus a few hundred more Flux points to work with.
The next set of skills he proceeded to grind were his offensive skills, as well his skills that boosted offensive power. [Middle-High Spirit Spell Core], [Zenith Spirit Transcendence], [Zenith Purity Spirit Energy Core], and [Spirit Sword of Seven Hells], which were all at X-grade Mortal, took only 2 hours to transform into C-grade Transcendent level skills. Their new names were now [High Spirit Spell Core], [Grand Spiritas Deification], [Otherworldly Spiritas Energy Core], and [Spellblades of Nonagon Domination] respectively, with the last skill being specifically chosen by Aurus as the new form of the skill resembled its previous form.
Aurus then moved onto grinding out his movement skills, as well as his supportive skills, which were namely [Instantaneous Spiritas Movement], [Void Gale Spirit Shift], [Formosus Exuberance], and [Unyielding Barrier of the Spiritas Magnus].
This took Aurus around 3 hours to do, turning them into [Transient Spiritas Dash], [False Nil Teleportation], [Heavenly Spiritas Revival], and [Unbreakable Spiritas Flux Shield] respectively. For his defensive skill, he could not help but let out a sigh of relief as the name was shortened by a bit.
After that, the next skills he focused on grinding were the remaining skills he had not grinded yet, which were mostly passive and miscellaneous skills.
He focused on [Soul Perception III] first, taking 40 minutes to achieve its C-grade Transcendent form, [Eye of the Soul]. He then moved onto [Myriad Manifestation Polymorph], taking 20 minutes to evolve it to [Infinite Primordial Morph]. After that, he focused on [Soul Morphosis], which was at C-grade Mortal all this time. Taking around 30 minutes or so, he was able to evolve it to [Nine Worlds Soul Morphosis], allowing him to show greater control over his soul vessel when needed, while suppressing his incredibly high soul power in the process, bringing it to the level of an S-grade Inanimate.
He then focused on [Spirit Aura], which was halfway to its maximum level after being put into the Learning module. In contrast, it only took around 10 minutes for Aurus to evolve the skill to C-grade Transcendent level, turning into [Boundless Spirit Domain].
While he was grinding all of the previous skills, he made sure to activate [Spiritas Rage] and [Spiritas Fortress], which were skills with incredibly long cooldowns. For these skills, he decided to just raise them to X-grade Mortal, which he had just achieved after upgrading [Spirit Aura].
The new names of the two skills were [Berserk] and [Invincible], great contrasts to the names of the other skills in his skill list.
He then proceeded to simultaneously grind [Zenith Purity Spiritas SP Vessel], [Infinite Tempest Affinity], [Blessing of the Zenith Tempest], and [Superb Illusion Resistance] within a span of an hour and a half, transforming into better versions of themselves...which shall not be said due to their long name.
And last but not the least, he grinded his Life and Will skills, which had not shown great purpose throughout fights and such, but showed great purpose when choosing his next evolution path.
The two passive Life and Will skills, [Seeker of Two Destinies] and [Grand Vessel of Higher Sentience], turned into [Two Worlds' Overseer] and [Hundred Sentience World].