Chapter 200 - One Shot (2/2)
At the instant a few particles of the All-seeing Comprehension Leaf was absorbed by Aurus's body, his field of vision had transformed in an instant, giving him the ability that he could see every single thing on this planet with a single glance. Their past, their present, their future, the things that make up their bodies, all of them could be seen with this single glance.
Unfortunately for Aurus, this sensation had only lasted for a few seconds as his field of vision reverted to the large stone room as a notification sound resounded in his mind. Rather than a monotonous voice reading out the notification for him, Theresa was the one who read it and said, ”Congratulations, Master! You have absorbed an All-seeing Comprehension Leaf! Since the leaf you just absorbed is of a higher grade than the previous one, the full effect of this leaf has been absorbed, increasing Master's comprehension speed by 20 times! Not to mention, the cap of Master's comprehension speed has been increased to 40 times!”
”Eh?” Listening to Theresa's voice, Aurus was left in a state of slight confusion. The first thing about him obtaining an increase of 20 times was still understandable to him since Theresa said that it was a leaf that was a higher grade than the Transcending Comprehension Leaf he had absorbed back then. But 40 times? Didn't Herellia say the limit was 30?
He then pondered over it and wondered why this was the case. Fortunately, it did not take a long time for Aurus to finally have an idea as to why, muttering to himself, ”I just noticed that with each consecutive grade of Comprehension Leaf I absorb, the limit to how much comprehension speed I can have increases by 10 times. In other words, the Soaring leaf would have a cap of 10 times, the Unshrouding leaf would have a cap of 20 times, the Transcending leaf a cap of 30, and the All-seeing leaf a cap of 40. If I continue with this pattern, then the All-knowing leaf would have a cap of 50.”
”After absorbing the All-seeing Comprehension Leaf, Master now has a comprehension speed of 35 times! Not only that, but Master has also obtained a chance to break a skill's limit to a higher level!” Theresa continued amidst Aurus's muttering, attracting Aurus's attention in an instant as he asked, ”What do you mean by breaking a skill's limit?”
In response to this question, Theresa laughed as it replied, ”Master will only be able to use this chance once he maxes out a skill at the X-grade Transcendent level! I hope Master does his best and turns into someone that can use this chance!”
”X-grade Transcendent…” Aurus muttered, letting out a light chuckle as a small part of his plan had changed due to this, saying, ”It seems I'll have to grind all of my skills to the X-grade Transcendent level.”
”Then again, I was planning to do that from the start anyway.”
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In a place far away from the Area 52 Inheritance, Inhee was talking with the Supreme Ruler of the Void, letting out a sigh as she stood up from her chair.
”For now, I've passed the Inanimate on the first stage,” Inhee said to the Supreme Ruler of the Void as she asked him, ”Anyways, what's the problem with its existence level?”
”It's too low,” the Supreme Ruler of the Void did not hide anything in his reply. ”Shouldn't a Ruler be someone who has incredibly high strength and existence level? I could accept the fact that it has the Substitute Ruler of the Void title since it's an Inanimate, but after it has reached the Assistant Ruler of the Void level, I just feel like that Inanimate doesn't deserve it.”
”Although it doesn't have a high existence level, it does have a lot of strength for its existence level,” Inhee refuted the Supreme Ruler of the Void's words as she replied. She then added, ”From the aura it's radiating right now, you can tell easily that the power it has is being hampered by its low existence level.”
”You're right, but…” the Supreme Ruler of the Void said in response to Inhee's words, eventually letting out a sigh. He then said, ”You know what? I'm going to change the mechanics of the second stage.”
”Eh? You do know how much it costs to replace stages at the last minute, right?” Inhee asked him with a slight frown. In response, the Supreme Ruler of the Void waved his hand as he replied, ”No worries, I'll pay it after this. I'm just tweaking the mechanics of this second stage a little bit to see if this Inanimate is truly worthy of its title.”
”I'm going to change the existence level of his enemies to a high Pseudo-Animate level,” the Supreme Ruler soon said as he added, ”If that Inanimate could pass through this stage, then I could accept the fact that it's worthy for the title.”
”Are you really sure?” Inhee said. ”You tend to change your mind quite a lot.”
”I mean what I say,” the Supreme Ruler of the Void uttered in response. ”Anyways, I'll send the changes to the second stage right now.”
”Fine, fine, fine,” Inhee muttered with a sigh as she sat back on her chair before gesturing with her hands, strands of energy extending from her fingertips soon after.
”Also, is it fine if the name of the second stage is changed?” the Supreme Ruler of the Void asked Inhee.
In response, Inhee let out an annoyed sigh as she asked, ”What's the new name of the second stage then?”
The Supreme Ruler of the Void pondered over the question for a bit before saying with a grin, ”One Shot.”
”One Shot…”
”Is that a reference to you when you're having fun with women?”
”Shut up.”