Chapter 212 - The Final Step (1/2)
As he looked at his status screen, shocked at the great boost to his stats three Ally skills had given him, he could not help but mutter to himself, ”Ain't I too broken?”
”If I were an X-grade Inanimate and I decided to not evolve to the Pseudo-Animate level or Animate level in a long time, then I would've accepted these numbers,” Aurus continued muttering to himself. ”But I've only been an S-grade Inanimate for a short frame of time…how monstrous would my stats become in the future?”
In the end, he decided to not think how monstrous he was. He changed his train of thought towards that of his future, a future after the Inanimate existence level. Thinking about it, he thought to himself, 'If I go through the same route Argentum is undergoing right now in becoming an Animate, then that would make me…an Ultra Animate? A Super Animate is already strong thanks to the stats they have, but an Ultra Animate…surely with monstrous stats like these, I'd be unrivaled against those on the same level as me as well as those above me, right?'
The more he thought about it, the more he became excited for a future where he could lord over anything while being at a lower level. He could not help but imagine fighting against those that underestimated his power, only for him to win overwhelmingly in a tournament like in the web novels he read. He then thought about the farther future…the Transcendent level…the Divinity level…with his current stats, it might just be possible for him to reach the pinnacle of power while being at a lower rank.
”Well, I can already reach the Pseudo-Transcendent level of power at my current existence level,” Aurus muttered to himself as he let out a low chuckle before adding, ”Who knows what level my power would reach when I get to those existence levels.”
”Anyways, I should go ahead and grind my skills to the X-grade Transcendent level,” Aurus continued to mutter, returning his train of thought back to the steps of his plan. Just as he was about to start grinding his skills, he remembered a certain memory that would allow him to raise a few of his skills far faster than before, prompting him to look at Theresa on his left shoulder before asking it, ”Theresa, I have leftover chances where I could max a skill's level out instantly, right?”
”That is correct, Master,” Theresa responded to Aurus's words in a slightly cheerful tone before adding, ”You have 6 chances remaining, would you like to use them?”
”Indeed, I do,” Aurus said in response to Theresa's question not long after. He then went ahead and commanded her, ”Open up the skill list. Exclude the Ruler skills since they're my last priority in terms of leveling. Also, make sure to exclude the skills that cannot be leveled up or evolved.”
”As you wish, Master,” Theresa said in response to his words before gesturing with its hands, a slightly corporeal screen appearing in front of Aurus's field of vision not long after.
Ding!
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Active Class Skills:
[Supreme Deification (Epic) Lv. 1], [Flux Equipment Creation (Legendary) Lv. 1]
Passive Class Skills:
[Otherworldly Spiritas Energy Core (Wind Variant) Lv. 1], [Heaven's Zenith Essence Ascension (Rare) Lv. 1]
Active Species Skills:
[Omnipresent Movement (Rare) Lv. 1], [Spellswords of Ruination (Legendary) Lv. 1], [Divine Polymorph (Rare) Lv. 1], [Heavenly Rejuvenation (Rare) Lv. 1], [Spirit World (Epic) Lv. 1], [Grand Aegis (Epic) Lv. 1], [Wisdom Transfer Lv. 1]
Hybrid Species Skills:
[Penultimate Veridical Spirit (Mythic) Lv. 1]
Passive Species Skills:
[Grace of the Divine Tempest (Special) Lv.1], [Flux Dimension (Epic) Lv. 1], [Parallel Sentience (Special) Lv. 1], [Surpassing Fate Lv. 1], [Power Surpassing Boundaries Lv. 1]
Active Life and Will Skills:
[Omnipresence (Rare) Lv. 1/5 (C-Transcendent)]
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”Well then,” Aurus muttered as he looked at the screen in front of him. ”What a surprise. Even if I removed all of the skills that can't be evolved or leveled up from my skill list, I still have quite a lot of skills to grind.”
”Then again, what skill should I allocate the 6 chances I have?” Aurus asked himself not long after, looking at the skill list in front of him as he pondered for quite some time. Eventually, he made a decision in his mind, focusing his sense of vision towards Theresa before saying, ”Use all of my 6 chances on [Flux Dimension]. Make sure to evolve it.”
[Flux Dimension], Aurus's only FP storage skill which used to be called [Supreme Spirit-Flux Chiliocosm] back then. Naturally, after fusing with a lot of skills, the maximum FP capacity Aurus could hold at once was greatly increased while the grade of the skill had reverted to the C-grade Mortal level.
The reason as to why Aurus decided to use all of his chances on this skill was because his current species specialized in Flux, which he had fused with his previous Spirit Points in order for him to have a huge amount of Flux. In his mind, he thought that by having a lot of Flux, he would be able to evolve to a species of Spiritas Flux far stronger than his current one. Of course, he'd still have to grind the rest of the way to X-grade Transcendent, but he thought that just saving those chances rather than using them is more useless.
”Alright, Master!” Theresa said in response before gesturing with her hands not long after. A few seconds later, six balls of white light manifested over Theresa's head, forming a sort of halo around it. Not long after that, a ball of blue light multiple times larger than the six balls came out of Aurus's body before settling down on top of his wooden head.
These six balls of white light then made their way towards the ball of blue light, entering the ball of blue light one by one as the former gradually increased in size. After a single ball of white light was absorbed, the ball of blue light would then burst in an array of light, signifying that the skill had evolved to a higher grade. This happened for a total of six times, bringing [Flux Dimension] from the C-grade Mortal level to the B-grade Transcendent level, increasing the amount of FP Aurus can hold by leaps and bounds.
As the enlarged ball of blue light went back into Aurus's body, Theresa looked at Aurus and happily said, ”Congratulations, Master! [Flux Dimension] has now reached the B-grade Transcendent level.”
”Good to know,” Aurus said in response to Theresa's words, reciprocating the happiness in her tone. After that, he pondered for a bit over a certain topic before proceeding to ask it, ”Theresa, is there, by any chance, a way you could help me grind these skills out to the X-grade Transcendent level?”
Listening to his question, Theresa hastily replied with a slightly sorrowful expression, ”I'm afraid I cannot help you with that, Master. The only thing I can help out in terms of skills is…”
Just as it was about to finish its answer, the sorrowful expression on its face had changed to that of a smile as it continued, ”…Exactly that! Just tell me the skills you want me to grind, and those skills you tell me to grind will level up at the same pace as your comprehension speed, Master!”