booktalesy Chapter 42 : Chapter 42
Chapter 42 : Chapter 42
Chapter 42 [Flame Absorption! Purple], A Cultivation Trait That Was All but Cheating!
"CRACK!!"
In the next moment, a robotic arm slowly extended over and finally dropped a small metal box in front of Xiao Xuan.
The box truly was nothing more than an ordinary iron box.
Xiao Xuan did not care. After opening it, he found a fire-element orb inside.
Without wasting any words, Xiao Xuan picked up the orb and exerted force instantly.
"CRACK! BOOM!!"
In an instant, the orb shattered apart.
In the next moment, two White Traits fell to the ground.
One was [Flame Absorption! White], while the other was [Scrapped! White].
"This Scrapped Trait should correspond to death in living beings, shouldn't it?"
At that, Xiao Xuan directly recycled the Scrapped Trait.
He gained seven Eco Points.
As for Flame Absorption, according to the Supreme Will's description, it could directly absorb fire-element power and thereby raise its own grade.
"Come to think of it, can humans load this kind of Trait? If I load it, will I be able to rely on absorbing Flame Power from now on to increase my strength quickly?"
At that thought, Xiao Xuan's eyes lit up.
Although he already had a way to raise his strength through Eco Points, if he could also rely on absorbing the elemental powers of heaven and earth to grow stronger, then he would be able to save some Eco Points as well.
Of course, any Trait explicitly labeled as a Weapon-Type Trait naturally could not be loaded onto a human body, just as Xiao Xuan's earlier attempt to load the human-use Strength Enhancement onto a weapon had failed.
But a Trait that upgraded through absorption might truly be useful.
After all, because he cultivated the Thunderflame Body-Tempering Art and possessed both Flame Power and Lightning Power, he had already been able to absorb fire and lightning attributes to strengthen himself.
It was simply that this method was far too slow compared to directly using Eco Points to improve.
If this Flame Absorption Trait could increase his cultivation speed, then perhaps in the future he would be able to raise his strength rapidly without relying on Eco Points at all.
With that thought, Xiao Xuan directly placed the Trait onto his Trait List.
"HUM!!!"
However, the instant the Trait was placed there, an invisible force poured into Xiao Xuan's body.
In that instant, Xiao Xuan clearly discovered that his speed in refining fire-element power had increased severalfold.
"So it really worked. And this is only a White Trait, yet it already doubles my cultivation speed!”
If I upgrade it to Purple, or even Silver, my cultivation speed will become unimaginably fast!
And it is not only my cultivation speed. Even my energy recovery speed has doubled.
“That alone will play an extremely important role in future battles!"
Feeling his energy recovering at a rapid pace, Xiao Xuan's eyes lit up again. That recovery speed alone was enough to make this Trait worth upgrading.
With that in mind, he did not hesitate and directly spent 10,000 Eco Points to upgrade the Trait to Purple in an instant.
The main reason was that he currently had too few Eco Points. Otherwise, he would have upgraded it straight to Silver.
[Flame Absorption! Purple] (Absorbs fire-element energy to replenish the user's energy at extremely high speed, while also greatly accelerating the refinement of fire-element power!)
A notification sounded at once.
At the same time, Xiao Xuan clearly felt that his speed in refining fire-element power had increased by more than dozens of times compared to before.
To begin with, Xiao Xuan's cultivation speed had already far surpassed that of ordinary people thanks to his Silver Aptitude-Type Trait.
Now, that speed had multiplied by dozens once again.
It was easy to foresee that even without his Unique-grade Trait, his strength would still grow rapidly in the future.
Moreover, once this Trait was loaded onto his body, it surprisingly no longer had any grade limit.
"At my current rate, even relying purely on my own cultivation, becoming a Martial Saint, or even surpassing the Martial Saint level, should no longer be a problem, should it?”
And the issue of a grade limit should come from material restrictions, whereas the human body can continue improving without limit.
“That means that, in theory, there is no ceiling at all. As long as one's lifespan is sufficient and one's talent is high enough, one can continue growing stronger forever!"
Seeing this, Xiao Xuan fell into thought.
Furthermore, his energy recovery speed had improved tremendously. That also meant that in the future, as long as he obtained more fire-element Energy Matter, his Astral Qi could be generated in an almost endless stream.
Of course, the main thing now was to test whether his weapon could continue upgrading itself.
With that thought, he bought several more fire-element orbs, and at the same time bought a fire-element Energy Crystal.
Energy Crystals were the primary medium in this world for storing Energy Matter.
Naturally, they had different names in different Subterranean Caverns. In some Caverns with immortal cultivation civilizations, Energy Crystals were called Spirit Stones.
In certain magic worlds, they were called Magic Stones.
At their core, however, they were nothing more than ores that stored energy.
Elemental Energy Crystals were somewhat more expensive than ordinary Energy Crystals.
A Low-grade Energy Crystal was worth 100.
The amount of energy it contained was equivalent to the total power of a First-Tier, First-Grade Martial Artist.
A Mid-grade one, meanwhile, was worth 1,000,000.
Its upper energy limit was likewise ten thousand times greater than that of a Low-grade one.
A High-grade one was worth a full 10 billion.
Above that were Peak-grade Energy Crystals, and their prices were even more terrifying.
This time, Xiao Xuan directly purchased a High-grade fire-element Energy Crystal, spending 15 billion in one stroke.
That was far more expensive than an ordinary Energy Crystal.
The amount of energy contained in a single High-grade Energy Crystal was likewise extremely terrifying.
It had already reached the level of the total power possessed by an ordinary Martial Venerable-level powerhouse.
Xiao Xuan did not waste any time and directly crushed all the fire-element orbs he had just bought.
In an instant, Traits scattered all over the floor.
Each fire-element orb only contained two or three Traits in total.
However, crushing one did not mean that all of its Traits would drop.
Usually, only one would appear. That was precisely why Xiao Xuan had chosen to make his weapon upgrade itself rather than replace it outright.
Because even if he could extract the original weapon's Traits, some Trait loss would still occur in the process.
And if that happened, the amount of Eco Points he would lose would be even greater.
As for the weapon's material itself, that problem was easy to solve. He only needed to add more powerful Traits, and the material of the weapon itself would upgrade along with them.
And when the Traits themselves were upgraded, the material would in fact rise as well.
Afterward, he directly loaded the two dropped Traits, [Flame Absorption! White] and [Flame Enhancement! White], onto the Nanotech Battle Armor.
"BOOM!!!"
In an instant, exceedingly faint flames began to burn across the surface of the armor.
Though faint, once amplified by the Nanotech Battle Armor, which was already Peak Sixth-Tier, those flames still surged with an extremely powerful aura.
When Xiao Xuan saw this, he did not hesitate and directly upgraded both Traits to Purple at the same time.
"BOOM!!!"