Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 559 Star Domain [6.3k]

The next day, early in the morning.

[It is detected that the pioneer has stayed in the current upgrade cabin for more than 12 hours, and the forced awakening procedure has begun]

In a silver-white cabin, cold electronic sounds echoed from the cabin, and then a faint arc of electricity burst out from nowhere and sank into the bodies of two figures, one big and one small, lying on the ground. Xin Lailai suddenly opened his eyes and sat up straight from the ground with a bang.

"Hiss...! Did we... just sleep here all night?"

Xin Lailai covered his head, looked around, and couldn't help rubbing his temples.

Although he had anticipated before the breakthrough that the aftereffects of a Soul Master's breakthrough would be very strong, he certainly did not expect that they would knock him unconscious for a whole night.

Moreover, being in a coma would have been fine, he also had nightmares the entire night. He dreamed that his soul was stuck in the Soul Master Trial by Shan Xi's mirror for a whole day, and in the end he wasted a full 1 billion Paradise Points before he obtained the Soul Master's Certificate of Glory.

"Um... Lailai, why are you wearing your clothes again? I'm still... huh?!"

A confused voice came from the side, and Ling Yuzi rubbed his eyes, glanced at Xin Lailai, and habitually grabbed Xin Lailai's hand, as if he wanted Xin Lailai to continue lying down. However, he suddenly realized something after just saying two words. He blinked his eyes and looked at Xin Lailai who was looking at him strangely. His little face turned red, and he disappeared on the spot with a whoosh.

"..."

Very good, it seems that Ling Yuzi had a good rest last night...

Xin Lailai sensed the shyness coming from the girl, smiled helplessly, then took a long breath, stretched, looked at the screen in front of him, took out the last soul crystal directly, and started operating on the screen. Ling Yuzi also came out of the soul space again and looked at the screen in front of him with some anticipation.

[Paid Soul Crystal (Large)*9+Paradise Points*900000, upgrade begins...]

[Upgrade completed, Soul Master has been upgraded to LV.10]

[Paid Soul Crystal (complete)*10+Paradise Points*2000000, upgrade begins...]

[Upgrade completed, Soul Master has been upgraded to LV.20]

Twenty minutes later, accompanied by a cold prompt sound indicating that the upgrade was completed, the two opened their eyes at the same time and looked at the skill introduction on the branding interface, their eyes full of anxiety and expectation:
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[Soul Master: LV.20 (Skill·Passive)]

Skill effect: Soul energy limit +205%, nerve reflex speed, dynamic vision, brain computing power, thinking reaction speed +20%, can consume soul energy to exempt from perception suppression effects.

初始附加能力1，洞悉万相（灵魂·被动，LV.MAX）：你的基础感知力将受到灵魂强度增益，当前基础感知力为101.2点「（真实智力属性*0.5+灵魂强度*0.5）*（1+10%）」。

*Tip: Basic perception will affect the perception accuracy, perception range, perception depth... and so on of various perception abilities.

Initial additional ability 2, ??? (Soul Active, LV.MAX++): Can expand "???", can take into account everything within a radius of 4.05km (basic perception * 40m), and conduct deep observation with a maximum perception accuracy of 0.049μm "0.1mm/(basic perception * 20)", and a perception strength of 40.5 points (basic perception * 0.4). When expanding, it will continue to consume soul energy (determined by the expansion range and observation accuracy).

*Tip: This ability is merged from "Psychic Field LV.MAX++". Because the upper limit and characteristics have changed significantly, it needs to be renamed by the pioneer. If you give up naming it, a new ability name will be randomly generated according to the ability characteristics.

*Tip: The strength of this ability's perception will determine the strength of the energy that can be "penetrated".

LV.10 Ultimate ability, spatial perception (passive): Use soul energy to enhance one's own perception, and be able to accurately perceive spatial fluctuations and scenes in the subspace.

LV.20 Ultimate Ability, Soul Anchor (Passive): Soul energy can be used to form a soul anchor. The soul anchor can be attached to matter or the extraordinary energy of a part, recording the scene near the anchor and transmitting it back to the soul itself. The soul anchor's observation accuracy, duration, transmission distance, concealment level... and other properties will be determined by the user's own soul strength and basic perception, as well as the soul energy consumed during construction and the surrounding environment.

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Success...

Almost as soon as Xin Lailai saw the introduction of the Soul Master's skills, a strong excitement appeared in his eyes.

Their soul master really succeeded in developing in the direction of the perception system. Not only that, he also perfectly merged the core effects of the psychic field and perfectly inherited all the characteristics of energy detection and space perception.

As for the problem of losing the original high reaction speed bonus?
Just look at their Grandmaster passives and you will understand. After upgrading all their passives to LV.20, they now have a 100% permanent speed bonus without bringing any extra burden to the body.

Taking into account that their nerve reflex speed can only be opened to about 150%, it means that even if the speed-increasing effect of the psychic field is still there, it can only provide them with a 50% speed gain. Although it is not low, at their current level, they can already use spells such as "Body Acceleration" to achieve this effect. In this case, giving up the speed gain and turning the psychic field into a pure perception skill can be said to be a great thing for them with only benefits and no harm.

Of course, the most important thing is that the psychic field has finally changed from an ordinary skill with a maximum upper limit of level six to a growth-type ability with a super high upper limit.

You have to know that the wizard system relies more and more on range perception in the later stages. The perception range of a few kilometers in the original psychic field is indeed powerful in the early stages, but in the later stages, facing the super-large spells that have to mobilize elements or free extraordinary energy of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, the original psychic field with a maximum radius of 10km suddenly becomes inadequate.

"By the way, Lailai, what do you think the new psychic realm should be named?"

"Well... let me think, how about just continuing to call it the Psychic Realm?"

"But this is too tacky, isn't it better to change to a new name?"

"Then what do you think we should call it?"

"Hmm... Daluo Cave?"

"..."

"Then what about the Hun Tian Realm?"

"..."

"Sure enough, let's just keep calling it the psychic realm."

"No! Lailai, you have secretly named it several times, it's time to let someone else do it this time!"

"Well, the main reason is that the names you gave yourself, Ling Yuzi, are too... young, and the style of painting doesn't quite match our ability system."

"Then Lailai, what new name would you like to give us?"

"Uh...soul realm?"

"..."

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ten minutes later.

[Hint: Naming successful, ability "???" has been changed to "Star Field"]

[Tip: Unrecorded capabilities detected, collecting...]

[Tip: Completed. Because this ability is replicable, it has been included in the Grandmaster Ability Database as one of the development branches of the Soul Grandmaster.]

Inside the upgrade cabin, Xin Lailai looked at the prompt in front of him and let out a long sigh, while Ling Yuzi beside him showed a satisfied look.

After discussing with Xin Lailai for nearly ten minutes, they finally came up with a name that both of them could accept. This name not only retained her favorite fantasy style, but also conformed to Lailai's aesthetic and sounded better.

——In fact, she originally wanted to name it "Senluo Realm", which means all-encompassing, but after discussing with Lai Lai, she decided to change "Senluo" to "Xingluo".

One reason is that it sounds better this way, and the other is that this ability just happens to include the first letters of the first two characters in her and Lai Lai's names, which makes them more comfortable psychologically.

"In this way, all five master-level passive abilities are now in hand."

After the prompt in front of him faded, Xin Lailai took a deep breath, looked at the passive skill of Five Gates Grandmaster LV.20 on the skill list, felt his heart beating rapidly, and a strong sense of excitement emerged from his chest, as if a climber who had climbed a long distance finally reached the top of the mountain and caught a glimpse of the extremely magnificent scenery.

"This is the scenery of the Grandmaster Realm..."

Infinite waves spread, and the surrounding scenes were all reflected in his mind. An illusion as if he was omnipotent arose in Xin Lailai's mind, making him feel as if he could control everything he saw at this moment.

But after a while, Xin Lailai shook her head gently, a rational and sober look flashed in her dark pupils, and she took the initiative to break free from this illusion.

Upgrading all five passive skills to Grandmaster LV.20 at once is indeed a huge improvement for them. Even the basic bonuses of these passive skills alone have greatly increased their strength.

Especially for those lives born in the low-level native world, and those people in the void whose qualifications are not even C-level, the ability of Grandmaster LV.20 is the end of what they can achieve with their lifelong efforts.

Even if it was him when he first entered Paradise, except for the Heavy Sword Grandmaster, the other passive skills would probably have reached the upper limit by the time they were upgraded to Grandmaster LV.20 or even earlier due to potential issues.

Fortunately, they have now escaped from that mediocre fate.

Yes, he was sure of it.

Everything in front of them, this is definitely not their end, but...

——They are heading towards the strongest starting point.

[Do you want to use "Sublimation Medal"*2 to improve the potential of "Basic Passive·Ultimate Shadow"? ]

[Tip: Because "Basic Passive·Ultimate Shadow" is not the initial level, if you want to upgrade, you need to make up the upgrade price difference. The current price difference is: Paradise Points*1935000]

[Tip: Since the Pioneer has broken the real attribute barrier, you can pay 16 Soul Coins to awaken "Basic Passive Extreme Shadow"]

A cold electronic sound rang out from the silver-white cabin, and Xin Lailai was seen standing in front of the screen with two new medals in his hands.

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[Sublimation Medal]

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise

Quality: Special

Category: Permission Credentials

Use prefix 1, have [Pioneer Assessment] qualification or [Formal Pioneer] status (achieved).

Use prerequisite 2 to break through the 80-point real attribute barrier (achieved).

Effect of use: You can choose any [Basic Passive] that you have mastered that does not have full potential, and increase its potential by one level in the skill upgrade hall.

*Tip: Basic passive potential can be divided into five potential levels: normal potential (1-59 points), excellent potential (60-79 points), top potential (80-89 points), extreme potential (90-99 points), and full potential (100 points). The higher the level, the more expensive the upgrade cost.

Introduction: Only the truly strong are qualified to ascend.

Price: Not tradeable/giftable/discardable
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The Medal of Ascension is an exclusive reward issued by Paradise to contractors who conquer the Execution Ground.

Previously, they could only throw it into the corner of the storage space because they did not meet the conditions for use. But now, they have broken through the real barrier, and it is time to open it...

——This is their passive path to full potential!

[Confirmation completed, Paradise Points*1935000 + Soul Coins*66 pieces have been deducted, and the potential improvement, potential awakening and upgrade of "Basic Passive·Ultimate Shadow" have begun...] [Upgrade completed]

["Basic Passive·Ultimate Shadow" has been upgraded from "Top Potential·Basic Passive" to "Full Potential·Basic Passive"]

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[Basic Passive Extreme Shadow: LV.40 (One awakening)]

Upgrade prerequisite: True Agility no less than 80 points

Skill Effect 1: Base speed increased by 8% (increased by 6%)

Skill Effect 2: Physical speed potential upper limit rank +1 (new)
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A warm feeling spread from Xin Lailai's mind and gradually dissipated after several minutes. He looked at the description of the basic passive skill, Extreme Shadow, in front of him with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

He currently has several basic passive skills that have not reached their full potential, and the reason why he chose to upgrade the basic passive skill, Extreme Shadow, is because he saw the upper limit of the opponent's physical speed that can be increased after awakening.

With this level of increase in the upper limit of his physical speed potential, according to his current 84-point true agility attribute of naked gear, his physical speed upper limit will suddenly increase by 238 points. In terms of proportion, he can withstand about 204% of the physical speed bonus, which is nearly 150/1 more than the previous 3%.

And this is just the effect of a basic passive after one awakening. If it is replaced with a basic passive that requires 200 real agility attributes to be fully awakened, even if it is also LV.40, its bonus effect will be at least twice as much as it is now.

This is another important reason why high-level contractors in Paradise are rushing to buy basic passive skills. Even if we don’t consider the ultimate passive skill after maxing out the basic passive skill, the gain in combat power brought by a basic passive skill alone is already enormous.

"Speaking of which, the guy that Brother Ritian mentioned who wanted to buy the basic passive skill should have returned to Paradise recently?"

After the upgrade, Xin Lailai glanced at the [Basic Passive·Nether Awareness] in his storage space which had been there for more than half a year. After thinking for a while, he sent a message to 04296, asking if the big man who was planning to exchange the eighth-level World Seed for the passive skill at that time was still willing to do the deal.

In fact, if it were before, although Xin Lailai valued this transaction, she would not care so much. After all, even if the big boss who had agreed with 04296 did not buy it, the value of this basic passive skill would still be there.

The problem is that they are in urgent need of a large number of World Seeds to do one thing, so the value and importance of this transaction to them suddenly rises several levels.

As for what exactly needs so many world seeds, it has something to do with Yuan Mo:

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【Yuanmo】

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise

Quality: world class
...

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Rating: 178
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Well, as you can see, Yuan Mo's score is now only 178 points.

Although Xin Lailai had been feeding branches and leaves of the World Tree to Yuan Mo to restore durability during the battle with Ji Ren Yuan Ying, she could not withstand Ji Ren Yuan Ying's slashing attacks which were too terrifying.

Especially the last move in the opponent's combo. Although they used the new technique of Blade Entanglement: Heaven Return to block and counterattack to withstand it, it also caused Yuan Mo to be chopped from 400 points to 178 points by the opponent's sword.

This level of decline is equivalent to falling directly from a gold full-rated equipment back to dark purple. Even the divine machine form was lost due to the problem that only one form can be recorded after the downgrade.

And they have reached the third level now. Although they are not sure where to go for the time being, considering the fact that the Dead Sea ruins have been excavated and some things related to promises mentioned by 04296 at the cocktail party, Xin Lailai estimates that their next world will most likely be a return trip to the Dead Sea ruins.

Since we are entering the Dead Sea ruins, the difficulty of the world cannot be low. In this case, it is obviously inappropriate to fight with a purple weapon that is equivalent to a dark purple score, so repairing Yuanmo becomes crucial.

Of course, with the number of World Seeds they have on hand, even without the eighth-level World Seed, they can at least restore Yuan Mo to a score of 400.

But in this case, if they later planned to use the eighth-level seed to sprint to the 500-point Yuan Mo, it would be tantamount to wasting the batch of world seeds used for repair.

After all, with the strength of the eighth-level World Seed, it is entirely possible to repair Yuan Mo and instantly rush it to a score of 500. Therefore, if conditions permit, Xin Lailai naturally hopes to get it done in one go.

[Ding~! You have a message reminder, sender: 04296]

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04296: "You asked the right question. That guy is right next to me now. Just send the stuff over. I can take advantage of this guy drinking to get this done."

Black Sword: "Thank you very much, Brother Ritian!"

「Reminder: Email has been sent」

「Reminder: 04296 has received the email」

……

Very good, in this way, Yuan Mo’s repair and upgrade will be solved.

All that's left is to collect the materials and ask the ragtag boss to help them forge a greatsword that can absorb the power of the world and a greatsword for blocking and counterattacking.

Xin Lailai looked at the chat history in front of him with a look of relief in his eyes. For them, Yuan Mo's restoration was like a huge brick pressing on their hearts. Now that this brick has finally fallen to the ground, his already good mood has become much better.

"That's great. Now that I'm here, I might as well upgrade all my other skills."

Then, Xin Lailai looked at the screen in front of her, looked at the other basic passive skills that had not yet been awakened and the breath control that had not been upgraded for a long time, and started operating directly on the screen.

He still has a lot of balance left, so he can upgrade all these passive abilities.

[Reminder: 4 soul coins have been paid, and the awakening of "Basic Passive·Physique" has begun]

[Reminder: 4 Soul Coins have been paid, and the "Basic Passive Source" has begun...]

【Reminder: Already paid...】

The next second, cold prompt sounds began to sound continuously from the upgrade cabin, and strengthened light beams of different colors began to fall from the top.

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After one hour.

[Repair completed, this repair cost a total of 123349 park points]

[Tip: Breath control has been upgraded to LV.60]

[Tip: The Breath of the Monarch has been upgraded to LV.50]

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[Breath Control: LV.60 (Passive)]

Skill effect: You can freely control your own breath, and the ability to control your breath is greatly enhanced. The breath damage caused by releasing the breath is increased by 78%, and the breath resistance ability is increased by 78% when the breath is restrained (increased by 18%).

...

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Additional effect 6: The breath's strength when resisting damage is increased by 50 points.

Upgrade cost: 800000 park points
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[Breath of the Monarch LV.50 (Passive)]

Skill effect: Change the breath trait to [Wang Wei]. When released, all units within the range of its own pressure will be judged on willpower. The current pressure intensity: 159 points (increased by 50 points).

*Tip: Each point of willpower difference between units in the area and you will increase the physical consumption speed by 15.9% (increase by 5%), with a maximum increase of 159% (increase by 50%).

*Tip: Every point of willpower difference between units in the area and you will reduce the physical defense value by 15.9 points (increase by 5.0 points), with a maximum reduction of 159 points (increase by 50 points).

*Tip: Each point of willpower difference between units in the area and you will reduce the resistance value by 15.9 points (increase by 5 points), with a maximum reduction of 159 points (increase by 50 points).

*Tip: When the unit's willpower is more than 10 points lower than yours, it will enter the [Psychic Shock] state and receive (willpower difference) × (soul strength difference) × 0.159 (increased by 0.05) points of soul damage every second.

Upgrade Cost: This skill cannot be upgraded directly in the Sanctuary Paradise and can only be trained by the Pioneers themselves.

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“Ahem! Ahem… Ugh!!”

In the silver-white cabin, Xin Lailai, with a bloody face, spat out the broken teeth in his mouth, wiped the blood off his face, and looked at the breath control in front of him, which was upgraded to level 6 at the cost of only level 9, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Very good, he saved a full 120w paradise points. It was worth it that he took advantage of his greatly improved strength and deliberately urinated there. The final result did not disappoint him.

"But, Lai Lai, didn't you go too far this time? If that person who exudes pressure really remembers us, I think we might have trouble in our next promotion..."

"Who cares? We have Paradise to protect us anyway, so why not do it? Besides, we will have to be at the fourth level by the time we go there next time. Maybe they have already forgotten about us."

Xin Lailai shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression. It would be fine if that place belonged to some powerful and powerful force, but the problem was that judging from the scene, even if that place really existed, it was most likely a force that had long been ruined. He didn't believe that such a force would be so angry as to come to the paradise to deal with him just because of a matter of peeing.

——What's more, if the voice that asked them to kneel down had not become lukewarm for some reason this time, why would he have done that?

"In this way, most of the skills that can be upgraded have been upgraded..."

Finally, Xin Lailai looked at the skill interface in front of him, nodded slightly, and a look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

Then, he opened the branding interface and activated the transmission permission.

[Reminder: You are about to be teleported back to your exclusive room. Please prepare for the teleportation.]

The eighth-level world seed at 04296 had already arrived when they upgraded, but Xin Lailai was not in a hurry to do it now.

Because there was something else waiting for them that he was looking forward to:

——That is, the Awakening Monument that has been placed in their exclusive room for more than half a year should be put to use.

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(End of this chapter)