#281 - Chapter 281: The Fall of No. 6

Power of Equilibrium (Level 15): Passive: Four core stats +60

Active: Consumes 100 points of Primal Energy to activate Power of Equilibrium, temporarily transferring 100 points of stat value to a designated stat for 2 minutes. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Current progress: 5.8%

Strength: 74

Agility: 74

Constitution: 75

Spirit: 70

Health: 750 / 750

Stamina: 28 / 75

Physical Attack: 74

Magical Attack: 70

Defense: 75

Speed: 74

Shen Xingyan carefully admired his skills and stats after the upgrade. As he had expected, the four core stats had each increased by 10 points, all reaching above 70.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel his body, noticing the power that surpassed the past. He was satisfied and chuckled softly.

Besides these most direct stat boosts, what he cared about even more was the 5.8% current skill progress.

“Before comprehending the skill's usage, I had 25% of the skill progress remaining. Adding the current 5.8%, it means that in this one hour of comprehension, I have increased the progress of 'Power of Equilibrium' by 30.8%!

This improvement is equivalent to nearly one-third of the progress at the current level.

If converted to stats, it's like having +3 to all stats in one hour. It's indeed a bit crazy, but unfortunately, this time is limited to one hour per day.”

After reaching this conclusion, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but marvel at the dreamlike level of stat improvement, something he had never imagined before!

“If I used this one hour of comprehension time to improve martial skills, I'm afraid it would directly raise the martial skill to the 'Minor Accomplishment' realm!”

Looking at the comprehension skill in the stat panel, which had already entered a cooldown state, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but sigh. Then, while the iron was hot, he continued to practice the 'Power of Equilibrium' after this skill optimization.

From his increasingly natural movements, it could be seen that the skill progress he gained from one hour of practice now must have improved again.

After a full two hours of practice, Shen Xingyan stopped his movements and checked the skill progress of 'Power of Equilibrium'.

Finding that it had reached 16.34%, after some calculations, he also knew that he could now improve 5.27% of skill progress per hour.

“An increase of 5.27% progress per hour is a significant improvement compared to before. Before using the comprehension skill this time, I was only improving 4.3% per hour. So, there's an increase of nearly 1%.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that as the Primal Energy limit increases in the future, this daily 1% increase will gradually increase as well. It's just a matter of time.” Shen Xingyan smiled with some excitement.

At this moment, he was immersed in the joy of this improvement, no longer thinking about the rationality of his own improvement.

After all, for others, stat improvements would become increasingly difficult later on, but for him, it seemed to be completely the opposite. There were indeed various doubts.

But based on the principle of 'existence is reasonable', he would not excessively explore this issue.

And in his opinion, even if the improvement of 'Power of Equilibrium' remained at the current level, he would already feel very satisfied.

Just imagine, every day there is an increase of +10 to all stats. If this continues, his strength surpassing those top powerhouses is only a matter of time, and that time won't be too long.

And he, known for his steadiness, naturally wouldn't worry about not being able to wait for that time. After all, as long as he doesn't actively seek death, with 'Instantaneous Movement' and the 'Longevity Fruit', he has some confidence in developing in a low-key manner and protecting himself.

Feeling that he was rapidly becoming stronger, Shen Xingyan's pace towards the kitchen was also somewhat cheerful.

However, just at this moment, he suddenly felt the consciousness of Assassin No. 6's clone instantly merge into his mind, and its memories began to 'play' in his mind like a slideshow.

Seeing this, Shen Xingyan's walking movements also paused, and his brows couldn't help but furrow slightly. This situation was obviously because his No. 6 clone had 'sacrificed' itself.

With doubts, he checked the cause of the clone's death and found that it was again due to a high-stat disaster attracted by the battle, leading to its demise.

To this, he could only shake his head slightly and sigh, but there was no way to avoid this situation. He could only use consciousness transmission to make the other clones pay more attention to the surrounding situation when fighting.

Before long, Shen Xingyan had finished absorbing the clone's memories, making his understanding of the outside world more direct. At the same time, he felt that his understanding of the Dragon Elephant Fist and Gale Step had improved somewhat, and the Primal Energy in his body also surged.

Noticing this phenomenon, he also knew that these were all improvements brought to him by Assassin No. 6's clone.

After a short while, when the Primal Energy in his body had returned to calm, he opened the stat panel to check.

Finding that the Primal Energy limit had increased by 2 points, reaching 113 points, and the progress of the Dragon Elephant Fist had increased by 11%, reaching 49%, he nodded slightly.

But when he looked at the Gale Step, his eyes lit up:

Gale Step (Entering the Hall): After the martial skill is activated, it consumes corresponding stamina to temporarily gain Agility +8, Speed +12, 40% chance to trigger the Afterimage effect, further increasing movement speed by 20 points. Current progress: 57%

Only to see that the Gale Step, which had reached 57% progress, had doubled its stats in the skill description compared to before.

“I didn't expect that martial skills in the Entering the Hall realm would have a significant improvement after reaching 50%.

And the reduction in the improvement of martial skills this time should also be due to this reason. It seems that 50% progress is a small bottleneck in martial skills!”

Shen Xingyan thought in his heart, while taking out a Primal Energy recovery potion and pouring it into his mouth.

While recovering Primal Energy, he also came to the kitchen to start cooking dinner, but the frequency of checking the clone's images in his mind increased compared to the past.

When the Primal Energy had recovered to half, he directly cast the Clone Technique, creating Assassin No. 31 clone with all stats at 56 points, and then told it to be careful when going outside.

Looking at the direction the clone left, Shen Xingyan whispered to himself: “One clone falls, and more and stronger clones will appear later. Disasters, we have a long way to go!”

At this time, in a place outside the realm called 'Demon Saint Mountain', at the mountain peak where the Primal Energy was most abundant, a snow-white disaster sitting in a cross-legged position seemed to sense something and slowly opened its eyes.