250, 260, 270, 280...
The energy bar climbed more and more slowly.
Seeing this, Bai Pu actually felt reassured.
Because they had been forcibly returned, Gaia Will had given them compensation equal to 20% of their Ascension Infusion points. With Wu Mingyue's current points, another 20% increase was already certain to push her past 300 points and secure a priority increase of 3 points.
Wu Qingyun, off to the side, was acting rather abnormally. Ever since she appeared on the stage-clear settlement screen, she had barely spoken, as if she was pondering something.
Later on, Wu Qingyun even sat down on the ground and closed her eyes.
"Is this... some insight from the battle against the Lord's Remains?" Bai Pu had a guess, but it would not be appropriate to disturb her.
In any case, this was the stage-clear settlement screen for Bai Pu's squad. No one would come disturb them.
So Bai Pu left her alone and continued watching Wu Mingyue's ascension.
After the energy bar climbed to 300 points, which was thirty bamboo segments, its speed grew even slower. It no longer rose by +10, +10, but increased by +5, +5 instead.
After that, it rose by +1, +1, climbing upward by tiny increments at a speed barely visible to the naked eye.
It was not that the Spirit Realm Will was deliberately keeping them in suspense, or had some perverse taste for toying with people.
Rather, Ascension Infusion points became harder to raise the higher they were.
Butt had said before that the increase in Ascension Infusion points was just like the college entrance exam in Blue Star's AD Era. When your score was low, it could easily rise by one or two hundred points, but when your score was high, even months of hard work might