When Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City, the first thing he did was check his upgrade options.
[Your level has increased to level 27. Your health and Mana will be fully restored, all negative statuses will be cleared, Intelligence +2, and you may choose two skills from the five below as rewards.]
That had been the situation at the time, but Gu Xi had nearly been unable to hold on and had been ready to level from 27 to 28 in one go.
Fortunately, the Luck Torrent had ended at the last moment, and Gu Xi had dissolved about eighty percent of the Evil Aura within the Luck.
He had not leveled up again, preserving the experience needed to reach Level 28.
In this battle, between fighting the ghost kingdom and the battlefield beneath Heavy Breath Mountain, Gu Xi had gained more than four hundred million experience in total.
His current level was enough to reach level 28 for sure, though he might still be just a little short of level 29.
If he leveled up to 28 in advance, the next time he ran into a situation like this, Gu Xi would no longer have that guaranteed life-saving measure.
Just like that Ghost Kingdom Bright Emperor—no, not quite.
According to Moore's recollection after the battle, the Ghost Kingdom Bright Emperor seemed to have also saved his life once by leveling up.
But he had been far too greedy. Seven million Undead Dragons—he had tried to trap them just because he wanted to. In the end, not only had he failed to trap those seven million Undead Dragons to death, he had instead been blasted to death by them.
Even having the chance to level up had been useless. Leveling up restored his health, but he was still instantly killed