Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and both Chu Danqing and Da Bao had gained tremendously.
Da Bao in particular had completely digested and absorbed the power he gained after devouring the Cave Beast Priest.
If they encountered the Cave Beast Priest again now, killing him would be as easy as turning over a hand.
Brutal Beast, Child of the Cave Attributes Health: 100% Blood Rage: 90 Strength: 9 Agility: 9 Constitution: 9 Spirit: 1 (Locked) Perception: 9 Talent Bloody Frenzy Skills Rending Claws (Active) LV.9: After activation, attacking an enemy deals an additional 9 points of rending damage and inflicts the Bleeding state. Consumes 9 Blood Rage per minute while active. Bloodthirsty Pursuit (Passive) LV.9: When dealing damage to an enemy with the Bleeding state, gain a lifesteal effect and inflict an additional 9 points of bleeding damage. Beast Instinct (Passive) LV.MAX Combat Intuition (Passive) LV.MAX: Greatly increases combat thinking and reaction speed. When Health drops to 50%, enters the Fearless State.
Aside from the improvements to his attributes and skills, the true gain of these past ten days was Combat Intuition, a MAX-level skill derived from Beast Instinct.
Unlike Berserk State, which enhanced attributes at the cost of reason, Fearless State increased his resistance to all negative conditions. At the same time, he could distinguish friend from foe and follow Chu Danqing's commands.
From now on, there was no need to worry that Da Bao would attack Chu Danqing while in a berserk state.
As for why his attributes had not reached 10 and his skills had not risen to LV10, that was Chu Danqing's fault.
His Summoning Basics and Basic Summoning Art levels were not high enough.
During the ten days he studied under the Holy Child, he had only raised these two basic skills to LV5.
Summoning Basics: LV5 Skill Effect: Increases all summon attributes by 5%. Summons receive a 10% bonus based on the Apostle's average attributes. -- Basic Summoning Art: LV5 Skill Effect: Increases summon talent and skill effects by 5%, and increases summon potential and growth.
To raise Da Bao's Five-Dimensional Attributes to 10 and his skills to LV10, the Holy Child had said that these two basic skills had to be raised to maximum level first—LV10.
The level cap for basic skills was 10. Further improvement required advancing them into mastery skills.
"Having spent these ten days with you, fellow Daoist, has brought me great joy."
"The root of Da Bao's skill that strengthens the Bleeding state still remains, but he lacks the spare strength to support it."
"If, in the future, fellow Daoist raises your basic skills to maximum level, you may seek some heavenly treasures and earthly wonders to nurture him further. There is a good chance it may see the light of day again."
"You already know the method of cultivation, fellow Daoist. You may try it yourself."
"Furthermore, I hope fellow Daoist will diligently wipe away the dust each day and not grow slack."
"In cultivation, one rows a boat against the current; if one does not advance, one retreats." The Holy Child earnestly instructed Chu Danqing.
He still had a high favorability toward Chu Danqing. During these days, Chu Danqing had filled his emotional value meter to the brim.
Chu Danqing's previous job had required him to chase business orders, meet clients, and maintain relationships with the paying party. He might not have been exceptionally skilled at reading faces and navigating human affairs, but he was at least above the passing line.
"It is I who should thank you, little sir, for your guidance these past days." Chu Danqing naturally accepted the advice. These instructions would benefit him.
"If fate allows, we shall meet again. Yet when we do, I likely will not remember you, fellow Daoist. After all, I am merely a projection." As soon as he finished speaking, the Holy Child's figure slowly faded away.
With his camcorder and a thick stack of notes in hand, Chu Danqing left the Training Room with Da Bao.
"Let's go. We'll head to the Attribute Pod first and add the Attribute Points." Chu Danqing planned to distribute them evenly according to the method provided by the Holy Child.
Though it was called a pod, the Enhancement Pod was actually a massive building. A Life Apostle guided him, and Chu Danqing was soon assigned an empty slot.
Current Attribute Points: 2 Reminder: Please do not allow excessive disparity among the Five-Dimensional Attributes.
"No matter the system, the Five-Dimensional Attributes are essential and inseparable. Paradise also encourages all-round development."
"Yet gathering so many Attribute Points is not easy. Just going from Reserve Apostle to Rank One requires 25 Attribute Points for balanced development across all five attributes."
He assigned the 2 Attribute Points to Agility and Perception respectively.
Activate anesthesia function? This is a permanent function. Activation requires Paradise Points ×100.
"No. I refuse to believe it can hurt that much." Chu Danqing refused to believe it, especially since the anesthesia function would affect the enhancement results.
Attribute allocation complete. Enhancement commencing.
The next instant, intense pain erupted from inside out. Chu Danqing's facial features twisted grotesquely.
Yet due to the Enhancement Pod's mechanism, he could not scream at all. His face turned red from holding it in.
Attributes Strength: 5 Agility: 6 Constitution: 6 Spirit: 5 Perception: 6
Ten minutes later, the moment Chu Danqing emerged from the Enhancement Pod, he had no strength left in his entire body. Da Bao caught him at once.
Otherwise, he would have collapsed onto the ground like a limp noodle.
"Are... are you... okay?" Da Bao looked at Chu Danqing worriedly.
"I'm fine. I'll recover after resting for a few minutes." Chu Danqing's cheeks hurt from gritting his teeth and enduring it, but this was not the time to rest. "To the True Spirit Hall."
The True Spirit Hall was a special building in Dimension Paradise, one of the buildings exclusive to Dimension Paradise among the five major factions.
Its function was to awaken the True Spirit power contained within equipment.
There were currently four known outcomes: enhanced attributes, improved skills, activated skills, and quality advancement.
Moreover, equipment could be awakened more than once. The number of awakenings varied depending on the equipment's quality, grade, and other factors.
There were drawbacks as well. Not every piece of equipment possessed a True Spirit, and it had to be appraised at the True Spirit Hall.
Of the equipment in Chu Danqing's hands, he estimated that only Regret of the Kin-Eater might contain True Spirit power.
The others were probably a long shot.
The reason he wanted to appraise them at the True Spirit Hall first was that weapons containing True Spirits could sell for a higher price even if they had not been awakened.
However, the Paradise Points required to awaken True Spirit power were not cheap. The exact price changed according to the equipment's quality, as well as the limit and number of True Spirit Awakenings.
Generally speaking, if one could acquire a piece of equipment with a high awakening limit, there would be no need to replace it even through Rank One or Rank Two.
But such equipment was simply too rare.
"I... don't know the way," Da Bao said.
"I'll show you the way." After saying that, Chu Danqing wondered whether he should buy Da Bao another Type-One Information Data Chip. Spending a little money would save Da Bao from getting lost in Apostle Plaza.
Then, based on his memory, he pointed Da Bao in the direction of the default first area for Reserve Apostles.
As for teaching him the route, Chu Danqing did not even entertain the thought.
The Holy Child had evaluated Da Bao before: aside from combat, he was simply rotten wood that could not be carved.
His talent in combat was only remarkable because he possessed the Beast Instinct skill.
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