Inside the Exclusive Room, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed. He was the only one left now. Bubu Wang had gone out to scout the market, while Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja had gone out together to have some fun.
He took 120 Soul Crystals (Complete) out of his storage space. Aside from world competitions, there were basically no opportunities to obtain so many Soul Crystals (Complete) at once.
After swordsmanship surpassed Lv.40, each level required 30 Soul Crystals (Complete). This was also why many people gave up cultivating technique-based abilities halfway through. They were simply too expensive—expensive enough to drag down a medium-sized Adventurer Team.
Those who endured it gained powerful combat strength. Countless Contractors and Hunters had died on the path of improving their techniques. During the early stages, Su Xiao had been extremely poor because of his swordsmanship training. He had endured it all by force.
If Su Xiao had given up swordsmanship, he would definitely have equipment with high enhancement levels across his entire body, all at the Holy Spirit level. But so what? No Name Saint was incredibly wealthy, yet Su Xiao had widened the gap with him after only one world progression. That was the strength of techniques in the later stages.
He was dirt-poor in the early stages and still poor in the middle stages, but as long as he encountered an enemy, he had the qualifications to fight them head-on. In the later stages, his growth rate was astonishingly fast.
For example, right now, giving Su Xiao a Holy Spirit-grade piece of equipment and giving No Name Saint a Holy Spirit-grade piece of equipment were completely different concepts.
Should he raise Swordsmanship Grandmaster to Lv.42? Raising this ability required Soul Crystal ×30 + 700,000 Paradise Coins.
Su Xiao chose to raise