"I'm already at the seventh-order Upper Rank..."
"Should I keep breaking through?"
Lu Yuan fell into deep thought.
But then it occurred to him that Celicia was only at the seventh-order Middle Rank in the real world.
So...
Lu Yuan still decided to keep breaking through!
Why, you ask?
Of course, because he wanted to play it safe!
There were two reasons.
First, Celicia had comprehended an SSS-rank skill. Her "One Thought Annihilation Slash," for instance, had given Lu Yuan a tremendous shock.
He didn't have any SSS-rank skills himself. The highest he had was an SSS-rank skill, so the only way to make up for the gap was to crush her with raw stats.
And how could he improve those stats?
Naturally, by raising his rank.
Second, Lu Yuan wanted to see just how big the gap was between the seventh and eighth orders.
Besides, with time passing 2,000 times faster, a single boost cost only tens of thousands of Evolution Points. It was worth a try.
And so...
Just before the final day of the Growth Phase came to an end, Lu Yuan pressed the "↑" on the System Panel.
[ Evolution Points -48,500! ] [ Rank: seventh-order Upper Rank → eighth-order Lower Rank ]
As the system's light screen flickered, Lu Yuan's rank reached the eighth order.
If he appeared in the real world now, everyone would have to address him respectfully as Great Grandmaster Lu.
It sounded so grand!
So impressive!
After breaking through to the eighth order, Lu Yuan finally understood the biggest difference between the seventh and eighth orders.
That was the power of annihilation!
The difference between the sixth and seventh orders was the transition from having no power of annihilation to having it.
Between the seventh and eighth orders, however,