Upgrade Points (2)

After this 'upgrade point', there is another allocation option.

When Li Wei selected the assignment, two illusory images of planets of different sizes appeared, labeled 'Kai Star Level 2' and 'Earth Star Level 2' respectively.

"Does this mean I have to choose which upgrade points to allocate?" Li Wei's interest was piqued. If he had to choose which star field to upgrade, he would naturally choose his own Earth Star.

Thinking of this, Li Wei decisively chose the 'Earth Star' pattern. In just an instant, Li Wei felt the earth shake violently, and at the same time, he heard a muffled rumbling sound, as if countless huge rocks were rubbing and colliding deep underground.

"Boss, earthquake!" Fatty rushed in, ready to pull Li Wei away.

"Don't make a fuss. Go search again and see if there are any more magic crystals here. Oh, and ask those two where the Skeleton Gang headquarters is. Come with me to take it down in a bit." Li Wei said casually, but it surprised the fat man. Then the guy revealed a ferocious expression, said, "Alright, watch me," and walked out.

Li Wei did this because he wanted to devour more magic crystals; after all, the Skeleton Gang's actions gave Li Wei ample excuse to do so. Now, Li Wei finally understood the true purpose of the 'Devour' ability. Combat and killing enemies were secondary; its primary function was to upgrade the star field, and upgrading the star field brought numerous benefits. The upgrade of Shadow Street was one of them.

After Fatty finished testing Julie and the Skeleton Gang member, Li Wei opened the passage to Shadow Street.

He wanted to see with his own eyes what changes would occur in Shadow Street.

Upon re-entering Shadow Street, Li Wei immediately noticed that the area had expanded. Jumping onto a rooftop, he could see that several alleys had extended outwards. There, two new buildings had appeared: the 'Shadow Auction House' and the 'Training Room'.

The Shadow Auction House, as the name suggests, allows reincarnators to auction off items. The advantage of this auction house is its convenience and speed. However, the downside is that the Free Market formed by reincarnators themselves may disappear, since one can simply consign items to the auction house. Buying something is the same; moreover, the auction house has a virtual panel, just like a computer, allowing for quick browsing and checking of auction item lists and prices, which is extremely convenient.

The other practice room is an even more amazing place.

Inside the training room, there are small tasks for reincarnators of different levels to complete, ranging in difficulty from F to S. Of course, completing these small tasks also requires a considerable number of points. Li Wei roughly calculated that entering the F-level training room requires 5,000 points, E-level requires 10,000 points, C-Rank requires 30,000 points, B-level requires 80,000 points... As for *-level, it is a terrifying 150,000 points, and even Li Wei was somewhat surprised by S-level, which reaches 300,000 points.

Judging from the points required to enter the training room, it must offer very high rewards. As for what those rewards are, only those who enter the training room will know. Furthermore, according to the information Li Wei heard from the Shadow Guard at the entrance of the training room, it is a training room that can only be entered once every 7 days.

Li Wei didn't have time right now, so he temporarily abandoned the tempting idea of entering the training room to investigate. Li Wei then went to the Shadow Merchant and opened the product list.

After the Starfield upgrades, Shadow Street will also level up, which will bring about an increase in the level of items sold by the Shadow Merchant. Li Wei took a quick look and indeed found many items that weren't there before. Whether it was weapons, armor, or other items such as pills and manuals, many new items had been added. Li Wei then clicked on the pill category to take a look, and indeed, he found something worthwhile.

Originally, the Shadow Merchant only sold ordinary recovery potions and Golden Sore Medicines, but now, there are many more pills, such as 'Qi-Gathering Powder', 'Power-Congealing Pill', and 'Spirit-Gathering Pill'. Looking at their attributes, they are all pills that can increase cultivation speed after consumption.

These pills are basically only usable by reincarnators of rank B or above, making them extremely precious. Imagine, after a rank B reincarnator obtains a rank B cultivation technique or skill, they need to constantly cultivate and practice. With these pills, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort. A level that normally takes a month to reach can be achieved in half the time. This is where the value of the pills lies.

Of course, given the preciousness of these pills, their price was naturally high. Li Wei glanced at them and couldn't help but gasp. While using these pills wasn't a problem for him, he wasn't indifferent to them either. Take, for example, a Rapid Cultivation Pill, which could increase the cultivation speed of martial arts and cultivation techniques by 30% for 2 hours and cost 1000 points.

It seems cheap, right? However, this pill can only be used for 2 hours, and to continue using it, you must keep paying points. If we calculate based on 24 hours a day, if you want to increase your cultivation speed by 30% for a whole day, you must spend 12,000 points.

And this is only a one-day supply. If you want to supplement it with other pills, the price will be even higher.

However expensive it may be, someone will definitely use it. Li Wei knew that if he initially distanced himself from the other reincarnators, someone would soon approach.

Li Wei also glanced at the other items, such as weapons, armor, and manuals, and surprisingly found weapons of the same level as the Beast Soul Sword. For example, a 'Heaven-Proud Divine Sword' was a purple-quality weapon just like the Beast Soul.

Li Wei decided not to look at it anymore and would study it in detail another time when he had free time. So he quickly opened the passage and returned to Wizard City.

At that moment, the fat man was searching for himself all over the house. Seeing this, Li Wei called the fat man over.

"Boss, where have you been for the past hour? I thought you'd abandoned Little Fatty and left me alone!" Fatty rushed over, looking at Li Wei with a slightly resentful gaze.

Li Wei shuddered and quickly asked, "How's the interrogation going?"

"We got all the information out of her, and that little wench still wanted to act tough and refuse to confess? But under my, Fatty's, methods, she confessed everything."

Li Wei naturally wouldn't inquire about the details of the fat man's interrogation. After hearing the address the fat man gave him, Li Wei nodded and said, "Let's go back now. I'm a little worried about Yu Tong. As for the Skeleton Gang, come with me tonight to take them down. Everything except the magic crystals is yours."

The fat man let out a roar, clearly extremely excited.

In the afternoon, Li Wei and Fatty rushed back to the city lord's hall in Wizard City to continue listening to the city lord-level meeting. During this time, they also learned from Zheng Yutong that the Grand Wizard had promised the other city lords that as long as they recommended him to become the Alliance leader, they would receive enormous benefits.

However, the afternoon's agenda clearly deviated from the original topic.

And the cause of all this was Li Wei.

As soon as the city lord meeting began, everyone started discussing another matter: the sudden changes that had occurred in the real world and Shadow Street.

The real world was relatively calm; it was said that a sudden 'earthquake' had caused the earth's surface to expand, so the change wasn't very noticeable. However, the changes in Shadow Street truly surprised the reincarnators.

"Hey, have you heard? A few new alleys and two new buildings have appeared in Shadow Street. One of them is actually an auction house. I just took a look when I had some free time, and it really is a convenient place to buy and sell goods," one of the city lord's attendants whispered to another.

The other person scoffed, "You're just finding out? Let me tell you, besides the newly opened auction house, there's also a place called the Training Room, tsk tsk, it's even more amazing... Also, the Shadow Merchant has added a lot more high-end goods, and even pills that increase training efficiency. Look, I bought some myself."

For example, this kind of conversation permeated every corner of the hall.

Only Li Wei himself knew the root of all this. He himself hadn't expected that the Devouring ability could actually accumulate the energy that was devoured. This accumulated energy was called 'Energy Points'. When the Energy Points reached a certain level, one could obtain 'Upgrade Points'. Of course, the Energy Points obtained before would also disappear.

Li Wei calculated that accumulating one upgrade point requires 100,000 units of energy points. Upgrade points have only one use: upgrading the star domain level. Upgrading a level 2 star domain to level 3 requires one upgrade point, and Li Wei has already used his only one. Upgrading from level 3 to level 4 requires three upgrade points, from level 4 to level 5 requires seven, from level 5 to level 6 requires fifteen, and from level 6 to level 7, the top-tier star domain, requires thirty upgrade points.

Li Wei naturally checked his current energy points and found that he only had a meager 15 points. This was only after Li Wei devoured the remaining dozens of magic crystals. It was conceivable that it would be a very long process to accumulate 100,000 units of energy points.

However, obtaining energy points is not limited to devouring a single object. In fact, various types of energy points are needed to push the points to the 100,000-unit level. Li Wei has been using the Devouring ability since he obtained it, and it has been several months now, but he has barely managed to collect 100,000-unit energy points. This shows that these energy points are not so easy to obtain.

Despite the difficulties, Li Wei remained confident in collecting energy points.

Finally, the master of the place, the high wizard, stood up, coughed, and silenced the noisy discussion in the hall.

"Everyone, the anomaly that occurred at noon was indeed very sudden, but in my opinion, it is a good thing, and a tremendous opportunity to enhance the power of our star field."

As he spoke, the high wizard waved his hand, and several of his men carried in a box.

"Let's set aside the changes that have occurred in Shadow Street and our star field for now, and return to our alliance. After all, when the power that sealed the teleportation array disappears one day, we may face challenges from many powerful figures in the star field. Therefore, at this moment, forming an alliance is our only option..."

When this topic came up, most people fell silent, a few agreed, and a few disagreed. One of the city lords, sitting in the level 3 city lord area, stood up angrily, his beard bristling and eyes wide, saying, "Great Wizard, this is blatant annexation! Everyone knows that once we agree to the alliance, you will definitely become the alliance leader, and then we will all have to listen to you. We worked hard to build this empire, and we're not willing to give it away to you for nothing!"

After the city lord finished speaking, he immediately received a lot of agreement.

The Grand Wizard sneered, pointing to the large box he had just had his subordinate Tai Lai bring, and said, "This contains pills I purchased with a million points. There are various types of cultivation pills, some quick and some slow, that can increase cultivation speed. To reward our allies, I will distribute these pills among you. I reiterate, this alliance is imperative. Anyone who only thinks of their own interests and disregards our entire star field is our enemy. And if they are an enemy, I will eliminate them first."

At this point, the great wizard unleashed a powerful burst of air magic, levitating him into the air. In his left hand, he held a fireball, while his right hand crackled with lightning on his Ancient Jade Staff. In an instant, the hall fell silent.

At first, the level 3 city lord's face was also extremely ugly. It seemed that he couldn't back down now, but he was still unwilling to lose face, so he said angrily, "Great Wizard, don't be so arrogant. You invited me here, so I am your guest. How dare you treat me?"

As he spoke, he unleashed a powerful aura, which suggested he was a B3-level expert.

Upon hearing this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in the high wizard's eyes.

Li Wei, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, said to the fat man beside him, "This guy is going to kill someone."

Sure enough, the high wizard began chanting incantations, and the temperature in the hall suddenly rose. Li Wei also had some knowledge of magic; after all, his water magic had reached the grandmaster level, so he could easily detect the flow of magical elements in the surrounding air.

"Is it Fire Elemental?" Li Wei felt very uneasy, after all, water and fire are incompatible. From the constantly surging Fire Elemental, he could deduce that the great wizard was preparing to cast fire magic.

The level 3 city lord's expression stiffened, but he made up his mind, took out a golden talisman from his pocket, bit his finger, and drew a line on it.

He then flung it violently and dropped it on the ground.

"Secret technique, Iron Coffin Iron Corpse Technique activated."

Bang

The talisman on the ground suddenly burst into a bloody web, covering the ground within a two-meter radius, like a blood-red spider web. Then, a large amount of foul-smelling blood suddenly gushed out from the center of the blood-red spider web, like a spring from the ground.

The city lords and their entourage, realizing things were about to go wrong, quickly scattered and hid around the hall to watch the battle.

The city lord who was fighting against the great shaman was also a figure of great importance. He was said to be the king of Miao Border, and his poison techniques were extremely powerful. But his most formidable skill was the art of corpse refining.

Corpses are divided into three categories: 'Jiang', 'Chong', and 'Nian'. The three types of corpses have different forms and different powers. 'Jiang', also known as zombies, is an extremely yin entity, a body of utter defilement. The transformation of a corpse into a Jiang requires very strict conditions, and the refining process has long been lost. This city lord obtained this ancient method from some unknown quest world and has greatly developed it, reportedly becoming invincible even in the Miao Border region.

The 'Insect' and 'Thought' corpses are even more unpredictable. To create an insect corpse, one must first raise corpse worms. The power of a corpse originates from worms, and there are many kinds of worms that can be used to create insect corpses. This is the most troublesome of the three methods of corpse refining, and the power of an insect corpse is extremely strong, even stronger than that of a zombie. However, although this city lord's Gu poison technique is very strong, he is unable to refine an insect corpse.

The "Nian" corpse is merely a legendary method of corpse cultivation, which has always been heard of but never seen, and very few people know about it.

The city lord's 'Iron Coffin Iron Corpse Technique' is a mid-to-high-grade technique among zombies, with power comparable to an A1-level expert. When combined with some secret techniques, it can even rival an A2-level expert.

Then the red blood plasma on the ground began to churn and spew out a foul stench, which made the fat man next to him roll his eyes.

"Damn, what kind of lousy trick did this guy use? This is terrible... We're doomed, all that delicious food is wasted."

At this point, no one paid any attention to the fat man's clamor, and even Li Wei was watching the competition with great interest.

Soon, something emerged from the blood plasma.

Something slowly emerged from the blood plasma, an extremely eerie sight. Upon closer inspection, everyone was astonished to discover that what had emerged was actually an iron coffin.

The coffin was 3 meters high and a little over 1 meter wide, entirely black, emitting a faint, cold light. On the coffin lid, there was a large character for 'corpse' written.

"Great Wizard, you can still back down now. Don't let my iron corpse emerge from its coffin, or it will be too late." Although the city lord spoke forcefully, the sweat beading on his forehead betrayed his true feelings.

The high wizard then gave a disdainful sneer, "I'll tell you again, alliances lead to life, opposition to death."

The city lord knew this matter was far from over. As the saying goes, "Man fights for a breath, Buddha fights for a stick of incense." At this point, if he backed down, he would be finished.

Thinking of this, he gathered his inner energy and suddenly exhaled it towards the iron coffin.

With a creak, the lid of the iron coffin cracked open.

A chilling aura seeped out from the crack, and then several fingers, as if coated with molten iron, emerged from the coffin seam and pushed hard, causing the coffin lid to fall to the ground.

"My God, what is this thing?" The fat man was so scared when he saw the zombie in the coffin that his tongue started to roll.

The people around gasped in surprise.

From the coffin emerged a giant man three meters tall. He was naked, with bluish-black skin from which dozens of sharp Iron Thorn grew, distributed on his elbows, shoulders, and the backs of his hands. Furthermore, his body was extremely thin, as if dehydrated, and he appeared to have little strength, but in reality, he possessed immense strength.

This is evident from the fact that the heavy coffin lid could be pushed open very easily.