[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player (hidden) for becoming the first King Rank Array Master in the entire server! We encourage all players to continue their efforts.]
The appearance of this server-wide announcement made the already lively chat channel even more bustling.
"What's going on? King Rank formation master? And he even hid his name?"
"Brother Lin An, are you treating us brothers like idiots? You're the only one in the entire server who can become King Rank Array Master, and you're hiding your name?"
"Okay, okay, this is the first time I've truly understood what 'taking off your pants to fart' means. Is the big boss afraid of discouraging us? Well, at least hide the names on the leaderboard, we can all see them."
"I'm devastated! The big boss actually hid his name so as not to discourage us."
"I can't guess, I have absolutely no idea who this King Rank formation master who has hidden their name is. It's really hard to guess."
"..."
Although Lin An concealed his name, it still generated more discussion than if he hadn't.
After all, everyone knows that Lin An is the only one in the entire server who can become King Rank Array Master.
Lin An looked at the chat logs and then glanced at the leaderboard.
[ Array Master Ranking ]
[First Place]: Lin An, King Rank Array Master.
[Second Place]: Wu Jun, Bronze Tier Array Master.
[Third Place]: Zhao Ming, Bronze Tier Array Master.
[...]
Sure enough, his information on the leaderboard changed to King Rank Array Master.
[ Lin An ] ( First Blood ): Sorry, that's a hidden name on the King Rank leaderboard. I'll be more careful next time.
Lin An sent a message in the chat channel. He was taking a break at the moment, and the leaderboard results were about to be released, so he could chat with the players.
"Holy crap, the big boss messaged again."
"Godfather, please take me with you!"
"Brother, look at her! She just turned eighteen!"
"..."
Lin An sent a message, and the chat channel flooded with messages again, with all sorts of strange and unsavory characters appearing.
Lin An skipped over most of the messages, extracting only some relatively normal ones.
"Hey bro, could you tell me how many attribute points are needed to upgrade Mythic Rank sub-profession to King Rank sub-profession?"
[ Lin An ] ( First Blood ): It takes 20 million attribute points to upgrade a sub-profession from Mythic Rank to King Rank, and you also need a King Rank Secondary Profession Upgrade Card, which I obtained from a large-scale siege event.
"Holy crap, 20 million attribute points! Just kill me already! It's been a month, and I've only gained a little over 100 attribute points."
"Even a single secondary profession requires so many attribute points. This top player has 13 secondary professions, and the other 12 have reached Mythic Rank. How much must that have cost?"
"Hey bro, is there any way to quickly gain attribute points?"
[ Lin An ] ( First Blood ): Besides hunting Sin Beast to obtain attribute points, the fastest way is to enter the Spirit Realm. There is a triple bonus to obtaining attribute points in the Spirit Realm. You can also participate in the Sin Beast Siege Event, and the points you get can be exchanged for attribute points.
" The Spirit Realm is probably like a dungeon, but although this game offers a high degree of freedom, it's different from typical games; I haven't discovered any dungeons yet."
"I'm so upset! A Spirit Realm opened in my city half a month ago, but you need to reach the Silver Realm to enter."
"..."
Lin An then answered a few more questions from players, and it was already past midnight.
Once midnight struck, October 1st arrived.
[Leaderboard results are being tallied...]
[Congratulations to the player who ranked first on all fourteen leaderboards! Please select your reward type.]
"Attribute points," Lin An said.
[Selection successful, calculating for player.]
[The player ranks first on the Realm Ranking, reaching the Mythic Realm at the end of the event, and will receive 500,000 attribute points.]
[The player ranks first on the Secondary Profession Formation Master Ranking, achieving King Rank at the end of the event, and will receive 2 million attribute points.]
[The player ranked first on the Secondary Profession Puppet Master Ranking, achieving Mythic Rank at the end of the event, and will receive 500,000 attribute points.]
[...]
[Settlement complete. Players have received a total of 8.5 million attribute points.]
With the arrival of 8.5 million attribute points, the original amount of attribute points, which was just over 10 million, jumped to 19 million.
"8.5 million attribute points a month is equivalent to clearing half a Mythic Rank Spirit Realm."
"Even if I reach the King Realm, without the King Rank Spirit Realm, I'll still have a stable source of attribute points."
Lin An nodded in satisfaction.
It is now October 1st, 3215 of the Sin Abyss Calendar, while the Sin Abyss descended upon Blue Star on September 1st, 3216 of the Sin Abyss Calendar.
That is, one year after the player's arrival, there are currently 11 months left.
According to the current rankings, he could still receive 93.5 million attribute points, which is not a small amount.
Moreover, his cultivation level and secondary profession level will both increase later, allowing him to collect even more attribute points.
"However, it's still best to farm as many attribute points as possible while in the Mythic Realm."
Thinking about it, Lin An looked at the Divine Ability Upgrade Stone again.
Reaching Mythic Rank with ten secondary professions yields a total of 50 Divine Ability Upgrade Stone. Adding the 50 stones obtained from reaching King Rank as a Formation Master, plus the remaining 8 stones, the total is 108 stones.
That's enough to bring another Divine Ability to its peak.
"Let's upgrade to the Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison. It's an area-of-effect Divine Ability, perfect for farming attribute points."
With that in mind, Lin An also began to upgrade the Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison.
[Your Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison Divine Ability has been successfully upgraded; its effects have been enhanced.]
[This Divine Ability has reached its limit and cannot be upgraded further.]
[Extreme Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison ]: Divine Ability, summons divine thunder from the nine heavens to form a thunder prison domain. While within the domain, you can ignore all thunder-based attacks and control the divine thunder to bombard targets.
The description remained unchanged, but Lin An could sense a significant increase in power and the range of the Thunder Prison Domain.
"Including my Slaughter Saber Domain, that makes two domains. If the two domains are combined, the power will probably increase even more."
Thinking it over, Lin An put away the remaining 40 Divine Ability Upgrade Stone, planning to upgrade the Divine Ability once he had collected 68.
"In the end, the Condemnation was reached."
Lin An's gaze fell on the Condemnation.
The current Condemnation is already at the Mythic Rank. As long as it is fed enough materials and King Rank Weapon Upgrade Card is used, it can reach the King Rank.
In the Spirit Realm, Mythic Rank materials are plentiful. Lin An simply had someone retrieve a portion of them and then began to invest attribute points into feeding them.
After consuming ten million attribute points, Condemnation also reached its limit.
[You have used King Rank Weapon Upgrade Card. Please select a target...]
[Selection successful, upgrading in progress.]
Buzz...
As the notification sound faded, the King Rank Weapon Upgrade Card transformed into a stream of light and surged into the Condemnation.
The Condemnation also trembled slightly, emitting bursts of sword whistling sounds, seemingly excited about its imminent attainment of the King Rank.