What? You're Paying 18 Levels of Soul Power at Once?

Judging by Qian Renxue's reaction, this result had come as a pleasant surprise even to someone who had still been skeptical about pulling cards.

She had pulled a genuine five-star in ten pulls! And it just happened to be a five-star god!

What did that even mean?! What luck!

In any case, Chrysanthemum Douluo no longer thought his own Nahida was such a sweet deal, because he had traded 180 pulls for her...

While Qian Renxue had only needed ten.

A textbook example of the difference between an unlucky wretch and a luck emperor.

It wasn't just Chrysanthemum Douluo who had lost his composure. Everyone else had too, even the few who had obtained genuine five-stars at soft pity.

How was that fair?!

One level of Soul Power!

Ten pulls! And she'd gotten one!

But this also gave those who had yet to pull some hope. Perhaps they would be the next Qian Renxue?

Like Elder Pufferfish, who was just about to make his first pulls.

He rubbed his hands together vigorously, already smiling in anticipation.

"Are you all thinking of starting to pull one level of Soul Power at a time?"

Shen Luo's sudden question caught everyone off guard.

No one answered, but judging by their expressions, that was certainly what they had in mind.

After all, if they were lucky enough to trigger soft pity early, they could stop early, save Soul Power, and avoid wasting it.

If they went straight for ninety pulls from the start, they might get a gold on the thirtieth pull, leaving the remaining sixty pulls completely wasted.

After all, there was no such thing as building pity here.

But what Shen Luo said next dumped a basin of cold water over their heads.

Shen Luo said, "As I said, when you start pulling, the character banner is random. Once you pull a genuine five-star from your current banner, the next time you pull, it'll randomly switch to another new banner."

"But there are many genuine five-star characters, which means there are many banners. It'll be hard to randomly get the same character banner again afterward."

"If you pull one level at a time and trigger soft pity early to get a genuine five-star, yes, you'll save Soul Power. But it'll be hard to get that character to C1, C2, or even full Constellations."

"Because once the banner is randomized again, it'll be hard for you personally to get the same character banner."

"If you want C1, C2, or even full Constellations, I suggest starting with 180 pulls each time. That way, all the pulls will be on the same banner, giving you a better chance of getting Constellations, and you'll be guaranteed one genuine five-star."

Shen Luo smiled again. "Of course, if you have plenty of Soul Power to spare, go straight for 360 pulls and you'll be guaranteed a genuine five-star at C1."

"Of course, if you're even better off, 540 pulls will guarantee a genuine five-star at C2, and 720 pulls will guarantee one at C3."

After hearing Shen Luo's explanation, everyone fell silent.

It made a lot of sense.

But now everyone was torn over whether it was more worthwhile to get more Constellations for the same genuine five-star character, or multiple genuine five-star characters, all at C0.

Shen Luo seemed able to guess what they were thinking and said directly:

"It's up to you to weigh all the pros and cons. I'm just analyzing them for you. At the very least, miss, it'll be hard for you to get your Nahida to C1, because when you start pulling again, you'll get a new random banner."

"If you'd gone straight for 190 pulls just now, you would have gotten at least a C1 Nahida."

Shen Luo was looking at Qian Renxue.

Good grief, that basin of cold water had landed right on the delighted Qian Renxue's head.

Her brows and eyes drooped in an instant.

She had just been imagining that a C3 Nahida would be able to have a physical body...

Even so, most people still envied her luck.

"I think having a few more genuine five-star characters is better. That way, you lose out the least."

"I think more Constellations for the same genuine five-star is better. Constellations make a qualitative leap!"

Two different opinions had already emerged among the crowd.

Shen Luo smiled without saying a word.

In any case, no matter which way they chose to pull, the Soul Power would ultimately be paid to him.

The only difference was how quickly he received it.

Just then, ten card slots flew onto Qian Renxue, and she displayed Nahida.

As with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Nahida greeted Qian Renxue curiously.

But at that moment, both Nahidas noticed an identical version of themselves.

The two Nahidas moved closer.

"This world is so amazing. An identical me can actually appear..."

The Nahida on Qian Renxue spoke.

"That's right. Even what you wanted to say was exactly the same as what I wanted to say, word for word."

The Nahida on Chrysanthemum Douluo spoke immediately afterward.

Watching the two Nahidas draw close, Shen Luo inexplicably recalled a certain scene from the story...

"By the way, young master, you said Nahida's ascension materials... you know about them?"

Yue Guan asked.

Qian Renxue was about to respond when a voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Tang San, I know, but he has quite the background."

It was Bibi Dong, who was kneeling, who had spoken.

"Though he has the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, he also has another martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. If you want to pull out his Blue Silver vines, you'll have to get past Tang Hao first."

Yue Guan was astonished. "Tang Hao's son?"

"Who the hell is Tang Hao? He might have been a bit of a threat before this, but things are very different for us now."

Gui Mei spoke smugly and even displayed his Klee.

Clearly, Klee was his greatest source of confidence now.

Pufferfish didn't care about any of that at the moment. He wanted to pull cards, but he still respectfully asked Qian Renxue, "Young master, would you like to keep pulling while your luck is running hot?"

Qian Renxue shook her head. "I want to study Elemental Reactions first. Haven't any of you thought about putting together a standard team? Are you just planning to use whatever you pull?"

Hearing Qian Renxue say that, everyone fell silent for a moment.

Wasn't that right? Up until now, they had still been planning to use whatever characters they had!

It seemed they needed to study up and prepare for building teams later.

As for Shen Luo, he planned to teach them about some standard team compositions once most of the rate-up characters had appeared.

Things like Raiden, Kujou Sara, Kazuha, and Bennett...

It wasn't time yet. Only five or six rate-up characters had appeared so far.

Yue Guan said, "Young master, when are you planning to go find Tang San?"

Qian Renxue thought for a moment. "After I pull my second genuine five-star. Once I get one, we'll go tonight!"

At that answer, Yue Guan immediately grew excited. "I'll go with you! The two of us will strip that brat Tang San's Blue Silver vines clean off!"

Seeing that Qian Renxue had no plans to continue pulling for the time being, Porcupinefish Douluo eagerly came over to Shen Luo.

"Lord God, I'll pull! It's my turn. This is my first time pulling!"

Shen Luo asked, "How many levels of Soul Power are you prepared to pay?"

"Eighteen!"

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At Porcupinefish Douluo's answer, nearly everyone turned to look at him.

Good grief, Pufferfish was going all out for Constellations!

Although Shen Luo had explained it that way, how many Constellations one could get still depended on personal luck.

So most people still wanted to continue nine levels of Soul Power at a time.

They hadn't expected Porcupinefish Douluo to go straight for eighteen levels of Soul Power!

How lavish!

P.S. The next chapter will be updated before one in the morning.