Cloud-Touching Vine, Top-Grade Tier 2 Telekinetic Weapon
During the improvement just now, however, Li Jing had also sensed something.
Although the Comprehension Cards drawn from the Apprentice Level card pool could still take effect,
as Li Jing's foundation continued to rise, relying solely on Comprehension Cards from the Apprentice Level card pool
to raise his comprehension from that of a star-domain-level genius to the next level, that of a star-sector-level genius corresponding to a Universe Country, would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.
It wasn't impossible, but it would take far too much time and effort.
If he had that kind of time, he would be better off breaking through to the Planetary Level, or even the Star Level, sooner.
With Comprehension Cards drawn from a higher-level card pool, his comprehension might transform even faster.
Li Jing had already suspected as much, so he didn't find the fact hard to accept.
The Apprentice Level card pool alone had enabled him to transform this far, which was satisfying enough.
Besides, he wouldn't remain at the Apprentice Level for long. Before long, he would break through to the Planetary Level and then set off for the universe.
Although Earth, this newbie village, was safe, it was unrealistic to expect him to maintain the same rapid growth as before.
Putting those thoughts aside for the moment, Li Jing examined the types of cards he had never drawn before.
Two purple SSR Elementary State of Mind Experience Cards.
One purple SSR Elementary Will Tempering Card.
Although they weren't limited URs, the chances of drawing these two types of cards from the pool weren't high.
Since obtaining the system, Li Jing had made more than thirty thousand draws from the Apprentice Level card pool in total, yet he had only gotten these few.
They were unlike the more common Comprehension Cards and Aptitude Cards, or the even more numerous manual and cultivation-method experience cards and strength cards.
Without hesitation, Li Jing immediately chose to use them.
Will and state of mind might not have been very prominent in the early stages of Swallowed Star, and were unmistakably late-game attributes, but they couldn't be underestimated.
For truly powerful experts, they were even more important than talent for the laws.
No matter how perilous a life-or-death crisis someone with a strong will encountered, as long as a sliver of hope remained, he could seize it and escape death!
After using the Elementary State of Mind Experience Cards, Li Jing didn't feel anything particularly special. He only felt that his mind had become slightly clearer, though not by much.
Perhaps the Elementary State of Mind Experience Cards provided too little experience.
The Elementary Will Tempering Card was different.
After he used it, a dark-gold chaos millstone, so vast that it defied description, appeared in Li Jing's sea of consciousness.
Then, as though beyond his control, his consciousness was drawn into the millstone.
The next moment, excruciating pain came from the depths of his soul.
The chaos millstone slowly turned, and Li Jing felt his soul being mercilessly crushed.
When he used Aptitude Cards to improve his bloodline, the pain of restructuring at the cellular level had already penetrated to the marrow. Someone with an unsteady will would have fainted in a moment.
Yet the pain of improving his bloodline was less than a ten-thousandth of the agony he felt now.
The hazy gray currents of chaos transformed into hundreds of millions of blades that could cut through anything, plunging viciously into every crevice of Li Jing's consciousness.
It was a tearing and grinding that reached the very source of his soul!
With every turn of the chaos millstone, his consciousness twisted and broke apart.
When it was on the verge of collapse, an invisible, domineering force forcibly gathered it together, only for it to be crushed again.
The cycle repeated, seemingly without end.
"Hold on!"
"Hold on a little longer!!!"
Li Jing did everything he could to stay conscious, shouting inwardly over and over.
His consciousness shattered and reformed again and again, like an endless death by a thousand cuts.
His will slowly strengthened as he resisted the pain.
No one knew how much time had passed before the dark-gold chaos millstone finally stopped turning.
Li Jing was drenched in sweat, as though he had been pulled from the water.
His face was pale and bloodless as he lay sprawled on the floor, all semblance of composure gone, gasping for breath.
"Finally, I made it through!"
Even Li Jing didn't know how he had managed to keep going.
An improvement involving the will was indeed not something an ordinary person could endure.
Only after resting for quite a while did Li Jing use his Spiritual Force to remove the sweat from his body.
As he used his Spiritual Force, Li Jing felt the benefits of his improved will:
His control over his Spiritual Force was finer, and the same amount of Spiritual Force could accomplish far more than before.
Yet this was only one of the most basic benefits of an improved will.
A powerful will could help one better comprehend the laws, break through bottlenecks, and resist mental and soul attacks.
The improvement to combat ability couldn't be overlooked either.
In a life-or-death battle between two opponents equal in every other respect, the one with the stronger will would certainly be the one to survive.
After using all the Elementary State of Mind Experience Cards and the Elementary Will Tempering Card,
Li Jing had finished using the cards from this batch of draws that could act directly on him.
Next, it was time to sort out the cards for external items.
First were the most numerous and least valuable: the white common and green rare equipment cards and material cards.
They mostly yielded combat equipment at the warrior and War General levels, as well as materials from Beast Soldier and Beast General Level monsters.
All told, the assorted items were worth around a billion and several hundred million in Huaxia Currency.
To Li Jing now, that was merely what he would gain from hunting one Elementary Lord Level monster.
Not worth mentioning!
Next were the treasures obtained from the somewhat rarer blue SR cards.
Some were of ordinary value, such as standard Elementary War God Level combat suits, combat sabers, spears, materials from Elementary Lord Level monsters, firearms, ammunition, and throwing knives.
Most were miscellaneous pieces rather than complete sets and wouldn't fetch very high prices.
Li Jing estimated that this portion of the haul was worth around six billion in Huaxia Currency.
Others were rarer: forty-two tons of B6-grade metal, Crystal-patterned Iron, which sold for around 1.7 million Black Dragon Coins per ton in the universe.
The forty-two tons added up to quite a substantial sum.
Once Li Jing reached the universe, he could sell it for his startup funds.
There were also six Spirits of Nature of various kinds, which could improve the physical attributes of Apprentices below the Planetary Level.
They were of no use to Li Jing anymore, however.
His physical attributes had already broken through their restrictions under the system's immense power, exceeding the limits of the Apprentice Level. Even ordinary Planetary Level First Stage fighters couldn't match him.
Unfortunately, Hong and Thunder God had already gone to the universe with Luo Feng and broadened their horizons.
Otherwise, he could have used the Spirits of Nature to fleece them for some valuable telekinetic and Origin Force weapons to sell in the universe.
Luo Feng had originally traded Spirits of Nature to Hong for his Sky-Escaping Shuttle.
He had traded Spirits of Nature, which only worked on those at the Apprentice Level, for a Tier 3 Telekinetic Weapon that could be used in combat by Universe Level experts.
Luo Feng had made a killing!
Finally, there were the treasures obtained from the purple legendary SSR cards.
One Cloud-Touching Vine seedling, three Wood Bud Crystals, and one top-grade Tier 2 Telekinetic Weapon, the Fire Meteor Wheel.
They were all good things that could be quite useful to Li Jing. Unfortunately, he hadn't obtained a true Spirit Reader secret technique.
First, I'll have the Cloud-Touching Vine recognize me as its master, then get my War God status certified and make a trip to the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.
I'll snag a Black God Set and sell it in the universe when the time comes.
While I'm at it, I'll trigger the elite assessment and get my hands on Controller 312 Forms.
Once I come out, it'll be about time to break through to the Planetary Level and head to the universe!
Li Jing made his plans in silence.