Chapter 354 - Steering Towards the Optimal Fate
The Prime Warship continued to smoothly traverse through the vastness of space as it was returning to the 7th Celestial Star at a much more relaxed pace than when it departed.
Noah was meditating in a wide room on top of a uniquely designed bed as he pondered on his next moves.
There were numerous things occurring at this moment as a result of his actions in the Magus World, but he had already wiped his hands as he looked forward into the future, watching the results of his actions continue to come as time passed.
The thing he was placing his focus on currently was the upgrade of a particular Skill Tree that [Fate Traverser] hinted to be one of the things that would lead him towards his optimum fate.
His gaze turned towards the Skill Points that the Abhorred Lich Emperor had continued to farm on his behalf, the unique energy smoothly being passed from his summon and unto him as the number rose drastically over the last month. The current number of skill points caused Noah’s eyes to shine a brilliant light!
[Infernal Skill Point(s)] :: 601
Currently, he held more than 601 Skill Points as the Lich Emperor worked hard to take down Infernals as well as keep watch over the training Harbingers!
This large number allowed for many possibilities, but also directly affected another thing he was very much looking forward to.
[Noah Osmont][Title(s): Infernal Lord(20%)]
[Bloodline(s): Vampyre Progenitor]
[Fate Line(s): 18100]
[Vitality: VOID]
[Focus: - ]
[Strength: VOID]
With the increase of Skill Points, it also meant he was collecting the unique energy of the Infernals at a rapid rate, increasing the unique energy he required before he could fully gain and embody the title of an Infernal Lord!
This was also a momentous event by itself that he had to be very careful about as an Infernal Lord directly stood against the Celestials, and even though he had learned a few of their abilities and had become able to actively conceal his fate, there were still many things he had to be careful of.
He placed the title of an Infernal Lord aside for now as he looked at the Void Realm [Blood Lord.]
He had not been able to raise the proficiency of the skill at a rapid rate as usual because he was contained in the 7th Celestial Star, much of his time spent condensing Fate Lines, learning from the Grandmaster, and sparring with Athena. Under the watch of the powerful beings that were the celestials, he did not even bring the Spiritual Land with him as he left it in the First Realm of Hell for the Harbingers to use as a base as they moved.
Thus, he also could not lock himself in the Time Space to quickly raise the proficiency of skills!
This meant that in order for him to successfully upgrade this skill tree currently, he had to reduce his progress in collecting Skill Points and actually use a few of them to raise the proficiency level of [Blood Lord]. For a Void Rank Skill, 5 skill points had to be permanently used up in order to max the proficiency of the skill, and this would then allow him to produce a (+) level skill through combinations, allowing him to then open up the next stage of this skill tree.
Usage of the Skill Points in this manner was not something that he wanted to do, but he currently had no way of leaving the Celestial Star, and the use of [Fate Traverser] and his own intuition told him that he would most likely find an answer to this problem in the abilities of the Blood Progenitor!
He sighed as he steeled his heart and commanded 5 skill points to go into maxing the proficiency of [Blood Lord], his eyes then turning to the numerous skills he had gained from the many Magi that he had just defeated.
Every time he struck down the Bloodline Magi in the Magus World, their origin energy would smoothly be absorbed by the System as it was turned into the usual Skill Books and cores that would have normally gone directly into his storage pouch or rings, but since he did not have need of them since the advent of the ability contained in the absolute skill <
In this wide space that acted like an inventory that only he had access to, numerous [Core]s and [Skill Book]s that came from beings ranging from Legendary all the way to Soul Forging were laid out majestically!
This was one of the few good things to come out of the bloody venture, actually allowing Noah to be able to farm new skills and cores from these powerful beings, the most important thing being the fact that he got his hands on Soul Rank cores and skills that would boost his power even more.
Of those worthy to note, from the deaths of the Dark Winged Serpent and the Flame Winged Serpent, a total of four Soul Rank skills landed on his lap! From the kill steal of the most powerful Magus of the Order of the Black Serpent, the Devouring Winged Serpent, Noah actually gained a Soul+ Rank skill that would allow him to take on the form of the Devouring Winged Serpent itself.
But his focus currently wasn’t on these Soul Rank skills that he could not freely use in his current environment, but on the Void and Void+ Rank skills he had gained from the Void Realm beings that he had taken down along with the leaders of the Order of the Black Serpent!
It was these skills that he needed to use in order to upgrade his Skill Trees to the next level. There were a large amount of Void Realm Magi in the bloody battle that just occurred, giving him tens of Void Rank [Skill Book]s and a total of 9 Void+ skills that came from the most powerful combatants on the battle field.
The collection of all of these skills made it possible for him to use another 5 Skill Points on one of the newly obtained Void Rank skills, maxing its proficiency as he went on to sacrifice this skill in order to take [Blood Lord] into the Void+ level!
He watched the stat panel with rapt attention as the classification of [Blood Lord] went from Void to Void+ without even a name change, the only thing changing being the number of skill points required for him to open up the next pathway of the skill tree after he met the requirements.
VOID+ [Blood Lord] (30/45):: A technique that only those with the purest forms of blood can use. Two Skill Trees for evolution are possible once sufficient points and a base requirement of two equivalent level sacrificial skills are reached: >>Elder Vampyre- Leads the Blood Lord towards the path of a Ruler, gaining abilities geared towards leading the race of Vampyres. >>Kin of the Ancients- Leads the Blood Lord towards the path of Ancients, awakening the qualities only found in the strongest of the Ancient Races.
Noah’s eyes shone in the quietly moving Prime Warship as he observed the details of the next pathways of the [Blood Lord] skill tree. Elder Vampyre or Kin of the Ancients, what would it be?
He smiled as he already knew his choice right away while he read the description, his thoughts already moving as he sent the command to add in the needed Skill Points and ready 2 of the newly obtained Void+ skills to be sacrificed, his eyes looking forward to what the grand future would bring!