Chapter 563: Sorting the Power System, Full Upgrade of the Skill Library!
Midnight.
Outside the Demon King Castle, the noise persisted as players united against the frog monsters storming the building.
Meanwhile, Xu Lang and his tenants fell asleep right on time.
Xu Lang didn't immediately enter a cultivation state. Instead, he went to the Fusion Dream.
[Total Nightmare Essence: 32,430 units]
Since he hadn't simulated the next day's events yesterday, he had saved a lot of Nightmare Essence.
Also, most of the high-end facilities inside the Mad King Building had been melted down. The remaining facilities were of low quality, and continuing to melt them would yield very little Nightmare Essence—the returns were minimal.
So tonight, Xu Lang specially set aside 100 fusion chances to sort out the skill system of his power.
Rows of data appeared before him, following his will.
[Sequence: Scarlet Shepherd (Initial Awakening)]
[Attributes: Constitution 860, Spirit 860, Ghostly Deity Power 480, Mystic Origin True Qi 430, Seven Killings Blood Qi 344]
[Constitution Talents: Life Contract, Principle of Force, Heart of Reverse Entropy, Ultimate Liberation, Overlord, King's Aura, Ghostly Deity Descends]
[Spirit Talents: Light of Redemption, Power and Will, Mad Spirit, Mind Over Matter, Transcendence to Sainthood, Light of the Mind, Divine Descent]
[Skills: Blood Contract·Blood Rakshasa EX, Blood Immortal·Rakshasa Dharma Body EX, Ascetic Doctrine EX, Raging Blow LV28, Mirror of Reflexes LV26, Flowing Blade LV25, World-Burning Immortal Flame LV20, War God LV20, Conceal Aura LV20, Spirit Missile LV20, Ghost Slash LV18, Blood Dance LV16, Hunting Eyes LV16, Inner Light's Return LV15, Vampire·Blood Return LV15, Cursed Witchcraft LV15, Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art LV15, Rampage LV13, Ultimate Kick Technique LV12, Epic-Level Fist Technique LV10, Ancient Heart's Eye LV10, Mind-Shattering Demon Eyes LV9, Electromagnetic Force LV7, Master-Level Tracking LV6, Swift Steps LV5, Appraisal LV5...]
Xu Lang counted them carefully. He actually had over forty skills.
If an ordinary player had this many skills, they would definitely mess up during execution. But Xu Lang had Mad Spirit, so it didn't matter.
Others could only walk one path to the end, but Xu Lang could be a Grandmaster of all schools.
"I used to think about juggling roles as a healer, crafter, and seeker of secrets. But now that I think about it, I'll forget it. With Sherry and the others around, trying to do everything would just be hogging resources."
The Dorm Survival Game was different from other games. The Dorm Owner and the Tenants were almost bound together; going their separate ways was rare. So there was no need to be versatile. Each person doing their own job was the perfect growth path.
With the Nightmare Bed, Xu Lang was destined not to walk the path of a Lone Wolf.
"Ugh, it's annoying. Why did I learn so many skills back then? Now fusing them all feels like such a hassle." Xu Lang had a headache.
There was no helping it. No one could guarantee that every step they took was the right one.
Xu Lang collected his thoughts and started sorting through the skill library.
A dozen or so minutes later, the Simulation Dream shifted. One by one, Skill Scrolls materialized, categorized and placed in different areas.
The number of Skill Scrolls here was close to four digits!
Such a massive Skill Scroll library—others wouldn't even dare to dream of it.
These were all assets owned by Xu Lang. The physical copies were stored in the Demon Box World, under his direct control.
Sometimes, the storage room and backpack could be sealed off by the Dorm Survival Game. Xu Lang, suffering from a "fear of the building messing with him," kept most of his valuables out of those two places.
One must always be wary of the building.
"I need an aura intimidation skill. Otherwise, the advantages of Power and Will and King's Aura can't be maximized."
"I have to have Eye Techniques. Preferably two. Hypnosis, truth-seeing, lethality... Three seems more reasonable. The Nightmare Eye can handle truth-seeing, so I'll just need two more."
"I must have a burst skill. Using Ultimate Liberation every time is too life-consuming!"
"I need perception skills. The Ancient Heart's Eye isn't comprehensive enough..."
"The Electromagnetic Force skill tree gets its own branch. That's what the Tech-side will rely on. And there are plenty of corresponding Skill Scrolls from the seventh round's drops..."
"The Flowing Blade skill tree gets its own branch too. It's a passive god-skill that increases blade technique lethality..."
"I'll keep Mirror of Reflexes. It can reflect the enemy's elemental attacks..."
"I need a healing spell that acts instantly. Use Inner Light's Return as the base—the worse the condition, the stronger the effect..."
"What about offensive spells? Just the World-Burning Immortal Flame? One trick for every occasion?"
"What about sealing skills?"
"How about fusing the Fist and Kick Techniques? Try to push for Mythical. I've got plenty of martial arts skills here anyway."
"..."
The workload of sorting the skill library was bigger than Xu Lang had expected. He decided not to finish it all at once. Instead, he first adjusted himself into the cultivation state of the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art, and then mulled it over properly.
He hadn't done this from the start because he was afraid of going into qi deviation.
Fusing skills on one hand, and absorbing new knowledge to upgrade skills on the other—how could that possibly end well?
It wasn't until around the small hours that Xu Lang finally sorted out every single skill path.
This speed was already very fast.
Even playing an online game would take a while just to allocate stat points, let alone doing it for real. If Xu Lang didn't have such high Spirit attribute, his CPU would probably have melted down by now.
In the end.
Blood Contract·Blood Rakshasa, Blood Immortal·Rakshasa Dharma Body, Ascetic Doctrine, World-Burning Immortal Flame, War God, Ghost Slash, and Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art remained unchanged. All other skills had been modified.
Only twenty-five skills remained in the skill library.
Cultivation: Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art LV15.
Blood Contract: Blood Contract·Blood Rakshasa EX, Blood Immortal·Rakshasa Dharma Body EX.
Combat: Mirror of Reflexes LV26, Electromagnetic Force Control LV25, World-Burning Immortal Flame LV20, Abyssal Demon Eye LV20, Eye Technique·Great Dream Samsara LV20, Ghost Slash LV18, Blood Rampage LV15, Soul-Destroying Siphon LV10, Demon Sealing Slash LV5.
General: War God LV20, Martial Saint LV5, Pinnacle Blood Control LV5.
Support: Ascetic Doctrine EX, Fear Aura LV20, Blade Angel LV15, Soul of Blazing Steel LV15, Lord of Life LV15, Elusive Steps LV15, Temporal Phase Shift LV5, Omni-Area Perception LV5.
Knowledge: Pan-World Geography EX, Elven Secret Language EX.