Chapter 95 of 100

Chapter 95

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The lack of extra skill points was a major issue troubling He Ping. Although the special skills that came with the portable armory were also better in greater numbers, and he would of course want to upgrade them to higher levels if possible, these were active skills that were more advanced. At this stage, they were sufficient, so He Ping did not have a great need for them. Instead, the additional skills corresponding to the various worlds he had opened were much more urgent for his actions here.

Is there a way to obtain extra skill points other than system upgrades? He Ping began to seriously consider this issue. Although he had searched for many clues in the high tower before, he had never found any relevant information, which almost made him give up. This time was no different. In his frustration, despite having no extra skill points left, he clicked to upgrade the affinity with no attribute in a fit of pique.

The prompt for insufficient extra skill points did not surprise him, but a line of small text below caught his attention: "Do you want to exchange for extra skill points?"

Exchange? Can this be exchanged? Why didn't I know about this before?

Without hesitation, He Ping clicked "Yes." A new interface opened, with the left side showing the gold, silver, and other precious metals, as well as jewels and precious stones that He Ping had plundered in the Armory World, all of which were currently unselected. The right side showed the exchangeable extra skill points, which were currently zero.

Could it be that these items are used to exchange for extra skill points? To be honest, He Ping was initially very envious of these items, as he had never seen much of them in his previous life. But as the quantity gradually increased, he lost interest. He did not have a collecting hobby, and these items were originally intended to be sold for money. However, because he was still young, he had only handed over a part to Li Yutang to exchange for money, while most of them were still stored in the warehouse, gathering dust.

Looking at the dense list of valuable items, He Ping first selected a diamond that seemed to have no special features but was relatively large. This diamond was already as big as a pigeon's egg, but the result was that the zero on the right side only changed to one. In other words, such a large diamond was worth only one extra skill point, which made He Ping exclaim how unfair it was. However, despite his words, his face showed no sign of regret, but rather pure joy.

Of course, He Ping was very happy. This was a significant discovery. Even if gold, silver, and jewels were useful, they were only worth money. But for the current He Ping, money was not a problem. There were many ways for him to earn money now. Besides, these items were not his own; if he needed more, he could plunder others' treasuries. Extra skill points, however, were not external possessions; becoming stronger himself would allow him to go further on this path.

Without hesitation, He Ping added the extra skill point to the affinity with no attribute. He then opened the exchange panel again and this time made a big move. He selected all the gold, silver, and jewels that he did not particularly like. Some of the larger and better-quality items were worth one point, while some smaller or poorer-quality items were worth nothing. In total, He Ping threw in about a third of his inventory, which exchanged for eighty-nine extra skill points.

He Ping first opened the Armory World's extra skill options and added twenty skill points to Short Weapon Proficiency and Odd Weapon Proficiency. The Short Weapon Proficiency section showed four abilities: "Flail and Whip Proficiency," "Hammer and Axe Proficiency," "Sword and Saber Proficiency," and "Hook and Spear Proficiency." The Odd Weapon Proficiency section showed four abilities: "Flexible Weapon Proficiency," "Ring Weapon Proficiency," "Fan Weapon Proficiency," and "Multi-Section Weapon Proficiency." With these two skills maxed out, He Ping was truly a master of cold weapons!

Next came the attribute affinities. Opening the Giant Beast Park options, He Ping first added one level to the Water, Fire, Wind, and Earth affinities. This allowed him to use most of the magical devices in this world. However, when he added the fifth point to the Water affinity, a warning appeared on the skill panel: "Four extra skills are in conflict. When one skill's level exceeds the other three by two or more levels, the other three skills cannot be upgraded to a level one or more levels below that skill."

He Ping was taken aback and understood the warning. He then broke out in a cold sweat, thankful he hadn't slipped. The warning was clear: people in this world had their main attributes, and if he had upgraded a particular attribute affinity to max level in one go, that attribute would become his main attribute, and the other three affinities could only reach level eight at most. To max out all four, he would have to distribute points evenly among them.

Do the Light, Dark, and No attributes have similar restrictions? He Ping tested these three skills and found that Light and Dark attributes were mutually exclusive, but unrelated to other attributes. The four elemental attributes were also unrelated to Light, Dark, and No attributes. The No attribute had no restrictions with any other attribute and could be upgraded at any time.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, He Ping first maxed out the No attribute affinity, which had no conflicts with other attributes. Then he upgraded the four elemental affinities, adding one point to each in rotation until all four were maxed out. Finally, he upgraded the Light and Dark affinities to the highest level, just like the four elements.

After leaving the high tower and returning to the dormitory, He Ping immediately began experimenting. Although it was just a dormitory, the equipment was fairly complete. He Ping first went to the magical stove, which looked like a combination of an induction cooker and a gas stove. He touched a switch-like device, and instantly, an indescribable feeling came from his fingertips. He clearly felt the connection between himself and the red garnet inside the magical stove. The red garnet sensed He Ping's affinity and began to release fire attribute magical power, causing the stove to heat up.

Feeling the red garnet release magical power, which was then converted into controllable heat through the internal crystal circuit and cables, He Ping suddenly had an epiphany. Although he was a novice in driving the Seven Star Crystals, his attribute affinity was quite high. He had not used magical devices before, so he had not felt anything special. But after touching the magical stove and the red garnet, he immediately sensed something unique.

Burning, this is the basic nature of fire. The fire attribute red garnet having the property of burning was not surprising, but on a deeper level, He Ping felt that the fire attribute, or the red garnet, had more complex properties...

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