Chapter 981: Chapter 981
What seemed like a sufficient amount of Crystal Coins now appeared to be insufficient, Du You couldn’t help but feel helpless.
After pondering, Du You said, "Let’s go back first, understand the specifics, and then consider which skills to upgrade first." Upgrading a skill to level 36 is completely different from keeping it at level 33. Updates are released by 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝓷𝓮𝓽
As they leveled up, whether it was their own profession or their various skills, each level increased had a very considerable effect. After dealing with the matter at hand, the three of them returned home.
While waiting for the aura of Law on their bodies to dissipate, they sent out purchase requests for what they needed. At the same time, Du You also started researching some upgrade rules for after reaching the fourth tier at home.
These things, although not much noticed on a daily basis, are hardly visible, but the records in the academy are very clear. "So that’s how it is, no wonder it’s harder to level up the higher the tier, even though their skills become so scarce," Du You mused while looking at the data just extracted from the academy information.
Once Professionals enter the fourth tier, it’s true they need to complete very difficult tasks to advance, and such tasks help break through the first bottleneck, allowing both personal and skill levels to rise.
However, at level 33, one would be caught in the bottleneck from the early to the mid-fourth tier. At this time, it would cost ten thousand Crystal Coins to break through a level. It would require twenty thousand at level 36 and thirty thousand at level 39.
This was the case for everyone, regardless of their star rating. Next came the skills. The improvement in skill levels was completely different from before because skill upgrades had a base number.
"It really is the skills that cost the most. If a skill is good, the price just doubles. Now I understand why so many can advance their skills but choose not to. Master, we should..."
Hearing Lin Yucha’s words, Du You waved his hand, "We won’t learn from those people. We’d rather waste a bit of time, expend some extra energy, but enhance our capabilities comprehensively. With strength, we can earn more Crystal Coins."
Then Du You continued, "Besides, we have already improved very fast, it’s only been a year."
Indeed, from nearly graduating high school to now, it has been only a year, yet he had already reached the mid-fourth tier. For the average person, to reach this level would take several years at least.
Since his advancement rate was already so fast, why give up on the future? By establishing a strong foundation, one wouldn’t need to team up with others to complete tasks and hunt enemies. Relying solely on themselves, the three of them could earn even more Crystal Coins. It’s a virtuous cycle, otherwise, one would end up like others, earning less and growing weaker.
The two sisters exchanged glances, closed their mouths, and decided to just listen to the master’s decision, which indeed seemed beneficial.
This skill advancement was a headache even for Du You, who silently calculated the cost and found that it was closely related to the inherent star level.
Star level itself was a factor. For example, with all of his skills at 10 stars, breaking through level 33 cost at least ten thousand Crystal Coins, and higher-level skills would break through this threshold, showing a dramatic increase.
The least was a 50% increase, usually doubling. So his skills were not just upgraded by ten thousand Crystal Coins, but fifteen thousand or twenty thousand, with no middle amount. The most expensive, Destruction Flames, cost thirty thousand outright.
And in the future, advancing from level 36 to 37 was the same as leveling up—it doubled. A previous tier’s breakthrough that cost ten thousand, now would cost twenty thousand, and if it was thirty thousand before, now it would be sixty thousand, becoming more and more outrageous.
At this moment, Du You realized that the cost of evolving new skills was no longer the highest; instead, the greatest expenditure had become skill advancement. The same was true after reaching the fifth tier.
Du You carefully checked, and found that the ratio of Crystal Coins needed for advancing from the fourth to the fifth tier was about the same, a steep increase, and the same for the sixth tier. Although the amount of Crystal Coins stayed the same, the levels were completely different. Moreover, as the level increased, obtaining Crystal Coins would become more and more difficult.
Because it’s not easy to acquire Crystal Coins, many abandon most of their skills, favoring only a few to advance. Afterwards, they would rely on squads and gear to make up for their deficiencies.
As for gear, the higher the level, the harder it is to obtain, but the enhancement effect of each piece of equipment becomes more noticeable, so in the later stages, the price of equipment is simply astronomical, and still frequently there is no market for it.
As for what happens after the seventh tier, there was no information in the academy’s data, whether truly absent or deliberately omitted. But the seventh tier is too far from him, so there’s no need to consider it for now.
Understanding the advancement rules, Du You also realized that there was no way to elevate all the advancable skills to level 36 now, so it’s better to discuss and just enhance a few specific skills first.
"Our next target is the Dark Dragon Valley, a world belonging to the shattered realms, where the creatures are mainly from the Dragon Clan or Sub-Dragons. They have extremely strong defenses and magic resistance, with the latter being the strongest. To deal with them, we should enhance our normal attacks first. Speaking of which, Master, your Energy Gathering Magic Cannon is quite good, let’s upgrade that,"
Du You nodded gently, "We should indeed, so I’ll upgrade the Energy Gathering Magic Cannon and Soul Pierce first. For summons, upgrading the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs and Death Gorillas should suffice, the others can wait for now."
These four skills were not cheap to enhance. Having just evolved a lot of skills, their Crystal Coins were running low, and they couldn’t afford to be reckless. These skills had to be carefully considered.
"For me, I should mainly upgrade Spiral Snipe," Lin Yucha said, "Yu Shi, you upgrade your Space Arrow, it’s best against Dragon Clan creatures. If we have Crystal Coins left over, we’ll enhance some auxiliary attacking skills."
Du You nodded gently, then began calculating against the panel. "There are some Crystal Coins left, let me see; I’ll upgrade Wild Spirit, and Yu Shi, you add on Demons Destruction Wings to improve speed and defensive capabilities. As for you, Yucha, with the remaining Crystal Coins, it’s just enough to upgrade Spatial Spirit, increasing both of your mobility."
After upgrading a few skills, the substantial amount of exclusive Crystal Coins they had left was practically depleted.