Chapter 80: It Leveled Up!

Chapter 80: It Leveled Up! Faced with the terrifying Sun Emperor’s Court Swordsmanship, the monsters couldn’t even get close to Carlos. The second they entered the range covered by his greatsword, they turned into chunks of meat and got evaporated by the scorching heat... "Not much Psionic Energy left." Carlos sensed the rapidly draining Psionic Energy in his body—there wasn’t much left. He immediately spread his crimson-gold wing bones and flew toward the sky amid the monsters’ roars, escaping the battlefield. The Tailless Sand Scorpion groups and Dark Brown Sand Snake groups all hissed at the sky. Many even jumped repeatedly, trying to attack Carlos, but it was completely useless. ... "Gulp!" Hovering in mid-air, Carlos pulled out a bottle of Psionic Energy recovery potion, popped the cap, and downed the pale golden liquid inside. The Psionic Energy in his body was like a withered tree meeting spring rain, beginning to recover rapidly... Soon, Carlos’s Psionic Energy was fully restored. "Round two!" His wings flapped as he dove down. Carlos charged into the monster group again, unleashing Sun Emperor’s Court Swordsmanship in a bloody massacre... "Hiss hiss!" "Crack!" "Boom!" ... In the intense killing spree, the sun sword aura on his greatsword became increasingly bright and solid, with its power gradually improving bit by bit... When Carlos again felt his Psionic Energy was nearly tapped out, he spread his wings and soared into the air... In mid-air, he drank a potion to quickly restore his Psionic Energy... Once recovered, he dove down to kill again... This process repeated over and over. After about ten rounds, Carlos felt the greatsword in his hand getting heavy, and his stamina was running low. "That’s enough for today." The crimson-gold wing bones suddenly flapped, creating howling winds that knocked over the surrounding monsters. Carlos shot straight up into the sky, becoming a golden streak that disappeared on the horizon... On the return trip, he first circled around the Flat-Top Mushroom Stone Pillar and continued deploying the fully recovered Purple Thornblade Shield Guards. Then he conveniently recalled a batch of shield guards whose health had hit the danger zone, before finally flying back to the Flat-Top Mushroom Stone Pillar to rest... After resting up, Carlos flew down again to find suitable monster groups for sword practice... Going back and forth like this until night fell, when monster activity went through the roof and the danger level of the Desolate Desert skyrocketed. Just to be safe, Carlos called it quits on his day of sword practice. [Spiritual Essence: 5644/11000] ... Another night passed, and the sun rose. Carlos emerged from his tent and started breakfast. Under the tireless monster grinding of the skeleton shield guards, Carlos’s Spiritual Essence accumulation had reached 7895/11000, already more than halfway there. After eating his fill, Carlos leaped up and began today’s routine of collecting, sword practice, and deployment... Until the blood moon quietly appeared, Carlos flew back with his beat-up body. But his eyes were still full of energy. "Almost there! Almost there!" At this point, Spiritual Essence accumulation had reached 10080/11000—improvement was right around the corner! And the power of his sun sword aura was about to solidify once more—a breakthrough was within reach! "Eat! Sleep!" With hope for tomorrow’s double breakthrough, Carlos entered dreamland... The blood moon climbed higher, and the temperature grew increasingly cold. Inside the tent, Carlos was sleeping. Suddenly, he opened his eyes. [Spiritual Essence accumulation 11000, Spirituality +1, current Spirituality 12] [Gained Attribute Points +1, Skill Points +1] "Spirituality increased!" Carlos completely lost his sleepiness. He added 1 point to Strength and 1 point to Skeleton Revival. Then he walked out of the tent, pulled out a monster corpse, and immediately cast Skeleton Revival. "Creak creak!" The twenty-fifth skeleton soldier was born. He stored it, flapped his wings, and Carlos quickly flew down... He deployed this newly born skeleton soldier with four Purple Thornblade Shield Guards, having them protect it well while grinding monsters. After finishing this task, he flew back to the Flat-Top Mushroom Stone Pillar. Only then did he feel at ease. He crawled into the tent and peacefully continued sleeping. ... On the other side, the seven-person mission squad from Rock Sand City ran into six human traitors on a sand dune during their return journey! "The aura of dark mist! It’s traitors!" "They’re human!" "Damn it! Hand over the ruins treasures!" "?" "Kill them!" "Kill!" There was no room for compromise between the two sides. When normal human Psionics encountered human traitors, they could only fight to the death—no one thought making peace was possible... ... The sun rose, and a new day arrived. Carlos couldn’t wait to fly out. He found a group of foraging Tailless Sand Scorpions nearby and immediately charged down to slaughter them. Rounds of miniature suns bloomed, with terrible light destroying the Tailless Sand Scorpions within the blast radius. Countless severed limbs flew everywhere, piece after piece giving off a rich burnt smell! "Kill!" Carlos’s Psionic Energy surged again. The Tailless Sand Scorpions covered by the sword aura all turned into countless charred chunks. Scorpion blood splashing through the air kept getting evaporated, like a blazing sun going off... Each time a Tailless Sand Scorpion died, the sun sword aura coming from the greatsword would solidify a bit more. When another Tailless Sand Scorpion got evaporated, the sun sword aura’s solidity finally advanced another level! [Sun Emperor’s Court Swordsmanship level increased!] [Sun Emperor’s Court Swordsmanship Level 5: Increases 0.55 Strength, 0.55 Constitution, 0.55 Speed, 0.55 Mental, enhances sword damage by 1.5%*5, additionally increases damage against dark creatures by 1.5%*5] "It leveled up!" The improvement speed of Sun Emperor’s Court Swordsmanship this time far exceeded what he’d seen in the Withered Lands. This was because the spirituality of the monsters being killed was one level higher than before. With Sun Emperor’s Court Swordsmanship improving, the numbness in Carlos’s heart was instantly swept away. His whole body was full of energy, and he swung his greatsword even faster, harvesting the lives of Tailless Sand Scorpions one by one... ... Time passed, and the sand surface gradually grew dim. Evening of this day had arrived. On the Flat-Top Mushroom Stone Pillar, Carlos, who had just returned, immediately summoned the twenty-fifth skeleton soldier whose soul fire was blazing strong. He drew a first sublimation arcane array and placed the Tulip Clan Sword... A thick pillar of light erupted, and a brand new skeleton sword guard was born! It looked similar to the Purple Thornblade Sword Guard, but with different patterns. The compassionate tulip patterns gave off a strangely comforting feeling. [Tulip Skeleton Sword Guard] [Health: 400 (Constitution x50)] [Strength: 8] [Constitution: 8] [Speed: 3] [Skills: Tulip’s Compassion, Tulip Bone Swordsmanship (1+3) Level] "Go kill fast! Let me see what you look like after second sublimation!" After briefly checking the Tulip Skeleton Sword Guard’s attributes and skills, Carlos immediately deployed it with those four Purple Thornblade Shield Guards... Kill fast, reach the second sublimation threshold fast. With his current powerful strength, Carlos didn’t give much thought to a mere first sublimation sword guard. ...