novelraw Chapter 163 War Soul Awakening
Chapter 163 War Soul Awakening
Huang Yi let out a long breath, he had finally reached level 50!
Level 50 is a major threshold on the player’s path to leveling up. After surpassing the level 50 watershed, the speed of leveling up would noticeably decrease, as a massive amount of Experience Points would be needed to enhance the War Soul.
That’s what happened with Dao Feng and the others, they reached level 50 over a year ago, and they are still in their 50s, having all gone to cultivate their War Souls.
Now, Huang Yi had also reached this level of rank, and he could start a true competition with Dao Feng and the others!
At this point, he could choose to first enhance the War Soul or opt to attempt a Job Change.
However, all players would choose to enhance the War Soul first since the challenges of a Job Change were extremely difficult! Even Dao Feng chose to enhance the War Soul first and spent more than a year building up a lot of strength before completing the Job Change over a month ago!
Huang Yi left the Tower of Pantheons and arrived at the Warrior Hall in Black Sand Town. The War Soul Awakening was conducted here.
It was the afternoon, a low peak period for logging in, and the Warrior Hall was empty, with no players around. Some Skill Teachers were slumped over the tables, dozing off.
"Hello, how may I assist you?" a drowsy servant saw Huang Yi’s arrival and reluctantly stood up from his chair, yawning as he asked.
"I’d like to awaken my War Soul," Huang Yi said.
"Huh?" The servant’s sleepiness dissipated, and he quickly became alert, flashing a brilliant smile, "So you are here to awaken your War Soul, esteemed fighter. Please, follow me!" After speaking, he led Huang Yi to a large hall on the second floor.
This hall was very quiet, free from noise and clamor, and the afternoon sun shone through the windows, brightening the hall. In the center of the hall floor was a Magic Circle, where a middle-aged man sat cross-legged. He wore a Purple Magic Robe, his eyes closed, his expression serene as if he were meditating. Sensing the arrival of Huang Yi and the servant, he immediately opened his eyes, a purple light seeming to flash through them, radiating a keen presence.
"Spirit Wanderer Master, this adventurer is here for War Soul Awakening," said the servant respectfully to the middle-aged Mage.
"I know," the Mage called Spirit Wanderer nodded, then stood up, and walked slowly over to Huang Yi, saying, "To awaken a War Soul, one must first understand it. Let me explain to you about War Souls in detail!"
"Please do!" Huang Yi nodded earnestly. He had actually already learned about War Souls from the forums, but this was his first time hearing an NPC explain it. For caution’s sake, he still decided to listen.
Spirit Wanderer looked at Huang Yi and said, "Every person can awaken a War Soul at level 50, 55, and 60, enhancing a certain attribute. Each War Soul has Nine Layers, but combined, you can only develop up to 15 layers among the three War Souls. That is to say, you cannot cultivate all three War Souls to the 9th Stage, you must choose wisely. Do you understand?"
Huang Yi nodded; he also knew that. Each War Soul had Nine Layers, totaling 27 layers for three War Souls, but players couldn’t enhance all of them, with a maximum of only 15 layers.
Spirit Wanderer continued, "The method commonly used by top players is to raise the first War Soul to the 9th Stage and the second War Soul to the 6th Stage, making up the 15 layers. There’s no need for the third War Soul at all, saving time and effort. Of course, this is extremely difficult, because the success rate for the 9th Stage is only 2%, and many people can’t make it. So, you could also enhance each of the three War Souls to the 5th Stage. Combined, that also makes up 15 layers, and that’s the way with the smallest consumption, but such War Souls would be weak, providing very limited strength enhancement."
Looking Huang Yi over, Spirit Wanderer said, "There are three types of War Souls: Attack, Defense, Life. Seeing you’re an attack-oriented class, your first War Soul should be Attack, right? With each layer of the Attack Spirit you enhance, you’ll get a certain percentage increase in Attack Power. The percentage increase is easy to calculate: the first layer provides 1%~2%, the second layer 2%~3%, the third layer 3%~4%, and so on. If after enhancing, you feel dissatisfied with the percentage of a particular layer, you can try enhancing it again, with unlimited attempts. For instance, if you get a 3% increase at the third layer rather than 4%, you can try again until you hit 4%. After reaching the 9th Stage, even if you only got the minimum values in each layer, that would still be a 45% increase. If you gained the maximum values in each layer, that’s 54%, quite good, right? Come, let me awaken your Attack Spirit!"
Spirit Wanderer didn’t even ask for Huang Yi’s opinion and proceeded to suggest awakening the Attack Spirit.
For any attack-oriented class, the most important thing is the Attack Spirit, which is common knowledge and didn’t need to be asked.
However, Huang Yi did not respond as most people habitually would, shaking his head unexpectedly, "No, I choose the Life Soul!"
"Hmm?" Spirit Wanderer frowned slightly, somewhat annoyed but still patiently explained, "You’re an attack-oriented class, so it’s best to play to your strengths and awaken the Attack Spirit first. Adding percentage points to that will increase your Attack a lot. Your Health Points aren’t that high, so even if you enhance your Life Soul to the 9th Stage, how much more Life could it possibly add? It’s not worth it!"
"My mind is made up, just enhance my Life Soul," Huang Yi said firmly, unswayed.
"Sigh! You will regret this!" Spirit Wanderer exhaled with a hint of disappointment, spreading his hands and saying, "Awakening your first War Soul requires a fee of ten thousand Gold Coins."
Huang Yi immediately took out a Diamond Coin from his storage ring and handed it to Spirit Wanderer.
Spirit Wanderer accepted the Diamond Coin, stretched out his hand, placed it on Huang Yi’s crown chakra, and began to softly chant a strange melody.
This melody was very peculiar, sounding like a soul-stirring lament that under the quiet afternoon sun made one drowsy; the attendants nearby yawned involuntarily upon hearing it, clearly exhausted.
About three minutes later, Huang Yi suddenly felt a strange energy flow from Spirit Wanderer’s hand into his body, spreading to every corner.
Then, he heard a system prompt—
"[System Prompt]: You have awakened the Life War Soul; current layer: 0. You can use Boss Crystals and Experience Points to increase the War Soul Layers."
"There, it’s done! I have awakened your Life War Soul for you! Off you go!" Spirit Wanderer looked at Huang Yi with a face full of disgust, then issued an order for him to leave. Clearly, he was still angry about the earlier events.
"Thank you!" Huang Yi nodded his head and turned to leave, showing no signs of abnormality throughout the process.
Leaving the Warrior Hall, Huang Yi headed straight for the Teleportation Field; he was about to start earnestly grinding for Experience Points to level up his Life War Soul.
The reason he chose Life as his first War Soul was related to a concept he had in mind!
Some players had raised this concept on the forums before, but it existed only in theory, and no one had yet been able to realize this idea!
Even Dao Feng and Dragon Spike didn’t dare to try because the concept was too difficult to achieve!
However, Huang Yi felt that he had a great chance of realizing this idea...
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I apologize, this Chapter took eight hours to write! I wrote three different versions, but in the end, I deleted them all. The first two versions had too many settings related to the War Soul, which, after writing and rewriting, still didn’t feel comfortable to read. Everyone reads for the plot, too many settings at once can affect the reading pleasure, so I deleted the first two versions and went with this one, introducing some of the settings gradually in the later plot, which seems more acceptable.
The setting of the War Soul comes from a web-based game I worked on in my last job. I thought it was a rather interesting feature.
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