novelraw Chapter 534: Improving Oneself
Chapter 534: Improving Oneself
Holy crap!
Li Wei was truly dumbfounded.
It took him a full few seconds to recover, and then came regret. Damn it! Motherf*cker!
He should have thought of it earlier. Within the scope of a Kingdom, when one's strength reached a certain level, mission difficulty would increase and there would be mandatory missions. How much more so for the entire Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords?
Li Wei frowned tightly, and ultimately could only sigh. Many things weren't as he wished; rather, the internal and external environment forced him to sprint wildly forward.
He currently just wanted to be a peaceful Five-Star Professional, but would the external environment allow it?
If he hadn't worked hard and fought desperately, he would have been eliminated in the initial pioneering mission. Where would the Blazing Territory come from? Right now, he would only be a miscellaneous soldier, treated as cannon fodder by some Lord Count in this Ascension Continent, dying miserably beneath the hooves of the enemy.
For example, of the over ten thousand infantrymen Mountain Eagle Parker had not long ago, his true elites only numbered over two thousand. The rest were routed soldiers, deserters, minor lords, and mercenaries.
Including now, there was a legendary Assassin Squad waiting outside to take his life. He actually wanted to stay in place.
"Actually, feeling powerful is pretty good."Li Wei figured it out; it really was good!
Between every gesture and movement, the feeling was completely different, especially in the area of Destiny Resonance. In an instant, a five-destiny resonance—fast as lightning, strong as a flood peak, coming and going without a trace, moving according to his will.
Wonderful! Wonderful!
However, the Destiny Resonance of the Druid Card was still a bit forced. This was because the destiny grid wasn't high enough.
Furthermore, if Li Wei bound and activated a sixth Profession Card next, this sixth type of destiny could not be forcefully activated no matter what. He would perhaps have to wait ten or twenty years before he could use full destiny activation.
But even so, this was a momentous occasion!
Tsk tsk, a Six-Star Professional! Terrifyingly powerful!
Next, Li Wei wasn't in a hurry to continue. He first rested quietly for half a day, before taking out two rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Cards. The first one was dropped by that 4th-Tier Mage, and the second one was the one he had just opened.
Both were rare, both were five-star, and their destiny grids weren't low either—one was 75, the other 90. But this still required careful comparison.
What mattered here was the purity of the Clearance Tokens used when upgrading.
Ultimately, Li Wei still chose the rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Card with a 75 destiny grid, which was the one dropped by that 4th-Tier Mage, because the purity of the tokens used to upgrade this card was the highest.
The low destiny grid was because that mage hadn't grinded it, not because the quality wasn't good enough.
On the contrary, the second rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Card with a 90 destiny grid was probably at least 10% behind in quality.
With a single thought, this rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Card merged into Li Wei's brow. His entire person felt as if a massive hammer had smashed down hard, making him see stars and giving him a splitting headache.
And this was even with the buff from the Nature Particle, otherwise it would have been even more unbearable.
Slumping in place, it took a full dozen or so minutes before Li Wei could be considered to have completed the preliminary fusion of this rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Card.
Yes, preliminary fusion.
Subsequent fusion would require at least a dozen years, or even twenty years, to completely fuse.
Pie falling from the sky? How could it be that easy.
Especially since Li Wei himself was too powerful, and this Five-Star Mountain Folk Card was also very powerful, so it was normal to have this kind of situation.
Temporarily speaking, he couldn't even think too much or move. The moment he moved, his head would split with pain. This reaction was at least dozens of times stronger than others'.
Others, like those in the Guard Legion, would be able to jump around lively just a few minutes after fusion.
Following this, Li Wei had no choice but to lie down for three days before he finally tasted the sweetness. As this rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Card basically stabilized, he successively obtained 30 free attribute points—5 inherent per level, plus 5 for the rare enhancement. No more, no less. Counting his previous 20, he currently possessed 50 free attribute points.
Besides this, the rare Five-Star Mountain Folk Card was truly worthy of being the god-chosen card for grinding the perception cap!
It directly added three points to Li Wei's perception cap, three points!
This smoothly allowed his normal perception cap to reach 21. If he consumed 6 free attribute points in one go, his overall perception would reach 24 points. If the Flame Viscount title could be restored, it would be 26 points. Of course, he didn't need to consider that for now. In reality, this was already capable of countering the perception suppression brought by that Assassin Squad.
Finally, as long as he activated his magic-piercing perception, his perception could jump to 31.5 within a few seconds, perhaps even counter-suppressing.
Unfortunately, that was all he could do for now. His Hunter Card, Woodcutter Card, and even Scout Card and Druid Card found it difficult to resonate with the Mountain Folk Card.
Everything could only be left to time.
At this time, Li Wei researched for a bit again and temporarily gave up on upgrading the rare four-star Scout Card. According to what that Class Path Strategist from the Nine-Star Council had said, it was best to perform a triple enhancement on the Scout Card; at a lower level, the cost of enhancement would also be smaller.
What needed to be prioritized for upgrading right now was actually the Ranger Codename. Not only because this was a main title, but also because this codename was closely linked to the legion he commanded.
Why did he guide the five hundred Guard Legion towards specializing in mountain warfare, rather than heavily armored infantry?
The root cause was precisely for this Ranger codename.
Don't just look at how awesome the Blazing Legion led by Li Yue was right now. Their Legion Skills and even Legion Buffs were relatively ordinary. Oh, fine, Iron-Blooded First-to-Scale was indeed quite awesome.
But even that couldn't compare to the Guard Legion's Charge Spirit!
This Legion Buff directly granted Health +200, Stamina +200, and Defense +20. And if led by Li Wei, because of Li Wei's Ranger codename and Magic Suppression talent, the entire force would gain a 50% all-element magic immunity effect!
Oh, right now it should be a 60% magic immunity effect.
What kind of concept was this?
A 4th-Tier Mage's Fire Meteor would be directly weakened by 60%!
As the Great Frost raged, ice magic would be directly mitigated by 60%!
Li Wei hadn't told anyone about this matter. Even when the Guard Legion sortied in full force for battle, Li Wei tried his best to avoid taking the commander position, just fearing others would discover this secret!
He would rather others treat the Guard Legion as misfits, benchwarmers, reserves, or little trashes. He would be as low-profile as possible, as sneaky as possible.
Ten or twenty years later would be the moment for the Guard Legion to truly shine brilliantly. If they got cocky now, they would easily die young!
Li Yue's Blazing Legion had only just become slightly awesome, yet it had already attracted a multitude of gazes and various calculations. What about the Guard Legion? If they truly exposed themselves, it would be an easy target, acting recklessly without knowing death.
He even went so far as to mix two hundred second-rate heavy infantrymen from the Ice Legion into the Guard Legion. Hide one's clumsiness, he must definitely hide his clumsiness!
Currently, the effect seemed extremely good. Even Hathaway, Li Yue, He Yibo, Tucker, and the others, although they understood Li Wei's intention of cultivating a Ducal Guard, practically speaking, they didn't believe he could succeed—at least, not within ten or twenty years. And how many variables would there be during this time? Just grinding the destiny grids, and then the rare enhancement of the entire force's profession cards—these required far too much time and resources.
However, they also didn't know that the current Great Frost was the true moment for the Guard Legion's grand military training.
"Enhance and upgrade!"
Smashing down two Gold Tokens, the Ranger Codename smoothly upgraded to level 6, max level.
There was no suspense, nor any difficulty, because this upgrade was constant; each level of enhancement added the initial 50%.
So right now, the effect after equipping the Ranger Codename became—Perception +4, Agility +40, Health +400, Stamina +400, Hunter Fate +25, Woodcutter Fate +25, Scout Fate +25. Of course, this was the accumulation of six enhancements.
At this moment, as long as Li Wei became the commander of the Guard Legion, the entire Guard Legion would enjoy 65% all-element magic immunity. Of course, this was limited to 4th-Tier magic, as it was linked to Li Wei's strength.
Next, he still needed to apply a double rare enhancement to the Woodcutter Card. This cost wasn't unacceptable either; it might require one Gold Token, two Nature Particles, 20 points of Farmer Fate, 20 points of Woodcutter Fate, plus a Rank 3 Caster. That's right, Hathaway could easily handle this matter.
The whole process could be settled in just a few minutes.
Oh, the additional cost was that his perception cap would drop by 2 points because of this, but it was all worth it.
When that time came, the Guard Legion could enjoy 70% all-element magic immunity. Of course, the same went for Li Wei. Inspiration +6, Magic Adaptation, Magic Suppression, Ranger—after a whole set of buffs, the result was exactly this.
At this time, Li Wei checked the comprehensive ranking of his territory again. Good heavens, purely because of this round of upgrades and enhancements, his ranking had climbed from the previous 78th to 77th.
Not bad, not bad.
Additionally, fortunately, this ranking was absolutely confidential. No one could clearly see the names on this leaderboard, otherwise it would probably truly devolve into a battle of assassins.
Next, waiting until Hathaway freed up some time, Li Wei completed the double rare enhancement for the Woodcutter Card. His perception cap dropped to 19 points, but even so, counting the buff from the Ranger, he still had 23 points.
However, he had achieved the feat of 70% all-element magic immunity.
"Now, there's only one final thing left to do."
Li Wei took out that Dawn Druid Card. Theoretically, the best choice for this card was to hand it over to an extremely potential ranger on their side, and then cultivate a second Druid.
The advantage of air superiority was indeed unparalleled.
But because of the Assassin Squad outside, Li Wei couldn't do this. He had to comprehensively strengthen himself. He might not use a dragon-slaying saber, but he had to have one.
So he had to fuse this Dawn Druid Card onto his own Druid Card.
It is worth mentioning that under normal circumstances, Profession Cards cannot be fused with each other. But Combat Cards are exceptions. For example, Li Wei previously fused a Light Ranger Card, Hathaway also fused a Dawn Mage Card, and so on.
Although his current Druid Card was treated as a Profession Card by him, its essence still belonged to a Combat Card, so it actually wasn't restricted.
Of course, this process would definitely incur losses, and the losses would surely be huge, but Li Wei had no other choice but to do it this way.
With a slight shift of his thoughts, exactly six cards appeared between his brows like a matrix, flashing and moving like phantoms. Li Wei directly activated that Dawn Druid Card, resonating and overlapping it with his own Druid Card. In the next second, he directly entered an illusion—that is, the memory fragments left within by the previous owner of this Dawn Druid Card.
He needed to conquer these memories. He needed to prove his excellence in the domain of Druids to strive for the highest degree of resonance; ultimately, he would successfully fuse it.
Relatively speaking, this was the method of upgrading Profession Cards with the highest success rate, the fewest future troubles, and the most extravagance.
Li Wei responded with all his might within the memory illusion, but ultimately only obtained 45% resonance.
But it didn't matter, because he could continue time after time without limits. In a certain sense, this was more like virtual training.
Even if each training session consumed 1% of this Dawn Druid Card, it was actually very worth it. A single training session could bring him 1 point of Druid Destiny.
Following this, Li Wei acted just like this, entering the memory illusion over a dozen times a day to fight with the original owner's memory fragments, just like his master.
A full two days passed just like this. Li Wei smoothly obtained 72% resonance, and also grinded his Druid Destiny to 38. However, the quality of this Dawn Druid Card had also been drastically depleted and could not continue.
At this moment, he decisively chose to fuse. The effect wasn't very ideal, only allowing his Druid Card to upgrade from three stars to four stars. The resulting 5 free attribute points also conveniently upgraded the three basic Druid transformations—Sky Eagle, Forest Wolf, and Water Fish—to level 6.