novelraw Chapter 275 -275-One Hundred Billion Gold Coins, Spending Money Like Water
Chapter 275 -275-One Hundred Billion Gold Coins, Spending Money Like Water
The receptionist was still focused on enjoying her lunch.
However, she had long since gotten used to Caelan’s sudden appearances.
After exchanging a few simple pleasantries, Caelan entrusted Marov with selling off some of his surplus materials.
Marov’s efficiency was as impressive as ever.
In just three short minutes, an additional two hundred billion gold coins appeared on Caelan’s amethyst card.
At this moment, if anyone else had been present, they would definitely have been frightened by Caelan’s gold coin balance.
With so many gold coins, an ordinary person would not be able to spend them all even in ten lifetimes!
However, to Caelan, these gold coins were actually nothing more than consumables.
Learning a random skill could easily cost him several billion, tens of billions, or even over a hundred billion gold coins.
Two hundred billion gold coins seemed like a lot, but in reality, it simply could not withstand his rate of spending.
Moreover, upgrading skills was something that required careful thought.
For example, some skills might look extremely powerful based on their descriptions, but after truly spending tens or even hundreds of billions of gold coins to upgrade them to Lv.99999 and triggering dimensional elevation, their effects might end up overlapping with existing skills, causing them to lose their value.
That was why Caelan’s current approach to learning skills followed a small but refined route.
Although he did not learn many skills, he poured hundreds of billions of gold coins into each one, making their effects stable and reliable.
Caelan opened his skill tree and looked through it. After browsing for a while, he did not feel that any particular skill was unique or irreplaceable.
The skills he currently possessed could already cover one another’s roles, so there was absolutely no need to spend tens or even hundreds of billions of gold coins learning a skill that would only sit around collecting dust.
Rather than doing that, he might as well strengthen his existing skills.
Thinking this, Caelan immediately opened [Blade Storm Domain] and [Final Burst].
At present, both of these skills had already reached Lv.99999.
However, if he wanted to upgrade them further, each individual skill would require more than ten billion gold coins.
To upgrade, or not to upgrade?
Caelan hardly hesitated before choosing to upgrade them.
First, it was because he currently had plenty of gold coins, so he could completely afford the cost of trial and error.
But more importantly, the domain-type skills Caelan currently possessed were actually limited to only two.
One was the [Divine Mirror Domain] that came with [Divine Mirror Dragonlord], while the other was the [Blade Domain] triggered by [Blade Storm Domain].
Of course, there was also [Molten Inferno], which was still uncertain and which Caelan had not even triggered before.
But aside from [Blade Domain], the other two domains were not very stable when activated.
Therefore, Caelan urgently needed a powerful domain that could be maintained steadily.
This was also why Caelan chose to spend an enormous sum of money to re-elevate these two skills.
However, this upgrade truly met Caelan’s expectations.
In fact, it far exceeded his predictions!
[[Blade Storm Domain] has been raised to Lv.999999. New effect obtained—[Severance].]
[Severance: Each of your attacks will sever a certain number of the opponent’s attribute points. The minimum is 1 point. This effect can trigger a critical hit. The critical hit limit is 1% of the target’s total attribute points.]
Seeing this description, Caelan instantly felt his scalp go numb.
On the surface, the effect of [Severance] did not seem all that impressive.
If his luck was terrible, each attack would only reduce the target’s attributes by 1 point. What difference was that from not reducing them at all?
But if he thought about it from another angle, within the range of [Blade Storm Domain], the number of blades was like a raging storm, utterly impossible to count!
Did that mean as long as the target stayed inside the skill domain for even a short period of time, it could cause a rather considerable weakening effect?
The only question was what the critical hit rate was like.
If critical hits could be triggered frequently, then it would be insane!
As long as it triggered 100 critical hits, the target’s attributes would directly drop to zero.
At that point, Caelan might only need to breathe on the target, and they would probably split apart on the spot!
Thinking of this, the corners of Caelan’s mouth could not help but rise slightly.
Especially when facing powerful enemies, the upgraded [Blade Storm Domain] would absolutely become his first choice!
Caelan nodded in satisfaction. Then he looked at the other skill—[Final Burst].
[[Final Burst] has been raised to Lv.999999. New effect obtained—[Molten Domain].]
[Molten Domain: When you use this skill, it will trigger the [Molten Inferno] effect with a 100% chance. In addition, it increases the damage dealt within the domain, multiplying the damage dealt by 10 times. Targets located inside the domain will suffer erosion from molten lava, taking 99,999 damage per second. This damage can trigger a critical hit. The critical hit deals 1% of the target’s maximum HP as damage, with the higher value being applied.]
Caelan had originally thought that [Severance] from [Blade Storm Domain] was already powerful enough.
But now, he suddenly realized that [Molten Domain] was the one true god!
Damage based on maximum HP?
Did that not mean that when he faced those enemies with absurdly thick health bars in the future, he could still rely on dragging things out to kill them?
Of course, Caelan believed he probably would not encounter such an extreme situation.
After all, with his current strength, he could instantly kill most enemies with ease.
Just like that, with a casual wave of his hand, more than thirty billion gold coins were squandered away.
Of course, the improvement brought by these two skills was also enormous.
Caelan felt that his strength could be said to have multiplied several times over, especially when facing truly powerful opponents. The change was practically earth-shattering.
He still had plenty of gold coins left, so Caelan continued upgrading his previous skills.
[[Infinite Lightblade] has been raised to Lv.999999.]
[New effect obtained—[Blazing Sun].]
[Blazing Sun: When released, this skill perfectly simulates the intensity and heat of the sun, creating true scorching heat like that of a blazing sun to annihilate certain enemies.]
[[Thousandblade Rend] has been raised to Lv.999999.]
[New effect obtained—[Blood Gush].]
[Blood Gush: After dealing damage, applies one layer of bleeding status to the enemy. This status can stack. The damage dealt by each layer is equivalent to your current attack power.]
...
In one breath, Caelan upgraded all of his skills.
Before he knew it, the two hundred billion gold coins that had just arrived had not even had time to warm up before they surged out like a tide and were completely spent.
But Caelan did not feel distressed at all.
That was because every single one of those gold coins had been converted into his strength.
In any case, this wave was definitely not a loss!
After finishing all his preparations, Caelan became even more confident in his own strength.
Then next, it was time to officially start completing his quests!
But...
Which quest should he complete first?
Caelan vaguely felt that his quests seemed to contain some kind of guidance.
As he walked along the street, he suddenly felt like going back to his school to take a look.
And so, [Flashstep] activated!