msmithbooks Chapter 115 Unlocks S-Rank Items
Chapter 115 Unlocks S-Rank Items
Different people have different feelings about war. Some people feel it is very slow, with each day feeling like an eternity, while others feel it is very fast, passing in the blink of an eye.
Song Chen is the latter; for him, two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.
It's the third day of the beast tide, and the sea monsters are retreating earlier than they were the previous two days.
When the sun was still a pole's breadth above the sea level, the last batch of sea creatures sank to the bottom of the sea.
There was none of the fierce fighting of the previous two days, nor the frenzied fighting that continued until dark.
They retreated suddenly, as if they had received some order, or as if they had something more important to do.
There were fewer corpses floating on the sea than in the previous two days, because they retreated more decisively and no longer piled up their bodies under the breakwater as stepping stones.
Song Chen stood on the breakwater, the Tianjun Blade stuck in front of him, the white light on the blade slowly receding.
The combat suit was no longer recognizable as its original color. Three days ago it was black, but now it was a murky color between dark red, dark blue, and deep purple. Layers of bloodstains covered every inch of the fabric, making it as stiff as a suit of armor.
Her hair was clumped together again, and the ends were still dripping a liquid that she couldn't tell if it was seawater or blood.
There were seven or eight small cuts on his face, all from the bone spurs and scales of sea monsters. They weren't deep, but there were many, like a piece of paper that had been scratched by a cat.
Song Chen didn't count how many sea beasts he killed in those three days.
All he knew was that the system notification sound had been ringing in his mind for three whole days, from morning till night, and from night till morning, almost without stopping.
His kill count was skyrocketing, to the point where he felt the number was no longer real.
The first day, the fighting lasted from day to night.
The next day, the sea monsters launched an even fiercer attack, not retreating even into the night, and only backing down at four in the morning.
On the third day, the sea beasts retreated earlier, but the proportion of those at or above the third tier was higher.
Song Chen closed his eyes and his consciousness sank into the system space.
[Kill Value: 1872400 points.]
His kill points had reached 1.87 million, especially on the second day when he accumulated 920,000 kill points.
Song Chen opened her eyes, the sea breeze blowing on her face.
He started to laugh; 1.87 million could do a lot of things.
But he didn't make a purchase in the system store immediately because he knew someone was watching him.
Song Chen did not consume anything for the past three days. The secondary reason was that the war was indeed intense, but the main reason was the spiritual power within him.
That gentle spiritual energy has been flowing continuously for three days and three nights, from the morning the beast tide broke out until now.
It was like an extremely thin and transparent membrane covering Song Chen's body, sensing his condition and monitoring his heartbeat, breathing, blood circulation, and mental strength.
It neither interferes nor protects, or at least does not actively protect; it simply watches.
But its very existence is a form of protection. Those hiding in the shadows, those human traitors who wanted to assassinate him during the chaos of the beast tide, dared not make a move the moment they sensed this spiritual power.
With the mental power of a sixth-level grandmaster covering him, who would dare to make a move under his nose?
So, apart from the sea monsters, nothing unexpected happened during these three days.
Song Chen knew that he couldn't do anything that would arouse suspicion while under Zhou Wangyue's mental influence.
Consumptions made in the system store, such as purchasing pills, essences, combat techniques, and upgrading special abilities, will all cause sudden changes in his physical condition.
So he didn't make any purchases.
However, Song Chen figured something out today: it seems he can upgrade the system.
The system upgrade process is internal and covert, and will not cause any external fluctuations in Qi, blood or mental energy.
From the outside, he was just cultivating, with his eyes closed, his blood and qi circulating smoothly, and his spiritual power flowing slowly, just like any other martial artist cultivating.
He had been eyeing S-grade goods for a long time: S-grade combat skills, S-grade superpowers, S-grade weapons, S-grade pills. The difference between A-grade and S-grade could be seen from the Tianjun Blade alone.
Song Chen walked down the breakwater, but did not return to the barracks, did not go to the mess hall, and did not speak to anyone.
He crossed the open space behind the barracks, walked along the path strewn with broken seashells, and reached a rocky area on the west side of the island.
The rocks here are high and steep, blocking the view from the direction of the barracks.
He found a relatively flat rock, sat cross-legged, faced the sea, and closed his eyes.
Shen Yutong stood at the entrance of the barracks, watching Song Chen's figure disappear into the rocky area to the west.
She held a neatly folded white handkerchief in her hand, tugging at it for a long time, intending to give it to Song Chen to wipe the blood from his face.
But she didn't move. After three days and three nights of fighting, he had killed seven thousand sea monsters and needed to be alone for a while.
Shen Yutong put the handkerchief into her pocket, turned around and walked into the barracks. She would give it to him tomorrow.
Song Chen's consciousness sank into the system space.
In the darkness, the system interface lit up, initiating a system upgrade.
[Would you like to consume one million kill points to upgrade the system to level four? Upgrading will unlock the ability to purchase S-level items.]
"confirm."
Song Chen silently recited in his heart.
The system interface flickered briefly and then went dark.
In the darkness, Song Chen heard a sound, like a low hum coming from the system core.
The low hum lasted for about three seconds, and then the interface lit up again.
[System upgrade complete. Current level: Level 4 (Upgrading the system to level 5 requires 100 million kill points).]
[Access to purchase S-level items has been unlocked.]
System storage space has been expanded.
Song Chen stared intently at the kill points required for the system upgrade, speechless. Upgrading the system from level four to level five would require a staggering 100 million kills, a hundred times more than before.
This was far beyond his expectations; wasn't this asking for a bit too much?
He decided to ignore all that and began to focus his attention on the classification of S-level products.
He quickly selected a batch that suited him well, but the price was a bit beyond his expectations.
[S-Rank Combat Skill: Seven Heavenly Thunder Slashes, a divine-level combat skill that fuses the power of lightning with swordsmanship to its ultimate form. It consists of seven moves. Price: 1200000 Kill Points.]
[S-Rank Ability Upgrade: Nine Heavens Thunder (S-Rank), the ultimate form of lightning-type abilities, allowing control of heavenly lightning with a range covering a radius of one kilometer, and its power increased tenfold. Price: 1800000 Kill Points.]
[S-Rank Movement Technique: Lightning Flash, with a maximum speed exceeding Mach 10, and the ability to teleport nine times consecutively in mid-air. Price: 900000 Kill Points.]
[S-Rank Elixir: Heavenly Fate Blood Pill, Price: 500000 Kill Points.]
……
Each price made his eyelids twitch; the lowest was 500,000, and to upgrade the system again, it would cost 10 million.
Song Chen has 1.87 million. After deducting the 1 million spent on upgrading the system, he has 870,000 left.
I can't afford the Seven Heavenly Thunder Slashes, I can't afford the Nine Heavens Thunder Upgrade, and I can't afford the Lightning Flash.
The only thing he could afford was a Heavenly Fate Blood Pill, but one pill cost 500,000, leaving him with only 370,000, which he couldn't use for anything.
Moreover, humans don't possess pills of this caliber, and taking them out would easily expose the system.
Song Chen paused for a long time, then closed the S-level product page and opened the combat skills page.
[Thunderous Annihilation Blade (Rank A): Requires 500000 kill points to progress from the Great Completion Realm to the Grandmaster Realm.]
To upgrade an A-level combat skill from Mastery to Grandmaster, you need 500,000 kill points.
He had seen the price in his apartment before and thought it was outrageously expensive.
But now, compared to the price of S-class products that often exceed one million, 500,000 suddenly becomes acceptable.