There were less than five days left in the Time Stop Space. Lu Yin opened his eyes and exhaled, causing the air to distort. The temperature was simply too high.
His skin had already been burned into tatters by the high temperature, and he could no longer feel any pain.
The Heavenfire Stone's high temperature cooled down, and Lu Yin put it away. It was useless now, and he couldn't increase his strength even if he wanted to.
The flames had only allowed him to reach the Hunter realm with thirteen cycles, which meant that he was still six cycles away from becoming an Enlighter. He would be able to break through on the seventh cycle, so he wasn't too far away. As for the star essence, he had used up about seven million, which was a ridiculous amount. Fortunately, he had plenty of money.
After resting for half a day, Lu Yin raised his hand, and his die appeared.
He tapped it, and the die spun before finally stopping. Roll 1 was useless.
Lu Yin wasn't in a hurry, and he looked up at the time. There were still four days left, which was too short. He had originally wanted to extend the time, but it wasn't worth it. Extending the time by ten days would cost him double the amount of star essence, which was a little ridiculous.
Since he wasn't in a hurry, Lu Yin silently recited the Stonewall Scriptures. He had already formed a habit of reciting the Stonewall Scriptures whenever he had nothing to do.
The scene in front of him changed, and Lu Yin returned to the secret room where he continued to recite the Stonewall Scriptures.
Three days later, Lu Yin could continue rolling the die.
This time, Lu Yin's luck wasn't too good. He rolled one for three consecutive rolls, which resulted in useless items. On the fourth roll, he was left speechless. He looked at the impurities on the cover of the die and wondered who had put this in their cosmic ring.
The person on the cover was actually Luo Shen, and she was someone he was familiar with.
Lu Yin finished rolling the die five times, and he would have to wait at least ten days if he wanted to continue rolling the die.
Ten days passed by quickly, and Lu Yin raised his hand and tapped his die. He had to roll four pips.
He was afraid that he would roll six pips, so he placed his cosmic ring aside.
Reality proved that he was wise, and he actually rolled six pips.
If he hadn't placed his cosmic ring aside, he didn't know how much star essence would have been used up.
The second roll went smoothly, and he rolled four pips.
Lu Yin entered the Time Stop Space once more.
He had spent a mere 20,000 star essence to extend the time to 240 days. If he hadn't come out just now, he would have spent countless star essence to extend the time limit by 240 days. No matter how rich he was, he wouldn't be able to afford it.
Inside the Time Stop Space, Lu Yin wanted to roll three pips, but he couldn't.
Helplessly, he used the Root of Wisdom to make tea.
The Root of Wisdom varied in size. The Root of Wisdom that Mister Mu had given him was not as big as the withered Root of Wisdom that he had obtained from Lockbreaking. It could only be brewed into three sips of tea. The withered Root of Wisdom from before had been brewed into five sips of tea.
As the tea brewed, a fragrant aroma assailed his nostrils. He took a whiff and felt his mind clear up. Regardless of whether it was what he was seeing or his memories, everything was clear. He could recall everything that had happened to him, and it was like watching a movie. He could see every detail.
All of a sudden, his intelligence had increased by a lot.
This was the magical effect of the Wisdom Root Tea.
Lu Yin had already decided that he was going to use the Wisdom Root Tea to deduce the Overlaying Stacks Path.
Looking at all the powers he had grasped, the most effective attack method was still the Empty Palm. It was a combination of strength, coupled with his constantly increasing physical strength and Overlaying Stacks, a single Empty Palm was enough to suppress the majority of people of the same generation. And with his current physical strength, the Empty Palm was enough to threaten the peak successors of Ascension Mavis.
Actually, if he had more Wisdom Root Tea, he would have wanted to comprehend the Daynight's Tribute, Sourcebox Array, and so on. Unfortunately, he only had three sips.
After the first sip, Lu Yin felt as if he was floating. He raised a hand and struck out with his palm, causing the void to distort and transform into layers of ripples that spread out. He stared at the ripples and struck out with palm after palm.
During his battle with Nightking Zhenwu, he had deduced Overlaying Stacks up to 170 Stacks. Now, he easily reached 180 Stacks and then 190 Stacks.
Overlaying Stacks was based on physical strength, and after breaking through to the Hunter realm, Lu Yin's physical strength had increased by a lot. The increase was a little exaggerated, and he only stopped after deducing Overlaying Stacks up to 220 Stacks.
With a single palm strike, there were 220 stacks. Even if Lan Si were to clash with him, he would be directly crippled.
According to Lu Yin's estimates, even if Lan Si broke through to the Enlighter realm, his Overlaying Stacks would only be able to reach 200 Stacks at most. As for Ascension Mavis, his strength would not surpass 200 Stacks by much, but it was definitely not enough.
Of course, 200 Stacks was not Lu Yin's current limit. He had just broken through thirteen cycles, and every time he broke through, his strength would increase.
Lu Yin drank another sip of Wisdom Root Tea and continued deducing Overlaying Stacks.
The void trembled like the sound of a drum crossing the river of time.
250 Stacks. Lu Yin had deduced a total of 250 Stacks from his second sip of Wisdom Root Tea.
He let out a long breath and looked at his palm. Even he himself felt that it was terrifying, and he did not know if Ascension Mavis could withstand it. He really wanted to compete with that woman again.
This time, he wanted to see how many palm strikes she could withstand.
There was one last sip of Wisdom Root Tea left, and Lu Yin's gaze landed on his heart. Through his Fatesand, he saw the black and white mist.
The reason why Mister Mu wanted him to become the champion was mainly because of that black and white mist. He had tried it back on the Royal Frost Continent, but that strength was not something he could control. Now that he had the Wisdom Root Tea, Lu Yin's gaze became resolute. He had to control it even if he could not, as he did not want to be expelled from Mister Mu's tutelage.
As he thought about it, he drank the last sip of Wisdom Root Tea and circulated the black and white mist out of his body.
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There were less than a hundred days left in the Time Stop Space, and Lu Yin had spent quite a bit of time using the Wisdom Root Tea to comprehend his own body. He raised his hand and his die appeared. He should have rolled Enhance!
He was thinking about Enhance, but when the die slowly stopped rolling, it was Enhance. Lu Yin was speechless.
His luck was not good this time, and he had to wait for another twenty days. When there were eighty days left before the Time Stop Space ended, he finally rolled Enhance.
Lu Yin sighed as he looked at the two screens. It had not been easy!
The first thing he wanted to upgrade was his formcast model.
The formcast model within his body had been consumed when he had become a Hunter, and it could only be upgraded six times at most. This was common knowledge in the current universe, but he wanted to see if he could upgrade it seven times. If he could, then he wanted to see what kind of changes would occur.
He placed the formcast model on the upper screen. This was a four-stage formcast model, and it was a very ordinary one. Lu Yin easily upgraded it to a five-stage one, and then to a six-stage one. It did not cost much, only a little more than 8,000 star essence.
Lu Yin saw a boundless number of rune lines on the six-stage formcast model. This was a formcast model that could only be created by Envoys, and it would be worth quite a bit of money if he sold it.
He had once thought of selling it for money, but the drawbacks were too great. Firstly, he might increase his opponents' strength, and secondly, he might expose himself.
Some money could be earned, but some would burn him.
He had already upgraded it six times, and Lu Yin solemnly placed it on the upper screen, hoping to upgrade it to seven times.
Lu Yin tossed out 10,000 star essence in a single breath.
The formcast model dropped a little bit. Although it was only a little bit, Lu Yin was pleasantly surprised. This meant that he could upgrade it to seven times, which meant that once he broke through to the Enlighter realm, his strength would be as exaggerated as when he had become a Hunter.
The reason why his strength had increased so much after breaking through to the Hunter realm was definitely related to the formcast model.
Probably not many people had a seven-stage formcast model, including the Ten Arbiters and the top geniuses of the Neoverse.
He had asked Hai Qiqi before, and she had told him that a six-stage formcast model required an Envoy to create one. Then a seven-stage formcast model would require a powerhouse with a power level of at least a million or even stronger. How many people in the Fifth Mainland could create one?
Lu Yin's advantage was growing.
As he thought about it, Lu Yin decided to upgrade the formcast model to seven times.
He looked at the formcast model and blinked. He hadn't paid much attention to it before, as he had been focused on upgrading it. Now that he looked at it carefully, his pupils shrank. It couldn't be.
The tiny drop in the formcast model was only a thousandth of the total drop height?
And it was even a ten-thousandth of it?
Lu Yin was stunned. This was too exaggerated. How could it be so exaggerated?
Upgrading it from the sixth to the seventh required so much?
He carefully calculated the cost again and gasped. A hundred million! It was definitely more than a hundred million star essence.
Lu Yin's entire body went cold. He did have a hundred million star essence, but that was already equivalent to all of his savings. How could it be so exaggerated?
He thought about it for a moment. Upgrading the formcast model from the fourth to the fifth stage required 300,000 star crystals, and upgrading the formcast model from the fifth to the sixth stage required 8,000 star essence, which was a 2,600 fold increase. In that case, upgrading the formcast model from the sixth to the seventh stage required a hundred million star essence, which was a 10,000 fold increase, which wasn't too exaggerated.
Formcast models were mystical items that could increase the strength of the younger generation to a level comparable to the older generation. It was a mystical item that could widen the gap between the current generation and the ancient generation. Every upgrade was very exaggerated, and the seventh upgrade was something that Lu Yin had never even heard of before. Using a hundred million star essence to upgrade the formcast model didn't seem too exaggerated.
Lu Yin smiled bitterly. Cultivation consumed resources, and the average person couldn't afford it. Even if they had innate talent, it was useless without money.
Fortunately, he still had the ability to earn money.
He silently put the formcast model away. Since he needed a hundred million star essence to upgrade the formcast model, there was no need to rush it. He had given the hundred million star essence to Ku Wei to place bets on, and he only had a little more than fifty million star essence on him. It wasn't enough!
Since the formcast model wasn't enough to upgrade the formcast model, Lu Yin thought about it and then took out the extreme ice stone. This was the only thing that he needed to upgrade at the moment.
If the Ice Empress' words were true and this thing could freeze time, then Lu Yin could do it.
However, since it was linked to time, the amount of star essence required to upgrade the formcast model was probably quite exaggerated.
Lu Yin carefully placed the extreme ice stone on the upper screen and then began to smash the star essence.
The things that he wanted to upgrade were all very expensive, and any one of them would cost him hundreds of thousands of star essence. Thus, Lu Yin directly smashed 100,000 star essence, and the extreme ice stone dropped about a tenth of the way down.