Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 484 Battles and Ascension!

All attributes are maxed out! 50 points of maximum attribute value!
Even in the vast and brilliant world of geniuses, those who can accomplish this are extremely rare and exceptional.

Because in addition to skill, luck is also an important factor.

Even someone as strong as Li Xia could only raise his attributes to around forty points when he was about to advance to the next rank, still some distance from the maximum value of the five dimensions.

To reach the maximum attribute value of 50, besides being strong enough, the most important thing is the arrangement of the Hall of Fame, which involves creating more worlds where attribute points can be obtained.

Instead of other more profitable options like World of Warcraft.

"Wow, fifty points of extreme attribute. The Hall of Light hasn't produced one in years, has it?"

It excitedly circled twice in mid-air:
"Boss, I'll go find out what the advancement battle is all about later. If it's the same as the second tier, we'll just slaughter everyone!"

"Hmm, but I think the second-order form is basically impossible."

Li Xia casually turned off the control panel, feeling the power surging within his body.

The sudden increase in attributes was very noticeable to Li Xia, whose control over his body was already at a level that made him stand out among his peers at the third tier.

The feeling of gaining 30 points to all attributes is already quite strong.

"Same as always, go strengthen first, then meet up at the arena. We're almost at rank 3, let's finish the arena first."

Li Xia, with practiced ease, gave each of the three boys 10,000 points as pocket money, while the remaining Hall Points went into the public account.

So that Aowu and the others can go and make the purchases.

"go!"

[Executioner, you currently have 10 attribute points remaining. Please allocate them.]

Li Xia lay in the metal cabin, looking at the pale blue panel floating in front of him.

He directly presented the reward he had redeemed: Tresia's Source of Vitality.

The spring water was contained in an exquisite crystal bottle, the small bottle radiating an extremely dazzling light.

The liquid, like a galaxy, rippled continuously within the bottle, each ripple making the light within even more dazzling.

Without any hesitation, Li Xia pulled out the cork, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

The liquid was extremely cold; when it entered my mouth, it felt like a line of ice was flowing straight down my throat.

Even with Li Xia's strong constitution, he couldn't help but shiver. When the liquid reached his lungs, he suddenly felt something else entirely.

The liquid felt like it was on fire, churning and boiling inside my stomach.

A surge of violent power swelled within Li Xia's body, like gas, filling every corner of his being.

Li Xia forced himself to endure this strange feeling, a mixture of weirdness and pain.

This feeling isn't pleasant.

He extended his trembling finger and tapped the attribute enhancement option on the panel, adding two points to each attribute. He gritted his teeth and pressed confirm.

"Buzz!"

The entire machine immediately trembled, and layer upon layer of dazzling light appeared on the robot.

An unparalleled power was gathering, and Li Xia almost cried out in pain.

The feeling was like someone was crushing your body inch by inch, and then putting your crushed body into a shaping machine.

It was squeezed out little by little through the opening under tremendous pressure, and finally baked and shaped.

He wanted to vent his pain by throwing punches, but he couldn't do it at all.

My body seemed to have vanished—no, it really had vanished.

The powerful body was constantly being annihilated by the unparalleled power of the Hall of Light, and then restored to normal by some mysterious power.

"crunch"

A powerful hand pressed down on the hatch of the forged reinforced compartment, the sturdy walls creaking and groaning under the terrifying force.
The warnings from the Hall of Light kept updating, and a hissing sound of pressure release mixed with white mist billowed from the enhancement chamber.

Li Xia's bare upper body was faintly visible in the mist, his powerful body, like a block of steel, standing out conspicuously.

[Executioner, enhancement complete. Your Strength attribute has reached fifty points.]

[Attention! Executioner, you are currently a Tier 3 Apostle and cannot receive the attribute breakthrough reward. Please complete the tier upgrade to unlock the related features.]

[Executioner, your agility has reached fifty points.]

After advancing to the next level, related features will be unlocked.

[Attention! Executioner, you are currently a Tier 3 Apostle and cannot receive the attribute breakthrough reward. Please complete the tier upgrade to unlock the related features.]

The same prompt was played five times, which means that Li Lixia's five basic attributes have all reached the maximum value of fifty points.

Li Xia gasped for breath, clenched his fists, and gasped for air. The pain he had just felt had almost made him pass out.

He looked at the previous enhancement with lingering fear, thinking that the pain he felt when breaking through the limit was nothing compared to what he had experienced before.

Wait, could it be that I've already broken through the enhancement limit, but the rank hasn't been reached yet, so it's not showing up?
However, after careful recollection, he realized that it was indeed quite painful when he first broke through the attribute limit.

Although it still hurts now, he's gotten used to it, unlike before when he couldn't bear even one thing.
But then again, with such generous rewards for breaking through extreme attribute limits, what are these minor injuries and pains compared to that?
If she could, Li Xia even felt she could—

Forget it, he's not a masochist.

"Boss, calling the boss!"

The message that Aowu posted more than ten minutes ago is still in the team channel.

Li Xia, panting heavily, replied with a "?" with trembling fingers.

"Boss, you're in luck! I've found out a bit about the advancement battle. Should I share it in my personal space?"

So fast? So efficient?
Li Xia hesitated for a moment, then looked at the kitten, which had also finished strengthening its attributes and was now happily 'admiring' its increasingly strong body and arms.

Unable to resist the urge, he gave the order:
"You've finished upgrading, right? Then come to the arena, let's talk when we meet."

Inside the preparation lounge, a large screen clearly displays the current real-time number of players and their personal information.

You have entered the Arena (Tier 3)

Current Arena Players: 28714

[Current ranking: 323]

Current winning streak: 0 games

Li Xia had only seen the Tier 3 Arena once, and was judged as a super threat by the Hall of Light, but he skipped levels all the way.

In the last arena, Li Xia stopped after reaching the rank of two or three hundred.

Because we've almost reached this point, the opponents below are starting to struggle, and some are even quite difficult to handle.

But this time is different. There's not much time left before the next world war, and to get the reward, you have to come in first place.

"Black Charcoal, you and Xiaotian are together without any restrictions. Even if you can't beat Calling Me, it's fine."

Judging from your current combat strength and ranking, you shouldn't feel much pressure.

Black Charcoal nodded and raised its claws high.

"Meow!"

,,,,,,,,
The matching speed is as fast as ever.

[Matching successful]

[A close opponent has been found, and preparations for the match will begin soon!] [Audience: 2 people]

[Venue is being randomly selected]

[Battle begins!]

The slight dizziness gradually subsided, and the world before my eyes alternated between black and white.
As her vision cleared, Li Xia shook her head, trying to clear her mind.

He looked up and glanced around. There were very few people around; almost no one in sight. Only a few people sat in their seats, laughing loudly and mocking the crowd below.
Semi-private battles?

After thinking for a moment, Li Xia quickly decided on the format of the battle: a semi-private battle where no one else could join except for close friends of the two players.

"give it to you."

After leaving all the burdens on Heitan, he found a place to sit down.

The man opposite him couldn't help but frown, staring intently at Li Xia's movements, and then let out two cold laughs.

Send in a summoned creature? That's a cheap trick—trying to test my skills!
3, 2, 1!

The light barrier separating the battlefield suddenly disappeared, and Heitan and Xiaotian scattered to the sides, drawing an arc across the field.

It attacked the apostles on the other side like a pair of pincers.

Li Xia only glanced at it before losing interest; he was more focused on the news Aowu had brought back.

After discovering that the apostle opposite wasn't 'very strong,' the little dragon didn't care. Instead, it shrank back into the dragon egg and said excitedly.

"Boss, we're in luck. There's a guy in the club whose master is also about to advance in rank. We didn't hide it from him when we were gathering information."
So I heard it in more detail.

Awoo manipulated the water flow, forming several numbers in the air:

"First, there's the format of the promotion battle, which actually comes in several forms, mainly determined by the Apostle's daily performance and the Hall of Light's evaluation of the Apostle."

Those with weaker strength will participate in the lowest-level promotion battles, while those with average strength will participate in the medium-level promotion battles.

Those with higher qualifications participate in the top-tier programs, and even within these programs, there are further subdivisions and differences.

However, you can choose this method yourself, but I've heard it's quite complicated, requiring you to complete a prerequisite task and obtain some kind of qualification certificate.

Li Xia nodded. He shouldn't have to worry about this aspect. Based on his daily performance and the evaluation of the Hall of Light, he was definitely in the highest tier among the third level.

There are three ways to advance in rank: Faith Ascension, World Ascension, and Battle Ascension.

Boss, as you know, advancing to a higher level isn't simply about changing to a different world.

Rather, it is a leap in the essence of life, just like ascension.

Ascension of Faith, as the name suggests, is about uniting the faith of all people and achieving a leap in social status.

Aowu used water to condense a small altar in mid-air, and countless tiny figures around it kept kowtowing on the ground.

Tiny droplets of water flowed from the little man's body, continuously converging towards the altar.

Eventually, the little figure in the altar grew larger and larger until it reached a certain limit and exploded.

Awoo opened its mouth, about to speak.

Suddenly, an angry roar came from the arena. The apostle had transformed into a three-meter-tall giant, each punch carrying terrifying power.

The impact sent dirt flying everywhere, and a huge crater appeared out of nowhere.

However, Black Charcoal and Howling Sky are extremely fast and have small footprints, so these melee fighters don't have many good ways to deal with the two little ones.

However, he seemed to have considered this as well, with a lot of dark, ink-like liquid swirling around his body, and each punch would splash out a large amount of liquid.

Aowu withdrew his gaze and wanted to speak, but the roars from the other side grew louder and louder.

Finally, Aowu couldn't take it anymore and dashed out, uttering beautiful Chinese:

"What the hell are you yelling for? You're just making a fuss over a fight. Are you pretending to be a fire truck, yelling and spraying water at the same time?"

Xiao Long unleashed his full power, instantly stealing the enemy's black water with his gravity law and water control talent, condensing it into a highly concentrated water ball that slammed directly onto him.

This attack wasn't very harmful, but it was extremely insulting, and the transformed apostle roared twice more in anger.

But Black Charcoal had already seized the opportunity, and together with Howling Sky, they formed a smooth cat-dog doubles combo, one specializing in the top lane and the other in the bottom lane, biting everything.

The two teammates in the stands watched with a chill running down their spines, feeling a faint coldness in their groin.

Aowu flew back contentedly, and after recalling for a moment, continued:

"However, this kind of faith ascension is the lowest level, prepared for trash apostles, and those worlds are also trained by the temple."

Once you complete the tasks assigned by the temple, the natives will worship you as a god. Normal apostles would never consider taking this path.

After advancing to a higher rank, attributes are basically halved, which is essentially a form of slow suicide.

Li Xia nodded, and said thoughtfully;
"That world ascension, is the kind we experienced when we were in the second stage?"

The world itself underwent a comprehensive leap, but failed for some reason.

The entire world is in a superposition of second-order and third-order states.

So, recreating the process of the world's ascension at that time allows for advancement?

"Correct!"

Awoo nodded vigorously, and the second water sphere spun continuously.

"The upper and lower limits are quite large, and the higher the level, the more advanced it can be, like us, to reach the highest level."

The lower level is similar to ascension through faith; it all depends on your own choice.

But the only obstacle is that such a world is rare and difficult to form.

"If this kind of world is used too much, the world will eventually ascend and become unusable."

Although the worlds in the void are infinite, no one knows exactly how many there are.

However, the world controlled by the Hall is limited, and it is extremely rare for a world jump to occur within this limited world and then unexpectedly fail without being a complete failure.

"Okay, I understand—"

Li Xia nodded, then asked:

"What about the last type of ascension through battle? Could it be ascension through combat?"

"Yes! This is the most difficult. It starts with a superior leap forward, with a coefficient of 0.7 or higher."

The howling claws pointed at the last water sphere.

The water sphere rippled rapidly, forming a monster.

He said seriously:
"Boss, the last kind of ascension works by finding a monster of a higher rank and killing it through battle."

The temple stripped him of his life form, then overwrote the apostle's existence according to the existence of the monsters he had killed.
In other words, in a sense, you replaced the monster's rank and took its place in the higher-level world.

Furthermore, it can be said that the strength and characteristics of a monster determine the strength of you after you replace it.

This is what it means to ascend through battle!

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!

I had been drinking, and I almost fell asleep while writing, but I forced myself to finish.

(End of this chapter)