After obtaining the new racial speciality, Nolan naturally put it to the test.
Although its essence was to enhance skills and specialities, meaning he didn't have to worry about his abilities disappearing after being used as nourishment, he still chose to start with relatively weaker skills and specialities.
He began with "Flowing Sky Shot." After using it as nourishment to cultivate the seed, Nolan received feedback from the racial speciality "Seed of Eternal Infinity."
Based on the overall potential of "Flowing Sky Shot," it increased the sprouting progress of the "seed" by about seventeen and a half percent.
Of course, Nolan never expected a single skill to fully fill the progress bar, so he also fed in the skill "Star Abyss Power."
Perhaps due to its strong overall potential, it directly raised the progress to seventy percent.
After some thought, Nolan then added the speciality "Human Refinement " as nourishment. As expected, this filled the progress completely, successfully causing the "seed" to sprout.
Several abilities fused together, forming a new speciality: "Stellar Abyss Transmutation." With "Star Abyss Power" assisting, it turned the human body into a formation, greatly enhancing the refinement of both body and soul.
The quality of energy was also improved. Furthermore, due to the influence of "Flowing Sky Shot," the new speciality granted precise control over "Star Abyss Power," allowing it to be projected outward with great accuracy.
At the same time, upon reaching the "sprouting" stage, this speciality gained a special property: "Eternity."
Its effect was that all enhancements provided by this speciality were permanent. They could not be weakened, reduced, or diminished by any means. Even the attacks it produced carried this permanence.
Unless Nolan himself chose to retract his power, if he used "Star Abyss Power" to pierce a hole in a stone, that hole would exist forever.
Of course, if the entire stone were destroyed, the hole would naturally cease to exist as well.
After confirming that these fused abilities not only retained their original effects but had also become significantly stronger, Nolan no longer held back and continued converting various skills and specialities into nourishment.
However, what surprised him was that a single speciality, "Singularity," was enough to elevate the "seed" from the "sprouting" stage to the "flowering" stage.
"Stellar Abyss Transmutation" also evolved into "Singular Stellar Abyss Transmutation," gaining another new property: "Infinity."
This meant that the enhancements provided by this ability were limitless, with no bottlenecks or diminishing returns.
Advancing from the "flowering" stage to the "fruiting" stage, however, proved somewhat more difficult.
Nolan had to use five specialities as nourishment—"Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree," "Threads of the Northern Wind," "Devour All Things," "Trinity," and "All Phenomena as Dream and Illusion"—before finally filling the progress bar.
It seemed that the combined potential of these specialities was still inferior to that of "Singularity."
The newly obtained speciality was named "Gospel · Dreamlike Transmutation."
Its primary effect was the fusion and enhancement of all previous skills and specialities. For example, Nolan could now effortlessly control various forms of energy and even materialize them.
This was an enhancement derived from "Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree" and "Threads of the Northern Wind."
The combination of "Trinity," "All Phenomena as Dream and Illusion," and "Singularity" made Nolan even more unstoppable.
He would essentially no longer perish for any reason.
"Devour All Things" provided an additional pathway for the body-formation to enhance itself, allowing his growth to accelerate further.
Finally, he gained one more property: "Uniqueness."
Its effect was that Nolan's abilities could not be copied, replicated, or simulated by any means.
This effectively prevented others from studying or countering his abilities as well.
Name: Nolan Walker
Level: Lv210 (20.3 billion — 150,000+ / 200 billion)
Title: Adventurer Beyond Legend
Innate Talent: Entangling Affection
Skill: Lumine's Musou · World Lv.10 (Void Starsea Manifestation)
Specialties:
- [Beloved by Maidens (Exclusive)]
- [Spiritual Core (Exclusive)]
- [Imaginary Inner Energy]
- [Drifter of the Imaginary Sea]
- [Heroic Spirit Affinity]
- [Distance Between Stars]
- [Power of Boundaries]
- [Gospel · Dreamlike Transmutation]
Adventure EXP: 2.5 billion
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With this, Nolan's status panel had become much more streamlined.
However, even though his strength had increased significantly over these days, he was still some distance away from breaking through the universe level.
At present, he could only vaguely sense the existence of a "cosmic barrier," but as for how to break through it, he had no solution for the time being.
If he got lucky and obtained another powerful racial speciality next time, he might be able to achieve a breakthrough.
Come to think of it, although he had yet to encounter the Aeons of the galaxy, the fact that he could already perceive the cosmic barrier suggested that, compared to them, he should rank among the stronger ones.
That said, continuing to rapidly increase his strength was becoming somewhat troublesome. To reach Level 210, he had already cleared out nearly all the Hollows outside New Eridu.
If he wanted to find more Ethereals, he would either have to venture into New Eridu itself or search for other places where he could farm large amounts of EXP.
Compared to relying on luck, Nolan naturally preferred the former.
However, the Astral Express had already completed its exploration of Jarilo-VI and would depart for its next destination in two days.
So for now, Nolan did not plan to personally head to New Eridu.
He intended to first follow the Astral Express to the next stop, and only afterward personally explore that city. In the meantime, he would have his avatar continue clearing Hollows, which wouldn't interfere with anything.
As for the two days before the Astral Express departed, Nolan planned to head to Jarilo-VI to increase his affection levels with the girls.
A few days ago, Cocolia had already passed the position of "Supreme Guardian" to her adopted daughter, Bronya. With her schedule now freed up, it was the perfect opportunity for Nolan to go and build affection.
The same applied to Bronya. Nolan intended to max out her affection as soon as possible. Her current affection toward him was already at Level 6, so it wouldn't take much time to reach the maximum.
Moreover, as the new Supreme Guardian, Bronya would likely have many matters to consult Cocolia about during her early tenure. By going there, Nolan could raise both of their affection levels simultaneously.
This way, he could easily max out the affection of both girls, which naturally pleased him.
Nolan spent quite some time being intimate with Navia and Chevreuse. Having mastered the technique, he could even avoid waking them up.
However, when it was time to get up, he still woke them and brought them along to wash up and clean their bodies. Only after that did they have breakfast and prepare to depart for Jarilo-VI.
Since Cocolia had a "waymark," it was effortless for Nolan to reach her. In the blink of an eye, as the surrounding scenery came back into focus, he found himself already by Cocolia's side.
(End of Chapter)
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