This time, let alone just a single Level 4 talent, the souls might be more than enough to activate two Level 4 talents.
It appeared that the breakthrough to Level 5 would be faster than expected.
This was truly remarkable!
Zhang Nu turned to the mature and elegant green-robed elven beauty by his side and said, "I entrust the Tree of Miracle's care to you."
The Miracle Archpriest. Gu Yi, replied with reverence, "Understood, my lord. Rest assured, I will dedicate my life to safeguarding the Tree of Miracle."
The Miracle Archpriest was an upgrade from the Ancient Tree High Priest.
Although the cost of upgrading the priest was high, the benefits of having a Miracle Archpriest were well worth it.
Furthermore, the Level 3 Tree of Life was already very eye-catching, and once this lost elven sacred artifact was revealed to the world, it would undoubtedly attract many powerful forces who would be eager to obtain it.
Not to mention a Level 4 Tree of Miracle, which contained immense life energy, would undoubtedly attract even more nefarious individuals.
Therefore, increasing the power of defense was definitely a necessary measure.
After the Tree of Life was upgraded, the number of positions for the Ancient Tree High Priests increased from one to ten.
Zhang Nu then promoted the original Ancient Tree High Priest into a Miracle Archpriest.
The Miracle Archpriest possessed the strength of a fourth-tier overlord and could also wield the power of the Tree of Miracle.
Whether it was in Giantree City or the Giantree Forest.
As long as it was within the area under the influence of the Tree of Miracle.
Gu Yi, the Miracle Archpriest would be capable of single-handedly face off Level 5 overlord enemies.
With her guarding the Miracle Tree, the Demon King could rest assured that it was well-protected.
Upon returning to his territory, Zhang Nu immediately began sacrificing souls.
[You've sacrificed a Level 3 Hero's Soul. 211 talent points gained!]
[You've sacrificed a Level 3 Hero's Soul. 214 talent points gained!]
[You've sacrificed a Level 3 Hero's Soul. 202 talent points gained!]
[...]
The Demon King had over a hundred third-order souls, but Zhang Nu only sacrificed 48 of them.
Even so, he broke the ten-thousand-point mark for talent points.
[You've activated the Level 4 Talent "Space Manipulation"!]
[All Level 4 Talents activated. Level up conditions satisfied!]
Zhang Nu successfully activated the last Level 4 talent.
Space Manipulation, along with Time Control were both very rare spatio-temporal attribute talents.
The effect of Time Control was to control the flow of time within a certain range, while Space Manipulation allowed one to control space within a certain range.
After obtaining the "Space Manipulation" ability, Zhang Nu could perform short-distance space teleportation similar to instant movement. He could also use spatial power for offense and defense through spatial distortion and folding.
Undoubtedly, this kind of ability had extremely high practical value.
When Zhang Nu obtained the last Level 4 talent, he once again felt that the energy accumulated in every cell of his body had reached the critical point and was released like a nuclear explosion.
[Level up successful!]
[MP +3000, HP +1500, Strength +200, Agility +400, Constitution +200, Will +400, Dragon Flame, Dragon Fear, Hell Thunderflame, Abyssal Devouring, Adamantite Dragon Body, Dragon King's Sanctum, Evil Dragon's Descent, Dragon God Bloodline, Space Manipulation, and Time Control have been greatly enhanced...]
Finally, Zhang Nu had completed his advancement.
He had officially become a Level 5 Demon King.
This breakthrough was a significant milestone for him.
Even before reaching the Level 3, Zhang Nu already possessed power that rivaled that of a monarch.
Then, at the Level 4, he gained rare spatio-temporal attribute talents and the bloodline of the Dragon God.
Now, he had broken through to Level 5.
Level 5 was a crucial turning point.
As the saying went on this continent, "there are no monarchs before Level 5."
This meant that Level 5 was the minimum threshold for the monarch rank.
Not all Level 5's could be monarchs, but all monarchs must possess at least Level 5 strength.
Now that Zhang Nu had crossed the threshold, he could now be rightfully called a Dragon King.
However, in reality, this Dragon King had already surpassed the bottleneck of monarch-level strength.
With his spatio-temporal abilities, Dragon God bloodline, and the power of the Evil God, he had already reached at least mythic-level power.
After breaking through to Level 5, Zhang Nu's strength and potential would become even more terrifying!
He checked his status information to see the changes in his stats.
Name: Zhang Nu
Level: 5
Race: Abyssal Dragon (Demon King Race)
Base Stats (Excluding skill bonuses): 3100 HP, 6200 MP, 390 Strength, 580 Agility, 290 Constitution, 580 Will
Level 1 Talents: Abyssal Draconian, Dragon Flame, Dragon Fear, Lightning Control, Beginner Anti-Magic
Level 2 Talents: Adamantine Dragon Body, Abyssal Devouring, Hell Thunderflame, Medium Anti-Magic.
Level 3 Talents: Dragon King's Sanctum, Evil Dragon's Descent, High Anti-Magic.
Level 4 Talents: Spatial Manipulation, Time Control , Dragon God Bloodline
Level 5 Talents: Abyssal Divine Realm (Inactive), Space-Time Dragon (Inactive), Immortal Dragon God (Inactive).
Other skills: Black Hole of Death (B Rank), Blood Ignition (B Rank), Bloody Claw (B Rank), Fire God's Blessing (B Rank), etc.
Remaining Talent Points: 0
Each time he leveled up, his strength would increase by a large margin.
Currently, in his draconian form, Zhang Nu's MP reached a whopping 6200 points, which was the original value without taking into account the bonuses from the skills and equipment.
In truth, with the amplification of the Dragon God's Bloodline talent, Zhang Nu's total MP pool had already exceeded 10,000 points.
These stat numbers were from his draconian form.
If he were to transform into his dragon form, his HP would easily surpass the threshold of 10,000 points.
Along with his formidable defense, it was almost impossible for him to die.
What gave Zhang Nu a headache was the activation requirement of his three new Level 5 talents.
Undoubtedly, Level 5 talents were extremely powerful.
However, as with every level advancement he had made so far, the difficulty for the next advancement was increased by tenfold.
Activating each of the three Level 5 talents required 100,000 talent points, and it would be a significant hurdle to overcome.
This was simply ludicrous.
Even if he were to hunt down every single Hero in Chaos Forest, Zhang Nu doubted that he could successfully level up from it.
It could not be helped.
After all, the population of the Chaos Forest was limited, and the number of Heroes among them would not be too high.
On the other hand, the empires with a population of billions of people would have countless Heroes, including the possibility of extremely high-level ones.
Wasn't this just forcing him to head to various empires and start killing high-level Heroes on a large scale?
Or perhaps create a huge commotion, such as capturing several princesses of the empire, to lure those Heroes to come to him.
Zhang Nu shook his head.
He decided to leave these matters aside for now.
Even with his Level 5 strength, he was already considered a powerful figure on the continent.
With his current strength, it was sufficient for him to protect himself.
As for becoming stronger, he could only take it step by step and gradually work it out.
Zhang Nu sorted out his thoughts and went on checking the Demon King's Altar to see if there had been any changes or additions to the draconian units.
When Zhang Nu saw the latest updates, he was shocked.
Two new units caught his eye immediately and held his full attention.
For a moment, he could not believe his own eyes.
[Earth Drake Sovereign] Level 5 monarch unit. Leveled up from Earth Drake Grand Marshal. It boasted a terrifying fighting power, command skills, and the might of a monarch. Costs 10 million gold + 2,000 dark gems + 2000 earth gems + 3 Level 5 Hero's soul. Your current territory may only possess a single Earth Drake Sovereign at a time.
[Sky Drake Sovereign] Level 5 monarch unit. Leveled up from Sky Drake Archpriest. It possessed formidable magical powers and the might of a monarch. Costs 20 million gold + 2,000 light gems + 2000 fire gems + 5 Level 5 Hero's soul. Your current territory may only possess a single Sky Drake Sovereign at a time.
Upon seeing these two new units, Zhang Nu almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.
But after carefully confirming it several times, he realized that it was indeed real.
Monarchs!
He could actually summon monarchs!
Zhang Nu had been in this world for quite some time, and he was well aware of what a monarch-level existence meant to a population.
Monarchs not only had overwhelmingly powerful strength, but were also a highly symbolic banner.
Nancilia, for example, was protected and cared for like a precious gem by the entire Giantree tribe from a young age due to her potential as an Elven King, allowing her to ascend to the positions of lord and chief even before reaching adulthood.
For any population, regardless of what kind of anarchy or mayhem they had experienced, the appearance of a monarch would immediately garner countless followers.
Monarchs had an inherent strong cohesive power and authority.
However, monarchs were extremely rare.
This was also why Zhang Nu was so awestruck to see summonable monarch units appear!