Since I can't kill all these dozen or so monsters with my spiritual-level strength, I need to break through to the profound level. Three characters, all four bloodlines at the Grand Mastery level, meet the conditions for a breakthrough. And I've already accumulated enough monster power for the breakthrough.
"Now, I can attempt the breakthrough whenever I want."
"The only problem is that once I choose to break through, there might be unforeseeable issues."
Switching to the character Wang Nan, I focus on the panel's realm information.
[Congratulations, your character Wang Nan has achieved Grand Mastery in all four bloodlines. Your character Zhang Yang has achieved Grand Mastery in all four bloodlines. Your character Lang Shisan has achieved Grand Mastery in all four bloodlines, meeting the conditions for a realm upgrade.]
[Do you want to spend 160 monster power points to upgrade your character Wang Nan's realm to the Profound level?]
Upon seeing this prompt, I don't feel joy but rather a sense of seriousness.
"Breaking through is different from bloodline fusion. It requires the use of the personal information panel and consumes monster power. I can't use any panel-related abilities in foresight, which means I can't foresee the breakthrough process."
Last time, when I broke through to the Spiritual level, I had no hesitation because I had the Ancient Monster Blood. But this time is different.
Whether it's the words of the monsters under the Immortal Palace or the words of the County Guard of Tianyun County, they both hang like a sword over my head, making me uneasy.
I'm torn on whether to break through or not. However, I soon make up my mind.
"I definitely have to break through. I can't avoid breaking through just because I can't use foresight."
"Besides, that monster mentioned that there's a higher chance of problems arising during my breakthrough to the Profound level."
"Furthermore, even if there are issues during the breakthrough, I have a way to fix it with the Perfect Resurrection Card."
With my thoughts racing, I decide to try it regardless of the outcome. But before I do that, I need to get away from here. Since I can't defeat all the monsters now, I won't waste my energy here.
I activate the Interdimensional Travel skill, and my figure disappears once again.
"It's that ability again!"
"Chase him! I want to see how many times he can use it!"
The dozen or so monsters, frustrated by their prey slipping away, quickly give chase.
While running away, I start the breakthrough process. At this moment, my character has switched again, and I've chosen Lang Shisan.
Wang Nan's bloodlines have been tainted by demonic energy, so having him breakthrough might lead to problems. It's safer to let Zhang Yang and Lang Shisan breakthrough, and there's an added benefit if I choose Lang Shisan. After he breaks through, all three of my characters will have their spiritual, elemental, and physical powers boosted, which will be a huge advantage for Wang Nan and Zhang Yang.
[Do you want to spend 160 monster power points to upgrade your character Lang Shisan's realm to the Profound level?]
"Yes!"
[Please choose one bloodline as the primary and the other three as secondary.]
[Ancient Wolf Bloodline, Spirit Crown Bird Bloodline, Jade Horned Sheep Bloodline, Swallowing Star Demon Bloodline.]
Four secret lineage bloodlines are presented before me. Without hesitation, I choose the Swallowing Star Demon Bloodline.
[You have selected the Swallowing Star Demon Bloodline as the primary, with the Ancient Wolf Bloodline, Spirit Crown Bird Bloodline, and Jade Horned Sheep Bloodline as secondary. Confirm your choice?]
[Note: There is a risk of bloodline conflict and loss of control during realm upgrade. Please choose carefully.]
"Confirm!"
[The realm upgrade is in progress. Please be patient...]
With the expenditure of 160 monster power points, I immediately sense the uncontrollable rotation of the four secret lineage bloodline manuals within me. The bloodlines start to boil.
It's a similar process to when I upgraded from Ordinary to Spiritual level.
The bloodlines of the Ancient Wolf, Spirit Crown Bird, and Jade Horned Sheep seem evenly matched at first but begin to change over time.
I notice that with the Swallowing Star Demon Bloodline, starlight rapidly gathers from the heavens and replenishes its consumption. The other three bloodlines lack this ability, and their strength gradually diminishes with time.
"The Swallowing Star Demon Bloodline has this ability?" I'm pleasantly surprised as I feel the changes within me. This breakthrough has gone smoothly largely due to the unique aspects of the Swallowing Star Demon Bloodline. If it were any other Ancient Monster Bloodline, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
With the successful fusion of the four bloodlines, I can clearly sense a significant increase in my spiritual, elemental, and physical powers. Both my Qi and Yuan energy have increased several times over!
[Congratulations, you are the first player to break through to the Profound level. You have earned 200 points of luck.]
[Congratulations, your realm has upgraded to the Profound level. The foresight talent has been enhanced, increasing your daily uses by 3.]
[Congratulations, your foresight talent can now be used 60 times, meeting the advancement condition.]
[Your foresight talent has advanced, and you can explore its specific effects.]
Multiple notifications pop up one after another, and a smile appears on my face. The luck reward was expected.
However, I'm a bit disappointed that the increase in foresight uses is only three more. It didn't increase further due to my breakthrough to a higher level. Thankfully, with my current foresight usage limit, this won't have any impact on me.
What surprises me is the advancement of the foresight talent. Last time it advanced, it allowed me to use foresight consecutively. I wonder what new abilities it has this time.
Glancing at the dozen or so monsters surrounding me, I can't help but test it out.
"Huh? He broke through?"
"How is that possible? When did human warriors break through so easily? Just decide to break through and it happens?"
As my bloodlines change, the monsters notice the issue immediately and their expressions change.
"This outsider has only been here for a little over a month. How did he break through from Ordinary level to Profound level in such a short time?"
The monsters are bewildered and suddenly feel fear deep down. Yesterday, when I hadn't broken through yet, I was able to kill one of them under their siege. Now, with my breakthrough to the Profound level, they can't imagine how much stronger I've become.
"Attack! We can't let him escape this time!"
My rapid advancement terrifies the monsters, and they can't help but think about what would happen if I continue to grow stronger. They all attack at once, and I fight back without holding anything back, while keeping an eye on my foresight.
Sū Nán's eyes lit up. With the same technique, he had been able to kill three Profound-level demons before, but this time he managed to kill five.
However, it wasn't over yet.
"Your strength has made the remaining six monsters fearful. They want to escape, but now they feel the depletion of your inner power and hesitate to attack you again."
"You remain undaunted and your energy surges. You replenish the energy you consumed earlier with your vital energy, then enhance it in your body's bloodline with the help of your soul power to attack the remaining monsters."
"The monsters finally realize that you can simultaneously use three types of energy systems. They are filled with suspicion but dare not attack you again, attempting to flee."
"You show no mercy. You activate your racial talent 'One Force to Break Heaven,' causing your physical strength to skyrocket several times. Even without using your most powerful strike, with the support of your soul power, you can easily kill the Profound-level peak demons."
"One minute later, the effects of your racial talent 'Starlight Phantom Body' and 'One Force to Break Heaven' both end. Fortunately, by this time, more than a dozen monsters have fallen at your feet."
"Congratulations, you have successfully killed all the monsters pursuing you."
"You don't know that your actions will attract even stronger entities."
"Two minutes later, you leave the battlefield and continue north."
"Three minutes later, no monsters are chasing you, and you are temporarily safe."
"The first premonition ends. Do you want to continue?"
"Finally, I can kill them all!" Sū Nán's eyes were filled with satisfaction.
Looking at the approaching dozen or so monsters, he didn't waste any time. He switched to the character Zhāng Yáng and immediately used his racial talent.
After a while, the wings formed by the convergence of the elements in the world disappeared, and a message popped up on his panel.
"Congratulations, you have completed the daily task 'Hunt a Profound-level demon.' 30 demon power has been rewarded."
He hadn't had a chance to check the daily tasks for all three characters today, but he could guess what tasks they would generally entail.
"How, how is this possible? Even if you've reached the Profound level, you shouldn't have such incredible power, right?"
"It's the power of the heavens and the earth! The racial talent he just used can actually manipulate the power of the heavens and the earth. What kind of demon's bloodline did he merge with?"
Five monsters were killed in an instant, leaving the rest in shock.
Although Sū Nán had used his racial talent once before, the manipulation of the elemental forces of the heavens and the earth had not been so obvious then, and the demons had not sensed anything unusual.
This time, as Sū Nán used his racial talent, the manipulation of the elemental forces of the heavens and the earth was too obvious, and the monsters finally sensed something was wrong, each one filled with inexplicable horror.
Manipulating the power of the heavens and the earth! That was a skill possessed only by king-level beings!
What kind of bloodline fusion was needed to gain such power?
Sū Nán paid no attention to the monsters' suspicions.
He immediately switched to Wáng Nán and continued as predicted, using "One Force to Break Heaven"!
Using "One Force to Break Heaven" without using the most powerful strike also meant that the duration of the power enhancement was one minute.
However, if he didn't use the most powerful strike, he would fall short of being able to kill six Profound-level peak demons. He could only fight the remaining six Profound-level peak demons on equal footing.
Fortunately, he still had his soul power!
When he first broke through the Spiritual level, his soul power had been of great help to him. However, as his body's bloodline and elemental forces improved, his soul power gradually became less effective.
Even though he could enhance his soul power with vital energy, it no longer had any advantage compared to the greater improvement in the body's bloodline and elemental forces under the influence of vital energy.
After this breakthrough, his soul power greatly increased again, allowing him to once more harness its power, which had previously been of little use against late Profound-level and Profound-level peak demons.
"Congratulations, you have completed the daily task 'Hunt a Profound-level demon.' 30 demon power has been rewarded."
"Available demon power: 201 points."
One minute later, in the terrified gaze of the last demon, Sū Nán killed it with a single punch!
Without thinking too much, he collected the demon's body and quickly left.
A few minutes later, Sū Nán stopped on a small hill. He looked at the information from the premonition and furrowed his brow.
To prevent any accidents, after killing several demons, he immediately used premonition again.
He wanted to see what problems killing a few demons would bring and how his premonition talent had changed.
No danger had appeared again.
But he was disappointed. The future premonition was the same as before, with no significant changes.
The only change he noticed was that the cooldown time required for premonition was gone.
Now, even if he died during premonition, he could continue with the second premonition without waiting.
"Did this advancement reduce the cooldown time?" Sū Nán frowned.
If it was really just that, then this advancement would be of little help to him.
After pondering for a moment, Sū Nán still couldn't find anything special about it.
Helplessly, he had to give up.
Instead, he thought about the hint from the first premonition.
"The premonition said that killing some demons would attract stronger ones."
"Stronger than Profound-level peak demons would naturally be demon kings."
"Aside from the two demon kings in the City of Tianyun's City God Temple, there are only White Water and Green Wolf. Could those two demons come after me?" Sū Nán looked grave.
If it was indeed a demon king who made a move, then he would be in danger.
With his current strength, even if he continued to upgrade the other two characters to the Profound level, he might not be a match for a demon king.
And those two were not ordinary demon kings.
They were peak demon kings!
If one of the two demon kings made a move, besides using a teleportation stone to escape, he really had no other options.
Just as he was thinking, a game notification suddenly appeared before him.
"You realize that your actions of killing demons may lead to a huge crisis. Do you want to spend a certain number of premonition uses to premonition the situation in the last three minutes before your death?"
Spend a certain number of premonition uses?
Premonition the situation in the last three minutes before your death?
This was a new premonition ability!
Looking at the notification on his panel, Sū Nán's eyes lit up, instantly understanding what it meant.
But then he furrowed his brow.
"It seems that this ability may not be very useful. Just based on the literal meaning, this ability allows me to skip the middle premonition process and see the final result."
"It may seem like it saves a lot of effort, but it also consumes premonition uses. Why not just premonition step by step
to gather more information?"
Sū Nán quickly thought it over and realized that this ability seemed a bit redundant.
If this new ability consumed the same number of premonition uses as multiple regular premonitions, why would he bother trying to save time and directly see the final result?
What was the difference between this and taking off his pants to fart?
"Regardless, I'll give it a try. Maybe it's different from what I'm thinking."
I'm very sorry, there were two mistakes in the previous chapters. I mentioned it at noon in a single chapter, but to ensure that all readers have seen it, I will mention it again here.
The first mistake is the exchange price of ancient scriptures. It was initially written as 40,000 contribution points, but in recent chapters, it has been written as 30,000. I made a mistake, and now it has been corrected to 40,000. Thank you for the feedback from readers who pointed out the mistake.
The second mistake is related to the breakthrough from Spiritual level to Profound level. The initial setup was that the protagonist needed all four bloodlines of the three characters to be Grand Mastery in order to break through. However, when I went back and looked at it, I found that when the protagonist broke through from Ordinary level to Spiritual level, he didn't follow this setup. Wáng Nán's fourth bloodline was already Grand Mastery, and he broke through when he had enough demon power, while Zhāng Yáng's fourth bloodline had not yet been fused.
Without affecting the reading experience, I have now revised this part of the setup.
It is now set that to break through, one must meet one of two conditions: either all four bloodlines of the three characters must be Grand Mastery, or the Wheel of Life Scripture must be broken through. The Wheel of Life Scripture corresponds to one realm for each layer. When the protagonist was at the Ordinary level, his Wheel of Life Scripture had already been upgraded to the second layer, so he met one of the conditions without having all four bloodlines of the three characters at Grand Mastery.
I apologize for any inconvenience caused by these errors, and thank you again for your support.