[Emotion Points: 250, 4040;]
Zhuge Lan: Σ(っQДQ;)っ
"That's way too many! How many people got hit by the Expert Identification Skill last night?"
He quickly realized what was going on.
This was a small town outside the Star Dou Forest, filled mostly with soul masters.
That explained the exaggerated effect.
This made Zhuge Lan tempted. "Maybe I should hit them with another round before I leave? With my Spatial Distortion skill, I won't even get caught."
It's doable!
But then he remembered something and opened up the details.
In the latter half of the report, the emotion points had already shrunk to single digits, and most of them were just 1 point.
— Repeated use of the same emotion weakens the effect significantly.
This was clearly designed to prevent someone from exploiting a single trick over and over.
"Such a broken skill, but the system still doesn't have any bugs? So strict."
Since the returns were diminishing, he gave up on using the skill again.
If Zao Wou-ki started thinking something weird was happening in the area and decided to head back, that would be a real loss.
*Now... it's spending time!*
He set aside 500,000 emotion points just in case.
And with the remaining 2 million, he was going to spend it all!
First, he decided to unlock a soul bone to play with.
Since he already had a head soul bone, he directly chose the torso soul bone.
[Spent 100,000 emotion points to unlock the torso soul bone!]
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[Increase soul bone's age]: 10 emotion points per year.
"Reversal of Causality Torso Soul Bone": Boosts Luck Value, comes with a soul bone skill!
— Soul Bone Skill: Reversal of Causality: Reverses the causality of a designated target for 3 seconds!
— At a hundred-year quality, this only works on those below Soul Grandmaster level!
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Whoa!
On the Douluo Continent, even the external soul bones only boosted physical and mental strength.
But this one boosted luck!
And the soul bone skill sounded broken—Reversal of Causality!
Zhuge Lan was curious. "What exactly does this do?"
But trusting the system, he suppressed his excitement.
He was still in a girl's room after all.
And if there's one thing he knows, it's that when you least expect it, things go wrong.
Better to be cautious.
He mindlessly boosted the age to 50,000 years, making it effective against anyone below the Soul Douluo level and extending the duration to 30 seconds.
[-599,000 emotion points]
That used up only a quarter of his points.
"Spending money is an art, too."
"Let's get another soul bone!"
[Spent 100,000 emotion points to unlock the left arm soul bone!]
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[Increase soul bone's age]: 10 emotion points per year.
"Sacred Starfall Left Arm Soul Bone": Boosts vitality, comes with a soul bone skill!
— Soul Bone Skill: Blessing of Holy Light: Releases holy light to restore vitality and randomly dispel the target's own negative states!
— The effect at the hundred-year level is low; it is recommended to upgrade to the ten-thousand-year level.
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"Seems fine?"
Restoring health and dispelling states—pretty standard.
But given that his previous abilities all looked unimpressive at first, then turned out to be game-changers...
Since the system recommended boosting its age, he directly upgraded it to 50,000 years.
[-599,000 emotion points]
Now he had 1.3 million emotion points left.
Reserving some points for future use, Zhuge Lan decided not to unlock any more soul bones—better to first master the skills he had.
Next, he thought about increasing his soul ring's age.
But how much should he raise it?
With his current emotion points, he could easily push it to 100,000 years.
But...
Wouldn't a 100,000-year soul ring for the first ring be over the top?
Especially since it was gained mid-stage.
"System, how does increasing the soul ring's age work post-formation?"
[Divine Infusion of Soul Ring: 100 emotion points per year!]
Huh?
That's ten times more expensive than his own costs!
Wait!
"System, is this version meant for others?"
[Correct!]
Damn!
Zhuge Lan knew that increasing the age of a soul ring after it was formed was a rare perk, usually only seen during divine trials.
Basically a god's power.
But now he could do it too?
And at just 100 emotion points per year? What a bargain!
"No, no, I have to resist the urge! If Bibi Dong found out, she'd definitely force me to choose!"
"Having a system doesn't mean I should get reckless—better to stay low-key for now."
"System, can you modify the color of a soul ring without adding a soul skill or soul bone skill? I don't want to waste a skill slot."
[Mental Domain · Simulation: 500,000 emotion points!]
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[Domain Second Evolution]: 5 million emotion points.
Through mental waves, distort space, using yourself as the core to simulate various forms.
When simulating a high-level soul beast, you can unleash its aura.
When simulating a soul ring, you can freely change its color, but it has no attack capabilities.
— Additional Ability: Mental Detection: A powerful detection ability that increases in range with your strength.
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"Isn't this Huo Yuhao's soul skill?"
The system had merged it into a domain ability, perfectly fitting Zhuge Lan's request, with a bonus mental detection skill.
Not bad, not bad.
"Exchange it."
[Spent 500,000 emotion points, acquired "Mental Domain · Simulation"!]
Buzz—
Zhuge Lan's mind seemed to open up on its own.
It became as natural as breathing.
His mental energy was no longer confined to his mind and began spreading out from his body.
It covered a radius of 32 meters, bringing back a flood of information.
Zhu Zhuqing's 89D,
Ning Rongrong's 66B,
Tang San giving Xiao Wu a "foot massage" next door,
Zao Wou-ki applying medicine to his... glutes...
Great!
He had truly taken the art of peeping to the next level.
With the issue of soul ring color solved, he could now go all out.
Except for the million-year soul ring.
He pushed the other five soul rings to 10,000 years each.
Total cost: 400,000 emotion points.
Most of the changes were just in terms of scale and duration.
The core effects of the soul skills remained largely the same.
Except for one:
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[Increase soul ring's age]: 10 emotion points per year.
"Curse of Hatred": When attacked while this skill is active, the attacker undergoes a curse assessment for one minute!
— They will definitely experience a harmless negative state!
— There is a high chance they will suffer a mild negative state!
— There is a small chance they will suffer a moderate negative state!
Slogan: "Want to hit me? Better be prepared to lose half your life first!"
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A new status level appeared!
"System, list some examples of moderate negative states."
[Cancer pain, kidney stones, shingles, difficult labor, trigeminal neuralgia, central nerve pain, neuropathic cancer pain.]
"Hiss—"
Zhuge Lan sucked in a breath!
The noise was so loud that even Zhu Zhuqing, ever vigilant, twitched her ears.
Maintaining his mental detection, Zhuge Lan quickly adjusted his breathing.
But inside, he was shaken!
Man!
Each of those moderate negative states was more terrifying than the last!
Just trigeminal neuralgia alone was known as the "worst pain in the world!"
It comes in bursts like knives, electric shocks, or stabbing, making people want to smash their heads against walls, not caring if they bled out.
And to think that the others were on the same level...
"Tch!"
"Old Zhao's diarrhea really is a minor negative state after all."
"I almost feel sorry for my future opponents."
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