Chapter 324 Level Up

Ding!

[ Item Ascension Skill is now level 9. The skill's success rate permanently increased by 5%. ]

Five more days had passed and Vincent was finally able to advance his Ascension Skill to level 9…

It is a very significant milestone for him as advancing this skill to this level has many implications.

As expected, it was followed by a series of notifications from the system.

[ Congratulations! You have fulfilled the final requirement to obtain the Third Stage of the Awakening Sequence. ]

[ You have successfully obtained the Item Transcendence Skill. ]

[ Awakening Sequence – Third Stage ]

[ Item Transcendence Lv1 – The user can use their Mana or Transcendence Crystals to upgrade the item they are holding. ]

[ Transcendence Exp: 0/5000 ]

'Finally!' Vincent celebrated in his mind.

He was only able to upgrade his level this fast thanks to the changes made by the system in his core. If he was still possessing the normal Mana Core in his body, there was no way he would be able to do this quickly. With a normal Mana Core, the amount of mana that he has and the recovery he has wouldn't be the same.

With a small mana capacity and slow recovery, there was no way he would be able to grind as much as he did to reach this level.

The notifications of the system didn't end here as he continued reading.

[ You have obtained a System Inventory Expansion and Remodel Card. ]

Vincent didn't have to read what this card was meant for as he knows that it is to increase the slots in his system inventory…

However, he only thought that his 20-Slots would probably become 30-Slots which is already quite good but he realized that the changes were actually quite a lot.

"Sixty slots?" Vincent was surprised. It wasn't just that, he also read that the system can now store real-world items thanks to the remodel card!

"Is this real?" Vincent couldn't help but be surprised… Although he already has interspatial ring, the system inventory slots are still on a different level. After all, the ring can be stolen but not his system inventory.

He immediately tried using the inventory and found it quite difficult to use… Nevertheless, after a few tries, he was able to learn how to store some objects.

The item must be covered by his Pseudo-Celestial Energy before he could pull them inside his inventory… If the item is large, he has to use a bigger amount of energy to pull them in.

This amount of energy will be consumed every time he tries to pull them inside or outside his inventory.

"Incredible… This is too useful…" Vincent could only imagine the changes it would make… This is truly an important feature that would be extremely useful in his hands.

Anyway, this isn't the most important thing, his Ascension Skill is now level nine, and as expected he was able to ascend the Magic Nucleus to a higher level because of it.

Although items like Magic Nucleus, Beast Cores, and others don't have a rank title, their stats would still increase if he uses Ascension Skill on them.

The Ascension Skill isn't really focused on upgrading the rank title in the first place. It focuses on improving the quality of the selected item, once the overall quality improves, the rank title naturally changes.

This is what he just did with the three Magic Nucleus in his possession. He has to help Millie and Ceri with their journey to get stronger.

After trying out his level 9 Ascension Skill, he finally decided to test the Transcendence Skill.

He decided to choose his Luminescent Ring for this experiment. This ring can only be used to provide light. It is only a Unique Rank Magic Tool and Vincent didn't bother ascending it further since it really had no other purpose than being a flashlight.

However, with the Transcendence Skill, it should be able to gain another "skill" once it was successful.

[ No Transcendence Crystal Found. Do you want to Transcend this item with Pseudo-Celestial Energy? ]

"Yes!"

Before Vincent answered, he checked his energy units and saw that it was 335/2090.

[ Transcendence Failed. ]

"Whoa~" Vincent was surprised after seeing a huge amount of his energy taken away after a failed transcendence.

[ Pseudo-Celestial Energy: 235/2090 ]

It's 100 points! It means that it was about 500 units of mana on each attempt! It is such a huge amount considering his Enhancement Skill only consumes 3 Pseudo-Celestial Energy each time at its current level and only 10 points in every Ascension…

"Hmm?" Vincent noticed that there is another message.

[ Luminescent Ring +9 ]

[ Transcendence Attempt: 1/5 ]

[ Remarks: If all 5 attempts failed, the item will be destroyed. ]

"What? Then what's my chance of getting a successful Transcend?"

[ Item Transcendence Skill Lv1: Success Rate: 5% ]

"…"

Vincent was speechless… With such a terrible success rate, how could he make a successful Transcendence with only five tries?

"What if I'm using a Trancedence Crystal in my attempts?" Vincent suddenly recalled this option.

[ Transcendence Crystal: Provides an additional 50% chance of success. ]

That sounds a bit reasonable.

With his current level, it will be a 55% chance of success. It means that he really has to grind this new skill that he has and increase its level as quickly as possible. Perhaps, once it's level 9, he will get a total of 95% chance with a transcendence crystal… That would be very appealing to use by then.

Of course, he's unsure whether he would get an additional 5% Success Rate in every level up but that is something he would look forward to.

Nevertheless, this means that he has to continuously use this skill in order to gain experience points and level it up… That would eat up a lot of his Pseudo-Celestial Energy so it seems that he has to consider increasing his capacity again.

'I should consider finding that Magus Essence Potion or perhaps, I should use the Arcane Orb for myself…' Vincent mused for a moment.

The Arcane Orb is one of the Ancient Rank items that he obtained and it can be absorbed by any Mana Practitioner. However, its full potential will only be unleashed if it was absorbed by a Grand Magus or at least an Archmage… Since he wasn't even a Master Magician yet, it would be such a waste to absorb it.

Vincent has to think carefully about this.

"Hmmm?"

As he was thinking of Transcending his other useless items to get some experience points, he noticed that Yulia was anxiously waiting for him outside.

He immediately stood up thinking that there must be something important she wanted to discuss.

As soon as Yulia saw him, she no longer hesitated and explained that some suspicious people had arrived and wanted to see the Seventh Disciple of the Tower Lord…

Vincent didn't feel too surprised about this but her next words caught him off guard.

"They said that they came from the 15th Tower, they seem to have been informed that you're now the owner of the Immortal Stone and wanted to meet you."