Chapter 78: Final tally

Meanwhile, Xu Qianghua smiled when he saw that most targets on his "must-kill" list were already dead.

The list had been a daunting task at first, but now, seeing the progress, he felt a surge of satisfaction.

The enemies that once posed a threat to the whole human race were no longer a concern, as they are more or less dead which means that there will be less evil when the new world comes.

He closed the message, which vanished from his terminal, and went to the living room to use today's pills.

The room was dimly lit, with shadows dancing across the walls. He sat down on the plush couch, feeling the weight of his new life and the changes from his past life.

Yesterday, after using five Heavenly Purity Pills, his avatar's realm reached the peak of the Body-Building realm.

This achievement had been a long time coming, as this was one of his goals when he started to play this game three days ago.

He didn't break through right away. Instead, he decided to wait until today to use the last five Heavenly Purity Pills and then make the breakthrough.

This decision was based on a piece of advice he had heard from one of the top players before the game merged.

The advice was that after a major realm increase, the pill count resets to zero, allowing for players to use more pills compared to yesterday.

After making sure he had used all the pills, he reached for the breakthrough pills, which were as rare as the normal ones.

The breakthrough pills were not easy to come by, but they can be found when opening the pill bags.

He used three Heavenly Purity Breakthrough Pills to transition from Peak Body-Building to Early Foundation realm.

Using three pills for one breakthrough felt like a waste, but before the game merged, avatars needed a breakthrough pill, and the results depended on luck.

This element of luck is the reason why not many players broke through before the game merged as they waited for a high-level breakthrough pill before they started their breakthrough.

This is because if a breakthrough fails, each player will have to wait a certain amount of time before they can try again.

This means that each cultivator needs to wait until their body becomes stable after the failure as there will be after-effects if the breakthrough fails.

After the merge, cultivators could sense the right time for breakthroughs and better use the pills' effects instead of relying solely on luck.

And he does not want the same thing to happen in this life, so he will do everything in his power to make sure of that.

Finally, he needed to tally all expenses from the past three days in the game. He hadn't seen the bill yet, but he knew every item he or the Shadow bought was worth it.

He started looking at the total costs of all items and other expenses. The list was long, filled with various purchases.

And as expected, everything, including items from the other side of the world, cost him over 200 billion luminas.

To be exact, he spent 205.5 billion luminas. The sheer scale of his expenditure was staggering, but it was necessary as these items will disappear unless he buys them right now.

The good thing is, he still has around 40 billion luminas to exchange for spirit stones.

These remaining funds would be crucial for their next steps. However, before he did that, he was stopped by the system.

[Hey, host, I think I can help you get high-level spirit stones instead of the low-level ones available in the game exchange.]

'Oh? And how will you do that?' he asked, waiting for the system's response.

[I will ask the World's Will. Since we helped make its game well known, it promised us a reward after the game merges. I think I can convince it to help us exchange cash for high-level spirit stones.]

Spirit stones are divided into three levels: Low level, Medium level, and High level.

The quality and quantity of spiritual qi in these stones vary.

Low-level stones have poor quality qi, with more than 60% of the stone being empty.

Middle-level stones are better, with 40% empty, and contain normal qi. These are better used as currency for important items.

High-level stones have the most spiritual qi, with 90% of the stone filled, and the quality is similar to qi from spiritual veins.

These stones are usually found near spiritual veins, making them so high-level.

All of these stones are used as currency by the cultivators as they see value in these stones as they can be used for cultivation.

This means that if Xu Qianghua wanted to exchange 1 high-level stone with his low-level ones, he would have to pay up 100 low-level spirit stones.

However, he will not exchange all of the money for high-level stones as that is not necessary for now.