Hong Yin had remained on guard outside the courtyard this entire time. He watched as time slipped onwards, and he felt extremely worried in his heart. For the sake of not disturbing Bai Yunfei, he had never tried to find out what was going on inside. All he could do was sense in a vague way that Bai Yunfei’s aura seemed to be constantly growing in strength at a very strange rate…but nothing dangerous seemed to be happening, and so he just waited quietly, prepared to deal with any sudden emergencies as necessary.
“Upgrade success.”
“Equipment quality: Superior”
“Upgrade level: +10”
“Secondary attribute: Strength +33”
“+10 secondary effect: The arm which is wearing this item will have strength increased by +150 points”
“Upgrade requirements: 22 soulpoints.”
Yet another upgrade success. The information which entered Bai Yunfei’s mind caused his eyes to light up. In fact, for a moment he forgot how tired he was. Staring at the amber bracelet in his hand, he revealed a look of delight on his face. “Strength increase! Excellent! This is an effect I’ve needed this entire time!”
He put away the bracelet. As he temporarily lost control of his emotions, a sense of absolute exhaustion flooded his mind. Bai Yunfei hurriedly gritted his teeth, once more picking up another ring, one which flashed with red light.
“I’m about to hit my limit again soon. How many points did I use up? I’m somewhat unsure…nearly 2000 soulpoints, right? I can feel as though I’m about to break into the late Soul Warrior stage…”
“I have four more days left…I wonder how many soulpoints are needed for the Soul Sprit stage. In short…I need to continue!”
“Upgrade!”
“Upgrade failed. Equipment destroyed.”
Bai Yunfei subconsciously put away the destroyed equipment, then picked out another item.
“Eh? What was the earlier upgrade at? Was it +9 or it was it +10? I don’t even remember…I’m at my limit again. It doesn’t matter…I need to seize every instant!”
“Upgrade!”
At the beginning, Bai Yunfei had intentionally put away some of the items he had been lucky enough to upgrade to +10. Towards the end, however, the constant upgrade process had become almost an automatic, robotic decision. Upgrade. Upgrade again. Destruction. Switch item. Upgrade again. In fact, he wasn’t even sure how many upgrades he had performed, or what upgrade level he had reached. All of the items he had upgraded were beginning to slowly blur together.