CHAPTER 442: CHAPTER 430: SOMEWHAT EVIL [SUBSCRIBE REQUESTED]

[Star Absorption Technique: Completely Ignorant (0%)]

Chen Fan moved his mind and added ten thousand experience points.

The progress of the Star Absorption Technique increased by twenty percent.

"Fifty thousand experience points will do."

Chen Fan nodded secretly.

It’s acceptable.

Of course, this is after the Sun Observation Technique reduces 40% experience points.

He added the remaining forty thousand experience points.

Chen Fan immediately felt that the True Essence in his body increased significantly.

His Constitution also greatly improved.

[Star Absorption Technique: Initial Glimpse (0%), Traits: Solid as a Rock Level 1, Nascent Soul Level 1]

[Solid as a Rock: Every level-up of the skill increases Physical Attribute by 3000 points]

[Nascent Soul: Every level-up of the skill increases Primordial True Essence by fifty percent]

Seeing these two traits, Chen Fan took a deep breath.

As expected of a Supreme Martial Arts, the traits unlocked at the beginner level are already so powerful.

The Level 1 Solid as a Rock can enhance the Physical Attribute by 3000 points, and the Star Absorption Technique at Perfection Realm, the Solid as a Rock trait can reach Level 5.

Bringing a 15000 point Physical Attribute boost!

Chen Fan looked at his current Physical Attribute, which was just 53,900.

This Supreme Cultivation Technique alone increased his Constitution by nearly 20%.

And this is just one trait; there’s also Nascent Soul.

At Level 1, it can increase Primordial True Essence by 50%! At Level 5, it’s 2.5 times.

Whereas the top-level Inner Strength technique, Purple Mist Divine Skill, reaches only up to 1.5 times in the Perfection Realm.

Chen Fan smiled.

He directly added one hundred thousand experience points, and as expected, the proficiency realm of the Star Absorption Technique advanced once again.

However, no third trait was unlocked.

Chen Fan didn’t mind and continued adding points.

After spending another two hundred thousand experience points, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Chen Fan’s eyes immediately lit up.

[Star Absorption Technique: Entering the Hall (0%), Traits: Solid as a Rock Level 3, Nascent Soul Level 3, Star Absorption Technique Level 1]

"I didn’t expect just Entering the Hall realm to unlock the Star Absorption Technique trait."

Chen Fan looked over,

[Star Absorption Technique: Active Skill, upon activation, absorbs the opponent’s Inner Strength, converting 30% into one’s own Primordial True Essence. Each skill level increases the conversion rate by 30%. Note, this skill is ineffective on opponents with deeper Inner Strength than oneself]

30% indeed seems a bit low.

Since for someone like him, who has learned numerous Inner Strength techniques, the additional proportion of True Qi in his body has increased nearly fortyfold.

For other martial artists of the Yan Country, being able to cultivate a top-level Heart Method to the Perfection Realm is already considered remarkable.

In such cases, the additional proportion of True Qi in the body reaches 1.5 times.

Mastering a Supreme Inner Strength Technique to perfection, the additional proportion of True Qi in the body reaches 2.5 times.

Even with the bonuses from some top-level Inner Strengths, achieving an additional proportion ratio of fivefold is extremely difficult, while achieving tenfold is almost unheard of.

30% of the proportion may not be able to fully absorb the Primordial True Essence in their bodies.

But, if the Star Absorption Technique is advanced to the Perfection Realm, the conversion rate would reach a terrifying 90%! Almost 100%!

What does this mean?

If a martial artist’s Primordial True Essence in their body is 100 points, with Heart Method and age bonuses, the total True Essence in the body may reach 500 points.

Using the Level 3 Star Absorption Technique to absorb all the opponent’s Inner Strength,

the absorber’s Primordial True Essence would instantly increase by 450 points!

What does 450 points of Primordial True Essence mean?

Chen Fan’s Primordial True Essence in his body at this moment is just 1300 points.

Instantly increasing by 30%!

Chen Fan took a deep breath to calm his inner excitement.

Undoubtedly, this is definitely a shortcut to accumulate True Essence.

As for the drawbacks, it seems there is only one.

It cannot be used on those with deeper Inner Strength than oneself.

Chen Fan wasn’t worried about this point because his Inner Strength, when viewed across True Essence Realm Martial Artists in Yan Country, is among the top.

But he still had two concerns.

One,

Is the True Essence absorbed from others truly becoming one’s own? Would there be any risk of Inner Strength backlash?

Two,

This method of enhancing oneself by absorbing the Inner Strength of others leans more towards the Demon Dao. Even a righteous person might gradually lose their humanity and increase their demon nature if they use it too much?

"Forget it, let’s keep adding points and see what other traits it will unlock."

Chen Fan added another four hundred thousand experience points.

The Star Absorption Technique advanced to the Great Success Realm.

Still, no new traits were unlocked.

Chen Fan wasn’t disappointed. He added another eight hundred thousand points.

After spending nearly 1.5 million experience points in total, the Star Absorption Technique finally advanced to the Perfection Realm.

[Star Absorption Technique: Perfection (cannot be advanced), Traits: Solid as a Rock Level 5, Nascent Soul Level 5, Star Absorption Technique Level 3, Merging Skill Level 1]

"Merging Skill?"

Seeing this trait, Chen Fan’s breathing became rapid.

If he guessed right, this trait should resolve his first concern.

[Merging Skill: Active Skill, can be activated during meditation. After activation, it merges the different True Essence in the body for one’s use. The more True Essence in the body, the faster the merging speed.]

"Not bad."

Chen Fan nodded with satisfaction.

With this trait, the True Essence absorbed from others can be merged with one’s Primordial True Essence, eliminating the risk of Inner Strength backlash.

Chen Fan let out a sigh of relief, then looked at the attribute panel.

Realm: True Essence Realm·First Realm (45.5%) (+)

True Essence: 54898.65/1304.75 (+4110%)

Level: 29 (0/100 million)

Constitution: 68.9 thousand

Power: 205.2 thousand

Agility: 55.6 thousand

Spirit: 1,363.3 thousand

Potential Points: 2 million

Experience Points: 3,260,000

Looking from the bottom up, he still had 3.26 million experience points left, enough to max out two Supreme Martial Arts.

He had several Supreme Martial Arts techniques at hand, and even a Supreme Martial Arts, but unfortunately, they were all in the process of unlocking.

He didn’t have many Potential Points left because he had used all the Potential Points gained from taking elixirs to enhance his Primordial True Qi.

Otherwise, the progress of the Sea of Qi wouldn’t have increased so quickly, reaching nearly 50%.

Power, Agility, and Spirit attributes hadn’t changed.

The Physical Attribute had increased by 15 thousand points compared to before.

Chen Fan’s gaze fell on Tang Yong in front of him.

The latter looked bewildered.

"Let’s use you for a test."

Chen Fan activated the Star Absorption Technique.

The True Essence in the Sea of Qi immediately began to swirl, forming a gigantic vortex.

Chen Fan placed his palm on the other’s forehead.

In the next moment, Tang Yong’s face twisted in pain, and a scream erupted from his mouth.

A massive amount of True Essence flowed out of him and entered Chen Fan’s Sea of Qi.

The Primordial True Essence rapidly surged.

With each tick of the number, it increased by 10 points.

In just over ten seconds, the Primordial True Essence rose from 1300 points to 1400 points, and it was still increasing at a stable rate.

At this moment, Tang Yong broke free from his controlled state and woke up.

A look of confusion appeared on his face, he clearly didn’t know what had just happened.

But the rapidly depleting True Essence in his body made him quickly realize his situation.

"Star, Star Absorption Technique!"

His twitching mouth uttered in terror.

"How, how do you know the Star Absorption Technique!"

Chen Fan didn’t respond, he just gave a cold smile.

"No, please don’t."

Tang Yong was completely flustered. In such a short time, he felt more than half of his True Essence gone.

If this continued, all his True Essence would be gone, and he would be worse than an ordinary Muscle Refining Realm Martial Artist!

"Please, Chairman Li,"

Tang Yong pleaded tearfully: "Please give me a way out, don’t take all my True Essence, I beg of you, Chairman Li."

"Many people must have said that to you, haven’t they?"

Chen Fan asked.

"..."

Tang Yong was stunned.

Yes, he had absorbed the power of nearly a hundred people.

From the Early Stage of Meridian Refining to the Late Stage of Meridian Refining.

There was even one injured True Essence Realm Martial Artist.

Every person he absorbed Inner Strength from begged for their lives.

He would agree verbally, but his actions never stopped. Most of them were directly absorbed dry and died on the spot!

He never imagined that he would have such a day.

Within a few seconds, most of Tang Yong’s True Essence was gone.

"Chairman Li, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please spare me."

Tang Yong cried bitterly.

He had only a little True Essence left.

If even that little bit was gone, even if Chen Fan let him go, he wouldn’t escape the pursuit of others.

But unfortunately, it was as if Chen Fan didn’t hear him.

A few seconds later, he withdrew his palm, and Tang Yong fell limply to the ground, face ashen.

Chen Fan looked at the panel, delighted.

His Primordial True Essence increased from 1300 points to 1800 points, a gain of 500 points!

points of Primordial True Essence, almost equaled what he would get from two days of alchemy.

But it also felt not quite right.

First, the Primordial True Essence absorbed was very chaotic, counting them individually, there were over a hundred!

Apparently, the guy on the ground hadn’t advanced the Star Absorption Technique to the Perfection Realm to unlock the Merging Skill trait.

He absorbed Inner Strength from hundreds of people but hadn’t fully integrated it.

Second, Chen Fan felt somewhat irritable, as if a voice was tempting him to absorb more Inner Strength from others for greater power.

"The Star Absorption Technique is indeed somewhat sinister. Until I completely merge these various types of True Qi, I should avoid using this martial art easily."

Chen Fan thought to himself.

The former was manageable. Given enough time, no matter how many types of Exotic True Qi there are, he could merge them.

The main issue was the psychological influence. No matter how high the Spiritual Power, it could only weaken but not eliminate it.

With just one use of the Star Absorption Technique, the effect wasn’t significant, but if he used it three times, ten times, twenty times, it would be different.

The guy in front, who lost his humanity and viewed other martial artists as tools, was the most evident proof.