CHAPTER 200: 10,000 LEVEL COMPLETE

Focusing on creating the advanced astral arts, time slipped by in a haze.

Shutting out everything but the astral art, Nash began to make progress.

First came the rebuilding of the initial 1000% void saturation.

Due to his shaky foundation in the past, it could only amplify his strength by about 750 times.

Rebuilding the foundation from scratch, he deduced a way to reforge his first 1000% void saturation.

With a solid base, he began expanding the building blocks bit by bit.

From 1001%, 1002%, 1,003%...

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As time passed, so engrossed in his work, Nash didn’t even notice that Parallel No. 2 had finished engraving the infinite soul absorption manual into the [Training Module System].

[Notice: The engraving of the infinite soul absorption manual is complete. Please check.]

[Notice: The engraving of the...]

[Notice: The engraving of the...]

Like an alarm, the notifications snapped him out of his flow.

"It’s finished?"

Checking the time, he realized 10 days had passed.

"So much time has gone by?"

Too absorbed in solving the puzzle, Nash hadn’t noticed the days slip away.

Reviewing the work Parallel No. 2 had done, Nash frowned in disappointment.

"This is considered complete? What a shoddy work."

Because he hadn’t checked it regularly, it was riddled with flaws.

Fixing these flaws was not only a hassle but would also take several days.

"It seems I need to allocate more computational power to Parallel No. 2 in the future..." Nash thought.

The [Parallel Module System] didn’t just split his consciousness; it also divided his comprehension power.

Currently, if quantified, his computational power totaled about 51,200, which was 512 amplification from his soul and the 100 time enhancement from his runic space.

For his main consciousness to work optimally, it needed at least 30,000 computational resources.

For Parallel No. 2 and No. 3 to read, fully comprehend books, and record changes in the runic space, they required 10,000 computational resources each.

With only 1,200 computational resources left, even if he allocated them to Parallel No. 2, it wouldn’t be enough to create an independent runic program, let alone an entire module system.

This was why, although Nash could, he didn’t split his consciousness any further.

Only when his soul saturation increased could he expand the number of parallel consciousnesses.

Pausing his deduction of the advanced astral art, Nash began fixing the flaws and unreasonable runic lines Parallel No. 2 had made.

He also set it back to reading mode, tasking it with comprehending more advanced soul and void manuals.

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Three days later, after exhausting work, the infinite soul absorption manual was finally uploaded to the [Training Module System].

"It’s done!"

Activating the [Training Module System] - Infinite Soul Absorption Manual, Nash felt a massive wave of elemental energy surge through his soul.

Meanwhile, the mountain of elemental crystals in his storage necklace began to deplete rapidly.

Opening his training module panel, Nash gained clearer insight into the newly created soul manual.

[Training Module System: Infinite Soul Absorption Manual

Current Soul Saturation: 1,312%

Efficiency: 10,000 Attributeless Elemental Crystal/Percentage

Absorption Speed: 30 Attributeless Elemental Crystal/second]

"Not bad, it’s three times my previous efficiency!"

Absorbing 30 elemental crystals per second, it would take him about a month to reach 10,000% soul saturation.

By removing the redundancy of the manual control, his absorption rate had skyrocketed threefold!

"Hahaha, it looks like I need to quickly create the tempering and condensation Chapter of the infinite soul manual!"

Having achieved one of his main goals, Nash couldn’t have been happier.

However, as Nash turned to his progress on the astral art, his mood dampened.

Much less creating the tempering and condensation Chapter of the soul manual, he didn’t even know when he could finish deducing the advanced astral art.

Ten days had passed since he began deducing the manual, yet he had only pieced together 1,300% of the puzzle.

With 8,700% left, it would take months to complete!

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Pushing aside his recent achievement, Nash pressed on with the advanced astral art.

This time, though, something felt different, it was as if he was powered by a divine spark.

Every minute, every hour, every day, his comprehension speed grew faster and faster.

With each tick of the clock, he felt like a car in infinite acceleration, unstoppable.

Just when he thought this momentum would carry on, the [Combat Module System] pinged with a notification.

"It’s already passed 10,000 levels in the Dark Beast Tower?"

Checking the time, he realized only two weeks had elapsed since activating the infinite soul absorption manual.

In total, he had been in the Dark Beast Tower for just over two months.

"I didn’t expect to finish this early."

He had set the [Combat Module System] to collect as much data as possible per level.

Unlike the quick kills before, each level now took minutes to dozens of minutes to defeat.

Even so, he hadn’t expected to clear 10,000 levels a month ahead of schedule.

It was like waking up one day to find a whole year had unconsciously slipped by.

"Should I keep going?"

Just as he considered pushing to a higher level, the tower issued a prompt.

[Not enough authority...]

[Please proceed to a higher floor of the tower to access higher levels.]

"Tsk, it has a limit after all..."

Though the enemy’s overall combat ability didn’t increase much per level, the complexity of the challenges did.

The enemy’s fighting skills, the environment, and every variable grew more intricate.

In other words, the higher the level, the more computational power Nash needed.

After consulting the tower’s intelligence, he learned that the Nova Sector Dark Beast Tower was only at a basic level.

It had just 1,118 floor. The first 1,000 floors could simulate up to 10,000 levels with dark beasts up to Tier 5.

From the 1001st to the 1100th floor, it could simulate up to 30,000 levels, still with Tier 5 dark beasts.

The final 18 floors could only simulate 1,000 levels, but the dark beasts could reach Tier 8, War God Rank.

"This is fine. Since I’ve finished the trial, I’ll leave..."

Unable to challenge higher levels, Nash decided it was better to read and upload more books from the Nova Library.

Despite his comprehension improving massively, 30,000 astral arts still weren’t enough and were slowing him down.

With this in mind, Nash returned to his body and logged out of the Dark Beast Tower.