Chapter 57 Digesting Resources! Growing Stronger!

[Psionic Mall]
1. 1 Free Attribute Point
Price: 100 Psionic Points
2. Skill Book - Blood Explosion (Active)
Tier: ★★
Effect: Detonates blood. The greater the volume of blood, the more powerful the explosion.
Price: 500 Psionic Points
3. Skill Book - Basic Strength (Passive)
Tier: ★★★
Effect: Enhances physical aptitude, explosive power output, and stamina in physical exertion.
Price: 2000 Psionic Points
4. Tier-1 Glory Potion
Effect: Upon consumption, immediately restores health and psionic energy to 100% and clears all negative status effects. Restricted to Tier-1 use.
Restrictions: Untradeable, non-transferable, cannot be seized in any form.
Price: 1000 Psionic Points
5. Crimson Cloak
Description: Silver-grade cloak.
Price: 1000 Psionic Points

Ye Mingqiu hesitated for a moment before deciding to buy them all outright.
The free attribute point in slot ① was a perk of the Psionic Mall and a must-buy. He had no use for the Blood Explosion in slot ②, but the skill was cheap enough at just 500 psionic points; reselling it would turn a tidy profit, so it had to be bought. Slots ③, ④, and ⑤ were all excellent items, needing no further explanation.

Psionic Points -4600
Remaining Psionic Points: 18,915

Now, time to process the spoils of war!
First were the free attribute points. With nothing else available to boost attributes directly, he used them immediately, dumping all 4 free attribute points into constitution.
The reason was simple: reaching health thresholds unlocked new talents. Talents were essentially skills that did not occupy skill slots, and their impact on combat power was substantial—especially talents that boosted attributes. Accumulating more of them made one an absolute monster of raw stats.

Why not use the [Pure Source Blood] to further raise his maximum health cap?
Firstly, Ye Mingqiu's current maximum health had already reached a staggering 1,304. With such a massive health pool, continuing to use [Pure Source Blood] would suffer from severe diminishing returns, drastically lowering the efficiency of the gains.
After all, the health cap for a Level 1 Hero-class profession was only 1,000, and Lei Peng, a normally-developed Level 3 Lord-class Tank, only had a bit over 700 health. The diminishing returns brought by such an astronomical health pool were undeniably massive.
Sigh, having too much health was also a kind of trouble!

Secondly, the key trait of Pure Source Blood was its purity, meaning anyone could use it, which made it tradeable. Since it could be traded, why not use it to exchange for attribute-boosting resources that weren't affected by diminishing returns?
Take agility resources for example; Ye Mingqiu's current base agility was only 7.6. If he could substantially boost his agility attribute, the returns would clearly be much greater.
Therefore, it was best to keep the [Pure Source Blood] for trade to convert it into a wider variety of resources.
In the trading market, many psionicists preferred bartering over simply buying with psionic points. Thus, the items he could acquire through trading [Pure Source Blood] would undoubtedly surpass mere psionic points, making it easier to obtain the exact resources Ye Mingqiu needed.

[Free attribute points allocation complete]

[Constitution +4]

The power of the spiritual realm merged into his body, and a deep sense of fulfillment from the enhanced attributes surged through him. He could feel every single cell in his body seemingly cheering and dancing, sparing no effort to absorb that power originating from the spiritual realm, achieving a massive leap in strength.

At this moment, Ye Mingqiu's health had reached 1491 points, nearing the 1500 mark. To him, a 1-point increase in constitution was far more than a simple 30 points of health; after the dual amplifications of [Matchless Valour] and [Undying Tyrant], it scaled to 46.8.
4 points of constitution translated to a 187-point increase in health!

[Notice: Settlement rewards claimed. You have obtained the additional title: Hunter]

Hunter
Rank: ★★★
Effect: Grants the skill [Stalking] when equipped.
Stalking: Leaves a mark on a designated target, allowing continuous tracking of their location. Increases movement speed by 20% when moving towards the target. Duration: 1 day.
Description: The hunt begins!

A Hunter?
Ye Mingqiu felt this title was quite good, extremely useful when chasing down enemies. With a tracking mark lasting up to a full day, even the most tenacious enemy would be hunted down to their death.
But the problem was...
Me, a support class, with a Hunter title?

Whatever, it didn't matter. As long as he could increase his strength at maximum speed, everything else was completely trivial. Whether to conceal his identity or not depended entirely on resource benefits; if hiding his strength at school hindered his growth, he would simply drop out—it was no big deal anyway.
Huh?
Was that my first thought?

Ye Mingqiu snapped out of it, suddenly realizing he seemed a bit different. Unawares, his core objective had shifted entirely to combat and growing stronger, while his original purpose had gradually faded away through battle after bloody battle.
There was no help for it; combat was just too exhilarating. He had almost forgotten that his initial goal was simply to win back his online-dating partner. It was all over—strength had hijacked his brain, and combat had replaced thinking.
I think I’ve contracted a terminal illness...

Oh well, time to use the skill books! There were two to use in total: Basic Strength and Melee Specialization.

[Use successful]
[You have acquired Melee Specialization (Level 1)]

A flood of memories surged into his mind. Scenes of Ye Mingqiu repeatedly drilling combat maneuvers flashed before his eyes, and through each simulated battle, he grew stronger, deepening his comprehension of close-quarters combat.
Melee Specialization was actually a very broad specialization. It covered a whole series of combat techniques—boxing, kicking, legwork, grappling, and so on—yet it wasn't profoundly masterful in any single one. Compared to specializations dedicated to a single domain, it fell completely short in depth, but its strength lay in its versatility. It knew a little bit of everything.
In other words, possessing Melee Specialization would significantly lower the difficulty of comprehending other related specializations later on. Furthermore, mastering other specializations would also boost the level of Melee Specialization to a certain extent.
It was an exceptional specialization well-suited for combat!

[Use successful]
[You have acquired the universal skill: Basic Strength]
[Current universal skill slots: 3/5]

Basic Strength (Passive)
Tier: ★★★
Level: Level 1
Effect: Body base potential +1, explosive power +5%, stamina +5%.

It was a fairly simple description, but the enhancement it brought was far from simple. Ye Mingqiu could clearly feel that his strength had grown more formidable. Not only had his explosive power increased, but the stamina he could output during physical contests had also grown by a very noticeable margin.
The effect of this skill was simply fantastic!

Next came swapping his equipment. He replaced the Iron-grade Black Cloak with the Silver-grade Crimson Cloak, resulting in a massive boost to his attributes.

[Crimson Cloak]
Tier: Tier 1
Quality: Silver
Type: Accessory
Defense: 10
Equipment Requirement: Health 1000
Equipment Effects: Strength +2, Agility +4, Constitution +3

He still had 18,915 psionic points left, so he decided to upgrade his skills a bit more.
He raised the three universal basic passives directly from Level 1 to their level cap of Level 3, and upgraded the class skill Brutal Suppression and War Roar from Level 2 to Level 3.

Psionic Points -13,000
Remaining Psionic Points: 5,915

He decided to hold off on upgrading Enraged Pursuit for now, opting instead to reinforce his main weapon, the Blood Spear, to prevent any failure.

[Reinforce weapon: Blood Spear? (Yes/No)]
[Current reinforcement success rate: 100%]
[Reinforcement cost: 1000 psionic points]
Reinforce!

[Blood Spear → Blood Spear +1]
Nice!

[Reinforce weapon: Blood Spear? (Yes/No)]
[Current reinforcement success rate: 90%]
[Reinforcement cost: 2000 psionic points]
Reinforce!

[Blood Spear +1 → Blood Spear +2]
Reinforce again!

[Notice: Your remaining psionic points are insufficient]

Ye Mingqiu glanced at his remaining 2,915 psionic points and decisively spent them to upgrade Enraged Pursuit to Level 3. The reason he hadn't upgraded Enraged Pursuit earlier was out of fear that upgrading the Blood Spear from +1 to +2 might fail; after all, his luck had always been volatile, and playing it safe was always the better choice.