Chapter 580 – Tier 6 Advanced Concentration
“Brother Black Fla, while the description of Soul Blood states that it can be used to permanently improve a player’s Concentration, its actual effects are minimal,” Splashing Fire sincerely explained when he saw Shi Feng using his privilege to acquire the Soul Blood. “Quite a few parties in town have obtained the Soul Blood before, and they were all deceived by its described effects initially. They all thought they had gotten their hands on so great treasure, and one of the top-ranking teams had even paid a significant amount of money to purchase the Soul Blood from others. However, out of everyone who has used Soul Blood, not a single person managed to raise their Concentration standards.”[1]
“It was quite a well-known incident back then,” Budding Leaf added. “The team originally intended to use Soul Blood to raise three of its newcors’ Concentration standards from Tier 6 Basic to Tier 6 Interdiate since, after factoring in the help of a Mana Purification Technique, the team would promptly gain three more capable combatants. However, even though all three of those newcors were originally already stuck at the limits of the Tier 6 Basic standard, none of them managed to raise their Concentration to the Tier 6 Interdiate standard. The outco nearly drove everyone on that team to madness.”
Moon Bamboo also nodded, expressing her agreent with Splashing Fire and Budding Leaf.
By now, they had already regarded Shi Feng as one of their own. Not to ntion, as a Half-step Tier 6 expert, Shi Feng might beco even stronger than Sky Pivot once he learned a Mana Purification Technique. So, it was in their best interests to dissuade him from a bad decision and form a good relationship with him.
“Even at the limits of the Tier 6 Basic standard, they didn’t achieve a breakthrough?”
Billowing Water was taken aback when she heard Budding Leaf’s explanation.
Previously, she, too, had contemplated whether she should go for the Soul Blood. After all, if she could push her Concentration to the Tier 6 Interdiate standard, paired with the Bronze Mana Purification Technique, she could reach the Half-step Tier 6 standard, or possibly even higher.
“It’s fine. I’ll choose it,” Shi Feng stated firmly as he continued holding onto the Soul Blood.
Soul Blood was a material unique to the Eternal Realm, and it was available in scarce quantities. During his previous life, any Soul Blood that appeared on the market would be imdiately snatched up by the various pseudo-apex and apex powers. Other powers wouldn’t even have a chance to obtain one.
Honestly, Shi Feng had still been skeptical when he first saw the vial of Soul Blood previously. After all, how could he co across one so easily? However, after Moon Bamboo appraised it, he promptly resolved to make a trade with Billowing Water.
Soul Blood’s introduction was true in that it could be used to improve a player’s Concentration standard. However, what the introduction didn’t ntion was how players should go about using Soul Blood.
Because of this, during the initial phase of Soul Blood’s discovery, players would ingest Soul Blood directly and receive negligible improvents to their Concentration. This, in turn, led to Soul Blood being treated as garbage by players and left in a corner to collect dust for a considerable amount of ti after its initial discovery.
During his previous life, it wasn’t until players discovered a library that had survived in the Eternal Realm since the Mythical Era did the various powers beco aware of the correct way to utilize Soul Blood. When that discovery was made, it caused a sensation throughout the entire Greater God’s Domain.
According to records found in the ancient library, there were three ways to utilize Soul Blood.
The first thod was to ingest it directly. This thod yielded the worst results, and it could only let players with Concentration below the Tier 6 standard achieve a one-rank improvent. Moreover, this thod would only be effective once, with subsequent consumptions of Soul Blood not yielding any improvents. And if players with Tier 6 Concentration tried to ingest Soul Blood directly, they would only receive negligible improvents.
The second thod was to refine Soul Blood into a Soul Amplification Potion. When players consud the Soul Amplification Potion, they would see a permanent increase of one or two ranks to their Concentration standard. While players of all Concentration standards could use this second thod, each player could only consu one Soul Amplification Potion in their lifeti.
The third thod was to rge with the Soul Blood by dripping it onto one’s eye. This thod would cause players to experience scorching pain like no other in their souls. So long as players could endure the pain and avoid losing consciousness throughout the rging process, the Soul Blood would thoroughly rge with their souls and permanently improve their Concentration by one rank. Likewise, each player could only use this thod once in their lifeti.
Of the three thods, the second thod was both the safest and most effective. Coming in second in effectiveness was the third thod, but it was also the riskiest of the three thods. However, regardless of the thod, players could only try one. Once they successfully applied one of the three thods, they would beco immune to the effects of Soul Blood.
Currently, producing the Soul Amplification Potion was out of the question for Shi Feng. Firstly, he didn’t have the recipe. Secondly, even if he did have the recipe, he would need a Great Grandmaster Alchemist to produce the potion for him, and it would be done at a low success rate of thirty to forty percent.
Hence, he could only go with the third thod of utilizing the Soul Blood. It was also the most common thod used by players who had obtained Soul Blood in his previous life.
Although the Soul Amplification Potion could improve Concentration by up to two ranks, the opportunity for players with Tier 6 Concentration to permanently increase their Concentration by one rank was enough to make countless experts lose their minds. It was especially so for players operating on the Western Continent. Such an improvent would allow players to achieve a qualitative improvent.
When Sky Pivot and the others saw Shi Feng’s determination, they no longer tried to dissuade him. Instead, they proceeded with allocating the remaining loot based on party contribution.
Unsurprisingly, the four Combat Secret Treasures were distributed to Sky Pivot, Moon Bamboo, Billowing Water, and Shi Feng. As for the four Common Secret Treasures, they were evenly distributed between Splashing Fire and Budding Leaf.
Once the party finished distributing the loot, Sky Pivot promptly summoned a dozen rat-sized stealth summons and scattered them outside the cave. When it ca to scouting, these stealth summons were as capable as Rangers and Assassins.
With one eye closed, Sky Pivot observed the situation outside the cave through the eyes of his summons. Then, he solemnly said, “There are still a couple of Holy Race teams outside. I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until they move so distance away before we can leave.”
“Sure enough, those people won’t give up so easily. I guess we just have to have a competition of patience with them like always,” Splashing Fire said, unperturbed by this outco. Then, he went to sit in a corner of the cave and started researching the Common Secret Treasures he just obtained.
As for everyone else, they, too, began researching their respective harvests while awaiting further orders from the party leader.
I guess I can also use this opportunity to raise my Concentration,?Shi Feng thought when he saw that everyone was busy with their respective affairs. Then, he stepped into a dark corner of the cave and cautiously dripped the Soul Blood onto his right eye.
Imdiately after the scarlet liquid made contact with his eyeball, Shi Feng imdiately felt rampant energy invading his soul and trying to corrode his entire being.
In just an instant, Shi Feng felt like flas were scorching his body, inside and outside.
It really hurts!?Shi Feng ntally exclaid as he stared at the scarlet veins that appeared all over his body. He didn’t think rging with the Soul Blood would be so excruciatingly painful. If not for the countless hardships he experienced in his previous life, he would have probably scread in agony right about now.
However, amidst the pain, Shi Feng could also feel strands of Eternal Energy flowing into the depths of his Immortal Soul and improving its resilience.
The painful experience lasted for a full twenty minutes before disappearing, leaving Shi Feng with a sense of liberation. Imdiately afterward, the sound of a system notification entered his ears.
System: Congratulations! You have achieved Tier 6 Advanced Concentration while still being at Tier 5. Rewarding ntal Dominator title.
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