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Michael wasn't sure which Soultrait he should upgrade first. Of course, upgrading Extraction to 8-Star first would be helpful, but he wasn't sure if he had enough SoulStar Fragnts to do that.
Fortunately, finding out wasn't too difficult. Michael spent the next 24 hours infusing more than two million SoulStar Fragnts into the Soultrait Symbol of Extraction to form the 8th star and fill it. The star wasn't filled to the brim until Michael infused two and a half million SoulStar Fragnts, leaving him with rely 500,000ish fragnts.
But even that was enough to upgrade more Soultrait Symbols. Yet before focusing on other Soultrait Symbols, Michael focused on the changes in his body. Sothing was changing as Extraction advanced to an 8-Star Soultrait. First, Extraction created a small sphere in his Energy Pillar. It didn't look any different from the other spheres from his Elental Spheres' Soultrait, but it was nothing like that. The Extraction Sphere absorbs excessive origin energy whenever the energy within the Energy Pillar reaches a certain threshold. It was absorbed and transford into golden Essences.
His body began creating Extraction Essences naturally. But that was only the start.
Extraction's potency and efficiency skyrocketed. They reached new heights, which was affird when an influx of information entered Michael's mind. The influx of information was different than before. It inford him about his Soultrait's new capabilities but also shared certain techniques and complex weaves to tap into the Extraction's dormant potential.
At the sa ti, Extraction's advancent to an 8-Star Soultrait tightened his connection to the Wolf Curse. Michael had already predicted this beforehand, but the change in their relationship affird his prediction again. The Wolf Curse and Extraction belonged together. Maybe they weren't one entity; however, they had an intimate relationship.
It was a little frustrating to be even closer to the Wolf Curse than before, but that was also one of the reasons Michael had decided to upgrade Extraction to an 8-Star Soultrait in the first place. The Curse Seals of the Wolf were stronger than they used to be. A single minor seal impacted much harder, strengthening Extraction like five minor Seals did before the advancent. His 51 Cursed Seals were now as potent as 255 Cursed Seals would have been when Extraction was still a 7-Star Soultrait.
That was excellent. Soul Tears and Enhancent added to 8-Star Extraction and 51 highly potent Cursed Seals – plus Extraction Essence accumulated within the Extraction Sphere – should be strong enough to deal with most enemies in the Sacred Desert. Maybe it was not enough to kill the Blaze Patriarch, but Michael was already fairly confident in dealing with that bastard – whether Extraction was a 7-Star or 8-Star Soultrait didn't matter.
After Extraction was upgraded to 8-Star, Michael's Soul felt a bit stuffy. He recalled the World Serpent making fun of him for overestimating his capabilities and stupidly fusing with a portion of his Curses' Essences. Michael didn't think it was stupid, especially with his ability to nourish his Soul using SoulStar Fragnts.
He considered using the remaining 500,000ish SoulStar Fragnts to nourish his soul but decided against it. His Soul wasn't on the verge of bursting apart just yet.
Michael considered upgrading Insert because it would be the cheapest to upgrade since it was linked to Extraction at its core, but he decided to upgrade Enhancent first and check how many SoulStar Fragnts he would have left.
Upgrading Enhancent wasn't further problematic. The Soultrait evolved into Greater Enhancent after consuming 275,000 SoulStar Fragnts. The upgrade was slightly cheaper than expected, but that didn't an Greater Enhancent's improvent was lackluster. On the contrary, Greater Enhancent was extraordinary.
First of all, Greater Enhancent could be used in the sa way as Enhancent. However, an Enhancent layer did not improve the targeted object or body part by 50%. Instead, the improvent rate skyrocketed to 100%. A single layer of Enhancent was enough to double the efficiency of the target. But efficiency was not all Enhancent upgraded anymore. Greater Enhancent could also drastically strengthen a Soultrait's potency. The exact rate of strengthening depended on the amount of energy infused into Greater Enhancent when using it.
Greater Enhancent combined the pinnacle of potency and efficiency. However, even that was not the true extent of Greater Enhancent's power. By applying multiple layers of Greater Enhancent, it was possible to unleash the dormant potential of the targeted object. That ant Michael could use Greater Enhancent on his Cursed Seals to unseal more Cursed Seals and Serpent Seals – even if only temporarily. It also ant he could unleash his Soultrait Symbol's full power without the in-depth mastery or the necessary strength to withstand their power.
That was extraordinary, if not for the latter point. He might be able to unleash the full potential of Sacred Constitution and Extraction while also unleashing hundreds of Cursed and Serpent Seals, but what was the use of that if his body, mind, and soul couldn't withstand their full potential?
Michael had to study and learn how often he could use Greater Enhancent without accidentally tearing his body apart. At the sa ti, Michael would have to study his Soultraits more in-depth to understand their full potential. To boot, Michael could overclock Artifacts and other items using Greater Enhancent to unleash their full potential instantly. If used properly and at the perfect mont, it shouldn't be impossible to kill a stronger enemy with ease.
'Maybe I can defeat the Blaze Patriarch without the Pharaoh's…well, it doesn't matter. The plan has already been initiated.' Michael shrugged. Greater Enhancent was strong than he had hoped for, AND he still had more than 200,000 SoulStar Fragnts to invest into Insert.
220,000 SoulStar Fragnts later, leaving Michael with less than 10,000 SoulStar Fragnts to use, Insert advanced to a 7-Star Soultrait.
Interestingly enough, not much about Insert changed. The Soultrait's energy consumption, potency, and efficiency improved drastically, but that was it. No, that wasn't the entire truth. The link between Insert and Extraction grew thicker. It had only been a faint connection before but transford into a thick tendril, firmly connecting the two Soultrait Symbols at the core of the Soul Sphere.
Using Extraction and Insert together was easier now – not that it was difficult. The synergy of the two Soultraits burst through the roof, and Michael found himself exposed to another influx of information…related to the synergy of the Soultraits.
That was confusing. Michael never obtained sothing like that when Spirit Eyes was created. Still, it was pleasant to learn more about his Soultraits without having to put in the necessary work. He was already on a tight schedule and needed as much knowledge and mastery of his Soultraits as possible.
'One 8-Star Soultrait, four 7-Star Soultraits, five 6-Star Soultraits and two 5-Star Soultraits…Well and one dormant Soul Socket which I can unlock once I know what type of Soultrait suits Soul Grimoire.'
The dormant Soul Socket was still a bit confusing. Michael could insert any Soultrait Symbol into the Soul Socket, but the Soultrait would have to be compatible with Soul Grimoire if he wanted to use either Soul Grimoire or the new Soultrait in the future. They would probably be linked to each other and mutate like Spirit Eyes. Thus, no mistake was allowed!
It was a good thing Michael wasn't in a hurry to add another Soultrait. He had more than enough powerful Soultraits to study in-depth.
A few Lords and the Blaze Patriarch were also waiting to be thrashed!
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