Reborn for over seven months, Ye Yun once again experienced the pangs of poverty.
A city's strength was not solely reflected in the levels of its various buildings, but primarily in the overall strength of its players. However, on the Blue Star, most players since the game's launch were still around level thirty, with the better ones hovering around level thirty-five. Compared to the Ghost Race, which had been established for several years, the gap was more than just a little.
Nevertheless, with the addition of over two thousand level-twenty city defense buildings, Ye Yun felt more confident for next month's city battle. Even if his four thousand Dragon Army was held up in the real world, relying on the reserves and these city defense buildings, Ye Yun had sufficient resources to comfortably repel enemies outside the city gates.
Besides this... Ye Yun's fingers continuously swiped across the control panel of the Qitian Tower, finally resting on a building: the Spirit Refining Tower!
Although the Spirit Refining Tower had already reached the advanced level, the attribute points it added seemed far less valuable compared to Ye Yun's statue. Furthermore, due to the excessively high gold distribution rate from Ye Yun bringing back from Xin Fan Continent, many players now disdained the Spirit Refining Tower's function of adding a few attribute points. If it weren't for the ability to idle, Ye Yun's numerous apartments would likely have gone to waste.
"System prompt: Congratulations to the Lord of Fengle City for consuming one evolution count to upgrade the Spirit Refining Tower to advanced, with all functions boosted by 100%."
Upgraded to advanced? The level hadn't changed, but the functions had increased by 100%?
The maximum level of the Spirit Refining Tower isn't just advanced, is it? Ye Yun stared at the system prompt in astonishment.
Let's try again!
After several more attempts, consuming fifteen evolution counts, the Spirit Refining Tower's level remained advanced, but its functional benefits had increased by a full 500%!
Five times might not seem like much, but a fivefold increase in benefits for the entire city was quite astonishing.
"Boss, I knew you'd be here." Just as Ye Yun was staring at the remaining evolution counts in a daze, Zhou Ningdong walked in.
"What is it?" Ye Yun replied without turning his head.
"Ding Yi said she wants to go with us to the domain gate, what do you think..."
"No. If the Ghost Race truly uses the God Race's star domain as a passage, it will attract countless alien races. Who will have the capacity to look after her then?"
"I told her the same thing, but the problem is she won't listen," Zhou Ningdong said helplessly.
"However, boss, I think Ding Yi now has half-saint strength. Surely, she can protect herself, right?"
Zhou Ningdong recalled Ding Yi's hostile gaze towards Wu Xue when he came to find the boss, and couldn't help but add.
"Half-saint?"
Ye Yun was stunned. Had this girl progressed that quickly? Ding Yi's innate skill wasn't outstanding; it could be called extremely ordinary. Now she had broken through to the half-saint realm?
"Yes, we all broke through to the half-saint realm after our tribulation this time. It just feels difficult to break through again," Zhou Ningdong said, a wry smile on his face. To quickly improve their real-world strength, they had invested all the resources Ye Yun gave them into attribute points. The consequence of this was that to advance their strength in the real world by another step, more attribute points would be required than before.
Talent not only played an important role in the game but also had a more terrifying effect in the real world!
The humans on the Blue Star were not like those in other star domains; they had been exposed to cultivation since birth, and not all their strength came from the game.
And Zhou Ningdong's talent was at...
"Then Ding Yi..."
"Let her come along. It will be good for her to witness the cruelty of war. I just don't know how many of our four thousand soldiers will still be left by then."
The strength of these four thousand soldiers was all at the Heavenly Venerate realm. The resources required to advance further would be terrifyingly vast, especially since their talents were all stuck at the divine level. If Ye Yun wanted them to quickly enter the Great Expert realm, talent, as a crucial factor, was unavoidable.
After Zhou Ningdong left, Ye Yun also walked out of the City Lord's mansion. As the owner of this city, Ye Yun, for the first time, truly surveyed his city. On Mili Island, Liu Hai and one hundred thousand reserves were guarding it, while Li Chenxu and his group controlled the dojo. The Xin Fan Continent would take another week to enter a new cycle, so Ye Yun found himself unexpectedly idle.
At the Administrative Center, long queues had formed, making it as lively as the Spring Festival travel rush in the real world. These were all players vying to rent an apartment in Fengle City.
Although everyone's income had increased, it didn't mean they would willingly miss out on those attribute points from the Spirit Refining Tower.
The situation at the dungeon and secret realms was even more dire. The six entrances were packed with people, especially the third entrance, which was frequented by mainstream players. The fourth entrance and above had fewer people, as they corresponded to elite monsters of level forty and above. Currently, most players could at best clear the third-layer dungeons.
As for the sixth-layer entrance, it was almost exclusively occupied by Dragon Palace reserve members. They had no quota missions and their primary objective for entering the dungeon was to level up and earn money.
Wandering around, Ye Yun arrived at his intended destination: the Skill Academy!