Chapter 167: Soul Transcendent Traits

Half an hour later.

After a conversation with Frasier,

a long shopping list was drawn up by Gunie.

Red Giant Spider Crystal: 20 pieces, price: 8000 gold pounds.

Deep Blue Source Crystal: 20 pieces, price: 10000 gold pounds.

Source Pool Dragon Crystal: 10 pieces, price: 10000 gold pounds.

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Magic Gold-level Transcendent Equipment, Dragon Pattern Necklace, price 14000 gold pounds.

Magic Gold-level Transcendent Equipment, Photon Shield Arm Guard, price 12000 gold pounds.

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Initial Secret Pattern Spell: Great Thunder Flame Curse, price: 6000 gold pounds.

Advanced Transcendent Spell: Lesser Thunder Flame Curse, price: 1200 gold pounds.

Initial Secret Pattern Source Pool Scripture: Secret Pattern·Bona Source Pool, price: 5000 gold pounds.

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Space Essence Teleportation Scroll: three pieces, price 9000 gold pounds.

Secret Pattern Spell Vibration Shield: two pieces, price 6000 gold pounds.

Total price: 156400 gold pounds.

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With this purchase, Gunie spent almost all the gold pounds on him.

After obtaining so many good things, and after a period of idling, Gunie's strength would reach another level, and his survival ability would also greatly improve.

After taking the shopping list and browsing it, the steward Frasier nodded slightly.

“I’ve noted the items. Also, these…”

Before the steward Frasier could ask,

Gunie had already taken out a pile of transcendent storage bracelets and rings from his pocket.

Seeing so many transcendent storage rings and bracelets, Frasier was taken aback.

“This…” Then Frasier looked at Gunie.

“These are my spoils from the Winter Extinction Night, not many but not few either.”

“I’ve already sorted and categorized the contents inside. The total value should be around 160,000 gold pounds.”

“If it’s not enough, I can make up the difference with subsequent income.”

After Frasier examined the many transcendent storage bracelets and rings, he nodded slightly.

“It’s basically enough. Even if it’s not, it won’t be far off.”

“If it’s fast, the items will arrive in a week; if slow, about half a month.”

“After all, the Sog Ruins City is located in the borderlands of the empire; it’s normal for things to come slowly.”

“No problem. I’m not in a hurry during this time.” Gunie indicated he didn’t mind much.

“During this time, I still need to properly digest the Secret Pattern Soul Potion!”

Gunie said secretly in his heart.

Purchasing a large number of precious resources to enhance strength was one aspect.

Another aspect was that, with the birth of the “Dawn of the Soul,”

Gunie needed to begin the transformation and elevation of his soul’s transcendent traits.

Now, the weakest part of Gunie could be said to be his soul.

This was not surprising.

Aside from benefiting from the system’s idling and Gunie’s setting that favored soul capacity, which made his soul’s endurance relatively strong,

the only special aspect was the minor mutation of Gunie’s soul.

This made Gunie’s soul think very quickly.

The frequency of single-second overlap had now reached the level of twenty-two spells per second.

Apart from that, Gunie’s soul was essentially ordinary.

But now, this situation was finally about to change.

Gunie would ascend from an “ordinary-level” soul to an “elite-level” soul.

Even if there were no innate divine abilities, no special powers, and no memory inheritance or the like,

this “elite-level” soul would still be far, far more powerful than an ordinary soul.

At the same time, Gunie’s soul was a mutated soul.

An elite-level mutated soul, though the mutation was not large, was still a mutated soul.

“Tonight…”

Gunie’s eyes narrowed slightly, a sharp light flickering.

“The transformation of the soul’s transcendent traits will begin.”

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Late night.

In the dark and silent underground chamber,

Gunie sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion.

After about half an hour, Gunie quietly opened his eyes.

At this moment, Gunie had entered a calm state of focused tranquility.

With a flip of his hand, Gunie took out a bottle of “Dawn of the Soul.”

This afternoon, in his private alchemy chamber, Gunie had already refined a full nine bottles of Dawn of the Soul.

Each bottle of Dawn of the Soul was 60 milliliters.

This volume was slightly less than the standard 80 milliliters for conventional potions.

But after calculation, 60 milliliters was the optimal single-dose standard for humans regarding Dawn of the Soul.

After laying out the soft mats on three meditation cushions, Gunie placed the silver-white source power pocket watch to one side.

The time on the source power pocket watch was 9:12 at night.

Gunie placed the Dawn of the Soul before his eyes and gazed at it for a moment.

“It begins.”

With this thought, Gunie opened the bottle of Dawn of the Soul in his hand.

Instantly, a greenish glow with a hint of deep blue radiated out.

Just by sniffing the emitted glow and scent, Gunie felt his spirit invigorated.

Then Gunie drank the sixty milliliters of Dawn of the Soul in one gulp.

As the potion went down, a warmth bloomed in Gunie’s stomach, and then this warmth quickly surged into his brain.

Immediately after, an irresistible drowsiness and fatigue surged within his soul.

Gunie did not resist this power of slumber and naturally fell onto the soft mat of the meditation cushion he had prepared earlier.

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After an unknown period, Gunie suddenly woke with a start.

As soon as he woke, he noticed that his soul had undergone considerable changes.

He picked up the source power pocket watch; the time now was 10:49 at night.

“A little over an hour and a half.” Gunie said softly.

Then, sitting cross-legged, Gunie began to carefully perceive the changes in his soul from the inside out.

“Super-sense… has clearly increased. The extent is hard to say, but at least twenty percent, maybe even thirty percent.”

“I didn’t expect Dawn of the Soul to also enhance super-sense. This is truly an unexpected joy.”

Generally, only shadow practitioners immersed in shadow and dark source power, constantly honing their super-sense, could slowly improve it.

As a spellcaster, one tends to focus more on soul perception, and super-sense improvement is basically nonexistent.

Overall, the enhancement of super-sense was undoubtedly a good thing, further strengthening Gunie’s perception of danger.

“At the same time, the range of soul perception is broader than before, and the perception is more detailed.”

“The enhancement of soul perception is an inevitable result of the improvement of soul transcendent traits.”

“Of course, the most important thing is…”

Gunie’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“The improvement of soul transcendent traits brings an increase in the soul’s overall carrying capacity.”

The soul’s overall carrying capacity involves many aspects.

First: the number of spell runes that can be carried.

The stronger the soul’s carrying capacity, the more “spell runes” it can bear.

For Gunie, enhancing soul capacity allowed him to condense more Secret Crossing runes, achieving the terrifying instant-cast level of Secret Pattern spells.

Second: an increase in the number of spells that can be cast.

Originally, after releasing 100 high-level spells, the soul would find it difficult to continue casting.

When the carrying capacity increases, this upper limit rises to 150 or even 200.

Third: improvement in soul defense and resilience.

This goes without saying—it enhances resistance against various soul charms, enslavement, soul control, and even soul attacks.

As Gunie carefully sensed,

gradually, a smile bloomed on his face.

At this moment, Gunie’s soul strength and soul capacity had not changed at all.

But because of the improvement in “soul transcendent traits,” Gunie’s soul carrying capacity had increased considerably—he estimated at least thirty percent.

After a moment of feeling, Gunie breathed lightly.

“Truly worthy of a Secret Pattern-level soul potion. The enhancement effect is astonishing.”

“With such a boost out of nowhere, once this Secret Pattern Soul Potion becomes known to the outside world, the price of this type of material will skyrocket.”

“But this is the effect that a ‘Secret Pattern-level potion,’ which has opened a new chapter in human pharmacology, should have.”

“The effect is so powerful it’s exhilarating.”