Fully trusting that Flor and the rest would deal with the town, Liu Shu focused on her system page and started planning. 'Do I go slowly, or do I spend everything and then control the energies?'
Liu Shu pondered, and as she thought, she rembered the book Verdantia gave her about . 'Hm… The main reason that people usually fail in creating their is the lack of the big burst of stats they receive through the breakthrough.'
The book didn't say this explicitly. Still, after reading it and analyzing it for a while, Liu Shu managed to guess what the problem was with creating before Level 25. It was a solution that many overlooked because of how rare it was to fulfill. Even if soone suggested it in the past, they would've probably been either ignored or silenced, as it would make the creation of unavailable for the grand majority of people.
Still, Liu Shu was not held back by those thought limitations or even in the sa situation. She was a World Tree, full of energy and with incredibly profound reserves. 'If that's the case… I should be able to create the with my current stat burst. I doubt it will be as big as the . However, it should be large enough to let compress my into .'
With that in mind, the World Tree chose to make a burst Level Up.
Accumulated Experience: 158,485
Level: 14 [0/19,950] -> [19,950/19,950]
Accumulated Experience: 138,535
Level: 15 [0/22,710] -> [22,710/22,710]
Accumulated Experience: 115,825
Level: 16 [0/25,630] -> [25,630/25,630]
Accumulated Experience: 90,195
Level: 17 [0/28,720] -> [28,720/28,720]
Accumulated Experience: 61,475
Level: 18 [0/31,970] -> [31,970/31,970]
Accumulated Experience: 29,505
Level 19: [0/35,380]
Liu Shu eventually poured almost everything she had into her Level, nearly reaching Level 20. What followed was a surge of energy comparable to what Liu Shu felt during the .
Having already felt this surge, she was not overwheld. Instead, she cut most of her connection with the outside and focused her entire being on the torrents of energy rushing at her.
Instead of absorbing them as she usually did when the ternary essence from other Level Ups arrived, she tried to gain control over them. The stream of Phoer, Anima, and Aether rushed through her roots and made Liu Shu feel bloated. 'Ugh, I feel like my trunk is going to burst.'
However, she didn't give up and rembered the information that Verdantia gathered about .
'To create a , I need to use the energy and focus it on a single point. Squeeze everything as if I was trying to concentrate it to a dot!'
The World Tree's aura surged, and she increased her spiritual pressure on the gathering energies. The aura around her body was heavy enough to be felt all around the Town, leaving many residents in awe during the ti that it lasted.
So people even climbed on top of the tree houses to look over them with reverent eyes. Powerful trees could usually manipulate such large energy quantities that they looked like superior entities to the rest of the creatures.
World Trees were not the only type of plant life that received adoration from others. If any creature was strong enough, especially plant life, it would beco sowhat of a special existence.
As the essence condensed in Liu Shu's core, Liu Shu felt so changes and a connection. 'Hm?'
Her mind focused on that very faint connection, following it and reaching deep into her being. When she arrived there, she saw a dark place with a small seedling popping on a small mound of light. The white light in the dark space was the mixture of three streams of essence: one red, one blue, and one yellow.
Liu Shu curiously looked at sapling, which was absorbing the streams and transforming them into strange objects. 'Are those… ?'
Her gaze focused more, looking at the sapling attentively, and then, instead of letting the energy flow through it, she controlled it so that it was nourished by them.
The second she started doing that, Liu Shu's mind awakened, and her entire body felt as if it was subrged in a soothing bath of nutrients.
'I want to feed it faster.'
Instead of allowing the energies to flow through, Liu Shu condensed them below the sapling into three different-colored orbs: one blue, another red, and another yellow.
'More. I want more.'
The streams of essence condensed, and thanks to the trendous energy flow, three more orbs were created. Liu Shu looked at the six orbs with satisfaction. The blue and yellow streams had beco thin and stable, unable to condense further. Yet, when Liu Shu looked at the red stream, she realized that she could continue condensing that one.
'Condense.'
With her thoughts, the third red orb ford below the sapling, feeding it much purer energy. When the pure energies seeped into the sapling, they nourished it and allowed it to grow. Its stalk slowly thickened, the branches above it separated, and leaves began growing. The changes didn't stop there, as it went from a small plant to a very tiny tree with five branches.
To Liu Shu's disappointnt, one of those branches was leafless. Four of them were growing perfectly fine, yet the last one did not get enough nutrients. 'Ugh… Why don't you grow?'
However, her questions went unanswered because her mind was pulled out of that space while several notifications popped into her mind.
[Accessory Level Up!] x5
[Level 19 Sylvanium Branch (Low-Grade Flawed Level)]
3800 Aether Mana
3800 Phoer
3800 Anima Energy
Aether ( 190), Physique ( 190), Anima ( 190), Willpower ( 190).
Skill: You can use it to gain 2 Sylvanium Shards a day.
[Level 19 Celestium Branch (Low-Grade Flawed Level)]
1900 Aether Mana
3800 Phoer
190 Anima Energy
Aether ( 95), Physique ( 190), Anima ( 95), Willpower ( 95).
Skill: You can use it to gain 2 Celestium Shards a day.
[Level 19 Ascendium Branch (Low-Grade Flawed Level)]
1900 Aether Mana
1900 Phoer
3800 Anima Energy
Aether ( 95), Physique ( 95), Anima ( 190), Willpower ( 95).
Skill: You can use it to gain 2 Ascendium Shards a day.
[Level 19 Cognium Branch (Low-Grade Flawed Level)]
1900 Aether Mana
1900 Phoer
1900 Anima Energy
Aether ( 95), Physique ( 95), Anima ( 95), Willpower ( 190).
Skill: You can use it to gain 2 Cognium Shards a day.
Liu Shu looked at the new numbers and asked. 'I want a summary version! Also, I want to hear the Level Up notifications!'
[Accessory Level Up!]
[Accessory Level Up!]
[Accessory Level Up!]
[Accessory Level Up!]
[Accessory Level Up!]
[Aether 125, Phoer 150, Anima 150, Willpower 150, Aether Mana Shards 4250, Phoer Body Shards 5150, Anima Energy Shards 5150]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Aether 35, Phoer 45, Anima 40, Willpower 50, Destiny 500]
Liu Shu giggled. 'Level Up! Level Up! Hahahah. Nice! Bigger numbers! Show my ternary essences and stats!'
***
Level: 19 [0/35,380]
Aether Mana Cores: 2.61/2.61 (260,711) ( 9,386/Hour)
Phoer Body Cores: 3.76/3.76 (375,100) ( 13,504/Hour)
Anima Energy Cores: 2.79/2.79 (278,679) ( 10,033/Hour)
Attributes: Aether 974 (358 616), Physique 1282 (471 811), Anima 1076 (377 699), Willpower 1079 (490 589), Destiny 1900 (1900)
Affinity Percentage: Aether Resonance (34), Physique Refinent (47), Anima Affinity (29)
Resistance Percentage: Aether Resistance (54), Physique Resistance (60), Spiritual Resistance (54), ntal Resistance (59)
Summoning Affinity: Summon Cost (-59%), Summon Enhancent ( 20%), Summoning Invoking Ti (-59%), Summon Upkeep (-59%).
***
'Eh?' Liu Shu looked at it again and exclaid in her head. 'Ehhhhhh!? H-How!? When?? I have !?'
She suddenly rembered how she had been creating those small spheres below that sapling and was stumped. 'Was that ?' Liu Shu rembered what she read about the in the book and pondered. 'Was that my other ? In that imaginary world they talked about?'
She was confused, and she didn't really have an answer. Moreover, asking the system or wisdom wouldn't give her any answers. She had tried in the past when she read the book, only to receive silence.
'Let's look closer. I almost forgot to check everything else with the appearing! Hmm~. My stats are almost all above 1000, hehehehe. Oh? The summoning thingy got better! Now I have a fifty-nine percent reduction instead of fifty-seven!... Why? WISDOM! HELP! QAQ!'
[Wisdom: scales with a creature's . As your increases, the summoning costs will reduce, and eventually, even the summoning stat increase will beco more significant.]
'Even that? But… If I ever reach, like 10,000 , won't it just beco free?'
[Wisdom: It is a logarithmic increase. aning it will never reach 100% summoning cost efficiency regardless of how much you have. As additional information, as the Level of creatures increases, their costs will increase exponentially as well. Maintaining a creature is much easier than keeping up a creature.]
' must be the pre levels…' Liu Shu read attentively and humd. 'I see~. That's good to know! Also, you say my buffs to my summons will beco larger. How much larger?'
[...]
'Tsk. No answer.'
Liu Shu pouted in her mind and opened her to look at everything around her.
'WOAH!'
Liu Shu saw a large number of people in the surroundings. At least five tis more than before she went to Level Up. 'What happened? Oh… Are Flor and the rest okay?'
She swiftly expanded and her other senses, spotting the people she cared about one after another. 'Flor is in her office. Her face looks a bit haggard, but she looks fine overall. Ignatia is… sleeping. Verdantia and Tempestria are working. anwhile, Cinderielle is… Hm? What is she doing?'
She saw that Cinderielle was on her bed, squirming around, but she didn't understand much of the situation. 'Hmm… Fever? No… Oh!' Liu Shu realized and said proudly. 'This was called masturbation! I saw other Explorers doing the sa in the forest!'
Liu Shu was curious about Cinderielle's situation. However, she decided not to peek closely or listen. Sohow, she felt that doing so would be dangerous for her. 'Hm… I feel a bit strange now, so if I look closer, it will be bad… Moreover! I read that peeking in this situation is inconsiderate!'
She decided to observe the rest of the Sylvans and saw them working for a little while. Their deanor had slightly changed, becoming more commanding compared to the past. They looked much more comfortable when giving orders and moving people around.
Liu Shu suddenly heard a loud knocking coming from Flor's door and looked over. 'Who is being so rude?'
She saw a blue-haired Sylvan opening the doors and entering quite angrily. "Queen Flor! You've already delayed my wishes for two months! Do you think I am playing around!?"
Flor looked up with a sigh and said. "I told you, City Lord Delia, that no one can get close to the Life Tree before it completes its Level Up."
Delia pointed at Liu Shu and exclaid, her face pale but anxious. "She has been leveling up for three months since my arrival. THREE months. You told to wait one month, and I did, but you've been moving back the date again and again and again!"
Delia's aura increased, showcasing a powerful pressure, and she said coldly. "One more week. ONE! After that, I'll go near it even if your entire city gets in the way! And if you still stop , we will go to WAR!"
Then, she turned around without leaving Flor a second to answer and slamd the door on the way out, making the Town Hall lose a few Phoer Body Shards from the impact.
Liu Shu complained to Flor. 'What's that woman's problem? She is so noisy!'
Flor's tired face lit up, and she exclaid. "Liu Shu! You are awake! Thank the branches above, I was starting to worry!"
Liu Shu looked at Flor's expression and giggled. With a soft tone, she spoke. "I am back, Flor~. Everything was successful~."
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