Transcending Dreams

B2 - Chapter 103

[+14240 XP]

[Level Up! | 10 Stat Points Added]

[+19012 XP]

[33 total alerts]

[Consolidate? | Y/N]

Williams eyes widened before mentally accepting.

[Showing consolidated alerts]

[+257763 XP]

[Level Up! | 10 Stat Points Added] x15

He knew the Flesh Puppets would be a great source of experience points, but he didnt think it was this much. If fifteen of the alerts had been of level-ups, there were eighteen for experience points.

William frowned slightly from disappointment in himself. He had only killed eighteen Flesh Puppets.

He glanced at the large group of them surrounding Corrupted Sophia and was again tempted to activate [Force Multiplier], this time to farm experience points.

It wasnt a terrible idea, and it would be one that he would give serious thought to after using the sudden wealth of attribute points.

Name: Wei Liang (William)

Age: 14

Level: 152

Experience: 11047/19000

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment (Middle Stage)

Health: 2375/2400

Spiritual Energy: 1141/1940 (20% per Hour)

Spirit: 388

Strength: 240

Stamina: 110

Agility: 240 (260)

Luck: 150

Points: 190

William immediately disregarded Stamina. He had only felt fatigued once, and that was when he was not using [Force Multiplier].

Without the martial skill active, he assumed it would be impossible to even hope to lay a finger on Corrupted Sophia, so there was no point in bolstering the attribute.

It might come back to bite him in the future, but at least he would have a future that he could regret.

No, Stamina was not an option. Neither was Luck, since that wouldnt have any tangible effect on his current situation.

William needed to make [Force Multiplier] as powerful as possible, making Strength and Agile the most obvious choices. Spirit was an attribute that would be nice to increase, but its level of importance came after Strength and Agility.

He did some quick math to determine the approximate Strength attribute of a cultivator in the early-stage Core Formation Realm. Because the stat points he received doubled when he advanced from Qi Gathering to Foundation Establishment, he assumed the same would happen after advancing to Core Formation.

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... The number William got made zero sense.

If all the attributes were evenly spread outwhich he knew was unlikelyStrength would be a little over five hundred for a cultivator cusp of early and middle-stage Core Formation Realm.

This was considering that the natives Luck attribute was freely given, unlike William, who had to assign points to it.

Even if he allocated a ridiculous half of the approximate attribute points, it would be around a thousand Strength.

Currently, with [Force Multiplier] active, his Strength attribute was a little less than a thousand one hundred. Corrupted Sophia shouldnt have been able to kick him away from the Flesh Puppets so easily unless he was horribly wrong with his approximations or she was at a higher realm than early-stage Core Formation.

William stiffened in fear at the possibility and glanced at Corrupted Sophia. She was nearly corporeal. One or two more Flesh Puppets might be absorbed before she would turn her attention to him.

He quickly made the calculations for a cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation Realm. He assigned a not-as-ridiculous but still doubtful forty percent of the total points to Strength.

The number came out to one thousand and four hundred.

If that was the case, it made sense how he was kicked away so easily. The attribute points didnt scale linearly, which William knew for sure, so even a small percentage difference could be significant.

William intended to assign enough to Strength to beat that approximated, and hopefully overestimated, number with [Force Multiplier] and have Agility match.

He would keep the rest in reserve to make adjustments if needed.

[+90 Strength]

[+70 Agility]

He had a passive effect that gave him twenty Agility, so he was able to reserve more attribute points. He pulled up the stats to give it a once-over.

Spirit: 388

Strength: 330

Stamina: 110

Agility: 310 (330)

Luck: 150

Points: 30

Perish.

William tensed, thinking Corrupted Sophia directed that at him. His legs were already bent to make his escape when he saw what she did.

The Flesh Puppets around herover seventy for suremelted onto the ground in a puddle of gooey flesh.

Did you think I would continue to let you gain strength from them? Corrupted Sophia smiled at his surprise before checking her corporeal body. I have an offer for youa last chance if you will. Surrender, and I guarantee your life as long as your friends body is usable.

[Name: Sophia (Corrupted Avatar) | Level: ?]

She now had a basic status, which settled some doubts he still had. She was indeed a corrupted avatar, so he wasnt making a massive mistake. And she was in the Core Formation Realm.

William considered her offer seriously. It was hard not to when there were so many uncertainties.

He might be able to match her in a fight, but it would only be for a minute while [Force Multiplier] was active. After that, he would be helplessor so he suspected.

The overuse penalty for [Force Multiplier] only mentioned what would happen if there were two uses within a thirty-minute timeframe. There was nothing about a third use. It was likely it wouldnt even activate, or if it did, the result wouldnt be pretty.

Even if William was able to finish the fight with Corrupted Sophia within a minute, there was another issue. Could she even be killed? Or would she just revert to her incorporeal form, making her basically untouchable?

On the other hand, taking Corrupted Sophias offer would be the easy path. Much easier.

Corrupted Sophia didnt know Lord Paddlington was waiting for them outside the dimension. It would be an instant death for her when she exited the dimension.

However, there were two main negatives about this.

Kae might still be alive since Shitou had protected his head from the Lightning Gauntlet, and the way Corrupted Sophia spoke implied that was the case.

William had already tried to destroy Kaes body, but that was far, far different than letting him die. The former was out of desperation and necessity, the latter out of cowardice. Thinking about letting Corrupted Sophia take over Kaes body left a bad taste in his mouth.

The other negative was the one that made taking Corrupted Sophias offer nearly impossible. William did not trust a single word coming out of her mouth. He had no reason to.

Zheng Tao had acted kind and amenable, just like this corrupted avatar of Sophia, but the end result was full of deceit. If a fledgling cultivator was capable of such betrayal, so could a millennia-old, corrupted avatar.

Theres still something I dont get, William sidestepped her offer and prepared himself for what was coming. Why do you need to use Kaes body when yours is perfectly fine?

Im the key. As long as Im alive, this dimension cannot fall. Nor can anyone leave unless a prison keeper allows you to. But Im sure they died eons ago.

He had just been thinking that nothing out of her mouth could be trusted, but this was an exception. It made too much sense.

Otherwise, there was no logic in Corrupted Sophia willingly letting go of her body and replacing it with Kaesa beast hybrid. Freedom would be enough reason to look past her disdain for non-pure humans.

I see, William nodded. I suppose that should let me stomach what youre doing to Kae.

Corrupted Sophia raised an immaculate eyebrow. And yet, I suspect what follows will not please me.

[-200 Spiritual Energy]

William appeared before her in an instant, fists shining with Qi inches from her face.