I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 485: One Skill and I’m Broke

When they snapped back to reality, the first reaction of the bigwigs at the headquarters was, Lin Yao, you really dare to write this? You say one man held back the beast tide?

But then they thought about it and felt something wasn’t right. If the military report wasn’t true, then shouldn’t Lin Yao have shared his fate with the Southwestern Military Region? The fact that this battle report was sent meant that Lin Yao was still alive... but maybe he had gone mad.

To say that one of the three Titled Strongmen of the Cloud Sea Pioneer Space could accomplish such a feat... Even though it was hard to believe, there was still a degree of credibility. But an intern from the Star Martial Academy, a twenty-year-old young man, a Star Martial Warrior at the peak of the Galaxy Stage, alone holding off one hundred thousand Exotic Beasts, and even wiping them all out?

Keep boasting, go on and boast!

"Commander-in-Chief, this kid Lin Yao has gone mad," the Chief of General Staff sighed deeply after a long while.

"No!" Shen Xiaowu said with a grave expression, "The battle report from Lin Yao might be true."

"What? How is that possible..."

"You might not know, but I do. Although I haven’t had much contact with Wang Lan, three months ago, Wang Lan fought side by side with Lord Qing Emperor. He also teamed up with Lord Qing Emperor to kill Sony, the top expert of Paradise Bird. Although I don’t know the details of that battle, I think that to be able to fight alongside Lord Qing Emperor, one’s strength must have reached a certain level. At least I myself admit I’m not qualified to fight alongside Lord Qing Emperor."

"HISS..."

Shen Xiaowu is the Titled Strongman known as Green Tiger. If even Shen Xiaowu admitted he wasn’t qualified, did that mean Wang Lan was? Could it be that Wang Lan’s strength surpassed even the Commander-in-Chief’s?

"How could this be possible... Wang Lan, he... he’s only at the Galaxy Stage."

"Star Martial rank is not the only factor affecting strength. It’s rumored that when Princess Yu was at the peak of the Galaxy Stage, her combat power was no less than that at the peak of the Star Sea Realm. It’s not unacceptable for Wang Lan to possess the strength of a Titled Strongman while at the peak of the Galaxy Stage. Lin Yao has no relations with Wang Lan, nor is he part of the Flame Emperor’s faction. Lin Yao has no reason to take credit for Wang Lan’s deeds. If he said so... it must be true."

"HISS—"

"Pass my order. Broadcast this battle report far and wide. I want all the Star Martial Warriors in the Cloud Sea Pioneer Space to know," Shen Xiaowu issued the order in a low voice.

This was a tradition in the Pioneer Space – whenever someone made a remarkable move and achieved notable deeds, it would be publicly acknowledged and praised throughout the space. It was both to increase the enthusiasm of the Star Martial Warriors and to spread their fame.

In the Pioneer Space, the survival structure was a bit like the martial arts world in novels. Various Pioneer Teams formed different power groups. The Pioneer Teams under the direct command of the headquarters were the official government departments.

In the Pioneer Space, strength was the foundation of everything, but reputation was the foundation of interests. If you had fame, your reputation could deter those with ill intentions who might want to kill for their gains. With fame, you could be trusted by more people and recruit more followers. Furthermore, with fame, you could get access to more resources.

Although reputation was a valuable thing, it also needed corresponding strength to back it up. A reputation not backed by substance would surely lead to trouble! And for Wang Lan, the strength was there, the achievements were there; all that was lacking was a reputation. Such a heaven-sent opportunity was naturally to be seized to ride the wind and soar high into the sky.

The news of Wang Lan single-handedly suppressing a beast tide exploded like a nuclear bomb throughout the entire Cloud Sea Pioneer Space. It was an astounding feat, unheard of through the ages – one man suppressing a beast tide.

There were only five regions in the entire Cloud Sea Pioneer Space, and the survival of the Southwestern Region was thanks to the efforts of one person. One man stood his ground, and one hundred thousand Exotic Beasts were utterly defeated.

He not only held them off, but he actually slaughtered all one hundred thousand of these Exotic Beasts.

Soul Beads piled up like mountains, among which were intermediate Soul Beads, high-level Soul Beads, and even... two supreme-quality Soul Beads.

"A demon! An absolute demon!"

"If he doesn’t get a title for this, it would be an affront to natural order!"

"Wang Lan? I know him. He’s from the same year as me... Haha... What does it mean to be excellent? No, he’s not just excellent, he’s in a class of his own! From the year Wang Lan enrolled, covering freshman to senior year—no, across all four major Star Martial Academies from freshman to senior year—there were only two names in the top tier: Wang Lan and Yu Ruoyun. And Yu Ruoyun’s ranking was even behind Wang Lan’s. This was admitted by Yu Ruoyun herself. I think everyone has heard of Princess Yu’s strength; her title is about to be conferred."

"Team Leader, what’s going on? Several groups of people have been asking me about Wang Lan... I’m not very familiar with him; I haven’t seen him much at school. But occasionally I hear some upperclassmen mention things about Wang Lan..."

"The most impressive thing I remember is him ’shooting the giant eagle’... COUGH COUGH COUGH, sorry, that’s just my way of putting things these days—force of habit. While others might shoot actual great eagles, Wang Lan is different; he shoots small asteroids with his bow. Do you remember the asteroid from a year and a half ago? The one that fell into the Arctic Ocean.

"Officially, they made it sound quite severe, but it sort of fizzled out afterward. We just went on with our studies, business as usual. But I’m telling you... that asteroid genuinely almost caused a major disaster.

"The asteroid was moving at over Mach 20; not even missiles could hit it. Do you know how they managed to avert the catastrophe? It was Wang Lan and Princess Yu, who shot it down with a single arrow, working together. What the—what’s with those looks? You think I’m bluffing?

"Everyone in their senior year at the time knew about it. Even though they’ve all graduated now, just ask any of the recent grads from Modu City Star Martial Academy. They all saw it with their own eyes. The campus network still has the video, though it’s a bit blurry."

Wang Lan was completely famous, known to everyone in the Cloud Sea Pioneer Space.

And right now, Wang Lan had entered seclusion right in the middle of the camp, refusing to see anyone.

Others thought Wang Lan was consolidating his cultivation level after a recent breakthrough, but Wang Lan was actually distressed over how to allocate his skill points, his face full of melancholy. He still had five hundred thousand skill points in the system, a pretty terrifying number. But that was in the past, not now.

All the skills that could be upgraded to Diamond level had already reached Platinum Nine. But to go from Platinum to Diamond, it started at one hundred thousand skill points. Those ordinary skills with a fixed cost of one hundred thousand skill points were okay, but the progressive ones were like skill point-devouring divine beasts. Five hundred thousand skill points were simply not enough.

By now, Wang Lan had realized that the system could only help him grow to the Star Sea Realm; surpassing that realm was part of the ’impossible in this lifetime’ series. Think about it, a normal Diamond-level Star Martial Skill, one upgrade costs one hundred thousand skill points, and to raise it to Diamond Nine would need at least one million skill points. And for those progressive types, it would take five million skill points. And this was just for one Star Martial Skill, yet I have at least five skills to upgrade. Roughly rounding up, that’s damn well at least thirty million skill points.

Thirty million...

Wang Lan was close to breaking down.

Then, looking at the experience points, Wang Lan felt like crying on the spot. The Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record had reached its limit, and Wang Lan couldn’t upgrade it to Diamond level. But to upgrade to the Star Soul Realm, he needed a frightening five hundred million experience points.

Five hundred million! God damn it! At the Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record’s rate, that’s at least twenty or thirty freaking years. After twenty or thirty years, I’ll be in my forties or fifties, what’s the point in leveling up then? If it really comes to that, after improving so fiercely before, anyone could see I would definitely achieve the rank of the Five Emperors within ten years. But if I dawdle for twenty or thirty years? By then, the outside world’s evaluation would surely be that I’ve exhausted my talents and collapsed in the later stages.

What to do?

Wang Lan could understand why the Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record couldn’t be upgraded any further. Even if it was a secret method of ancient cultivation civilizations, this was, after all, just the Qi Cultivation Chapter. And what was the Qi Cultivation Chapter? It was just for laying the foundation for novice disciples. Without a more advanced cultivation technique, cultivating to the Star Sea Realm with just the Qi Cultivation Chapter was already quite impressive. Others could prove their way through battle, using Soul Beads to break through their limits. But not Wang Lan. No matter how many Soul Beads he absorbed, they could only provide skill points and replenish lost Star Power. Absorbing more was futile.

So, if Wang Lan wanted to level up quickly, there were only two ways: either save the galaxy or find a more advanced cultivation technique, at least something like a Foundation Establishment Chapter.

As for skill points, Wang Lan had also come to understand. Relying solely on tasks or killing Exotic Beasts wasn’t enough. Sooner or later, the rewards wouldn’t keep up with the demand of the skill point-devouring beasts. And since experience could be obtained through cultivation techniques, theoretically, skill points could also be gained by practicing a certain cultivation technique.

Cultivation techniques weren’t the issue; the lack of such techniques was.

That’s where Wang Lan’s main frustration lay. Although it was depressing to see a dead end ahead, looking back at the benefits of this upgrade improved his mood quite a bit.

Breaking through to the Star Sea Realm, both the reserve and quality of his Star Power had undergone a qualitative improvement. Although it was true that it no longer had as clear an impact on Wang Lan’s combat power as before. After all, Wang Lan’s combat power had reached the level of a Titled Strongman. It simply meant that this strength could be maintained for an even longer period.

There were also two benefits that delighted Wang Lan to no end. First was that the Phoenix Form had finally been unlocked. It no longer required skill points to activate and had become a Star Martial Skill that could be used constantly. Moreover, this Star Martial Skill was directly at the Diamond level.

No wonder Wang Lan’s strength skyrocketed to the level of a Titled Strongman after activating the Phoenix Form. This Phoenix Form had been a Diamond-level skill all along, equivalent to using skill points to access the combat power of a Titled Strongman in advance. Now that the Phoenix Form was a regular skill, Wang Lan’s usual form also had the combat power of a Titled Strongman. Of course, there would no longer be a distinction between the "sublimated" form and the regular form from now on.

The other delightful benefit after activating the Phoenix Form was unlocking the second form mimicry of the Phoenix Form. Wang Lan had two mimicries before: the Dragon Emperor Form mimicry and the Space Phoenix Form mimicry. But these two types of mimicry were not actively cultivated by Wang Lan; he had passively received them. In the past, Wang Lan had never actually mastered the second stage of the Phoenix Form.

But now, Wang Lan had thoroughly mastered it and understood what the so-called mimicry was all about. If Wang Lan wanted to acquire more mimicry forms in the future, he could cultivate them himself.

Besides the complete unlocking of the Phoenix Form, there was another benefit: a skill book in the system that couldn’t be learned before, the Infinite Fire Skill, could finally be cultivated. It required five hundred thousand skill points to learn... Damn it!

Seeing this requirement, Wang Lan felt like flipping the table right then and there.

If I learn your Infinite Fire Skill, I might as well not upgrade my other skills, right? My Life Light, my Mandala Flower, my Sunlight Sword Skill, my...

Damn!