Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 684 - 604 Skills Upgrade

This time's loot includes 5 golden items.

To be honest, everyone is very satisfied with the loot from this battle.

These pieces of equipment and items may not be considered top-tier at the golden stage, but they are definitely above average.

Kane initially expected to get three golden loot items, which would have been great, but this far exceeded his expectations.

Three pieces of usable equipment, one item, and one magic material.

The combination is perfect.

After all, the first enemy encountered at the golden stage was equivalent to an elite monster of the same level.

Two rules were also very powerful, directly reducing their combat effectiveness.

However, ultimately it wasn't all bad.

Indeed, compared to other explorers, the higher difficulty provided richer rewards.

This deal was still worthwhile, Mist Warriors are indeed Mist Warriors.

Now that the loot has been distributed, it's time to focus on another important gain for Kane.

This important gain, needless to say, is the use of the golden magic stone. For Kane, magic stones and charged magic stones used in magic materials are certainly more important than various equipment.

Kane reached into his space equipment and took out the newly filled golden magic stone. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Seeing Kane's actions, everyone turned their attention from the equipment to him, curiously watching his movements.

When they saw what Kane brought out, they couldn't help but gather around to look at the golden magic stone in his hand.

"This stone is so beautiful!" Lirulu said with shining eyes next to him.

Kreya nodded in agreement.

Even Meizike couldn't help but observe closely. The golden magic stone possessed an inherent allure, making people naturally fond of it.

This is a unique trait of precious items — the innate love that intelligent beings have, driven not by magic but by the soul's desire.

Of course, they were just curious and infatuated, mainly to satiate their curiosity.

This small temptation doesn't really count as a negative effect. For those at the golden stage, it merely stirs their emotions.

After all, they had never seen the first golden magic stone extraction scene. At that time, Kane couldn't help but use it secretly at night.

They've always been eager to see the extraction and use of golden stage magic stones.

Now they finally get to witness the scene of using a golden stage magic stone.

Just like before, each stage brings novelty during the first few times they see it.

After watching several times, it naturally becomes mundane, and they stop paying special attention to it.

Gazing at the golden magic stone in his hand, Kane pondered its usage. Now, he didn't plan to use it to extract a new skill but to upgrade an existing skill.

Kane intends to adhere to the silver stage rule, alternating between extracting a skill and upgrading a skill.

The main reason is that he secretly rolled the dice again and got a red one, suggesting it's not suitable for extraction.

Upgrading will suffice. If it showed a red two or red three, Kane would immediately extract a skill.

If it had shown black, it indicated bad luck today, and doing nothing would be better.

Now the problem arises.

There are way too many skills that need upgrading, forcing Kane to make a choice.

At this stage, he must upgrade the most crucial one, which can significantly enhance his current abilities.

Every skill is important, and he needs to choose based on his current situation and the problems faced.

He had already learned Divine Martial Gaze, Death Gaze, and the earliest learned Soul-devouring Chain Attack.

Kane initially planned to give the third-ring skill to Meizike, but so far, Meizike hasn't had an empty skill grid, always having better options.

The other team members' skill grids had been filled with suitable skills.

These three learned skill stones are in Kane's hand, representing their significant importance and potential for further advancement.

[Magic Power Reserve], [Divine Human State], [Blue Dragon Bloodline], [Golden Cauldron], [Material Change - Rock Steel].

These skills are key components of Kane's current strength, all deserving upgrades to the golden status.

Each plays a vital role for Kane.

These skills also have potential for further upgrades, and their ongoing utility justifies continued upgrades.

However, the available upgrade slots are limited to one, forcing Kane to prioritize.

[Divine Human State], [Material Change], [Magic Power Reserve], [Divine Martial Gaze].

These four are undoubtedly the top priority batch, and any future upgrade options should start from these.

The absence of [Blue Dragon Bloodline] is because Kane no longer lacks magic power as much as he did at the silver level.

With his understanding of the first rule reducing blue costs effectively, one is enough for the early stage.

Looking at this pile of skills, Kane frowned and began to ponder.

After much thought, he finally put two of the skill stones into the warehouse.

The final choice is left with [Material Change] and [Divine Human State].

[Divine Human State] doesn't need much explanation; extracted during the copper stage, it always accompanied Kane as a key attack method.

The more he used and understood it, the more he discovered its uniqueness.

Even at the golden stage, Kane felt he hadn't fully grasped and learned this skill.

However, after some deliberation, Kane decided to put it back in the warehouse.

He chose [Material Change - Rock Steel] because the origin skills already simulate ordinary materials, so material change is no longer a foundational skill.

But it is indeed very important. If it can be upgraded to gold, it would allow the simulation of better materials or simulate materials that Kane couldn't simulate previously.

After all, many of Kane's current magic technologies can't be realized because the origin skills cannot simulate some of the materials Kane needs.

There's always a need to put in a lot of thought in mixing materials to achieve the limit, not because Kane can't think of better materials to use, but because origin skills can only simulate these ordinary materials.

Ordinary materials, how can they possibly support the current gold-level constructs?

A thankless effort that still doesn't yield good results.

Once this skill is upgraded and can achieve the desired effect, all Kane needs is a little time, and his strength will greatly increase.

Thinking about this, Kane felt a little excited; perhaps that spot of red is good luck?

He took the skill stone and golden magic stone in hand, then reached into the space equipment to retrieve the remaining silver magic stone.

He placed all three items into the extraction array.

[Would you like to upgrade this Skill Silver → Gold?]

[Yes][No]

Yes

[The array is operating, please wait...]

[Upgrade complete]

As the array circulated, a golden glow surged before Kane, lines encompassed the array, starting to outline and circulating with the array.

After a moment of brilliance, the golden light intensified, and then all effects disappeared.

A brand new rounded triangular metal piece, resembling gold constructs, appeared in Kane's hand.

On it, just like the previous golden skill stone obtained, is densely etched with runes.

Looking at the new golden skill stone in his hand, Kane eagerly checked it.

[Name: Material Transformation - Metal]

[Category: Active Skills]

[Color: Golden]

[Explanation: Spend magic power to alter objects with metal-related material changes. The material and duration depend on the amount of magic power. Different metals have different strengths, consuming varying amounts of magic power.

To achieve transformations of certain metal materials, it requires thorough research and simulation to perfectly accomplish.]

[Introduction: Created by the magic researchers of Lacey Horn, it is the most fundamental spell for metallic transformation. Limited by their various conditions, it became the most useless high-level spell. In the end, they had to split it into various medium and low-level skills for those muscle brains below to use.

If only I were a close-combat mage, but wouldn't that make me one of those muscle brains? Really, those anonymous researchers had it cheap.]

Kane's current mood is incredibly excited.

Don't rush, don't rush. Kane continually told himself in his heart.

He needs to first determine if he can simulate various magic materials; being able and unable are entirely two different skills.

Kane forced himself to calm down.

First, he took out a small metal piece, a relatively advanced magic material, one of the top magic conduction materials.

He placed the skill into the skill grid, feeling a vast amount of knowledge pour into his mind, along with countless experiences infused into his body.

However, the knowledge amount wasn't too burdensome for Kane at present.

He slightly absorbed and fully incorporated this knowledge into his mind.

"Hoo!"

Taking a deep breath, Kane tightly gripped the ore in his hand.

Then he closed his eyes, carefully sensing the structure and characteristics of the metal in his hand, using the skill's unique spell to explore and simulate.

Kreya and the others saw Kane enter a focused state beside him, so they dispersed and didn't disturb him.

They knew Kane must be engaged in matters related to the new skill now.

To be honest, simulating and researching a material by the looks of it takes quite some time; half an hour has passed, and Kane still hasn't made much progress.

Having to concentrate entirely, the metal piece is already floating in his hand, wrapped in a mysterious complex array.

Kane himself sat cross-legged on the ground, engulfed in a trance.

This state continued until the next morning.

Kreya and others were already taking turns to rest in the guild hall.

Suddenly Kane opened his eyes; he about thoroughly researched the metal and can use the skill for simulation transformation.

He tossed the floating metal chunk into the space equipment.

Then he removed the skill from the skill grid, placing it into the enhancement chamber.

He understood; the effect provided by the enhancement chamber is equivalent to the metal materials learned while using the skill.

Then magic power surged forth, forming a metal chunk crafted from origin skills in his hand, ordinary steel once metallic black.

As magic power surged in, the ordinary metal steel in the hand swiftly shifted towards a bright silver, eventually becoming an exceedingly pliable silver metal material.

Indeed, it was mithril, Kane looked at the silver metal in his hand, unable to keep his hands from trembling.

It's feasible, able to simulate magic materials.

It's worth noting, mithril is one of the top magic conduction materials, being able to simulate mithril means being able to simulate most magic materials.

Fantastic. Kane couldn't resist cheering in his heart.

With this skill, countless constructs previously only conceived can now be brought to reality.

Even numerous things previously unimaginable, Kane pondered creating them.

Haha!