[Upgrading…. Upgrade completed.]
Immediately after this prompt, he received the information on the upgraded technique.
The system panel appeared, displaying the information about him. In front of the technique Crimson Vortex Sutra, it had changed from Common to Uncommon.
Bob could not tell any difference, considering that he had not yet tried it out. But as he focused on the number of skill points remaining, he found out that the number of skill points still remained at infinity.
This immediately made him excited. He had already used 10 skill points to upgrade the technique, but even then, the number of skill points did not reduce at all.
Filled with excitement, he immediately went ahead, selecting to upgrade even more. The moment that he selected to upgrade the skill, the information on the system screen changed.
[Upgrade Crimson vertex Sutra? To upgrade to Rare tier, the required number of skill points is 100. Current skill point balance is: ∞]
Without any hesitation, Bob agreed for the upgrade to proceed.
[Upgrading…. Upgrade completed.]
The information about the Crimson Vortex Sutra on the system panel changed once again, becoming a Rare tier technique.
Filled with excitement, while ignoring the new information that appeared in his mind, Bob went ahead and upgraded once again. And in a little while, with a cost of 1,000 skill points, the technique was upgraded to the Epic tier.
Of course, Bob had no intention of stopping here. This was the only technique that he currently possessed, and he wanted to upgrade it to the maximum level possible.
According to the system, there was no end to the level that he could upgrade the skill to. And so, he had the intention of upgrading it until he was tired of doing that.
But this excitement disappeared the moment that he chose to upgrade the skill after it reached the Epic tier.
[Upgrade denied. The technique cannot be upgraded any further, considering that the soul of the host will not be able to handle the effects of the skill beyond Epic tier. In order for any further upgrades to occur, the soul level of the host should be upgraded to the Ascension realm.]
'Huh?' Bob was stunned by the prompt. What was this? Did the system not claim that there was no any limitation to the upgrades? Why was it that he was being prevented from upgrading the technique to a higher level?
As he thought deeply about it, he realized something. It seemed that it was not the system that was preventing him from upgrading the skill anymore, but himself? It seemed that he had to upgrade the level of his soul.
But he did not possess any information about how to upgrade the soul, and neither did he have any information about the so-called Ascension realm. From the looks of it, he would have to venture out, in order to find more information about this world.
The previous owner of this body did not like venturing out, and was mainly staying within the house. First of the reasons being that he was not awakened, and he had nothing that he could do outside anyway. On the other hand, it was also because he was trying as much as possible to avoid any form of danger in case there was a demon that managed to sneak into the stronghold.
Bob was left speechless by the previous owner of this body. What kind of tactic was this? According to the information that he possessed about the demons, if they attacked, they could easily break through the door of this house. So literally, there was no use of hiding inside the house.
As for hiding from the sight of the demons, that was also impossible. After all, the demons could detect the scent of humans. That implied that if a demon was close by, even if someone hid away, they would still be found.
Bob did not know what to say about the former owner of the body. Despite possessing all this information, the other party just continuously stayed inside the house? It would have been better if he had ventured out, trying to see if there was an opportunity of finding something.
In order to sustain himself in here, he depended on the money that was distributed within the stronghold to every household on a monthly basis. The currency that was used here was called star coins.
These coins were found within the ruins that had been explored until this day. This was the year 806, and the years started counting from the day that the invasion occurred.
Within these 806 years, many ruins had been explored, and the number of coins that had been found was quite high. As for the coins that were being distributed to the residents, it was only a small amount, 50 coins a month.
For ordinary families that had three family members, this was definitely not enough for them to be able to survive an entire month. It could barely sustain them.
But this was just a method that was being used by the authorities in order to encourage those that had awakened to venture out of the stronghold and deal with the demons. The demon crystals that could be obtained from killing demons could be exchanged for star coins.
Bob did not have any memories of his parents. He remembered that he had been adopted by an old man that had taken care of him since he was very young. When he asked for the information about his parents from the old man, the old man claimed that he knew nothing about it.
Unlucky for the old man and Bob, the old man passed away nearly 6 years ago. He had been killed by a demon that had sneaked into the stronghold. And it seemed that it was from that time that Bob, the original owner of the body, stopped venturing out of the house, and would only do that rarely, to buy food.
The star coins had the same value almost comparable to the US dollars that were used back on Earth. This was determined from the purchasing power of the coins in the memories previously obtained.
Bob was not sure about what the previous owner of this body was saving the money for, but he was trying as much as possible to spend less money.
But for the past over 5 years, this guy had saved quite a considerable sum, amounting up to slightly above 1,800 coins. By approximation, it seemed that he was saving about 30 coins every month.
In any case, Bob decided not to bother about the ambition that the previous body owner had. Anyway, the two of them were different. He did not understand the reason why he replaced the previous body owner, considering that there were no memories about what happened in the past few days.
Regardless, with the system, he could finally venture out, try to find some skills that he could use, maybe venture out of the stronghold, kill a few demons to find demon crystals. With money, he could get more skills, and upgrade them to the maximum level that his soul allowed.
He only needed to gain some skills that were considered as common. Then, he would upgrade them, until they reached the Epic tier. But right now, if he wanted to venture out of the stronghold, not only would he need to have some combat power, but he would need a skill that could be used in attacking.
Otherwise, how was he supposed to kill demons? If he went out right now, there was no doubt that the demons outside the stronghold would kill him.
But before that, he of course needed to upgrade his strength, at least go beyond the mortal stage. Maybe if he reached the soldier realm, his soul would be upgraded?
Just thinking about it made him excited. So, he focused on the information that appeared in his mind every time that he upgraded the Crimson Vortex Sutra.
After clearing everything from his mind, Bob began running the technique. And in a little while, he sensed the arcane energy that was in the world. Around him, he felt that there was a special type of energy that could be absorbed into the body.
It was just that this energy was kind of contaminated. The technique would allow him to be able to absorb the energy, but before that, there was the purification. The technique would purify the energy, before he could absorb it into his body to strengthen himself.
The higher the tier of the absorption technique, the faster the purification and absorption of the energy. It was no wonder that those that awakened high tier absorption techniques would be considered as geniuses.
Following the method that was in the technique, he began absorbing the energy in the air after it was purified by the technique. It was only after the energy had been purified that it circulated in his entire body, through all the veins.
As the energy went through his veins, Bob felt that there was a warm current that was coursing through his body. And as this warm current circulated in his body, he felt that he was continuously growing stronger.
In just a minute, he had managed to advance. He could detect this due to him suddenly feeling that his strength had undergone a qualitative increase.
Just to be sure about this, Bob thought about the skill panel, and in just a few moments, the panel appeared in front of him with the information.
[Name: Robert Milton
Age: 20
Power level: Level 1 Soldier
Techniques: Crimson Vortex Sutra (Epic)
Skills:
Divine skills/abilities:
Current skill points: ∞]
An excited smile appeared on his face. He had advanced! Thinking about this, he immediately focused back on absorbing the energy.