Seeing that the EXP required for the next level had increased tenfold, Nolan was not surprised at all—he had already expected it.
After all, his life tier had now risen to a level comparable to that of an Emanator. It was perfectly normal for the EXP required to continue leveling up to increase drastically compared to before.
Six hundred million might have seemed extremely difficult in the past, but with Arlecchino's affection skill, it was no longer a big deal.
It was merely a change from leveling up several times a day to leveling up once every few days.
[Your Level Has Increased To Lv.150. Your Evolution Has Reached A New Stage. You May Obtain One "Racial Specialty." Please Choose.]
As expected, upon reaching level 150, he once again received the opportunity to choose a racial specialty.
Three options appeared on his panel:
[Distance Between Stars: When observing and locking onto a specific target, you can freely adjust the distance between yourself and the target using mental power.]
[Heavenly Soul Body: The defensive power, offensive power, elemental resistance, and all other attributes of the soul and body are synchronized. Additionally, you can control the power of heaven and earth within your perception range.]
[Flesh Ascension: Each time you level up, you may fuse once with the genes of another race. Your own race will change accordingly, allowing for the perfect fusion of different racial powers.]
Nolan carefully examined the three racial specialties.
The first specialty—freely adjusting the distance between himself and a target—felt like an almost invincible ability if used well.
For example, if he wanted to destroy a star system, all he needed to do was go somewhere he could see the star, lock onto it, and slightly adjust its distance closer or farther away.
The delicately balanced gravitational system of the entire star system would instantly collapse. Before long, all the planets would be torn apart by competing gravitational forces, collide with one another, and ultimately be destroyed.
That was its offensive application.
In combat, if he were to fix the distance between himself and an enemy—or between himself and the enemy's attack—at a constant value, whether five meters or fifty meters, then neither the opponent nor their attacks would ever be able to approach him, amounting to an invincible form of defense.
Moreover, using it for travel would be even better than spatial traversal.
Spatial traversal was still limited by his own strength in terms of distance, whereas this ability allowed him to freely adjust distance regardless of how far away the target was.
All that was required was that he be able to observe the target.
And this "observation" didn't even require mental perception—visual sight alone was sufficient. He could even use astronomical telescopes to manipulate distances measured in light-years.
Following that logic, if there were a camera tens of millions of light-years away transmitting a real-time image to him via "superluminal transmission," then he could also control his distance from the objects shown in that image.
Even though Nolan had already reached the life tier of an Emanator, and his actual strength far surpassed that of ordinary Emanators, he still could not traverse tens of millions of light-years in a short time.
Comparing this with the other two specialties, Nolan felt that this distance-manipulation ability was far more useful to him.
As for the third option, Flesh Ascension, there was no need to elaborate. While it allowed perfect fusion with other racial genes, it would also cause corresponding racial traits to appear externally.
Nolan still preferred his identity as a human, so he ruled out this specialty immediately.
The second option, Heavenly Soul Body, synchronized the strength of the body and soul. This meant that even abilities affecting only the soul or only the body could influence the other side as well.
If that were all, it wouldn't be particularly impressive—but the truly powerful part was the ability to control the power of heaven and earth within one's perception range.
With the power of heaven and earth at his command, when fighting others…
As long as the opponent does not exceed Nolan's perception range, the enemy they face is not just Nolan himself, but also a portion of the world's own power. Anyone lacking sufficient strength would basically be suppressed with ease.
The effect was extremely powerful. However, he wasn't lacking in offensive capabilities, and he felt that the distance-manipulation specialty suited him better.
So he favored the first option.
After completing his specialty selection, Nolan checked his panel information:
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Name: Nolan Walker
Level: Lv.150 (1,032,455 → 30,000+/600,000,000)
Race: Human
Titles: Honorary Knight, Distinguished Citizen of Liyue, Legendary Adventurer, Honorary General of Watatsumi Island, Sumeru Sage, Prince of Fontaine, Deputy to the Raiden Shogun
Innate Talent: Entangling Affection
Skills:
- Lumine's Musou · World Lv.10 ( Void Starsea Manifestation)
- Flowing Sky Shot: Arcane Level Lv.10 (Frostglow Arrow)
- Star Abyss Power Lv.1 (1/100000)
Specialties:
- Beloved by Maidens (Exclusive)
- Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree (Exclusive)
- Threads of the Northern Wind (Exclusive)
- Spiritual Core (Exclusive)
- Imaginary Energy
- Drifter of the Imaginary Sea
- Devour All Things
- Heroic Spirit Affinity
- Distance Between Stars
Adventure EXP: 19,252,811
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During the time spent choosing his specialty, his cultivation progress had increased again. At this rate, even with a requirement of six hundred million progress, he should be able to level up again in five to six hours.
Of course, the cultivation progress gained per second would gradually decrease as more people cultivated, so the actual time needed would likely be a bit longer.
Nolan then looked at the Star Abyss Power he had learned from Skirk.
After comprehending it, he hadn't practiced it at all, so its proficiency was still at level one. After thinking for a moment, and seeing that he had more than enough Adventure EXP anyway, he decided to just max it out directly.
Adventure EXP −4,499,999
Star Abyss Power Lv.1 (1/100000) → Star Abyss Power Lv.10 (Transcendence)
As Adventure EXP were poured in, Star Abyss Power was easily maxed out, gaining the Transcendence trait. Its effect was that when something was nurtured using Star Abyss Power, it could easily break through its original limits.
For example, a longsword made purely of iron—without mixing in any other materials—would normally only possess the strength of ordinary iron.
It wouldn't suddenly surpass certain hardened alloys, much less inexplicably gain an edge sharp enough to cut through space itself.
However, after being nurtured by Star Abyss Power, it could vastly exceed its innate limits. In short, it was a trait worthy of being called a world-class skill.
Moreover, this nurturing ability was also effective on living beings.
After leveling up, choosing his specialty, and upgrading his skills, it was already noon. Nolan went to the kitchen to help Noelle, Xiangling, and Lumine prepare lunch.
After eating, he rested briefly.
Then Arlecchino contacted him through the "Waymark" for telepathic communication, informing him that she and Lynette were preparing to come over for a visit.
Seeing this, Nolan immediately perked up and also told Furina about Arlecchino's upcoming visit.
She was coming to discuss obtaining the Gnosis ahead of schedule—something Nolan had already mentioned to Furina a couple of days earlier.
Now, the main point was to ask Furina for help, so that when the time came to make the request, she could tactfully suggest that Arlecchino and Lynette also stay in the Wonderland.
Once everyone became "one of us," the matter of the Gnosis would naturally no longer be an issue.
(End of Chapter)
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