Monsters Are Coming

But the cost of opening Star Vein Slots is also rising alongside other expenses.

Body Refining Level can be enhanced with Cultivation Battle Skills, and the cost for the first 10 levels is all ten thousand each. Initially, it seemed absurdly expensive, but in hindsight, it’s reasonable.

However, the cost of opening Star Vein Slots is unreasonable.

Aside from the initial number 1 Star Vein Slot being free, the price for number 2 is 500 sacrificial power, number 3 is 1000 sacrificial power, number 4 is 2000 sacrificial power... Now, they’ve opened eight Star Vein Slots for everyone.

The opening price for the eighth Star Vein Slot is 32,000 sacrificial power.

Not counting the cost of decomposing Life Souls and purchasing them, just embedding a supportive Life Soul costs over 30,000 sacrificial power.

Each additional Star Vein Slot, combined with a powerful Life Soul, allows for a significant leap in strength.

But the cost also rises exponentially.

Embedding a non-combat type Life Soul seems simple, but the cost becomes even higher in the later stages.

This is a feature of the Monster World game.

In the current system, picking out any element requires an enormous resource investment, and you can never max out strength; there is always a path to further improvement.

In contrast, perhaps alternating decomposition and replacement is a more cost-effective approach.

Just that doing so undeniably wastes quite a bit of sacrificial power on purchasing and decomposing new Life Souls, and every replacement also has a 5% evolution points loss.

But to reduce the burden of learning, some expenditures seemed necessary to Li Zheng and others.

According to Chief Instructor Shi Xiuluo, the Ultimate Formation is the most complex type among all formations, structured using a legion as the cornerstone.

The Commander serves as the core of the formation, controlling it to unite the entire legion into a super organism comparable to a god.

For instance, through an illusion, they observe the Floating Tomb of the 138th Legion.

The Ultimate Formation uses the Floating Tomb as its core, linking together all warriors of the 138th Legion.

Fortunately, learning the Ultimate Formation begins after graduating from training camp and entering the legion. Every legion’s Ultimate Formation shape and warrior roles are different.

At this moment, Chi Tu seemed to recall something and suddenly asked curiously:

"Brother Li, do you think our Player Corps will introduce a similar formation integration mode in the future?"

"How would I know... But the growth settings of the Player Corps seem to be advancing towards integrating combat strength. Perhaps there’s indeed a probability of introducing a formation fusion mode in the future."

"I agree. Actually, the improvement direction of the Player System has traces to follow. Early on, players received Cultivation Battle Skills gifted by the God of Wealth, and at that time, I was wondering why our Player System didn’t have such skills, which made me really envious... Eventually, half a year passed, and we players now have Cultivation Battle Skills to use." Family Shared Godfather nodded in agreement.

"I hope they introduce a feature that allows rapid growth with very little sacrificial power soon."

"How about spending 1 sacrificial power to become a demigod?" Li Zheng glanced sideways at the speaking Zero Charge.

"Sure, why not? If such a feature existed, I would praise the Moon Eclipse Clan on the forum for three days."

Amidst casual chat, the battle formation training ended.

Li Zheng and the others immediately stood up and followed the disbanded students toward the cafeteria.

That afternoon, they were to undergo the second round of body examination and based on their physical condition, new Special Potions would be allocated for consumption. These days, aside from eating, they couldn’t participate in other activities.

Even eating had its particularities. The Rune Doctor explicitly instructed that for the next two days, they must consume pure Spiritual Spring Water, which can be paired with mild-effect spiritual plant meals but not consume any kind of meat.

...

Two days later.

Clap!

A dazzling bright light hit his face, and Li Zheng instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes, observing through the gaps between his fingers.

At this moment, a voice emanated from above his head.

"Stand in the center of the formation."

Li Zheng heard it and didn’t hesitate, standing centered in the formation once his eyes adjusted.

"Lie down."

He continued to follow the Rune Doctor’s instructions and lay down in the center of the formation.

At this moment, an energy arm materialized in the air, gently slashing his chest. The blood that spilled was guided by invisible forces, falling into the center of the formation.

"Student Li Zheng, next we are going to conduct more detailed checks on your physical condition. This is a necessary step before transplanting talent organs, and you must cooperate throughout, providing accurate answers to our questions."

"Understood."

The formation below activated at this point, and the rune lines seemed to come alive. Li Zheng’s blood floated in the air, decomposing into tiny blood beads at the center of the formation, each bead enveloped by rune energy.

During this process, the runes occasionally formed intricate patterns, sometimes dispersing into fine light dots, seemingly reading the information contained in the blood.

Meanwhile, beam after beam of light swept from his head to his heels.

Wherever the light passed, his skin feeling slightly warm, as if innumerable small energy streams roamed inside his body.

"Student Li Zheng, have you ever been eroded by curse system energy?"

Facing the inquiry, Li Zheng contemplated briefly before responding:

"No."

In reality, he had.

Previously, during the confrontation with Earth Thought Bully in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range area, he had been eroded by curse energy released from Black Tide Curse System Soldiers.

But it was countless generations ago, and after emerging from the Little Black Room, he was rejuvenated.

Hence, he answered "No."

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"Student Li Zheng, has your body ever suffered damage due to energy overload, such as meridian rupture, energy circuit collapse, etc.?"

"No." Li Zheng answered with clear and quick deliberation.

In fact, during previous battles, he had suffered meridian damage and even limb deficiencies, but that was in the past, and after emerging from the Little Black Room, he was a different person.