Moreover, the effect of Fierce was even greater than the bonus conferred by the light gold achievement Zhang Yanhang had obtained previously, which only granted a 20% strength effect bonus. Fierce added an additional 5% on top of that, which was very tempting indeed.

And Zhang Yanhang's Bear Power Talent, which had been promoted to S rank, only provided a total 85% bonus to his strength effect. If the bonus from Fierce was slightly higher, it would be equivalent to a third of an S rank achievement, making it difficult for Zhang Yanhang to choose otherwise.

But just after Zhang Yanhang made his choice regarding the primary strength attribute reward, another Time Pause followed, and text options related to Agility appeared before him.

[Detected 'Heavenly Destiny Dominator' profession main attribute 'Agility' has reached the 50 point attribute value limit during tier promotion, granting main attribute reward...]

[Would you like to draw an Agility attribute reward?]

[Option One: Speed Strike (Attack Speed +24%)]

[Option Two: Rapid Charge (Gain 'Rapid Run' status when not in combat, Movement Speed receives a 30% bonus, moderate reduction in stamina consumption when moving.)]

[Option Three: Rapid (Agility +4)]

"This Rapid Charge looks familiar; I remember there was a 'Rapid Run' during my Second Tier promotion, but back then it only gave a 12% movement speed bonus. Now it's 30%, a direct 2.5-fold increase.

However, for me, the distinction between non-combat and combat states isn't that clear-cut, given I'm constantly hunting monsters."

Zhang Yanhang disliked abilities that only worked out of combat due to their restrictions. If he had to be restricted, he preferred the Rhythm series, which could activate by themselves as long as there was air around—more lenient conditions.

"Therefore, compared to that, Speed Strike seems slightly better as there are no restrictions, just a straightforward bonus. So, I'll choose Option One, Speed Strike."

Although Zhang Yanhang was somewhat tempted by Option Three, which could add four points to his Agility—since he lacked Agility attribute—he wasn't that deficient in it.

Or rather, he was in a peculiar state of being both lacking and not lacking in Agility. Normally, he would need more Agility with every tier promotion, but this time was slightly different because he still had a bottle of Blue Dragon Essence Blood unopened. So, his immediate need wasn't critical, leading him to forego choosing Rapid.

[Detected 'Heavenly Destiny Dominator' profession main attribute 'Constitution' has reached the 50 point attribute value limit during tier promotion, granting main attribute reward...]

[Do you want to draw a Constitution attribute reward?]

[Option One: Sturdy (Constitution +4)]

[Option Two: Youth (Life Value Limit +300)]

[Option Three: Strength (Defensive Power +25%)]

"Sturdy, Youth, Strength, each option is tempting. Oh, when will my Multiple Choice evolve into a true 'Multiple Choice'? I can't stand these days of making only one choice!"

Despite saying that, according to the current situation, it would be quite an accomplishment for Zhang Yanhang to evolve his Multiple Choice into a truly multifaceted Multiple Choice upon reaching the Fourth Tier.

"Although the added defensive power from Strength would be beneficial for me, especially since you need high defensive power to ensure attacks don't diminish your Life Value, defensive power can be increased by Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the Main World. Or rather, that is the main channel for increasing defensive power.

Life Value Limit is different, though. Compared to the more common Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can raise the limits of defensive power and Physical Strength, the ones that can increase the Life Value Limit are much rarer. So, I choose Option Two, Youth."

If one asks why Zhang Yanhang didn't choose Sturdy, it's because he didn't lack Constitution Attribute. After all, if he was to hunt monsters on the other side of the abandoned Transmission Channel, he would undoubtedly receive a considerable Constitution Attribute bonus from raising the level of the SS rank Talent Longevity Mountain and Fortune Sea, so he indeed wasn't in great need of Constitution.

[Detected 'Heavenly Destiny Dominator' profession main attribute 'Intelligence' has reached the 50 point attribute value limit during tier promotion, granting main attribute reward...]

[Option One: Intelligent Brain (Energy Value Limit +400)]

[Option Two: Shrewd (Energy Attack +20%)]

[Option Three: Intelligent (Intelligence +4)]

"Because of the SS rank Scroll Dragon Bloodline, my Intelligence Attribute is overflowing, so, the option that could add four points to Intelligence, Intelligent, is certainly not under consideration. However, the option that can increase Energy Attack by 20%, Shrewd, is quite good.

Come to think of it, why does Shrewd increase Energy Attack? Is it because 'Shrewd' is followed by 'capable'? That's quite possible.

Though it would be nicer if it added to ranged attack instead. I don't really have many Energy Attack methods at my disposal—only the spells from the Spell List provided by the SS rank Scroll Dragon Bloodline could count as Energy Attack.

As for the other normal Magic Formulas cultivators use for attacks, I haven't learned any of them because I usually rely on Physical Attacks to deal with enemies."

But at this point, it would be impossible to make Zhang Yanhang start learning from scratch, and he also felt he didn't have the spare time. Thus, Shrewd had to be forsaken.

"In comparison to Shrewd, the 400-point Energy Value Limit provided by Intelligent Brain is indeed more useful for me."

Ever since he was able to acquire Divination Tarot Cards from the Lord's Treasure Chest due to an increase in Energy Value Limit, Zhang Yanhang has increasingly valued Energy Value Limit because the more powerful Multiple Choice becomes with a higher Energy Value Limit.

And the Awakener's Power System is essentially built around the development of Awakening Abilities, so indeed, the Energy Value Limit is more important for him.

"So, I choose Option One, Intelligent Brain."

As Zhang Yanhang made his choice, Time Pause vanished in an instant. After having passively triggered Time Pause four consecutive times, this time it finally ceased, for Zhang Yanhang had only four Main Attributes, and he had now made all his choices for the promotion rewards.

After making his decisions, Zhang Yanhang did not rush to check the Attribute list but first examined his Level panel. He was eager to find out just how high the requirements for his Third Tier Profession Level upgrade were.

[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Third Tier)]

[Race: Human]

[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Dominator]

[Level: LV.21 (0/30000)]

[Soul points: 494146]

"Wow, although I anticipated this, thirty thousand soul points is still a bit terrifying. Just reaching LV.21 requires thirty thousand soul points, and later on, I'm guessing the numbers can easily hit six figures. Now, the thirty thousand for LV.21 compared to the two thousand for LV.11 is a fifteenfold increase..."

Zhang Yanhang wasn't saying that thirty thousand is a lot right now, but the problem is that number is cumulative. Based on his previous experience, thirty thousand will soon turn into sixty thousand, ninety thousand, one hundred and twenty thousand, or even more, and right now, he only has a total of five hundred thousand soul points, which simply isn't enough.

"I was thinking about boosting my Heavenly Destiny Dominator profession level several levels in one go, but now it looks like I was daydreaming. After all, I need to save some soul points for upgrading the two new professional skills I just acquired."

Of course, although he needed to save soul points for skills, he still had to level up the profession level, so Zhang Yanhang quickly clicked to upgrade.

[Would you like to spend 30,000 soul points to level up your profession to LV.22?]

"Yes, increase the profession level to LV.22." Although it was just a mere increase to LV.22, Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but feel immediately that his soul point balance was indeed too low, even with nearly five hundred thousand soul points, it was still completely insufficient.

[Profession level successfully increased to LV.22, free attribute points +6.]

"Although I was notified when I advanced to LV.21 that I received six free attribute points, now that I've advanced to LV.22 and still obtained six points, it means that although the tier has advanced to the third tier, the free attribute points I get from leveling up haven't increased.

But that's normal, as these things don't usually increase anyway; the group owner is at Fourth Tier, and he still only gets five free attribute points per level."

Zhang Yanhang figured that unless the profession itself changed, like when he joined as a Heavenly Destiny Master, the free attribute points likely had little to do with advancing ranks, and it should remain fixed at six free attribute points per level.

After all, six free attribute points is quite sufficient, more than enough even; otherwise, he wouldn't have accumulated thirty-six free attribute points.

After a brief consideration, Zhang Yanhang quickly reopened the level panel to check for any changes in the subsequent leveling requirements.

[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Third Tier)]

[Race: Human]

[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Dominator]

[Level: LV.22 (0/60000)]

[Soul points: 464146 (-30000)]

"Sure enough, it's very much in line with my expectations that it has increased by another thirty thousand soul points, bringing the soul point requirement for raising the Heavenly Destiny Dominator profession level to sixty thousand soul points. If this trend continues, it will likely reach ninety thousand, one hundred and twenty thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand... With my current balance of soul points, I can only raise my profession level four more times.

But I definitely can't level up four times because I still need to upgrade my skills."

Zhang Yanhang only planned to level up once more, which is to raise the profession level to LV.23, and then temporarily give up on upgrading the profession level, because he still didn't know how many soul points the skills would require.

If he spent all his soul points here and couldn't upgrade his skills, that would be awkward. Plus, if the skill requires fewer soul points, he could use the remaining soul points to resume upgrading his profession level.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanhang quickly clicked to upgrade again on the level panel.

[Would you like to spend 60,000 soul points to level up your profession to LV.23?]

"Yes, increase the profession level to LV.23."

Zhang Yanhang actually had hoped with the five hundred thousand soul points he had, he might have raised his Heavenly Destiny Dominator profession level to LV.25 and then by gaining a large number of free attribute points right after advancing to the third tier, he could have boosted his attribute value to the tier limit. Alas, while the idea was beautiful, the soul point balance simply disagreed.

[Profession level successfully increased to LV.23, free attribute points +6.]

"Before advancing my tier, I had accumulated a total of thirty-six free attribute points, and just now, with the tier advancement, I obtained another eighteen free attribute points, making it fifty-four free attribute points in total.

If I use them all later, certainly there will be no problem in raising all four of my main attributes above sixty points. However, to achieve over seventy points, I might need to work a bit harder.

Let's just hope that the skill upgrade requirements later aren't too high; I was still thinking about raising my profession level to LV.24 to gain another six free attribute points."

If he could raise his Heavenly Destiny Dominator profession level to LV.24, then Zhang Yanhang would have sixty free attribute points in hand. At that time, each of the four main attributes could be allocated fifteen free attribute points, plus his original accumulation, making it quite feasible to raise all four main attributes above seventy points.

[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Third Tier)]

[Race: Human]

[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Dominator]

[Level: LV.23 (0/90000)]

[Soul points: 404146 (-60000)]

"Raising the profession level of Heavenly Destiny Dominator to LV.24 has, as expected, added another thirty thousand soul points, increasing from the original sixty thousand to ninety thousand. This trend means the following upgrades will probably be one hundred and twenty thousand and then one hundred and fifty thousand.

But thankfully, though the numbers are indeed large, they seem relatively moderate compared to the cost of upgrading skill levels."

Zhang Yanhang still felt that the skill level upgrade requirements that double with each level were indeed a bit too steep, its only because he killed enough monsters that he could afford to upgrade so many skills.

"Nearly five hundred thousand soul points only allowed for two profession level upgrades, and now there are only four hundred thousand left. My estimate at Second Tier was quite accurate, no matter how many soul points I accumulate, once I advance a tier, it will seem small due to the huge increase in demand."

Speaking of soul points, Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered that his Limitless Universe Skill also required soul points to upgrade skill levels.

"Thankfully, advancing my Limitless Universe Skill to Third Tier doesn't need Ash Source, or else I wouldn't be able to upgrade the skill for a long time as I used all four points of Ash Source to advance tiers."

Thinking of the shortage of Ash Source, Zhang Yanhang couldn't help but sigh.

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