Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 8

Ch 8: Endurance, a Man’s Dignity…

He blinked, pondered for a moment, and then, the shadow suddenly transformed, turning into a sharp, slender Shadow Blade.

The Shadow Blade floated before him, swaying slightly.

Qin Jin-Nian’s eyes lit up, and he subconsciously wanted to cut something.

The Shadow Blade immediately rose high, almost touching the ceiling.

But after raising the blade, Qin Jin-Nian paused again…

Turning his head to look around…

It seems there’s nothing to test the blade on?

…He couldn’t possibly tear down his own house, could he?

Although, it had already been wrecked once.

Oh, right, this isn’t even his house; the house is rented…the furniture and stuff belong to the landlady…He still needs to figure out how to deal with that later.

He’s just a student with no source of income, and he’s a bit troubled right now.

Thinking of this, the Shadow Blade dejectedly fell back in front of him…

Indeed, poverty is the best restraint.

In the end, he just touched the Shadow Blade.

Cold, hard…

Well, the tactile sensation is indeed a bit different from the Shadow Blade transformed from shadow before.

It seems…a bit colder and harder?

After studying it for a little while, he thought again.

“I wonder how far the shadow can reach now…”

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked towards the window.

Then he paused…

It’s broad daylight outside; if his dark shadow tentacles were to pop out at this time…

Then someone would probably come knocking on his door very soon…

“Forget it, I’ll find a deserted place to test it later. Anyway, I felt it when I was fighting the Weird, the maximum length at that time should have been about four or five meters. And after the bugs came out, I wanted to kill those bugs, but I could feel the limit to the number of shadow splits…was fifty. “

“Now that I’ve leveled up…it should be longer…”

He thought to himself.

But since he couldn’t test it immediately, he could only let the shadow slowly return to his feet.

Then he gave a wry smile.

“But Mental Strength is only ten points; although it’s more than before, it’s only slightly more…This is still a three-second man…”

Mental Strength is the biggest problem right now.

But he doesn’t even know how to improve his Rank.

What should he do?

Qin Jin-Nian was a little troubled and subconsciously looked at the text on the panel.

But after this look, he suddenly paused…

【Shadow Points -100, you upgraded the Basic Authority ‘Shadow Control’.】

【Basic Authority ‘Shadow Control’ upgrade successful. Current Level: Lv: 1.】

【Your ‘Rank’ has been improved. Current ‘Rank’ ━ First Sense Ⅰ Level.】

The next moment, his eyes widened suddenly.

Rank, improved?!

He quickly looked at the Mental Strength item on the panel…

Sure enough, a plus sign appeared after the Mental Strength item…

“…”

“So, Rank…is related to Authority? Upgrading Authority is upgrading Rank?”

His eyes lit up, and then he quickly looked at Shadow Points.

There are still 117.29 Shadow Points.

Then he quickly found the Authority item to see if he could continue to upgrade…

As a result, the plus sign was still there.

But the point opening showed…

Only ‘Dark Eyes’ and ‘Shadow Devour’ can be upgraded.

‘Shadow Control’ cannot be upgraded further.

He wondered how many Shadow Points it would take to upgrade ‘Shadow Control’ now?

He was a little disappointed, but soon Qin Jin-Nian’s eyes jumped between ‘Dark Eyes’ and ‘Shadow Devour’, secretly pondering.

A moment later…

“From the current point of view, Dark Eyes seems to only have a passive that is more outstanding. All Mental Corruption originating from the Dark Abyss can be exempted. This passive is naturally extremely important…but since it already exists, upgrading it again is not very meaningful.”

“Then Shadow Devour it is.”

“Maybe it will increase the speed of devouring?”

Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and directly clicked to upgrade ‘Shadow Devour’.

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【Shadow Points -100, you upgraded the Basic Authority ‘Shadow Devour’.】

【Basic Authority ‘Shadow Devour’ upgrade successful. Current Level: Lv: 1…】

Almost exactly like Shadow Control, when ‘Shadow Devour’ was upgraded, Qin Jin-Nian’s mind roared, and the next moment he seemed to see the picture that disappeared with a rush before.

This time he was prepared, and he quickly tried to see it clearly.

But as a result, he only vaguely saw a piece of land wrapped in a pitch-black mist… Then, his mind was lost by the continuous roaring sounds.

Then he woke up…

He still didn’t see clearly what was in the darkness.

After a moment of daze, he was thoughtful.

But in the end, he didn’t think too deeply and looked at the panel.

Sure enough, Shadow Devour is already Level 1.

The description hasn’t changed either.

Now there is nothing for him to eat, so there is naturally no way to test the change in ‘Shadow Devour’. Is it to speed up the devouring speed? Or to strengthen the feedback after devouring?

Of course, this is not the point; the point is…has the Rank changed?

Qin Jin-Nian looked at the ‘Rank’ item.

But he found that the Rank was still ‘First Sense Ⅰ’, and there was no change at all.

“So, it’s about quality…not quantity?”

He breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he had expected it, so he wasn’t too disappointed.

After all, he has figured out what Rank is all about.

That’s fine.

Looking at the plus sign on Mental Strength, Qin Jin-Nian did not hesitate: “Add points!”

【You used 2 Stat Points, Mental Strength +1…】

As soon as the text appeared on the panel, Qin Jin-Nian paused.

And then his face twitched slightly.

Well, he had actually expected it.

Isn’t this the usual routine in previous life online games? When the level is low, a certain point can be exchanged for a Stat Point.

When the level is high, the required certain point will increase…

Looking at it this way, the current Stat Points are actually not that many.

Needless to say, after the cultivation improves, Vitality will probably also need 2 Stat Points to exchange for one Vitality.

But there is no need to worry about these now; first, increase Mental Strength. At least he can’t be a three-second man.

With Shadow Control, his biggest weakness now is a lack of endurance.

It’s worth paying more Stat Points to make up for this weakness.

He no longer hesitated and continued to add points.

【You used 2 Stat Points, Mental Strength +1…】

【You used 2 Stat Points, Mental Strength +1…】

【You used 2 Stat Points, Mental Strength +1…】

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Soon, Mental Strength reached 20.

But this is obviously not the limit of ‘First Sense Ⅰ’.

【You used 3 Stat Points, Mental Strength +1…】

He can still add more.

But the consumption of Stat Points has become 3 points…

Qin Jin-Nian’s face twitched again.

After adding Mental Strength to 20, his brain was clear, refreshed, full of energy, and unprecedentedly peaceful and comfortable.

But Stat Points have changed from 98.14 to 78.14.

The consumption has increased by 1 point, but after hesitating for a moment, Qin Jin-Nian gritted his teeth and continued to add!

Mental Strength is related to his endurance problem.

A man can be bad at anything…but he can’t be bad at endurance!

This is related to a man’s dignity.

So, Stat Points plummeted wildly, and Mental Strength was increasing bit by bit…