Chapter 238 - 106: Snowflake Ice Seal, Awakening Star Gold

’An extra reward?’

Chen Yu blinked, looking at the text before him.

’Twenty Skill Points, just like that.’

’Then I can Awaken right away!’

’How fast am I now that it’s maxed out?’

’Ten thousand times the speed of sound?’

Although he didn’t have a specific number to reference, Chen Yu felt he was probably in the right ballpark.

’Then after Awakening, wouldn’t I be... a hundred thousand times faster, or even more?!’

Snapping out of his reverie, Chen Yu focused his thoughts and summoned the Skill details to inspect them.

[Skill: Divine Speed Power (MAX) is max level. You may now spend fifty Skill Points to perform an Awakening!]

Chen Yu: "..."

’Fifty Skill Points to Awaken...’

Staring at the Skill details, Chen Yu had the urge to curse.

’So even with the reward, I don’t have enough Skill Points for a single Awakening?!’

’Do I have to wait until I max out another Skill to Awaken?!’

’And even that might not be enough!’

’Damn...’

’What the hell!’

’I got all excited for nothing!’

As he stared at the Skill details, a stampede of curses galloped through Chen Yu’s mind.

’When I Awakened Frozen World, how many points did that take?’

’Five!’

’And now it’s jumped straight to fifty!’

’That’s a tenfold increase!’

"The stronger the ability, the more Skill Points it needs to Awaken... In that case, an Epic-tier ability..."

’A hundred?’

’Or even more?’

Staring at the Skill details, Chen Yu was lost in thought.

’This is such a pitfall!’

’It takes two maxed-out Skills just to Awaken one Superpower!’

’When you add it all up, the cost will be astronomical!’

Just thinking about it made Chen Yu’s head ache.

’The amount of Source of Life this will require is going to be absolutely insane!’

"Well, maxing it out is good enough for now. At least my speed has increased by many folds!"

The thought flashed through his mind, and Chen Yu calmed down again.

’A max-level Divine Speed Power is good enough for now!’

"I wonder what my exact speed is now..."

Chen Yu looked at his watch and tapped it.

[Speed detection function enabled!]

Text appeared on the watch. Chen Yu glanced at the still-unconscious Liu Mei, his Seed of Superpower throbbed, and his Divine Speed Power instantly erupted.

ZZZAP—!

A brilliant flash of lightning tore through the air, and Chen Yu’s figure vanished without a trace.

Just a few moments later, Chen Yu reappeared in the same spot.

Chen Yu’s gaze fell upon his watch, where a number was clearly displayed.

Mach 20,000!

A twenty-fold increase!

Twenty thousand times the speed of sound!

A speed like this was enough to be considered unparalleled, even among Ninth-levels.

Mach 20,000!

While this speed was nothing compared to the faster-than-light travel of a True God, it was a different story for anyone beneath that level. Against other Ninth-level Martial Artists, unless they also possessed some form of super speed, he could crush them with his velocity alone!

However, this incredible speed came at a cost. The stamina drain was immense.

Chen Yu couldn’t maintain this top speed for an extended period, but even a short while was more than enough.

Even in just one minute, he could cover an unimaginable number of kilometers at Mach 20,000.

"After it’s Awakened, I should be able to approach the speed of light..."

Chen Yu looked up at the sky.

The speed of light. That was a velocity only a True God could command!

Of course, there were other special Ability Users who could also achieve it.

The speed of light was a significant benchmark!

By achieving the speed of light, one could traverse worlds, even across the vast cosmos.

Of course, that was assuming one’s stamina could hold out.

A burst of Divine Speed Power could form an Electric Flash Field for protection, and the energy source for this Electric Flash Field was one’s own stamina.

Even though his physical body was now comparable to, or perhaps even stronger than, a Ninth-level Martial Artist’s, his stamina wouldn’t last long at such super speeds.

Superpowers also required a certain level of physical strength to activate!

Thus, the martial path was born!

Initially, the martial path was developed by Ability Users simply to enhance their own powers.

It was meant to be used in conjunction with Superpowers!

Only Ability Users could cultivate it.

But with the outbreak of the Alien Race crisis, vast numbers of the Human Race fell in battle. Even Ability Users struggled to hold the line. Therefore, the martial path was changed, allowing everyone in the Human Race to cultivate it.

Even without an awakened Superpower, cultivation could still strengthen a person. It was just that when paired with a Superpower, the martial path was significantly more effective.

The Celestial Destiny Skill was the best example of this.

And the Celestial Destiny Skill did not just have nine levels!

Nine levels was simply the limit that an ordinary Awakened could reach!

The requirement for cultivating the Celestial Destiny Skill beyond the ninth level was extremely demanding: one had to be a True God!

The creator of the Celestial Destiny Skill was the Human Race’s first True God Emperor.

Upon becoming a True God, both the Awakened and ordinary Martial Artists could cultivate the Celestial Destiny Skill.

And it would be the highest level of the Celestial Destiny Skill, at that.

However, the probability of an ordinary Martial Artist becoming a True God was practically one in a hundred trillion, or even lower.

Drawing his attention back, Chen Yu checked his remaining Source of Life.

He still had nearly 160,000,000!

"I can upgrade Frozen World... Hmm, let’s upgrade this Superpower, too."

Awakening Frozen World to Level 2 required one hundred million!

The change with every level was astonishing!

With a thought, Chen Yu immediately chose to upgrade the Skill.

HUMMM—!

Within the Chaos, the orb of light representing Frozen World, like the light of a star, rapidly expanded, its golden radiance dazzling!

A moment later, everything came to a standstill.

Chen Yu opened his eyes. A thought flashed through his mind, and in that instant, an aura of extreme cold erupted from the heavens.

For a thousand kilometers in every direction, everything was enveloped by the frigid air, instantly transforming the landscape into a desolate land of ice!

Crystalline snowflakes drifted down from the sky.

They looked beautiful, but each one was formed from condensed, extreme cold.

As a single snowflake landed on a rock on the barren ground, the stone instantly shattered.

It had frozen solid and exploded!