Chapter 152 - 113: Soaring Ranking, the Second Wave of Official Aid

Chapter 152: Chapter 113: Soaring Ranking, the Second Wave of Official Aid

On the Green Bubble app, aside from a few messages occasionally scrolling by in the "Jiang City Genius" discussion group and over 99 friend requests, it was pretty quiet.

Shen Xing enabled the ’block friend requests from strangers’ setting and went to sleep.

’I need to rest up and gather my strength so I can keep climbing the rankings!’

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「The next morning.」

It was the fifth day since the leaderboards had opened.

Shen Xing wasn’t woken up by his phone’s alarm, but by the sound of the doorbell.

’Who could be looking for me this early in the morning?’

Bleary-eyed, he glanced at his phone—it was only seven-thirty in the morning. ’Could it be Qin Lang or Jiayi?’

After all, his residential complex had tight security. Unauthorized personnel couldn’t get in at all.

Even food deliveries were left at the gate and then brought to his door by the complex staff.

Puzzled, Shen Xing wheeled himself into the living room and checked the security monitor.

A familiar figure was on the monitor, holding a package and waiting at the door.

It was the same young man who had often delivered to him before.

’Him again?’ Puzzled, Shen Xing wheeled himself to the front door.

When the cheerful young man saw him, he smiled and said, "Mr. Shen Xing, you have a package."

"I couldn’t get through to your phone, so I had to bring it straight to your door."

Shen Xing asked, "Is this from the Anomaly Handling Bureau again?"

"Yes," the young man nodded. "Please sign for it."

"Alright." Shen Xing deftly took the package and signed his name.

Once his task was complete, the deliveryman quickly left the complex.

Shen Xing took the package back into the living room.

After tearing open the packaging, he saw two items inside.

They were two special liquids contained in glass vials—one white, one yellow.

Next to them was a letter.

Shen Xing picked up the letter, opened it, and read.

Hello, Shen Xing. This is Wang Kun.

We’ve all seen your outstanding performance over the past two days. It’s been excellent and has exceeded everyone’s expectations.

However, as your rank increases, so will the pressure you face. The opponents ahead of you are all absolute monsters.

We can’t offer you much help in the Land of Mist, so we can only do what little we can for you in the real world.

These two potions are the latest products of the Celestial Star Country’s research.

They are the Giant Bear No.1 Enhancer and the Swallow No.3 Supplement.

The former significantly increases muscle strength and bone density, permanently boosting your Power and Constitution Attributes.

The latter improves your body so that you’ll gain a larger Spirit bonus with each subsequent level-up. The sooner you take it, the better.

If you have any doubts, you can test it on an animal first.

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’Swallow Supplement, Giant Bear Enhancer?’

A look of disbelief flashed in Shen Xing’s eyes as he finished reading the letter.

’Based on the described effects, these two potions are truly incredible.’

The Giant Bear No.1 was like an enhanced version of the Flesh Fruit and Bone Fruit, capable of granting a massive, one-time boost to Constitution and Power.

The Swallow No.3, on the other hand, was just ridiculous. It could permanently alter his body to grant extra Spirit with every level-up.

Although Shen Xing didn’t know the exact value of these two potions, it was obvious they had to be incredibly expensive.

’As I expected. As long as my performance is impressive enough, the higher-ups will provide me with more support and resources.’

After a moment’s thought, Shen Xing picked up the first potion, the Giant Bear No.1 Enhancer, and uncorked it.

A rich aroma immediately wafted out.

He recognized the scent of Blood Fruit and Bone Fruit, mixed with the smell of blood from some unknown creature.

However, Shen Xing didn’t drink it right away. Instead, he materialized a random Green-skinned Orc from his territory.

He poured out a capful of the liquid and ordered, "Drink it."

This Orc had just been summoned yesterday. It was only Level 1 and still quite dim-witted.

It took the cap and downed the contents in one gulp.

It wasn’t that Shen Xing distrusted Elder Wang, but this was a necessary precaution.

As the saying goes, you can’t be too careful. Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance of something being wrong, there was no need to gamble.

After waiting for half an hour, the Green-skinned Orc showed no signs of any adverse effects.

In fact, Shen Xing could see from its status panel that its Power Attribute had increased by 1 point.

’Should be fine.’

He picked up the potion, tilted his head back, and downed it.

GULP...

The cool potion slid down his throat, leaving a peculiar, metallic-sweet taste.

He felt nothing for the first few seconds.

But just then, a torrent of heat suddenly surged through his body.

He felt as if he had been tossed into a furnace, his skin turning bright red.

’This feeling... It’s similar to when I ate the Silver Holy Fruit,’ Shen Xing marveled. ’Is this potion’s effect really that potent?’

Shocked, he began to concentrate, guiding this energy to circulate through his body and be absorbed by every cell.

A few minutes later, the intense heat slowly subsided.

Shen Xing eagerly pulled up his status panel to look at his Attributes.

[Attributes: Power 106, Spirit 81, Agility 0, Constitution 107]

...

"My Power and Constitution both increased by about 25 points, breaking the one-hundred mark."

Shen Xing exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "This potion is really no worse than the Silver Holy Fruit."

Next, he eagerly took out the second potion.

According to the letter, this Swallow No.3 Potion was many times more precious than the Giant Bear Enhancer.

After all, not only did it increase his Spirit Attribute, but it also granted additional Spirit on every level-up.

To use an analogy from cultivation novels, it was like undergoing a complete metamorphosis, making him stronger than others with every breakthrough.

Ahem... well, maybe it wasn’t quite that dramatic.

Regardless, the potion was extremely precious.

So, Shen Xing uncorked the vial and drank it all in one go.

GULP...

The cool liquid went down his throat.

The taste was completely different this time. It was like drinking fruit juice—sweet and delicious, almost making him wish for another bottle.

A few seconds later, an astonishingly cool sensation rose from his stomach and rushed to the crown of his head, instantly clearing his mind.

The coolness swirled inside his brain for a moment before disappearing.

Shen Xing checked his stats and saw that his Spirit Attribute had also broken one hundred.

’Excellent. Now three of my main attributes are over one hundred. That must be quite rare among Tier One Lords.’

He nodded in satisfaction, taking a moment in the living room to experience his transformed body.

WHOOSH—

He threw a punch, and a powerful gust of wind erupted, rustling the curtains over ten meters away.

Next, he picked up a fruit knife and swiped it hard across his palm.

SCHRRK!

It sounded like a sharp blade cutting through tough leather.

And on his palm, only a white mark appeared.

’The boost to my Power and Constitution has also made my physical strength and defense skyrocket. Especially my defense. Now, it’s hard for ordinary sharp weapons to even hurt me.’

’If I keep improving, maybe even some firearms won’t be able to harm me.’

Shen Xing thought with anticipation.

At that moment, his gaze fell on a water glass on the table, and an idea popped into his head.

It was as if he could lift it with his mind alone.

He thought it, and so he tried it.

HUMMM...

Invisible Spiritual Power spread out, and the glass vibrated gently.

The next second, the glass actually floated into the air.

It only hovered for two seconds before falling back down, but that was enough to confirm his suspicion.

’So it’s true. When your Spiritual Power is strong enough, you can influence reality with your mind.’

’According to the forums, after breaking through to the Extraordinary rank, one’s control over their own power increases dramatically.’

’And if you combine that with the training methods developed by the Celestial Star Country specifically for Spiritual Power, you can condense this force to launch powerful Mental Attacks.’

’Or use Mind Control to manipulate real-world objects, like throwing knives and daggers, to kill enemies from a distance. The power would be even more terrifying than an ordinary handgun.’

’You could even control it to levitate yourself and achieve flight.’

It wasn’t just Spiritual Power; the other Attributes also had corresponding training methods and immense potential.

This was the advantage that humans from Blue Star possessed.

Although they couldn’t raise their Potential or possess their own skill systems like the Soldier Types in the Land of Mist, they could use their intelligence to research systematic training methods and unlock their bodies’ latent potential.

When developed to its peak, a human could even single-handedly take on a Boss or even a Leader Level Soldier Type of the same tier.

’But that’s all still a long way off. For now, my main goal is to climb the leaderboard and get a higher rank.’

Shen Xing reined in his thoughts and teleported the Orc back to his territory.

Then, he put his glasses back on, ready to give it his all.

’I’ll set a small goal for today.’

’Break into the top ten on the leaderboard... or maybe even the top five!’