Infinite Potential System

Well... Marcus doesn\'t really count. He hardly had a chance to consolidate his Realm. William thought. It wasn\'t worth comparing him to what William might see in the future.

Seventy-five thousand Potential Points later, William\'s Attack Reflection Talent had also reached X-Rank.

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Attack Reflection (Rare): (SSR --> X)

Effects: Reflect physical attacks launched at you for up to 90% >> 100% of the original strength. Activates even if the attack is blocked by the Host.

X-Rank Bonus Effect: Whenever a physical attack causes zero physical damage to the Host, reflected damage triples.

Side Effect: Taking physical damage increases the Host\'s hunger by a small amount.

Next rank up: Max Rank

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Max Rank, huh? That\'s the first time I\'ve seen a Talent like this. So some of them have limits after all... William thought to himself.

He looked through the rest of his System Panel, but surprisingly the number of Talents remaining to upgrade was quite few compared to before. Other than the Magic Affinities, the Weapons Master Talent, and the obsolete Physical Talents like Physical Charm and Wrestling, William had only two available upgrades.

I could raise the Collateral Damage Talent to X-Rank, but that would cost more than six hundred thousand Points. I\'ve already spent quite a few Points on Talents I don\'t use much, so I\'d rather spend it on something more useful. Find exclusive stories on empire

Hm? William blinked a few times as he looked at the second Talent available to upgrade.

-Legendary:

--Soul: C (1000PP to next rank)

Oh right, I got a Soul Talent when I unlocked the Spirit Mode of my Vision Talent. What does it do, System?

-The Soul Talent affects the strength of your soul, much like the Strength Talent affects the strength of your body. At C-Rank, your Soul Talent improves the impact of your Soul Strength by one hundred percent, meaning you have the capabilities of someone with over five hundred thousand Soul Strength at this current moment.

Oh, that\'s neat! How could I have passed up on such a good skill this entire time?

-You were busy. Or maybe you\'re blind. Who knows?

...If I upgrade the Soul Talent, will my Soul merge faster?

-Yes.

Damn, I better wait until I Ascend to upgrade it then. This will be very strong later though.

William marked it on his to-do list to upgrade his Soul Talent the moment he Ascended. If C-Rank was already a one hundred percent increase, William could have the equivalent of millions of Soul Strength when he Ascended.

So Collateral Damage and Soul are off the table, and I\'m not ready to send more Companion Beasts across the Continent yet. In that case, I guess the Elements are next!

System, upgrade my remaining Basic Elements to X-Rank.

-432500 PP

-Upgrading your Fire, Earth, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Plant, and Water Affinities to X-Rank. This may take a while...

The Fire Element was upgraded first amongst the group. With X-Rank Heat Resistance and having used the Fire Element the longest, the two consecutive upgrades passed by without a single issue. The Recovery Talent didn\'t even have to get involved, all the damage offset by William\'s body and the Life Element.

Additionally, William found that the Mana Lord effect from his Mana Regeneration Talent allowed him to fight against the Fire Element itself, as if he was stealing some of its control. The Fire Element writhed and tried to burn him with intense flames, but the ambient Mana close to William partially recognized him as the true Master and refused to hurt him occasionally.

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TALENT UPGRADED

Fire Affinity: (SSR --> X)

Effects:

-Fire-related Mana Control, Magic Power, and Mana Efficiency +640% >> +1280%

X-Rank Bonus Effects:

-Domain of Fire: Take complete control over all Fire Mana within a radius of 50 kilometers >> 100 kilometers. Can be countered by opponents with Fire Domains of greater strength.\'

-Territory of Fire: An improved Domain, designed to change the landscape to that of a molten lake. The longer the Territory is maintained, the more lava that is created.

-Primary Law of Fire (0.1% comprehension): You don\'t understand enough of this yet. Comprehend the Fire Element or visit ??? to learn more.

-Fire Elemental: Become one with fire, turning your body into a being with immense resistance to flame of any temperature. Most liquids will instantly evaporate when coming in contact with your skin, while some solids will melt immediately. Enhances your metal refinement speed greatly.

Next rank up: Ascend to unlock the next rank\'s requirements.

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-Detected you have reached X-Rank with the Fire Affinity. Details unlocked from the Heat Resistance Talent.

-Heat Absorption: Cultivating in environments with intense heat will slowly increase your comprehension of the Primary Law of Fire. Comprehension gained is relative to the ambient temperature of your environment.

The Earth Element upgraded next, while its effects were mostly the same as the Fire Element\'s. The main change was the Territory of Earth, which had a completely different effect, and the fact that the missing Shock Resistance Talent required for the Earth Elemental effect was renamed to Shockwave Resistance.

-Territory of Earth: An improved Domain, designed to create landmasses or crush your opponents with overwhelming strength. The more Mana channeled into this Territory, the stronger the metals you can create as the base for the landmass.

Upgrade after upgrade, the remaining Basic Elements were upgraded to X-Rank. Other than the Ice Element, no other Elemental forms were unlocked, but William was more than satisfied.

-Territory of Ice: An improved Domain, designed to change the landscape to that of a frozen lake. The longer the Territory is maintained, the greater area that the frozen lake covers.

-Ice Elemental: Become one with ice, turning your body into a being with immense resistance to ice of any temperature. Touching others in this form creates a point on their body that slowly spreads and reduces their speed over time, stacking until the ice is completely removed.

-Detected you have reached X-Rank with the Ice Affinity. Details unlocked from the Cold Resistance Talent.

-Cold Absorption: Cultivating in environments with intense cold will slowly increase your comprehension of the Primary Law of Ice. Comprehension gained is relative to the ambient temperature of your environment.

-Territory of Wind: An improved Domain, designed to establish an unbreakable defense using Wind that revolves physical and most Magic attacks around the Territory in a circle. Expensive Mana Cost but can only be broken with power greatly exceeding the strength of your Wind Magic.

-Territory of Lightning: An improved Domain, designed to destroy large swaths of land with powerful but inaccurate lightning strikes akin to a Heavenly Tribulation. The longer the Territory is maintained, the shorter the interval between lightning strikes.

-Territory of Plants: An improved Domain, designed to change the landscape to that of a thick forest with carnivorous plants that attack all non-friendly beings within. Perfect for obfuscating one\'s position during a battle.

-Territory of Water: An improved Domain, designed to change the landscape to that of a vast ocean to drown your opponents. The longer the Territory is maintained, the more water that is flooded into the area.