Star Odyssey

fruit contained the vitality of life.
This white fruit was definitely extremely valuable now, and by conventional measurements, it was equivalent to one that had lived for over 10,000 years.

Lu Yin hesitated as he considered whether or not he should continue upgrading the fruit, but in the end, he finally decided to continue and tossed out another ten star essence.

This was untrodden territory, as he had already surpassed the degree that he had upgraded the strengthening fruit to, but he could tell that this white fruit had not reached its limit yet since it had not developed any instincts of fleeing from danger like the strengthening fruit had.

Only after awakening that instinct could the fruit be considered top-notch.
In fact, Lu Yin wouldn’t even consider that top-notch.
He had a feeling that a fruit would only truly become top-notch after it actually came alive.

After the light screens consumed sixty star essence, the white fruit suddenly unleashed a soft light that distorted the void as its fragrance became even richer.
Lu Yin took a deep breath, and he felt completely refreshed, as if he had taken a stimulant.
There was a strange ringing sound in his ears, but he could not identify what it was.
Could it be the rhythm of life?

He had a sort of feeling that this fruit was about to try to evade danger.

Sixty star essence had been used so far, which meant that the next upgrade would take at least forty more star essence to complete.
All in all, it would cost at least a hundred star essence to upgrade this white fruit to the level where it would instinctively avoid danger, which was three times the amount that the strengthening fruit had needed.
This proved that this white fruit was much more valuable than the strengthening fruits.

Lu Yin gritted his teeth, but he went ahead with it since he had the money.
He did not know if the Sea King’s token allowed him to take out a loan from the Mavis Bank and borrow a few million star essence, but he was certain that if he attempted to do such a thing, the Sea King would personally appear to kill him.

Suddenly, there was a whoosh as the upgraded white fruit attempted to escape by tearing through the void.
Lu Yin was prepared for this and easily caught it in his hand since it was not his first time encountering such a situation.
He watched the fruit struggle in his hand and quickly stored it away in his cosmic ring.

This upgrade had only been completed after depleting a hundred star essence, and he did not know how great its effect would be once he ate the fruit.
Even if it could not resurrect him like what the Trialmaster had mentioned, it shouldn’t be too far off from that! At the very least, it could save his life once.

He had 700 star essence left, and he expected it to take about a billion star crystals for him to reach the peak Limiteer state, which was the equivalent of about a hundred star essence.
The energy conversion between the two currencies was not the same, so a conservative estimate would be 150 star essence, which meant that he could act as if he had about 500 star essence left to use.

He thought about what else he should upgrade next.

Right, the Money Bomb.
Lu Yin wasn’t even certain that the devices could be upgraded, but he was looking forward to finding out.

Since he had thought of it, he would go ahead and try it out.
He immediately placed a Money Bomb on top of the light screens and threw out a single star essence.
He watched expectantly and saw that it dropped down slightly, leaving Lu Yin delighted to discover that it was indeed possible to upgrade these toys.

Each Money Bomb was originally able to kill an expert with a power level of 100,000.
Lu Yin was looking forward to seeing the amount of power it would possess after going through a round of upgrading.

He took out more star essence and watched as the Money Bomb dropped to the bottom layer after it was repeatedly upgraded.

There were not many changes on the surface of the cube, but Lu Yin could feel that the metal ball inside it had changed, and that its color had deepened even more, reminiscent of the heavens.
He felt numb when he saw the cube.
It had been upgraded five consecutive times, and he had gone through dozens of star essence before he had stopped upgrading the Money Bomb.
When he touched the current Money Bomb, he felt uneasy.
An overly powerful weapon was not good news for the wielder either, as it was important to reach a prerequisite level before one could safely use powerful weapons.

He did not know how destructive this upgraded bomb would be, but he really wanted to try it out.

He had six Money Bombs, and he upgraded three and left the other three alone, just in case the upgraded ones were somehow useless.

Upgrading three Money Bombs took close to another 200 star essence, and Lu Yin was left with about 500.
He had used up quite a lot, but it was well worth it.
Each upgraded item could easily fetch extraordinary prices.

What else can I upgrade? Lu Yin looked through his cosmic ring.
There were way too many items in the ring, but there was one that stood out in importance: the universal armor.

There were many enemies such as Feng Mo waiting for him outside of this place, and he needed an appropriate method to preserve his own life.
His thoughts had been too simplistic in the past, when he had assumed that his multiple titles and status were enough to make others afraid of killing him.
However, the truth was that there was more than one way to kill someone, and there were many people who did not have any misgivings about killing others.
In the end, Lu Yin could only rely on himself.

He pulled out the universal armor that he had bought from the auction house.
It was tough enough to withstand an attack from a powerhouse with a power level of 100,000, and it was plenty strong enough for a Limiteer.
However, Lu Yin had offended just too many people, which meant that this level of protection was still insufficient.
He dreamed of being able of withstanding attacks with a power level of a million, but that was not realistic.

A set of universal armor was different from ring armor, as the latter had strength requirements for the wearer.
If one did not have the sufficient strength, then they would only face disaster when they tried to put one on.
However, the same was not the case for a set of universal armor.
In some sense, they could be considered vessels for traversing outer space, similar to a spacecraft.

Lu Yin placed the armor on the upper screen and generously threw a hundred star essence onto it.
He would spare no cost when it came to preserving his life.

He watched as the universal armor was upgraded multiple times; a hundred star essence were only enough for him to upgrade it twice.
It was not quite enough to upgrade it a third time.
This armor required even more star essence than the Money Bombs or the white fruit to be upgraded, which made sense since it had originally been able to defend against attacks with a power level of 100,000.

Lu Yin threw out yet another hundred star essence, upgrading the armor two more times.