Lin Feng's hesitation was not without reason.
The opponent's defense and HP were beyond mention; even with buffs, they were like paper under his billions of damage.
But the damage value was something else entirely.
If it were base damage, it would be fine.
Relying on his advantage in immortal power, he couldn't even hurt himself.
However, if it were true damage, it would be monstrous.
He currently only had over 160,000 constitution points.
Even with the gains from opening treasure chests, his constitution's bonus to HP was comparable to S-tier constitution talents.
But his HP had only just surpassed 10 million.
If the opponent's 10 million was true damage, coupled with that damage amplification,
Wouldn't that mean the opponent could instantly kill him?
He was startled.
Who would dare enter then?
Yet, after thinking, he felt a surge of eagerness.
This was, after all, just his imagination. It felt wrong not to try it out.
But he also feared unexpected outcomes. Failing the challenge would be a loss.
After much deliberation, his eyes lit up.
Was it just a matter of low HP?
If he could increase his HP by another ten million or a few million, just enough to withstand one hit from the opponent, he could figure out what was going on.
After all, his immortal power and divine abilities had a comprehensive suppression advantage, allowing him to control the opponent at any time.
With that thought.
He continued to upgrade his cultivation technique.
Even if the heaven-defying characteristics of this Dao Ancestor-level cultivation technique were ignored,
The sheer increase in base attributes alone would make it unparalleled in the game.
He had only reinforced it to the twentieth level before. There were still eighty more levels to go.
Continue!
"You have consumed 2.4536 billion cultivation points, 2128 gold, and 1643 silver to upgrade [Chaos Boundless True Understanding] to the twenty-first level."
"You have consumed..."
The gold consumption grew larger, and Lin Feng gradually felt pained.
This was all money!
And when he reinforced it to the twenty-fifth level, a system prompt popped up.
"Your current gold is insufficient. Would you like to use Immortal Crystals instead?"
An ordinary player would probably be dumbfounded.
Gold and silver could still be traded between players, but where could one get Immortal Crystals?
However, for Lin Feng, this made him ecstatic.
He wasn't lacking in these things now.
Substitute!
Continue upgrading!
"You have consumed 5.08779 billion cultivation points, 11 Immortal Crystals, to upgrade [Chaos Boundless True Understanding] to the twenty-fifth level."
Lin Feng smiled faintly.
Wasn't this much simpler? Continue upgrading!
With Immortal Crystals, Lin Feng directly accelerated his pace.
Before long, he had reinforced it all the way to the fortieth level.
He could comprehend exclusive characteristics again!
"You have consumed 78.38781 billion cultivation points, 4718 Immortal Crystals, to upgrade [Chaos Boundless True Understanding] to the fortieth level."
"You have cumulatively increased Strength by 80,000, Agility by 80,000, Constitution by 80,000, Spirit by 80,000, and Immortal Power by 4,000."
"You have comprehended the exclusive characteristic [Refined Enhancement]."
Even with the consumption of Immortal Crystals, reaching the fortieth level made Lin Feng strain.
10,000 Immortal Crystals were gone just like that!
Fortunately, the increase in base attributes was satisfactory.
And he had comprehended an exclusive characteristic.
[Refined Enhancement]: Your immortal power refining level will automatically increase by one tier.
Another enhancement-type characteristic.
Last time it was priority, this time it was even more exaggerated, directly affecting the refining level.
Lin Feng quickly took out the Immortal Power Refining Manual dropped from level 60.
As expected, this one was much more powerful than the one dropped previously, which was five times stronger.
It was the 8x Immortal Power Refining Manual that only mythical Golden Immortals could cultivate.
This meant that with the characteristic boosting the manual, it would effectively become 9x refining?
Lin Feng was somewhat disappointed.
Such an increase was too small.
Even 10x wouldn't make a qualitative difference.
Just as he sighed, Lin Feng suddenly looked up.
Wait a minute.
This stated one tier.
I've been thinking within the level range.
Besides,
8x might be a bit low, but if I reinforce it, it will become higher, right?
He immediately took out the Immortal Power Refining Manual and began to reinforce it.
After spending 1140 Immortal Power to reinforce it to the eighth level of amplification,
It finally became a 10x Immortal Power Refining Manual, and it also came with an additional characteristic that provided a 100% increase to base attributes.
He tried to learn it.
"Do you wish to learn the 10x Immortal Power Refining Manual (8th level amplification)?"
"Upon learning, you can convert ordinary immortal power into 10x refined immortal power at a ratio of 10:1 until the upper limit of that level's immortal power is reached."
"After advancing to Taiyi Golden Immortal, at 10x refined immortal power, each point of immortal power will provide an additional bonus of 400 points of true damage, 400 points of final damage reduction, and 200,000 HP (with a priority level of quasi-sage."
Lin Feng finally understood that his guess was correct.
The additional bonus for Taiyi Golden Immortals with 5x refined immortal power was indeed an extra benefit from immortal power.
It was just that this bonus was too terrifying.
Not only was the numerical value high, but the priority was also extremely high.
Wouldn't this mean that any true damage below a Saint level would be unavoidable?
And the 10 million true damage reduction meant that even if a Golden Immortal's immortal power was higher than a Taiyi Golden Immortal's, it would be difficult to inflict much damage.
Moreover.
This was only an excellent-grade Taiyi Golden Immortal.
If it were excellent, legendary, or even higher, it would be outrageously powerful!
Lin Feng finally understood why, in his previous life, the appearance of a Da Luo Golden Immortal made the entire human race unable to resist.
It turned out that upon reaching Taiyi Golden Immortal, there was a qualitative leap.
According to this ratio, the bonus provided by 10x refined immortal power was clearly double that of 5x refined immortal power.
Lin Feng glanced at the 5x Immortal Power Refining Manual he had obtained earlier and tried to learn it.
As expected, it was just as he had thought.
With 5x immortal power refinement, each point of immortal power would provide 500 points of true damage and reduction, and 50,000 HP.
And 10x refinement would double it again.
The manual he had reinforced had an additional 100% amplification, directly increasing it to 4x.
It was just that Lin Feng felt a bit resentful about why the HP was discounted so much.
Were players not entitled to more HP?
Of course, he also knew that the biggest advantage bosses had over players was their ridiculously high HP.
If players also had the same HP bonus as bosses, the battles would become boring.
But even so.
Lin Feng estimated that after immortal power refinement, he could deal with excellent-grade opponents and the subsequent excellent-grade ones.
However.
He would still have a hard time with legendary-grade and beyond.
Lin Feng smiled faintly. Wasn't the refined enhancement trait useful at this moment?
He chose to learn it without hesitation.
"You have learned the 10x Immortal Power Refining Manual (8th level amplification)."
"Due to the cultivation technique's characteristic bonus, this manual receives an additional amplification. Immortal Power Refining Manuals are bound and cannot be changed. The cultivation technique must be bound to take effect. Do you wish to bind?"
Lin Feng was taken aback.
The Immortal Power Refining Manual had to be bound?
Then bind it.
8x was already the limit that mythical Golden Immortal bosses could drop.
He assumed 10x was also the limit in the game.
And this cultivation technique, being Dao Ancestor-level, with such powerful bonuses and characteristics, Lin Feng no longer hesitated and chose to bind it.
This would be his innate cultivation technique.
If he needed further breakthroughs in cultivation techniques in the future, he wouldn't panic.
Later, when he accumulated enough Legend Points, he could upgrade his permission for cultivation techniques.
"[Chaos Boundless True Understanding] binding successful."
"10x Immortal Power Refining Manual (8th level amplification) learning successful."
"Due to the exclusive characteristic [Refined Enhancement] of [Chaos Boundless True Understanding], the 10x Immortal Power Refining Manual (8th level amplification) has undergone a metamorphosis."
"Due to the [Chaos Apex] talent characteristic, the upper limit of refined immortal power will be removed."
Lin Feng then truly felt surprised.
Even ecstatic.
He remembered very clearly.
Even mythical Golden Immortals only had 50,000 points of base immortal power after refinement.
It was likely the upper limit.
Taiyi Golden Immortals above that would probably also have such restrictions, and not too high.
He had initially worried that he would also be subject to such restrictions, hindering his progress.
This was great.
And how strong would he be without restrictions?
He excitedly looked at the metamorphosed Immortal Power Refining Manual.