Chapter 498 Hunting Grounds

Several hours later, the purple spirit circle dissipated. Lu Ye examined his own river of spirit force and noted an increase in its volume, yet he was still far from advancing to the Level 4 realm.

After emerging from the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain, he had ascended directly to Level 3 by exchanging nearly thirty thousand battle merits for a spirit fortune stick. He had substantial accumulation at the Level 3 stage, but as a cultivator progresses, the required resources increase exponentially.

From his own estimation, within the realms of Cloud River, if spirit fortune sticks were to serve as a resource proxy, advancing from Cloud River Level 1 to Level 2 would require just one gold-hued spirit fortune stick, from Level 2 to Level 3 would need two such sticks, from Level 3 to Level 4, perhaps three or four, and going from Level 4 to Level 5 would require even more...