Chapter 44

'But the only regret is that I didn't pull Uchiha Itachi.'

'Is it because Uchiha Itachi's rating is above B-rank, an A-rank puppet?'

If there was any regret, it would probably be that he didn't pull Uchiha Itachi.

Regarding this, Lin Cheng felt it wasn't that his luck was bad, but that the points he spent weren't enough to keep pulling a second A-rank puppet besides Xuanwozhang Sect.

As for the probability of easily pulling an A-rank puppet with just a million emotion points.

Lin Cheng felt that the previous time he had managed to pull an A-rank puppet, Ace, with only a million emotion points, was entirely due to his dogshit luck.

After pulling the puppet, Lin Cheng still had two million emotion points left.

'System, consume one million emotion points and upgrade A-rank puppet Xuanwozhang Sect to two stars.'

The combat power of an A-rank one-star puppet was still slightly lacking.

But there was nothing that could be done about it; in the Tail World, combat power was indeed on the high side.

Although an A-rank one-star puppet could be considered a powerhouse in the Tail World, it wasn't an especially strong existence—at most it could fight with early-stage BOSS characters like Joseph.

Only by becoming an A-rank two-star could one be said to possess a considerable degree of combat power in the Tail World.

【Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully obtained an A-rank two-star puppet!】

【Ding! A-rank puppet Xuanwozhang Sect has been successfully upgraded; Xuanwozhang Sect's condition has been fully restored!】

Following Lin Cheng's series of actions, Xuanwozhang Sect, whose original initial appearance had seemed somewhat sickly, instantly recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye; the pale, somewhat sickly skin also became rosy and lustrous.

At this point, through two upgrades, Lin Cheng also roughly understood the condition corresponding to each star level of a puppet.

When Ace was one star and Xuanwozhang Sect was one star, their combat power was similar to the original work, with no difference.

But both Ace and Xuanwozhang Sect died young; their combat power never reached its peak period before they got their lunchbox early—especially Xuanwozhang Sect, who overtaxed his body in every way, and in the end could only rely on a puppet avatar to move.

And once Ace and Xuanwozhang Sect were upgraded to two stars, it would be completely different.

The two-star condition corresponded to a peak period that didn't exist in the original work—for example, in the Summit War, Ace wasn't killed by Blackbeard, and Ace continued to cultivate and develop for about ten years; that would roughly be the combat power of a two-star Ace.

The same went for Xuanwozhang Sect.

When Xuanwozhang Sect's star level became two stars, it would be the state of Xuanwozhang Sect having no overtaxation whatsoever, no hidden injuries, and always cultivating in the most perfect condition.

As for three stars, Lin Cheng made a simple inference.

Three stars corresponded to the puppet achieving the theoretically most perfect state.

For example, the theoretical possibility of Xuanwozhang Sect becoming the Savior, ultimately possessing the Six Paths Sage Mode; or Ace theoretically developing to his most perfect state, possessing the combat power of an awakened Flame-Flame Fruit.

One star equals the original life's journey, two stars equals a smooth life's journey, three stars is the theoretically perfect life's journey.

After finishing upgrading Xuanwozhang Sect, Lin Cheng still had the last one million emotion points, and how to spend this one million emotion points, Lin Cheng had long had his own ideas.

That was the skill pull in the skill Shangcheng, priced at one million for a single pull.

'System, consume one million emotion points for a skill pull.'

A wheel of an entirely different form from the puppet pull roulette appeared in Lin Cheng's mind.

Then a different style of pointer spun rapidly on the wheel.

【Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the skill 'Attribute Share LV1'!】

Attribute Share LV1

Effect: Gain ten percent of the attribute boost from one designated puppet.

Another skill of extremely high practicality.

If the previous 'Substitute Death Puppet' and 'Reverse Summon' gave Lin Cheng an extremely strong, nearly unsolvable escape ability, then this 'Attribute Share' gave Lin Cheng true strength.

However, although good things had been pulled, the surprises tonight for Lin Cheng were simply too many; at this point, Lin Cheng had already developed a slight sense of numbness.

'System, use Attribute Share, designated puppet, Portgas D. Ace.'

Although both Ace and Xuanwozhang Sect were combat-type puppets.

In terms of single-target combat ability, the two-star Ace was still a bit stronger; although Xuanwozhang Sect was also very powerful, in single-target attributes, he was still a notch weaker than Ace.

That was why Lin Cheng decisively chose Ace as his attribute-share puppet.

Of course, Attribute Share was a two-way BUFF; Ace could likewise receive a ten percent attribute boost from Lin Cheng himself, but this boost was practically negligible.

'With this, I can probably start planning the second script.'

'Let me think, the current timeline is just a few days after the Phantom Lord arc; what's the next plot, Tower of Heaven?'

'Right, it's the Leo Celestial Spirit arc; the segment is too short, I can't quite remember it clearly.'