Chapter 1454: The Goddess of Luck Is Smiling

In the skill upgrade chamber, Su Xiao muttered to himself, "Each level costs 20,000 Paradise Coins, which is within an acceptable range."

Similar to the Goddess's Favor ability that boosts luck attributes, the upgrade cost is naturally not low.

Su Xiao had such an experience before: when he was in the Devil's Castle, after completing a certain game of Alice's, he gained a +1 luck attribute bonus.

And when all the 'guests' inside the Devil's Castle had escaped, the angry Alice confronted Su Xiao face to face; she seemed to have done nothing to Su Xiao, but in reality, she forcibly stripped away the luck he gained from that game. For this, Alice received punishment from the Paradise of Reincarnation.

As a result, all the 'guests' imprisoned by Alice escaped; these beings, who had been imprisoned for who knows how many hundreds of years and were full of hatred, hid in the vast void, always ready to take revenge on Alice, while Su Xiao lost that luck attribute bonus.

This let Su Xiao know that such 'permanent' buffs granted by the strong are sometimes unreliable; at the end of the day, they are just buffs.

Goddess's Favor is different: although Su Xiao obtained this ability through the Luck Goddess, it is now his own ability, requiring him to spend resources to upgrade it in order to gradually manifest its effect; even if the Luck Goddess herself arrived, she could not strip Su Xiao of this ability.

Precisely for this reason, Su Xiao prepared to invest resources into the Goddess's Favor ability.

Standing in the skill upgrade chamber, Su Xiao controlled the virtual panel before him, choosing to upgrade the Goddess's Favor ability; he still had 209,920 Paradise Coins left, enough to upgrade Goddess's Favor to level 10.

After choosing to upgrade the ability, the skill upgrade chamber began operating; Su Xiao's gaze swept around, and he felt nothing particularly noticeable—upgrading Goddess's Favor was completely different from upgrading breath emission.

The skill upgrade chamber operated for five minutes and then stopped.

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 2, continue upgrading this ability?】

……

"Is that it?"

Su Xiao raised both hands, examined his body for changes, saw none, or rather, the changes were too minor for him to detect.

Su Xiao chose to continue upgrading; the skill upgrade chamber kept running.

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 3.】

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 4.】

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 5.】

……

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 10, Paradise Coins insufficient, cannot continue upgrading.】

Paradise Coins flowed away like water; only 9,920 points remained when the upgrade stopped. Su Xiao checked the Goddess's Favor ability.

【Goddess's Favor: lv. 10 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect: Luck attribute permanently +2 (increased by 1 point).

Tip: This ability grants an extra +1 luck attribute for every 10 levels upgraded.

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Upgrading Goddess's Favor is equivalent to spending 200,000 Paradise Coins for one luck attribute point—neither a loss nor a gain. From the current perspective, it seems like a loss, but from a long-term angle, it is actually a gain.

As long as you have explosive luck when opening legendary treasure chests, then don't even mention upgrading Goddess's Favor to lv. 10; even upgrading to lv. 30 would yield extra gains from just two or three treasure chests to break even, after which you start making pure profit.

Su Xiao naturally plans for the long term; he is a four-attribute developer who needs substantial resource support, and acquiring resources sometimes requires not only strength but also a certain amount of luck.

With Paradise Coins running low, Su Xiao did not leave the skill upgrade chamber but instead contacted Ignoring Bubu Wang and opened the Adventuring Team's savings space.

From the Adventuring Team's storage space, he took out a savings card worth 500,000 Paradise Coins; the savings card disappeared in Su Xiao's hand, and the sales of skill scrolls were not bad—the first batch alone yielded over 500,000 Paradise Coins.

【You obtained 500,000 Paradise Coins.】

With the Paradise Coins replenished, Su Xiao continued upgrading the Goddess's Favor ability.

【To upgrade 'Goddess's Favor lv. 10', 30,000 Paradise Coins must be consumed. Pay?】

The price increased, but Su Xiao still chose to upgrade; one hour later.

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 20.】

Another 10-level upgrade; he checked the upgrade cost again—this time it had reached 40,000 Paradise Coins per level.

Half an hour later.

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 25, Paradise Coins insufficient, cannot continue upgrading.】

Undoubtedly, upgrading Goddess's Favor is costly, but fortunately, Ignoring Bubu Wang sent a second Paradise Coins savings card.

【You obtained 650,000 Paradise Coins.】

Su Xiao endured the pang of pain and continued upgrading the Goddess's Favor ability.

【Goddess's Favor has been upgraded to lv. 30, continue upgrading?】

Upon reaching lv. 30 of Goddess's Favor, Su Xiao still had 459,920 Paradise Coins left, while upgrading Goddess's Favor to lv. 30 required 50,000 Paradise Coins per level.

Thus, Su Xiao had to consider whether to continue upgrading—this is a matter of resource balance.

If he were to upgrade, he would need to do so in a single 10-level burst; otherwise, it would not be worth it.

Upgrading Goddess's Favor to lv. 40 would indeed increase luck attributes by 5 points, adding to the Emperor's Luck state……

Su Xiao hesitated; his previous luck attribute was 2 points, and now it had reached 6 points. Adding the Emperor's Luck state, his luck attribute would reach an unprecedented 10 points.

With such a luck attribute level, if combined with certain abilities, it could even be used in combat. Su Xiao had fought such enemies before, without exception, and these enemies were very difficult to deal with.

Of course, Su Xiao had a clear sense of his own fortune; high luck attributes are fine for opening treasure chests, but as for combat, that might just be hit or miss—extremely unreliable.

Having reached this point, Su Xiao made this decision, turned around, and walked out of the skill upgrade chamber; he still had other abilities to upgrade: swordsmanship, legendary gems, new alchemy formulas—all significant Paradise Coins expenditures.

Upgrading abilities requires balance; blindly upgrading a single ability may look good in the short term, but beyond two worlds, all kinds of drawbacks will appear—this is a mistake only new contractors would make.

【Goddess's Favor: lv. 30 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect: Luck attribute permanently +4 (increased by 2 points).

Tip: This ability grants an extra +1 luck attribute for every 10 levels upgraded.

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It is worth mentioning that although the upgrade cost for Goddess's Favor is high, Su Xiao finally possesses an ability that can steadily increase luck attributes. Undoubtedly, luck attribute is the hardest attribute to increase, with no exceptions; even real attribute points cannot increase luck attribute.

Su Xiao returned to his private room with a huge sum; Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, and Benny were in the trading market, so the private room inevitably felt somewhat empty—if these three were simultaneously in the private room, it would be lively.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed, took out 20 Large Soul Crystals from his storage space—this was the result of however long he had accumulated.

After waiting a moment, Ignoring Bubu Wang's side again placed a 100,000 Paradise Coins savings card into the Adventuring Team's savings space; everything was ready, and Su Xiao chose to upgrade Sword Mastery to lv. 48.

【Yes/No upgrade Sword Mastery to lv. 48? To upgrade this skill, 250,000 Paradise Coins + Soul Crystals (Large) x10 are required.】

Su Xiao of course upgraded two levels in a row, because upon reaching lv. 50 in Sword Mastery, he would face a choice.

One Soul Crystal after another shattered in Su Xiao's hands, his vision blurred, and his entire body was sucked into a spatial vortex.