Chapter 291: Chapter 196: Mecha Enhancement, Endless Deathmatch Arena_1

After Senior Ruan and Senior Xie had their numbers washed and retrained, three transmigration qualifications remained.

Jiang Chen reserved one in the Abyss Rune Repository for unforeseen needs.

The remaining two were hung in the alliance shop, marked as non-sellable products.

Only after the construction of the [Shining Star Torch] was completed would they be awarded to the two mecha pilots who contributed the most.

Low-ranked mecha pilots temporarily had no need to wash their numbers and did not know the specific value of the transmigration qualifications, so they had little feeling about it.

In contrast, the high-rank mecha pilots were completely driven to madness.

One by one, as if under the influence of chicken blood, they sought out Li Xiao, hoping to take on more construction tasks, their motivation overflowing…

“The construction of the Civilization Wonder is already on the right track.”

“Apart from two 12th Rank materials, there’s nothing I need to be involved in, I just need to wait and harvest the results,” he said.

“It’s time to enhance the Mecha, preparing for the next rank up,” he said.

As the saying goes, well-preparedness leads to success.

Only a day had passed since the rank-up trials ended.

Yet, by now, Jiang Chen had already reaped far too much—

Up to this moment, only a small part of these gains had been revealed.

More were slowly being digested.

Such as [Mecha Soul Cultivation].

Prior to this, Jiang Chen had no effective methods of cultivating mecha souls, relying only on the crudest [Mecha Soul Fusion], through breaking limits to cultivate the mecha soul.

This method was nearly useless for someone of the stature of Legendary Overlord Vitaz, providing extremely low benefits.

Those ancient civilizations, in fact, all possessed better methods of cultivating mecha souls.

“Civilization traits, Civilization Wonders…these represent the benefits of a civilization.”

“For a mecha pilot, the mecha is the most precious, the core of utmost importance.”

“Therefore, the method of cultivating the mecha soul is also like the Legendary Path, being the core legacy of various civilizations.”

Mecha Soul Cultivation is, of course, extremely important.

Specially so for the [New Star Level] before the 10th Rank, which provides three opportunities for mecha upgrade, making it the most critical growth phase of the mecha.

For the strongest among the ancient civilizations’ mecha pilots.

They divided the New Star Level into three stages, following the four upgrade opportunities.

Zero to one, one upgrade, to determine one’s path.

Three to four, second upgrade, to awaken talents.

Six to seven, third upgrade, the beginning of legend.

Only when the mecha awakens Legendary Talent during the third upgrade, does it qualify as a true legendary mecha—

Including those Legendary Overlords, most grasped their Legendary Traits during the 7th Rank.

7th Rank is precisely the dividing line!

“Actually, even I myself only realized my [Extreme Battle Soul] trait after reaching the strength of the 7th Rank,” he said.

Currently, Zero, Yun, and the other tw omechas had all been upgraded to 3rd Rank.

And they were about to face their second mecha enhancement.

Jiang Chen couldn’t possibly let them upgrade casually; he would definitely cultivate them so that during the second upgrade, they would grasp Mecha Talents.

Even if it meant holding back their ranking—

With Vitaz present, even if they remained at the 3rd Rank temporarily, it wouldn’t affect Jiang Chen’s own speed of ranking up too much.

“However, the Rebirth Civilization sponsored me with five wonder resources yet wouldn’t offer any good method for Mecha Soul Cultivation,” he mused.

“Even the method Shida is using is not a core technique of the Rebirth Civilization.”

“Rather, it’s an inheritance obtained from a certain 6th Level Civilization…”

The best [Mecha Soul Cultivation method] Jiang Chen currently had was indeed the one provided by Shida.

By installing a special, external piece of equipment named [Refining Soul Using Source] onto the mecha, it could rapidly enhance its soul by overcoming formidable enemies.

The stronger the enemy defeated, the faster the enhancement.

Besides this external equipment.

Shida also made another suggestion.

[Endless Deathmatch Arena]

Depending on the type of calamity they belong to, each [Abyss Level] has its corresponding [Exclusive Venue].

The Endless Deathmatch Arena was born out of the [Infinite Purgatory].

Its core feature is not to serve as a PVP arena for mecha pilots to settle their scores…

But to undertake [Endless Challenges].

When a mecha pilot enters the Endless Deathmatch Arena alone, it will summon abyssal monsters from the Infinite Purgatory according to the pilot’s strength, for unending battle.

Each round won will make the next appearing monster stronger and will accumulate special rewards.

It’s a special place to challenge limits.

Additionally, the mecha pilot can choose not to enter, sending only the mecha to participate and remotely controlling it.

Under these circumstances, the mecha will face off against other mechas, Purgatory monsters, etc., in similar random confrontations.

With each round won, the mecha soul will gain substantial enhancements.

The more rounds defeated, the better the enhancement effects.

It is precisely because of these unique effects in the Endless Deathmatch Arena.

That so many mecha pilots stay for long periods in the Purgatory level, cultivating mechas, training mecha souls.

“In addition to these, the Purgatory level also has other areas like [Material Purifier], [Universal Strengthening Field], [Divine Soul Nourishment Center], and so on,” he noted.

“The area where the merchants are is just a small fraction of it,” he pointed out.

Jiang Chen’s previous two visits to the Purgatory level were for shopping, which was brief.

He would wake up again after just a short while.

This time, as he needed to strengthen his mecha and cultivate its soul,

He might need to stay several days in the Purgatory level.

Therefore, he had Bai Ying take care of his body and told her the communication method taught by Shida.

If there was an issue, she could pass it directly through the connection between the body and the martial soul, allowing Jiang Chen to return instantly.

Having made the arrangements.

Jiang Chen sat back in the recliner and closed his eyes.

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