"Still have skill points left to use..."
Chen Shu opened the Contract Spirit panel and looked at one of the little spirit's skills:
[Level Boost Lv1: Can upgrade any one of the target's skills by one level]
This was a Silver Monarch skill. Although it seemed ordinary, it could upgrade divine skills, making it extremely useful.
Unfortunately, it had never been upgraded, so it could only add one to a divine skill.
Now that he had a free point, this was the first skill he thought of.
"Let's try it..."
Chen Shu touched his chin and used his consciousness to click the '+' sign behind this skill.
"Use a free skill point to upgrade?"
The system's prompt appeared in his mind. Just as he was about to confirm, another line followed:
"Upgrade Bonus: Skill duration increased..."
"..."
Chen Shu's actions paused, and he hesitated to say 'confirm.'
He had expected that upgrading this skill to Lv2 would allow it to upgrade any skill by two levels, but the effect was so lackluster.
Now that the little spirit had its innate weapon at max level, the issue of skill duration was no longer a concern.
"As expected, I still overestimated this Silver Monarch skill..."
The corner of his mouth twitched, and a hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes, though he wasn't too surprised.
While Monarch skills were powerful, they weren't to the point of being heaven-defying.
Either they had good potential, or their initial effect was strong but their potential was limited. They couldn't be like divine skills, which were potent from the start and had immense potential.
"This skill can't be upgraded; it's a pure waste of skill points..."
Chen Shu's gaze shifted to another skill of the little spirit:
[True Berserk Boost: Enhances all attributes of the target Contract Spirit]
This was the little spirit's innate talent skill, offering considerable benefits both in its initial effect and its potential.
Combined with its max-level innate weapon, it became an area-of-effect skill that could simultaneously buff the other three Contract Spirits.
A prompt automatically appeared in his mind: "Use three free skill points to upgrade?"
"Three?!"
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback and then muttered, "Do skills also have different qualities?"
Curiosity piqued, he began checking the point cost for each skill.
After a while, he concluded that only [True Berserk Boost] and Xiao Huang's [Invincible Counterattack] required three skill points, while the others only needed one or two.
This meant that these two skills were of the highest quality, excluding divine skills, of course.
"I'll upgrade this one..."
He allocated nine skill points to [True Berserk Boost] and the remaining one to [Heal].
"Combat power increased by a little..."
Chen Shu rubbed his chin and turned his attention to the last spoil of war: Extreme Skill Point!
His first thought was to use it on [Invincible Counterattack], as it was also a high-quality skill.
At that moment, a prompt appeared in his mind:
"Use Extreme Skill Point to directly upgrade [Invincible Counterattack] to level twenty!"
"Level twenty?"
His gaze faltered, and a hint of surprise entered his eyes. The cap didn't seem very high.
He looked at the other skills and found their respective caps, but unfortunately, he couldn't preview the effects at max level.
After a while, he obtained the cap data for all skills.
Some skills had a cap of twenty, some thirty, some forty, and some only five.
To Chen Shu's surprise, the highest cap belonged to Xiao Huang's [Charge], reaching an astonishing Lv99!
"Could it be that the more basic the skill, the higher its level cap?"
A thoughtful look entered his eyes.
Initially, the slime was only F-class, and [Charge] was its innate skill, making it the lowest rung of the skill world.
However, from another perspective, its room for improvement was indeed immense.
"Can anyone really upgrade this thing to max level?"
Chen Shu rubbed his chin. Level ninety-nine was an outrageous number, something ordinary Beast Tamers wouldn't even dream of.
"How about this one?"
Chen Shu rubbed his hands together; he was actually a little tempted.
Regardless of its specific effects, upgrading this skill was the most profitable.
The other skills had caps of only twenty or thirty levels; with some effort, he could potentially reach them.
But for this ninety-nine, even he, with his cheat-like advantages, wasn't confident he could reach it, only an Extreme Skill Point could do that!
"This is it!"
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and decisively allocated the Extreme Skill Point to Charge!
Instantly, Xiao Huang in the Beast Taming Space closed its eyes, and an unknown power descended upon it.
A most basic, small skill began its qualitative transformation.
"What will it be like..."
Chen Shu's eyes gleamed with excitement as he began to quietly await the skill's change.
Currently, Charge was at level twenty-seven, and its effect was already quite powerful, significantly boosting Xiao Huang's mobility. If it were to reach max level, there would undoubtedly be a massive improvement!
"This speed must be off the charts!"
He rubbed his chin and couldn't help but chuckle.
*Bang bang bang!*
Just then, there was a knock on the door,
His father's voice came through, "Chen Pi, you're back?!"
"Dad, what's up?"
Chen Shu opened the room door, a hint of confusion on his face.
His father, Chen Ping, frowned and scolded,
"Can't you notify me when you come back? And why the sudden creepy laughter? You'd scare someone to death in the middle of the night!"
"Uh... I'll be mindful, I'll be mindful."
Chen Shu coughed lightly and said, "I was just too excited..."
"Excited about what? Did you do something bad again?"
"..."
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, and he said, "When did I ever do anything?"
"Forget it, I can't be bothered to argue with you."
His father, Chen Ping, shook his head and said, "Oh right, while you were out, your classmate Wang Qinghan came looking for you."
"Wang Qinghan was looking for me?"
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback, remembering his high school classmate.
His father, Chen Ping, said, "If you have time, give him a call back."
"Okay, sure."
Chen Shu nodded and returned to his room.
He opened his phone. Indeed, there was a missed call from Wang Qinghan three days ago.
He often entered异空间 (dimensional space) and rarely checked his phone. Moreover, due to his reputation, most messages were nonsensical, so he had no desire to check them.
"Hello, Chen Shu?"
As soon as he dialed, Wang Qinghan's surprised voice came through.
Chen Shu was slightly startled and said, "Hmm? Judging by your tone, is there some good news?"
"Of course!"
Wang Qinghan quickly said, "My sister broke through to the Silver rank!"
"Silver rank? Are you kidding me? How old is Qingxue?"
Chen Shu showed no excitement and immediately voiced his disbelief.
"It's true."
Wang Qinghan quickly explained, "The official organization held a training camp before, and Qingxue was selected. She received special training there, which led to her rapid advancement."
"Training camp?"
Chen Shu was instantly stunned and asked, "How come I didn't know about it?"
"Weren't you abroad at that time, snatching... collecting resources?"