Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Attribute Feedback, Starting to Progress

After reading the background information, Lance couldn’t help but smack his lips.

No wonder the Lantern Carrier dared to claim this blueprint was the most powerful of them all. It turned out this thing wasn’t born from the Star Realm at all—it was a genuine creation of a god!

First, it didn’t come with any specific concept attached.

Second, it possessed miraculous abilities, which was completely different from other blank blueprints.

Other blueprints all had a capacity limit for Specialties. Once a blueprint was full, you could no longer melt any more Specialties into it.

But the Endless Star Ring of the Tail-Biting Giant Dragon had no melting limit!

Furthermore, the Specialties melted into it would actually feed back into Lance’s Attribute Values.

This was rather similar to the legends of the Tail-Biting Giant Dragon that circulated in this world.

The trait of achieving growth by constantly devouring itself.

Beyond that, it had another absurdly powerful trait: any melted Specialty would have its originally restricted usage conditions forcibly universalized.

For example, the bonuses provided by a Spear Technique were originally very limited, but once melted into the Endless Star Ring, they would expand to apply to all types of physical attacks.

These few traits alone made it worthy of the title "the strongest blueprint."

This was likely a one-time-use blueprint that Clovis had paid a huge price to have a god create. Yet Jhin, the Virtuoso had intercepted it, casually swiped it, and now he was the one to benefit.

’Truly, what a great godfather!’

His moment of admiration over, Lance prepared to perform his first Specialty melting.

With a thought, he finalized his selection of the blueprint.

Immediately after, the blueprint transformed into a dazzling stream of light and shot into Lance’s body.

Lance’s consciousness followed the stream of light downward, entering the space of the Melting Furnace near his heart.

In this unique field of vision, the original Source Melting Furnace now looked like a star burning in the cosmos, emitting intense energy fluctuations.

Then, the power of the title he had previously obtained descended, encircled the star, and rapidly condensed on its periphery into a massive, crimson ring of gravity.

And the two legendary deeds he currently possessed, which had already taken form, now resembled a few mottled nebulas resting quietly on the ring of gravity.

Upon closer inspection, one could see various illusory figures flickering within those nebulas. These were all people in the real Material Realm who knew of Lance’s legendary deeds.

When they recalled Lance’s deeds, the resulting emotional fluctuations were projected onto this Star Ring.

Becoming the firewood that sustained the legends.

The core of the Star Track was now constructed. Without hesitation, Lance selected the [Trench Rat’s Bite] Specialty, which was the first one he had ever obtained.

Currently, melting an Ordinary Level Specialty required 1,000 general experience points as fuel, and he happened to have exactly 1,000 points.

As the general experience points burned away, [Trench Rat’s Bite] transformed into a small, twinkling star. It was captured by the crimson ring of gravity and, under the gravitational pull, began to slowly revolve around the Source Melting Furnace in the center.

[Specialty Melting Successful]

[Melting Feedback Received. Agility Attribute +0.5. Current Agility: 34.2 → 34.7]

These Attributes were not Basic Attributes, so they couldn’t benefit from the amplification of the Dragon Hunting Breathing Technique. Even so, getting a free Attribute boost was still terrifyingly good.

On his status panel, the [Trench Rat’s Bite] Specialty had disappeared, replaced by the special panel for the Star Ring.

[Endless Star Ring of the Tail-Biting Giant Dragon]

[Effect: All physical attacks, Armor penetration +5%]

Lance was quite satisfied with this result.

As he learned new techniques and used Jhin, the Virtuoso’s ability to tailor fate to scavenge new Specialties from various events, he could feed them all into this Star Ring for melting.

This way, his status panel wouldn’t become bloated with too many Specialties.

Moreover, even niche Specialties with significant limitations could be melted down and transformed into universally applicable, permanent abilities, allowing them to offer greater tactical value.

Lance then glanced at his Main Profession panel.

[Main Profession: Pale Guard LV 5 (1000 / 70000)]

The general experience points consumed during the Specialty melting hadn’t been wasted. They were naturally converted into progress for his Main Profession upgrade, essentially letting him use one batch of experience for two purposes—an extremely high-value trade-off.

Just as Lance was taking in his newfound power.

CLICK. With a soft sound, the door to the washroom was gently pushed open from the inside.

Hearing the sound, Lance’s consciousness returned to reality, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Nieve had finished her bath. Her ice-blue hair was draped wetly over her shoulders, the ends still dripping with water.

’That silly girl didn’t dry her hair at all.’

And because she had soaked in the bath for so long, her normally fair skin had taken on a lovely, faint pink hue.

Before Lance, who had just opened his eyes, could even speak, Nieve scurried over on her bare little feet like a clingy kitten and threw herself into his arms, pressing close against him.

Her touch was cool, a temperature lower than a normal person’s, which was very pleasant in the summer—soft, like snowflakes.

"You ran out without even drying your hair?"

Lance suppressed the flutter in his heart, his tone tinged with resignation.

He reached out, conveniently grabbing the towel that had been draped over his neck, and gently gathered Nieve’s long hair, patiently beginning to dry it for her.

Nieve obediently narrowed her eyes and nuzzled against Lance.

"Hsss—"

"Don’t mess around."

Lance flicked her on the forehead.

Only then did she behave, clambering up to rest against him properly.

Nieve rested her chin on Lance’s shoulder. Her ice-blue hair cascaded down her smooth back, and Lance gently separated the strands with the towel, carefully drying them.

"Lance."

Nieve suddenly spoke.

"Hm? What’s wrong?"

"This afternoon, Her Highness wanted to chat with Nieve alone."

Nieve’s voice was a little distant, devoid of emotion. "Her Highness said many, many things to Nieve."

"She didn’t do anything to you, did she?" Lance pressed.

Nieve lifted her chin and switched to resting her cheek on Lance’s shoulder. "Nieve didn’t understand everything Her Highness said."

Hearing this answer, Lance’s heart settled a little, and he continued to patiently dry the girl’s hair.

"Her Highness said that when we get to the Royal Capital, she’ll use the Royal Family’s power to provide Nieve with resources. She could even find High Tier Professionals to guide Nieve and make Nieve stronger than she is now."

Peeking through the gaps in her hair, Nieve watched Lance carefully drying it for her. A strange, unfamiliar feeling bloomed in her heart.

"But Her Highness said it’s conditional. The prerequisite is that Nieve must stand on Her Highness’s side and help her resist the enemies who are trying to covet and seize her possessions."

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