Potential Points

## Summary

Adding one Potential Point increased the attribute by 0.30

Absorbing the same type of attribute over a period would develop resistance within the body. The effect on body condition would decrease. Decreasing the amount of the increase of the attribute. Example one point of potential only increases 0.20.

The more potential you use and therefore the more powerful your body is, the more potential you will need, than at the beginning, to fill the meter to 100% in order to obtain a Potential Point.

#### Decrease in the Amount of the Increase

Garen’s eyelid twitched. He remembered clearly that one potential point could increase 0.3 on the attribute pane previously. But now, it only increased it by 0.1. Although he expected a increase in the depletion rate of potential points during attribute increment due to the increase in his strength, he didn’t think it would be so much. His vitality shot up like a rocket. From 3.07 to 3.27, then 3.57...3.96...4.26...

His potential points also dropped like a stone. As the vitality hit 5.00, the increment speed slowed down. Through Garen’s careful observation, he realized that the depletion rate had changed once again. One potential point could now only increase 0.05 in attributes, which means 20 potential points were needed to increase 1 attribute point.

"Since I still have a lot, and only a few potential points were used, continue!" Garen’s expression remained and continued increasing his attributes. He was looking forward to see the attribute limits of his new body. Every being has a limit. The difference was whether the limit can be reached.

His vitality points continue to raise at an insane rate. As it hit 5.00, it required 20 potential points to increase 1 attribute point. In one go, Garen’s vitality rushed past 6.00, then 7.00, 8.00. As it hit 8.00, the depletion rate chanced once again. From requiring 20 potential points to increase one attribute point, it became above 60 potential points. As his vitality hit 10.00, it was stuck at this number and could no longer be increased.

## Martial Arts World

Potential Points are gained from Antiques of Tragedy. These antiques are ones with a history of unusual bad luck as implied from its name. The amount gained varies with item to item.

In terms of secret techniques, the lower grade, middle grade and upper grade required 1 point, 2 points and 5 points respectively. The difference could increase the level of the secret techniques. Naturally, this was under the assumption that the user had the prerequisite needed to learn it.

## Totem World

Potential Points are gained from Totem Users and Aberrations when killed. The potential points gain increases with the strength of the subject itself. A Totem User usually gives a bigger amount of potential points than an Aberration.

* On Form 1 totem or monster would provide about a quarter point’s worth of a potential point.
* One Form 2 gave about two points.
* One Form 3 gave about five points.
* One Spiritualized Creature gave fifteen points.
* Killing Shadows from the ruins of Ancient Endor gives 40 points each.

## Blood Breed World

Potential Points are gained from Antiques, Relics and supernatural and Supernatural objects or objects that have had contact with supernatural forces.

The one that Garen gets the most of and seem to have the most and continuous flow of Potential Points are the Sleepless Face Mask and its copies.

## Mecha World

The only way Garen found to gain Potential Points in this world was. The **Staff of Absolute Yin**, which is later discovered to be better known as the **Staff of Tree God** and its untreated version that Garen calls the **Branches of Absolute Yin**.

**Staff of Tree God (Staff of Absolute Yin)** gives 2 points per day. While the **Branches of Absolute Yin** have a fixed number that varies, but after use they are expended. As Branches are part of the base ingredients for fuels, they are relatively easy to get, after you get contacts that work with them.

## Four Great Cornerstones World

Garen, for lack of time and need to advance quickly, had other priorities so he couldn't find any method to obtain **Potential Points**.

## God World

Thanks to the rules of this world that affect/alter the functioning of his Natural Ability and by necessity, Garen fuses his Soul and his Soul Rings to his body giving him the ability to use Soul Energy to transform it into **Potential Points**. Two months of Soul Energy from his three and a half (Four) Soul Rings equal 5 Points.

In addition, Garen realized that the Crystal Core of the creatures of this world, such as the Giant Iguanas; the Knight of Suffering; etc. And the natural magic mineral, the Ice Stalagmite has the ability to give him **Potential Points**.

## Soul

He had to find something that could increase his attribute talent’s potential points, that was the only way to reduce the training time. It was just that Garen had no idea how to go about it at all, all these years, he had already learned about many sorts of ancient items, but he had not sensed a hint of potential power in any of them.

He had also tried secretly killing wild animals, like snakes or wolves, but to no effect. This made him reconsider his thoughts, he might have made a mistake in his conjectures about the source of potential points. If the source of potential points was merely the mysterious power of Antiques of Tragedy, then in the subsequent Totem World, killing should not have been able to increase his potential points as well.

But in the Totem World, be it killing totem users or Aberrated creatures, each of them gave him a substantial amount of potential points, so that was strange. The conclusion Garen came to, was that he should make more attempts based on soul power.

This is because the upper limit to his attribute-increasing power was the power of his soul, just as how the Evil Technique Soul Seed deep in his soul would increase the limits of his attributes slightly every year. Ever since he was born up until now, his limits had far surpassed his attribute limits from before, and was now at thirty points. It was terrifying to have an average upper limit of thirty points, but the modification power of the Soul was not limitless either, after he went from the twenty points to thirty, it had gone utterly quiet, that modification power and effect was still there, but it had stopped strengthening his soul and upper limit.

This meant that the power of the Northern Trident Frost-Fire True Water Evil Technique could only modify this body to an excess limit of thirty points. Since the thing increasing his attributes’ upper limits was the power of his soul, then in order to obtain attribute potential points so he can progress to the next level, he should probably need something related to the soul as well.

Thinking of the special tragedy effect of the Antiques of Tragedy, and then thinking of the unique qualities of totem users with their totem power, Garen vaguely felt that his general direction of study should have something to do with the soul.

### Soul Energy

Also known as ***Soul Power.***

Garen was currently in utter shock, the way Levi said he used the power was exactly the same effect he had when adding his potential points to the Vitality attribute. But he observed the condition inside Levi’s body with his senses for a bit, and found that this power seemed to be helpless against the venom, instead it continuously swam through his body like a living thing.

In the Totem World, he had guessed that the potential value was a form of soul power, and if it really was so.

The soul could be explained as the human consciousness to a certain extent, humans had a consciousness and a subconsciousness, the consciousness dictated their everyday lives. Meanwhile, the subconsciousness was in charge of delegating the human body’s resources, gathering and providing energy where the body needed it.

If the potential value was a form of soul power, then it was perfectly capable of strengthening the consciousness and the subconsciousness, increasing the speed of reflexes and nerves, strengthening the immune system and energy regeneration, and other such overall increases to the body’s stats.

"There’s a side effect, right?" Garen asked suddenly. Levi nodded, perfectly honest. "Of course, but it’s nothing too serious. The side effects are, after absorbing that power from the ancient relics and artifacts, your body will have a different quality, and most of these qualities will have a detrimental effect on the body to some effect, creating some strange hobbies, habits, or minor illnesses."

Garen could guess, that this should be the biggest difference between them and himself, he had that Ability to filter off the impurities in the potential value, such that he had no side effects at all, while these people could only absorb them roughly, eating up all the good and the bad, so naturally there would be problems.

But he was indeed very interested in the filtering system his own Ability had, this was an opportunity, a chance to explore the roots of his own Ability. Perhaps he could understand how his pulse and nerve pathways worked by examining their secret method.

#### Applications

It is what protects you from the current of the Mother Stream and when they have a child this energy forms and recovers naturally, giving you the ability to survive and protect your soul in the river for longer. Also, for those who use the Mother Stream System, it has an identical function to the power points used by Garen and is the basis with which this System works in order to reach the Peak of the worlds to which the Warlocks travel.----

## Links and References

1. ↑ Chapter 30
2. ↑ Chapter 75
3. ↑ Chapter 74
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 362
5. ↑ Chapter 170
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Chapter 576
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Chapter 626