Going further, reaching level 20 would require over four quadrillion—Su Xiaobai simply didn't have enough money.

But when Su Xiaobai saw the four new shadows that had appeared in the One-Click Auto-Hunting Space, he knew the money hadn't been spent in vain.

Unfortunately, all the shadows were currently in cooldown.

Otherwise, Su Xiaobai would definitely have summoned all the shadows to experience firsthand just how much his strength would skyrocket with nineteen shadows merged!

"I still have around 250 trillion left."

"Auto Cultivation and Auto Practice aren't urgently needed for now… One-Click Enhancement and One-Click Synthesis also don't have pressing upgrade demands at the moment."

"But Auto Collection and Auto Mining—these can all be upgraded!"

What Su Xiaobai lacked the most right now were enhancement materials!

The reason he had thrown a hundred trillion at the Dongfang family, to have them madly sweep up all sorts of rare herbs and treasures, was precisely to gather the materials needed to enhance his techniques and strengthen Oblivion Breaker!

The '213 Enhancement' was currently, aside from shadow fusion and new techniques, the most direct way to greatly boost Su Xiaobai's strength!

Thus, Su Xiaobai didn't hesitate to burn money frantically, determined to stockpile as many materials as possible.

As the most direct sources of materials, Auto Collection and Auto Mining—of course, the higher their levels, the greater the returns.

"Deducting 1.6 trillion, Auto Collection Space upgraded to level 11, number of Treasure-Hunting Goblins increased to 11!"

"Deducting 6.7 trillion, Auto Collection Space upgraded to level 12, number of Treasure-Hunting Goblins increased to 12!"

"Deducting 26.8 trillion, Auto Collection Space upgraded to level 13, number of Treasure-Hunting Goblins increased to 13!"

"Deducting 107 trillion, Auto Collection Space upgraded to level 14, number of Treasure-Hunting Goblins increased to 14!"

"Deducting 62.5 trillion, Auto Mining Space upgraded to level 11, number of Mining Goblins increased to 11!"

At this point, the 480 trillion Su Xiaobai had on hand was down to just 46 trillion.

He didn't continue upgrading system functions but planned to keep this money as his initial capital for a major haul in the Vast Domain!

At Base No.1, the Dongfang family would be helping him with acquisitions.

As for him, he wouldn't be idle either.

Once the shadows finished cooling down, he would cross the spatial rift directly into the Vast Domain… find a larger city, and then use One-Click Alchemy and One-Click Forging to madly rake in wealth!

Of course, Su Xiaobai also intended to make another trip to the Virtual Network, storming up to the 105th floor to snag a few more King-level techniques!

If possible, getting his hands on an Emperor-level technique would be the icing on the cake!

"Now that most of the money's been spent, it's time to take a good look at the two King-level techniques City Lord Luo gifted me, and that Emperor-level time attribute technique fragment."

Su Xiaobai took out three original copies of cultivation manuals.

Two of them, noticeably thicker, were King-level techniques.

One was a King-level body refinement technique, specializing in strengthening physical defenses—Golden Embryo Tempering Nether Scroll!

The other was a King-level gold attribute technique, greatly boosting toughness—Xuanjin Rainbow Light Scripture!

And the third, a mere thirty-some pages, was the one Su Xiaobai coveted the most—an Emperor-level time attribute technique fragment—Chronicles of Time!

"Chronicles of Time… quite an interesting name!"

"I have to carefully study it and see what mysteries lie within a time attribute technique!"

Su Xiaobai immediately opened Chronicles of Time and began reading intently.

However, he quickly furrowed his brows.

Emperor-level techniques were simply too obscure, too profound, too difficult to comprehend!

Even though he had now mastered over a hundred techniques of various levels, and could be called a technique grandmaster without exaggeration… in front of this time attribute technique, he was completely at a loss, utterly clueless.

He recognized every single character.

But when strung together, he was utterly confused, not knowing what was going on… he even suspected that perhaps the sequence of characters was wrong.

Thus, after reading through all thirty-plus pages, he remained completely in the dark, without understanding a single shred.

"No wonder even City Lord Luo spent so long studying it without results—an Emperor-level time attribute technique truly isn't something ordinary people can comprehend!"

Su Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh.

After all, Luo Yu was at the First-tier Martial Emperor level.

Yet he couldn't make sense of it either.

Since Su Xiaobai hadn't reached the First-tier Martial Emperor level yet, naturally it was even more impossible for him to understand.

"Good thing I have the One-Click Practice Space—no need to wrack my brains… otherwise I'd probably die of a headache!"

Without hesitation, Su Xiaobai placed Chronicles of Time into the Practice Slot.

However, because Chronicles of Time wasn't obtained from the Virtual Network and was also incomplete, Su Xiaobai couldn't directly perfect it, and could only patiently wait.

"System, how long will it take for this Chronicles of Time to reach the basic level?"

Su Xiaobai asked.

As long as it reached the basic level, it would already bring tremendous benefits to Su Xiaobai!

"Thirty days are needed!"

Upon hearing the system's reply, Su Xiaobai raised his brows.

Thirty days!

Currently, the time acceleration of his One-Click Training Space had reached 33.55 million times… meaning one day of training equaled over ninety thousand years of insight for an ordinary martial artist!

And thirty days—that was over 2.7 million years!

An Emperor-level time attribute technique requiring over 2.7 million years to comprehend… who could bear that?!

"The Siwu CLan's invasion is less than seven days away, I must quickly stockpile enough Spirit Coins and immediately level the One-Click Training to level 30!"

"That way, I could master Chronicles of Time in just one day!"

Su Xiaobai's eyes gleamed…

The importance of an Emperor-level time attribute technique needed no words… such a top-tier attribute might well become his greatest trump card and support in the future, so the sooner he obtained it, the better!

"But haste makes waste—steady and methodical progress is the way to go!"

The shadows were still cooling down, and as Su Xiaobai's biggest trump card for venturing into the Vast Domain, naturally it was safest to wait for the cooldown before crossing through the spatial rift.

Afterward, Su Xiaobai spent a little time placing the two King-level techniques into the Practice Space as well.

It was obvious these two King-level techniques were acquired by Luo Yu from the Virtual Network, as their progress was extremely fast… it likely wouldn't take long before they reached the highest level!

"Now, time to focus on enhancements!"

"First things first, Oblivion Breaker must be enhanced!"

Su Xiaobai quickly pulled up the One-Click Enhancement interface.

There was no denying it—the enhancement materials required for high-grade divine weapons were indeed absurdly extravagant… many of them likely didn't even exist on Earth!

Fortunately, there was the spatial ring gifted by Luo Yu… it conveniently filled in some of the material gaps.

"Ping! Enhancement successful, Oblivion Breaker +1!"

The materials were only enough for one enhancement.

But Su Xiaobai was already very satisfied… this meant that his attack power would once again be far more terrifying than before!

"Next are the King-level techniques… though the enhancement materials needed are among the rarest of the rare—some of them he hadn't even heard of before!"

"Huh? This technique has the needed materials, and so does this one! Excellent, enhance them all!"

Right now, Su Xiaobai was basically playing 'Matching Tiles', placing each technique to try it out, seeing which ones could be enhanced first… holding to the philosophy of 'enhance whenever possible', because every enhancement was a sharp boost in strength for Su Xiaobai!

"Ping! Enhancement successful, Ten Directions Annihilation Blade +1!"

"Ping! Enhancement successful, True Art of Burning Blood Fury +1!"

"Ping! Enhancement successful, Supreme Pure Yang Technique +1!"

"…."