SSS Ranked Talent: I Can Upgrade My Skills Infinitely-Chapter 157: The Five Spirit Seeds, Breaking the Cap

"Tell your King to polish his scales," Alvian said, his eyes glowing with the violet light of the Void. "I accept."

Tarrasque bowed, a mocking gesture. "Enjoy your last night, Godslayer."

The Herald turned and swam back toward the enemy lines. The barrier closed behind him.

"You’re insane," Valeria whispered. "He’s going to kill you."

"He’s going to try," Alvian said, turning back to the palace interior. "But he’s expecting a Level 56 mage. He’s expecting a trickster."

Alvian walked toward the lift that led to the lower vaults.

"Where are you going?" Seraphina asked, materializing from the shadows. "The armory is empty. You used all the best materials."

"I’m going to the [Sea King’s Treasury]," Alvian said. "The Eighth Guardian title gave me access. There are things in there that haven’t seen the light of day since the First Era."

"What are you looking for?" Valeria asked.

Alvian stopped. He looked at his hands. He needed more than gear. He needed a fundamental shift in his existence. He needed to break the cap.

"I’m looking for a way to become a monster," Alvian said.

The [Sea King’s Treasury] was not a room. It was a dimension.

Located deep within the bedrock of the palace, accessible only via the [Heart of Azureus], it was a vast, silent ocean of gold and artifacts. Weapons floated in stasis bubbles. Armor forged from the shells of krakens drifted in the currents. Mountains of pearls and mana crystals lay in heaps on the sandy floor.

Alvian walked through the wealth of an empire without glancing at it. Gold was useless. Weapons were just tools. He needed something primal.

"System. Scan for [Consumables]. Filter: [Stat Multipliers]."

[Scanning...]

[Detected: 4,000 matches.]

"Filter: [Legendary] or higher."

[Detected: 12 matches.]

"Filter: [Limit Breaking] properties."

[Detected: 1 match.]

[Target Located: The Five Spirit Seeds.]

Alvian followed the marker. In the center of the treasury, resting on a pedestal of black coral, was a small, ornate box made of petrified wood. It hummed with a resonance that made his bones ache.

He opened the box.

Inside sat five seeds. They didn’t look like plants. They looked like crystallized organs.

One burned with an eternal red flame. One flowed like trapped water. One was heavy, dense as a neutron star. One crackled with green lightning. And one swirled with the white light of pure wind.

[Item: The Five Spirit Seeds (Set)]

[Grade: Mythical (Red)]

[Description: The crystallized essence of the five primal elements that formed the world. Consuming them forces the body to undergo a fundamental evolution.]

[Effect: Permanently increases all base Stats by 100%. Breaks the Level Cap restriction for the current Tier.]

[Warning: Consumption causes 50,000 True Damage per second for 10 seconds. Survival rate for non-Transcendents: 0.01%.]

"50,000 True Damage," Alvian muttered. "Inefficient design. It’s a suicide pill."

But he looked at his stats.

[HP: 28,000 / 28,000]

[Regeneration: 500 HP/sec (Base) + Potions]

He couldn’t survive it. Not naturally. The math didn’t work. If he ate these, he would dissolve.

But he had a talent.

"System. I have a target for [Super Upgrade]."

[Target Identified: The Five Spirit Seeds.]

[Warning: Item is already Mythical grade. Further enhancement is unstable.]

[Authority Invoked: SSS-Rank.]

[Consuming Two (2) Daily Charges...]

"Do it," Alvian commanded.

The box flared with blinding light. The five seeds vibrated, their individual colors merging, swirling together. The red fire consumed the water. The earth crushed the wind. The lightning bound them all. The five seeds fused into one.

It wasn’t a seed anymore. It was a singularity. A small, black sphere that seemed to contain a universe of violence.

[Upgrade Successful!]

[Item Evolved: Chaos Sovereign Seed (Divine)]

[Effect: Grants the [Chaos Body] physique. All Stats Multiplied by 300%. Limits removed. Mana Capacity doubled.]

[New Drawback: The user must survive the [Chaos Trial]. The body will be deconstructed and rebuilt. Pain receptors will be maxed.]

Alvian stared at the black sphere. It was death. Or it was godhood.

"Efficiency dictates risk," Alvian whispered. "If I fight Apollyon as I am, I die. If I eat this, I might die. The choice is binary."

He didn’t hesitate. He picked up the [Chaos Sovereign Seed]. It was heavy, pulling at his skin.

He swallowed it.

"GURK!"

It wasn’t pain. Pain was a signal. This was an overload. It felt like he had swallowed a supernova.

Alvian fell to his knees. His skin turned grey. Cracks appeared on his face, leaking violet light. His bones shattered audibly, grinding together as they reshaped. His muscles tore and re-knitted instantly, only to tear again.

[System Alert: Critical Structure Failure.]

[HP: 1 / 65,000]

[Passive [Void Monarch] activating... Preventing dissolution.]

He screamed, but no sound came out. His vocal cords had disintegrated. He was being unmade. The chaos energy rampaged through him, burning away the weakness, burning away the limits.

[Time Remaining: 9 seconds.]

His vision went white. He saw his past life. The fire. The death. The weakness.

[Time Remaining: 5 seconds.]

He saw Valeria dying. He saw Elara crying.

"No," Alvian’s mind roared against the void. "I. Will. Not. Break."

He grabbed hold of the chaos with his will. He forced it into his mana channels. He used the [Tear of the Infinite]—the infinite mana source fused to his heart—to cool the burning chaos. He pushed back.

[Time Remaining: 1 second.]

[HP: 1 / 65,000]

"REFORGE."

"BOOOOOM!"

A shockwave of black energy exploded from Alvian’s body, shattering the display cases in the treasury. The water in the room was pushed back, creating a pocket of dry air.

Alvian gasped, sucking in a breath. His skin was flawless, glowing with a faint, inner luminescence. His muscles were dense, compact, but rippling with power that terrified even him. He stood up. He felt... heavy. He felt like the world was made of cardboard.

[System Notification: Evolution Complete.]

[Physique: Chaos Body Acquired.]

[Level Cap Broken.]

[Current Stats Updated.]

[Strength: 900]

[Speed: 750]

[Physique: 800]

[Energy: 100,000 (Infinite Regen)]

Alvian looked at his hand. He clenched his fist. The air popped, a mini-sonic boom created just by the friction of his fingers closing.

He picked up the [Lance of the Void Winter]. It felt like a toy.

"Apollyon wants a duel," Alvian whispered, his voice resonating with a new, terrifying depth. "I’m going to give him a massacre."

He walked toward the exit. The floor cracked with every step. He was ready.

--

The [Sea King’s Treasury] was not a room. It was a dimension.

Located deep within the bedrock of the palace, accessible only via the [Heart of Azureus], it was a vast, silent ocean of gold and artifacts. Weapons floated in stasis bubbles. Armor forged from the shells of krakens drifted in the currents. Mountains of pearls and mana crystals lay in heaps on the sandy floor.

Alvian walked through the wealth of an empire without glancing at it. Gold was useless. Weapons were just tools. He needed something primal.

"System. Scan for [Consumables]. Filter: [Stat Multipliers]."

[Scanning...]

[Detected: 4,000 matches.]

"Filter: [Legendary] or higher."

[Detected: 12 matches.]

"Filter: [Limit Breaking] properties."

[Detected: 1 match.]

[Target Located: The Five Spirit Seeds.]

Alvian followed the marker. In the center of the treasury, resting on a pedestal of black coral, was a small, ornate box made of petrified wood. It hummed with a resonance that made his bones ache.

He opened the box.

Inside sat five seeds. They didn’t look like plants. They looked like crystallized organs.

One burned with an eternal red flame. One flowed like trapped water. One was heavy, dense as a neutron star. One crackled with green lightning. And one swirled with the white light of pure wind.

[Item: The Five Spirit Seeds (Set)]

[Grade: Mythical (Red)]

[Description: The crystallized essence of the five primal elements that formed the world. Consuming them forces the body to undergo a fundamental evolution.]

[Effect: Permanently increases all base Stats by 100%. Breaks the Level Cap restriction for the current Tier.]

[Warning: Consumption causes 50,000 True Damage per second for 10 seconds. Survival rate for non-Transcendents: 0.01%.]

"50,000 True Damage," Alvian muttered. "Inefficient design. It’s a suicide pill."

But he looked at his stats.

[HP: 28,000 / 28,000]

[Regeneration: 500 HP/sec (Base) + Potions]

He couldn’t survive it. Not naturally. The math didn’t work. If he ate these, he would dissolve.

But he had a talent.

"System. I have a target for [Super Upgrade]."

[Target Identified: The Five Spirit Seeds.]

[Warning: Item is already Mythical grade. Further enhancement is unstable.]

[Authority Invoked: SSS-Rank.]

[Consuming Two (2) Daily Charges...]

"Do it," Alvian commanded.

The box flared with blinding light. The five seeds vibrated, their individual colors merging, swirling together. The red fire consumed the water. The earth crushed the wind. The lightning bound them all. The five seeds fused into one.

It wasn’t a seed anymore. It was a singularity. A small, black sphere that seemed to contain a universe of violence.

[Upgrade Successful!]

[Item Evolved: Chaos Sovereign Seed (Divine)]

[Effect: Grants the [Chaos Body] physique. All Stats Multiplied by 300%. Limits removed. Mana Capacity doubled.]

[New Drawback: The user must survive the [Chaos Trial]. The body will be deconstructed and rebuilt. Pain receptors will be maxed.]