The moment anomalous fluctuations appeared beside Shi Feng in front of the statues, Watery Rose and the others noticed it immediately. Moreover, they could feel a spiritual pressure radiating from Shi Feng that hadn't been there before.
This spiritual pressure was far weaker than the oppressive force emanating from the statues themselves, but in essence, it was the same kind of power.
"You broke through, Guild Leader?" Watery Rose couldn't help but ask, studying Shi Feng.
Although she had already deduced that Shi Feng must have broken through, she still wanted to hear it from his lips.
Raising Spirit was far more difficult than any of them had imagined. Even now, she felt she was still a long way from achieving a breakthrough. Ziyan Liuyun, whose Spirit was second only to Shi Feng's in their group, was still lacking significantly — she would need to raise her Spirit by thirty or forty percent before she could trigger a qualitative transformation of her soul and reach the fourth tier.
"That's right. I've reached the fourth tier." Shi Feng nodded in quiet satisfaction as he took in the experience of having his Spirit elevated to the fourth tier.
Fourth tier!
This was a realm he had never stepped into during his previous life. Even if it was only his Spirit that had reached the fourth tier, it was more than enough to fill him with joy and excitement.
In the Divine Realm, advancing to a fourth-tier Class represented an enormous watershed — one far surpassing the gap between the second and third tiers. In truth, more than ninety-nine percent of third-tier powerhouses could never enter this realm. His past self included.
Anyone who wished to advance to a fourth-tier Class needed both personal strength and powerful weapons and equipment as the bare minimum prerequisites. On top of that, quite a bit of opportunity and luck was required to make it happen.
Missing even one of these elements made advancement to the fourth tier extremely difficult — and that was precisely why fourth-tier Classes were so rare.
Although he had not yet become a fourth-tier Class user, possessing fourth-tier Spirit would be an enormous help when the time came to advance.
"Guild Leader, what does it actually feel like after Spirit breaks through to the fourth tier? Is the gap that much bigger compared to the third tier?" Yan Tianxing hurried over and asked curiously.
The others gathered around all looked toward Shi Feng as well, eager to know what the fourth-tier Spirit experience felt like.
Although quite a few expert players in the Divine Realm had already advanced to the third tier, the fourth tier remained shrouded in curiosity and mystery. After all, even third-tier knowledge was fragmented in the Divine Realm — only abbreviated information could be found. As for fourth-tier knowledge, not a single lead existed.
The only fourth-tier intelligence anyone could gather came from observing fourth-tier NPCs…
"It's enormous. You could even say it's staggering." Shi Feng considered for a moment before answering Yan Tianxing. "I'm not even on the same level as before."
An increase in Spirit granted players vastly enhanced control — over both magical elements and their own bodies. Reaching the fourth tier in Spirit represented a qualitative leap, a sublimation of the soul that the third tier simply couldn't compare to.
Take the Sacred Annihilation Art, which had previously cost him a considerable amount of effort.
If using the Art's light-and-shadow variant had cost him ten points before, now it cost at most three. As for Bronze Rank combat techniques, they were a non-issue entirely — he could wield them as if they were advanced techniques.
As for his third-tier magic skills, achieving 100% completion was no longer difficult in his eyes. Breaking past that ceiling was entirely within reach.
"Is the gap really that large?" Watery Rose heard Shi Feng's words and found it hard to believe.
"As much as I'd rather not say it, the difference is truly heaven and earth. At equal stats, the current me could probably kill my former self in fewer than ten moves." Shi Feng shook his head with an amused smile at Watery Rose's disbelief.
Only after his Spirit had reached the fourth tier did he truly comprehend just how vast the gap was between the third and fourth tiers. No wonder fourth-tier Class users in his previous life could effortlessly wipe out a group of peak third-tier experts — and could even single-handedly demolish an entire town.