These were also Noah’s own strengths, not something external, so they naturally fell within the scope of his Talent. With every passing moment, his mind, will, and soul continued to grow stronger.

However, these aspects were far more special than physical attributes. Their growth was extremely slow, nowhere near comparable to the rapid increase in stats or skill proficiency.

The reason Noah’s Combat Art could reach as high as 105 percent was not only due to the Soul Resonance skill, which enhanced the strength of his soul. It also involved the influence of his mind and will, even if their contribution was smaller in comparison.

After all, without a strong mind and unwavering will, how could anyone hope to control extraordinary power?

Compared to when he was an ordinary person, Noah’s mental strength and willpower had improved tremendously.

Setting everything else aside, just consider how many times he had already died. Whether it was being instantly killed by the Miller Family Instance Boss, Noah remained completely expressionless. If his mind and will had not been resilient enough, he would have collapsed long ago.

After allocating all 420,000 of his attributes, the Combat Art value on his panel immediately dropped by one percent.

"Not bad."

Noah nodded slightly. It seemed he could still perfectly control a large portion of his strength.

"Boss, are we continuing the dungeon?" Ethan walked over and asked.

Noah was about to reply when a flood of memories suddenly surged into his mind. His voice paused for a moment before he spoke.

"Of course. Get ready first and wait for my signal."

After saying that, Noah chose to exit the dungeon.

Back at home, he opened his attribute panel again and was surprised to discover that another skill had just reached its maximum level.

[ Close Combat Specialization Lv10 + 2 ]

[ Quality Perfect ]

[ Type Passive Skill ]

His mastery of swordsmanship, saber techniques, spear techniques, and fist techniques had reached their peak. The power of sword, saber, and spear techniques increased by 110 percent, while fist techniques gained a 165 percent boost.

"Close Combat Specialization."

A glint of light flashed in Noah’s eyes.

When rescuing the Purple Profound Civilization, Noah had already checked his attribute panel. At that time, Close Combat Specialization, Thunder Shadow Step, War Stomp, and Mountain River Collapse were all at Level 9. On the surface, they didn’t seem far apart, but in reality, the experience required to break through from Level 9 to Level 10 was enormous. Even though they appeared equal, there was actually a gap of several days between them.

Thunder Shadow Step was the first to break through, followed by War Stomp and Mountain River Collapse. Close Combat Specialization had been reset once when Noah expanded its scope, so it only reached its maximum level now.

"Spear techniques..."

Noah felt a bit speechless.

Back then, because of the Purple Lightning Spear, he had chosen to broaden the skill’s scope. But after that, he barely used the weapon at all.

He now had more than one Perfect Grade weapon, and they weren’t limited to swords, sabers, or spears. It would be unrealistic to expand the skill’s scope every time he obtained a high quality weapon in the future. Doing so would only slow down the skill’s growth.

"Hopefully this breakthrough can solve the problem."

"Start breakthrough."

On the attribute panel, the words Close Combat Specialization began to blur.

This breakthrough took an unusually long time.

A full five hours passed before it was finally completed.

In the next moment, a flood of memories poured into Noah’s mind.

Within those memories, he trained in martial arts without pause. He began with the techniques he was most proficient in, saber, sword, and spear. With years of relentless practice, their power continued to grow, eventually reaching their peak.

Then, as if he had grasped the ultimate truth of martial arts, he set aside his saber, sword, and spear, and picked up other weapons. In his hands, weapons he had never used before quickly went from unfamiliar to mastered, unleashing astonishing power. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Finally, he turned to fist techniques, which evolved further into palm strikes, finger techniques, claw techniques, and more.

After a long time, Noah fully digested these memories. A look of pleasant surprise appeared in his eyes.

He immediately checked his attribute panel.

Close Combat Specialization had disappeared.

In its place was a new skill.

[ Close Combat Master Lv0 + 2 ]

[ Quality Epic ]

[ Type Passive Skill ]

His martial arts had reached a divine level. He had comprehended the principle that one method leads to all methods.

Sword, saber, and spear techniques gained a 180 percent increase in power.

Other weapons gained a 90 percent increase.

Fist techniques gained a 270 percent increase.

Other combat techniques gained a 135 percent increase.

"Not just saber, sword, spear, and fists... even other weapons are enhanced."

"As expected of Close Combat Master."

Noah couldn’t hide his satisfaction.

Now, Noah no longer needed to waste time expanding the scope of the skill.

The only drawback was that, aside from saber, sword, spear, and fist techniques, the bonuses for other weapons were only about half as effective. But this was understandable. Even a Close Combat Master would have areas of strength and areas of true mastery. It was likely that only at Legendary or Mythical grade would all combat methods reach the same level of perfection.

Still, the improvement brought by Close Combat Master left Noah quite satisfied.

At Level 2, its effectiveness was already 1.6 times that of Level 12 Close Combat Specialization. This was no small increase. Passive skills like this usually scaled conservatively, so achieving such a boost was already an excellent result.

Delayed by five hours, Noah didn’t stop. He continued leading the team into instances.

With the emergence of Close Combat Master, his attack became even sharper, allowing hum to handle Boss after Boss with ease.

It took two days for Noah to lead the team and max out their growth value. With nearly 3 million total attributes added, his combat art efficiency dropped to 96%. This meant he couldn’t fully utilize his maximum eight to nine million attributes for now, although his spiritual agility remained unaffected.