Chapter 73: Result of greed
——(POV Li Huang)——
These beasts were worth more points but it seems the trial was created this way as a test of greed. When Ye Ling finished the last remaining giant giant ape, the trial summoned this gargantuan ape to deal with us.
Well, unfortunately for the trial, I am always ready for whatever that could go wrong, to go wrong.
"Eat these pills and keep this storage ring on you." I threw Hu Anjing and Ye Ling recovery pills and a storage ring each. I gave them the pills so that they can handle it easier even if they got hit and I also popped one at the same time.
"Spread out to increase the beast's attack options." I Added. If we stay close to each other the gargantuan ape can attack all of us while only using one hand so spreading out is the best option.
When I gave them the pills, I gave them a storage ring. That storage ring is the key to our victory.
"Use the scrolls in the storage ring to attack the beast, there are also [Qi replenishment] pills in the ring." I told them as we were moving into a loose formation.
——(POV third person)——
The scrolls that Li Huang have on him were also called [Law scrolls] and were an effective but expensive method of attacking.
In the path of cultivation, when a person reaches the Sage realm they can use the natural laws to their advantage. For example, if someone practices in the law of fire, they can create fire with their Qi.
This fire is different from the fire that one could create using martial arts because this has traces of the fire law so every fire would feel like a warm breeze in front of it. The more you get proficient in the law, the stronger your attacks with that law would be.
Laws are exactly the very aspect that governs the universe so the same rules would apply to them. For example, the law of fire would counter the law of wood so in fights choosing the best law to attack and defend is very important.
As the laws would create a big advantage for the users many would love to have this advantage but alas, getting to the Sage realm is not something that can be done just because one wants to do it.
To reach this realm you would need years and years of training so some genius inscribers found a way to overcome this obstacle.
What if they form a rune on a parchment that can hold the specific law in it, this way anyone can use it as long as they inject enough Qi into the parchment.
With this, these [Law scrolls] were created and now anyone with enough money can buy them.
But like anything precious, they don't come in large quantities so you can't use them in abundance.
Or so it should have been.
Li Huang has bought a large amount of these scrolls for years now, so his personal stock can be said to be fuller than many auction houses.
Taking a [Law scroll] out of his storage ring, Li Huang didn't waste time and activated it and throw it toward the beast's face.
This scroll was one of the more expensive ones as the law that was used in it was one of the rare laws, [Law of Darkness].
The moment that the rune got activated, it was in the face of the ape and all that the beast could do was closing his eyes before his face was affected by the law of darkness.
Now the beast couldn't see anything as the law of darkness affected the area of his face and consequently, his eyes were in a temporary blind state.
Li Huang didn't waste time and activated the second scroll the moment he threw the first one. This time he used a scroll with the [Law of Swiftness] and the target was himself.
Hu Anjing also got to work and activated two scrolls with [Law of Swiftness] and [Law of Strength] on herself.
Although the effect of each scroll is subject to the level of proficiency of the one who injected the law in the rune, do not forget that the power of laws belongs to the Sage realm. The power of laws is strong enough that it could multiply your power ten folds for someone on Li Huang's level.
To Ye Ling, these scrolls were completely new as she only knew about them and didn't ever use or see one before, but she didn't let this distract her and used a scroll with the [Law of Swiftness] on herself and two scrolls with the [Law of Slowness] on the beast's legs.
With the law of swiftness, you can control how fast something is and with the law of slowness, you can control how slow something is. Some laws are essentially the exact same but making something go fast only using the law of slowness means that you have to make everything slow in comparison to that so it requires a high level of understanding in the law of slowness, so it is easier to use the law of swiftness to achieve it.
Now that the beast was blind and slow, the team didn't have to worry about anything else except finishing it fast before the laws become ineffective.
Li Huang unsheathed his sword and attacked the beast's throat.
"Eclipse devourer sword art, piercing touch." Li Huang muttered. This technique was the superior version of the [Piercing Finger] technique and would need a sword to execute.
"Sword of the seven, second move." Hu Anjing also used her sword to lunch a horizontal sword strike toward the beasts eyes to at least gift the beast permanent blindness.
"Heavenly sword art, snake god's wrath." Ye Ling also attacked using the signature technique of the heavenly sword sect toward the gap between the ape's ribs. As the name suggests, the attack is hard to follow because like a snake it would change its trajectory multiple times before hitting the target.
Although the beast is technically blind now, his senses are not dull so this attack can take care of that and distract him.
Soon three attacks landed on the beast and the beast lost his life without being able to do anything.
But the reality was that the trio was panting heavily as they have used their strongest moves each and if it wouldn't work they would have to run away until they can try something again with the help of the pills and potions.
Li Huang, Hu Anjing, and Ye Ling were still vigilant until the beast's body hit the ground with a loud boom.
"That could have…gone wrong fast…" Hu Anjing said between breaths. She has also overexerted her body with the strength law so she was the most tired one out of the trio.
Li Huang used almost all his remaining Qi and attacked the gargantuan ape for the last time and decapitated the beast.
"Now we can rest assured that it wouldn't go wrong." Li Huang said as he sheathed his sword and drank some potions to get back in the fighting shape.
"…I wonder…how many points would…this give us…" Ye Ling said.
"It would probably give us only 4,000 points as a lesson for us to be content and less greedy or something like that…" Li Huang said.
"Let's get out of here as soon as we can, who knows, there might be a bigger version to this ape." Li Huang chuckled but Ye Ling shuddered and Hu Anjing was looking at him with daggers in her eyes.
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