Chapter 461: Chapter 387: Fourth-Turned Legendary · Chongming Pupil
"But are you really confident in stealing this Secret Realm?"
The True Man of Locking Dragon asked, "It’s said that back then, Si Wuxie spent several months before and after stealing the Secret Realm, continuously testing various methods. And you’ve only been in this Secret Realm for a day, and you’ve already found the trick?"
"If it doesn’t work out, the thousand True Spiritual Jades I gave you will serve as an advance payment. Even if we don’t steal it tonight, we’ll come back in the future." The Rabbit Heroine said, "But I’m very confident."
After burning to ashes the Mad Corrosive Bat Swarm blocking the way, the Rabbit Heroine arrived at the hall of the Thunder Sculpture’s cavern, took off the "Hengqiu Sword", and replaced it with an unremarkable whip.
"Celestial Returning Whip"!
This whip is just an ordinary Fourth-Turn Token, with very low attack, and in terms of output, it’s even inferior to Bingzi Pepper Forest. It has only one effect: "Frenzied Erosion Boiling"!
"Frenzied Erosion Boiling: The attack of the Celestial Returning Whip will produce Mad Erosion Poison Gas, and the Mad Erosion Poison Gas has a 1% probability of causing the target to be infected with Mad Corroding Dragon Poison. Under the state of being infected with Mad Corroding Dragon Poison, if corroded by the poison gas again, it will cause the Qi Blood to boil, causing 1~100 points of true damage depending on the infection extent."
Although it involves true damage, this token is a bona fide ordinary Fourth-Turn, its effect so lacking it might as well be a blank slate. With a 1% infection probability, the initial infection only causes 1 point of true damage. That means within the first hundred attacks, you could only cause an additional 1 point of true damage, akin to a corpse suddenly coughing from being whipped to bits and taking true damage in an amusing manner.
In other occasions, Yan Qing might consider this token a toy, but since it was dropped by the Chongming Bird and considering the Secret Realm’s background introduction, if Yan Qing hadn’t realized it by now, his intelligence might as well sign off from 4399’s puzzle games.
The Celestial Returning Whip hit the ground, raising a purple-red Candle Tear, with the candle flame igniting dense purple smoke. This is the most powerful aspect of the Divine Techniques, being able to transform into new powers with any token, changing unpredictably at will. Although millions of players spend years researching this game, they can only devise various ’strongest’ builds, yet every day, every moment, players find ’more fun’ ways to play!
The Rabbit Heroine prepared the True Man of Locking Dragon to shoot out the Lock Chain and start the monster, but surprisingly, the Thunder Sculpture didn’t fly over as usual but instead stopped outside the Candle Tear, seemingly afraid to cross the purple smoke area.
Yan Qing made an instant decision to disperse the Candle Tear and rushed forward with a whip. The blazing purple fire instantly set the Thunder Sculpture ablaze. The Thunder Sculpture jumped madly, its health unexpectedly depleting at a rate visible to the naked eye. At the same time, a Karmic Force bar appeared above its head, rising just as quickly!
"Cough-teh!"
The Thunder Sculpture looked to the sky and spat, launching its killer move, the Red Thunder Paste Ball, right as the battle began! Fortunately, the Pharmacist’s Wish was always watching, and the [Dragon and Snake] struck later to smash the Red Thunder Paste Ball, but the Thunder Sculpture suddenly flew up and attacked the Rabbit Heroine, exhibiting a previously unseen attack maneuver!
"Golden Snake in the Sleeve!"
The True Man of Locking Dragon’s sleeve snapped out six Golden Locks, securing the tips, center, and roots of the Thunder Sculpture’s wings, pulling downward to forcibly crash this elite monster to the ground!
Again a special use of the Divine Techniques, a maneuver the True Man of Locking Dragon had never shown before. Still hiding things, Yan Qing thought, this old lady with antlers and a young body is a massive treasure trove—shake her a bit, and you’ll surely reveal many hidden cards.
As the Karmic Force bar rose, the Thunder Sculpture’s attack patterns became increasingly unpredictable, with killer moves, normal attacks, and pounces randomly appearing and the attack frequency also increasing. In the end, the Rabbit Heroine mostly stood aside to add fire, entirely relying on the True Man of Locking Dragon to control and the Pharmacist’s Wish to intercept the killer moves.
When the Karmic Force bar reached its full value, purple-red cracks appeared all over the Thunder Sculpture, with lightning leaping within, ready to unleash a big move. But at this point, all chains from the True Man of Locking Dragon erupted, forcibly pinning it dead within the purple-red Candle Tear, suppressing this beast on the brink of madness with absolute restraint!
The Thunder Sculpture roared in displeasure, but ultimately it was reduced to ashes under the internal and external scorching of the Candle Tear and Frenzied Erosion. At the same time, the game popped up with the message Yan Qing had been eagerly anticipating:
"You have freed an Eternal Sinner."
"In this battle, you successfully freed an Eternal Sinner with a challenge level >10, with your total contribution being 95%, surpassing the 75% champion line but not reaching the 100% perfect line."
"You absorbed 3 points of Celestial Calamity Karmic Force!"
Though it’s just a Fourth-Turn Secret Realm, due to the challenging difficulty, the elite monster’s challenge level is +10 levels. Still, Yan Qing was surprised to find a 95% overall contribution; the True Man of Locking Dragon should have at least 30% contribution, if not 50%, but in the system’s judgment, the only quantifiable standard seems to be output?
The Thunder Sculpture’s body was gone, yet the True Spiritual Jades scattered all over the ground, with Yan Qing picking up a total of three thousand True Spiritual Jades, which is fifteen times the Thunder Sculpture’s normal drop rate!
In addition, four other drops were found, which are:
Celestial Spirit - Star Shifting and Dipper Changing Disc;
Celestial Spirit - Mastering Five Thunders Manual;
"Mad Thunder Calamity Chronicle," Thunder Dao School Master’s Introduction Manual;
Marvelous Object: Thunder Spirit Bead!
The first three need no further explanation, but the most valuable drop from the Thunder Sculpture is indeed the last item, the Thunder Spirit Bead.
"Thunder Spirit Bead"
"Usage Condition: Limited to Fourth-Turn and below tokens"
"Effect: Increases the rank of tokens of Fourth-Turn and below by one turn, up to the Fourth-Turn. If it’s a weapon token, grants additional heavenly thunder damage bonus; if it’s another token, grants thunder damage resistance."
"Evaluation: It is said that collecting the five spirit beads of wind, thunder, water, fire, and earth can merge into a supreme treasure spiritual object, allowing the token to break through the Immortal-Mortal Boundary."
An unconditional marvel that upgrades a token without any consumption, and a legend remains a legend! More importantly, the supreme treasure spiritual object synthesized by the Five Spirit Beads likely can unconditionally upgrade a Sixth-Turn Token to a Seventh-Turn Token!
A Seventh-Turn Token is truly a treasure of heaven and earth, named a token but in essence a scepter!
Therefore, whether for personal use or collection, the Thunder Spirit Bead holds tremendous value. Even though the Thunder Sculpture didn’t drop a legendary token, the value of the Thunder Spirit Bead is no less than that of a Fourth-Turn Legendary!
Yan Qing happily put away the spoils of war, and after splitting the treasure chest with the True Man of Locking Dragon, they continued deeper. After burning the last wave of bat swarms, the game, as Yan Qing expected, popped up a prompt:
"’Flame Path’ milestone achieved."
"Based on your level, you may currently access the following milestone information"
"Flame Dao Immortal Path: For every 100 enemies above level 70 killed using Flame Dao Techniques, increase the probability of understanding Flame Dao Skill by 0.001%, up to a maximum increase of 10%. Current kill count is 0/1000000."
"You have comprehended ’Fire Manipulation Advancement’, current level 10"
"You have comprehended Secret Technique: Unknown Fire, current level 1"
Being able to achieve ’Flame Path’, Yan Qing was already very satisfied. He had no interest in the ’Flame Dao Immortal Path’, a milestone that looked like it would take an eternity to complete. He wasn’t even bothered to count how many zeros there were.
He had already seen complaints on forums that the Master Realm was the normal level for most players, the Grandmaster Realm was typically only touched by Sixth-Turn advanced players or Seventh-Turn Immortal Monarchs, and as for the Supreme Realm, there might be just one or two on the entire server, which hadn’t even appeared before his transmigration. The highest 11% understanding probability seemed enticing, but it was actually just a carrot dangled by the game developers—no matter how hard one pursued it, it’s unattainable, only wasting their youthful years on this game.
Reaching the depths of the cave, the True Man of Locking Dragon looked at the Chongming Bird and said, "Will this demon bird riot like the Thunder Eagle?"
"Possibly," the Rabbit Heroine said. "Aunt Yue, please keep an eye on it."
"Now you call me Aunt Yue? I hadn’t thought it would be such a hassle before."
"Why else would I give you a thousand True Spiritual Jades?"
"Isn’t that just the price for this cave? Hiring me isn’t this cheap."
The True Man of Locking Dragon complained, but still followed the Rabbit Heroine into the depths of the cave. Behind them in the passage, more than a hundred beasts were already crowded. They were not yet close when the Chongming Bird opened its eyes, staring at the Celestial Returning Whip in the Rabbit Heroine’s hand, and the Blood Pool beneath it seemed to boil, continuously injecting fresh blood into the Chongming Bird!
The Rabbit Heroine hadn’t even made a move before a karmic force bar appeared above its head. The current Chongming Bird was no longer the BOSS of a Fourth-Turn difficult dungeon; with its karmic force stimulated, its challenge level had been elevated another notch. It could perhaps be called the ’Extreme Mad Erosion Chongming Bird’!
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Two and a half hours later, the ’Extreme Mad Erosion Chongming Bird’ fell.
Although it could use deadly moves like Line Execution, Water Wave Execution, and Eight-direction Water Wave Execution, making them hard to guard against.
Although it could continuously heal during the battle, greatly prolonging the fight and increasing its margin for error.
Although in the last 5% of its health, it executed a team-wiping move, simultaneously using Line Execution and Eight-direction Water Wave Execution, with the blood light from its double pupils nearly igniting the entire cave depths.
But it still died.
Unlike the Thunder Eagle, it did not turn to ashes; in its final moments of life, the blood light from its double pupils faded, as if it had found relief and liberation.
"You liberated an Eternal Sinner."
"In this battle, you successfully liberated an Eternal Sinner with a challenge level >20. Your total contribution was 89%, surpassing the 75% championship line but not reaching the 100% perfect line."
"You absorbed 6 points of Celestial Calamity Karmic Force!"
"Your Dragon Blood Hua Mei Dao Foundation has increased to level 44!"
"Your Spiritual Essence mastery has increased to 1.20!"
"Your Divine Technique Candle Tear Red has been enhanced!"
"You have stepped into the Flame Dao Master realm, currently level 1!"
The Thunder Eagle gave 3 points, the Chongming Bird 6 points, and with the 7 points Yan Qing originally had, he now had 16 points of karmic force, allowing him to cut someone’s throat through a defensive barrier with true damage.
But at this moment, Yan Qing’s attention was entirely captured by the screen’s orange flame glow, leaving no room for other information.
"You have obtained 9999 True Spiritual Jades"
"You have obtained ’Chongming Bird’s Eye’, ’Red Gold Feathers’ ... and other materials"
"You have obtained the Celestial Spirit Inverted Yin Yang Mirror"
"You have obtained ’The Dance of Nation-Rending Wheels: Bloody Transcript’"
"You have obtained Marvelous Object: Mystic Bird Heart Blood!"
"You have obtained Fourth Transformation Legendary Token: Chongming Pupil!"
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