Chapter 469: Chapter 257 The Treatment Skills of a Righteous Shrine Maiden, Enduring Attacks on Weak Points_2
This weapon, like the ’Kagura Bell of Shrine Rituals’, was also a single-handed weapon. Lin Xun moved it directly into the nurse’s equipment slot and once again completed a dual-wielding operation.
[You have equipped the ’Prayers of the Golden Sun’, enhancing your healing skills marginally!]
The ’Ninja Master’ was already armed to the teeth. There was little left to increase its strength in terms of equipment.
After thinking it over for a while, Lin Xun decided that transferring the special skill ’Insight into Weakness’ to the ’Ninja Master’ would be more suitable.
He imagined the Ninja Master stealthily approaching the enemy, using ’Insight into Weakness’ to make a conspicuous red dot appear on the enemy’s body, swiftly drawing his sword and dealing a clean and lethal blow.
However, like ’Pleasure Smoke Vision’, this skill required direct eye contact to initiate, which meant it had to be transplanted onto a visible part of the Shell...
He led the Valkyrie in performing another transplant operation.
Faced with the bewildering array of transplantation options, Lin Xun considered carefully and clicked on the extremities option, eventually settling on the sub-item of the left palm.
The advantage of this location was that it could be easily hidden under normal circumstances. It was also very convenient when he wanted to activate the skill; he just had to open his palm towards the enemy.
There were also a few other convenient options for transplantation, such as the tongue. However, he found the idea of those rather distasteful, and didn’t want the Shell to be so marked in the future...
After about an hour, the transplant surgery was successfully completed.
The Ninja Master successfully acquired the new skill ’Insight into Weakness’.
[Nothing but the occasional sound of chains struggling and monsters munching on flesh can be heard in the hall...]
[You peek out from behind a pillar to see that the monster is still eating the ’Sly Ghost’s’ flesh. Its formerly thin stomach is now bulging, reminding you of a woman in her last stages of pregnancy, which is particularly stark against its skinny limbs.]
[You feel like the monster has grown even larger...]
[Do you want to step forward to fight the monster directly, or sneak past it and attempt to open the hall’s main door?]
Lin Xun frowned.
This monster can boost its power by consuming corpses?
If that was the case, it’s a must to kill the monster as soon as possible.
The safest choice would, of course, be to wait for his senior sister to wake, and then they could take on the BOSS together.
But time waits for no one. Lin Xun could heal and deal damage simultaneously, making him self-sufficient. Taking on the BOSS by himself would not be a problem.
[You possess the ’Fire Worshiping Heartless People Ninja Master’]!
[You opened your shadowy eyes and moved, disappearing within an instant...]
[You remained invisible, stealthily approaching the enormous monster. It was too busy savoring its meal to notice your approach...]
[You open your pale eye, in an instant gaining insight into the weak points of your enemy!]
[Your next attack has a high probability to hit the enemy’s weak point, causing substantial damage!]
Lin Xun activated the Ninja Master’s Epic+ skill— ’Moonlit Sixteenth Night’.
[You hold your sheath in your left hand, the ’Dragon Sword Masamune’ tightly gripped in your right, your body filling with a power known as ’Qi’...]
[Due to the effect of the ’Mask of Diablo’, your sneak attacks will inevitably cause 150% critical damage!]
[A dazzling sword light fills the entire hall!]
[Black blood splashes around. The ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Master’ lets out a tragic wail...]
[A small silhouette appears in front of the monster.]
[You stand and exhale, sheathing the sword. Turning around, you see a huge hole in the monster’s chest. You can even see through the hole to the scenery behind the monster!]
[Its massive body collapses with a great rumble, scattering chunks of flesh and body parts everywhere.]
This was not the Ninja Master at his fullest strength.
Remembering that the ’Dragon Sword Masamune’ had fallen to Epic+ level and Lin Xun only had four layers of ’Fallen Karma Fire’, it was clear that special properties had a limited enhancement on the Shell.
If ’Dragon’s Greenness’ were fully charged and the ’Dragon Sword Masamune’ returned to Legendary Grade, and if the attribute of ’Fallen Karma Fire’ could be improved, the Shell would be capable of exhibiting even greater power!
[The collapsed monster’s body is shrouded in black smoke, its wound healing rapidly. Soon, the ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Master’ rises once more, unscathed.]
[It roars in anger, the entire hall trembles and dust falls. The monster lunges at you, but because it’s chained, it’s unable to move and falls once again.]
[...]
Lin Xun activated ’Moonlit Sixteenth Night’ in stealth mode again.
Every attack by the Ninja Master can make the monster ’die’ temporarily, but with resurgence of the evil intent, the monster’s wounds heal rapidly and it revives.
But this wasn’t useless; he noticed that with every revival, the black aura around the monster was fainter.
That is to say, resurrection consumed the monster’s evil intent!
He continued to drive the Shell forward for the attack...
[...]
[As you get up and exhale, returning your blade to its sheath, you feel extremely tired.]
[Looking at the ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Chief’, you see the monster is surrounded by black mists. In the blink of an eye, it stands up again.]
[The black mist swirling around its body has decreased by a tenth or two.]
[You know in your heart that before the monster’s malice aura is completely exhausted, the ’Ninja Master’ will fall into unconsciousness due to exhaustion.]
[So do you want to continue attacking the monster persistently, or think of any other way?]
Lin Xun tried to switch to the proper shrine maiden Shell, to heal the Ninja Master.
The underworld game did not display any recovery from fatigue for the Shell, which implied that healing skills could only recover hit points but not stamina or mental power.
He opened the item bar and looked at the special item named ’Withered Flower of Evil’.
"Why not give it a try first?"
Lin Xun clicked on the item in an attempt.
[Do you want to use this special item to absorb the enemy’s evil intent as the nourishment for the ’Evil Flower’?]
[The ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Chief’ has not lost its ability to act. You cannot use this item!]
Lin Xun squinted his eyes.
He again commanded the Ninja Master to backstab in stealth.
[...]
[The monster’s massive body suddenly collapsed with a hum, causing flesh and bones to scatter across the field. The large hole in its chest was clearly unnerving...]
"Now is the time!"
Lin Xun tried to use the item again.
[The withered dark flower suddenly erupted an invisible and powerful suction, absorbing the black mist from the monster’s ’corpse’, like a river flowing into the ocean.]
[During the absorption process, the ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Chief’ could not manipulate its malice to recover its injuries, and could only watch as its malice was drawn towards the ’Evil Flower’.]
[Absorbing malice...]
[Current malice reserve: 3% (↑)]
[...]
[Current malice reserve: 8% (↑)]
[...]
[...]
[Current malice reserve: 29%]
[The black mist on the body of the ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Chief’ dissipated, sucked dry by the ’Evil Flower’.]
[The huge gaping wound in its chest could not be repaired, causing its life force to decrease rapidly. Soon, it stopped moving.]
[The black flower in your hand is no longer withered, but healthier and more radiant.]
[You have defeated the ’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Chief’ and your experience has increased dramatically!]
[You obtained ’Holy Small Piece of Spirit’ *1]
[You obtained ’Divine Skill: Inferno Scorches the Sky’ (Epic Grade Item)]
[You obtained ’Tunnel Map to the belly of the Wuzhi Shrine Mountain’ (Map)]
[You look at the fallen giant grotesque Shell...]
[’Extreme Evil Wuzhi Shrine Chief’: As the Chief of the Wuzhi Shrine, it is one of the responsibilities to keep watch over the mighty monster suppressed in the belly of the mountain. Unfortunately, during a routine patrol, the ’Sly Ghost’ managed to escape. Not only that, but the Chief was retaliated against and filled with much malice, changing it into this grotesque sight. It died from the ninja’s strike directly hitting the weak spot in the chest. Compatibility: 69% (+55%)]
Lin Xun quickly opened the item bar to check the map.
[’Tunnel Map to the belly of the Wuzhi Shrine Mountain’ (Map): The map depicts the secret path down to the belly of the mountain from the shrine. The belly of the mountain has been hollowed out and is the place where the big monster ’Sly Ghost’ is suppressed, as well as where the many ’first-fruits’ offered by the believers are kept.]
The first-fruits are commonly known as incense offerings.
The light in his eyes suddenly sparked, and he energetically exclaimed:
"I’m rich!"
