I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#405 - Five Elements Escape Technique

Chapter 402: The Five Elements Escape Technique is Complete

The battles down the mountain had raged for several years. Although Zhang Chen hadn't witnessed it firsthand, judging by the dwindling number of figures in the mountains, he knew the situation below seemed dire.

The blood spring in the crystal nucleus surged and bubbled, and a gloomy, obscure aura permeated the air. Even standing in the deep mountains and old forests, Zhang Chen seemed to be able to smell a bloody scent.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Zhang Chen. Because his cultivation was too low, he couldn't catch the Ancestral Master's eye. Instead, he quietly hid in the mountains, escaping the calamity and avoiding a trip into the mortal world.

"In recent years, I've been comprehending the Five Elements Escape Technique day and night. I seem to have gained some insight into the Water Escape Technique. The Five Elements Escape Technique is a whole. If I master the Water Escape Technique, relying on adding points to the other escape techniques should be reliable," Zhang Chen pondered the matter of escape techniques.

For him, escape techniques were crucial. No matter how dangerous the situation, having an escape technique would always give him a better chance of survival than the average person.

Zhang Chen put his hands in his sleeves, his eyes looking into the distance with a touch of caution. He turned his head and returned to his house, where there was a low table. On the table was a basin filled with clear water.

Zhang Chen looked at the basin of clear water, and the next moment, he transformed directly into a drop of water, falling into the basin and merging with the entire body of water.

The drop of water that Zhang Chen transformed into merged with the entire stream of water, showing no trace of difference. At this time, Zhang Chen's soul transformed into a small water droplet, merging with the basin of water, constantly sensing the changes in the water vapor in the basin and the rhythm of the water flow.

After years of pondering the Five Elements Escape Technique and feeling the rhythm of water, Zhang Chen felt that he had mastered the laws of water. Today, he was officially trying to operate the Water Escape Technique to see if he could cultivate it.

Zhang Chen's mana circulated within his body, and he silently chanted the incantation, urging his mana. The drop of water he transformed into began to change its aura, emitting waves that caused the clear water in the basin to ripple continuously. Then, the next moment, the drop of water that Zhang Chen transformed into disappeared out of thin air, merging into the entire basin of water in a very unique way.

"It's done!"

At this moment, a thought flashed in Zhang Chen's mind: he had mastered the Water Escape Technique.

Zhang Chen only felt that he had transformed into a strange energy that could quickly shuttle and wander in the water, reaching any corner of the water flow.

However, the Water Escape Technique was too limited, only allowing him to wander in places with water. Once he left the water, it became a useless divine power.

Then, the next moment, Zhang Chen transformed back into mist, and after a burst of drifting in the void, he landed on the ground again, manifesting as Zhang Chen's body.

Zhang Chen's eyes looked at the Golden Finger interface, and sure enough, the Golden Finger interface had recorded the Five Elements Escape Technique:

[17 Skills: Water Escape Technique (0 \\ 10000000)]

[Note 1: You can quickly shuttle and wander in the water flow, but once the water flow is attacked, your escape technique will be interrupted and reveal your true form]

"Ten million experience points? What kind of joke is this! ! ! Is this a random asking price or what?" Zhang Chen looked at the numbers on the Golden Finger interface, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Wait, something's not right! Something's very wrong! The Water Escape Technique has no level?" Zhang Chen stared carefully at the Golden Finger interface, his eyes showing a hint of curiosity. This was the first time Zhang Chen had seen an escape technique with no level but could be upgraded.

Fortunately, he had previously picked up ten million experience points at the place where the Treasure Appraising Mirror fell. After hesitating slightly, he still chose to add points directly to see what changes would occur after adding points to the Water Escape Technique. As Zhang Chen's thoughts clicked lightly, ten million experience points evaporated directly, and then the Golden Finger interface changed again:

[17 Skills: Water, Wood Escape Technique (0 \\ 10000000)]

Then, a heat flow flowed out from the Golden Finger interface and poured into Zhang Chen's soul. At this time, Zhang Chen had inexplicably mastered the Wood Escape Technique. He only saw him silently recite the mantra, and the next moment he disappeared directly into the house.

Zhang Chen's house was built of trees, so of course he could use the Wood Escape Technique.

Zhang Chen could sense that he seemed to have abandoned the shackles of his physical body at this time, transforming into an energy wandering in the trees, wandering in the house. As long as there was wood, he could wander at will.

It should be known that the entire Wuzhuang Temple is a huge palace completely built of wood. The houses are connected to each other, embracing the terrain and fighting each other, so there are few places in the entire Wuzhuang Temple that he cannot reach.

"I know, as long as I keep upgrading, I can successfully master all the escape techniques. Right now, I only master the Water Escape Technique and the Wood Escape Technique. There are also the Metal Escape Technique, Fire Escape Technique, and Earth Escape Technique. It probably still needs 30 million experience points to completely master the Five Elements Escape Technique," Zhang Chen rejoiced secretly in his heart.

If he mastered the Five Elements Escape Technique, he could go to most places in the world.

"I need points now, I need a lot of points." Zhang Chen manifested his figure in the house, thinking about where to gather the 30 million points. The most important thing was to grind out the Earth Escape Technique, because there was land everywhere, and he could use the Earth Escape Technique anywhere. There were no restrictions on using the Earth Escape Technique.

"Where should I go to collect points?" Zhang Chen began to think.

To collect points, he needed to find something mysterious, such as the Treasure Appraising Mirror. Originally, the Treasure Appraising Mirror could constantly drop points, but since Zhang Chen refined the Treasure Appraising Mirror, the Treasure Appraising Mirror no longer dropped points.

"According to common sense, when those ten Ancestral Masters died and their Dao disappeared, skills or points should have dropped, but why didn't even a hair drop?" Zhang Chen thought of the first time he fought with the fox spirit. As long as he hit the fox spirit, the fox spirit would drop points. But why, when it came to the Ancestral Masters, didn't they drop anything this time?

"If there's one difference, it's probably that I used the Light of the Righteous God back then, and now I'm using formations. The difference between the two is that one is my power, and the other is borrowed external force." Zhang Chen scratched his head, feeling that this didn't make much sense. The Nine Bends Yellow River Formation also belonged to his power. This explanation was somewhat incomprehensible. There must be some key factor that he had overlooked.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Chen gave a fairly reasonable answer: "That is, although the Ancestral Masters have cultivated to success, they have not mastered the mysteries. The fox spirit had obtained mysteries, such as the Void Transformation mystery."

In the end, this was probably the only reliable explanation.

"But when the Bashe died and its Dao disappeared, I didn't kill it either, didn't it also drop skills? Could it be because the Bashe was a pure-blooded innate creature, while the Ancestral Masters were only acquired creatures with innate divine blood?" Zhang Chen's mind flashed with various thoughts, his eyes showing a hint of thought.

"Forget it, I won't worry about so much for the time being. I still need to think of a way to find a new source of skill points and strive to grind out all the Five Elements Escape Techniques as soon as possible. I don't know if there are any natural treasures in the temple that I can swallow!" Thinking of this, Zhang Chen suddenly flashed an inspiration in his mind and 'looked' at the devouring space in his home. The devouring space was hoarding a lot of mysterious energy. He only needed to keep a small part to preserve the Golden Wind Flower, and it wouldn't matter if he swallowed all the remaining energy.

"I'm really a clever ghost!"

Zhang Chen praised himself secretly. Although his devouring space couldn't digest that vast energy, his devouring skill could.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen didn't say a word. He threw the mouthparts of the innate mosquito directly into the devouring space, and then a large number of points were constantly converted.

Even with the mouthparts of the innate mosquito, it would take time for Zhang Chen to devour and convert, so Zhang Chen was not in a hurry, but waited slowly.

Zhang Chen was happy in his heart that he had cultivated the escape technique. He opened the door and walked out of the yard, and saw Xu Erniu sitting in the yard eating grapes.

"You're having a very leisurely day." Zhang Chen looked at Xu Erniu's posture, slowly walked up, picked up a grape and ate it.

"Zhang Chen, our Wuzhuang Temple is in big trouble. I heard people say that a large area of Wuzhuang Temple's territory has been lost, and dozens of senior brothers have died down the mountain. More than twenty of the countries under our Wuzhuang Temple's jurisdiction have been destroyed." Speaking of this, Xu Erniu lowered her voice and said, "I think this Wuzhuang Temple is afraid that it can't be kept. We still need to make plans early."

Zhang Chen was surprised when he heard this and said, "Where did you hear the news from?"

"The grass and trees told me!" Xu Erniu said, "The grass and trees in this world will pass the news from afar to me, but the spirituality of the grass and trees is limited, and the news they pass is also vague. They are all fragmented, and I still need to deduce and sort them out myself. It's really troublesome."

Zhang Chen looked at Xu Erniu in astonishment when he heard this. He never expected that this little girl had such means.

"Your method is really incredible. The battlefield is probably thousands of miles away from here, but you can actually transmit news through the grass and trees. It's too shocking." Zhang Chen's voice was full of horror. He was really scared.

"You don't understand, do you? My cultivation has increased greatly recently, and I can communicate with grass and trees. I can even barely see some blurred pictures of the front line through the connection of grass and trees." Xu Erniu said proudly, "I heard people say that all the great demons of the demon race have come out of their nests and seem to be fighting with our Wuzhuang Temple to determine a high and low victory and divide life and death. We still need to make plans early, in case Wuzhuang Temple is occupied by those beasts in the future, I'm afraid that the two of us will not be able to escape the calamity."

Speaking of this, Xu Erniu's eyes rolled around a few times, and she leaned forward and lowered her voice and said, "Anyway, we have already learned real skills now, so why don't we escape down the mountain as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated by the calamity. With our skills, where can't we survive? At worst, we can sell fruits down the mountain and make a living."

Zhang Chen looked at Xu Erniu with a surprised expression: "Don't you want to see your father?"