ATPnovel #360 - New Skill: Space
#360 - New Skill: Space
Upon hearing this, Ma Zhou rubbed his hands together, his face full of eagerness, but then he said regretfully, "I would like to rely on Your Highness and seek a lifetime of wealth, but the Grand Temple has issued an order to me, and I will soon set off for Qingcheng Mountain. How about I come to rely on Your Highness after I finish my business?"
The Prince of Pingbian was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Good! This Prince welcomes you here at any time. This Prince will certainly not mistreat you."
He had personally witnessed Ma Zhou's strength, and he was indeed very interested in Ma Zhou's methods.
Just as the two were talking, Mr. Wuliu interrupted and reminded:
"Your Highness, it's time to act!"
The action Mr. Wuliu was referring to was to collect the snake skin.
The Prince of Pingbian looked over upon hearing this and saw that the snake skin had already collapsed into flat ground.
"Act!"
Before Mr. Wuliu could finish speaking, the soldiers of the Inspection Department, under the command of Xie Lingyun, had already taken action on the snake skin.
When the Prince of Pingbian saw this, he was furious and quickly scolded: "Xie Lingyun, are you trying to rebel? That snake skin fell in the Northern Territory and has already been reserved by this Prince. How dare you seize the things of my Prince's Mansion?"
As the Prince of Pingbian spoke, he quickly waved his hand to order his subordinates to fight for the snake skin, but when everyone grabbed the snake skin, they found that the snake skin had decayed into ashes, with only pieces of snake scales the size of millstones scattered on the ground.
If the snake skin was a whole piece, it would have been impossible for the Prince of Pingbian's Mansion to take it away, but at this time, the snake scales had fallen off the snake skin. So many snake scales, whoever picked them up could have them. Therefore, everyone became excited, and they rushed towards the snake scales.
In an instant, the scene became chaotic. People from various aristocratic families and the Jianghu picked up the snake scales, carried them on their shoulders, and ran away, fearing being targeted by the Prince of Pingbian's Mansion. Li Donglai and the other two also mingled in the crowd, each carrying several snake scales on their shoulders, and followed the various Jianghu people away.
Faced with the crowd's looting, the Prince of Pingbian was also helpless and could not casually order them to stop. He wanted to plan great things in the future and needed to recruit talents from all sides. It was not good to be too stingy at this time, lest it ruin his reputation.
Although the Bashe's body had shrunk, there were still hundreds of thousands of scales, but the size of the scales had shrunk a lot, from the size of a millstone to the size of a washbasin.
At this time, with hundreds of thousands of people looting, it only took an hour for all the snake scales to be looted, and then the lively Jianghu people dispersed one after another, and the armies of the Inspection Department and the Prince of Pingbian's Mansion also withdrew.
Seeing that the scene had returned to silence, Zhang Chen turned into a mist and drifted through the valley, landing at the place where the Bashe's body had fallen. As expected, he saw a white sphere on the ground where the Bashe had been dismembered.
"White? Is it experience or a skill? I have never seen white experience before." Zhang Chen was surprised at this time, and his eyes looked at the white sphere with a look of surprise as he walked forward and picked up the sphere on the ground.
[Skill Fragment Discovered, Do You Want to Pick it Up?]
The Golden Finger popped up the interface at the right time.
"White skill? It's really a rare thing." Zhang Chen glanced at the Golden Finger interface and then ordered: "Pick it up!"
As Zhang Chen gave an order, the skill point on the ground turned into streams of light and was collected by Zhang Chen's Golden Finger interface. The next moment, Zhang Chen's Golden Finger interface had a new skill:
[Skill (Unranked): Mysterious Space (0\\/10000)]
[Area: One Cubic Meter]
[Note 1: Can Only Devour Unranked Mystery]
[Introduction: This space can store any mysterious things except living beings, and then decompose and absorb the mysterious things, turning them into energy for cultivation or tempering the body. Or, after system conversion, it can be turned into points. This space comes from the fragments of the Bashe's origin falling. Please continue to explore more skills.]
Zhang Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene: "That's interesting!"
It should be known that the Golden Finger interface introduces any mysterious things.
"Not bad, not bad! This skill is not bad!" Zhang Chen praised: "It would be great if it could be turned into a storage space, so I could put things in it at will."
Although this space is good, it cannot be used as a storage space, because all mysteries that fall into it will be decomposed by the power of the space.
Zhang Chen looked at his points. After these five days of absorption, Zhang Chen had collected 40 million points.
Zhang Chen's first glance fell on the invisibility talisman, but unfortunately, if the invisibility talisman wanted to be upgraded to the point where a ninth-level Yang God True Person couldn't see through it, it would require at least 160 million points. Zhang Chen's 40 million points were just a drop in the bucket.
Adding in the previous surplus, Zhang Chen now only had 41.6 million points left.
Looking through all the skills, there were not many options that could be upgraded with these 40 million points. [1 Skill (Fifth Rank): Orthodox God Golden Light (0 \\/ 20000000)] was not needed for the time being. Its power was enough for Zhang Chen to use.
[2 Skill (Third Rank): Dragon Qi (0 \\/ 2000000)] did not require many points, but Zhang Chen did not want to upgrade it because he felt that he had not yet noticed its usefulness.
Needless to say, the Third Skill, Blood Control Technique, Zhang Chen simply couldn't afford to upgrade it.
[4 Skill (Fifth Rank): Water Control Technique + Weak Water (0 \\/ 5000000)] could be considered for upgrading, and the rest were the Body Immobilization Talisman and the Town Talisman. The remaining skills consumed too many points and were not enough to fill the gaps.
Zhang Chen didn't want to save points. Points that were spent were good points and could be used to their full potential.
[9 Skill (Fifth Rank): Town Talisman (2000000)]
[13 Skill (Unranked): Devouring Space (0 \\/ 10000)]
With 41.6 million points at the moment, these were the three skills worth upgrading.
Zhang Chen's thoughts flowed in his mind. After a moment, he decided to upgrade the Devouring Space first. After all, it was still unranked at this time, and its level was too weak.
Moreover, if he couldn't find a new source of points in the future, he would have to seize the mysteries of various families. At that time, this Devouring Space would be of great use.
Zhang Chen directly clicked on the points:
[13 Skill (First Rank): Devouring Space (0 \\/ 100000)]
[Note 1: Area Ten Cubic Meters]
[Note 2: Can Devour First-Order Mystery]
The interface introduction was simple, and Zhang Chen had already seen some clues: "It actually only increased by ten cubic meters, and the upper limit of the level of devoured items has been increased a bit."
Zhang Chen looked at the points on the Golden Finger interface again. A full 100,000 points were needed, showing a tenfold exponential increase, so he did not hesitate to click again:
[13 Skill (Second Rank): Devouring Space (0 \\/ 1000000)]
[Note 1: Area One Hundred Cubic Meters]
[Note 2: Can Devour Second-Order Mystery]
At this time, the cumulative demand for points reached one million. Zhang Chen continued to click without hesitation, and then he saw the Devouring skill upgraded again:
[13 Skill (Third Rank): Devouring Space (0 \\/ 10000000)]
[Note 1: Area One Thousand Cubic Meters]
[Note 2: Can Devour Third-Order Mystery]
Zhang Chen's movements froze at this moment, and then he looked at the points required for upgrading the skill suffix, which was actually as high as ten million. After a little thought, Zhang Chen still clicked without hesitation.
【Skill 13 (Fourth Order): Devouring Space (0 \\/ 100000000)】
【Note 1: Area of 10,000 cubic meters】
【Note 2: Can devour Fourth Order mysteries】
"One hundred million!" Zhang Chen clicked his tongue inwardly, but he didn't regret it, because he had already thought of the use of Devouring Space, which was to pair it with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
The Five-Colored Divine Light would brush in the mysteries, directly absorb them into the space, devour and decompose them, turning them into Zhang Chen's power.
As for the 'Fix' character and the 'Suppress' character, Zhang Chen looked at the two runes and suddenly felt that there was no need to upgrade the 'Suppress' character, because no matter what kind of mystery it was, once it fell into his hands, it would be difficult to escape being devoured.
However, Devouring Space also had limitations, which was that it could not devour living beings. Otherwise, Zhang Chen would have taken off directly, and the human bloodline families would have become his rations.
However, at this time, Zhang Chen still had 34.9 million points left, and he didn't want to keep much, so after a little thought, he still chose to add them to his skills.
【Skill 1 (Fifth Order): Righteous God Golden Light (0 \\/ 20000000)】
【Skill 2 (Third Order): Dragon Qi (0 \\/ 2000000)】
【Skill 9 (Fifth Order): Suppress Character (2000000)】
At present, the only skills worth upgrading were these three. Zhang Chen's eyes scanned the Righteous God Golden Light. At this time, the Righteous God Golden Light had already made the tenth-order evil beings retreat, and the Righteous God Golden Light was only aimed at evil beings, and it didn't greatly increase his combat power. Moreover, he only had more than 30 million points left at this time, and once he added points, he would lose more than half of them, which was a bit too uneconomical.
So Zhang Chen's eyes fell on Dragon Qi and the Suppress Character. After a little thought, Zhang Chen still chose to add points to Dragon Qi. As for why?
Because the points required for Dragon Qi were too few, only a mere two million.
【Skill 2 (Fourth Order): Dragon Qi (0 \\/ 20000000)】
【Note 1: Beast Taming Skill, can be activated six times a day, each time for one hour. Can control fourth-order beast-type monsters (within a radius of one thousand meters).】
【Note 2: Natal Enlightenment. Bestows fortune upon ordinary wild beasts, helping them quickly transform into demon beasts】
Zhang Chen's eyes swept across the new interface. There was no major change after the upgrade. The number of times the skill could be activated did not change, the time that could be controlled each time did not change, and even the area of control did not change. The only additional skill was the Fortune Bestowal.
All wild beasts in the world, if they want to become demon beasts, need to obtain the mysterious fortune of heaven and earth, and at this time, Zhang Chen actually had the ability to bestow fortune.
"In this way, my bumblebee and falcon can directly become demon beasts in one step?" Zhang Chen said thoughtfully: "It's just that there is still a fatal flaw. What if the enlightened demon beast betrays me? That would be raising a tiger to cause trouble in the future."
Zhang Chen was thoughtful, his eyes fell on the Golden Finger interface. After a little pondering, and then looking at his own Golden Finger interface, at this time he still had 28.49 million points left, which was just enough to upgrade a skill once.
"I only hope that after the upgrade, this flaw can be filled, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to use it with confidence. After all, humans and demon beasts are two different kinds of animals, and demon beasts are the most cunning and insidious…" Zhang Chen thought to himself: 'Alright, I originally wanted to upgrade the Suppress Character, but now I'll just upgrade Dragon Qi instead.'
Along with Zhang Chen's thoughts, 20 million points directly evaporated, and the Golden Finger interface changed again:
【Skill 2 (Fifth Order): Dragon Qi (0 \\/ 200000000)】
【Note 1: Beast Taming Skill, can be activated six times a day, each time for one hour. Can control fourth-order beast-type monsters (within a radius of one thousand meters).】
【Note 2: Natal Enlightenment. Bestows fortune upon ordinary wild beasts, helping them quickly transform into demon beasts】
【Note 3: Natal Mark (Five). The Natal Mark increases with the level. Once a demon beast is branded with the Natal Mark in its soul, its life and death can be controlled.】
Looking at the Natal Mark, Zhang Chen shook his head, feeling that this skill was useful, but also very useless.
The imprinting of the Natal Mark had conditions, it must be with the other party's willing consent.
Wanting the other party to willingly accept his mark? Unless Zhang Chen beats the other party into submission!
Demon beasts that can be subdued by Zhang Chen are useless to collect, and the demon beasts that Zhang Chen wants to collect, Zhang Chen can't beat.
At this time, Zhang Chen had 8.49 million points left.
Looking at the other skills, it was not worth it for Zhang Chen to continue upgrading. Zhang Chen thought that he should always leave some points to upgrade new skills in the future, so that if he obtained new skills in the future, he could quickly level them up.
At this time, the sky was bright, and Zhang Chen had gained a lot. Looking at the bare ground, the scales and bones of the Bashe were all scavenged away.
"I'll go back for now, and when a mystery appears somewhere, I'll go join in the fun then." Zhang Chen made up his mind, his figure flashed and turned into mist, disappearing into the morning light. He quietly returned to Huangli Temple along the way, and saw Little Bean Ding sitting in the house with a solemn expression.
You have to say, Little Bean Ding sitting there meditating really looked like the real deal.
Zhang Chen glanced at Little Bean Ding, turned into a drop of water and quietly潜伏 into the ground, came to the secret room, and saw that the Pool of Faith was still as dry as before, without any power of faith gathering.
"It seems that Huangtiandao has squandered all the power of faith." Zhang Chen thoughtfully inspected the surroundings, then quietly returned to the ground. Just as he appeared in the house, he heard a child's voice knocking on the door: "Senior Brother Zhang Chen, are you there? There's a letter for you."
Zhang Chen opened the door and thanked the child, then walked back into the house, opened the letter, and saw that there were only three simple words on the letter: 'It's done!' Then, the word 'Xu' was left at the end.
Zhang Chen looked at the strange letter in his hand. If an outsider saw it, they would definitely be confused, but after Zhang Chen read it, he immediately thought of Chen Xu and the plan of digging up the ancestral grave of the King of Pingbian.
"Could it be that Chen Xu found the lair of the King of Pingbian, so things are done?"
Zhang Chen had some guesses in his heart, and his eyes were full of excitement. This was definitely good news for him.
He had been plotting the ancestral grave of the King of Pingbian for a long time. His struggle with the King of Pingbian was already irreconcilable. What better way to relieve hatred in this world than to dig up the other party's ancestral grave?
Moreover, the ancestral grave of the King of Pingbian must be extraordinary. There would be all kinds of burial objects that could make him rich, and he would also have the opportunity to tamper with the feng shui of the ancestral grave of the King of Pingbian, so as to accelerate its decline and complete his grand plan.