Chapter 101 Inheritance: Special Soul
Chapter 101 Inheritance: Special Soul (asking for monthly ticket)
Colorful Mist Coast, the land of the Dayan tribe.
Following the old man, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng arrived at the clan land he mentioned.
This is an open space hidden in the dense rainforest, and the entrance is lined with rows of tombstones with mottled surfaces.
The inscriptions on the monument have been eroded by wind and rain and have become blurred. Weeds are growing nearby, and wild flowers are blooming tenaciously in the cracks, adding a bit of vitality to this desolate place, but it also seems out of place.
Following the old man deeper into the clan's territory, a path paved with green slabs meandered forward, with mosses growing between the cracks in the stones. The walls of the dilapidated buildings on both sides were mottled, and many had even collapsed into ruins.
It can be found that the entire Da Yan tribe’s land is almost deserted and has become a paradise for plants.
They finally stopped in front of a dilapidated building.
The building is made of a combination of vines of some kind of plant and stones. The roof is sunken and the closed window frames are rotten, giving it a heavy sense of age.
With the light of the rising sun, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng looked through the open door of the building and saw the jade statue standing in the front hall.
There are many spiritual plants as offerings placed in front of the statue, and the scattered wisps of energy are pulled by an invisible force, floating in front of the statue and dissipating.
The statue has a female body and wears a ruby-studded helmet. Under the helmet is a beautiful face with a resolute look and sharp eyes, and her eyes are filled with endless fighting spirit. The statue is finely crafted, and even every piece of armor on the body is carved in detail, and you can even see the taut and powerful muscle lines.
In the right hand of the woman in the statue, there is a red long sword tightly grasped, with the sword blade straight, pointing directly to the sky, as if declaring war on an unknown enemy.
It can be seen that the statue is often carefully maintained and there is not a trace of dust on it.
Before Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng could speak, the old man took the initiative to introduce:
"This is the god worshipped by our clan, and he controls one of the eight poles of the world: Wrath."
Through the introduction of the guide, Jiang Cheng, who had a certain understanding of the system architecture of the monster world, couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Have you ever seen Fury?"
The old man shook his head:
"The Eight Extremes God is the regulator of the world's operation. I have never been lucky enough to see its true appearance, including my elders who have never seen it. But it does not prevent my tribe from believing in it."
"How can you make a statue if you've never seen an angry face?" Xia Sheng was stunned.
"This is the appearance of the God of Wrath created by our tribe. We don't know what it looks like exactly, but we have a rough idea of its outline from the stories passed down orally. What's important is the gem on the statue." As he spoke, the old man pointed to the red gem on the statue's helmet and continued:
"This is the stone of faith that connects to the God of Wrath. Our tribe's offerings are also passed to the God of Wrath through this gem."
After saying this, the old man walked into the building.
Seeing this, Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng immediately followed.
Passing by the vestibule where the statues of gods were placed, and passing through a long and narrow corridor, opening the door was a backyard where various pottery jars were piled up and the air was filled with the pungent smell of herbs.
The old man stopped at this time, turned around and looked at Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng, and said with a smile:
"I'm sure you must be very curious about what secret method I'm going to teach you?"
Hearing this, Xia Sheng nodded and asked back:
"By the way, aren't you curious about our origins?"
The old man shook his head when he heard this:
"No matter where you come from, I only need to know that you are the native race of the monster world. We all have the same goal, to recover our lost homeland."
"Okay, start your performance. Tell me in detail the secret method you want to pass on?"
The old man didn't waste any words. A flash of red light appeared in his eyes, veins on his body bulged, and his body grew an inch taller at a speed visible to the naked eye:
"No matter how much you say, it's better to experience it yourself and be prepared..."
As he spoke, the old man raised his right hand, and suddenly a red light shot out from the palm of his hand, sweeping across Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng's bodies.
Suddenly a strong feeling rose from the bottom of their hearts.
This is a pain that penetrates deep into the bone marrow and seems to tear the soul apart. The pain is not limited to a certain part of the body, but surges like a tide, sweeping across the whole body, as if every nerve is being burned by fire or frozen by ice. The completely different extreme feelings are intertwined to form unimaginable pain.
Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng's breathing became rapid and heavy. Every breath they inhaled was like a sharp blade cutting inside their chest, while every exhalation took away the last bit of warmth and strength in their bodies. Sweat and tears fell uncontrollably.
As the power increased, they finally couldn't bear it anymore and rolled on the ground screaming.
The continuously rising pain is approaching the critical point of triggering the taboo of the "purification system".
At this moment, the old man suddenly put down his right hand, retracted the red light, and said with a smile:
"This is my ability. I call it the Touch of Pain. It can store the memory of the pain I endure in the Pain Mark, and then transmit it to the enemy through the mental tentacles, causing extreme mental damage. This layer of damage has both extreme feedback in terms of feeling and impact damage on the mental level."
"This is also the reason why I chose you. If you want to practice my secret method, you must first have enough willpower to bear the pain, and then you can pass the pain to the enemy. Only those with strong willpower can practice this supreme secret method. Are you willing to learn it?"
After the old man withdrew his hand, the pain receded like the tide. Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng, who had recovered, looked at each other and said in unison:
"study!"
In the eyes of Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng, this secret method was tailor-made for them.
Every time they swallowed the gene seeds, they had to endure intense and prolonged pain.
Now with the ability to store painful memories and use them as an attack, the benefits of gene-seed will be significantly enhanced.
Most importantly, this is a means of mental attack.
In addition to the transmission of the feeling of pain, it can also cause substantial mental shock damage, which is simply a mixed real injury.
"Since you are willing to learn, stay with me for the next few days. I will prepare various potions to gradually increase your upper limit of pain tolerance and lay a good foundation for you to practice the secret method."
Hearing this, Xia Sheng couldn't help but ask curiously:
"I have a question. Since you developed this secret technique to fight against the terrifying Black Tide, the Black Tide evil spirits have the characteristic of having no wisdom and self-awareness. The mental shock effect of Pain Touch can cause damage to the evil spirits, but the pain transmission seems to have no effect. In my opinion, this ability is no different from ordinary mental damage, and its effect on the evil spirits is very limited."
Faced with the question, the old man smiled and shook his head:
"It seems that the intensity of the Kuroshio you have encountered is still too low, and you obviously don't understand the various characteristics of the Kuroshio."
"What do you mean?"
"As far as I know, the power of the terrifying black tide is divided into two types. One is the derivative evil spirits created by the evil moon. This type of evil spirit is affected by the changes in the moon phases. The stronger the moon phase, the stronger the derivative evil spirits will be. They will also disappear or appear with the changes in the moon phases. They generally have no self-awareness, so my painful touch cannot cause effective damage to them."
"But the main force of the Black Tide is not the evil spirits derived from the Evil Moon, but the Black Tide evil spirits. They are commanded and controlled by intelligent evil spirits. In addition to low-level evil spirits without self-awareness, there are also a large number of high-level evil spirits with self-awareness. This kind of evil spirits can be affected by my Touch of Pain. A Touch of Pain with sufficient intensity can even kill them directly on the spiritual level."
"Secondly, even the low-level and unconscious Black Tide evil spirits are controlled by the evil spirits behind the scenes, and the way the evil spirits control them is through some unknown spiritual connection. My touch of pain can be directly transmitted through these unconscious low-level evil spirits to the intelligent evil spirits behind the scenes who control the Black Tide, causing damage to them."
After listening to Kuxing's explanation, Xia Sheng immediately understood the purpose of his creation of this secret method:
"Decapitation operation?!"
Kuxing looked at Xia Sheng with a little appreciation in his eyes, nodded and explained:
"That's right. I know very well that the black tide that can breed endless evil spirits is not something that any race can contend with through a protracted war. The longer the war drags on, the stronger the black tide will be. A protracted war is doomed to fail. Only a decapitation operation is the key to a quick victory... Without the control of the intelligent evil spirits, the remaining black tide evil spirits are nothing but a pile of loose sand, and can be gradually eaten away and cleared."
"I have spent countless sleepless nights thinking about how to break the impasse. The Touch of Pain is the only way I can think of... Accumulate enough pain and kill the evil spirit behind the scenes with one strike through the spiritual connection of the Black Tide Evil."
While explaining the reason, Kuxing could not hide the pride in his eyes.
But after the pride, what followed was loneliness:
"As a mortal, my abilities are ultimately limited. Touch of Pain is the result of my life's work, but I have reached the end of my rope and no longer have the energy to continue climbing."
After saying this, Ku Xing looked up at Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng:
"I hope that you who have inherited the secret technique can carry out my will and contribute to the fight against the black tide."
Recalling the countless tombstones they saw when they entered the Great Yan Clan’s territory, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng felt the anger behind the old man’s helplessness.
All of his tribesmen died in the fight against the black tide, but he was powerless to do anything.
He spent his entire life trying to develop a secret method to restrain the Black Tide, but by the time the secret method was first developed, his life was almost over and he was no longer able to fight the Black Tide.
The flame of revenge is still burning, but the exhausted body is about to turn into dust.
This is also one of the reasons why Kuxing chose them.
The native tribes of the monster world are destined to be the enemies of the terrifying black tide.
As for joining the Kuroshio, no native ethnic group could do that.
Some people in their player camp had come into contact with the evil spirits and tried to do this, but they were killed on the spot by the evil spirits.
In fact, in the eyes of the terrifying Black Tide, there are no friendly forces, nor is there a need for any friendly forces. In the eyes of the Black Tide, the entire world is nutrients for growth.
Kuxing obviously understood this, so he chose the native ethnic group as the heir.
Their act of swallowing the gene seeds and enduring intense pain at the seaside made Kuxing see his past self, the difficult years when he had to endure the pain and develop the Touch of Pain.
Behind this inheritance, they hope to inherit the secret method and fight against the black tide with their own will for revenge. …
three days later.
Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng were soaking in a medicine jar filled with dark green liquid.
As the drug took effect, the skin burned red and I grimaced in pain.
But while they were enduring physical torture, their hearts were filled with both pain and happiness.
Although the medicine prepared by Kuxing was intended to sharpen their willpower and was extremely irritating, in order to protect their safety, many precious spiritual plants that were easily absorbed by the body and could heal injuries were also added to the medicine.
As they endure the pain, their body-building experience continues to grow.
Each soak can bring about 1000 points of body building experience increase, which can be regarded as a free version of genetic enhancement.
A 15% bonus is enough to make them persevere, not to mention that it is free.
Just then, Kuxing pushed the door and entered the courtyard.
Coming in front of them, Kuxing spread out his palms, revealing two crystals with thick golden liquid flowing inside.
The two curious people focused their eyes and analyzed the information.
【Energy Storage Stone】:
Stored energy:937392.
Instructions: Can be exchanged for 312464 sacrificial power.
【Energy Storage Stone】:
Stored energy:972855.
Instructions: Can be exchanged for 324285 sacrificial power.
……
The analyzed information made Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng's eyes widen.
"Fuck, we've made a fortune. Is the old man going to give us his inheritance?"
"It's worthy of being a hidden mission. You're rich, you're rich. I'm not jealous of your spiritual fields."
"Don't show it. We have to pretend to be calm and wait for him to deliver it himself."
Suppressing their surging emotions, their eyes were fixed on the two energy storage stones in Kuxing's hands.
But after Kuxing stood still, he looked down at them and grinned:
"I will engrave the mark of pain in your body in a moment. This will be the foundation for you to use the Touch of Pain in the future. The process will be painful, so be prepared in advance."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng felt disappointed.
If they were to use the more than 30 to upgrade their star veins and body forging levels, they would probably be able to take off on the spot.
But they dare not speak out what they think.
The Touch of Pain is the life's work of Ku Xing, and they follow Ku Xing as the heirs of the secret law. They are already very satisfied to have this opportunity.
"Are you ready?" Kuxing asked in a deep voice.
"Come on." Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng answered at the same time.
Kuxing raised his hand at this time, and suddenly two energy crystals floated in front of him. Wisps of golden mist could be seen being drawn out from the crystals and gathering towards the center of the eyebrows of the two players.
After coming into contact with the center of the eyebrows, energy continued to pour in, and then gathered into a rotating golden vortex above the sea of consciousness.
Ascetic's consciousness then penetrated into the two players' sea of consciousness, pulling the golden energy to wander in the sea of consciousness, outlining complex spiritual pattern trajectories that combined and intertwined with each other.
Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, was also watching this process in real time.
In fact, if he hadn't opened up the permissions, Ascetic's consciousness would not have been able to penetrate into the player's sea of consciousness and would have been intercepted by the purification system in the first place.
Later, he opened up secondary permissions to be able to draw energy to outline the trajectory of the imprint in the player's sea of consciousness.
Otherwise, the player's life structure cannot be changed at will by external forces.
But even if the permissions were opened, Qi Sheng still believed that there were many undesirable aspects of ascetic behavior.
The first is to outline the energy used by "Pain Brand".
Perhaps in Kuxing's eyes, the energy stored in the two crystals is extremely pure.
But for players whose bodies are made up of sacrificial power, there are too many energy impurities in the crystal, and most of them need to be removed and converted into sacrificial power before they can be suitable for the players.
Secondly, the trajectory of the "painful brand" is too rough.
The explanation given in the translation guide was that the outlined characters were not neat, with each stroke being crooked and unsightly.
Combining these two factors, Qi Sheng decided to let Guidance take action.
In a flash, the spiritual pattern trajectories outlined in Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng's minds disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, but this process did not appear in Kuxing's perception. He was still concentrating on outlining the spiritual pattern, and what he perceived was the gradually perfecting mark of pain.
The guide took action at this time, activating the all-things extraction ability in the challenger system, crushing all the golden energy that flowed into Jiang Cheng's mind, removing the impurities, and converting it into sacrificial energy.
Then, following the trajectory of the spiritual patterns drawn by Asceticism, he pulled the scarlet energy to intertwine and entangle.
Compared with asceticism, the spiritual patterns outlined by the guidance are connected to the laws of the world's operation, and every stroke is extremely smooth.
As more and more spiritual patterns were drawn, they gradually gathered into a blood-red mark above the two players' sea of consciousness, and the intensity of the dissipated energy continued to rise.
Two hours later, a painful mark glowing with blood was created.
After the remaining energy is converted into sacrificial power, there are still 17324 points left.
But Kuxing did not take this part of the energy away. His consciousness quickly withdrew from the two players' sea of consciousness from his eyebrows. Then he sat on the ground weakly, gasping for breath. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and fell to the ground unconscious.
What Kuxing couldn't see was that the two painful imprints in the player's sea of consciousness flew out of the sea of consciousness and were guided to the player's spine.
This place is like a sea of stars, with an inverted brilliant galaxy spreading out on both sides with the spine as the center.
In the player's life structure, the star veins are the pillars that carry power.
Therefore, embedding this painful mark into the star vein slot is the choice that is suitable for the player's growth system in the eyes of the guide.
A portion of the remaining energy was extracted to guide the opening of a fourth star vein for the two players, and then the painful mark was embedded in it.
The remaining energy was instantly confiscated by the guiding thought and poured into the sacrificial power pool as a reward for his hard work.
As the painful mark merged with the fourth star vein on the spine, the challenger prompt sounded in the minds of the two players and in the entire channel:
[Challenger Tips (All Channels): Congratulations to the player for completing the hidden task and getting the reward: Star Vein Level +1. ]
[Challenger Tips (All Channels): Congratulations to the player for completing the hidden task and obtaining the special reward: Painful Soul. ]
[Pain (Special Soul)]:
Initial level: 1 (0/10)
Tip: The Soul of Pain is a special soul and its strength cannot be increased by obtaining evolution points through hunting.
Soul Characteristics: Enduring pain can increase the experience of the Pain Soul. The spiritual tentacles can be used to release the Touch of Pain that extends outward, causing mental shock and pain feedback to the target (the specific effect is affected by the level of the Pain Soul, the mental strength of the target and the strength of the target's willpower. The higher the level of the Pain Soul, the higher the double blow damage. The higher the mental strength, the lower the mental shock damage. The stronger the target's willpower, the lower the pain feedback damage.)
Guidance and suggestions: The speed at which souls gain experience can be increased by adjusting (improving) pain feedback.
……
Sudden full-channel prompts.
It caused an uproar among players in the Emperor's Tomb Mountains and even the Colorful Mist Coast.
People were flooding different channels with “???” messages, all wanting to know what had happened.
But from the hidden tasks and special souls described in the prompt information of the entire channel, they could also imagine that two more lucky players had obtained the treasure.
After the screen was filled with question marks, cordial blessings and greetings from players in the same camp came one after another.
After summarizing and translating thousands of words, the general meaning is: You deserve to die!
(End of this chapter)