Chapter 297: The Gap Beyond Imagination

Chapter 297: The Gap Beyond Imagination

Chapter 297: The Gap Beyond Imagination

On the desolate land, as the man in black clothes and the black knife took a step forward, the murderous aura became heavier, even to the point of distorting reality.

In Lu Li's eyes, the opponent in front of him had turned into an indescribable distorted creature, like the ultimate fear that could not be looked directly at.

He tightly grasped the demon prisoner, sweat streaming down his forehead, and stepped forward, ready to attack before the demon was overwhelmed by the overwhelming pressure.

Faced with boundless pressure, he charged forward like a fish swimming upstream.

Just then, his opponent took action.

Due to the heavy torrent of evil spirit, Lu Li could no longer see the figure clearly, but at this moment he could clearly feel the other party drawing his sword.

But the opponent was clearly still quite a distance away from him. In Lu Li's distorted perception, they were at least several hundred meters apart. The man in black clothes and the black knife did not draw his sword very quickly, but he carried with him a boundless force that seemed to be able to shatter the heavens.

The pitch-black sharp blade slashed out, or rather, seemed to gently cut through the void, and an invisible force extended out, revealing a wonderful artistic conception.

For a moment, Lu Li was stunned, or perhaps he was locked by an invisible force and could not move at all. He was just obsessed with feeling the invisible trajectory.

As his consciousness gradually faded, he saw the man in the distance turned around and disappeared in the endless torrent of evil spirit.

"call--"

Lu Li gasped sharply, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in an ordinary training ground.

After relaxing a little, he sat on the ground and gasped, as if he wanted to inhale all the air that he had not been able to breathe before into his lungs.

Sweat was pouring out of his body, as if he had just experienced a battle that exhausted him. Even though it was over, his body was still trembling slightly.

It was not because of the fear brought by the mysterious man. At this moment, there was only extreme excitement in his eyes. He wished he could replay the scene of the other party killing him in his mind thousands of times.

Is this the ultimate of martial arts? Who is that person? Is he a strong man in the space? Or is he a projection from the heavens that was pulled here by the End Space?

According to the rules described in the End Space, his basic attributes are exactly the same as the projection's, but Lu Li feels that attributes are meaningless in front of the other party. Even if the other party has the same attributes as himself, at the early fourth stage, it seems that the other party can cut through the sky.

The invisible intention of killing himself seemed extremely mysterious to Lu Li. It was something beyond basic numerical concepts. It was the legendary martial arts skill that he had always been pursuing and longing for.

“I really want to try it again…”

Lu Li was not a masochist, but now he understood why this item was marked with the End of the World to warn him not to go there, and that if he came across it he would be beaten to the point of having his heart shattered.

In fact, he didn't feel that his spiritual heart would collapse, but he did realize the gap, a gap so big that he couldn't understand it.

To be honest, although Lu Li lived in the 'End of Martial Arts Era' and in a worldview that most people in the space called cyberpunk, he believed that he had a decent talent in martial arts, and he was indeed the strongest in the field of martial arts in that era.

He had imagined the gap between himself and the martial arts masters described in the ancient stories, but honestly, everything he saw in the ultimate training ground today was beyond his poor imagination.

loss!

This was his first thought now.

It’s not that he felt he was losing out by exchanging four S-level medals of honor for the Ultimate Experience Card, but he felt he was losing out by using this card now.

Because compared to the martial arts master in the projection, he was too weak, so weak that he couldn't even comprehend half the mystery of the opponent's moves. He consumed this experience card like a cow chewing a peony.

But since he had already done it, Lu Li would not be too entangled in it. He could only try to recall the process of his "fight" with the mysterious man and try to absorb some experience and skills of martial arts.

After resting for a while, Lu Li stood up and kept looking for the previous feeling in the training ground, trying to review it.

…………

In the equipment enhancement hall, people were coming and going, and one area was being looked at strangely by many people.

"What's wrong with this guy? Why is he here to sleep?"

"There are many metaphysical methods these days, but this is the first time I've seen this method..."

"He seems to be a bit mentally unstable. If we run into him in the mission world in the future, it's better to stay away from him."

"..."

People passing by would complain, mainly because the people who were strengthening their equipment over there looked really weird.

He actually took out a bed in the public area, sat on it and operated the enhancement machine in front of him.

Well...this person is naturally Lu Li.

Because his Demon Prisoner and Soul Eater had completed their advancement, their enhancement levels had dropped a bit, especially the Soul Eater, which had advanced to the Dark Gold level due to Lu Li's continuous suppression of the Nine-Tails and the absorption of the chakra of those tailed beasts in the battle in the Rain Country.

The Soul Eater, which has been continuously upgraded, has now become the highest quality equipment on Lu Li's body, one major level higher than the Demon Prisoner. If it were not for its growth equipment, Lu Li would probably not be able to meet the Soul Eater's wearing needs.

This is the benefit of growth-based equipment. It will always adapt to the owner's situation and will not drastically change usage requirements due to an upgrade, rendering the owner unable to wear it.

Even though Lu Li made a big fuss in the Naruto world and raised the world's exploration to over 100%, he actually did not kill that many powerful people, so the growth of the Demon Prisoner did not increase much and is currently only at the epic level.

Also because it has not reached the dark gold level, the enhancement level of the Prisoner has not dropped much. It is currently +6. Lu Li wants to spend some money to try to see if he can strengthen it back to +8.

[The current enhancement level of the Prisoner is +6, the enhancement success rate is 59.7%, and 4000 End Coins are required. Do you want to enhance it? ]

The equipment enhancement costs for epic level equipment would be more expensive than legendary level equipment, and there would be an additional fee after the enhancement +5. Lu Li had expected this, but he had just sold the original enhancement stone today and still had more than End of the World Coins on hand. He was confident enough to bring the Prisoner back to its peak.

"strengthen!"

Lu Li sat on the bed, not caring about other people's eyes at all. The path of the European Emperor did not need to be explained to others.

[Reinforcement failed, the prisoner's enhancement level dropped to +5. 】

The smile on Lu Li's face gradually disappeared. He looked down at his temporary three points of luck, feeling a little dissatisfied.

Can't you move these enhanced machines to my house and use them?

Lu Li sighed in his heart, knowing that this was impossible. All he could do was sit on the bed in the equipment enhancement hall to enhance his equipment.

It’s just a small failure, it doesn’t matter, he believes there will be continuous success in the future.

[The current enhancement level of the Prisoner is +5, the enhancement success rate is 69.3%, and 4000 End Coins are required. Do you want to enhance it?] "Continue."

Lu Li looked calm, he didn't believe that he would be defeated repeatedly.

[Enhancement failed, the prisoner's enhancement level dropped to +4]

"grass!"

Lu Li couldn't hold it in any longer, and he heard snickering coming from behind him.

"Hahahaha... there's a fool sitting on the bed strengthening and still losing."

Lu Li became furious when he heard the explorer's mockery. He slapped the reinforced bronze tripod in front of his face and said, "End, continue."

[The current enhancement level of the Prisoner is +4, the enhancement success rate is 75.6%, and 3000 End Coins are required. Do you want to enhance it? ]

"Strengthen. Keep strengthening until I say stop!"

Lu Li was a little annoyed. He didn't believe that he could continue to lose.

As a result, the first prompt sound that sounded a little later made his face gloomy.

[Enhancement failed, the prisoner's enhancement level dropped to +3]

At this moment, Lu Li seriously doubted whether his temporary luck was effective. How could he lose three times in a row and become weaker the more he strengthened?
Just when he was so angry that he wanted to smash the machine, the prompt sound at the end made him feel better.

[Strengthening successful, the prisoner's strengthening level increased to +4]

[Strengthening successful, the prisoner's strengthening level increased to +5]

[Strengthening successful, the prisoner's strengthening level increased to +6]

[Strengthening successful, the prisoner's strengthening level increased to +7]

Four consecutive prompt sounds reached Lu Li's ears, and a smile reappeared on his face. He could only say that strengthening the equipment was really exciting, and it made his heart feel like it was on a roller coaster.

[Enhancement failed, the prisoner's enhancement level dropped to +6]

Just when he was happy for a moment, he heard the bad news again. His level dropped back to +6 again. However, Lu Li did not stop. This was just his starting point. He was aiming for the +8 special effect.

[Enhancement failed, the prisoner's enhancement level dropped to +7]

[Reinforcement failed, the Prisoner's enhancement level dropped to +8. Congratulations to the pioneer. The Prisoner has awakened a new enhancement effect! ]

Lu Li listened to the broadcast of Zhongyan, which sounded like a low-quality mobile game, and did not bother to complain. He quickly called a halt and stopped strengthening, fearing that he would fail again and be dropped back.

This wave of enhancement cost him a total of 34000 End Coins, which was not unacceptable. Overall, he felt that his luck was okay. He only spent tens of thousands of End Coins to get the +8 special effect, which was still worth it.

After Lu Li took out the Prisoner Demon, he checked the effect of his epic main weapon after it was enhanced.

[Demon Prisoner]

Origin: Death

Rarity: Legend

Main weapon: Sword
Durability: 400/400
Sharpness: 69 (+16) (enhanced +8)

Toughness: 68 (+15) (enhanced +8)

Requirements for use: Pioneer 008 only.

Details: This Zanpakutō was forged by Pioneer 008 by injecting his soul into Asahi. It is automatically bound. This equipment cannot be sold or traded, and other users cannot activate this weapon.

Enhanced +8 feature: Harvest
Characteristic effect: When the Pioneer uses the Prisoner to attack an enemy whose life value is less than 40% of its upper limit, 50% of the damage caused will be converted into true damage. If the enemy's life value is less than 10%, the Harvest Death effect will be triggered, clearing all the remaining life of the enemy.

Weapon Skill 1 (Passive): Soul Nourishment

Skill Description: After the Explorer uses the Prisoner to kill an enemy, it will devour more of the enemy's soul power to nourish the Prisoner, thereby increasing its growth. The Pioneer himself can also use his own soul to feed the Prisoner, which can achieve extremely high growth and may break through certain boundaries (Warning: This method is extremely dangerous)

Current growth rate: 17.1%
Weapon Skill 2 (Active): Shikai

Skill Description: After releasing the initial release, it will continue to consume the explorer's soul value, presenting the form of the prisoner. In the initial release state, the explorer's overall combat attributes are temporarily increased by 5 points, and the nerve reflex speed is greatly improved. At the same time, the sharpness and toughness of the prisoner are increased by 8 points.

Initial Skill (Passive): Demonic Evil
When the Prisoner deals damage to the enemy, it will also add a erosion effect. The enemy's natural recovery speed will be reduced by 90%, the healing effect will be reduced by 50%, and 40% of the maximum damage of this attack will be lost in erosion damage per second. The erosion effect lasts for 10S, and the erosion effects of the same wound can be stacked.

Initial Skill (Passive): Mana Drink
When the Prisoner causes damage to the enemy, it will absorb 15% of the enemy's damage value as soul source. This soul source value will be replenished to the Pioneer with loss. When the Pioneer's soul source is full, the overflowing soul source will be converted into magic damage in geometric proportion and added to this attack.

Rating: 700+
Comment: There is a demon imprisoned in your heart.

It can only be said that you get what you pay for. When Lu Li had the Prisoner at the legendary quality, he also strengthened the Prisoner to +8. At that time, the Prisoner had a characteristic called Bullying, which was similar to the effect of Harvest, but obviously weaker than Harvest.

After all, Harvest not only has the effect of adding true damage to enemies with low health, but also has a powerful killing effect. When the game reaches the endgame, this effect will be triggered and he will directly win.

Thus, the Demon Prisoner was promoted from Legend to Epic. In addition to the improvement in basic attributes after the initial release, the temporary increase in nerve reflex speed was also greatly improved. This was one of the reasons why Lu Li later fought more smoothly in the Lightning Chakra mode.

The improvement in basic sharpness and toughness after the initial release can allow the Prisoner Demon, whose basic stats as a main weapon were not super-model, to reach the top level. In the previous battle with Luo Sheng, his Prisoner Demon was definitely not as heavy as Luo Sheng's giant sword, but in the actual collision process, the toughness of both sides was equally durable, and it was not broken even after their crazy bombardment.

The skill of Mosha is still as violent as ever. After the basic damage is increased, any enemy hit by him will suffer continuous damage within ten seconds, which will be higher than the damage caused by his initial blow, with a continuous damage of 400%.

The Mana Drinking skill has undergone a major change. The overflowing soul source would dissipate, but now it can be converted into magic damage. It is a disguised gain, and Lu Li saw the future prospects of this skill from this change.

Perhaps one day, when the Demon Prisoner becomes stronger, or when he is able to perform Bankai, the soul source overflowing from the Demon Prisoner's Magic Drink skill will be converted into real damage.

Lu Li was very satisfied with the epic +8 Demon Prisoner state. After looking at the success rate of further enhancement, he gave up the idea of ​​taking a gamble.

Even though he only spent tens of thousands of End Coins to strengthen the Prisoner to +8, that was when his base was +6, and he had to go through a lot of twists and turns before he could do that. If he continued to push forward, he would probably lose everything he had.

Lu Li put away the Prisoner Demon, and then took out the Dark Gold Soul Eater. He still had plenty of funds on hand, and wanted to strengthen the Soul Eater to +8.

(End of this chapter)