Chapter 1251: Enhanced Deadly Strike Card (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lu Zhou was slightly surprised by the three Deadly Strike Cards. Based on his understanding, the Deadly Strike Card should be considered a rare item. After all, it was very useful, and its price kept rising as well. Based on that, it would become rarer in the future.
Lu Zhou suddenly thought of a matter. He had rejected the completion of Little Yuan’er’s apprenticeship so he was rewarded with three Deadly Strike Cards, which were common items according to the system. When she completed her apprenticeship in the future, he would then be rewarded with a rare item. He felt like had been too hasty when he allowed his other disciples to complete their apprenticeships in the past.
After a moment, he said, “Complete apprenticeship.”
“Ding! You’ll have to wait at least a year before you can complete the apprenticeship.”
“…”
Lu Zhou shook his head. ‘This system really doesn’t allow me to take advantage of any loopholes at all. Forget it, it’s just a year…’
The road of cultivation was long. The further one progressed, the less valuable time would be. 100 or 1,000 years would flit past in just a blink of an eye, let alone a year.
Then, Lu Zhou silently recited the incantations for the Heavenly Writing’s power of sight.
Soon after, he saw Little Yuan’er studying her Thousand Realms Whirling avatar from top to bottom.
The golden Thousand Realms Whirling avatar resembled Little Yuan’er; it was exquisite and delicate with a dignified air. The golden light it emitted made it look inviolable and sacred. The astrolabe spun behind it, dazzlingly bright.
“The astrolabe can be used independently. Let’s test it out…” Little Yuan’er waved her hand, withdrawing her avatar and astrolabe. Then, she raised her hand and manifested her astrolabe. She succeeded in just one try.
“How fun!”
Lu Zhou. “…”
Cultivation that was originally a serious matter became fun in her mind.
Little Yuan’er had a great time playing with her astrolabe. She controlled it and changed its size easily.
In fact, it was so easy for someone who had just entered the Thousand Realms Whirling stage to control their astrolabe.
Little Yuan’er was clearly very talented. It only took her a short time to familiarize herself with the astrolabe.
Meanwhile, when the little Fire Phoenix saw that Little Yuan’er was having a great time, it flew back and chirped loudly. It flapped its wings, going up and down like a damaged helicopter. Then, it opened its beak and spat another ball of flames at her.
Swoosh!
The ball of flames was much bigger than before.
Little Yuan’er had learned from her mistakes. Previously, she did not know the little Fire Phoenix had already learned to spit fire so she was caught unprepared. This time, she would not let it succeed!
Little Yuan’er spun around and used her astrolabe to block the ball of flames.
Swoosh!
The flames were extinguished as soon as they landed on the astrolabe.
Little Yuan’er laughed. “Don’t stop! Keep going!”
The little Fire Phoenix listened and continued to spit fire. After a long time, it finally depleted its energy and descended from the air, looking out of breath.
Little Yuan’er was about to put her astrolabe away when she saw the front of it was on fire. She cried out, alarmed, “It’s on fire! It’s on fire!”
She waved her hand frantically, causing the astrolabe to vanish.
“Hmm?”
She waved her hand again, and the astrolabe, still burning, appeared.
She tried to extinguish the fire several times but to no avail. She found it strange. She stared at the flames for a long time before she touched it tentatively. She found that she was not burned. The flames were different from the flames the little Fire Phoenix spat out, it was golden, not read.
“Karmic fire?!” Little Yuan’er exclaimed in shock.
She had spent a lot of time with Conch so she had seen Conch’s red karmic fire. She had also seen her master’s golden karmic fire before.
A grin appeared on her face immediately as she clapped her hands gleefully. “I actually possess karmic fire?”
She snapped her fingers in the direction of a path of weed to the side, and karmic fire instantly engulfed it. Then, she released the karmic fire at a slightly larger tree. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, she used the Nirvana Sash to extinguish the fire.
“This is fun!”
She turned to look at the little Fire Phoenix that was lying on the ground with a sly smile on her face. “Hey, little guy…”
Chirp!
When the little Fire Phoenix raised its head and saw a golden ball of flames heading toward its face.
Chirp!
…
Lu Zhou cut off the power of sight.
A rare smile appeared on his face.
2
‘This girl is really too playful…’
Lu Zhou did not worry about the little Fire Phoenix’s safety. After all, Fire Phoenixes were impervious to fire. Little Yuan’er’s actions were akin to trying to drown a fish in water.
“Ding! One of your disciples, Luo Shiyin, has successfully formed the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar. Reward: 10,000 merit points.”
“Ding! Luo Shiyin has met the requirements to complete her apprenticeship. Would you like her to complete his apprenticeship?”
“Ding! Disciples will provide more rewards for their master after leaving their master and entering the world.”
Lu Zhou’s heart skipped a beat. ‘Conch has also successfully formed the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar? This is unexpected…’
Although he was sure Little Yuan’er and Conch would be able to form the Thousand Realms Whirling avatars, he did not expect both of them to do it on the same day.
Similar to Little Yuan’er, Lu Zhou said, “Reject the completion of the apprenticeship.”
“Ding! Your disciple, Luo Shiyin, will continue to learn from you until you think she’s qualified to complete her apprenticeship.”
“Ding! You’re rewarded with a random card. Since your disciple has yet to complete her apprenticeship, when you use this card, you’ll be randomly rewarded with a common item.”
“Use the random card.”
“Ding! You’ve received 2 Deadly Strike Cards and one elementary enhanced Deadly Strike Card.”
The reward he got from Conch seemed slightly more abundant than the ones he received from Little Yuan’er.
The random card was really random. Why did it not randomly give him 100 item cards?
The elementary enhanced Deadly Strike Card was already beginning to lose its effectiveness. It was only effective against those who possessed 8 Birth Charts or less. Currently, he already had ten Birth Charts. Even if he did not use his divine power, it would still be easy for him to deal with Eight Chart cultivators.
“Synthesize?”
He had five Deadly Strike Cards now. He only needed one more to synthesize two cards.
“Buy.” Lu Zhou bought a Deadly Strike Card and two Synthesis Cards.
He only had a little over 20,000 merit points left out of 110,000 merit points. He had become poor overnight. However, now that he had more than enough trump cards, he did not feel too distressed about his merit points.
First, he synthesized the six Deadly Strike Cards into two elementary enhanced Deadly Strike Cards.
Following that, he synthesized three elementary Deadly Strike Cards, one of which he had obtained from the reward.
“Ding! Synthesis successful. Obtained an advanced enhanced Deadly Strike Card. Note: This card can only be synthesized three times.”
“Ding! Advanced enhanced Deadly Strike Card: Choose from two options. One, reduce the target’s Birth Charts to zero (puppets, foreign avatars, and other life-saving techniques are included). The maximum number of Birth Charts is 18. Second, use the force of the card on twenty different targets. You can’t focus the force on one person.”
“Not bad.”
In other words, this card, along with his Reduction Card, could directly kill a Venerable Master.
Without the advanced enhanced Deadly Strike Card, Lu Zhou would still have to consider puppets, weird avatars, and other strange techniques if he had only used the Reduction Card. Moreover, the Reduction Card would not be able to destroy so many Birth Charts at once. After using the Reduction Card, a Venerable Master would still have 17 Birth Charts.
A Seventeen Chart cultivator and a Venerable Master who had lost a Birth Chart were very different, after all, despite the same number of Birth Charts.
Lu Zhou raised his hand and carefully studied the advanced enhanced Deadly Strike Card. The patterns on it were distinct, and faint blue light flashed swiftly. It looked like a poker card.
“Hm? Lotus?” Soon after, Lu Zhou noticed that the exquisite patterns actually formed an exquisite lotus. The strokes and the lines that formed the lotus were as fine as hair; each stroke contained a mysterious power.
After that, Lu Zhou put the card away. He felt even more confident now.
Lu Zhou looked at his blue avatar.
The speed of his blue avatar sprouting the second leaf was not too bad. Naturally, its speed could not compare to before.
Based on his previous experience and the strength of the Heavenly Writing Power, his blue Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar should now be able to contend with stronger opponents even if he did not use his divine power.
“Ding! Upgrade successful!”
“Ding! Two Leaf Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar. Sprouting the third leaf will require 10,000 years of life.”
‘So one leaf will cost 10,000 years of life?’ Lu Zhou shook his head. It was too early to come to such a conclusion. The price might just double in the future.
After putting the blue Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar away, Lu Zhou planned to wait for a while before continuing to upgrade his avatar. He could feel its absorption speed had decreased by quite a bit. Moreover, if he continued, it might affect the Pillar of Impermanence.
…
Yannan’s Blessed Land.
Ye Zheng hovered in the air, sitting with his legs crossed, in the training hall.
At this moment, a disciple appeared outside and said with a bow, “The four elders request an audience.”
Ye Zheng opened his eyes and said, “Let them in.”
“Yes.”
Not long after, Ye Wei and the other three entered the training hall and greeted Ye Zheng.
Ye Zheng’s gaze swept past the four elders before he asked, “You’re all injured?”
Ye Wei replied, “There was an accident. We encountered a powerful fierce beast called Yong He in the ruins of Transient City.”
Ye Zheng said, “Based on your strength, you should be able to deal with a beast emperor…”
