Rapidnovel #174 - Suppressing the Southern Qilin
#174 - Suppressing the Southern Qilin
Looking at the sky, the lightning was like chains, spreading down from the clouds and deep into the earth. Even a fool would know that something extraordinary was about to happen.
When that time comes, who knows how many experts from the outside world will be attracted here.
Especially Zhang Chen, who knew the true origin of that great tomb. Could there be old monsters living inside for who knows how many years? Those are the real big troubles.
Zhang Chen didn't believe that the 'Emperor' would love his daughter so much without leaving any means of protection for her.
Therefore, the Soul Hooking Chain needed to be upgraded a bit. That way, when facing those old monsters who have lived for who knows how many years, he would have more confidence.
Then, Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Soul Hooking Chain:
[Skill 5 (Tier 1): Soul Hooking Chain (0/1000000)]
[Skill Interpretation: As long as the soul you mark with this skill reaches the end of its lifespan, regardless of the target's cultivation level or distance in space and time, you can hook the soul over.]
[Note 1: Can hook the souls of all those whose lifespans are about to end.]
[Note 2: Can hook the souls of all those who use secret techniques to forcibly stay in the world and avoid the decree of fate (those who extend their lives with spiritual medicine are not included)]
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[Note 4: When you hook the other party's soul over, you may not have the ability to kill it. Of course, the other party, locked by the chain, can't do anything to you either. After three days, the skill will expire, and the other party will be sent back to their body by the laws. You can use the Soul Hooking skill on the same soul once every seven days.]
[Points: 1999400]
"If I set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, and then hook the other party's soul in…" Zhang Chen looked at his own skill, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind. This seemed to be the real way to use his skill. Combined skills are the real divine skills.
"The limitations of the Soul Hooking Chain are too great. It can only be used on the same target once every seven days. If I fail to hook the other party's soul once, and the other party escapes, they can seize a body and be reborn, just barely passing the seven-day hurdle. Moreover, the Soul Hooking skill can only mark the souls of those whose lifespans are about to end. This limitation is not ordinary."
"If it could be upgraded to ignore all conditions and directly hook the other party's soul, that would be really awesome."
Zhang Chen glanced at his golden finger panel and immediately chose to upgrade, deducting one million points directly:
[Skill 5 (Tier 2): Soul Hooking Chain (0/10000000)]
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[Note 5: Once you have marked the target, even if they renew their life, you can forcibly hook their soul out.]
[Points: 999400]
Zhang Chen scanned the skill panel. The first four notes had not changed at all, but Note 5 was very different.
In the past, after Zhang Chen marked someone, if the other party survived the seven-day hurdle and was reborn and reincarnated after the first seven days, extending their lifespan, he would no longer be able to hook their soul. But now it was different. Now, as long as Zhang Chen marked someone before their lifespan was about to end, even if they renewed their lifespan, they would still be controlled by his skill.
"This is a bit awesome!" Zhang Chen thought of the old ancestor of the Pingbian Prince's Mansion, and a sinister killing intent appeared in his eyes: "So many days have passed now, and I don't know if that grandson Zhang Shicheng is dead or not. If that old guy isn't dead, I'll hook his soul into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and send him on his way, so he won't be lonely on the road to the Yellow Springs."
Zhang Chen looked at his combined skills. Now his skills were finally beginning to show their ferocity, especially to restrain those old guys whose lifespans were about to end.
"With the Soul Hooking skill combined with the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, even if a Tier 12 god comes after entering the Emperor's Daughter's Tomb, if their lifespan is up, I'll kill them for you." Zhang Chen's heart trembled.
It was just that his gaze fell on the points after the second skill, and he couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart. The points required for the next upgrade were actually ten million! A full ten times increase.
"Sure enough, the skill level doesn't completely determine a person's strength. My Soul Hooking skill might not even be able to beat an ordinary person, but when facing old antiques who can scare Yang Gods to death, it has a causal restraint effect." Zhang Chen thought to himself.
"For example, that Zhong Xiang, although he's only Tier 4, even Yang Gods have a headache when they see him. It's simply unreasonable! The Heart of the Kirin, that thing can actually be obtained by someone? That guy is cheating!" Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
Then Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Immobilization Talisman. The Tier 3 Immobilization Talisman seemed a bit insufficient, so Zhang Chen directly added points to upgrade it:
[Skill 8 (Tier 3): Immobilization Talisman (0/400000)] —\u003e [Skill 8 (Tier 4): Immobilization Talisman (0/800000)]
[Points: 599400]
[Note 1: Can immobilize all Tier 4 lifeforms.]
A simple overview, seemingly inconspicuous.
"Can immobilize all Tier 4 lifeforms, that Zhong Xiang is only Tier 4, so theoretically, it should be enough to plot against Zhong Xiang. Actually, the safest way is to upgrade the Immobilization Technique to Tier 5, but the Tier 5 Immobilization Talisman requires 800,000 experience points, and I only have a little over 590,000 experience points left, so there's no chance to upgrade it again." Zhang Chen stared at the skill panel for a while, wondering where the remaining 590,000 skills could be added.
Upgrading the Light of the True God requires 200,000 experience points, upgrading Dragon Qi also requires 200,000, Water Control Technique requires 100,000, Qi Refining Technique requires 4,000, the Tier 4 Suppression Talisman, and the rest of the talismans can all be upgraded.
"The Tier 4 Suppression Talisman feels a bit insufficient. This Suppression Talisman is very useful. When facing those guys who have an immortal body and can't be killed, it's definitely a magic weapon to defeat the enemy."
Zhang Chen decided to upgrade the Suppression Talisman.
[Skill 9 (Tier 4): Suppression Talisman (200000)] —\u003e [Skill 9 (Tier 5): Suppression Talisman (2000000)]
"A ten-fold increase in experience points. It seems that the mystery of this Suppression Talisman is beyond my imagination." Zhang Chen said to himself.
Tier 5 wants to upgrade to Tier 6, which requires a full two million skills. Later upgrades will require me to enter the Emperor's Daughter's Tomb to see the situation and see if I can scavenge enough experience points.
At this time, Zhang Chen still had 399,400 points left, which could still be upgraded once.
Blood Control Technique requires one million, so there is no need to consider it now. Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the Invisibility Talisman and the Light of the True God. The experience points for upgrading the Invisibility Talisman only require 80,000. The Invisibility Talisman is very useful, so Zhang Chen decided to upgrade the Invisibility Talisman first.
[Skill 11 (Tier 4): Invisibility Talisman (0/80000)] —\u003e [Skill 11 (Tier 5): Invisibility Talisman (0/800000)]
[Note 1: You will gain Tier 5 causal power. As long as you cast invisibility, Tier 5 cultivators will not be able to detect your form.]
[Note 2: When you are still, you will not be touched by Tier 5 or lower mysterious powers.]
“Upgrading from Fifth Order to Sixth Order actually requires 800,000 points! And it seems the skills haven’t developed more uses.” Zhang Chen’s gaze swept across the Golden Finger interface, a thoughtful look in his eyes. His Golden Finger seemed to see that he was getting more and more skill points recently, and gradually turned into a gold-devouring beast, constantly swallowing Zhang Chen’s skill points.
But upgrading the Invisibility Talisman to Fifth Order also made Zhang Chen feel a little relieved. Especially the fact that he wouldn't be touched by anything below Fifth Order while stationary. Doesn't that mean that as long as he stands there, he can be immune to attacks below Fifth Order?
This skill is a bit awesome!
Zhang Chen felt that the Invisibility Technique had great potential.
At this time, Zhang Chen still had 319,400 skill points left, enough to upgrade the Light of the True God once.
Zhang Chen pondered slightly, feeling that his skills were already comprehensive, so he could use them on the Light of the True God.
【Skill 1 (Fourth Order): Light of the True God --\u003e Automatic Cruise (0/200000)】 --\u003e 【Skill 1 (Fifth Order): True God Rune (0/2000000)】
【Note 1: A mysterious rune has evolved within your Light of the True God. You can imprint the rune on all things, breaking the characteristic of only lasting one day.】
Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger interface, a look of disappointment in his eyes. To be honest, he was a little disappointed. The rune's ability to persist wasn't very useful to him.
At this time, Zhang Chen still had 119,400 skill points. Looking at the remaining talismans such as the Wind-Fixing Talisman, Zhang Chen shook his head and did not intend to continue upgrading, because he felt that upgrading the other talismans would not be very useful, so he might as well save the points.
“What are you thinking about?” Fox Fairy Nannan asked when she saw Zhang Chen in a daze.
She didn't know that within these short few breaths, Zhang Chen's strength had undergone earth-shaking changes.
“I think revenge should be taken early. Watch me capture the Southern Qilin Zhong Xiang for you today, to vent your anger and avenge your past hatred!” Zhang Chen said to the fox spirit.
“Don’t be reckless, that Southern Qilin is not easy to provoke…”
Before Fox Fairy Nannan could finish speaking, Zhang Chen had already taken her into the Dragon Qi space.
Zhang Chen stood in the open space, looking remotely at Zhong Xiang and his party. At this time, everyone was starting a fire to cook. Zhong Xiang sat in the shade of a tree, drinking tea with a smug look on his face. A guard next to him carefully served him, saying nauseating flattery: “Young Master, you are really amazing. That god was like paper in front of you, completely vulnerable. He was refined to death in one encounter. Your current strength is probably not far from being invincible.”
Zhong Xiang smiled smugly upon hearing this: “A mere ant is not worth mentioning. Killing such rats is like killing chickens and dogs. They don’t even deserve to have their names left behind.”
Zhang Chen's face darkened when he heard Zhong Xiang bragging: “Trash, dare to brag in front of me, see how I deal with you!”
He had seen people pretending to be tough, but this was the first time he had seen someone pretending to be so good. How dare he say he was a 'rat' and didn't even deserve to have his name left behind? How could he tolerate this?
After Zhang Chen thought about it, he activated the Invisibility Talisman, and it flew out directly from the Azure Lotus and stuck to his body. Then, he slowly passed through the warrior blockade and walked towards the crowd.
Zhang Chen didn't dare to run fast, because if the movement was too big, it would stir up the airflow in the air. For those strong people, this would be a very obvious flaw.
Zhang Chen slowly passed through the crowd. Although the guards were monitoring the surroundings without any blind spots, their positions were too scattered. After all, this group of people couldn't stand shoulder to shoulder.
Zhang Chen easily passed through the crowd and came to Zhong Xiang. At this time, Zhong Xiang didn't notice the danger at all. He held a tea cup in his hand, dismissed the guards, and sat smugly under the big tree, muttering to himself: “This trip north seems to be the right one for me. Not to mention the mysterious appearance of the world, there is also the upcoming Wheel Dao Conference. That Chen Sanliang is my whetstone. If I can refute Chen Sanliang, I will definitely be able to overwhelm that Wolong and become the undisputed number one in Confucianism.”
As he gradually approached Zhong Xiang, Zhang Chen controlled the blood throughout his body to stop his heart from beating, and even stopped breathing. He slowly came to Zhong Xiang's front, and his finger pointed little by little towards the back of Zhong Xiang's neck.
It has to be said that Zhong Xiang is a chosen one. At this time, he seemed to notice something was wrong, and looked around uneasily, but the moment he turned his head, his forehead directly and actively bumped into Zhang Chen's finger.
The Immobilization Talisman was activated directly, and a golden yellow talisman turned into a stream of light and directly imprinted on Zhong Xiang's forehead. Then, Zhong Xiang's movements stopped, and the next moment, flames flowed within his body, and a burst of scorching heat shot out, attacking the Immobilization Talisman imprinted on his forehead.
“The Immobilization Talisman can immobilize him for half an hour under the impact of the power in his body.” Zhang Chen looked at the light flashing on Zhong Xiang's forehead, a smug smile on his lips. The next moment, the Suppression Talisman was slapped down.
The Suppression Talisman turned into a stream of light and directly entered Zhong Xiang's body, turning into a silver-white silk net. The silk net was composed of countless talismans, locking his hundreds of acupoints and suppressing the power flowing within his body.
“Sure enough, even if Zhong Xiang’s flames are powerful, as long as there is no chance to unleash them, relying solely on the power he has cultivated, he is just a younger brother in the face of my Suppression Talisman and Immobilization Talisman. My Suppression Talisman can suppress him for a day, making him unable to mobilize any power within that day, and he simply has no chance to activate his skills.
Then, Zhang Chen slapped another Invisibility Talisman on him, and Zhong Xiang's figure directly disappeared in place. The guards in the distance only felt a blur in front of them, and their master was gone.
“Not good, the master has been taken away.”
At this time, a guard saw Zhong Xiang's figure disappear out of thin air and shouted in alarm.
The guards were shocked. Their duty was to guard Zhong Xiang. If anything happened to Zhong Xiang, everyone would be buried with him.
“Quickly seal off the scene. It must be that alien who can turn invisible who is not dead, and he has ambushed our master.”
A small leader quickly spoke, suggesting a countermeasure. Everyone stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a circle around the tree, surrounding the scene of the incident.
Even Zhang Chen had to admire that they were indeed guards who had undergone rigorous training. Their reaction speed was fast, and they had already prepared countermeasures.
“Everyone, draw your bows!” The leader shouted.
The sound of bowstrings being drawn rang out, but the little leader looked at the encirclement with a serious face: “I know, you are here. If you know what’s good for you, quickly release my master, otherwise I will shoot arrows. Although you can turn invisible, you can’t escape the rain of arrows!”
Unfortunately, the other party's reaction speed was fast, but not as fast as Zhang Chen's.
Just when everyone gathered, Zhang Chen had already carried the Southern Qilin Zhong Xiang, and then, in Zhong Xiang's wide-eyed gaze, he walked through the gap and left.