Chapter 263: Sword Soul

A room.

The curtains were drawn, the door tightly shut.

Li Lei stood blankly in the corner, constantly communicating in his sea of consciousness with an ancient voice:

"Master, how could that kid's strength be so strong!!"

"That's Second Level! How did he manage to insta-kill a First Level!"

"No! He still has spare power to control strength, capturing the monster alive!"

"Is there something wrong with that sword!!"

"The old man in the necklace stayed silent for a long time, then uncertainly replied:"

"It should be related to the sword; the vibration frequency of that sword in my perception is incredibly fast."

"That sword is probably a special product of the military; its power is terrifying."

"Achieving this level with non-equipment weapons is somewhat unimaginable, and I don't know which military region backs this kid."

"But you can't underestimate him anymore."

"That kid is indeed First Level, but his sword technique's power is not ordinary; moreover, I observed his talent—the dark gold spiritual energy density is higher than yours!"

"Higher than mine?"

Li Lei couldn't help but exclaim.

"Master once said, talent level can actually be seen from the spiritual energy fluctuations when activating a skill."

"Spiritual energy color roughly represents its attribute and characteristics, while spiritual energy density represents talent level."

"His talent is a high-tier a-rank 【Heaven Fortune Gathering Spirit】, only a step away from the highest s-rank talent."

"After figuring it out, he couldn't help but ask:"

"Doesn't that mean that kid's talent level is as high as s-rank!!"

"Master, can you tell roughly what his talent is!!"

"After repeated questioning, the old man hesitated a moment before replying:"

"I'm not sure if it's s-rank, but at worst it's the same as yours."

"s-rank talent is extremely rare; perhaps not many people in all of Huaxia possess it."

"So I also dare not conclude that kid is definitely s-rank."

"As for his talent ability, I guess it might be 【Sword Soul】? Or 【Blood Spirit Sword Body】?"

"In any case, it's definitely related to Void Sword Dominion."

Li Lei heard this and was stunned; how could these two talents be so similar in name style to his? Both lean toward myth and legend.

"Master, what is the Sword Soul talent? Could it be that your era had sword cultivators?"

"You didn't say that the talent source of the Doomsday Game is drawn from the power system of your era?"

"The old man remained silent for a while; his fabricated explanation had many loopholes, so he had to steel himself to explain:"

"That's correct; when I cultivated, there indeed were sword cultivators."

"Such beings can convert their entire body's power into control power, commanding swords from the void to slay enemies a thousand miles away."

"Or wield a sword for close-quarters combat."

"So that kid is very likely the former type; his talent should convert all attributes into control power, equivalent to instantly bursting forth the sum of the four great attributes."

"But while bursting out such damage, his actual body is actually very weak."

"This can barely explain why he can burst forth such strength at First Level."

Li Lei's eyes were full of jealousy after hearing that.

"How can the Sword Soul talent be so strong? Why can't his talent achieve that?"

"Aren't I the Child of Heaven spoken of by Master? Shouldn't I be the strongest existence?"

"Master, since you know this kid's weakness, why say that if he hasn't eaten the Manchineel Flower, we should flee immediately and stop targeting him?"

"This kid has so much equipment, especially that Blood Sword and Mo Ling; giving up on him like this I really can't accept!"

"You're so powerful; is there any need to fear him?"

"Before he finished speaking, Li Lei was more concerned about Fan Bing's attitude."

"Even if he were stupid, he could notice that Ice Sister probably admires that kid a bit."

"Admiring the strong, yet he was scared by the monster and fled in disgrace."

"Just thinking that Ice Sister will definitely compare him and that kid, the conclusion of that comparison goes without saying."

"Irritated, uncomfortable."

"He now wishes he could blast Lin An's head with a gun, then tell Ice Sister that actually he is the strongest one."

"Inside the necklace, the old man sighed impatiently:"

"If we judge by that kid's performance today, I could barely take him down, but the cost would be huge."

"Didn't I say? Awakened ones like him rely on four-attribute burst attacks."

"Once poisoned, even if he doesn't die instantly from the Manchineel Flower or suffer serious injury, as long as his attributes drop, his combat power will plummet greatly."

"If I strike when he's at his peak, even if I attach to Wang Kun's body, I'm very likely to be slashed to pieces."

"After all, Wang Kun's body is too frail to fully exert my power."

"You must lower your head, you must yield before him, cannot let that kid develop suspicion!"

"After hearing that, Li Lei's eyes flickered; after a long while he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement:"

"Master, I understand."

"I will lower my head before that kid."

"Just thinking that I, the glorious Child of Heaven, actually have to suffer this humiliation."

Besides, I'm afraid that after Sister Bing sends over the Manchineel Flower, that brat won't eat it and will instead bully Sister Bing!

If the plan fails then, Sister Bing and I will also be laughed at by him a bit.

The old man called Master felt a surge of anger upon hearing that.

Humiliated? Unwilling to accept?

Wanting to succeed yet unwilling to do this or that, his mind is full of women!

One who aims for great deeds—what means can't be used to achieve the goal? Forget about face; even if he suffers utter humiliation, what of it!?

He has no ability at all, yet is arrogant and conceited!

I don't even know how Li Lei awakened a talent related to fate!

This piece of trash—if it weren't for good luck, he would have died ten thousand times over.

Suppressing the anger in his chest, the old man spoke in a low voice:

"You don't need to worry about this."

"Your talent determines that as long as you want to do something, you can basically accomplish it."

"In the dark, various low-probability events will help you achieve your goal."

"This is the protagonist ability you mentioned, fate's blessing."

"As long as it's not too contrary to logic and rules, that kid has a 90% chance of eating the Manchineel Flower."

"But you still need to persuade Wang Kun a bit; I need to possess his physical body, otherwise relying purely on mental power to attack that brat would consume too much."

The old man, having finished speaking, closed his mouth and cut off the mental connection.

In the silence, Li Lei's face contorted and his fists clenched tightly.

After a bit of struggle, he took a deep breath, planning to go find Fan Bing and Wang Kun again.