Chapter 182: Ultimate Skill and Spirit Descent! (April 3150 Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)

The physique of a fifth-rank demon beast is overwhelmingly strong, surpassing that of a fourth-rank.

The bloodstains covering the spider demon beast's body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, even the faintly dark blood being sucked back into its body; its eight eyes stared at the human before it with a sinister gaze, and a trace of deeply hidden doubt flickered through.

Just a moment ago, in its perception the opponent was nothing more than a harmless ant, yet now it sensed from the opponent a power sufficient to threaten its life.

The spider demon beast trusts its intuition.

Caution is what has allowed it to survive until now after the anomaly, remaining undiscovered.

Even upon seeing Qin Chuan make a move, it would lurk in the shadows, confirming it had seen through the opponent's ability before launching an attack without hesitation.

Faced with the unknown, a hint of retreat already arose in its heart.

However, just as this reluctance was about to turn into action, Ji Huai's indifferent voice sounded.

"Do you think running now would be too late?"

Ji Huai staggered, and the armor covering his body together with the countless weapons plunged into the surrounding ground vanished, leaving only countless corpses where he stood, like a slaughter field of Shura.

The human before it is still just an ant; even if it managed to wound him by luck, it would merely…

"Not dead?" Looking at the spider demon beast whose breath still remained, its eight eyes simultaneously showing terror, Ji Huai spoke in a calm yet firm tone, "Your heart is growing crooked."

"Ding—"

It also only penetrated about an inch.

The spear blade instantly elongated, piercing through the spider demon beast's entire spider leg and at the same moment stabbing into its body, treating its defense as nothing as it shot out from the other end.

The astonishment in the spider demon beast's eyes instantly solidified.

Before it could react, Ji Huai's long sword in his hand viciously stabbed into its body.

Spider demon beast: "???"

Qin Chuan, watching everything up close just now, was dumbfounded and had not yet come to his senses.

Shouldn't it be your strike that went wrong?!

How can you still blame someone else for having a crooked heart?!!

As a large gush of thick, foul-smelling blood spurted from the spider demon beast's body, Ji Huai already expressionlessly pulled a long sword from the ground beside him.

"Pfft—"

It seems my perception has encountered some trouble.

Feeling the stabbing pain in its leg, the spider demon beast suddenly calmed down.

Is that it?

The sharp spear tip pinned to one of the spider demon beast's legs, penetrating about an inch.

While speaking, the spear in his hand instantly thrust forward.

In the next instant, the spear instantly turned to ash.

The bloodstain spread from one side of its body to the other, eventually encircling it; the smooth, mirror-like cross-section split open, blood spraying everywhere as its massive body split in two and collapsed heavily to the ground.

Fifth-rank spider demon beast, fallen.

Spirit Descent…

Is this Spirit Descent?

Spirit Descent that can only be unlocked at Resonance 3, requiring 100% favorability and comprehension of the Ultimate Skill to truly unleash?!

To have an elite player slay a fifth-rank demon beast—what terrifying power!

"Don't just stand there, pull up your pants." As Ji Huai walked up to Qin Chuan, his steady voice gained a hint of oddity: "You didn't listen when I told you to stay back; if your phone breaks, don't come looking for me."

"Huh?" Qin Chuan came to his senses, only then realizing his pants seemed a bit loose, though he had tied the belt tightly, it now hung limp on both sides.

He casually reached to retighten the belt, and in the next instant Qin Chuan showed a bewildered expression.

He couldn't feel the metal buckle fastening the belt.

Wait… metal?!

Qin Chuan recalled the latter part of Ji Huai's words and hastily took out his phone.

No, it could no longer be called a phone.

Having lost its metal casing, most of its metal parts became badly damaged; it could only be considered a heap of junk.

He seemed to understand why Ji Huai had lost contact.

——

"Teacher Ji, when did you master Spirit Descent?"

Having replaced his belt and bought a new phone, reissued his SIM card, Qin Chuan looked at Ji Huai sitting before him with the composure of a steadfast warrior, full of curiosity.

"Last night." Ji Huai said calmly, "I just hit 100%."

"Wasn't it said that one also needs to comprehend the Ultimate Skill together with the spirit beast?" Qin Chuan blinked.

"That one—once favorability reaches the threshold, you grasp it." Ji Huai spoke lightly, as naturally as eating dumplings with vinegar.

Qin Chuan: "..."

Really? He felt it couldn't be that simple.

"When a spirit beast's favorability reaches 100%, it undergoes an extremely special change." Ji Huai looked at Qin Chuan and continued, "After the Dream World entrance closes, the spirit beast's consciousness will return to the real world together with us."

"The consciousness of my contracted spirit beast, War Armor Gold Spirit, is now in my mind." Ji Huai pointed to his own head.

"It can see, hear, and feel everything I perceive."

"The so-called Ultimate Skill is the key where player and contracted spirit beast find their mutual compatibility, jointly developing an ability that belongs to neither alone, which can only be unleashed through their cooperation."

"It is not fixed; after comprehension, there remains the possibility of continual improvement."

Qin Chuan's eyes gradually showed a look of surprise.

Upon entering the Dream World, time stops, and the spirit beast's consciousness is likewise still.

The player's consciousness experiences 16 more hours each day than the spirit beast's, causing their consciousnesses to drift apart, making true perfect synchronization impossible.

According to Ji Huai's introduction, reaching 100% favorability can perfectly solve this problem.

The Spirit Beast's consciousness, as the player enters the real world, perceives everything the player perceives, without a doubt allowing both consciousnesses to merge more deeply.

And only under such deep merger can they jointly develop the ability to cooperate in using their powers, making success possible.

Therefore, true comprehension of the profound mystery only begins after favorability reaches 100%.

Ji Huai's comprehension of the profound mystery in such a short time is closely related to his own superb weapon skills, the uniqueness of the Contract Spirit Beast, and their mutual affinity; it is not universal.

Qin Chuan's spirits lifted.

Ji Huai just explained the changes after reaching 100% favorability and the specific content of the profound mystery.

But the main show is still to come.

"Professor Ji, what exactly is Spirit Descent?" Qin Chuan asked earnestly.

"Spirit Descent is the means by which the Contract Spirit Beast transfers its power to the player in reality to unleash the profound mystery." Ji Huai glanced at Qin Chuan, "At the same time, in the state of Spirit Descent, the player can temporarily gain the Contract Spirit Beast's traits and equipment affixes."

"My Infinite Armory, upon use, instantly draws away all metal within range, releases a range attack, and possesses the profound mystery effects of Absolute Armor Break and Ultimate Weapon."

"Absolute Armor Break means that at every point the weapon contacts, the defense is equivalent to the weakest point among those contacted; simply put, as long as I pierce the opponent's defense, against this weapon they are as if they had no defense."

"Ultimate Weapon means focusing the power of each weapon within the Infinite Armory onto a single extreme." Ji Huai's voice paused slightly, "The thrust of spears and polearms, the slash of swords and blades, the smash of hammers and staffs..."

"Weapons are myriad, their variations boundless."

(End of chapter)