Chapter 217

【Vajra Wrathful Eye: By condensing a wrathful vajra with Buddha power behind oneself, throwing the held Buddhist treasure can cause massive ranged damage, damage doubled against demons and monsters. (Different True Essence attributes cannot be cultivated.)】

【Dragon Elephant Tramples Earth: Stomping the ground causes violent shaking of the ground within a certain range, putting people into a stunned state; stun duration depends on the levels of both sides.】

These two skills are extremely rare; compared to ordinary skills circulating on the market, they are absolutely top-notch.

However, it's a pity that this special skill "Vajra Wrathful Eye" requires so-called Buddha power, whereas his True Essence is cultivated through his own comprehension of cultivation methods, having little to do with Buddhist or Daoist traditions, so it fundamentally cannot be cultivated.

Hmm. Saying that seems not quite accurate.

He comprehended this cultivation method in the Slaying Immortal Grand Array; more or less, he borrowed some of its marvels, and his True Essence Attribute seemed closer to a demon? Perhaps not a demon, but rather an ancient primordial attribute, after all the Slaying Immortal Flying Dagger, high or low, is also an innate spiritual treasure—getting a trace of contamination is not impossible.

Chen Shicheng condensed a wisp of True Essence on his fingertip, and after studying with Hui Siye for half a day, he still couldn't figure it out.

"Never mind, we'll talk about attributes later; as long as it can kill people, that's fine."

He simply gave up on the True Essence Attribute issue, directly took out a skill jade slip, learned the "Dragon Elephant Tramples the Earth" skill, then threw in several thousand Merit Points, raising the skill to max level.

Feeling the skill he had completely mastered once again, he lifted a foot, itching to stomp on the private room's floor.

However, after hesitating for a long time, he still set aside that somewhat dangerous idea, instead switching to a finger, channeling True Essence with minimal power to tap the wall.

Boom

A muffled boom echoed in the private room, as if someone had struck the wall with a hammer while covered in a blanket.

The dust on the ceiling was shaken by this tap and fell "shush-shush", and the neighboring room sounded a confused voice: "Huh, why am I still dizzy? Could it be that the alcohol isn't making me drunk, I'm making myself drunk, sweetheart."

"Ugh, annoying"

Chen Shicheng got goosebumps all over his body, shivered, and quickly withdrew his Divine Perception, though he felt extremely satisfied inside.

Just a light tap could make the neighboring guests stun for a moment; if unleashed at full power, everyone within range would surely lose consciousness instantly.

Even if the opponent had cultivation, unlike the ordinary neighbors, they could regain consciousness in an instant, but that split second was enough for the Slaying Immortal Sword Aura to chop them into one hundred eighty pieces.

By this point, all gains from this array-breaking Task could be considered basically finished; he glanced at his panel, and his heart warmed again.

【Merit Points: 528681】

After raising two skills to max level and obtaining a so-called Passive True Intent, he hadn't even spent the fractional Merit Points, showing just how much power those several hundred thousand Merit Points would grant him.

However, the only skill left on his panel that could still be upgraded is the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent; considering that last time, over twenty thousand Merit Points only raised progress by three percent—"Well, we'll talk about it when needed; after all, having grain in hand means no panic."

Chen Shicheng shook his head, finally glanced at his Merit Points balance, and logged off satisfied.

After returning to reality, reality urged Hui Siye, who wanted to look at his phone, to be dismissed; he also took out his phone, logged onto the forum, and refreshed a post. Now, more than an hour has passed since the Task ended; if nothing unexpected, the results of this battle should have spread nationwide.

Indeed, as he expected, the official forum's homepage had already been occupied by the freshly posted thread.

He successfully destroyed the Four-Element Exorcism Array set up by the orthodox cultivators, and even exceeded expectations, casually taking out a native cultivator at the Dharma Aspect Realm; this nationwide Task could be called a total victory.

Domestic players could no longer contain themselves; the official website was celebrating nationwide, especially this event, where all players contributed as they could, making it all the more precious.

The only thing that dissatisfied these players was that nearly everyone's forum ID bore the title "Array Breaker"; what difference does that make compared to those without the title?

It's also fortunate that there are some players whose level is far below standard and who didn't help at all; down below they keep feeling envy and regret, which gives their boasting hearts a little comfort.

Besides these posts, the hottest topic is about the mysterious expert who turned the tide on the battlefield.

"That's right, it's me!"

Chen Shicheng pressed his mouth corners, which felt like the recoil of an AK, and, feeling secretly pleased, scrolled down the posts.

The information discussed online, after being pieced together from various rumors, roughly reconstructed the actual situation.

In this Breaking the Formation Task, whether it was the main force tasked with interception or the lone players responsible for containment, they all encountered considerable resistance.

As it turned out, at the most critical moment, a mysterious expert appeared to lend support; not only did he resolve the main force's predicament in reality, but he then rushed to the capital and solved the lone players' problem—truly turning the tide, and ultimately securing a complete victory.

Without a doubt, this mysterious player is the greatest contributor to this task.

Moreover, this player's identity became the focus of discussion among netizens, and, incidentally, the earlier incident involving the stadium's spatial passage was also dug up.

According to insiders, this player not only gave an outstanding performance in the spatial passage incident, but the main force's timely arrival at the capital in this task was also thanks to him providing a Yinxiang Incense that could rival a teleportation array.

Moreover, this Yinxiang Incense is both high-quality and inexpensive, making it extremely benevolent for players.

Then, beneath that insider's post, a link appeared selling the first edition of the Yinxiang Incense.

If all goes well, the poster of this thread should be the person who exchanged a copper chip (6) with him for Yinxiang Incense.

It must be said this person really knows how to ride the hype; when Chen Shicheng clicked the link, he found that these Yinxiang Incense with a transmission distance not exceeding 100 kilometers were priced even higher than his new-version Yinxiang Incense that he had sold, and below the post people kept replying, demanding that new merchandise continue to be listed.

Chen Shicheng felt a stir, glanced at his storage inventory, then directly opened a new post with his account, activating the exclusive title 'Turning the Tide'! Taking advantage of the current high hype, he directly followed the forum's updated Trading tutorial to start selling goods online.

【I am the mysterious maker of Yinxiang Incense; from now on, all matters concerning the Trading of Yinxiang Incense shall be based on this account. @Jingluo.】(End of chapter)