Chapter 317: Sealed Skills and Equipment

Three days later, Tang Luo returned to Huaxia.

He harvested a total of five Fate Fragment pieces and seven items.

The items took over a month to sell off, basically all exchanged for healing goods.

In the words of the gods and demons who walk the world, Master Xuanzang's buying up of various healing goods caused the "prices" of these things to all rise.

Ao Yulie kept a Western-style thin sword for himself to play with; Zuan Feng was returned to Tang Luo.

Tang Luo consumed all five Fate Fragments and those healing medicines, raising his Uninjured Output ceiling to 3.2 parts; another Fate Fragment of the Heavenly Slaughter Star, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Tang Luo gave to An An.

However, Tang Luo has not yet received a "job" for "Changing Fate Fragments" for the time being.

Generally speaking, Fate Fragment holders would not casually change their own Fate Fragments.

Even if they have other Fate Fragments on hand, and the figure's strength exceeds the original Fate Fragment figure's strength, whether to change it still requires careful consideration.

After all, changing a Fate Fragment is equivalent to a "class change".

Many things have to start from scratch again, even if the new Fate Fragment's completeness is higher than the original.

To regain the original strength also requires a certain amount of time to adapt.

Unless the new Fate Fragment truly matches oneself very well, but that probability is not high, and moreover, before truly holding a Fate Fragment, no one can determine whether that Fate Fragment matches them or not.

You must know, before An An became the Fate Fragment holder of the Heavenly Slaughter Star Black Whirlwind Li Kui, she was also extremely unwilling.

Now...

Tang Luo previously asked An An if she wanted to switch, because he had other Fate Fragments on hand, but An An ultimately still chose the Black Whirlwind Fate Fragment.

It wasn't a completeness or strength issue; An An genuinely felt that swinging two small axes and hacking wildly suited her quite well.

True fragrance!

But someone, based on Tang Luo's "Fate Fragment Changing Technique", actually researched another "usage".

Mentioned before, quite a few Fate Fragment holders hold skeptical attitudes toward Fate Fragments, including Kong Ming, all suspecting whether Fate Fragments are poisonous.

Tang Luo's Fate Fragment Changing Technique can not change but only "remove".

If one hardens their heart, they can completely unilaterally discard the Fate Fragment and become an ordinary god/demon walker.

As for the impact on strength, A Fei told Tang Luo he has confidence to re-cultivate martial arts and become a martial arts master.

For some people, even if the Fate Fragment is gone, they can still walk out a similar path that truly belongs to them.

But not everyone is like this.

Many powers brought by Fate Fragments do not possess replicability.

For example, if someone has Magneto's Fate Fragment and loses it, there is no way to say "I can make myself become a mutant again and still possess magnetic control ability".

The doable business having been done about as much as possible, Tang Luo also did not stay at home.

Riding Ao Yulie, he embarked on the "Seeking Immortals" journey.

Simply put, it is ascending to heaven and entering the sea, searching for "supernatural existences" in the real world.

You must know, Tang Luo has encountered the mother-daughter fox half-yao pair Xue Nianzhi, and later learned from them that yaoguai indeed exist in the world.

So Tang Luo planned to search and see.

"Bastard! I am a noble Blood Clan!"

Somewhere in Northern Europe, a man was struggling with all his might, yet could not escape Ao Yulie's "palm".

"Master, the times have changed." Ao Yulie looked at Tang Luo, his face full of "vicissitudes", "Even a tiny bat half-yao is this arrogant."

"You're the bat!" the man roared, his noble dignity not allowing defilement.

"Idiot! Laozi is a dragon!"

The hand gripping the man's neck instantly turned into a dragon claw, Ao Yulie's eyes became golden pupils, a pair of dragon horns grew from his forehead, and some faintly visible scales appeared on his cheeks.

Under the terrifying dragon might pressing down, the man felt what it meant to be an existence at the top of the food chain.

The man, who originally viewed ordinary people as food and thought himself standing at the top of this planet's food chain, convulsed, his pants beginning to grow wet.

"Disgusting." Ao Yulie disdainfully tossed him aside.

"A five-person vampire family, or rather household. They actually managed to establish a human blood farm; have the Western gods and demons walkers all died out? Or is it that the gods and demons walkers created this?" Tang Luo said, sitting on the sofa.

Ascending to heaven and entering the sea, wandering blindly, they found no yaoguai, but Tang Luo and company unexpectedly ran into a nest of vampires.

In Ao Yulie's words, they are half-yao bat spirits.

He firmly believes the Cain or Dracula in vampire origin stories is actually a bat spirit.

Tang Luo had no interest in archaeologizing the vampires' origins; he let Ao Yulie ask around.

The situation asked out was a bit different from various fantasy stories.

No vampire families with years of inheritance, thirteen clans, or the like; the man and his family merely suddenly awakened "Blood Clan Bloodline" one day.

Then they went and did the human blood farm work.

It seems more like they were turned into "vampires" by someone, making Tang Luo a bit suspicious whether gods and demons walkers are making trouble.

Of course, there is also a certain possibility it really was some bat spirit's doing.

No clues for the time being, Tang Luo didn't take it to heart either.

Going with fate; when fate arrives, yaomo guiguai chimei wangliang will jump out on their own, stretching their necks into Tang Luo's hands for him to ferry across.

Tang Luo and Ao Yulie walked out of the small building where four vampires lay dead and one unconscious; he flicked a finger, a flash of fire light passing his fingertip.

The small building behind them, along with everything inside, turned into a pile of ashes in just a few breaths.

"Master, this flame feels different from ordinary flames." Ao Yulie said.

Ordinary flames bring destruction through burning; the famed Samadhi True Fire is also such.

But Tang Luo's Glazed Flame is different.

Rather than saying it burns objects into ashes, it is more like a certain violent force forcibly "bursting apart" and "tearing" them thoroughly into ashes.

"You might not believe it, but the Glazed Flame's greatest function is actually enhancement," Tang Luo said. "Being 'burned away' into ashes in an instant is because they're too weak to withstand the enhancement — they don't even get a chance for a final bloom."

"... Who could withstand that?" Ao Yulie said.

Thinking it over, if he were "enhanced" by the Glazed Flame once, his end result would probably be about the same as that house.

But before that, he should be able to hold out a while longer — maybe even exchange a few moves with Master.

It's practically like fireworks.

"If you have to fight for your life against someone in the future, Master will light the fuse for you." Tang Luo patted Ao Yulie's shoulder.

"Master, I'll definitely cultivate diligently." Ao Yulie's body shuddered, and he immediately said.

"Let's go. The mission opens in a few hours — back home to enter the mission." Tang Luo nodded.

Ao Yulie turned into a streak of light, carrying Tang Luo as they soared into the sky.

In less than an hour, they returned home, Ao Yulie panting.

In this environment where the world's Qi was so thin, massive consumption coupled with high-speed flight was a grueling challenge for him too.

Equivalent to an ordinary person sprinting wildly on a high plateau.

"Master, let me catch my breath for a bit." Ao Yulie sat on the balcony chair — anyway, entering the mission didn't actually require him to prepare anything, just playing around with a Western-style thin sword.

Just needed to bring it along.

Tang Luo, on the other hand, had to change clothes, then check over all his equipment.

Tang Luo's equipment now consisted of: Drilling Wind, Rolling Thunder, Cursed House, Shoes, Demon-Breaking Ice Spear, and the magic treasure Gold Brick.

Consecrated clothes don't count as equipment.

A few hours passed in a flash; Ao Yulie's expression wasn't particularly calm.

This was his first mission — wondering if he'd encounter beautiful female yaojing or female bodhisattvas, the thought made him a little excited.

"Faction Mission: Seize the Book of Life and Death; hold it in your faction's possession for 72 hours to return."

"Own faction members: 6. List: Tang Xuanzang, Ao Yulie, Yu Yanbin, Pi Xiong, Xiao Han, Dou Yiqing."

"Enemy faction count: 10. Entered this mission world five days ago."

"This mission world is special — skills and equipment are sealed and unusable."

"After seizing the Book of Life and Death, its holder may use skills and equipment."

A large block of information flooded into his mind — Tang Luo's ninth mission was a proper faction mission.

But it also showed unusual aspects.

Generally, faction missions have unfixed numbers on both sides, but entry time is consistent — yet this time it explicitly stated the enemy faction entered five days earlier.

They seized the first-mover advantage, and outnumbered them by four.

Most critically, this mission actually sealed all skills and equipment.

This should be a first in history — at least Tang Luo had never heard of Wulin Mythology or Walk Near Science having similar news.

"Kind of interesting," Tang Luo thought to himself. "Just means no shoes to wear."

All equipment was forcibly recalled and sealed — even the Lightfoot Shoes originally worn on his feet were the same, unable to be taken out.

Compared to Tang Luo's composure, the other four Shenmo Walkers were a bit less composed.

"What kind of mission is this?!"

"Skills and equipment can actually be sealed too!"

"Really can't use them."

"I've tried — equipment and skills are the same, but the enhancement passives from surviving six missions are still retained."

"There are enhancement passives after six missions?"

Someone froze, clearly this person hadn't survived six missions yet.

"No newbies encountered after six missions" refers to true first-time entrants to the Shenmo Game.

It does NOT mean that after surviving six missions, one can completely shed the "newbie title" and become a veteran Shenmo Walker.

"Amitabha." Tang Luo proclaimed a Buddhist invocation. "Fellow donors, how about we introduce ourselves first?"

The other four reacted, looking at Tang Luo and Ao Yulie, and instantly stared blankly for a moment.

These two's getup — this posturing deserves 99 points; the one point withheld is only to keep them from getting arrogant.

"You're a monk?"

"Tang Xuanzang?"

"Oh, I know you — the Xuanzang Dharma Master from Walk Near Science, I've heard your name." Someone said, even glancing at the cat on Tang Luo's shoulder.

Heard this cat was brought out from a mission world.

"Precisely, this poor monk." Tang Luo said. "This is this poor monk's friend, Ao Yulie." He made the introductions.