Chapter 395: Where Did the Bodhisattva Go

"Ah."

The Golden Hoop fell into the sea, and Tang Luo in mid-air fell along with it.

There was no "plop" of "jumping" into the sea; Xiaotian Dog entered combat form, letting Tang Luo land on her back in time.

As for Ao Yulie, the moment victory was decided, he had already plunged into the sea to search for the Golden Hoop.

In this regard, Ao Yulie was completely trustworthy.

Golden fine rain drifted down from the sky, signifying that the bizarre monster formed from the fusion of Zhu Juan and Yong He, the two strange beasts, had been thoroughly exterminated.

And its death brought a massive amount of merit power.

Before the fine rain could drift for long, the 6 in Tang Luo's mission info turned into a 7, seemingly still shifting, the numbers increasing continuously.

But before it could truly manifest, a beam of light descended; Xiaotian Dog promptly reverted to little cat form, the scene before Tang Luo's eyes changed, and he abruptly returned to the Dragon King.

At the same time, those mission infos vanished, replaced by reward information.

Not bothering with it for the moment, Tang Luo looked at Ao Yulie, who had already returned to human form.

Ao Yulie turned and smiled at Tang Luo, raising his right hand, tightly gripping the broken Golden Hoop; fortunately his movements were fast enough, otherwise he truly might not have managed to get the Golden Hoop in hand.

The bloodstains on the Golden Hoop did not vanish with the deaths of Yong He and Zhu Juan; the traces of the break were also very obvious.

Tattered and battered, showing this Golden Hoop no longer possessed "the valor of its prime."

"This thing is equipment, Master." Ao Yulie presented the Golden Hoop to Tang Luo's hand.

Tang Luo held it for a moment, and a segment of information surfaced:

Golden Hoop

A golden hoop used for confinement; the breaks and filth traces on it indicate this item no longer has the ability of its prime.

A very simple description, no attached skills, and no "skin-deep" remarks.

"Can be used as an offering." Tang Luo said.

Besides that, the Golden Hoop has one special note: like the Earth Spirit Pearl, it can be used as an offering to change, when a mission opens, a world possessing relevant information (aura, coordinates).

Because Tang Luo had already completed this special kind of "offering mission."

It can also be offered during the next mission to swap the mission world, returning to a previously visited mission world.

"Is there any information left on it?" Tang Luo looked at Ao Yulie and asked.

"There is." Ao Yulie nodded; when he grabbed the Golden Hoop it had automatically triggered, letting him know the left information: "That monster was confined and sealed by Guanyin Bodhisattva using the Golden Hoop."

"She's in that mission world?" Tang Luo frowned.

If that were the case, then the next mission would necessitate offering this Golden Hoop to return to the mission world just left.

"No." Ao Yulie shook his head. "It says departure from this realm is imminent; sensing demonic creatures causing trouble, but alas heaven and earth are in turmoil, unable to act, so the Golden Hoop was left to temporarily suppress them, awaiting a destined person to thoroughly subdue the demonic creatures."

Only the important information of "where Guanyin went" was not left; otherwise the next mission world's location would have a lead.

As for this destined person, fortunately it was Tang Luo.

Otherwise, this fusion of Zhu Juan and Yong He, ordinary "destined people" simply couldn't handle it.

Tang Luo suspected that originally Guanyin left the Golden Hoop to suppress one of Zhu Juan or Yong He, or possibly split the Golden Hoop to separately suppress both.

But it was only suppression; heaven has the virtue of cherishing life, Guanyin did not deal a killing blow.

Or perhaps she had no way to deal a killing blow; being able to suppress one or two was already a stretch.

Two strange beasts that fed on fear and took fangs as their nature, under these circumstances, produced a wondrous "chemical reaction."

Finally becoming the appearance Tang Luo saw.

The strange beasts' fear power spread, waxing and waning; ultimately they paid the price of pollution, broke free of the Golden Hoop, and conversely, to the first degree could use the Golden Hoop.

Don't look at how the strange beasts' heads were gone; actually at that time the panic power had already spread out, right at the height of high spirits, strong to an extreme.

Guanyin merely left a "Golden Hoop Spell."

If used properly, it could weaken the monster fused from those two strange beasts by a few points of power.

But in its own damaged and polluted state, the Golden Hoop absolutely could no longer suppress them like in its prime.

Even Ao Yulie, whose strength was not weak, holding the Golden Hoop facing that monster, was nine deaths one life, winning chances minuscule.

That world would mostly become the monster's hunting ground.

If that monster's brain were slightly clearer, understood "sustainable development," the ensuing quite long years, for humanity, would be a chaotic era of "spiritual revival."

The monster naturally doesn't understand sustainable development, but having just been born, eating a good meal and continuing to sleep is also standard beast configuration.

The disaster caused is in no way inferior to the resentful spirit snow of the previous mission world.

Later forced by Tang Luo to reveal its true form and thoroughly slain, the merit power gained was naturally not small either.

"Try it." Tang Luo tossed the Golden Hoop to Ao Yulie and extended his hand.

Ao Yulie chanted under his breath; the Golden Hoop floated in mid-air, turned into a streak of golden light, and appeared on Tang Luo's wrist.

The Golden Hoop emitted a faint glow.

"Not too good." Tang Luo said.

Seeing this, Ao Yulie put away the Golden Hoop; not even a red mark was left on Tang Luo's wrist.

This Golden Hoop is basically already scrap; for Tang Luo, it's just the role of a toy.

Of course, using it to restrict the movements of the vast majority of Fourth Order gods and demons walking about, suppressing them would definitely be no problem.

"Keep it for now; later, if the situation calls for it, we'll offer it." Tang Luo said.

A piece of good equipment that would be fought over in the outside world, here with Tang Luo, its greatest value is as an offering.

Having handled this crucially important matter, Tang Luo only then went to "look" at this mission's reward — a skill:

Lotus Step

As one walks, lotuses are born alongside, increasing speed, obscuring sight, making one hard to fathom.

Level One: Duration five minutes.

Level Two: duration ten minutes, can walk and move on surfaces difficult to gain footing on, such as water.

Level Three: duration fifteen minutes, can tread the void.

Note: don't let the petals deceive your eyes; they are merely illusory things.

Cooldown: Level One 1 hour, Level Two 30 minutes, Level Three 15 minutes.

This skill's name is quite similar to Ghost Shadow Step, but its actual function is not the same.

Ghost Shadow Step, like Wind Gallop, is a fairly typical "displacement skill," used for medium-to-short-range sprint displacement, closing or creating distance from the target.

The longest charge, sprint distance is no more than several dozen meters.

Of course, if one fully comprehends and integrates it, how far one can charge in a single burst depends on individual ability, but it won't be lower than Level Three's 60 meters.

However, at that time, what is consumed is the user's own power.

If you're half-dead, you won't be able to execute it.

And before that, there are also differences between skills.

Some skills' effects when used are linked to the user's own strength; some are the same no matter who uses them.

The former consumes the user's innate power; the latter basically has no consumption, can be ignored, the only limitation being cooldown time.

Ghost Shadow Step is the no-consumption type; before fully comprehending and integrating it, even if a god or demon walks with only a breath left, as long as it's not on cooldown, the skill can be used.

Lotus Step is different from Ghost Shadow Step; this isn't about whether it has consumption or not.

This point, just looking at the skill description, you can't tell without learning it and trying it yourself.

Rather, Lotus Step is a state skill, not a charge skill like Ghost Shadow Step.

Regarding this skill, Tang Luo is currently thinking.

Which of the existing six skills to discard, to "equip" Lotus Step in its place.

Without a doubt, this skill is what Tang Luo needs; reaching Level Three allows void treading, very much suiting his preference.

This skill, Tang Luo will definitely take.

Then which skill to swap out requires consideration.

The six skills Tang Luo currently has on hand are: Parry (Level Three), Dragon Roar (Level One), Spartan War Cry (Level Three), Ghost Shadow Step (Level Two), Immobilization Spell (Level One), Blood Talisman · Flight Talisman (Level One).

In terms of function, Lotus Step overlaps slightly with Blood Talisman · Flight Talisman.

But it can't be put that simply; the Flight Talisman can not only be used by oneself, but also sold to exchange for healing items.

When lucky, it can also provide Tang Luo with some merit power.

Its function is not limited to flight alone.

The final choice will be between Dragon Roar and Immobilization Spell, these two skills.

One an AoE skill, one a restraint skill, both used relatively rarely.

After pondering a while, Tang Luo decided to swap out Dragon Roar; it sees very little use, having it or not makes little difference.

Moreover, this skill does not distinguish friend from foe, possesses the negative buff of friendly fire, more suited to lone wolves who fight solo.

Friendly fire can play a role at certain times, for instance when you want to screw someone over on the sly.

When being mobbed, unleash a Dragon Roar, completely justified and righteous, making people swallow their broken teeth.

Screw someone to death and still be justified and righteous — "this skill is just like this, the situation was so critical, what could I do?"

But Tang Luo doesn't need it; when the need arises, he can just directly act to convert them.

Just like that, Dragon Roar was swapped by Tang Luo for Lotus Step. An AoE skill — the Great Hand Seal slapping down is far more effective than Dragon Roar.

Trying it out, a faint light flashed on Tang Luo's body, feeling his body become much lighter.

Feet landing on the ground, as he moved, faintly visible lotus petals danced around him.

Not many in number, but at critical moments they can obscure the enemy's vision, achieving wonderful effect.

"Master, so cool!" Ao Yulie's eyes brightened as he said.

Compared to the obscuring effect, Ao Yulie clearly values the appearance more.

Tang Luo wears Glazed Pure Garments, white hair, and as he moves pinkish-white lotus petals dance around him — undoubtedly a true immortal among men.

Tang Luo doesn't really care; having them or not is all the same.

He was already extremely handsome to begin with; a few extra lotus petals are just icing on the cake.