Chapter 455: Gourmet Hunter

The pagoda dissipated.

What the last words Li Jing heard before his death meant, he no longer had any more time to ponder.

He was the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, so giving him some face, and also to see who he wanted to save, he deliberately took a hit?

Or was it that Li Jing, for all he was the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, an all-out strike from him could actually wound Tang Luo?

Or perhaps, he merely held back a little, so that unlucky child Li Muzha wouldn't die in the collateral damage of their clash.

There was no answer.

The answer wasn't important either.

The black tide replaced everything around them, death descended, and began to devour this illusory world that had already been struggling bitterly on the edge of life and death.

This scene, Tang Luo and the others merely caught a fleeting glimpse of.

When the black tide fully manifested, it also proved that his thirteenth mission had already been completed.

The world was gone, that definitely counted as escaping.

Or rather, over-completing it; pity that in most cases, the God-Demon Game wouldn't give any over-completion rewards just because you over-completed it.

The scene before their eyes shifted, and Tang Luo's party of three, plus the Howling Celestial Dog, returned to the room.

When this mission started, they weren't on the Dragon King, but at home.

"Ha, finally not temps anymore." Ao Yulie threw himself into the soft sofa, laughing.

After signing the team contract, he and Pig Bajie had gone from being originally Tang Luo's accessories to becoming true "God-Demon Walkers," gaining the rewards they deserved upon completing the mission.

Pig Bajie didn't have such sentiments; in fact, Tang Luo's thirteenth mission counted as his first mission.

Ao Yulie also counted as a proper first mission.

This mission was completed.

Ao Yulie's reward was a skill, named Shadow Binding.

It could extend one's own shadow to bind a target's movements, somewhat similar to Zhou Zhen'guo's Imprisonment Chains.

Level one range is 10 meters, level two 20 meters, level three 50 meters.

At the same time it requires visible shadows; a pitch-black scene where shadows cannot be seen won't work.

Pig Bajie's reward, on the other hand, was a piece of equipment, quite interesting, called the Gourmet Cube.

Outwardly it looked like an ordinary Tier 3 cube, just slightly harder.

Each time after a successful solve, a food item would immediately appear, cooldown three hours.

That is to say, with this thing, many God-Demon Walkers wouldn't need to worry about food when completing missions.

You have to know, even though God-Demon Walkers have stepped onto the extraordinary path, it doesn't mean all God-Demon Walkers don't need to eat.

Most God-Demon Walkers still need to eat and drink, it's just that they can endure hunger longer, and can eat a lot at once to replenish expenditure.

This equipment isn't for combat, and has no major use, but it's very practical.

Pig Bajie eagerly went online to find Tier 3 cube solving tutorials; as the Pure Altar Envoy, satisfying his appetite was only right and proper.

Incidentally, Tang Luo's Cursed House was also given to Pig Bajie.

The role Pig Bajie bore in the team suddenly became very similar to the Journey to the West — responsible for carrying the pole.

The pole carried everyone's various daily necessities.

No one stipulated that cultivating means you must dine on wind and dew, and live in caves.

Naturally, whatever is comfortable is how you do it.

Living in a cave is just a choice, and the concept of caves differs vastly from cave to cave.

Tang Luo's reward was the same as Ao Yulie's, also a skill.

However, this skill couldn't be called run-of-the-mill, because it just happened to belong to the same system as one of his current skills, "Blood Talisman."

Blood Talisman · Invisibility.

Using one's own blood to craft talismans in the void; completed talismans can last twenty-four hours, and can be used simultaneously.

Level one: Can craft one Invisibility Talisman at a time; after use, can conceal one's form.

Level two: Can craft three Invisibility Talismans at a time; after use, can conceal one's form; talisman power increases.

Level three: Can craft five Invisibility Talismans at a time; after use, can conceal one's form; talisman power increases.

Note: Want to obtain all Blood Talismans? Then go search for them!

Cooldown: level one seventy-two hours, level two forty-eight hours, level three twenty-four hours.

Toward this skill, Tang Luo was still quite satisfied.

In the future when he needs to sneak, he won't have to use the Merit Jade Lotus, consuming merit power.

Although "Invisibility" doesn't consume much, saving a bit is still good.

Of course, effect-wise, it definitely can't compare to the Merit Jade Lotus's "Invisibility."

Tang Luo didn't mind either; his sneaking isn't because enemies are too strong, requiring evasion, that not sneaking means death.

Purely for a bit of convenience.

Being able to deceive most people's eyes and ears is enough.

How to put it, most people's sneaking is to preserve their own lives.

While Tang Luo's sneaking is actually for others' benefit.

That is extremely kind.

With this skill, from a certain perspective, Tang Luo has also embarked on the "skill unification" path among God-Demon Walkers, like Nan Taisheng, Tang Yuhan, and the others.

Mutually complementary skills let this type of God-Demon Walker not fall short of Fate Holders.

The God-Demon Game's rewards, after a God-Demon Walker's skills form a system, will also lean toward that system.

The implication being, Tang Luo is a support.

Flight Talismans, Invisibility Talismans — none are meant for combat; they are typical support talismans.

Just don't know if the other talismans would be similar.

Thinking carefully, among Tang Luo's current skills, Immobilization Technique is non-attack, Spartan War Cry is non-attack, Lotus Step and Ghost Shadow Step are likewise non-attack, plus two talisman-crafting skills.

Surprisingly, not a single one is a proper, direct attack skill.

This discovery made Tang Luo fall into deep thought.

All the way here, thirteen missions, fighting all kinds of bosses, ultimately forming a standard "support class."

Just where exactly did the problem lie?

Did the God-Demon Game have some bias in its positioning of him?

"Could it not be that Master you integrated and mastered the attack skills into mastery?" Ao Yulie remarked; this wasn't the God-Demon Game's fault.

Alright, that made sense too — Empty Palm, Continuous Normal Punches, in the end they all became Tang Luo's own abilities, divine powers.

Unrestricted by any limitations.

"Looks like I'll have to focus on being a support from now on," Tang Luo said.

Since the system has already vaguely taken shape, future God-Demon Game rewards also lean toward this aspect.

Being a support isn't bad either.

"The kind of support that beats people to death?" Ao Yulie muttered softly, then immediately changed the subject, "Master, heal me."

No outsiders now, no need to keep up the tough-guy act.

"Recover slowly on your own; it's good for you."

Cold, ruthless Tang Xuanzang.

"Then why does Doggy get it?" Ao Yulie looked at Xiaotian Quan basking in the warm healing light of the Merit Jade Lotus, feeling neglected.

"This time Doggy damaged his foundation; if the foundation is unstable, what then? It needs some consolidation," Tang Luo said. "You didn't damage your foundation — or did you really damage it and can't function?"

"How could I not function!" Ao Yulie nearly jumped up.

Damaged foundation, can't function — for a man, a male dragon, that's taboo vocabulary.

Absolutely cannot say "can't function."

Over there, Zhu Bajie came out of the study, holding a pie, brows furrowed deeply, very deeply.

In the round pie, several dead fish heads with unclosed eyes protruded, true dead-fish eyes staring at the ceiling.

"Master, is this a delicacy?" Zhu Bajie walked before Tang Luo and set the pie down.

Feeling greatly insulted — he, the dignified Pure Altar Messenger, couldn't stand this!

"Isn't this the Stargazing Pie?" Ao Yulie said. "A famous dish."

"Can this thing be eaten?" Zhu Bajie, who eats anything raw or cold, but you call it a delicacy and this comes out — such a huge letdown, how can anyone swallow it?

"I'll try," Ao Yulie said, taking the first bite.

Just a few ugly dead fish — why couldn't it be eaten?

"Not bad, not unpalatable," Ao Yulie mumbled indistinctly.

"Then I'll try too." Zhu Bajie, half-believing, took a bite, found the taste okay, just the appearance truly ugly.

"Speaking of, what does the real Stargazing Pie taste like?" Ao Yulie said.

Tang Luo shook his head: "Don't know, never tried it; too ugly, no interest."

Delicacies naturally require color, aroma, and taste all complete; too ugly to look at, no desire to even put it in the mouth.

In this world, not only people judge by looks — food does too.

Tang Luo had no interest, but Zhu Bajie and Ao Yulie grew interested.

Zhu Bajie studied this delicacy magic cube, discovered that although the food appearing is random, he can also make the cube record what delicacies to produce.

Then they appear randomly.

Like adding new songs to an existing playlist, even creating a brand-new playlist.

So for this, they need to collect real delicacies for the cube to record; just looking at pictures won't work.

"Let's go, Little White Dragon!" Zhu Bajie stood, said to Ao Yulie, "Our journey begins."

In this regard, very proactive.

"Okay, Second Senior Brother! From today, we're Gourmet Hunters!" Ao Yulie was also enthusiastic.

"Doggy coming too?" Zhu Bajie looked at the healed Xiaotian Quan and asked.

With Xiaotian Quan around, the probability of discovering all kinds of delicacies increases greatly — a dog's nose is far keener than their two, a pig snout and a dragon snout.

Xiaotian Quan meowed, leapt onto Zhu Bajie's head and perched there, looking like a grandpa.

Zhu Bajie didn't mind; two people and a cat ran to the balcony, whoosh — shot into the clouds and vanished.

Their "Gourmet Hunter Journey" began.

Tang Luo stayed home, didn't join in; by now his injuries barely counted as mostly recovered, 4.5-tenths.

But this mission basically gained no merit power, nor any extra benefits in the mission world.

Counts as the least rewarding mission since he started.

Only thing was confirming some old acquaintances' whereabouts, but that was it.

Pity those old acquaintances — seems they die the moment they meet.

Dizang Demon Thought, Little Drill Wind, Yellow-Browed Old Monster, and Li Jing father and son…

The Mountains and Seas World's upheaval, losses far heavier than Tang Luo anticipated.

Fortunately, those close to him are all safe.

Thinking this, Tang Luo raised a hand; a black booklet appeared in his palm.

For a moment, the whole room's temperature seemed to drop quite a bit.

"Hurry up and recover, you two..." The Life and Death Register's副册, inside it still remain the remnant souls of Black and White Impermanence.

Wonder if, once they awaken, they might bring Tang Luo some surprise?