Chapter 569: The True Disaster (1/10, for 'Ruichi Tianxia')

A few minutes earlier.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, you have slain 【Laguanguhe】. Reward: Control Power +300 【Already at realm cap, cannot increase further】, Deflection +980 【Already at realm cap, cannot increase further】, Lifespan +1 year.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, your cultivation has made progress. 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 increased by 100%.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, your 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 has reached 100%. You have broken through your realm!

System Prompt: Congratulations, player has broken through 【Xiantian Third-Rate】 realm, ascending to 【Xiantian Second-Rate】 realm. Reward: Max HP +2200, Control Power +700, Deflection +700, Lifespan +10 years.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, your 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 has reached 100%. After long accumulation, you have broken through your realm. Reward: Special Attribute 【Comprehension】 +1.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, despite having all attributes at maximum capacity, you have broken through your realm through long accumulation. Reward: Special Attribute 【Comprehension】 +1.

Although his body was suffering the aftereffects of the 【Haijiao Pill】, continuously losing HP from the 【Night Rain】, Fang Yue's mood was excellent.

Because the rewards from slaying 【Laguanguhe】 were simply too generous!

It directly propelled this 【Xiantian Third-Rate】 weakling all the way up to 【Xiantian Second-Rate】 realm!

Still a full-attribute breakthrough, still 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 triggering the ascent—two points of Comprehension gained effortlessly.

With 【Xiantian Realm】 strength, challenging a Disaster-level Weird, Fang Yue felt this reward was somewhat excessive.

But after careful thought, Fang Yue understood.

【Laguanguhe】 could not be considered an ordinary Disaster-level Weird.

According to rumors, Bei Hufa of Li Huo Sect, Heng Zongzhu of Hengshan Sect, and Hei Zhanglao of Heilu Sect—all were veteran Human-level experts with decades of fame!

Their strength, even within the Human-level realm, was formidable!

The three of them, plus Tian Erjun—who had long reached the peak of Xiantian Realm but remained stuck due to a flaw in his cultivation method—

This foursome should have easily crushed any conventional Disaster-level Weird.

But 【Laguanguhe】 did not fall. In fact, without Lord Han's powerful intervention, these four would have been trapped in crisis, unable to make any headway against 【Laguanguhe】!

The strength of 【Laguanguhe】 was evident, as well as its bizarre form—half its face was Liao Guanjia, half was human bone, and it had even mutated once into a full-body black-bone form.

Layered together, Fang Yue even doubted whether 【Laguanguhe】 was still a Disaster-level Weird—perhaps it had quietly ascended to 【Li Level】.

After all, though it was no match for Lord Han, had Lord Han not regained his strength, would he still be an ordinary character? Even among peers, he crushed opponents without effort.

As Fang Yue pondered this, the corpse of 【Laguanguhe】 in the 【Night Rain】 began slowly dissolving, leaving behind fragments: one black bone and exactly… 999 Disaster Stones!

The answer was obvious.

【Laguanguhe】 stood just one step away from 【Li-level Weird】!

100 Black Stones = 1 Blood Stone.

100 Blood Stones = 1 Disaster Stone.

1000 Disaster Stones = 1 Silver Stone!

"Wu Ren Weird, my superhero."

At this moment, Fang Yue truly understood just how terrifying the 【Wu Ren Weird】 was that had once invaded Gu Yue Cun.

No wonder it swept through Gu Yue Cun with no one able to stand against it—its power flowed effortlessly, until it encountered Lord Han, a half-step below Rain Level, and was instantly slain in one blow.

Lord Han, forever the god!

With the Wooden Sword in hand, Lord Han at full strength could crush Li-level Weirdds with overwhelming superiority.

Unfortunately, in the battle at Gu Yue Cun, Lord Han was defeated, the Wooden Sword destroyed, and his power greatly diminished.

Even so, as long as he regained partial strength, he remained far beyond the capability of any peer-level Weird to oppose.

Pick up the Disaster Stones and the black bone.

The Disaster Stones need no explanation—valuable for both cultivation and currency.

As for this black bone…

Name: Laguanguhe.

Quality: Disaster-level.

Description: A special bone infused with the essence of 【Laguanguhe】, effective for forging artifacts, forming arrays, and medicinal use.

Note: Big bone, great nourishment!

In short, it was just Weird drop material.

Weird drop materials were rare, especially those from Disaster-level Weirdds, whose value was considerable.

Fang Yue knew that, aside from the 【Sheepskin Paper】, he owned no useful 【Weird Object】—if he could give 【Laguanguhe Bone】 to a 【Weird Object Forger】 to craft a powerful item, it would boost his strength.

Open attribute list.

Name: Yese Liming.

Realm: Xiantian Second-Rate.

Status: Weird Curse 【Black Rain】.

「HP: 4000/4000. 」

「Mana: 6000/6000. 」

Control Power: 3720 【Base: 3700】 【Status/Bonus: +20】.

Deflection: 3720 【Base: 3700】 【Status/Bonus: +20】.

Comprehension: 7. 【Special Attribute】

Talent: Night Breathing 【Human-level Upper Rank】.

Human-level Martial Art: Analysis Pupil 【Human-level Lower Rank】.

Innate Martial Art: Innate Qi Shield 【Xiantian Second-Rate】, Aura 【Xiantian Second-Rate】, Shadow-Stepping Technique 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Dark Moon Blade Technique 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Night Flow Mental Method 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Root-Tree Mental Method 【Xiantian Third-Rate】.

Acquired Martial Art: Nine-Turn Linked Blade 【Incomplete】, Starfire Blade Technique 【Acquired Third-Rate】, Water-Sky Blade Technique 【Crude Martial Art】, Fiery Heart Method 【Acquired First-Rate / Ninth Layer】, Starfire Heart Method 【Acquired Third-Rate / Third Layer】.

Lifespan: 30 years 7 months.

His strength had surged once again.

I thought I'd be stuck in the Innate Third-rate Realm for a long time, but the 【Pulling Coffin Apparition】 suddenly boosted me to the heavens.

My Comprehension improved further, and my yang lifespan surged dramatically.

A powerhouse with thirty years of yang lifespan arrived uninvited!

Fang Yue's mood lifted, and he felt his strength recover considerably, as if the side effects of the 【Haijiao Pill】 had been greatly suppressed.

Yet the Xinghong Banyue Yinjie on the back of his hand—the mark of the Apparition 【Wuyu】—still burned fiercely, as if the torrential rain covering all of Qingsi County was far from ending the Apparition's curse.

The curse is still brewing!

【My name is Fang Yue. I stand atop the corpse of the 【Pulling Coffin Apparition】, triumphant.】

【But I did not know that the true disaster had only just begun to Advent.】

【Endless darkness swallowed everything. I would die without value, without power to resist.】

【I… need the help of Lord Parchment!】

Huh?

Fang Yue paused, then his face darkened.

He had just been thinking of waking up Lord Parchment to ask about the curse, and yet it popped up all on its own—enthusiastically.

This thing always shows up just in time whenever there's something delicious to eat.

Thank you to the great patron 【Ruichi Tianxia】 for the Silver Alliance reward!

Including 【Ruichi Tianxia】's previous rewards, I must add 120 extra chapters to honor 【Ruichi Tianxia】, and strive to complete them this month!

(End of Chapter)