Chapter 323 - 184: Promotion Conditions Met (Part 2)
Chapter 323: Chapter 184: Promotion Conditions Met (Part 2)
Lu Cang was sorting through his spoils when he came across this breathing technique.
He instantly thought of War God Kai Jia.
’Wasn’t this the breathing technique that guy used?’
It instantly vibrated one’s Qi outward, coordinating with the user’s breath to form a momentary Qi Shield. The shield’s duration could be varied, but its Defense Strength would drop exponentially the longer it was held.
If used to defend against an attack for just a single instant, the Qi Shield’s Defense Power would be terrifyingly immense.
’So this is where it came from...’
Beyond that, most of the equipment and weapons weren’t worth a second glance. The only exception was the Sword Saint’s blade, which piqued Lu Cang’s interest.
As for the gray seed he had also picked up, even Iz didn’t recognize it.
Lu Cang planned to show it to Kumironi.
These people didn’t have many books on them, and the few they did have were tattered and incomplete.
They were in no condition to be shown to the average person.
Lu Cang planned to repair the books, read them himself, and then lend them to Iz if she wanted to see them.
...
After leaving Iz’s palace, he went to have Kumironi appraise the gray seed.
Apparently, it was from something called an Ash Tree? According to legend, any place where an Ash Tree was planted would be transformed into a land of destruction?
And after the entire continent was destroyed, the Ash Tree would produce a piece of Ashen Destruction Wood. A weapon forged from this wood would possess immense destructive power, capable of annihilating anything it touched.
...
’Doesn’t seem like a good thing to plant, does it.’
’Maybe I should plant it over in Ruijia?’
’No, no...’ Lu Cang shook his head.
’Why is my first thought to bring disaster upon Ruijia?’
A fleeting thought made Lu Cang recall the Demon invasion of Ruijia.
It was clearly a premeditated operation.
In fact, after returning from that incident, Lu Cang had asked Pari for help in finding the person who had colluded with the Demons.
Pari quoted a price of 2 million gold coins.
Lu Cang figured the lead on this person could be crucial; after all, he was a traitor colluding with Demons.
What was even more terrifying was that he had actually carried out this plan to destroy a nation with the Demons’ help.
’I’ll just consider it using money from Ruijia’s national treasury to buy this information. Finding the culprit on Ruijia’s behalf, so to speak.’
So he bought the information, spending 4 million gold coins.
But the information he got was: "He’s currently on Shell Island, on the Talabella Continent in the Secret Sea Secret Sand Archipelago. Are you going to go after him?"
The Ruelun Continent is located southwest of the Secret Sand Archipelago.
The Talabella Continent is located northeast of the Secret Sand Archipelago.
The Xiyang Continent and the Xiangya Continent lay between them.
They were so far apart.
By the time he got there, the guy would be long gone.
Lu Cang really had no intention of chasing a culprit across a thousand miles. Ruijia’s enemy wasn’t his enemy.
It’s just...
’This information is completely useless again.’
’You’re selling me this tiny scrap of information for 2 million? You might as well just rob me!’
’No, wait. Being a Divination Master is way more profitable than being a robber.’
In any case, the matter concerning Ruijia had reached a dead end just like that.
...
Because he forgot things so easily, he really couldn’t do any research.
He tried to do research for a day...
He’d be deep in thought, and then he’d forget what he was just thinking about.
Sometimes, when he was engaged in extremely deep thought, he’d become so engrossed that he couldn’t possibly keep a record of everything.
As a result, he’d get halfway through a line of reasoning only to find he’d forgotten what he was thinking about.
It was so frustrating.
So, he decided to give up on knowledge-based research for the month.
Chi Cheng didn’t have anything major going on this month.
So Lu Cang teamed up with Chi Cheng directly, and whenever they had free time, they would go grind the Evil’s Nest.
By now, Lu Cang was quite familiar with the routine.
He would sacrifice five million souls in one go.
That was usually enough to fight all the way to the main camp of a Level 6 Nest Cave and face its final boss.
Typically, this boss would be a Tier Six Submerged Land Level entity.
But sometimes, strange accidents would happen.
Sometimes, in a Nest where 5 million souls were sacrificed, the strongest creature would turn out to be just a Tier Six Nation Destruction Level Demon.
It was truly bizarre.
But such occurrences were rare; it had only happened once in all this time.
...
[Evil’s Nest - Level 6 Nest Cave]
Lu Cang raised his hand and extracted the soul of a Demon as massive as a mountain range, then drifted lightly to the ground.
This "Giant Resentful Soul Mountain" was now his as well.
Since Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demons weren’t in the codex, Lu Cang just went ahead and named them himself.
Following the principle of first discovery, as the first Adventurer to find this type of Demon, Lu Cang had the right to name it.
After naming it, he would submit the corresponding data to the White Tower.
The White Tower would then add an entry for this type of Demon to the codex.
"Holy crap, you actually killed it!"
"It’s as big as a mountain!"
Chi Cheng, well... he was always surprised.
Even though Lu Cang had one-shotted soul-type Demons so many times, Chi Cheng was still shocked every time.
’He sure provides a lot of emotional validation,’ Lu Cang thought.
As for Lu Luwei, she was also trying to punch above her weight by killing a Tier Six Nation Destruction Level Demon.
Right now, she was on one side of the Nest Cave, locked in a fierce battle with a Gooey Soul Fungus Monarch that had spread throughout the entire primordial jungle!
The entire forest’s fungal colony was the Fungus Monarch’s true body.
The division of labor was simple now.
If Lu Cang could one-shot it, he’d handle it. If he couldn’t, he’d let Chi Cheng take over.
With his current Defense Power, plus the protection of other Submerged Land Level Demons, it was difficult to break through his defenses with just one or two ordinary attacks.
Once the exploration was over...
Lu Luwei’s cheeks were puffed out.
’We promised we’d level up together, get stronger together, and become powerful!’
’But look at you!’
’You’ve become strong enough to solo a Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demon, while I’m still struggling to beat a single Tier Six Nation Destruction Level Demon?’
’This was the same Lu Cang who used to be an even match for me.’