CHAPTER 107: CHAPTER 99: MIGRATION OF THE DEMONS, GREAT WAR APPROACHES (3)

The animal hair soaked in spiritual qi water can be crafted into a Lingwen pen, but the effect is much worse compared to those made with monster hair, with the spiritual qi consumption rate almost three to four times higher.

Worse than the first Lingwen pen crafted by Lu Yu.

However, this method is at least useful, able to create materials for crafting Lingwen pens.

Then Lu Yu used his own blood instead of spiritual qi water to soak the hair, and after a long wait, successfully crafted a Lingwen pen with hair soaked in Lu Yu’s blood.

When Lu Yu used this pen, he unexpectedly found that hair soaked in his blood effectively reduced the consumption rate of his own spiritual power. Although the spiritual qi consumption rate was still more than double that of a qualified Lingwen pen, this was at least good news.

The effect of reducing spiritual qi consumption rate was only effective for Lu Yu himself, possibly because spiritual power and blood have the same origin.

That evening, the ordered hair was delivered to Lu Yu’s home as quickly as possible. He soaked the hair in blood, placing both in a small box to allow them to be thoroughly soaked.

Lu Yu’s blood looked somewhat different from a normal person’s, not coagulating after several hours in the air and even emitting a faint spiritual glow in the dark.

The materials for the pen holder and carving knife would arrive tomorrow, so the crafting of the Lingwen pen could not start yet.

Back in the game, Lu Yu began preparing for tomorrow’s tasks.

Originally, he planned not to participate in this player battle, but Yu Xiaoman told him she received a task to participate in tomorrow’s monster migration event and asked Lu Yu for help.

Lu Yu had previously promised Yu Xiaoman to find him if she had any problems, so he naturally couldn’t refuse her request.

He now wondered if giving Yu Xiaoman a hundred Communication Talismans was too much.

[Yu Xiaoman (Communication Talismans): Thank you, Master, for the help. Meet at the training camp entrance at nine tomorrow morning. Goodnight, Master.]

There are 98 left, Lu Yu noted silently.

Actually, agreeing to Yu Xiaoman’s request, Lu Yu still felt somewhat anticipating; he often could find good things when following her.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu remembered the Demon-Breaking Saber. After using it for a while, he almost understood what attribute it carried.

The Demon-Breaking Saber’s name was Thousand-Jin, and the attribute it carried — Thousand-Jin.

Every point of spiritual power input would increase the Demon-Breaking Saber’s weight by one Jin, with a maximum increase of one thousand Jin.

One Jin equals thirty pounds, one thousand Jin equals thirty thousand pounds.

As long as the spiritual power in the Demon-Breaking Saber wasn’t consumed, it could maintain the weight increase. During battle, the spiritual qi within the Demon-Breaking Saber would continue to deplete, making maintaining weight difficult, and possibly impacting his strength due to the sudden changes in weight.

However, using the characteristic where unspent spiritual power would increase weight, the Heaven Collapse effect was excellent.

Heaven Collapse exploded all strength in an instant, and the Demon-Breaking Saber only needed to maintain the weight at that moment, making the two a perfect match.

Looking at his current experience points, upgrading the Lingwen pen crafting skill cost over 30,000 experience. Later, he gained nearly 60,000 experience by defeating martial cultivators in the Qingyan Mountains, now totaling 157,326 experience.

Looking at the skills he could upgrade, there was no need to consider defense and attack for now. Attack power was limited by his cultivation, and upgrading Heaven Collapse or the Blood Burning Secret Technique wouldn’t be able to defeat the Surpassing Qi Realm.

Tomorrow’s battle was expected to be a chaotic large-scale fight. Priority should be given to enhancing survival ability, or escape capability.

Spent 40,000 experience to upgrade the Earth Escape skill.

[Skill Upgrade! Earth Escape (Some Insight) → Earth Escape (Mastery)]

Continued spending 100,000 experience to upgrade Earth Escape.

[Skill Upgrade! Earth Escape (Mastery) → Earth Escape (Peak Mastery)]

After Earth Escape was enhanced to Peak Mastery level, Lu Yu’s spellcasting speed significantly increased, completing casting within 0.2 seconds and enhancing movement speed underground significantly.

Taking out the Earth Spirit Pearl, Lu Yu performed Earth Escape at Peak Mastery level to dive underground, feeling the movement speed increased at least two to three times, now almost matching regular movement speed on the ground, suitable for chasing and traveling.

Also, Lu Yu felt he could perform Heaven’s Edge Ruler Step while using Earth Escape, but due to the unclear underground situation and difficulty calculating distances, Lu Yu didn’t try performing Heaven’s Edge Ruler Step during Earth Escape.

Glancing around, Lu Yu sank towards the bottom of the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm, curious whether the bottom of the secret realm was empty.

The bamboo forest cabin where Lu Yu resided was located on the backside of the Heaven-Breaking City mountains, and what he thought was sinking was actually delving into the interior of the Heaven-Breaking City mountains.

Not knowing the depth while diving, Lu Yu felt his spiritual power was insufficient, helplessly returning, unable to see the border of the secret realm.

Returning to the bamboo forest cabin again, Lu Yu rested for a moment, took out the Demon-Breaking Saber to practice the No-Edge Sabre Technique, mastering his surging power by training sabre techniques.

At the peak of the Qi Cultivation Realm, one Heaven Collapse strike allowed Lu Yu to unleash more than half of his Qi Blood; now, exerting all his strength, he could only explode with one-third of his Qi Blood.

Though this one-third was larger than the previous half, more powerful, it also indicated Lu Yu’s mastery over his own strength was declining.

Swoosh~

The heavy air from swinging the Demon-Breaking Saber sounded terrifyingly intense, rapidly enhancing Lu Yu’s mastery over his own power by continually altering the sabre’s weight through training.

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Lu Yu arrived at the entrance of the training camp at the time agreed with Yu Xiaoman, seeing her with a man and a woman standing by the stone gate, unexpectedly assuming only Yu Xiaoman was there.

As he approached, he noticed a husky at Yu Xiaoman’s feet.

Previously, Lu Yu was extremely wary of this Husky demon; now, his attitude was indifferent, confident in dealing with any tricks from the other party.

No other reason, but money.

Lu Yu actually preferred not to take two strangers along but now, since he’s here, it wasn’t appropriate to say anything.

Seeing Lu Yu approach, Yu Xiaoman waved to him, saying, "Master, let me introduce you, she is Zheng Fangying, he is Zeng Longyue, both are my classmates."

She glanced around, whispering, "They are players from the Divine Martial World."

Players? Lu Yu’s heart felt subtly; he assumed the two were merely ordinary trainees.

The two carefully scrutinized "Master," as Yu Xiaoman called him. Zheng Fangying smiled slightly, saying, "Hello, Master."

"Mm, hello," Lu Yu replied to her.

Zeng Longyue asked, "May I ask if you are an Artifact Refining Master, Array Master, or perhaps a Talisman Master?"

Yu Xiaoman interrupted, confidently saying, "None of those! The Master is a fist technique master, a Master of Fierce Tiger Fist, extremely formidable, can break a tree with one punch!"

The smile vanished from Zheng Fangying’s face, and Zeng Longyue’s respectful demeanor seemed never to exist; they obviously knew what the Master of Fierce Tiger Fist title meant; mastering any ordinary-level martial arts to the peak could earn this title.

Not to mention, the most common Fierce Tiger Fist technique, with these masters found everywhere, most players prefer anonymity rather than use this title, which has no prestige.

The two immediately regretted; they rejected other players’ team invitations just because Yu Xiaoman talked about the "Master," wanting to meet, and build a good relationship with him.

Unexpectedly, this "Master" was a bit overestimated, the "water" in his title was more immense than the Pacific Ocean itself.