Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 496
Chapter 496: Celestial vessel
Chapter 496
The skill Wei Jun received was a surprise but also a blessing in disguise. But that didn’t mean it would always work. Especially since…
[Cost: 1,000,000 Death Qi]
[Duration: 10 minutes]
[Cool down: 24 hours]
[The user remains unaffected]
The cost of the skill was nothing to Wei Jun, and it was something he could easily afford. The time limit, on the other hand, was too low for the skill grade. The effects were too much, but only for ten minutes and a cooldown of twenty-four hours. The timing of the skill was far too far apart.
The skill didn’t show a mastery option as well, which meant the skill was already maxed out and couldn’t be leveled up anymore. That meant the skill was exactly what he had, no option for a change, no matter what.
‘I need to use it at a crucial moment.’ Wei Jun analyzed. No matter how many were in his presence, only his allies were affected by the buff. Wei Jun didn’t know if the enemy of the system, Xin Huatao, would be affected or not. Or would that skill be limited only to the members of his party? Nothing was certain, which was why Wei Jun was making an analysis the entire day as the battle went on until…
“Wow!”
“Who would have thought?!!!”
“I never expected you people would survive through the second day without even one of you dying!”
“Perhaps, it is time to push it to the final stage and get it over with!”
Just as that message was finished relaying, the raiders suddenly clutched their heads. The reason?
“Aarrgghhh!!!”
A high-pitched sound that threatened to pierce their minds. Even Natasha and Morial were affected, and all attacks had stopped.
‘Tch.’ Wei Jun clicked his tongue and grabbed Natasha and Morial, and said while they were in pain, “I’ll create an opening. Cast a sleep spell on everyone.”
“Ugh!!” Natasha groaned, which was the sign that she understood. The same went for Morial, who nodded with great difficulty.
[Skill ‘Wolf’s Howl’ has been activated]
“Gaaaarrrggghhh!!!!”
It wasn’t the howl of a wolf like awwooh, it was more like the cry of a beast who was going to war. As soon as the sound spread in the surroundings, all monsters slowed down, and those clutching their heads calmed down.
But only a little.
After all, fifty percent of the effect was affecting them.
“NOW!!!” Wei Jun yelled, and both Natasha and Morial began to chant.
“No! Do you know what would happen?!” The man, as if he could understand perfectly what Wei Jun intended to do, protested, but it was too late. Natasha and Morial had already finished the large-scale mana gathering and the execution of the spell that affected them as well.
“I expect a reward when we get out of here.” Wei Jun said with a smile before he turned his back on everyone and made his way to the outside of the barrier they had erected.
That was the last image everyone saw before they fainted.
“Quite heroic of you.” Wei Jun heard the voice of the man.
“So you’re listening.” Wei Jun said, but didn’t expect an answer in return, nor was there one. He took a deep breath and activated it. The second weapon he had purchased was on the night he made it big.
[Body strengthening: The Vanguard]
[Type: Body cultivation art]
[Growth type]
[Tier: SSS]
[Current mastery: D]
[Description: A body art created for those who stand at the vanguard of the battle
The art created was for the sole purpose of protecting their allies who were in the back]
[The body art is divided into eight stages]
[Upon upgrading each mastery, a new effect or the strengthening of the preexisting effects would be applied
A strict body strengthening art with no relation to Qi except for one’s own will]
[Condition(s) to upgrade
#1: The user must be in the vanguard position
#2: The user must be protecting allies in the back]
[Effect: Mastery would increase when the preexisting conditions are met and the user sustains injuries in battle]
[Effects unlocked:
#1: For every injury of 100 HP, all physical stats would increase by 1
#2: For every injury of 100 HP, all physical stats would increase by 2
#3: ???
#4: ???
#5: ???
#6: ???
#7: ???
#8: ???]
[Permanent effect: Upon each increment of the mastery, defense stat +100]
[Current mastery to reach rank C: 41%]
[Note: The user has yet to raise stats from prior mastery upgrades (Stored Defense stat: 200)]
[Cost of the art: 30,000,000,000]
[Arts possessed by the user: 13]
Wei Jun took a deep breath to calm himself. All conditions were met. He was in the front, and he had to protect those in the back. Wei Jun had spent almost two days finding out about body cultivation art. There were many more, and he liked them as well, but he bought that one because although it was on the same rank as them, it was quite low in price compared to them.
Well, the conditions to raise the mastery were not an easy requirement, so it made sense. Still, it was the best for Wei Jun, and the events that followed met with the conditions perfectly.
Although the mastery increment rate was slow because he was battling practically humans in the first trial, but…
“Come on.” Wei Jun said as he prepared himself and stood alone before hundreds and thousands of monsters heading in his direction.
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“Hmm.” A man suddenly raised his head and turned his head in a direction.
“What?” An old man in a white suit asked.
“Bang Yu, are there descendants of the ‘Unbreakable Mountain’ in this era?” The man asked.
“That lunatic? Why? Do you feel something?” The other man who resembled the first one asked.
“No, I mean, I feel something similar, but it is not the same.” The man replied.
“From where?” Bang Yu asked.
“From that direction.” The man replied.
“That is not possible, right? I mean, he was the closest follower of the young master, and he died in the battle of the angels, right?” The second man asked.
“No. The art he possessed was never his in the first place.” Bang Yu replied, “It was created by the first young master. He has likely taught the art to the vessel.”
“Is it possible? I tried that art and I was never able to master it.” The first man replied.
“No one could.” The second man added.
“Even that lunatic could only master a portion of it. But even that was enough to make him a headache for us. I do not want to face someone who can master it more than him.” The first man practically shivered at the thought.
“…” Bang Yu remained silent. The men with him weren’t the brightest tool in the shed, but even they made sense. A cultivation art was not compatible with everyone. If the vessel was already practicing an internal art, then practicing an external art was not possible. Unless…
Suddenly, Bang Yu’s eyes widened, and as if replicating his surprise, the woman who was on the ground, her eyes closed and deep in focus, muttered, “The celestial vessel.”
A wave of chill passed through everyone in the cave.
The rumored ‘Celestial vessel’. Something that only consisted of legends, no myths. That something was made into reality by one existence. The heavenly demon. The very first one, and the very last one. While it was suspected the last one was just talented, not the possessor of the ‘Celestial vessel’, the first one was confirmed.
After all, who better than they knew that? The one who wiped half of the celestial plain upon the death of his child. No one could have stopped that man unless it wasn’t for him. The man who made them all shiver even more.
But that wasn’t the main topic of discussion.
The problem was that the vessel they were after possessed the ‘Celestial vessel’. A body that was prime and made for every sort of martial arts. Of course, there were limits. For example, someone who cultivated holy Qi could possibly not cultivate evil Qi, but the cultivation of other friendly elements was not out of the question.
And that included the external arts. Or in other words, body cultivation arts.
An ability to soak in martial arts that could give even the overlords of the central plains fear beyond measure.
If the vessel they were after certainly possessed the ‘Celestial vessel’, then they needed to move their plans forward and make the disruption happen as soon as they could.
“Have you located the last two apostles?” The woman asked.
“I have.” Bang Yu replied.
“Then begin.” The woman replied, “We cannot wait for that monster to grow any more.”
As the image of Wei Jun, standing tall before hundreds of thousands of monsters while there were hills of their dead bodies behind him, instilled fear into the hearts of the rest of the monsters that appeared in view, the woman said, “Before he devours us as well.”