Chapter 136: Poison Thunder Kills Demon King! Mental Strength Surges by Ten Thousand Marks!
After the Cangtian Poison Thunder crashed into the group of Avatars, dozens of black-armored Avatars exploded on the spot.
Demonic Qi from the dimensional rift surged forth once more.
Those Avatars quickly stood back up.
But this time, a few bluish-black spots appeared on the devil armor of their bodies, and near their shoulders, fine wisps of poisonous fire were still venting outward.
The Demon King avatar lowered its head and glanced at it.
"Poison?"
This body of its was entirely condensed from Demonic Qi, lacking even flesh and blood.
Ordinary toxins simply could not harm it.
However, the Dutian Thunder Ring behind Lin Chuan had already started to spin.
The first ancient rune blazed with brilliant lightning!
Divine Mobility Technique!
Just as thousands of Avatars raised their hands, Lin Chuanhad already pierced through the encirclement and appeared before the avatar.
"The main body gets one too!"
Boom!
The Cangtian Poison Thunder struck squarely in the chest!
The newly grown black devil armor was once again smashed into a large hole by the fist force.
Purple lightning wrapped in bluish-black poisonous force drilled entirely through the fracture.
The Demon King avatar retreated a few steps and raised a hand to press against its chest.
"Mere toxins want to harm this king?"
A massive amount of Demonic Qi converged toward its chest.
It prepared to suppress the poisonous force first before restoring the devil armor.
But bluish-black spots quickly appeared on the surface of the newly condensed armor plates.
Before they could fully grow, they shattered with a snap.
The avatar mobilized its power once again.
The result was still the same!
The fracture on its chest grew larger and larger, and the bluish-black poisonous fire continuously spewed out from the seams of the armor.
The voice of the Demon King avatar finally changed.
"What kind of poison is this?!"
It could even corrode Demonic Qi?
Furthermore, the more it mobilized its power, the more active those poisonous fires became, darting everywhere along the flowing Demonic Qi within its body!
Lin Chuan looked at that ball of poisonous fire on its chest.
"Didn't you say just now that your Demonic Qi is endless?"
"Keep absorbing it then."
The Demon King avatar abruptly recalled several hundred nearby Avatars and shook its arms outward!
Boom!
A vast expanse of black devil light swept horizontally with it at the center.
The nearby mine carts, rubble, and even several red rock pillars were all blown away by the devil light.
It wanted to force Lin Chuan back first!
As long as it had a little time, it could sever the contaminated Demonic Qi and strip the poisonous force from the avatar.
But Lin Chuan didn't retreat at all.
The Divine Mobility Technique carried him through the devil light, bringing him directly behind the avatar.
The thunder blade was unsheathed!
The One Thousand Slashes Sabre Sutra circulated.
A purple blade light fell diagonally, severing the right arm that the avatar had just raised in a single slash!
The severed arm fell to the ground, turning into a vast expanse of black mist.
Lin Chuan clenched his left hand into a fist.
"Do you stay up too late, have a bad liver, and fail to detoxify your body?"
"Come, let me supplement you with a bit more!"
Boom!
The second Cangtian Poison Thunder blasted into its chest from the side!
The Demon King avatar was struck and crashed against the mine wall.
The bluish-black poisonous fire burned from its chest to its back, and poisonous spots even began to appear on its two devil horns.
The devil armor innate ability within its body was still desperately absorbing Demonic Qi.
Originally, this ability allowed Demonic Qi to firmly adhere to the surface of the avatar, condensing into armor that was extremely difficult to shatter.
But now, it even wrapped the poisonous force that had entered its body along with it.
In Lin Chuan's mind, a prompt suddenly rang out.
[Myriad Poisons Calamity is devouring a portion of the devil armor innate ability borne by the target!]
[Devouring successful!]
[The poison source has acquired the adhesion trait!]
"It can even strengthen while fighting?"
Lin Chuan's eyes lit up.
Those poisonous fires earlier had merely flowed along with the Demonic Qi.
Now, however, they were as if rooted inside the avatar, firmly clinging to the Demonic Qi and Soul Power.
The Demon King avatar proactively shook apart a portion of its body.
The black mist it discarded fell to the ground and rapidly burned into ashes.
Yet the poisonous fire remaining on its chest did not decrease at all!
"Why is it still here?!"
It attempted to strip it away once more.
This time, even the soul imprint controlling the devil core sent a wave of excruciating pain.
Myriad Poisons Calamity could corrode Mental Strength!
Those poison thunders had long since traveled along the power within the avatar and burrowed near the devil core.
The Demon King avatar was still absorbing Demonic Qithrough the Saint Artifact, and the poisonous force was also following this power, bit by bit invading inside!
The black-gold protective shell remained intact.
However, the dark gold patterns engraved on it had begun to flicker erratically.
"Saint Artifact, why can't even this bit of poison be blocked?!"
A furious roar came from inside the devil core.
Lin Chuan closed in with a single step.
"Done for, aren't you?"
The Cangtian Divine Fist condensed once more!
Astral Essence, high-grade Mental Strength, Dutian Divine Thunder, and Myriad Poisons Calamity simultaneously pressed toward his fist edge.
The Demon King avatar immediately mobilized the surrounding Avatars.
Over a hundred black-armored celestial demons pounced over, preparing to block this punch for the main body.
Lin Chuan's figure flickered.
He passed straight through them!
Just as those Avatars turned their heads, Lin Chuan was already standing before the avatar's chest.
Boom!
The final punch smashed directly into it!
All the devil armor exploded.
The Saint Artifact outside the devil core lit up momentarily, but the soul imprint controlling it was already trembling continuously from being burned by the poisonous fire.
The dark gold artifact patterns extinguished along with it.
The high-grade Mental Strength and poison thunder within the Cangtian Divine Fist followed the out-of-control artifact patterns and blasted directly into the interior!
Bang!
The dark red devil core shattered on the spot!
The outer black-gold protective shell was tossed into mid-air, crashing against the mine wall with a crisp sound.
That five-meter-tall Demon King avatar suddenly froze.
Immediately afterward, its head, arms, and torso collapsed outward simultaneously!
Those thousand Demonic Qi Avatars in the distance also lost control along with it.
Falling down one after another, they turned into a vast expanse of black mist.
The dimensional rift rapidly contracted.
A ball of black soul light rushed out from the shattered devil core, heading straight for the rift!
Lin Chuan raised his right hand.
"Since you've already come, you still want to go back?"
The purple high-grade Mental Strength instantly closed in, tightly grasping that ball of soul light!
Within the soul light, a ferocious celestial demon face emerged.
It was precisely the soul imprint left by the Demon King in the avatar!
It frantically crashed against the Mental Strength, attempting to break free from control.
But Lin Chuan had already dragged it right in front of him.
Hum!
The dimensional rift behind him completely closed.
The Demonic Qi in the mine tunnel lost its source and was blasted apart piece by piece by the Dutian Divine Thunder.
A Peak Tier 5 Demon King avatar.
Completely dead!
Qin Li had just pinned a fiend to death when he saw that rift disappear.
He gripped the red dragon spear, his expression dazed and lost in thought.
The Warden couldn't beat Lin Chuan.
Along with the Saint Artifact and the Demon King avatar capable of continuous recovery, they were all killed by him!
Just how many more abilities did this kid have?
Zhao Qishan didn't think that much.
Seeing that all those black-armored Avatars were gone, he shouted at the top of his lungs right on the spot.
"The Demon King avatar is dead!"
"Brothers, don't let a single one of these remaining beasts escape!"
The people of the Five Elements Cult had originally been waiting for the Demon King to kill Lin Chuan.
Now, looking at it, the Demon King was gone first.
That priest in five-colored robes turned around and ran!
He Qingshan had already locked onto him.
Heavy Mental Strength pressed down from above, pinning the priest directly to the ground.
Qin Li walked over carrying the red dragon spear and stepped on his wrist with one foot.
"Weren't you quite confident just now?"
"Call out the adult behind you again!"
The priest opened his mouth.
Not a single word came out.
Shen Zhiyuan led people to seal off the other mine tunnels, and the Spark Main Combat Group also rushed out from the defensive formation.
The remaining cultists and fiends were quickly cleaned up.
Lin Chuan stood beside the defensive formation, staring at the soul imprint in his hand.
The Soul Power of this thing was quite formidable!
[Demon King soul imprint detected!]
[It contains approximately one-sixth of the target's Soul Power!]
"One-sixth?"
Lin Chuan was amused.
No wonder this avatar could use so many methods.
The Demon King really invested heavily in order to kill him.
But now, these things belonged to him!
The Primordial God-Refining Chapter circulated.
The Formless Soul Fetus opened its eyes, and the Great Millstone of Spirit Refining slowly rotated.
The ball of black soul light, having just been sent into the mental space, wanted to crash outward in all directions.
However, a giant purple palm had already grabbed it and directly pressed it into the millstone!
Rumble!
The millstone closed.
The Demon King's residual consciousness struggled frantically, and the black soul light continuously exploded.
Dutian Divine Thunder poured in along with it, blasting apart the Demonic Qi and residual intent inside bit by bit.
A massive amount of pure Soul Power was absorbed by Lin Chuan!
One thousand marks!
Three thousand marks!
Five thousand marks!
The power within the mental space continued to grow!
A few minutes later, the last wisp of Soul Power was refined.
[Mental Strength increased by: 10,000 marks!]
[Total Mental Strength: 28,000 marks!]
"A full ten thousand marks! As expected of one-sixth of a Tier 6 Demon King's soul!"
Lin Chuan felt the surging Mental Strength, and his mood was quite good.
This newly added portion still needed to be further condensed into high-grade Mental Strength.
However, the total amount had already reached 28,000 marks!
After going back and soaking in the Soul Pool for a few days, his Mental Power could become even more ferocious.
Lin Chuan opened his eyes and raised a hand to summon that black-gold Saint Artifact over.
Although the devil core was shattered, the outer protective shell was not ruined.
Even that final punch failed to damage its materials.
Lin Chuan weighed it in his hand and took out his own thunder blade.
"Can this thing be melted down to forge a blade?"
Shen Zhiyuan happened to walk over, and hearing this, his footsteps paused.
"You want to melt down a Saint Artifact?"
"What's the use of keeping it?"
Lin Chuan tapped the protective shell.
"Using it to protect a single devil core is too wasteful. Upgrading my blade with it would be so much better."
Shen Zhiyuan took it and looked at it for a few moments.
"The materials are at least Tier 6."
"Ordinary flames definitely can't melt it open, but Jiuli Weapon Academy has secret techniques specifically for handling high-tier materials, so we can ask them to do it."
Lin Chuan became interested.
"Then can they forge me a Tier 6 thunder blade?"
"The materials are enough, but spirit patterns are not easy to engrave."
Shen Zhiyuan shook his head.
"Tier 6 weapons have very high requirements for spirit patterns; it's not just a matter of melting the materials in. If your blade is re-forged with this and made into Peak Tier 5, there shouldn't be any problem."
"Moreover, with Tier 6 materials in the blade body, continuing to upgrade it in the future will be much more convenient."
"That's fine, then."
Lin Chuan put away the life-protecting Saint Artifact.
After returning to Jiuli, he would first make a trip to the Weapon Academy!
Ning Zhaoyue also walked over.
She was holding the priest's communication equipment, on which a series of records had already been brought up.
"Found the channel for reporting."
"It was he who recognized the bounty and sent your coordinates to the Celestial Demon King clan. The ritual to guide the avatar was also arranged by him."
Lin Chuan glanced over.
In the communication logs, not only were his appearance and location present, but there was also the video of the Cyan Miasma Tree Demon's death.
Afterwards was the content of the discussions between the Five Elements Cult and the Celestial Demon King clan regarding the guidance ritual.
The evidence was quite complete.
"Take them all back to the Zhenyuan Division."
...
Demon Realm.
Inside a black palace.
The Celestial Demon King sitting on the throne abruptly opened its eyes.
The excruciating pain of the soul tearing apart caused it to smash the armrest beside it to pieces with a single palm strike!
One-sixth of its Soul Power.
Gone!
Not only was the avatar destroyed, but even the soulimprint failed to escape back!
In front of it, the last transmitted footage was playing.
Lin Chuan smashed the devil core with a single punch.
Afterward, he extended his right hand and forcefully snatched away its soul imprint!
"Lin Chuan!"
The Celestial Demon King stared at the footage, the anger in its eyes growing increasingly intense.
It had specially dispatched an avatar, brought along a life-protecting Saint Artifact, and utilized the power of the Demon Realm to maintain recovery.
Yet the result was an utter failure!
The opponent was only eighteen years old!
If other royal clans found out about this, where would it put its face?
Boom!
Turbulent Demonic Qi erupted from the throne, shattering all the stone pillars in the palace.
Meanwhile.
Ninth Mining Area.
In Lin Chuan's mind, the System prompt rang out once more.
[Enemy Celestial Demon King's hatred towards the host has deepened further!]
[Current hatred coefficient increased to: 2x!]
Lin Chuan looked at the prompt, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled even more happily.
"Good, good, good!"
"This trip truly wasn't in vain!"
Chapter 137: Exposed to the Entire Internet, Suddenly Adding Over Three Thousand Top Experts!
Over an hour later.
Reinforcements from the Zhenyuan Division finally arrived at the Ninth Layer.
Tiger King walked at the very front. As soon as he entered the protective Formation, he saw the investigators sitting by the medical vehicle.
The elderly captain supported himself against the vehicle door and stood up.
"Tiger King, we're back."
Tiger King glanced at the bandages on his chest, then looked at the stretchers behind him.
Several of the stretchers were already covered with white sheets.
He patted the captain's shoulder.
"Go get treated first."
"Heal everyone who is alive, and bring back those who sacrificed themselves as well."
Several Zhenyuan Division doctors immediately stepped forward to take over the wounded on Xu Tang's side.
Ning Zhaoyue handed over the detector, investigation records, and the priest's communication equipment.
"The missing teams have all been found."
"The surviving members have all been rescued. These are the records from the mining area altar and the prison. The priest is over there."
Tiger King turned to look.
The priest in five-colored robes squatted by the mine cart, his hands tied behind his back, with bruises from Qin Li's beating still visible on his face.
Upon seeing Tiger King, he lowered his head even further.
"Is he the one who tipped off the Celestial Demon Royal Family?"
"Yes, he also arranged the ritual to summon the spiritual Avatar."
Tiger King had the priest escorted away, then squatted down and picked up a dark red fragment from the evidence box.
The demon core had already been shattered.
Yet, the aura of the Celestial Demon Royal Family still lingered on it.
Tiger King sensed it carefully for a few seconds, then raised his head to look at Lin Chuan, who was talking with Zhou Mingchuan.
"Lin Chuan, come over here for a second."
Lin Chuan walked over.
"Northeast Tiger King, what's wrong?"
Tiger King shook the demon core fragment in his hand.
"I sent Zhaoyue to investigate the disappearances and told her she could ask for your help if she ran into you."
"Four lords, an ancient prison, plus a fifth-stage PeakDemon King spiritual Avatar, and you took care of all of them?"
Lin Chuan nodded.
"I just happened to run into them all. Since I was already there, it was just a matter of convenience."
Tiger King opened his mouth.
"Happened to run into them?"
He made it sound like he just picked up four buns on his way!
"I received the news on the way and thought Zhaoyue had left out some reinforcement team in her report."
Tiger King looked at Qin Li and Shen Zhiyuan nearby.
"Did you guys fight the spiritual Avatar with him too?"
Qin Li shook his head.
"Lin Chuan killed the spiritual Avatar by himself. We just handled the small fry."
Shen Zhiyuan also nodded.
Their lives were saved by Lin Chuan, so how could they have the face to claim any credit now?
Besides, they wouldn't dare to.
Tiger King held the demon core fragment.
He had originally thought it would be great if Lin Chuancould help Ning Zhaoyue deal with the nearby lords.
As it turned out, this kid fought his way all the way to the end.
He didn't even let the spiritual Avatar that came from the Demon Realm return!
"Not bad, kid."
Tiger King put the fragment back into the evidence box.
"The Zhenyuan Division will verify the results of this rescue and the kills. Your rewards will be issued to you very soon."
Hearing about rewards, Lin Chuan instantly perked up.
"Then please hurry up. I've been wanting to buy a Telekinetic Weapon lately."
"I haven't used Mental Strength to crush my enemies in a long time. I've been using my fists lately."
"Didn't the Imperial Capital Lin Family just give you a billion?"
"That is my own money now, and I don't like spending my own money," Lin Chuan said honestly.
Tiger King was somewhat speechless. This cheapness was simply unreal.
"You kid!"
That evening.
After verifying the investigation records, on-site evidence, and combat footage, the Zhenyuan Division officially announced the results of this operation.
The three missing investigation teams had been found.
All surviving personnel were rescued.
The Five Elements Cult's stronghold in the Ninth Mining Area was cleared, and the ancient prison Secret Realmwas breached.
Additionally, a fifth-stage Peak Celestial Demon Kingspiritual Avatar was killed on the spot!
The specific investigation data was taken away by the Zhenyuan Division.
Before long, major media outlets reposted the combat clips from the campus live stream.
[Eighteen-Year-Old Jiuli Freshman Breaches Ancient Prison Secret Realm Alone!]
[Rescuing Three Missing Investigation Teams, Lin ChuanKills Fifth-Stage Peak Demon King Spiritual Avatar!]
Below the news, the combat video was attached directly.
Ten lightning Avatars.
One hundred Cangtian Divine Fists.
And those final few blasts of blue-black poison thunder.
The footage, which had originally only circulated on the Jiuli campus intranet, quickly appeared on major platforms.
When many people clicked on it, they thought it was just some promotional video edited by some company.
After watching it, they were completely stunned.
"Eighteen? When I was eighteen, I was still fighting for my life just to reach the ninth stage of Martial Artist!"
"Is this the SSS-Rank Thunder Element Genius from this year's college entrance examination?"
"University hasn't even officially started yet, and he's already slaughtered a fifth-stage Peak?"
"The last time I saw news about him, he was still using a Mental Strength watermelon knife. How long has it been since then?!"
"I remember his younger brother is also an SSS-Rank Thunder Element Genius, but he's probably nowhere near this powerful!"
Some people didn't believe it either.
They felt that Lin Chuan must have carried treasures prepared by the Imperial Capital Lin Family, and the video only showed the final concluding part.
This talk quickly reached Lin Chuan's ears.
He was sitting in the station, waiting for Zhou Mingchuanto take inventory of the supplies.
After hearing it, he handed his band straight over.
"Old Zhou, post the full key combat segments."
"Post everything, from when I went in to rescue the people to when the spiritual Avatar was beaten to death."
Zhou Mingchuan glanced at the video length.
"Post everything? That's not short."
"So what if it's long?"
Lin Chuan leaned back against his chair.
"Post it!"
Ning Zhaoyue reminded him from the side, "The investigation records cannot be posted."
"I know, I'm only posting the fighting parts."
Once the full video was uploaded, the arguments suddenly decreased by a lot.
The cold iron prison door was cleaved open with a single slash.
The hooked souls were snatched back by Lin Chuanhimself.
The Warden and the Demon King spiritual Avatar were also beaten to death by him right in front of the live camera.
From beginning to end, everything was crystal clear.
Lin Chuan was truly strong, not relying on the advantage of equipment.
Outside the borders.
Inside a Five Elements Cult stronghold.
Several higher-ups were watching the footage of Lin Chuan absorbing the spectre core.
On the table lay the loss records of the Ninth Mining Area.
All five lord strongholds were completely wiped out.
Some of the cultists sent to the prison had been refined into lamp oil by the Warden, and the remaining survivors had fallen into the hands of the Zhenyuan Division.
As for the spectre core they had coveted for many years...
It was now on Lin Chuan!
"We sent so many people in, and so many priests died, only to make a wedding dress for him in the end? I'm going to die of anger!"
An old man slammed the records onto the table.
"The core can upgrade talent. Since he used it, his Poison-type Talent has already reached SSS-Rank!"
The man sitting opposite paused the video on the clump of poisonous fire in Lin Chuan's palm.
"Spread the news."
"Say that the spectre core has not been completely refined by him yet. As long as someone devours Lin Chuan, they can obtain the remaining core power and evolve their own talent to SSS-Rank."
The priest nearby raised his head.
"But he has already fused with it. Will anyone believe this news?"
"Hmph!"
The man glanced at him.
"How long does it take for a normal person to refine an ancient treasure capable of upgrading talent rank?"
"Lin Chuan used it within minutes of getting it. Do you think outsiders will believe he has already absorbed it all completely?"
The priest said no more.
SSS-Rank Talent.
This benefit was simply too immense.
Even if there was only a slight possibility, some people wouldn't be able to resist trying.
The news quickly spread to various places along the cult's communication channels.
The Celestial Demon Royal Family also updated their bounty.
The rewards were a major step up from before.
Lin Chuan's appearance, age, Thunder Element abilities, and latest combat footage were all posted up.
More and more celestial demons and cult Martial Artists began to study this eighteen-year-old human.
Some wanted to avenge the Five Elements Cult.
Some wanted to claim the royal Clan's bounty.
And still others targeted the so-called spectre core.
"His movement technique can pass through ordinary Formations, so don't try to trap him with those kinds of things."
"His Thunder Element attacks are very strong, and we also need to guard against that blue-black poison fire."
"One person isn't enough. Find a few who can cooperate. We'll make our move once he leaves Jiuli!"
Many people did not set off immediately after watching the footage.
Lin Chuan was capable of killing a fifth-stage Peakspiritual Avatar.
Going there rashly would be no different from seeking death.
Potions, protective gear, and secret techniques targeting the Thunder Element all had to be prepared.
Some human Martial Artists were also tempted.
Inside a private cultivation room.
A Clan consecrator read the message about the spectre core several times.
The person beside him reminded, "This was spread by a cult. They're likely trying to use others' hands to kill Lin Chuan."
"I know."
The consecrator put down his band.
"But the spectre core is real, and the fact that Lin Chuan's Poison-type Talent has upgraded is also real."
"Don't you find it strange? How long has he had it? Can he really have refined all of it?"
"That kid can even kill a Demon King spiritual Avatar. Can you beat him?"
The consecrator fell silent for a moment.
Then, he opened his contact list and found several people he hadn't contacted in a long time.
One person might not beat him.
But what about several people?
If one could truly obtain an SSS-Rank Talent, taking a bit of a risk wasn't out of the question!
...
The Ninth Mining Area station.
Just as Lin Chuan finished dinner, notifications rang out one after another in his mind.
[New enemy detected!]
[Binding successful!]
[New enemy detected!]
[Binding successful!]
At first, it rang once every few minutes.
Later, it would ring over a dozen times in a single minute!
Lin Chuan opened the list and looked at the new names constantly appearing, feeling a bit surprised.
So many people?
Celestial demons.
Five Elements Cult priests.
High-stage Martial Artists from other cults.
And behind them was even a batch of human experts!
Lin Chuan watched for a while, and Ning Zhaoyuehappened to walk in holding her band.
"Tiger King asked me to show you this."
She projected the message onto the table.
[The spectre core has not been completely refined yet!]
[Devour Lin Chuan to seize the core power and obtain a chance to upgrade to an SSS-Rank Talent!]
Lin Chuan was stunned for a moment.
Then he looked down at himself.
"My goodness, they've turned me into Tang Sanzang's flesh?"
"My god, you're still in the mood to joke. Why don't you say you're a Ginseng Fruit? This news was released by the Five Elements Cult."
Ning Zhaoyue frowned.
"They want others to target you too. Many people are already asking about your whereabouts now, even some human Martial Artists."
"I've already finished absorbing the core."
"It doesn't matter if they don't believe it. Besides, to them, I'm no Ginseng Fruit—I'm the Ancestor of Earth Immortals."
Lin Chuan said confidently.
With my current strength, I'll kill whoever comes, whether it's one or a thousand.
Lin Chuan looked back at the System list.
The number was still increasing!
Five hundred.
One thousand.
Two thousand.
By late night, the newly added enemies had already exceeded three thousand people!
And this batch was different from those students who had previously only cursed at him on the campus intranet.
Among them was a large number of high-stage Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters.
There were also quite a few fifth-stage celestial demons.
They had already clearly prepared to make a move on Lin Chuan, and the System bound every single one of them without exception!
What made Lin Chuan even happier was that these people were very willing to spend money on themselves.
With the bounty and the SSS-Rank Talent right there...
Potions they usually couldn't bear to use were all brought out now.
[Enemy consumes a fifth-stage Ningyuan Potion!]
[Triggered 500x return!]
[Host obtains a massive accumulation of astral qi!]
A stream of warm current surged directly into Lin Chuan's body.
He had just run his cultivation technique to absorb it when the next notification rang out again.
[Enemy cultivations a mental secret technique, Mental Strength increased!]
[Triggered 800x return!]
[Host's Mental Strength increased!]
[Enemy comprehends the "Lightning Avoidance Art"!]
[Triggered 1000x return!]
[Host obtains cultivation experience for the "Lightning Avoidance Art"!]
Lin Chuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
In order to kill him, these people were researching how to withstand Thunder Element attacks.
As a result, even the methods they researched were returned to him as well!
Notifications came one after another.
Lin Chuan sat on his chair as the astral qi inside his body continuously circulated, and the power in his mental space also grew.
Previously, with a few hundred people returning things to him, it was already quite comfortable.
Now, there were suddenly over three thousand top experts.
Each wealthier than the last.
And to deal with him, they were all preparing in earnest!
Flipping through the increasingly long list, Lin Chuancouldn't help but slap his thigh.
"This is seriously awesome!"
Chapter 138: The Rewards Have Been Distributed
The next afternoon.
Xinghuo's convoy drove into Jiuli Academy.
Dozens of transport vehicles were packed to the brim.
Monster materials, Heilan iron, crimson marrow crystals, as well as the cold iron and wraith materials moved out from the ancient prison.
Just as the last vehicle passed the school gate, everyone's mission wristbands vibrated simultaneously.
[Heilan Ash Zone joint eradication mission, settlement complete!]
[Student organization merit rankings are as follows!]
[First place: Xinghuo Society!]
[Second place: Tianheng Society!]
[Third place: Chifeng Society!]
Seeing this, Zhao Qishan poked his head straight out of the car window.
"First place!"
"Brothers, we really got first place!"
Cheers instantly erupted from several cars.
"Xinghuo is first!"
"Big brother Tianheng, sorry about that!"
"From now on, don't say we're forever third place!"
Someone even took a screenshot of the rankings and posted it directly onto the Jiuli Academy campus network.
Xinghuo captured four core strongholds.
They cleared the main mining tunnel on the Ninth Layer.
In his capacity as the vice president of Xinghuo Society, Lin Chuan completed the first clear of the ancient Secret Realm and slew the fifth-rank Peak Demon Kings Spiritual Body.
All these battle achievements were counted towards Xinghuo's organizational merit.
As for the ancient prison Secret Realm, it still belonged to Lin Chuan personally.
His lord kills, Secret Realm first clear, and Zhenyuan Division rewards would also be settled separately.
Holding the rankings, Zhao Qishan drooled with excitement.
"Old Duan, it's first place!"
"I see it."
Duan Cheng put on a very calm facade with his words.
But his heart was beating wildly, equally excited beyond measure.
Having served as president of Xinghuo for so many years, he never expected that before graduation, he could actually lead Xinghuo to surpass Tianheng Society and Chifeng Society and win first place for once!
In the Board of Directors meeting room.
Several board members supporting Tianheng Societylooked at the final rankings with ugly expressions.
The kill recordings of the four strongholds.
The protective formation and transportation records of the Ninth Layer.
There was also the campus live broadcast of the ancient Secret Realm and the Demon Kings Spiritual Body.
Even if they wanted to find fault, they didn't know where to start.
One board member put down the documents and couldn't help complaining, "Tianheng was too weak this time. With dozens of armored vehicles and the latest terrain data, they only managed to snatch one lord in the end."
"Can you blame them?"
The person beside him sighed.
"Who could have expected Lin Chuan to be so abnormal?"
"The Crimson-Armored Rock King died in a single slash. Tianheng and Chifeng joined forces and were dragged into the soul lamp by the Warden, and in the end, it was Lin Chuan who rescued them."
"The Demon Kings Spiritual Body came over with a Saint Artifact, but it didn't last long either."
"With this kid in Xinghuo, what does Tianheng have to compete with him?"
Speaking of this, the few of them felt even more uncomfortable.
Five hundred thousand contribution points.
Five hundred Advanced public cultivation slots.
This was a reward they personally proposed to add!
They originally wanted to compensate Tianheng for the losses of having its hall emptied out.
Now look at this.
It was all given to Xinghuo!
"Stop looking, sign it."
"The battle merits are all real."
The board members could only sign one after another.
Soon, the approval results were issued.
[First-place reward approval passed!]
[Xinghuo Society receives 500,000 contribution points!]
[Receives 500 Advanced public cultivation slots!]
[Usage period: 30 days!]
Xinghuo Hall.
After returning, Duan Cheng immediately called everyone into the courtyard.
Over seven hundred people stood there, filling the place to capacity.
This time, even the members in charge of watching the warehouse ran out.
Duan Cheng handed the 500 cultivation slots over to Zhou Mingchuan and Xu Tang.
"Everyone gets a share."
"All groups will be arranged with staggered schedules. During these thirty days, no one should be idle. Those who can breakthrough should hurry and breakthrough."
"In the past, we didn't have resources, so we could only prioritize a portion of the people."
"Now that 500 slots are laid out here, our seven-plus hundred people can take turns going, which is more than enough!"
The crowd immediately became lively.
"President, logistics get them too?"
Hearing this, Zhou Mingchuan directly turned his head.
"Nonsense, transporting medicine, repairing roads, and moving corpses are also meritorious contributions, alright!"
Over at the Medical Team, a girl couldn't help asking, "Our Realm isn't high, can we also go to the Advancedcultivation area?"
Xu Tang raised her hand and pointed at her.
"Precisely because your Realm isn't high, you should go even more."
"Every time we enter the battlefield, we have to follow behind the main combat group to save people. If our feet are a bit slow, we won't save the wounded and will die ourselves first."
"This time, everyone will cultivation together!"
After hearing this, everyone was completely relieved.
In the past, whenever the society obtained a little good resource, most of it had to be given to the main combat group first.
It wasn't that Duan Cheng was partial.
It was truly because there were too few things, so they could only prioritize cultivating combat personnel.
This time with 500 slots, everyone in the society had a share!
After another half an hour or so.
Lin Chuan finally returned from the mission center.
As soon as he walked into the hall, he was spotted by someone.
"President Lin is back!"
Over seven hundred people turned their heads together.
The next second, the cheers directly startled Lin Chuan.
"Brother Chuan is awesome!"
"President Lin, we got first place!"
"Brother Chuan, you really are my own big brother!"
Zhao Qishan spread his arms even wider and squeezed out from the crowd.
Lin Chuan quickly reached out to press against his forehead.
"Stop!"
"Getting all touchy, what kind of behavior is this."
"Hehe, I got excited."
After being pushed away, Zhao Qishan was still grinning stupidly over there.
Holding the contribution point distribution record, Duan Cheng came before Lin Chuan.
"Brother Chuan, the 500,000 contribution points for the collective reward have also arrived in the account."
"Most of the battle merits this time were fought out by you. How much are you planning to take?"
"Even if you take ninety percent, nobody will have any objections."
The crowd quickly quieted down.
Everyone looked at Lin Chuan.
The four lords were killed by him.
The Secret Realm was taken down by him.
The Demon Kings Spiritual Body likewise died at his hands.
If Lin Chuan really took away the majority, no one could say anything.
Lin Chuan, however, waved his hand.
"No need, I don't want a single point."
Duan Cheng thought he had misheard.
"You don't want any of it?"
"The academy's personal rewards for me haven't finished settling yet, and there's also a large sum from the Zhenyuan Division, plus the Martial Arts Association, the Education Department, and so on."
Lin Chuan shook his mission wristband.
"Added together, these rewards are way more than these 500,000."
"Besides, I'm not lacking in contribution points, why would I compete with you guys for them?"
"Split it all up."
Hearing this, everyone in the courtyard was completely shocked.
Immediately afterwards, the cheers were even louder than before!
"Split all 500,000!"
"Brother Chuan is magnanimous!"
"President Lin, whatever you tell me to move in the future, I'll move it!"
Lin Chuan nodded with satisfaction.
"There are still a few storerooms in the prison Secret Realm that haven't been cleared out yet. I'll take you there in a few days."
"Alrighty!"
"We're going too!"
"Hehe!"
Zhao Qishan took out his own weapon.
The blade was covered in marks left by repairs, and the outside of the hilt was wrapped in several layers of cloth.
"Old Zhou, can the main combat group change equipment this time?"
"Change."
"Can we change to fourth-rank ones?"
"Depends on how many contribution points you get allocated."
"Then I'll add a bit of my own!"
Looking at the old blade in his hand, the more Zhao Qishanlooked, the more disgusted he became.
"I've repaired this blade three times already. The last time I hacked at a monster, a piece of the blade chipped off and almost sliced our own people."
A main combat group member nearby patted the battle armor on his chest.
"My piece needs to be changed too."
His battle armor was obviously not a full set.
The shoulder armor on his left was black, while the right shoulder was silver, and there was a large patched-up mark on his chest.
"The left side is my own, and that piece on the right was dismantled from Old Sun's old battle armor."
"What about this piece on the chest?" Lin Chuan asked.
"This is Brother Zhao's old one."
Lin Chuan looked at Zhao Qishan.
"Good fellow, is your battle armor assembled from spare parts?"
"There's no other way, we were poor before."
Zhao Qishan didn't feel ashamed at all.
"If we threw one away every time it broke, how much money would that cost? Whichever piece could still be used would be taken apart and continued to be used."
"We don't need to do that anymore!"
He opened the academy mall and began choosing new battle armor.
"This time, the main combat group must at least replace them with a full set!"
Zhou Mingchuan reminded from the side, "Logistics and Medical Teams also need to change into life-protecting equipment."
"Their combat power isn't as strong as the main combat group, and when entering the ash zone, they still have to move supplies and carry the wounded. Both of their hands are occupied, so they need protection even more than you guys."
Xu Tang nodded immediately.
"The Medical Team wants protective talismans and light armor; Heavy Armor affects saving people."
"Also, first-aid kits should be replaced with a new batch as well."
Zhao Qishan waved his big hand.
"Change them, change all of them!"
Lin Chuan listened from the side and couldn't help laughing.
It wasn't that Xinghuo's members didn't want to use good equipment in the past.
They simply couldn't afford it, so they could only repair it whenever it broke, making do with it.
This time, with 500,000 contribution points and the large amount of materials they transported back, they could finally collectively replace them with a batch of good things.
Standing outside the crowd, Duan Cheng watched Zhao Qishan and the others choose equipment, and his heart finally relaxed completely.
The last large-scale team-leading mission before graduation.
Xinghuo got first place.
Ordinary members got cultivation slots.
Those patched-up pieces of equipment that had been used for several years could finally be replaced.
His stint as president wasn't in vain.
Lin Chuan walked over and patted his shoulder.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
Duan Cheng smiled.
"It just feels like happiness came too suddenly, like a dream."
Looking at the excited crowd in the courtyard, Lin Chuanwas likewise in a good mood.
"This is just the beginning!"
"Follow me from now on, and everyone will have meat to eat!"
Chapter 139: Rewards That Make Your Hands Soft!
As soon as Lin Chuan finished cultivation, the villa doorbell rang.
Standing outside the door were the Tiger King, Ning Zhaoyue, and the rescued Zhenyuan Division captain.
The Tiger King held a document in his hand, and two Zhenyuan Division members behind him each carried a silver suitcase.
When Lin Chuan saw this posture, he immediately perked up.
"Northeast Tiger King, here to deliver money?"
"You brat, the moment you see me, you only think about money!"
The Tiger King slapped the document into his hands.
"The official rewards promised to you yesterday have all been calculated by the Zhenyuan Division."
Lin Chuan invited them into the house, sat on the sofa, and opened the document.
The contributions for this mission were all calculated separately.
[Rescued three missing investigation teams!]
[Destroyed the Five Elements Cult mining area stronghold!]
[Breached the ancient prison Secret Realm!]
[Killed the tier 5 Peak Demon Kings Spiritual Body!]
Adding the four rewards together, the Zhenyuan Divisiondirectly gave 500 million!
In addition, there were ten tier 5 Qi Condensation potions.
Ten high-grade Mental Strength potions.
These high-grade Mental Strength potions were very powerful, capable of rapidly converting ordinary Mental Strength into high-grade Mental Strength.
The two silver suitcases at the back were filled with these items.
The Tiger King opened the suitcases.
Twenty potions were neatly arranged inside.
Each potion had a special energy seal on the outside.
"The Qi Condensation potions can help you increase your total Gang Qi, while the Mental Strength potions can enhance your Mental Strength."
"You couldn't buy these potions outside even with money. You'd better keep them for yourself instead of selling them directly."
Lin Chuan picked up one and looked at it.
"Do I look like such a wasteful person?"
The Tiger King glanced at him.
"The day before yesterday, you were still planning to melt a life-protecting Saint Artifact to forge a saber."
"That was the right thing to do. I don't need to protect my soul anyway, so why keep it otherwise."
Lin Chuan put away the potion box.
These twenty potions happened to suit him just right.
After refining the Demon King soul, his Mental Strengthsurged by ten thousand engravings.
A large portion of it had not yet been condensed into high-grade Mental Strength.
With these high-grade Mental Strength potions, he could save a lot of time.
The Tiger King reminded him again, "Over at Jiuli Academy, your personal battle merits have also been settled."
Lin Chuan opened his mission bracelet.
Two hundred thousand contribution points had already been transferred into his personal account.
This didn't even count the five hundred thousand collective reward that Spark received.
"Two hundred thousand?"
Lin Chuan looked at the account balance, quite satisfied.
Yesterday, he even told Duan Cheng that his rewards were way more than Spark's five hundred thousand.
Now it seemed he really wasn't bragging!
Ning Zhaoyue beside him also took out her reward record.
She completed the five-star independent investigation mission, found the three missing teams, and brought back complete information on the ancient prison and the Five Elements Cult.
The bonus, potions, and Zhenyuan military merits were not lacking at all.
"When I took the mission, I only thought about finding out the cause of the disappearance."
Ning Zhaoyue looked at her rewards in a good mood.
"After taking a trip with you, the five-star mission was directly over-fulfilled."
"You really do bring good fortune to your friends."
Lin Chuan nodded.
"Of course, I already told you, I'm a person who brings good fortune to friends."
As the two were talking, the Zhenyuan Division captain stood up.
His injuries had not fully recovered yet, and his face was still somewhat pale.
"Lin Chuan, I came here specially to express my gratitude this time."
"Our three investigation teams were able to survive and get out of the prison entirely thanks to you."
"And those team members whose souls were extracted by the Warden. If you hadn't snatched the souls back from the soul lamps, even if their bodies were brought out, they wouldn't be able to wake up."
After finishing speaking, the captain bowed seriously to Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan reached out to steady him.
"Hey, cut it out with this."
"I was going to fight the Warden anyway, I just saved people along the way."
However, the captain did not treat this matter as something done casually along the way.
When they were locked in the soul-forbidden cells, they all thought they were dead for sure.
In the end, it was Lin Chuan who let everyone out.
How could they not be grateful and thankful for this lifesaving grace?
After the captain finished thanking him, the Tiger King signed his name at the end of the mission document.
[Ninth Mining Area disappearance investigation mission, officially closed!]
After the Zhenyuan Division's rewards were delivered, the rewards from the national Martial Arts Association and the Department of Education arrived successively.
The commotion Lin Chuan caused this time was too big.
Eighteen years old, breaching an ancient Secret Realm.
Rescuing three investigation teams.
And killing a tier 5 Peak Demon Kings Spiritual Body.
The national Martial Arts Association directly issued him a Genius cultivation bonus, plus a few pieces of high-grade Thunder Element materials.
The Department of Education likewise gave a reward.
Several major chambers of commerce in Jiuli City also took the initiative to send potions, protective gear, and weapon materials.
They weren't simply doing good deeds.
Lin Chuan was currently riding high in the spotlight.
And he had the Imperial Capital Lin Family as his backing.
Sending some things now to become familiar might allow them to establish a connection in the future.
In just half a day, the gifts Lin Chuan received had already piled up half the living room.
He kept the Thunder Element materials, Mental Strengthpotions, and a few usable items.
As for the remaining protective gear, weapons, and other attribute potions that didn't suit him, he handed them all over to Gu Shanhe to handle.
Selling them for money was fine; many things could be refunded for him, as long as he got equipment and the like.
"Sell them!"
"Convert them into money, and in a few days it'll be just right to buy mental weapons!"
Keeping these things in his hands was just taking up space.
Converting them into money was the most practical!
Over the next few days.
The Ninth Mining Area also officially resumed mining.
Jiuli Academy and the military each sent a professional team.
The military was responsible for garrisoning.
The school engineering team was responsible for repairing the mining tunnels and transportation equipment.
Spark continued to participate in the maintenance of the protective Formation and ore transportation.
From the Seventh Layer to the Ninth Layer, several paths destroyed by fiends were all reopened.
The large protective Formation was also reinforced.
The main mining tunnel previously occupied by the Crimson-Armored Rock King finally reappeared within human control.
The most important thing was still the red marrow crystal ore vein.
After professional prospecting personnel inspected the orevein, the results given were even better than Duan Cheng's estimate.
Reserves were sufficient.
Purity was very high.
According to the current mining speed, stable mining could be maintained for at least several decades.
As the killer of the Crimson-Armored Rock King and the main pioneer of the Ninth Layer mining area, Lin Chuancould get the largest share of the profits according to the gray zone pioneering agreement.
After deducting expenses such as garrisoning, mining, transportation, and equipment maintenance.
His annual net income would not be less than three billion!
And this was still a conservative estimate.
If new red marrow crystal mines were discovered deeper down later on, the profits would continue to increase.
Lin Chuan looked at the numbers on the pioneering agreement, and his eyes lit up.
Three billion a year.
Several decades, that would be hundreds of billions!
And he didn't have to do anything.
When settlement time came, the money would naturally be transferred into his account.
This ore vein was truly comfortable!
The exploration of the ancient prison Secret Realm was also carried on simultaneously.
After the Warden died, there were no longer any tier 5 Peak lords inside the Secret Realm.
The remaining iron-chained prisoners and lantern-holding jailers had their strength reduced quite a bit.
Several professional teams entered the Secret Realm and cleared out the cold iron inventory, specter stones, and other materials.
Those preserved ancient Formations were handed over to the Jiuli Formation Academy to study slowly.
After preliminary assessment, this Secret Realm would not disappear due to the death of the core lord.
Some of the specter monsters inside would slowly reappear with the Secret Realm's energy.
However, their strength would fall far short of the Warden's level.
The school planned to transform the prison Secret Realminto a legion instance dungeon.
In the future, student battle teams, military teams, and other Martial Artists could pay money to enter and gain experience.
The specter materials obtained from killing monsters belonged to the challengers.
The ticket revenue for entering the Secret Realm, as well as the management fees paid by the school, would all be settled with Lin Chuan according to the property rights agreement.
The Secret Realm property rights 100% belonged to Lin Chuan.
The school was only responsible for development and management.
After listening, Lin Chuan felt even more gratified.
A red marrow crystal ore vein yielding over three billion annually.
An ancient prison Secret Realm could not only produce cold iron and specter materials, but could also sell instance dungeon tickets in the future.
This was simply a money-printing machine that could breed on its own!
After all rewards and profits were properly arranged, Lin Chuan also prepared to handle his own serious business.
His Mental Strength had already reached 28,000 engravings.
The recent refunds continued to increase.
But those six psychic mental weapons had long shattered inside the Soul Pool.
With such strong Mental Strength, not having a handy mental weapon all this time was simply too wasteful.
To do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools.
If he could have good equipment, his combat power could double again.
There was also the tier 4 thunder saber in his hand.
Now it was somewhat failing to keep up with his strength.
Lin Chuan took out the life-protecting Saint Artifact left behind by the Demon Kings Spiritual Body, and put the thunder saber on his back.
First, go to the Weapon Academy.
Use the tier 6 materials of that Saint Artifact to upgrade the thunder saber to tier 5 Peak!
Then, use the one billion given by the Lin Family, plus the money from the Zhenyuan Division and recently sold spoils of war, to purchase a set of tier 5 top-grade mental weapons!
"With money!"
"You just have to spend it!"
Chapter 140: 1.86 Billion Mental Weapon!
Jiuli Academy, Weaponry College.
Lin Chuan carried the thunder blade on his back, and also held a black metal box in his hand.
What was packed inside the box was precisely the life-protecting Saint Artifact left behind by the Demon King's Spiritual Body.
This thing was originally wrapped around the outside of the demonic core.
Lin Chuan's final shot of Cangtian Poison Thundershattered the internal demonic core, yet the external Saint Artifact remained completely intact, only the spirit patterns on it had all gone dark.
The dean of the Weaponry College personally waited for him in the underground forging room.
"Take it out and let me see."
Lin Chuan opened the box.
A black and gold metal outer shell appeared on the forging table.
The dean put on gloves, first checked it with an instrument, then picked up a small hammer from the side and gently tapped the outer shell a few times.
Clang!
A crisp sound spread out.
Several weapons hanging on the wall nearby all trembled slightly along with it.
The dean's expression instantly turned serious.
He sent a wisp of Gang Qi into the interior of the metal.
On the surface of the protective shell, those dark golden patterns that had gone dark unexpectedly lit up a small portion once again.
However, it only maintained for a few seconds before dimming down once more.
"What a good item!"
"This is tier 6 Heavenly Demon Mystic Gold."
The dean took off his gloves with a trace of regret on his face.
"The materials are preserved quite completely. If you had directly sold this thing to the Weaponry College just now, we could have offered you at least two billion."
"Only two billion?"
Lin Chuan showed a bit of disdain.
"This is a Saint Artifact after all!"
Hearing this, the dean wanted to glare at him.
"What about a Saint Artifact? What is truly valuable are the complete spirit patterns and the internal weapon soul. Now the demonic core is gone, and the spirit patterns have also been mostly burned away by your toxic power, leaving only a layer of tier 6 materials."
"Being able to give you two billion is already quite a lot!"
Lin Chuan picked up that protective shell.
He certainly didn't want to sell it; money was something that needed to be converted into combat power to be crucial, otherwise no matter how much was saved, it would be useless.
Nowadays, he could easily earn tens of billions a year just by lying down.
He simply wasn't short of money.
"Can it be melted into my blade?"
Lin Chuan placed the thunder blade onto the forging table.
This blade had accompanied him through quite a few fights.
It was fine to use before.
But as his strength continuously improved, the tier 4 thunder saber could already barely hold on.
The last time he executed the hundred-meter thunder blade, a few tiny cracks appeared inside the blade body.
Continuing to use it like this,
perhaps one day with a single slash, the blade would directly disintegrate on the spot.
The dean picked up the thunder blade to inspect it once more, then put the two items together and carefully studied them for a moment.
"It can be melted. The school's tier 6 Heavenly Fire Furnace can process this kind of material. However, we can only help you upgrade the weapon to tier 5 Peak."
Lin Chuan: "Can't it be raised to tier 6?"
The dean sighed.
"Wanting to forge a tier 6 weapon, the most crucial part is tier 6 spirit patterns."
"Tier 5 spirit patterns can only extract external energy and then release it through the weapon. Tier 6 spirit patterns, however, can independently absorb the energy in space, forming a complete internal circulation."
"Up to now, we haven't completely mastered that kind of technology."
Speaking of this, the dean also felt somewhat helpless.
The Weaponry College of Jiuli Academy ranked quite high throughout the entire Great Xia.
Tier 5 weapons were something they could forge.
Tier 6 weapons, however, couldn't be crafted just by having money and materials.
Most of the tier 6 weapons on Earth were brought back from the Gray Zone and ancient Secret Realms.
Humans could repair them and use them.
Wanting to forge one from scratch was simply too difficult.
"After this recasting, the blade material can reach tier 6, and the strength will definitely not be a problem."
"I will carve another set of tier 5 Peak Thunder Elementspirit patterns for you. Later on, even if you find a tier 6 Artifact Refiner, you won't need to replace the materials; you can directly upgrade on the original foundation."
Lin Chuan nodded.
"Where can I find a tier 6 Artifact Refiner?"
"The Earth Abyss."
The dean conveniently popularized some knowledge about the Earth Abyss for Lin Chuan.
"Not all creatures inside the Earth Abyss are demons and monsters; many neutral races also live there. Some races have an Inheritance history much longer than humans, and the Artifact Refining, Formation, and potion technologies they master are also much older."
"Many of the high-tier technologies currently used by humans were initially obtained through trade with those races."
"However, an Artifact Refiner capable of forging tier 6 weapons is a big figure in whichever race they belong to. Wanting to hire them to act, having money alone is not enough."
"Then we'll talk about it later."
Tier 5 Peak is already enough.
When I truly encounter a tier 6 Artifact Refiner, I'll upgrade it then.
The dean handed the two items over to several instructors nearby.
"Recasting will take three days."
"During these three days, the thunder blade will remain in the Heavenly Fire Furnace."
"The fee has already been deducted from your contribution points account."
Lin Chuan glanced at his wristband.
The Weaponry College's actions were indeed fast.
As soon as he clicked confirmation, a large sum of contribution points was gone.
However, compared to tier 6 materials, this little fee was simply nothing.
Several instructors dismantled the life-protecting Saint Artifact.
The black and gold outer shell was divided into more than a dozen pieces, ready to be sent into the Heavenly Fire Furnace together with the thunder blade.
Lin Chuan watched for a moment and suddenly reminded, "Right, remember to pack up the remaining scraps for me."
The dean turned back to look at him.
"You want the scraps too?"
"Of course I do."
"With your mineral veins and Secret Realms combined, you earn tens of billions a year, and you still care about these little things?"
Lin Chuan said with a straight face, "Waste is a crime."
The dean was rendered somewhat speechless by him.
"Fine, fine, fine."
"When the time comes, even if a scrap drops off, I'll pack it all up for you."
"Many thanks."
The thunder blade began recasting.
Next, it was time to buy a mental weapon.
Lin Chuan left the Weaponry College and arrived at the Jiuli Treasury.
The instructor in charge of weapon exchange, upon learning of Lin Chuan's request, pulled out an entire row of tier 5 mental weapons.
Spiritual Flying Sword.
Soul-Suppressing Needle.
Telekinetic Wheel Blade.
Inside, there was even a small mental cannon.
Lin Chuan flipped through a few pages, totaling only around a dozen or so items.
"Just these?"
The instructor glanced at him.
"Tier 5 mental weapons are already few to begin with. Being able to bring out this many from the academy's treasury is already quite impressive."
"Then I want the most expensive and strongest one."
"..."
This requirement was indeed simple.
No need to introduce functions, nor compare cost-effectiveness.
Whichever is most expensive, whichever is strongest, take that one.
He closed the ordinary catalog and re-entered his permissions.
A piece of red weapon information appeared in front of the two.
[Tier 5 Ultimate Combined Mental Weapon!]
[Main Body Quantity: One thousand two hundred pieces!]
[Exchange Price: 1.86 Billion!]
Upon seeing the quantity, Lin Chuan instantly became interested.
"Let's look at this one."
The instructor led him into the deepest part of the treasury.
After passing through three consecutive metal doors, the two arrived at an underground testing field several hundred meters wide.
In the center of the field sat a silver weapon box over two meters long.
The instructor pressed his permission against the weapon box.
Click!
The silver weapon box opened to both sides.
Neatly arranged inside were one thousand two hundred small mental blades.
Every single one was only the size of a willow leaf.
Silvery white throughout.
The blade was so thin it was almost invisible.
After approaching, Lin Chuan could feel that every single mental blade was engraved with extremely complex spiritual spirit patterns.
Connected together as one thousand two hundred blades, the mental fluctuations were quite astonishing.
"This set of mental weapons is the one with the highest grade inside the Jiuli Treasury."
The instructor stood by the side to introduce it.
"One thousand two hundred mental blades can be controlled individually, or combined into a large-scale mental battle blade."
"The power is definitely not a problem."
"However, the control difficulty is too high."
"For an ordinary high-stage Third Transition Spirit Reader, precisely controlling dozens of tier 5 mental weapons simultaneously is already very strenuous."
"Even a Mental King might not necessarily be able to fully unleash all of these one thousand two hundred mental blades."
This set of mental weapons had been placed in the treasury for many years.
Operating them was too troublesome and required very delicate control.
When one thousand two hundred mental blades flew out simultaneously, if there was even a slight issue with mental control, they would collide with each other.
The speed of this kind of small mental blade was also very fast.
If not controlled well, it might injure one's own people.
The price of 1.86 billion was also not something an ordinary person could afford.
Spending so much money to buy a weapon that couldn't unleash its full power
was indeed not cost-effective.
The instructor turned on the protective Formation of the testing field.
"You can give it a try."
"However, don't urge too many at once. Start with ten blades, and slowly increase after adapting."
"Alright."
Lin Chuan pressed his palm onto the weapon box.
Fifteen thousand units of high-grade purple Mental Strength surged out instantly!
Hum!
Inside the weapon box, all the mental blades vibrated simultaneously.
The instructor just wanted to remind him not to rush.
The topmost row of mental blades had already flown up.
One hundred pieces!
Three hundred pieces!
Eight hundred pieces!
In just a few seconds, all one thousand two hundred mental blades left the weapon box and hovered behind Lin Chuan!
The surface of each mental blade was wrapped in a layer of purple Mental Strength.
There was no sign of losing control at all.
One thousand two hundred mental blades shuttled back and forth in mid-air, so fast that only large patches of silver flowing light could be seen.
The treasury instructor was directly dumbfounded.
"Holy crap! You controlled all of them?"
Lin Chuan closed his eyes.
The high-grade Mental Strength divided into one thousand two hundred strands.
Each and every strand precisely connected to a mental blade.
For other Spirit Readers, the difficulty of this kind of distracted control was indeed very high.
But what Lin Chuan cultivated was the Primordial God-Refining Chapter.
In his spiritual space, there was also a Formless Soul Fetus.
Let alone one thousand two hundred blades, even another one thousand blades would completely be within his control range.
Lin Chuan raised his right hand.
"Combine!"
Swish, swish, swish!
All the mental blades converged toward the middle simultaneously.
One blade after another.
In the blink of an eye, a silver mental battle blade nearly one hundred meters long appeared above the testing field!
Purple high-grade Mental Strength flowed along the blade body.
The protective Formation of the entire testing field lit up along with it.
The instructor looked ahead.
There stood a protective wall specially used to test tier 5 weapons.
"Don't—yet—"
Lin Chuan's palm had already fallen.
The hundred-meter mental blade slashed out along with it!
Shriek!
The silver blade cut through the middle of the protective wall, slashing all the way to the ground behind it.
A few seconds later.
That tier 5 protective wall, dozens of meters thick, split apart from the middle.
The cut was incomparably smooth.
The instructor was shocked even further!
This was a protective wall used to test tier 5 ultimate weapons!
Lin Chuan hadn't even used any mental secret arts.
Relying solely on the mental weapon and high-grade Mental Strength, he had sliced it open with a single slash!
The hundred-meter battle blade in mid-air dispersed once again.
One thousand two hundred mental blades rotated around Lin Chuan for a few circles, and then all flew back into the weapon box.
Neatly arranged.
Lin Chuan looked at the cut protective wall, nodded, and was quite satisfied.
"This is it."
The instructor came back to his senses.
"1.86 billion, are you sure you want to buy it?"
"Buy."
Lin Chuan raised his wristband and confirmed the payment on the spot.
The 1 billion previously given by the Lin family.
The 500 million rewarded by the Zhenyuan Division.
Coupled with the money obtained recently from selling spoils of war and various gifts.
Spending 1.86 billion all at once.
The account balance instantly decreased by a large chunk.
However, this sum of money was spent extremely worthily.
Now that he had one thousand two hundred tier 5 ultimate mental blades,
the One Thousand Slashes Sabre Sutra could also be executed through the mental weapon!
His Spirit Reader combat power would at least increase by three times!