Chapter 246: Dragon Girl's Understanding, the Three Great Snake Kings
Altria's words set off a huge wave in Ni Kun's heart.
When Krypton's life skill "Holy Sword" was activated, Altria, the real owner, actually had a sense of it?
After using this move, can Altria's strength increase a little bit?
Ni Kun had always believed that the life span consumed by his life-saving skills was the "energy and fuel" necessary to activate his skills.
Burning lifespan means injecting energy into skills and adding fuel.
But now it seems that if Altria's feeling is correct, then the life span burned by the kryptonian life skill, in addition to being fuel and energy, should also be a kind of "reward".
By paying one's life span, one can obtain a seed of power - the reason why it is called a "power seed" is because the more life span one burns through a kryptonian skill, the more powerful the skill will be.
If Ni Kun burns his lifespan to a certain limit, the power of his life-saving skills will far exceed the upper limit of certain skill owners.
For example, "Night Kai", Ni Kun was willing to sacrifice his life, and it was no problem for him to kick a star to pieces, but the problem was that the main target of this "Night Kai" move was not even Uchiha Madara to death.
The real owner is not that strong, where can he borrow so much power?
Therefore, unless it is a "guardian" like Altria, or an existence like "Master Lu Ya", the real owner of the Seven Arrows Book, most of the kryptonian life skills should just be a trace of power seed borrowed from the real owner.
Then use the burning lifespan as fuel and energy to give birth to power seeds and increase the power of skills.
The person who received the "reward" did not directly receive the lifespan paid by Ni Kun, but instead received an increase in strength.
So, this is the essence of kryptonian skills?
Doesn't that mean that the more I use my life skills, the stronger the owners of those life skills will become?
But in the main god space, reincarnation is infinite. Although there are countless reincarnation worlds that have been destroyed, there must be many reincarnation worlds, and there are still multiple parallel time and space.
So if the owners of the kryptonian skills in various parallel universes are still there, how should I distribute the "reward" I paid?
Originally, only a trace of the "seed of power" was borrowed, and the "reward" given was not much. If it is distributed equally, wouldn't each parallel time and space isotope only get a tiny amount?
Well, it’s not my business to worry about allocation.
But what should we do if the owner of some kryptonian life-saving skills is only one left, and he has become a lackey of the extraterritorial demon?
Then if I use my life-saving skills, wouldn't that be helping the enemy?
Of course, the possibility of "aiding the enemy" should be relatively small.
Ni Kun felt that his entire "氪命挂" should have a very deep connection with the main god space and the reincarnation world.
The reason is simple:
The krypton life skills belonging to the "氪生命挂", almost all of them are skills from various reincarnation worlds.
Moreover, the death rebirth and time reversal of the kryptonian cheat is also an extremely powerful ability. Because what is reversing is not just his own time, nor the time of a certain reincarnation world.
Xuanzang had such sharp clairvoyance, clairaudience and telepathy, and was said to be able to see through all the worlds. But when he had a fight with Sima Yi Cell in a wasteland world without a "world barrier", and died and reborn so many times, Xuanzang was completely unable to see through it.
This means that when he died and was reborn, his kryptonian life cheat even caused the guardian temple in a higher dimension "above the nine heavens" to go back in time.
The ability of the krypton life cheat is so powerful that Ni Kun would never believe that it has no deep connection with the main god space and the reincarnation world.
And since the Krypton Life Cheat has a very deep connection with this "Reincarnation Universe", the possibility of using the Krypton Life Skill to assist the enemy is relatively small.
"But no matter what, you should be more careful when using Kryptonian Life Skills in the future, and give priority to the skills of the Guardians."
Ni Kun pondered in his heart.
He was meditating here.
Xiao Longnu had already finished checking the two "enhanced suits" and was about to report the good news to Artoria, when she saw Artoria raise her hand and gesture for silence.
Looking at Ni Kun, who was thinking with one hand around his chest and the other supporting his chin, Xiao Longnu nodded in understanding but said nothing.
After a long while, Ni Kun came back to his senses and said to Altria:
"How much has your strength limit increased?"
Altria said:
"Not much. You used the Holy Sword three times, and my guardian's strength limit increased by about one ten-thousandth of a percent."
Only one in ten thousand?
Not much...
But then again, as a guardian, Altoli is on the same level as An Wuji, Blood Evil Saint and others.
One ten-thousandth of her upper limit of strength is also a considerable net worth.
Furthermore, Ni Kun used the Holy Sword three times, but it only prolonged his life by forty days.
Then forty times ten thousand is four hundred thousand.
Ni Kun only needs to spend a little more than one thousand and ninety-five years, wouldn't Altria's strength double?
But it shouldn't be that cheap.
Otherwise, when Ni Kun's lifespan is too much to use up, then he just needs to keep spending his life to first acquire all the guardians' skills, and then continue to spend his life to make all the guardians' strength double and double again, right?
There is no such thing as something so cheap. There must be a limit.
However, this good news gave Ni Kun an idea:
"Altolia, when you raised your strength limit by one ten-thousandth, was it contaminated by the True Immortal Dao Curse?"
A rare smile appeared in Altria's seemingly cold golden eyes:
"That's exactly what I wanted to tell you - the power you gained from using the Holy Sword has not been contaminated."
Ni Kun's eyes lit up:
"In other words, the power of the curse pollution did not grow synchronously, and now your power is beginning to gain the upper hand?"
Altria nodded slightly:
"Yes. Thanks to you, I have a slight advantage, even though it's just a tiny bit...
“But my power and the power of the curse pollution have been suppressed by this cubic space, maintaining an extremely delicate and dangerous balance.
"Now that my power has increased a little, the balance will be broken. I may be able to suppress the power of the curse pollution with my own strength."
Ni Kun said: "Then I will send the Holy Sword a few more times to increase your strength. Can you completely eradicate the pollution?"
Altria shook her head:
“I’m afraid it can only be suppressed, not eradicated.
"That power has become entangled with my soul. Its level is also higher than mine.
"Although I can suppress it to the limit by relying on 'quantity', I still cannot eradicate it due to the difference in 'quality'.
“However, even if we can only suppress it, it’s already pretty good.
"At least, when I go to other higher-level copies, I don't have to worry about the suppression of the cube space gradually loosening, the power of the curse reviving, and completely contaminating and distorting my personality."
Ni Kun smiled and said:
"In that case, I will help you clear one or two more dungeons, use the holy sword a few more times, and then we can look for the final level."
Altria was silent for a while, then suddenly said:
"You cast the holy sword, and my strength increased. But there is no free gift in the world. So... what price did you pay?"
Ni Kun didn't care:
"Nothing, just a little life span, not much..."
This time, Xiao Long Nu was shocked very quickly.
There was only a delay of less than a second before she opened her mouth slightly and let out a soft "ah" in shock:
"What? Ni Kun, you... actually used your lifespan to help Xiaoya increase his strength?"
Ni Kun said:
"Miss Long, your statement sounds a bit ambiguous.
"I didn't use my lifespan to help Xiaoya increase her strength. Rather, I used my lifespan to cast the Holy Sword. But because the Holy Sword is the power I borrowed from Xiaoya through some... um, unique talent, I have to pay her..."
Xiao Long Nu said curiously:
"Is this different from what I said? Aren't you still using your lifespan to help her increase her strength?"
“…”
Ni Kun was speechless. He thought that although the meaning was the same, the way you put it sounded very ambiguous.
“The price of life is too high.”
Altria's cold golden eyes showed a hint of tenderness, and she said slowly:
"I'm sorry, although I guessed that you would pay a price for using the Holy Sword, I didn't know that the price was actually your life...
"Please do not use the Holy Sword anymore. My increased power is enough to break the balance and suppress the curse."
"It's not just the Holy Sword, firing the Black Dragon Wave will also shorten your lifespan."
Ni Kun waved his hand indifferently:
"Any power that can be freely exerted without being suppressed by this 'cube' space will consume my lifespan. If I don't use the Holy Sword, I still have to use other abilities. So instead of wasting my lifespan, I might as well use the Holy Sword to kill enemies and break through barriers while helping you improve your strength."
Seeing that Altria was about to speak, Ni Kun interrupted her with a smile:
"I really want to impress you, but...
"You are a guardian who fights to protect the worlds, so I will not hide it from you. My life span is actually increasing."
Altria: "Positive growth?"
Xiao Long Nu: "What is positive growth?"
Ni Kun said: "Every day that passes, my life span will increase by two years. Others' life span decreases as they grow older, but mine increases as they grow older."
Xiao Long Nu said: "Then you will never die?"
Ni Kun smiled and said, "It's just that it won't die of old age. If it gets beaten up, it will still die. Well, the chat time is over, let's quickly find the next copy!"
Xiao Long Nu: "Wait a minute, I'll put on this enhanced suit first. This is an intermediate enhanced suit, all functions are doubled. This clearance reward happens to be two enhanced suits, Xiaoya, do you want to wear one too?"
Altria: "I have the skirt armor. Give the enhanced suit to Ni Kun."
"Ni Kun, do you want to wear it?"
"I'll forget it." Ni Kun shook his head and declined.
Girls wearing this kind of enhanced clothing are very pleasing to the eye.
If Ni Kun wore it, it would certainly look good on him given his figure and body shape, but he would feel very ashamed.
So he rejected the kindness of Xiaolongnu and Daimaowang.
Xiao Longnu expressed her embarrassment:
"You don't want it, Xiaoya doesn't want it either, what are we going to do with this extra one?"
Ni Kun smiled and said:
"Put it away as a backup. If what you're wearing gets damaged, you'll have a replacement."
"Well, that's all we can do."
Xiao Longnu nodded, picked up a reinforced suit, looked around, found a corner, and went to change clothes.
Once she had changed into her new gear, the three of them opened the portal, exited the Terminator copy, and entered the white room.
Ni Kun asked: "Do you want to rest here?"
Altria asked the little dragon girl: "Long'er, do you need to rest?"
Xiao Long Nu shook her head and said, "Thanks to Ni Kun, I passed the first level very easily. I didn't even sweat much and I cleared it."
Ni Kun asked with a smile: "Then keep moving forward?"
Xiao Long Nu and Altria nodded at the same time: "Continue."
So the three of them continued on their way.
After getting a glimpse of the rules of the cubic space, Ni Kun can not only descend directly into the copy room, but also choose a shorter path, and even "skip levels" to a certain extent.
Each cube room has six doors. Open different doors and choose different paths. The paths to the next copy will be long or short, and the background of the next copy will also be very different.
But usually, even if the copy backgrounds are different, the difficulty is roughly the same.
But there are also extremely special paths that can directly lead to higher-level copies that should only appear after two or three copies.
Of course, the room combination for such a path is very demanding. You have to choose one out of six each time, and you must make the "wrong choice" several times in a row before you can reach a high-level copy that you shouldn't enter at this stage.
Unless one is an unlucky ghost from hell, it is impossible for a normal reincarnated being to be so miserable.
"I can find that path, but without the enhancements of two or three copies, the challenge will be very difficult. For a normal reincarnationist, it is simply seeking death. Well, reincarnationist is my name for those who enter this world and keep wandering in this infinite maze."
Ni Kun sought the opinions of Altria and Xiao Longnv:
"What do you think? Do you want to skip the level?"
"I don't care." Altria said, "I'm not a normal 'Reincarnator' to begin with. In higher-level copies, my strength can be restored more. The difficulty level is not a problem for me. But Long Er..."
"I'm not normal either." Xiao Longnu said calmly:
"I'm already pretty good at martial arts, and I've gained several strength, agility, and physique enhancements, learned a few skills, and got this mid-level enhanced suit. And with you guys, I can skip two or three levels and face stronger challenges."
Ni Kun clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Since everyone agrees, let's take Long Er to challenge a difficult level."
Xiao Long Nu nodded and whispered, "So cunning."
"What?" Ni Kun looked confused.
"They actually changed their name to 'Long'er'." Little Dragon Girl said, "Before, they all called me Miss Long."
“…”
Why are you reacting so sharply now ?
Ni Kun was speechless.
Next, under the guidance of Ni Kun, he deliberately chose the path that could only be chosen by those reincarnators who were extremely unlucky.
After walking through five ordinary white rooms in a row and picking up some weapons, recovery potions and food.
Ni Kun and the other two came to a new copy.
As soon as we entered, we found the three of us standing in a narrow passage.
In front of the passage is an iron fence. Through the gaps in the fence, you can see the huge arena outside.
There were waves of cheers like a tsunami, and a majestic male voice, which poured into this narrow passage from the arena:
“We welcome all the brave audience members who are risking their lives to come and watch this year’s Dark Martial Arts Tournament in person!
"According to tradition, the opening match of this Dark Martial Arts Tournament will be between a brand new team and a veteran strong team from the previous tournament. So, will it be the newcomers who shed blood on the ring, or the veterans who will sacrifice their lives? Let us wait and see!
“Now, the first to appear are the last year’s top four teams, the Three Great Snake Kings!
"Let us welcome with warm applause and wild cheers...
"The Seven Shackles of the Dry Earth, the Wild Lightning Sharmi, and the Fateful Flame Chris are the first to take the stage!"
Hearing this introduction.
Ni Kun couldn't help but let out a light exclamation and frowned slightly.
Even the three great snake kings are only the top four teams. The difficulty of this deliberately skipped copy is a bit too high.
However, Ni Kun frowned, not because of the sudden increase in the difficulty of the dungeon.
No matter how difficult this dungeon becomes, or how strong the opponents in the ring match are, for Ni Kun, defeating three in a row will be no problem.
The reason why he frowned in surprise was that he originally thought that famous characters like the Seven Shackles of the Dry Earth, Sharmi of the Wild Lightning, and Chris of the Flame of Fate would only appear in the broader "Great Reincarnation" world of the outside world.
Even if he appeared in this "cube-like reincarnation", he should be like Zhang Wuji, Di Yun, Xiaolongnu and others, who accidentally broke into this place and passed the level here as a "reincarnator".
But no one would have thought that in this copy of the so-called "Dark Martial Arts Tournament", there would be the "Three Great Kings of Orochi" such as the Nanashi Society.
So, what kind of existence are the Seven Shackles, Sharmi, and Chris in this copy?
Is he a "reincarnator" trapped in the copy, or a character in the copy?
If it's just a copy character...
Then they are just like the people in the outside world of reincarnation, with flesh and blood, and completely autonomous and independent existence.
Or is it an "NPC" who has flesh and blood, a soul, and personal likes and dislikes, but must be affected by the cube's small cycle and cannot be completely autonomous?
Regardless of their form of existence.
What kind of relationship will they have with the Seven Shackles Society, Sharmi, and Chris who may exist in the outside world of reincarnation?
Is it a parallel space-time isotope that can "converge into one"?
Or are they just insignificant "clones, projections"?
As I was guessing in my mind, the lights in the arena suddenly went out.
The huge arena suddenly became pitch black.
Then, a bright beam of light hit the ring vertically, illuminating three figures of different heights.
The man in the middle was no less than 1.9 meters tall, with a strong and perfect body, short white hair, handsome features, a domineering look in his eyes, and his hands clasped across his chest. His aura was like an active volcano brewing lava, ready to erupt at any moment, giving people a sense of cruel, violent, terrifying pressure.
That familiar shape was exactly the Seven Shackles Society of the Dry Earth.
The two people behind Qijiashe also have a familiar look to Ni Kun.
The tall and plump woman with purple hair down to her waist and bangs covering her eyes was obviously the wild and lightning Sharmi .
The short boy with a childlike innocent smile but cold and cruel eyes is none other than Chris, the Flame of Destiny.
The three of them stood on the stage, receiving applause and cheers from all directions.
After a long while, the magnificent male voice sounded again:
"Ladies and gentlemen, dear brave audience!
"Next, let us welcome the new team, the Suicide Squad, who will give us a wonderful performance with their lives and blood in this opening match!
“Please note that this match has a 90% chance of being the last few minutes of life for all members of the Suicide Squad!
"So ladies and gentlemen, monsters who are neither male nor female or hermaphrodites, and demons without gender, please don't be stingy with your applause. Let us use the warmest cheers to welcome the three brave or stupid newcomers -
"Ni Kun, Altria, Little Dragon Girl!"
