Volume 4: The Winds and Clouds of the Western Blue Sky Chapter 10: Stripes and the Power of Loneliness
With a huge amount of available transcendence, Qi Ji of course decided to start using it as soon as possible.
So before people came to confirm the death of the city lord, he quickly left the city lord's hall, came to a remote place in Frye City, and opened the transcendence panel.
Then, he quickly picked out two skills to upgrade.
[Transcendence: Qi Ji]
[Transcendence: 1995]
[Skill: Fire God Kagura·Missing (Always in the middle) (10/200)]
[Skills: Wolf Swordsmanship·Que (Unyielding) (55/200)]
——The rest of the redundant content is omitted——
Qi Ji’s plan is very clear.
The skill he wanted to improve first was naturally the Fire God Kagura, which was something that enhanced physical fitness and must be upgraded.
Then there is Wolf Swordsmanship, which is said to be an ability that can draw out the fire of the soul. The previous level gave the important "Unyielding" attribute. You can try to upgrade it to see what other powerful passive attributes it can get.
Without saying anything, max out the Fire God Kagura first!
[Transcendence: 1995→1805]
[God of Fire Kagura: Missing (200/200) → Breathing of the Sun (0/500)]
[You obtain the skill branch - Stripes]
[Markings: After the user's body is strengthened to a certain limit through breathing techniques, unique markings will appear on the user's body surface, activating a stronger explosive force, but the cost is that the vitality will be rapidly consumed. It is said that those who activate the markings often have difficulty living beyond the age of 25, but there seem to be some special cases with strong bodies who can live longer. ]
Qi Ji: “…”
He is now twenty-five years old...
Wow, a life-threatening move, huh?
He sighed. It seemed that this pattern could only be used in the Tower of Transcendence. In reality, one had to be more careful and not use it blindly. Otherwise, if one died right after using it, wouldn't that make one a fool?
Fortunately, this Fire God Kagura, no, it should be called Sun Breathing now, although the skill branches after the upgrade cannot be used casually in reality, it also allowed him to comprehend four new special moves.
The new special moves are named Sunset Turn, Brilliant Grace, Halo Dragon and Flame Dance.
Qi Ji felt it briefly and found that these four unique moves, compared with the previous eight moves, were more or less real big moves. If combined with the Sun Breathing, their power would be even greater.
The Goddess of Fire Kagura was promoted to the Breathing of the Sun, and there are still many levels of transcendence.
But if it is used to upgrade the Breathing of the Sun, it will require 500 points, which is a bit too much.
So he put his resources into wolf swordsmanship.
[Transcendence: 1805→1660]
[Wolf Sword Art: Missing (200/200) → Wolf Sword Art: True (0/500)]
[You obtain the skill branch - Loneliness]
[Lonely and noble: Your soul is lonely and noble, and the filthy and evil will be exposed in front of you. You can easily detect life or objects with evil power, and carry the power of divine blessing in your attacks, greatly increasing your lethality against evil creatures such as the abyss.]
Qi Ji smiled happily, the entries given by Wolf Swordsmanship were very powerful and more practical than that of the stripes.
For example, the Lord of Frye whom he defeated tonight was essentially an evil creature infected by the power of the abyss. If he had obtained the "aloof" entry earlier, perhaps the battle with this guy would not have been so troublesome.
After using more than 300 degrees of transcendence, Qi Ji felt the strength of his body and found almost no change. The decline in overall physical fitness was probably less than 1%.
Then, according to the envisioned formula, he can also use more than 400 points of transcendence without any pressure.
For this purpose, he looked at the current skills on the panel again.
There are indeed many upgrades, but it seems that using transcendence to improve them is not very cost-effective.
Let's put it aside for now.
It is also a good idea to reserve some transcendence to improve powerful skills that may be acquired later.
After improving his strength, Qi Ji looked at the sky and it was still late at night.
There is no point in going through the trouble of looking for Melina and the other two now. It will be enough as long as we gather at the west gate early tomorrow morning and set off.
So he found an empty house near the west city gate and slept there in his clothes.
…
[Tower of Transcendence·Absolute Steps·Third Floor Transcended]
[Please choose to enter the next level or start the secret record of the past life]
[Choose: Start the Secret Record of the Past Life]
[ Current transcendence degree 1660, spirituality 100/100]
This time, Qi Ji chose the long-lost worldview of the desperate situation in the Secret Records of Rebirth.
The scene changed, and Qi Ji came to a familiar reed field.
As soon as he appeared, Qi Ji summoned the Immortal Slash and held it in his hand.
In this world view, there are people everywhere who possess the power of immortality, so using the Immortal Slash is the most appropriate.
He looked forward and couldn't help but complain: "Why is it you again?"
That’s right, the person opposite him was the man named “Ashina” who he had killed before and who gave him the Undead Slash.
No, strictly speaking, this man was not killed by himself, but he committed suicide by slashing his own throat with the Undead Slash.
Just like the scene before our eyes.
The man named Ashina had just cut his own neck, and a large amount of blood spurted out from his carotid artery.
"How can this Secret Record of the Rebirth continue from the last time? Is it acting like a TV series with me?"
Qi Ji was just wondering, and the huge sense of horror he felt the last time he saw Ashina commit suicide appeared again.
But he is different now than before. The strange situations that seemed terrifying to him before are just a breeze to Qi Ji now.
The next second, a strange scene really happened.
Ashina's neck suddenly tilted.
An old right hand suddenly stretched out from Ashina's bleeding neck, then slowly moved down and grasped the Undead Sword together with Ashina.
A hoarse and old voice emerged.
"My poor grandson..."
"Is this your last wish?"
Qi Ji looked at the strange scene in front of him and couldn't help but think of the introduction of the Undead Slash.
[Undying Slash: Open the Door: The black Undying Slash, named "Open the Door", can not only cut off the undead, but also has the ability to use the Dragon's Blood as a sacrifice to open the door to the underworld and allow the dead to reappear in the world]
It seems that the man in front of him named Ashina sacrificed himself, opened the gate to the underworld, and allowed the person who called him grandson to be reborn...
"In response to my grandson's wish, I must bring Ashina back from the underworld."
As the man named Ashina fell, a tall, thin middle-aged man holding the Undead Slash stood calmly in front of Qi Ji.
He was wearing a ragged light blue feather robe and a cherry blossom-style general's helmet. As soon as he appeared, a strong wind blew, and layer upon layer of grass waves were blown up on the reed field.
He looked at Qi Ji, and seemed to be stunned for a moment by his unfamiliar face, and then said: "I thought the enemy I was going to face was a wolf, but I didn't expect it to be a young man I had never seen before."
He threw away the knife and said with a serious face: "I am Ashina Isshin, what should I call you?"
Qi Ji pursed his lips, raised the Undying Slash, assumed the starting stance of the Ashina School, and softly announced his name: "Qi Ji."
Yi Xin saw the knife in Qi Ji's hand, his eyes trembled slightly, but soon returned to calmness: "Your knife is fine... Then, pay attention, I'm going to attack!"
The next second, he took a step forward and rushed towards Qi Ji at an extremely fast speed.
The reeds under his feet were quickly pulled out to form a long passage, like a winding black snake.
Qi Ji's eyes narrowed slightly, and he could see through it at a glance, not to mention the skills.
This middle-aged man named Yi Xin has slightly higher strength and speed than the "Smoke Knight" in the ice cave.
If he had fought Yi Xin before he became extraordinary, his outcome would probably be worse than when he fought that Smoke Knight.
The next second, the identical Immortal Swords in the two men's hands collided heavily.
As soon as he started, Qi Ji discovered his opponent's strength.
Qi Ji also mastered the Ashina Ryu, and was familiar with how to release force and counter-shock during sword fights, causing the opponent's posture to collapse.
However, the man opposite him named Yi Xin understood this technique several times better than him!
After just one encounter, Qi Ji's stance was broken and the Immortal Slash was deflected!
Immediately afterwards, Yi Xin's Immortal Slash had already slashed his chest!
Qi Ji retreated immediately.
Bang!
The skin on his chest cracked, and a trace of blood slowly flowed down along the knife mark.
Obviously, he did not completely avoid his opponent's attack.
Yi Xin did not pursue him. He put away his sword and stood up, looking at Qi Ji with a slightly trembling look in his eyes: "The speed with which you dodged just now..."
He sighed softly, "I have practiced swordsmanship for many years and have seen countless opponents. I'm afraid your dodging speed just now is even faster than that person who has fallen into Shura... Don't hide, use your full strength!"
After saying that, he stomped his left foot on the ground suddenly. Amidst the flying dust, he had somehow summoned a nearly four-meter-long Jumonji gun.
He smiled proudly and carried the long Jumonji spear on his shoulder: "The world respects me as a sword saint, so I should go all out and show you, young man, the strength of a sword saint!"
Endless power was emanating wildly, and the old man named Yi Xin stood in front of Qi Ji with an invincible attitude throughout his life.
As if to match his momentum, the sky began to drop lightning continuously outside the range where the two were fighting.
Suddenly, the reed field was blown by strong winds, and lightning and thunder flashed.
The young man holding a knife confronted the old man holding both a knife and a gun.
The scene seemed to have some kind of fateful epic feeling.
"If this were a game or a movie, it would be the moment when the protagonist fights the final boss, right?"
Qi Ji's heart moved slightly, and facing this majestic Yi Xin, he sighed softly.
He smiled and said, "I am a little rude. I actually wanted to compete with you in martial arts with the same strength and speed. So, please take a good look at me..."
"My power!"
He took a deep breath, and the whistling sound of the high-speed air flow could be heard throughout the audience.
Breathing of the Sun - All Concentrated!
Shrink the earth!
Qi Ji disappeared in an instant.
So fast! My eyes can’t keep up!
Yi Xin's pupils trembled violently. Relying on the warning in his heart and the experience gained from countless battles, he immediately swung out the spear in his left hand, drawing a huge circular trajectory!
clang!
The sword and the gun collided, and the huge force made Yixin's left hand, which was holding the gun, numb.
Qi Ji's figure, which had disappeared at high speed, appeared in front of Yi Xin.
