Chapter 60: Body Tempering Combat Technique |
[Challenger Notification (Global Channel): Player ‘Evening Breeze’ has absorbed the contents of the Information Stone and acquired the special skill ‘Celestial Rune Combat Technique.’]
Celestial Rune Combat Technique.
Special Skill Rank: Tier 2
Skill Description: A non-Inherited soul special skill. Through practice and circulation, it absorbs the aura of heaven and earth and can also absorb aura by consuming energy stones. During cultivation, it provides additional Body Tempering Level experience.
As the global notification sounded, the green Information Stone in Zhou Xiao’s hand turned to powder and scattered with the wind.
The memory inside had been filtered and modified by the Challenger System, blocking out the visual content of the cultivation demonstration and directly imprinting it into Zhou Xiao’s mind as a memory imprint.
Without any learning process, he had already comprehended how to use the Celestial Rune Combat Technique.
The notification sparked heated discussions among players on the forums.
All the players were envious and began asking what exactly this Celestial Rune Combat Technique was.
Without Body Tempering Level compatibility, no matter how many Star Veins the primary form develops, it remains limited by the monster level of the single Inherited Soul.
However, raising Body Tempering Level was extremely difficult.
Star Vein level upgrades required sacrificial power that increased progressively, starting at only 500 points of sacrificial power. In contrast, raising Body Tempering Level started at a staggering 10,000 points of sacrificial power, blocking many players’ paths to growth.
Though one could consume spirit plants and specific spiritual ores to gain Body Tempering experience, finding such resources depended heavily on luck.
And the sacrificial power cost to level up Body Tempering was not always 10,000 points.
Players learned from Guide that Body Tempering Level also had stages. In the early stage, from level 1 to 10, each level-up required 10,000 sacrificial power points. Beyond that, the cost multiplied with each new level.
Guide explained that the body needed to adapt to the varying Inherited Soul traits, requiring a stronger physique to bear them.
Each adaptation stage presented a bottleneck, and every breakthrough required more sacrificial power to support the upgrade.
Though Guide explained in detail, players all understood it in one simple way: game mechanics.
This made raising Body Tempering Level increasingly difficult as strength grew and became one of the largest expenditures of sacrificial power for future power growth.
Now, learning that there existed a special skill that could absorb ambient energy particles to gain Body Tempering experience through cultivation made the players go red-eyed with envy, flooding the forums with questions.
As discussions grew louder and friend requests poured in, Zhou Xiao finally posted a demonstration thread online.
[Here’s the effect you wanted. Stop spamming my inbox already. You’re driving me crazy!!!]
Original Poster: Evening Breeze
Content: (Video Attachment)
—
The video was filmed from the perspective of Guide’s avatar. In the footage, Zhou Xiao stood at the edge of an ancient battlefield.
Suddenly, his left foot lightly stepped forward, performing the combat technique according to the imprinted memory in his mind. Tiny sparkling particles appeared in the air, drawn by Zhou Xiao’s movements, gathering toward him and adhering to his skin, slowly merging into his body, and circulating automatically along prescribed pathways throughout his limbs and bones.
As the energy entered his body, his muscles began to ripple. The sparkling particles coated his muscle fibers, enhancing their toughness and strength.
Using the Body Tempering Combat Technique involved three coordinated steps: breathing, movement, and internal energy circulation.
Since the knowledge had been directly imprinted in his mind, Zhou Xiao’s demonstration was smooth and seamless, without any hesitation.
A few minutes later, the perspective shifted to Zhou Xiao’s view, where a translucent progress bar floated before his eyes.
[Body Tempering Level 0: 12.48/10000]
Mastered Combat Technique: Celestial Rune Combat Technique (Tier 2)
Celestial Rune Combat Technique Active: Gaining 0.96 Body Tempering Experience per minute (specific cultivation effect is influenced by environment and skill rank; the more energy-rich the area, the greater the cultivation gains. Efficiency can also be accelerated by consuming specific spirit plants).
—
After watching the video, spectators flooded the comment section:
I’m A College Student: Honestly, I’m jealous. Roughly 1 sacrificial power per minute, on paper, you could reach Body Tempering Level 1 in 10,000 minutes, which is 7 days. Damn you, why couldn’t I have this kind of dumb luck?
Endless Night: I was about to post a guide and happily share my discovery that Body Tempering experience can be gained through physical training. Every day I run laps around Emperor’s Mound Village. But after seeing your post, I feel like giving up. My training experience gain doesn’t even compare to yours. Please tell me how to acquire the combat technique!
You Can’t Block This Punch: Bro, hurry up and share how to get Body Tempering Combat Techniques. I want it so bad, I’m begging you!
Hot-Headed Citizen: Why do good things never happen to me? Other people find high-grade spiritual ore while mining, I always dig up level 1 ore. Others easily hunt Primordials, while I’ve played for so long and haven’t even seen one with my own eyes. Does this game have some hidden luck stat? I’m furious. I’m going to go mine for three hours straight to vent my frustration. Not reading the forums for a while. Can’t stand seeing others get rich.
Is This A Beaver?: Bro, share some intel, will you? This game’s core progression is based on faction development. We players are all brothers in the same faction. Don’t keep secrets, just tell us how to get Body Tempering Combat Techniques.
Big Killer: As the saying goes, training martial arts for three years isn’t as good as fighting for one year; fighting for three years isn’t as good as wrestling for one year; wrestling for three years isn’t as good as buying a gun. So, anyone interested in buying custom weapons? Doomsday Technology Guild’s newly developed second-gen Psionic Firearms are available for 150 sacrificial power. The firepower is insane, way more useful than learning Body Tempering Combat Techniques.
—
Facing the flood of requests from forum players, Zhou Xiao didn’t hide anything and explained how he obtained the Body Tempering Combat Technique.
Upon learning that it was a gift from the God of Wealth, the image of the God of Wealth in players’ minds became more vivid.
Many players had previously discussed whether the God of Wealth resembled a type of special NPC common in other games, ‘Mysterious Merchants,’ who only appear to lucky players and sell unique items not found in the in-game shop.
After hearing Zhou Xiao’s explanation, players’ understanding of the God of Wealth became even clearer.
The God of Wealth was basically a special NPC who randomly handed out gifts and lucky encounters.
Moreover, the gifts were always different, from the original black crystal to the current Body Tempering Combat Technique, and perhaps even more precious gifts waiting to be unlocked.
With goodwill skyrocketing, players began scouring the game world in search of the God of Wealth, hoping to receive a gift from him.
[T/N: The author will increase the word count of his chapters from the next chapter onwards. I’ll be splitting them into multiple parts to keep the daily updates consistent, and also so I don’t burn myself out. Thanks for your understanding.]
Comments 1