Chapter 153-3: Immortals Clash, Players Open Chests (3) |
After the vote, the captain looked at a female player in the team.
She had used armament plating to create a cascade of silver-white long hair. She was about 1.7 meters tall and wore the forum-popular stellar robe-style armament.
“Yinzi, you are the squad’s only functional support. You control the Body Tempering cultivator.”
“Heehee, thank you, captain. Thank you, brothers.”
The female player called Yinzi did not hesitate. She came to a stop before the frozen Body Tempering cultivator and cast the Control Inherited soul on it.
Having left the Written Word scene, the Body Tempering cultivator had already lost self-awareness. After drinking three bottles in a row of mental recovery potion, the Control Inherited soul imprinted a Control Brand in its mind without obstruction.
But a problem followed.
Without Power of Ink, how were they to drive the Body Tempering cultivator to act.
Essentially, a Body Tempering cultivator is neither a pure flesh-and-blood lifeform nor an energy lifeform, but a special life composed of rule power.
But once separated from the scene, it is as if they entered another dimensional world, fundamentally unable to act on their own.
Facing the problem, the squad chose to seek help from Guide.
And Guide relayed this issue to Qi Sheng, who was observing from behind the scenes.
Upon learning the cause, Qi Sheng opened partial permissions for players to use sacrificial power. Guide clone then conveyed this message to the players.
In other words, the player controlling the Body Tempering Cultivator could use sacrificial power as Power of Ink to drive the cultivator to act.
After listening to Guide clone’s explanation, the female player in the team, Yinzi, could not help asking curiously.
“Guide, since sacrificial power can serve as Power of Ink, and Power of Ink can freely weave its life structure, can I modify the settings of the Body Tempering Cultivator?”
Facing the inquiry, Guide clone hovering beside her nodded.
“You can think of this Body Tempering Cultivator as a lump of clay whose material cannot be changed, with strength at Hunt Level 89. By injecting sacrificial power, you can mold the clay into whatever performance form you want. The only limitation is that the Body Tempering Cultivator is a one-time lifeform and cannot revive after death like a player.”
Guide’s answer made the squad extremely excited.
“Yinzi, mold a succubus for me!” a player in the team blurted out.
“Pah, I want a healer. Then our team will never lack heals later, and we can save a big sum on potion expenses.”
“Alright, alright, that idea is good. Make a healer. Although it is one-time, as long as we protect it well, it can be used for a long time.”
Yinzi’s idea immediately won the approval of the other players in the team.
Yinzi then asked Guide clone how to set the Body Tempering Cultivator formed by Power of Ink.
Qi Sheng had already provided a solution for this question and built a simulated testing panel.
After receiving the answer, Yinzi pressed her hand on the Body Tempering Cultivator. A settings modification panel popped up in her mind at once.
Reshaping a Body Tempering Cultivator was not like face-sculpting in a game, but rather setting the form and parameters of a Written Word warrior through textual description. This is the underlying framework of a Written Word warrior and cannot be changed, unless one obtains the three Rule powers of Holder, Pen, and Book, and modifies it after implanting into the Challenger System.
In the blank input box, Yinzi entered a line of text:
“Human form, female, height 1.65 meters.”
After the text was entered, the remaining Power of Ink displayed in the top right of the interface was: 99.997%.
In the interface, the original Body Tempering Cultivator’s figure twisted and changed, becoming a female character 1.65 meters tall.
But the face was very abstract, because no detailed settings had been made.
The player Yinzi then began adding detailed descriptions, giving the healer a more refined setup.
Before long, a woman with the same cascade of silver hair as Yinzi was generated. Beneath her peerless beauty, a few wisps of bangs were added, playfully falling on either side of her snow-white cheeks, further accentuating her delicate features.
After several textual revisions, the pupils were set as deep violet.
For attire, she wore a white mage robe with complex and exquisite runes outlined in silver thread. Delicate metal guards were depicted at the shoulders and elbows, with a unique design like a phoenix about to spread its wings, adding a touch of heroism without losing feminine grace.
A white belt was tied at her waist, and in her hand was a staff that could provide amplification when casting abilities.
Next came the ability settings. She added text to inject the template with Healing Art, Meditation Recovery, Group Healing Art, and other abilities, as well as detailed effect descriptions for each ability.
Driven by curiosity, Yinzi tried to write in ‘Resurrection Art,’ along with the related ability introduction.
A Challenger Notification instantly popped up in her mind:
“Challenger Notification: Insufficient Power of Ink to constitute the target ability. Resurrection Art cannot be generated.”
Glancing at the remaining 19.53% Power of Ink, Yinzi entered the text: Body Enhancement Art.
The insufficient Power of Ink prompt sounded again.
She had to modify the settings of the Body Enhancement Art, weakening the described effect of the ability. This time, the ability formed successfully as a brand within the healer.
With less than 0.5% of Power of Ink remaining, she spent this portion of sacrificial power on adding accessories for the healer and gave her a name: Healer.
When the Power of Ink was exhausted, Yinzi touched ‘Generate’ on the template with her consciousness.
A Challenger Notification immediately sounded.
“Challenger Notification: Generate template lifeform. Required sacrificial power: 3,942 points.”
Seeing the screenshot Yinzi posted in the voice channel, the team members were startled.
“Why is it so expensive? 3,942 is enough for us to overhaul and upgrade the vehicle.”
“I could accept 394, but 3,942 is excessive. It pains me just to look at it.”
“I really want a healer support, but I do not want to pay. What should I do?”
Facing the high cost of settings modification, after some discussion the team pooled sacrificial power and transferred it to Yinzi.
With a healer, this money would be earned back sooner or later.
Having received the teammates’ transfer, Yinzi gritted her teeth and pressed Generate.
The Body Tempering Cultivator lying on the ground then reshaped its life structure under the drive of sacrificial power, finally becoming a stunningly beautiful woman, but the near-death status on the panel still did not disappear.
This was yet another large expenditure.
Since the money had been spent, they naturally could not give up halfway.
The team pooled more funds to buy recovery potions, consuming a total of 12,942 points of sacrificial power to change the near-death status in the analysis information to weakened.
At this point, a new problem arose.
They found that their created ‘Written Word – Healer’ still could not act.
Only after asking Guide did they learn that the healer’s underlying framework still operated according to the rules of Holder, Pen, and Book, and required external force to drive action.
They could inject a quantity of sacrificial power into her body to serve as energy to drive the Written Word healer.
This made the team curse loudly.
Compared to the player who had accidentally picked up a good buddy earlier and could command that buddy freely, what they had picked up was simply a money-devouring beast.
This meant that controlling it in the future would cost money.
But after preliminary control tests, the team was all smiles again.
Because the sacrificial power cost for control injection was not high, and it was also unrelated to the strength of the abilities released by the Written Word healer.
According to Guide’s calculations, the cost per hour was 37 points of sacrificial power.
When not needed, they could also choose to set it aside, and only inject sacrificial power to control it when needed.
They tried controlling the healer to cast Group Healing Art. At once, the cold-faced Written Word healer raised her hand and waved the staff, scattering a healing light. A green rain of light formed overhead and fell onto their bodies, seeping within. They felt a warm current surging inside.
After releasing the ability, Yinzi immediately noticed that the energy within the healer had been depleted somewhat.
Just as she worried that the consumed energy would also need to be replenished with sacrificial power, a faint green glow surfaced on the healer’s body. The ability brand within automatically drew in the energy of heaven and earth to replenish the consumption.
This made the team breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately the ‘Meditation Recovery’ in the settings took effect. Otherwise this investment would have been a huge loss, and if they had to spend money to restore energy in the future, they truly could not afford it.
During this period, the happiest was the captain who played the Gargoyle build, and Yinzi.
The captain had gained a free mobile spring, saving a large potion expense in future hunts, while Yinzi had obtained a controllable powerful healer, with support capabilities improved by several tiers.
After the sudden fortuitous chance, the squad’s combat power became even stronger.
There was only one problem to worry about, how to protect the healer’s life.
As players, they were frequent visitors to the little black room. With a one-hour cooldown, browsing the forum and watching livestreams would pass the time.
But now the situation had changed.
The healer was a controlled lifeform that could not revive. They needed strict protection, otherwise the early investment would be wasted.
The excited team discussed whether to continue to the battlefield where the Ascension race and the Written Word race were fighting.
From the livestream video it could be seen that as long as they hid within the mist encircling the Written Word scene, it was very safe.
So they finally decided to continue sailing toward the war zone. Perhaps more fortuitous chances awaited them.
This matter was also posted on the forum by the captain.
Learning that a player had indeed obtained a Written Word warrior near the war zone who could be customized by modifying settings, forum players collectively tilted and cursed, with some saying they had done something extremely foolish.
They had actually changed the settings into a healer, which was simply a waste of high-end combat power.
They could have molded it into a spellcaster class and earned high profits through group damage spell arts.
But there were also players who expressed different views.
They believed that a squishy spellcaster heading to the Black Tide or other places with dense monsters would easily become a focus target. Earthmind bully was not to be trifled with. If focused down and killed, the loss would be huge.
But a healer possessing Group Healing Art was different. They could join a large guild and be sheltered by guild members.
The healer’s addition could also raise the entire guild’s combat power by a tier. During this period they could also earn extra working fees from the Guild Leader. The income would not be low and the applicability would be stronger.
This incident led more players to choose to head to the battlefield, hoping to scavenge and obtain a Written Word warrior whose settings they could customize.
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