Chapter 34 New BUG Skill: So close yet so far away!
Chapter 34 New BUG Skill: So close yet so far away!
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A full day of high-intensity Soul Dueling.
Even Zhuge Lan, who expended no energy, felt physically and mentally exhausted.
Not to mention Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
But Zhu Zhuqing still had no intention of resting.
She pulled Zhuge Lan and asked—
"I had many insights today while using the Spiral Nine Shadows. Can you help me understand them?"
Zhuge Lan: "…"
Ning Rongrong: "…"
Zhuge Lan agreed with a mix of pain and joy, and went into the house with Zhu Zhuqing.
He was a little tired.
But Zhu Zhuqing would give him "rewards."
He wouldn't lose out anyway.
But Ning Rongrong…
[Emotion Points +555]
Seriously!
You two fought for a day, and you still have the mind to cultivate?
Do you have to work so hard?
After some internal struggle, Ning Rongrong, still gave up the idea of lying down like a corpse, took out a large pile of gems and arranged them around the bed, and began to cultivate her soul power while sitting cross-legged.
—Those more talented than her are all working hard, how can she be at ease being a lazy bum?
Night.
After seeing off Zhu Zhuqing, whose face was flushed.
The exhausted Zhuge Lan threw himself on the bed.
He summoned the system.
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[Emotion Value System]
Emotion Points: 1115321;
Level: [36];
Soul Bone: [External·Sage's Eye/1 million years];
First Martial Soul: [Li Jing's Longsword];
Second Martial Soul: [Thorn Armor];
Soul Fusion: [Demon Spirit], [Nether Cat (to be unlocked)];
[Shop]
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Over a million!
He had already confirmed his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing, and taking her down was only a matter of time.
He wasn't in a hurry for the second soul fusion skill.
He would strengthen himself first.
There were many choices.
Increase the age of the soul rings, unlock soul bone parts, exchange for advanced soul tools, exchange for Nine Yin Manual martial arts…
But considering that he was about to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find an opportunity to steal the Eight Spider Lances from that little brat.
Only soul bones and soul tools were more reliable.
Unlocking an external soul bone required one million emotion points, and the soul bone skill was full of uncertainty.
So his eyes fell on the soul tools.
Low-level ones were directly excluded.
After searching for a while, he locked onto a few suitable ones: ones for stealth, ones for concealing aura, and ones for searching for treasures.
The goal was clear.
But he wasn't in a hurry to exchange them.
'System, how do I unlock a soul bone?'
[Soul Bone Choice: 100,000 Emotion Points!]
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Can activate a soul bone in any part of the head, torso, arms, or legs, 100% compatible!;
(Note: Soul bones in the same part can deduct some emotion points depending on the quality, down to free unlocking!)
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'System, how is the age of this soul bone calculated?'
[Starting at 100 years, 10 emotion points increase the age by 1 year!]
Still this set?
'Even if the soul bone is over 100,000 years old, it still only has one soul bone skill?'
[When the age of the soul bone reaches 100,000 years, there is a chance to generate a new soul bone skill or strengthen the original soul bone skill!]
'Is the soul skill of the soul ring also like this?'
[Yes!]
That's acceptable.
Soul bones would have to be activated sooner or later, so he might as well open them early and enjoy them.
Subtracting the price of the soul tool.
He could unlock 2-3 parts of the soul bone.
As for which one to open, it didn't really matter—start with the most precious one.
'System, activate the head soul bone.'
[Consuming 100,000 emotion points, activating the head soul bone!]
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[Increase Soul Bone Age]: 10 emotion points/year;
"Edge Transparent Gargoyle Head Soul Bone": Increases mental power, with soul bone skill.
—Soul Bone Skill·Horizon Within Reach: As the secular karma is detached, the sense of existence will continue to decrease, to a minimum of zero, achieving the effect of being close at hand but far away!
—Centennial quality, only effective for Soul Masters and below!
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Oh ho!
Divine skill!
The effect of this soul bone skill seems similar to stealth.
But stealth still has problems with smell, footprints, temperature, etc.
But after the sense of existence is infinitely reduced, these defects will be subconsciously ignored!
Isn't this more advanced than stealth?
It's just…
What does "secular karma" refer to?
He would know once he tried it.
Zhuge Lan summoned the soul bone, and a gray-green light appeared on his forehead, gathering into a large-headed gargoyle.
"Soul Bone Skill·Horizon Within Reach!"
The gray-green light spread out, affecting Zhuge Lan's whole body.
Wherever it passed,
Clothes, rings, belts, and even underwear, smoothly fell to the ground and were neatly folded in one place.
Leaving a naked Zhuge Lan, dumbfounded!
ヽ(._°)ノ
You call stripping someone naked detaching from karma?
Okay, okay!
Is that how you play?
Zhuge Lan covered his head, his veins throbbing.
His current abilities were more and more evil!
'System, are you poisonous?'
The system did not respond.
Zhuge Lan sighed and reluctantly accepted reality.
Naked running it is.
Anyway, the sense of existence is infinitely reduced, and even if others see it, their brains will automatically forget…
No!
He had to wear shorts, that was the limit he could accept.
Also, this centennial quality was only effective for Soul Masters and below.
The original stealth soul tool was deleted.
He tapped his fingers repeatedly.
Directly increasing the age to—50,000 years!
Effective for Soul Douluo and below.
Only then was he relieved.
It was enough for the short term in Shrek.
Including the activation of the soul bone, a total of 599,000 emotion points were consumed.
'Tsk!'
'These emotion points are really not enough to spend.'
'But…'
'System, does this soul bone only increase physique, not soul power?'
[Soul power improvement is separated separately, and can be integrated into the soul bone system, but it will increase the overall price!]
'Forget it.'
The wool comes from the sheep, so he won't bother.
Compared to that…
Now that he had the soul bone skill, he had to try it out?
After getting dressed, Zhuge Lan knocked on Zhu Zhuqing's dormitory door.
She should have just finished bathing, with long black hair wet, and fair skin revealing pinkness.
It had a special charm.
"Come to my dormitory, I need your help with something," Zhuge Lan said.
[Emotion Points +1111]
[Emotion Points +666]
In the middle of the night.
Knocking on a girl's door and asking her to come to his room.
Are you sure it's a serious matter?
But Zhu Zhuqing did not hesitate, nodded and followed Zhuge Lan away.
A small crack opened in the window next door, revealing a pair of sapphire eyes.
Ning Rongrong watched Zhu Zhuqing really enter Zhuge Lan's dormitory.
Secretly clicking her tongue.
Was it so blatant?
But the next moment.
Zhu Zhuqing walked out of the door again and returned to the dormitory.
"So fast?" Ning Rongrong asked in surprise.
"Huh?" Zhu Zhuqing asked blankly, "What's so fast?"
Ning Rongrong opened her mouth, but got stuck.
What was she going to say?
"If you can't remember, forget it, let's sleep."
Zhu Zhuqing took off her coat, leaving only her close-fitting underwear.
This state allowed her to concentrate her mental power more.
Then she sat cross-legged on the bed and closed her eyes to cultivate her soul power.
Ning Rongrong's eyes twitched, and she silently covered her heart.
The heartbeat was strong and powerful—because there was almost no barrier.
She knew you were big, but you don't have to show it off like this, right?
Um…
Is there a possibility that this kind of cultivation method helps to grow?
Better to believe it than not.
Ning Rongrong also carefully took off her coat.
The little lotus had just revealed its pointed tip.
Heartache.
Zhu Zhuqing was so diligent even when "resting", and Ning Rongrong couldn't sleep peacefully.
She also sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.
The room fell silent.
But the two girls didn't know.
Right in front of them, a guy wearing boxer briefs was staring at his girlfriend.
Secretly shouting that he couldn't take it anymore!
—As expected of 36D, this ravine can bury him!
Just now.
As soon as Zhu Zhuqing entered the door, he used the soul bone skill·Horizon Within Reach—and grabbed his boxer shorts.
This way he could at least explain it.
But the system's products must be BUGs.
Zhu Zhuqing directly "forgot" what she came to do, and turned back in confusion.
She was followed all the way by Zhuge Lan, but she didn't notice.
This made Zhuge Lan very excited!
He had a thief-like pleasure.
What about being naked?
As long as no one remembers, then he is invisible!
After admiring for a while.
Then test the next question.
—Does touching external objects count as being contaminated with secular karma?
Zhuge Lan prepared.
Carefully grasped the doorknob, and there was no reaction in the room.
He gently twisted it and slowly opened the door.
Zhu Zhuqing's eyebrows twitched, and she alertly scanned her gaze.
Seeing the dormitory door open a crack, she looked puzzled.
She remembered closing the door when she came back, right?
Perhaps it wasn't closed properly.
Zhu Zhuqing got up, closed the door, and went back to continue cultivating.
Throughout the whole process, she turned a blind eye to Zhuge Lan next to her.
This made Zhuge Lan thoughtful.
He glanced at Ning Rongrong, who showed no signs of waking up.
He pressed his boxer shorts and put them into the system space—opened with 10,000 emotion points, specially used to store fallen clothes.
The sense of existence infinitely approached zero.
He went to twist the doorknob again, and this time Zhu Zhuqing had no reaction.
He looked back with nostalgia.
Then he flashed away and closed the door.
Returning to his dormitory, he understood in his heart.
In the Horizon Within Reach state, he was only allowed to "equip" a pair of boxer shorts.
But he could no longer touch external objects.
Unless he was completely naked.
Um…
It's really perverted to play.
'This Horizon Within Reach, I should try to use it less in the future.'
'I'll be ruined if I'm not careful.'
With Horizon Within Reach, there was no need to exchange for soul tools that concealed the figure and aura.
What to do with the remaining 600,000?
Opening the soul bone was directly ignored.
—If he got another BUG but an evil soul bone skill, these emotion points would have to be invested.
Strengthen the speed, so as not to lose track at that time.
Spending 400,000 emotion points, he exchanged for the second and third levels of the Spiral Nine Shadows.
Directly pushed to Great Perfection.
Then he spent 100,000 emotion points to exchange for [ . ].