Chapter 1961

Chapter 1961

Grid’s fist smashed through the heavy pavilion with ease, only to be blocked by a gray protective film. But he’d expected that.

From the moment he broke the pavilion, the purple energy around his fist became lighter. The effect of the Annihilation energy, which removed the target’s defense effect one single time, had ended.

All he had to do was activate it again.

Grid’s other purple fist slammed into the woman’s face, Russian hook followed by a punch to her body. Even though he had mastered Tai Chi, he liked showing off his boxing skills in a funny way.

The gray protective shield shattered and the woman’s head whipped to the side. Her body flew because of her shield breaking, and she rolled a good distance backward.

Grid immediately chased after her. Seeing how the woman was relatively unscathed, Grid thought to himself, ‘She’s way past core formation.’

Right now, he didn’t have a weapon equipped. So, he just swung his bare fists infused with Annihilation energy.

Based on what the prisoner in Reinhardt Prison had said, a cultivator would’ve been damaged if they were only at the level of foundation building, meaning that this woman was at a level beyond core formation.

The woman barked at him, grinning, “It seems you have mastered a technique that neutralizes defense! Haha! Even if you break my shield, what are you going to do with your cotton fists?”

Of course, she was feeling bitter inside. Not only was her defensive orb smashed, but now that her shield was broken, she was consuming way more spiritual energy than before. She thought she was going to die, but she was relieved to find out that was not the case.

‘I need to get rid of this strange guy as soon as possible, raise the blood sacrifices, restore my cultivation level, and regain my treasures.’

This woman had originally been a soul transformation cultivator. However, hundreds of years ago, she was mortally injured by an enemy and her cultivation dropped to the nascent soul realm. The strange person in front of her or the world that she’d suddenly found herself in didn’t matter to her. She could move forward once she recovered her cultivation.

If she killed all the hundreds of thousands of fish people here, took their dantians, and held a sacrificial ceremony with the blood they shed, she would become much stronger and restore her cultivation.

The woman had a poisonous heart. She opened her mouth and took out four silver longswords. Those were her highest-grade treasure, and they displayed the skulls of the White Tiger, Red Phoenix, Black Tortoise, and Blue Dragon, realistically depicted on the hilt.

The woman brought her fingers to the hilt of the four swords and the skulls bit her fingers. It was bizarre seeing them chew and swallow as if they were savoring delicious food.

Kieeeek!

A red mist was emitted by the skulls as soon as they finished their meal. It clumped together, like a cloud of blood, and was extremely powerful. It released mighty waves of spiritual pressure and caused the seafloor to tremble. There were many water clan members who collapsed, unable to control their bodies.

Grid frowned. The four fingers that the skulls had chewed and swallowed sprouted from the woman’s eyes.

“You’re trying to become immortal, and yet you look like that...?”

“Are you talking about my appearance? What does appearance matter when it comes to achieving the great dao? The important thing is the essence. What I look like now is simply the consequence of using some spells.”

“Yes, it isn’t the appearance that matters. That’s a good thing to say.”

Grid’s heart throbbed. He recalled how ugly he used to be, and sympathized with the woman’s words. He asked, “By the way, why are you trying to hurt the water clan people? They might look different from us, but they are the same in essence and life.”

“Because their blood and dantian will help me with my cultivation. The outcome would be no different even if they were mortals or cultivators. I will eat whatever it takes to help my cultivation!”

“...Do you lack ethical awareness entirely?”

“Bah, the world of the cultivators is a society composed of both weak and strong individuals. Do you think the other cultivators are different from me?”

The four fingers sprouting from the woman’s eyes crossed at a strange angle. Just then, the blood-red fog turned into a flash of light and attacked on Grid.

Grid didn’t avoid it. He planned to experience as many tricks this cultivator had up her sleeve as possible, since he was fighting the likes of her for the first time. Of course, he also didn’t intend to let the water clan be damaged. He armed the God Hands with shields and ordered them to protect the people.

The sight of hundreds of black-gold hands being armed in unison made the woman’s heart sink. However, she noticed that spiritual energy wasn’t flowing through the shields and soon regained her composure.

“Can a mere mortal’s belongings handle the blood flames coming from every single direction?”

The blood clinging to Grid quickly caught on fire.

The technique used by the woman wielding the four swords demonstrated exceptional energy and firepower. It was a large-scale killing technique that wouldn’t go out until the target was turned to ashes. In addition, the range of the flames expanded to the surrounding areas every time the target succumbed to them.

However...

“...What?”

The blood flames failed to burn this target. Bewildered, the woman tried to chant to increase the power of the blood flames, but it was useless. noVe-lb.In

Grid muttered as flames surrounded him, “You must be a nascent soul.”

The damage over time exceeded 40,000 per second, and it was putting a lot of pressure on him.

—No, there was no pressure. He was able to cast mana shields to absorb more than half the damage. Every time the mana shields melted, he would cast new ones. Thanks to the shields mitigating the damage, Grid remained at full HP. The rate of recovery was much faster than the rate at which his health was consumed.

The blood flames failed to burn him over time and finally disappeared. The woman’s spiritual energy was almost depleted.

The dwarf frowned. She was depressed because she had been defeated and humiliated by a man who didn’t know anything.

Behind Grid, a black-gold wave consisting of hundreds of God Hands was approaching.

The frightened dwarf hastily explained, “Just as the name implies, a ban means a way of preventing a person from doing anything. There are many different types... First things first, I will teach you a forbidden technique that will cause the target to self-destruct if they break their promise. So please, place it on me.”

Grid was interested. He nodded. The dwarf pulled out a booklet from her sleeve and handed it to him.

[The common technique book ‘Golden Soul Technique: 1 star’ has been acquired.]

“This is the most commonly used forbidden technique. It has been studied for a long time and many people have improved it over the years, thus making it easier to learn. Your cultivation is just in the qi refining realm, so you should be able to learn it in a few days.”

The booklet was around a hundred pages, filled with letters and complex patterns that he had never seen before.

Grid thought to himself. ‘Learning this in a few days? Are all cultivators geniuses?’

He admired the cultivators to some extent because of this. He clicked the ‘Acquire’ button that appeared at the bottom of his field of view.

[’Golden Soul Technique: 1 star’ has been learned.]

[Golden Soul Technique: 1 star]

Forcibly places a ban on the subject’s soul. The target of the ban must obey the caster’s command or their souls will disappear.

If you cast the Golden Soul Technique on a target with a weaker level of cultivation, you will have a 50% success rate. There is a 10% success rate on a target with an equivalent level of cultivation. There is a less than 1% success rate on a target with a higher level of cultivation.

However, if the target accepts the ban, it will succeed 100% of the time.

Spiritual Power Consumption: 1,000

Effect Duration: 12 hours.

Cooldown Time: None.]

“The effect duration is only half a day? Do you want me to put the ban on you twice a day?”

The dwarf’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Y-You’ve already mastered the Golden Soul Technique?”

She searched through her sleeves. In the new technique book that she handed him, the Golden Soul Technique went up to 7 stars.

“Is 7 stars the highest level?”

“It is known that 12 stars is the great completion stage, but coincidentally, the Golden Soul Technique I have is up to 7 stars.”

Grid mastered the Golden Soul Technique up to 7 stars.

The 7 star Golden Soul Technique allowed the subject’s soul to be bound for up to thirty years. However, the amount of spiritual energy consumed was also enormous. Grid’s total spiritual energy was only 8,000, so he couldn’t use it. Saddened by this, he instead used the 3 star Golden Soul Technique. The dwarf obediently accepted the ban.

The dwarf was truly impressed. “I can’t believe you can learn the Golden Soul Technique to 3 stars in just a few minutes... People this talented are born only once every hundred of thousands of years.”

Just as Grid didn’t know anything about cultivators, the cultivators also didn’t seem to know about the system at all.

“Hundreds of thousands of years? Your lifespan is so long that the unit of time you use is also large. How do you increase your spiritual energy?”

“By learning techniques or training. There are many common technique books that can be used.”

“Give them to me.”

“Yes, please wait a moment. They are valuable, so I’ve sealed them...”

The large booklets that the woman took out of her sleeves had all types of talismans stuck to them. Every time she chanted a spell with a solemn look on her face, a talisman was torn off.

“What happens if the talismans are carelessly removed?”

“Then the contents will be destroyed.”

Afterward, Grid looked at the items collected by the woman and asked her a few questions to satisfy his curiosity. She knew a lot of things, unlike the prisoner held in Reinhardt. Therefore, he had a good time chatting with her.

Grid smiled before swinging his sword without warning. The woman barely had time to react before being slashed.

“A coward who deceives people!”

The woman cried out venomously up until the last moment. Her hate-filled gaze contained a curse directed at Grid.

Grid didn’t even arch an eyebrow. He quietly observed the last moments of the person who dared to harm the soldiers of the water clan. Then, he took the silver swords and pavilion that had fallen from their master’s hands, as well as retrieving a pouch full of items.

His return to Siren was warmly welcomed by the people there.