B2 - Chapter 88

B2 - Chapter 88

He looked away to check his stats, mainly his Spiritual Energy.

Spiritual Energy: 1037/1130 (20% per Hour)

Only a little over twenty minutes to recover all of it.

Lets set off in about half an hour, William announced.

Unless you know how to make the Greeter work faster, nobody is going anywhere for hours, let alone half, Shitou corrected.

Why would this Greeter be needed? Kae asked the question on Williams mind.

Another security thing. How should

He tuned out Shitou and started to make plans immediately. Kae might be unhappy about the delay, but this was perfect for him.

The Elemental Gauntlet cost him six hundred Spiritual Energy for each use. Recovering that spent energy would take over two hours, so this was a perfect time to test it out.

Shitou, is this place safe? William interrupted the baby spirits ranting.

It used to be. Then that monster came here and destroyed everything.

Im sure that wont happen again, he replied with an awkward chuckle before handing the rock to Kae. Im going to test my spirit artifact while we wait. Let me know if you need me.

Kae glanced at the gold, glove-like gauntlet on his right hand and nodded. Go ahead.

Hey! Did I say you could hand me off like some common object? Dont let my appearance

William tuned out Shitou again and retreated to a distance. He didnt know how the gauntlet activated, but its cost implied that it might be violent.

He flexed his right hand and sent most of his Qi to the Elemental Gauntlet, fully expecting it to drain most of it. That didnt happen.

Instead of a system alert letting him know that six hundred Spiritual Energy was deducted, his right hand lit up with a fierce glow of concentrated Qi.

William stared at his hand before releasing the Qi, cutting off the glow on his hand. He hadnt used a spirit artifact since the Impact Boots in the Shard, which had been destroyed. Maybe he was just out of practice.

He tried again, this time with more care. He closed his eyes and gathered his Qi before guiding it to his right hand. He could feel the Qi eager to spread out, so he waited a few seconds for it to settle and then pushed.

William directed his Qi to enter the Elemental Gauntlet as he observed the process carefully. Just like before, it wasnt successful.

The gauntlet seemed to actually reject his Qi. He sensed it fail to enter the spirit artifact before returning to his body.

He opened his eyes and frowned in thought. He remembered the Impact Boot eager to absorb the Qi it was provided, so he wasnt sure why the gauntlet was different.

It wasnt an issue with a deficiency of Spiritual Energy since he had more than enough available, and the system didnt warn him about not meeting the requirements to activate it.

Lightning Qi burst into life, fighting to destroy the barrier and escape. Someone, William was able to keep his composure and continue methodically expanding the barrier.

Sweat dripped down his face as the barrier kept getting bigger and bigger, reaching the point where nearly fifty percent of his Qi had been transformed into Lightning Qi. He couldn't maintain the barrier any longer.

The Lightning Qi shattered the barrier and seeped into his body, making him twitch erratically at the repeated shocks he could feel. He was terrified that his health was taking a beating but was powerless to do anything about it.

It took nearly a minute for it to end before Williams body went back to normal. He gave his QI a quick check, noticing a qualitative chance that suggested that converting it to Lighting Qi would now only take a simple command before opening his eyes.

[Side Quest Completed | Access Lightning Qi]

[+10000 XP]

[Hidden Bonus | Convert 5% of your Qi into Lightning Qi]

[+2500 XP]

[Hidden Bonus | Convert 10% of your Qi into Lightning Qi]

[+5000 XP]

[Hidden Bonus | Convert 25% of your Qi into Lightning Qi]

[+10000 XP]

[Hidden Bonus | Convert 50% of your Qi into Lightning Qi]

[+20000 XP]

[Level Up! | 10 Stat Points Added] x4

[Modified | Martial Skill Compatibility]

[Heavenly Thunder Infusion | 0% > 27%]

[Trait Added | Heavenly Thunder Infusion Passive effect (+20 Agility)]

William smiled happily as he read the alerts. It had been a while since he had received a hidden bonus from completing a quest. On top of that, he had his very first positive trait and increased compatibility with the human-tier martial skill of [Heavenly Thunder Scripture].

With Lightning Qi and Thunder Qi being the requirement for [Heavenly Thunder Infusion], the increased compatibility made it clear how to get the full hundred percent.

It would reach fifty percent when he had the ability to change all of his Qi into Lightning Qi. He would need to do the same with Thunder Qi to get that hundred percent.

Wei Liang, Shitou says hes ready, Kae called out.

William looked away from the system screen and stood up. He felt much more confident, even though he hadnt had a chance to test the Elemental Gauntlet.