HCB Chapter 91: The First Legendary Skill!
Chapter 91: The First Legendary Skill!
Chapter 91 The First Legendary Skill! (Please Subscribe and Vote!)
In addition, although the Ghost Tree in the Mouse Shadow has transformed into the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree, a part of its origin is still preserved. It is the law carried by the descendants of the Ghost Emperor Tree, one of the Ghost Trees, after the Underworld Death God Tree was shattered.
According to the information provided by the Eye of Truth, if all seven Trees of Laws can be collected, there is even hope of reversing and reshaping the sapling of the Tree of Death, creating a small underworld.
That is……
Underworld Emperor Rat!
"My ability to make grand promises is getting more and more terrifying. Now I can even make them for myself. I almost got carried away with it."
Lu Yu remarked that, putting aside the fact that the seven royal trees of the underworld had not chosen to merge into a divine tree over the long years, it already indicated that there was something very complicated behind it.
There are many problems simply from the long course of history.
Although the identity of "Shadow of Antiquity" was imagined by Luo Qingyue, the fact that a large number of historians died suddenly cannot be faked, and the past carries too many secrets.
He wouldn't think he could just explore the past at will just because people imagine it as a forbidden place. If he messed around, who knows what kind of weird stuff he might dig up.
Moreover, making this the direction of hamster evolution would require substantial resource support.
Leaving aside the enormous amount of souls required to nurture the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree, each "Thousand-Faced Soul," except for the one that the mouse comes with, which is born from the ashes of the Ghost Tree, requires high-level soul materials to condense.
Soul-type materials are rare and require venturing deep into the underworld and the Yellow Springs ecosystem to collect, which is fraught with danger. Therefore, they are much more expensive than space-type materials.
At least for now, Lu Yu, who is blessed by the god of poverty, absolutely cannot afford it.
I thought the mouse would help me make money, but it turned out to be an even bigger money-devouring beast.
"It's a pity we're not strong enough right now, otherwise we could explore the Supreme Mother River..."
Lu Yu sighed, deeply aware of his own weakness.
and so……
He has already decided on the first "Thousand Faces of Soul" to transform into, after careful consideration, which will allow the mouse to undergo a fundamental transformation.
Lu Yu was also curious whether the rat, as the little spider's external sword sheath, would have different effects if different incarnations drew the sword.
As for the mouse's remaining three skills, [Shadow Mastery] integrates all shadow skills, removing the dross and keeping only the essence, focusing on controlling shadows; [Thousand Faces Touch] has a three-in-one attack power with a very wide range of strikes.
Furthermore, it retains the special ability of limb splicing, which allows it to temporarily manipulate the abilities of powerful beings by piecing together their limbs. However, the more it is used, the faster the spiritual essence of these bodies is lost.
With the addition of the Soul Cloud, which can perform soul attacks, the three skills directly compensate for the mouse's lack of combat power.
This wave is a complete upgrade, from a Desert Eagle to an aircraft carrier.
Although it may seem like only one rank has been raised, both strength and potential have seen a qualitative leap.
Although the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree is not a Mother Nest type skill, when combined with [Soul Clone], it becomes a high-quality skill, with each one being an Arch-Tempered King.
It's essentially half a [Dominator System], and once it grows up, it can easily sweep away opponents of the same level.
If the mouse chooses the right "Thousand Faces" as its first "incarnation," it can instantly become his number one fighting force.
As for the little spider, it's because it's a tier behind. Once it advances to elite level, relying on its spatial and dream attributes, as well as a bunch of highly proficient skills that boost its combat power, it will be able to suppress the current mouse.
But who knows what will happen in the future.
But if mice can evolve, why can't spiders?
Lu Yu would naturally not favor one over the other in this regard, but the second evolution of the little spider was much more difficult than the first. The concept of the evolutionary secret food needed to be perfectly combined and could not conflict with the first one.
So he wanted to try improving his skills to see if he could accelerate the spider's evolution.
I had already devised a series of training plans in my mind, and I was just waiting to get the Earth Mother Lotus and go home to start rolling it up.
However, before taking action, there is still one question: the additional effect of a perfect quality secret food can enhance a legendary skill.
"Which one should we upgrade...?"
Lu Yu's mind raced. The three offensive skills, [Shadow Control], [Touch of a Thousand Faces], and [Soul Cloud], were already enough to make the rat powerful. What's more, it could also transform into other monsters through [Soul of a Thousand Faces].
Although the [Soul Clone] is similar to the Shadow Clone, the mouse's own soul cannot withstand infinite division, while the [Thousand-Faced Soul Tree], even if strengthened, still requires a long time to grow and needs souls as nourishment.
So there's only one skill left—Dweller of Darkness!
This magical skill, which helped him shield himself from countless divinations and investigations, also played a significant role in enabling him to disguise himself as the "Collector."
Unexpectedly, this evolution allowed the mouse to completely control the original power of the evil god's followers, solidifying this ability.
Although he has improved considerably and can now shield himself from Morning Star rank divination and spying, this time he was mistakenly identified as a forbidden being, and the news will inevitably cause a sensation.
At that point, those who are paying attention to you will no longer be just the borderlands, but possibly most of the alliance.
Although most people wouldn't dare to consult an ancient taboo, they're afraid of encountering an exception.
Especially those guys in the evil god cults, who are constantly being corrupted by the evil god's spirit, have all gone insane. They don't even care about death, let alone divination taboos.
Although the probability was very low, Lu Yu dared not gamble.
Once their identity is exposed, they're basically doomed, facing a lurking overlord of the Moonlit Night lurking in the shadows ready to attack at any moment.
The only way then will be to proactively confess and seek the Alliance's protection. If you're lucky, you'll be restricted in your personal freedom and turned into a machine for making secret food; if you're unlucky...
Those who know, know.
He wouldn't mind dying on the high platform of pursuing his ideals, but he didn't want to die in such a humiliating way.
With that thought in mind, Lu Yu had no more hesitation and immediately chose to upgrade the skill.
In an instant, the [Dwellers of Darkness] skill began to blur, and countless ancient characters flashed by.
The mouse he held in his hand, though outwardly unchanged, instantly concealed its aura, exuding an aura as deep and mysterious as an abyss.
The new skill was fully formed at this moment.
[Destiny's Protection: Legendary Tier Lower Level, Passive Skill. Evolved from the Dwellers of Darkness, you will no longer be limited to the protection of darkness, but will gain protection from a tributary of the River of Destiny, capable of shielding you from all divination, spying, curses, and so on below the Kings.]
"A legendary skill, truly terrifying!"
Lu Yu was excited. He thought that his bottom line was just to interfere with those above the Radiant Moon rank, but he didn't expect that all his divination and spying below the Kings rank would be ineffective.
Once it becomes a passive skill, it will always be present on you, so you don't have to worry about being divined.
As for the ability to actively shield, it seems to have disappeared, but in reality, a similar shadow barrier can be released through the Shadow Control skill, and the shielding effect will continue to strengthen as the mouse's strength increases.
In this way, he basically doesn't have to worry about his disguise being exposed.
As for whether the kings could perform divination?
Leaving aside the fact that these beings at the pinnacle of humanity are extremely busy, preoccupied with the entire human race, they wouldn't care about one or two seemingly taboo pieces of information from the border. He's already been this cautious; if he were to encounter another king, he could only consider himself unlucky.
At worst, we can just surrender and curry favor with a powerful patron.
The mouse, who was being held in Lu Yu's hand and still had that "after-smoking" expression, was suddenly startled by Xiu Ren's intense emotional fluctuations.
Is Xiuren still angry?
No, if this continues, the little mouse's lazy, laid-back life for the rest of its days will be over. We absolutely have to divert the little mouse's attention, so it volunteered:
"Xiu Ren, let's go back quickly, or Red Hare will be burned to ashes. Next, let Rat Rat take action. I am no longer the same as before. I will turn into a little bird and bring out that lotus flower for you. Then you can take Red Hare away."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yu gave it a meaningful look and asked seriously:
Are you sure?
The mouse nodded its head as fast as it would when playing whack-a-mole. Lu Yu didn't say anything about it. He casually threw the Digging Shark into the Void Treasure Chest and then took the mouse to a hidden corner by the basin. He then had the little spider condense a Mist Raven.
"quack!"
The purple mist crows took off, circled once, and flew over the basin. They then swooped down quickly towards the Earth Mother Lotus, moving with lightning speed.
The Earth Mother Lotus can be harvested in just a few breaths.
However, just as it was about to touch the Earth Mother Lotus, countless flames suddenly surged from the basin. Although each one was weak, when the number reached a certain level, it directly turned into a raging sea of fire.
The entire basin erupted like a volcano, and even though the mist crows had an aerial advantage and weren't directly burned, their bodies were still set ablaze.
"Gah!"
Before it could flap its wings and fly into the air, it was instantly torn apart by an invisible spiritual force, turning into countless fragments that fell into the sea of fire and burned to ashes.
The mouse stared in disbelief at the scene, shuddering involuntarily. Lu Yu, standing beside it, explained:
"There are hundreds of thousands of red imported fire ants here, covering the entire basin. They share a colony network with the queen. As long as they are within a certain range, their consciousness is interconnected. You can deceive the red imported fire ants, but you cannot deceive the queen's mental detection. She can launch an attack instantly. In terms of range alone, it is no less than a strike from the Morning Star level."
Of course, because the power is dispersed, the effect isn't as exaggerated, but that's not the key point. After the flames, you'll face the mental attack from the Queen of the Red Fire Ants. Are you sure you still want to go?
"No..."
The mouse shook its head like a rattle drum, staring at the bottom of the fire pit as if it were looking at a giant barbecue grill.
If I went in, wouldn't I turn into a roasted hamster, ready to be served with a sprinkle of cumin?
The mouse asked cautiously, "Then...shall we go?"
"You just abandoned your Red Hare like that? You really are a cold-blooded hamster!"
Lu Yu's words were like an arrow piercing Shushu's heart, leaving her clutching her chest, unsure how to explain.
It's not a heartless mouse at all!
However, the Great Zhang stands between heaven and earth, able to bend and stretch, able to advance and retreat.
The small loss in front of us is nothing.
The rat will seek revenge, returning in ten years!
However, the mouse ultimately didn't say it, not because it suddenly had a burst of courage, but because it realized that if Xiuren wanted to deal with this guy, he must have thought of a good way.
He looked up and, as expected, met Lu Yu's mocking gaze.
The little mouse darted to Lu Yu's shoulder, stretched out its tiny paws to pat his back, and said ingratiatingly:
"Xiu Ren, just tell me, have you come up with a solution yet?"
Lu Yu smiled and said, "Do you remember the origin of the red imported fire ant?"
"I remember, I looked at the intelligence report with Xiu Ren back then. Don't underestimate a mouse's memory!"
The mouse stands tall and proud. Although it usually likes to lie flat, it's hard to just eat and wait to die, okay?
You need to remember when to watch which TV series, how many minutes it ends, and how many potato chips and cola you can eat to enjoy it the most.
This is all due to its immortal soul characteristic, which gives the mouse an incredibly powerful memory. After recalling for a moment, it said:
"It seems that the red imported fire ants were first brought by the wild power ants, and were used as slave beasts..."
At this point, the mouse immediately realized that since it was a slave beast, it must have some kind of means of restraint or bloodline suppression.
Lu Yu smiled without saying a word and threw a huge corpse out of the Void Treasure Chest.
It was the body of the Wild Power Ant that was reborn after being reincarnated through the ritual!
Lu Yu originally intended to extract all the value from it and use it as material to create a power ring skill for the little spider to consume.
However, the appearance of the [Thousand Faces of Soul] made him abandon this idea.
Spiderling's role is that of a mage and swordsman, relying mostly on spider silk, void power, and swordsmanship in combat.
The reason Lu Yu created this skill-specific food was not to turn him into an all-around warrior, but to ensure that he had no weaknesses in this area and that it wouldn't become a disadvantage for him.
Therefore, the power enhancement is icing on the cake for Spider-Man, rather than a lifeline, and can be replaced by other skills later.
Each of the Thousand Faces of Souls in the mouse requires soul-type materials as a price to condense, so the initial choice is extremely important.
Just like playing a Pokémon game, the starting three Pokémon have great potential and few weaknesses, making them easier to train and level up quickly. As their strength increases, they can get positive feedback and catch more powerful Pokémon, eventually even legendary Pokémon.
However, if you choose a Caterpie, it is not only difficult to raise, but even if you raise it to the maximum level, it will be much weaker than other Pokémon of the same level, and it also has a lot of weaknesses.
Unless it's a baby Rayquaza...
As an ancient species, the biggest drawback of the Wild Force Ant is that it only has one skill, so it can only break through magic with force. However, for the rat, it is just a form and has no effect at all.
They even value its perfect body structure, which can withstand dozens of times the force of the shock, which means it is a warrior with high health and high defense!
This can completely make up for the current problem of not having a front-line character in the Beast Taming lineup!
What's so great about a mage?
True romance for men lies in the brutal, visceral impact of their blows!
Most importantly, the mouse can use the Thousand Faces Touch to piece together a powerful monster body, master different extraordinary skills, and eventually evolve into a perfect life form.
The poor leader of the limb-splitting demons not only had his Wild Power Ant, Thousand-Faced Demon Core, and Causal Egg taken away by Lu Yu, but his flesh and blood were also deformed. Now even his last remaining ideas have been plagiarized.
He's definitely the most pitiful tool in the game!
However, Lu Yu didn't care about that. Now that he had mastered the core power of the Thousand-Faced Demon, he naturally wanted to make the most of it. He would just use any existing ideas he had.
Everything in the world is merely a tool for him to become stronger.
The mouse nodded, then pulled its chubby little legs out of the soul cloud...
In a physical sense.
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment. This thing can actually be disassembled?
However, the Soul Cloud did not completely disintegrate; instead, it transformed into a small cloud that remained connected to his heel, which looked quite adorable.
Ignoring Xiuren's shock, the rat jumped directly onto the Wild Power Ant. Its shadow expanded, reflecting the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree rooted in the Shadow World. Numerous roots spread out from it, entangling the corpse. With a gentle press, it instantly shattered, turning into countless blue light spots.
After these points of light were absorbed by the Soul Tree, the [Thousand Faces of Soul] hanging on the tree also began to change, condensing into a dark gold ant-shaped mask with a single horn.
The mask flickered, transforming into a ghostly blue light that entered the mouse's eyes through its shadow. The crimson ribbons on its body instantly intertwined, suddenly expanding and transforming into a gigantic figure shimmering with red light...
Lu Yu was also stunned when he saw this new form:
"Is this definitely not an evolved form of the Wild Ant!?"
Two chapters totaling 11,000 words each, now it's time to wrap things up. A new day begins, and I'm still asking for monthly votes and to keep reading. The plot won't falter; this is just the beginning. Next, we'll return to the city and start a new story.
(End of this chapter)