65: Chapter 65 Floating Pagoda Bone Temple! You have a cheat code too?

"Third Sequence—activate."

"Geng Metal Blade Bone · Pagoda Bone Brake!"

Shen Qingci's voice was not loud.

But falling upon the battlefield,

it seemed to suppress all the wolf howls.

"Bruh, sis, you can still use an ultimate?"

He had always known Shen Qingci was a genius.

The First Sequence, Bone-born cold edge, unparalleled sharpness.

The Second Sequence, Geng Metal Secret Marrow, Source Gold amplification.

These two would absolutely be top-tier at any university.

Many Tier 3 Awakeners never reach this level in their entire lives.

But now, she had pulled out a Third Sequence.

Tier 2.

Three sequences.

A very serious question popped into Su Ming's mind.

"System, does this count as cheating?"

The system ignored him.

But Su Ming was a top student himself.

He hadn't grinded three years of theory for nothing.

He knew all too well how exaggerated this was.

When Talent Awakeners advance,

based on the depth of their understanding of their own talent and practical application,

they have a very high probability of comprehending sequence skills.

For Awakeners below A-rank,

one sequence per tier is considered normal performance.

For those A-rank and above, and after reaching Tier 4,

Awakeners with deep enough understanding of their talent and enough strength,

might be able to comprehend an extra one at a certain realm.

As for comprehending two, or even three in a single tier?

The textbooks have a note:

"Extreme outlier, no reference value."

"Damn."

Su Ming muttered softly.

"Is this the gold content of a genius?!"

...

As the liquid from that silver-white crystal tube was injected,

Shen Qingci's whole body trembled; the power was more domineering than she had imagined.

This [Divine Stock Solution].

Her father had said when he gave it to her,

that one needed to be at least Tier 3 to control this thing.

Forcing its use would briefly stimulate talent potential,

increasing understanding of one's talent.

But the risk was immense,

potentially causing permanent damage to the foundation of her talent.

She had agreed at the time.

They had promised, not to use it unless absolutely necessary.

But the four words "absolutely necessary,"

had a new definition today.

And then there was this person beside her.

In just two days.

The sense of crisis Su Ming brought her,

was more than the past nineteen years combined.

From the Scrap Yard to the Ash Belt.

From the panshi robot, to the Tier 3 Hyena King.

From the Mass Engine, to Mass Resonance.

Su Ming had been bulldozing his way through.

The combat power that others cultivated desperately,

often seemed to be picked up easily by him.

Shen Qingci was proud.

She was unyielding to the bone.

She could admit Su Ming was strong.

But she would not be content to just stand behind him.

And she would certainly not accept becoming the one who needed protection.

So, she had to become stronger.

Otherwise, she would really be left in the dust by some monster.

Shen Qingci knelt on one knee, using her blade to support herself.

The Divine Stock Solution fully entered her body.

That energy was not as cold and crisp as Geng Metal Qi,

but rather like an ancient and profound talent will examining her.

Geng Metal Blade Bone, Geng Metal Secret Marrow, Divine Stock Solution.

Three forces tore at each other within her.

Shen Qingci gritted her teeth.

She had practiced with the blade since she was a child.

Her bones had been broken time and time again,

and healed time and time again.

That was how Geng Metal Secret Marrow was refined bit by bit in her bone marrow.

Hum!

A layer of translucent Source Energy erupted from behind her.

The Source Energy bore dark gold patterns.

The Geng Metal Qi in her whole body instantly boiled,

starting from her chest, spreading along her collarbone, scapula, and spine,

and golden light could be seen shining through her damaged nano-combat suit.

Her spine also erupted with a series of crisp sounds of bone growth.

It wasn't her own bones growing.

It was a translucent white bone phantom rising from the ground behind her.

Su Ming's pupils constricted.

He saw fine white bone patterns first appear at her feet.

Then they spread outwards along the ground.

Countless phantoms of bone palms, bone arms, bone shoulders, and bone ribs began to stack layer by layer,

interweaving into the foundation of some kind of structure.

Six silver-white bony plates grew out from both sides of her spine,

layered and overlapping, like the eaves of a miniature tower,

and also like eerie white bone flowers blooming from within her body.

Golden light wrapped around the white bones.

A translucent tower-shaped phantom slowly rose.

The white bones were the frame, slender yet hard, glowing with a pale luster.

The golden light was Geng Metal Sanskrit Light, thin yet cold,

filling the gaps between the bones.

That tower had no physical eaves,

only hazy, layered outlines.

It enveloped the five-meter area around her.

At this moment,

righteousness and evil,

achieved a strange and perfect balance.

Golden light and white bones intertwined,

holiness and eeriness coexisted.

Su Ming stood to the side,

completely dumbfounded.

"... What kind of monster sequence is this?"

White bone pagoda, golden light surrounding the body.

Blade touching the ground, tower shadow initially formed.

Too cool.

Really too cool.

It was no less impressive than a Bankai from Bleach.

Tears of envy welled up in Su Ming's eyes.

Both were Talent Awakeners,

why was the gap so big?

Hers when using an ultimate was golden light, white bone pagoda, divine descent.

What about his ultimate?

One punch, one crater!

Hers was called Pagoda Bone Brake.

His was called Massive Rampage.

Is this reasonable?

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Especially thinking that when he advanced in the future,

his skill names might still be something like Mass Compression, Mass Collapse, Mass this, Mass that.

They sounded like equipment manuals from the heavy goods area of the Scrap Yard.

Not a shred of aesthetic appeal.

Who doesn't want to be flashy?

Who wants to be a lump of iron their whole life?

I want special effects too!

I want BGM too!

He clenched his sandbag-sized fist unwillingly.

…Fine, just accept it.

Born into the Mass stream, can't blame anyone else.

Thinking up to here, the system was still silent.

Not even a word of comfort.

This system, it's going to get a bad review sooner or later!

...

Inside the pagoda phantom, Shen Qingci stood up slowly.

She closed her eyes.

That dark golden energy had completely merged into her limbs and bones.

It merged with the Geng Metal Qi.

White bones as the foundation, golden light as the rhythm.

Her flesh and blood body seemed to be having a final conversation with the will of the Geng Metal origin.

She heard it.

Very far, yet very near.

Like ten thousand blades drawn at once.

Like an eternal bell toll.

Like billions of dead bones praying in unison in a temple.

Like white bones blooming into flowers, an instant of Bodhi.

Finally, Shen Qingci opened her eyes.

Golden light surged in her eyes.

A blurry mass of light began to gather at the top of the Bone Brake.

Golden Buddha flames ignited silently.

Thus,

[Geng Metal Blade Bone · Third Sequence — Pagoda Bone Brake]

fully descended.

...

The Wolf King let out a low growl.

It also sensed danger.

The dark red brand on its forehead flashed, and it immediately issued a command.

Two Ash Wind Blade Wolves wanted to take advantage of the Bone Brake not yet being fully stabilized,

to pounce from the flank, charging directly into the five-meter domain.

Su Ming instinctively wanted to move.

Shen Qingci raised her hand to signal him not to.

The moment the Wind Blade Wolves stepped in, an anomaly occurred.

Their originally swift pounce suddenly slowed down.

It wasn't just slowing down; they were being suppressed by something.

Within the five-meter area covered by the pagoda phantom,

an invisible sacred power steadily suppressed the baleful aura within the two wolves.

Their movements became sluggish,

and the fierce light in their eyes was replaced by a brief confusion.

[Sequence Trait One: Suppress Evil]

Within the Bone Brake range, all baleful aura and ferocity will be suppressed. All attacks will be deflected by the domain. Movements will be sluggish, momentum will sink. Combat power reduced by 20%.

Meanwhile,

the golden radiance of the pagoda phantom poured back into Shen Qingci's whole body.

Her consciousness instantly became clear.

The pouncing trajectories of the two wolves were forcibly broken down.

Pouncing forward, raising claws, opening mouths.

Wind blade condensation, jumping angle, front claw swinging path, landing point deviation...

All information was clearly presented in her mind.

Geng Metal power poured into her limbs,

neural response maximized, blade speed skyrocketed.

[Sequence Trait Two: Divine Glory]

Sanskrit light cleanses the consciousness, Geng Metal injects into the skeleton. Neural response, blade speed, and lethality increased by 30%.

With one falling and one rising.

Combat power increased by over 50%!

Definitely a god-tier skill!

Shen Qingci flipped her wrist,

the cold edge bone blade slashed horizontally with golden light.

First slash.

Pierced the throat of the first wolf.

Sidestep, spin slash.

Second slash.

The golden blade slashed under the belly of the second wolf.

The two Tier 2 Ash Wind Blade Wolves fell to the ground almost simultaneously.

Crisp and neat.

Instant kill.

Wolf blood splattered within the Bone Brake range.

It was quietly absorbed by the phantom of the pagoda.

The golden light of the tower seemed to brighten by a fraction.

Su Ming saw all of this.

"You can even absorb monsters! Is it also a growth-type?"

"Isn't this sequence skill a bit overpowered?!"

Two companions killed instantly,

causing the wolf pack that was already prepared to continue pouncing to pause.

The Wolf King was at the edge of the fog,

its vertical pupils staring fixedly at the Bone Brake around Shen Qingci.

The dark red brand on its forehead pulsed constantly.

It was very angry.

And also very wary.

But it could not retreat!

If it dragged on, the wolf pack would be wiped out bit by bit.

Unknowingly, the scales of the battlefield had already tilted in the opposite direction.

The Wolf King let out another low growl.

The remaining Wind Blade Wolves began to circle around the five-meter range.

Attempting to consume her with long-range wind blades.

Tug-of-war.

The Wolf King was waiting for this terrifying human to make a mistake.

Shen Qingci raised her eyes and looked at Su Ming.

Within the five-meter Bone Brake domain,

the interplay of golden light and white bone shadows reflected on her face, half-bright and half-dark.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

The feeling of confidence was back.

"The wolf pack is mine."

Her voice was not loud, but it was firm and unquestionable.

"You go and slaughter that Wolf King for me."

Su Ming's heart fluttered.

This expression.

This tone.

This... who could handle this?

Sis, you're killing me!

"Alright."

Su Ming grinned.

Da Huang, lying in the unbreakable square space, let out an "Awoo."

Su Ming looked down at it.

"I'm getting revenge for you right now."

He loosened his shoulders.

He stomped his feet into the ground.

He stared at the Red-maned Wind-blade Wolf King in the fog.

That Tier 3 Wolf King was also staring at him.

The dark red brand on its forehead pulsed faster.

Fierce winds swirled around its limbs.

At this moment, it was battle-ready.

Because it also knew.

The real opponent had arrived.

Su Ming raised his hand and pointed at it.

"You beast."

"You touched my person just now."

"And you touched my dog."

"We can finally clash!"

The golden light and white bones of the Pagoda Bone Brake flickered in the gray fog.

Like an altar from the other shore.

And in front of the altar,

a gray figure, at the speed of a cannonball,

was charging directly at that Tier 3 Wolf King.

One man, one wolf,

collided fiercely!!!