184: Chapter 185 Whoever gets glared at dies, storage equipment

This is the terrifying aspect of Cultivating a mental Secret Technique.

To wear the crown, one must bear its weight!

The core essence of Gaze of Tribulation is "using the eyes as a medium, and spirit as a blade".

But to make one's gaze capable of harming others, one must first hone one's Mental Energy to be sufficiently sharp.

This process is undoubtedly painful and arduous.

What those eyes contained were the mental imprints for Cultivating Gaze of Tribulation.

Lin Ye needed to, while enduring these attacks, slowly learn how to condense his own Mental Energy into the same form, and then release it using his gaze as a medium.

Simply put: first take a beating, then give a beating; first act like a grandson, then act like a grandfather!

Lin Ye gritted his teeth, enduring wave after wave of mental impact.

As time passed, those attacks grew stronger and more dense, surging from all directions, crazily tearing at his Sea of Consciousness.

If it were an ordinary person, they would likely have suffered a mental breakdown long ago.

But with the Heart Ape guarding Lin Ye's Sea of Consciousness, this level of impact was not enough to cause him harm.

However, the pain he endured did not diminish in the slightest.

Time ticked away second by second.

I don't know how much time passed, but those eyes finally closed.

The darkness receded, and light returned.

"Ding! You have successfully comprehended Gaze of Tribulation. Current Realm: Novice (0 / 500)"

Lin Ye opened his eyes, his entire body soaked in sweat.

But his eyes had changed.

In his originally black pupils, there was now an additional circle of faint golden patterns, like two thin halos slowly rotating deep within his pupils.

He opened his Cultivation Technique panel to check the detailed introduction of Gaze of Tribulation.

[Gaze of Tribulation] (Blue)

Quality: Sect-Suppressing

Realm: Novice (0 / 500)

Effects: Soul Capture — Lock onto a target with your gaze, dealing mental impact to the target and causing them to enter a brief state of dizziness. The duration of the dizziness depends on the difference in the target's spirit attribute.

Soul Severing — Condense mental power with your gaze to deal direct mental damage to the target. The damage value depends on the difference between your own spirit attribute and the target's spirit attribute.

Soul Annihilation — This effect unlocks when the Cultivation Technique reaches the "Mastery" Realm. Infuse all your Mental Energy into your eyes to deal a fatal Soul strike to the target, with a certain probability of ignoring all of the target's defenses and directly destroying their Soul.

(Note: Gaze of Tribulation consumes a massive amount of Mental Energy; please use with caution.)

After reading the introduction, Lin Ye felt a surge of emotion.

If he had possessed this Cultivation Technique back in Qishan Village, he wouldn't have been chased around by the gray-white figure.

One glare, use Soul Capture to freeze them, then walk up and land a staff strike.

Even against the final big boss, The Woodcutter, he wouldn't have needed to spend so much effort engaging with him.

No matter how strong the opponent's Protector divine general was, it was ultimately in a Soul form.

Without the protection of a Physical Body, he might really have been able to stare him to death with one look.

One can only say, it is worthy of being a Sect-Suppressing mental Secret Technique; it is truly powerful.

Of course, while this Cultivation Technique is strong, the consumption is also huge; it cannot be used as a standard method.

However, as a trump card, it is sufficient.

Lin Ye was in a great mood; he rubbed his hands together and directly opened the Equipment Selection Chest.

"Ding, the Equipment Selection Chest has been opened. Please choose one item from the following four pieces of equipment."

The next second, the phantom images of four pieces of equipment condensed before Lin Ye, somewhat similar to the scene when he underwent the Awakening of his Life-Bound Weapon.

The first was a pitch-black long staff. Faint golden patterns could be vaguely seen circulating on the staff body, exuding a steady and heavy aura.

[Mysterious Nether Wind-Breaking Staff] (Blue) — Rare Three-Star. Forged with black iron as the bone and infused with Wind Gold Essence. It weighs 3,600 catties and is indestructible. Comes with the trait: Armor Piercing — Ignores a portion of the target's defense when attacking.

Lin Ye took a look, and his heart stirred slightly.

This staff was indeed quite good, much stronger than the black iron heavy staff in his hand.

However, he mainly relied on the ruyi jingu bang for combat; the staff was at most just a carrier.

Therefore, Lin Ye did not place much importance on weapons; as long as it felt comfortable to use, that was enough.

He then turned his gaze to the second piece of equipment. It was a silver-white hammer. The hammer head was octagonal, and each face was engraved with different runes, exuding a violent aura.

[Nine-Forged Thunder-Pattern Hammer] (Blue) — Rare Three-Star. Forged from extraterrestrial meteorite iron, the hammer contains the power of heavenly thunder. Equipment forged with it has a certain probability of having the trait: Lightning Strike — Has a chance to trigger lightning damage when attacking.

Clearly, this was a piece of equipment specifically crafted for blacksmiths.

But Lin Ye still shook his head.

Blacksmithing was just his secondary profession, mainly used for making money; he had no intention of delving deeply into the path of forging.

The job of forging should be left to his old man.

His gaze shifted to the third item. It was a pair of combat boots. The surface of the boots was embroidered with dark silver cloud patterns; one look told him it was no ordinary object.

[Azure Cloud Wind-Treading Boots] (Blue) — Rare Three-Star. Made with wind python skin as the base, woven with cloud-patterned refined gold thread. Comes with the trait: Gale — Increases movement speed by 30% when worn.

"This is not bad."

A 30% speed increase, combined with Lightning Flash Movement, would take his movement speed to the next level.

However, he was not in a hurry to choose and continued to look at the fourth piece of equipment.

It was a silver-white ring.

The style of the ring was very simple; it was just a plain band without any patterns or decorations.

Only a pale blue gemstone was set on the ring face. Inside the gemstone, it seemed as if starlight was flickering, appearing deep and mysterious, like a solidified star.

He clicked on the equipment introduction:

[Void Ring] (Blue) — Rare Three-Star. A Storage Ring forged with Void Stone as the core. It contains an independent space of 10 cubic meters and can store non-living items. Comes with the trait: Breath Concealment — Items stored in the ring will not emit any aura and cannot be detected by perception-type methods.

A spatial ring!

It was actually a spatial ring!

This thing could be said to be essential equipment for players, and even more so, the perfect Magic Treasure for looting and killing.

With it, going out in the future would be very convenient.

Medicinal Pills, weapons, money, and even some things that couldn't see the light of day could all be stuffed inside.

Lin Ye didn't say a word and directly reached out to tap on the ring.

What else was there to say? Hesitating for even half a second would be a sign of disrespect to the storage equipment.

The next second, a silver-white ring landed in his palm.

It felt warm and smooth to the touch, as if holding a piece of warm jade.

Lin Ye put the ring on the index finger of his left hand; the size was just right.

Then, with a thought, he brought the ring close to the black iron heavy staff by the bed.

Swish!

Accompanied by a ripple in space, the black iron heavy staff instantly vanished and appeared in the storage space of the Void Ring.

Ten cubic meters of space—it wasn't huge, but it wasn't small either; however, it was more than enough to store the black iron heavy staff.

At the same time, Lin Ye also discovered that the space inside the Void Ring was not fixed; it would expand according to the things placed inside.

It was like a water balloon that could freely change its shape.

Of course, no matter how it changed shape, the total capacity would not exceed ten cubic meters.

However, this made it much more convenient.

Lin Ye moved his mind again, and the black iron heavy staff reappeared in his hand.

"There is a delay of about one second." Lin Ye frowned slightly.

A one-second delay was indeed too long in rapidly changing combat.

By the time you wanted to take something out, the opponent would have already slashed over with a blade.

However, although it couldn't be used to ambush people in combat, it was enough for storage.

Especially since this thing came with the Breath Concealment trait; this point was very practical. He didn't have to worry about others probing his bottom line, and his sense of security instantly hit the max.

Afterwards, Lin Ye stuffed all the various Medicinal Pills, tokens, and banknotes he had bought previously into the Void Ring all at once.

However, just as Lin Ye was tidying up these things, a wave of warmth suddenly came from his chest.

He took it out to look, and Lin Ye was instantly stunned.