18: Chapter 18 [Sunflower Manual] + [Minor Cloud and Rain Technique] = ? ? ?

The setting sun was like blood, and the floating clouds were like ink.

A faint, lingering, and mournful tune drifted from the sky, though it was impossible to make out the lyrics.

Beneath the snapped black banner were corpses piled up like small mountains, tattered armor, and broken weapons scattered all over the ground.

A pitch-black river surged forward, its surface floating with countless withered limbs and broken arms.

The fishy stench of the river mixed with the putrid odor of mud and corpses, making Sun Po almost vomit his breakfast.

On the bank, wandering dark shadows stiffly turned their heads to look in the direction of the three of them.

By this point, Sun Po finally managed to see the appearance of these monsters clearly.

Their withered cyan-black faces burned with faint blue soul fires in their pupils, and they made indistinct rattling sounds in their mouths.

They wore tattered crimson or dark armor, and their rotting weapons waved meaninglessly in their hands.

Their movements were stiff and slow, and their numbers were extremely large, creakily swaying as they surrounded the three of Sun Po.

"Come, come, let me see. I haven't used this gadget in a long time."

Yang Xinyue muttered to herself as she patted a watch-like instrument on her wrist.

"Hey, it's ready!"

As her words fell, the watch projected a light blue light-screen panel in the air, displaying the panel information of the monsters by the river.

[Data Matched]

Monster Name: [Yin Soldier]

Infested Secret Realm: [Changping Sinkhole Secret Realm], [Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm]...

Rating: [Gray 7-Star]

Skills: [Battle Formation], [Slam]

Description: [The most common specters of ancient battlefields, formed by the condensation of weapon auras mixed with the remnant souls of soldiers.]

"Teacher Yang, where did you buy this watch?"

Liu Jianren watched with stars in his eyes and a look of envy.

"Buy? Try buying one. This thing is issued directly by the official Card Association after verifying that you own a purple card. It requires real-name authentication and cannot be lent out."

Sun Po understood, and Yang Xinyue continued:

"This little gadget is connected to the official database, which records all monsters ever documented throughout the Yanhuang Ancient Country."

"As long as you point it at a monster and scan it from afar, it can automatically recognize the monster, match it in the database, and provide detailed information."

Hearing this, Sun Po thought to himself:

"Good stuff!

Since a purple card is enough to claim one, doesn't that mean I can go to the official Card Association now to get authenticated and claim one too?"

Just as he was pondering, Yang Xinyue and Liu Jianren were already summoning their cards.

"Wulang, come out and stretch your muscles!"

"[Red Snake]!! Appear!!"

The seemingly slow-moving Yin Soldiers had already surrounded them in the span of a few words.

However, the quality of [Gray 7-Star] really made it hard for Yang Xinyue and the others to remain vigilant.

"[Changyou]!! Appear!!"

Sun Po looked at Yang Xinyue and glanced at Liu Jianren.

Catching Sun Po's gaze, Yang Xinyue instantly understood and nodded.

Sun Po understood.

That's right, if they still held back in a secret realm, how could they ever grow stronger?

"[Double-Pupil Warrior]!! Appear!!"

Liu Jianren turned his head and suddenly discovered a tall, stern, and noble-looking man standing before him.

It scared the kid so much that he jumped right up.

"Holy crap!! Brother Po! Run fast!! This appearance is definitely not something easy to deal with!!"

Before he could even move his legs, he was grabbed by Sun Po.

"Don't make a fuss out of nothing. This is my second card."

Hearing this, Liu Jianren let out an oh.

Then he suddenly reacted, widening his eyes as he asked:

"So Brother Po, you even hid a card during the intra-school selection tournament?!"

Sun Po didn't answer, but no answer was the best answer.

Liu Jianren's eyes were full of shock, but turning his head, he saw an even more shocking scene.

Relying on its [Blazing Fire Breath], his Red Snake was already extremely efficient at clearing out mobs like these.

But that [Changyou], which had dug out hearts and ripped out livers during the intra-school selection tournament and was invincible in close combat,

was actually floating in the sky right now!!

Raging black water surged into the sky, winding around its sides like silk ribbons,

making the [Changyou] standing aloft in the air look like a water deity.

At the same time, ink-black clouds gathered in the sky.

A pattering drizzle began to fall within the secret realm.

[Changyou] let out a carefree roar, and immediately leaped high into the sky, sitting atop the clouds,

with one hand forming an incantation gesture and the other pointing far down below.

The range of the rain suddenly shrank, but the density of the raindrops sharply increased.

The black raindrops instantly turned into a rain of death, and the falling speed surged abruptly.

"Pata! Pata! Pata!"

The endless raindrops resembled machine gun bullets, forcefully riddling each and every Yin Soldier with holes like a sieve.

While Sun Po was still shocked at when [Changyou]'s [Minor Cloud and Rain Art] had gained such power, he suddenly heard the system's electronic voice:

"[Changyou] has loaded MOD -- [Sunflower Manual] (Primary). Gained 5 system experience points! Remaining 132 points."

Hearing this broadcast, Sun Po screamed wildly in his heart:

"It learned the wrong stuff! The kid has completely learned the wrong stuff!!"

At this moment, Sun Po wished he could climb up to the clouds to see if his cub had been neutered!

Can these mods be added randomly?!

...

Meanwhile, the [Double-Pupil Warrior] beside them took out one Yin Soldier with every punch and kick, emphasizing a down-to-earth and unpretentious style. Although its speed was also fast,

compared to [Changyou], its efficiency was far too low, and it was even slower at killing than Liu Jianren's [Red Snake].

Sun Po felt somewhat helpless. It was already apparent during the last showdown between [Changyou] and Enlightened Monk Yang Wulang.

The [Double-Pupil Warrior] required micro-management; otherwise, its combat IQ was truly touching.

Just as he was about to give instructions,

he suddenly noticed that a wisp of extremely faint blood qi floated out from the body of every Yin Soldier killed by the [Double-Pupil Warrior],

and flew into the [Double-Pupil Warrior]'s body.

At the same time, Sun Po also noticed that a profound black aura would float out from the bodies of all the dead [Yin Soldier]s,

and the destination of this aura was precisely [Changyou] sitting majestically in the clouds.

With a thought, Sun Po opened the system panels of the two cards and instantly saw densely packed messages:

"[Double-Pupil Warrior]'s blood and Qi gained an extremely slight improvement."

"[Double-Pupil Warrior]'s blood and Qi gained an extremely slight improvement."

"[Double-Pupil Warrior]'s blood and Qi..."

"[Changyou] absorbed a wisp of military disaster aura, and its bloodline gained a certain improvement."

"[Changyou] absorbed a wisp of military disaster aura, and its bloodline gained a certain improvement."

"[Changyou] absorbed a wisp of military disaster aura..."

Sun Po instantly perked up completely.

It was the two traits [Hating Earth Without Rings] and [Body of the Disaster Beast]!

[Hating Earth Without Rings]: The blood and Qi of the Double-Pupil Warrior can continuously grow. For every target killed or participated in killing, the double pupils can permanently seize one percent of the target's blood and Qi.

[Body of the Disaster Beast]: Changyou is an exotic beast born from flood disasters, capable of absorbing disaster auras to continuously grow.

Good grief! Killing a [Yin Soldier] could drop materials!

It could also help increase the [Double-Pupil Warrior]'s blood and Qi!

And even better, it provided disaster auras to enhance [Changyou]'s bloodline!!

What was this? This was a 300% return on investment!!

This Liu Jianren was truly a lucky general, actually being able to find such a treasure land!!

Seeing that Enlightened Monk Yang Wulang and [Red Snake] were still slaughtering Yin Soldiers,

one knocking with a staff and the other spitting a breath, with extremely low efficiency,

he hurriedly spoke out:

"Sister Xinyue, Jianren, to avoid friendly fire, withdraw your cards and save some spirituality!! I'm going to go all out with my output!!"

These words were extremely arrogant, as if saying:

You all step back, let me handle it.

Sure enough, Enlightened Monk Yang Wulang nearby heard this and said with a look of indignation:

"Kid, don't be arrogant. You haven't seen this poor monk's true abilities yet! If you push me..."

But before he could finish speaking, Enlightened Monk Yang Wulang had already turned into a card and burrowed back into Yang Xinyue's spiritual space.

For no other reason,

it was raining knives in the sky!!

"[Changyou] has loaded MOD -- [Minor Cloud and Rain Art] (Intermediate). Gained 5 system experience points! Remaining 137 points."

The black raindrops previously falling from the sky had now condensed into blades, spears, swords, halberds, axes, poleaxes, hooks, and forks.

Their speed and power had increased by a large margin compared to just moments ago.

If what fell before was machine gun bullets, what was falling now were bombs!!

Meanwhile, Liu Jianren on the side had already been dumbfounded, until [Red Snake] was blasted into fragments by the weapons condensed from the black rainwater,

and a sharp pain wracked his head, causing him to snap back to reality.

Looking at the handsome youth in front of him who was the exact same age as him, Liu Jianren had only one thought in his heart:

"Is this fucking still human?"