160: Chapter 160 Recruiting the Future Valkyrie! Unleashing a Forbidden-Level Divine Skill

The moment the coin fell into his palm, the cold metallic touch transmitted through the nerve endings to Qin Ji's brain, causing those pupils, burning with purple-gold light in the darkness, to contract slightly.

"Heads."

Qin Ji rubbed the rough texture of the coin's surface with his thumb, a playful arc curling at the corner of his mouth. Since even the heavens felt it should be done, there was nothing to hesitate about.

He casually threw the Summoning Codex, which emitted an ancient aura, onto the table, but his gaze did not shift away; instead, it turned toward another "unobtrusive" skill book he had just looted from Abra's corpse in the corner of his backpack.

【Divine Soul Binding (God-Gifted · Unique)】

【Learning Requirement: Summoner】

【Effect: Force a Soul symbiosis with a summoned beast, inheriting 100% of the summoned beast's full attribute panel (including Health, Defense, and Special Resistances).】

【Cost: None.】

【Cooldown: 15 minutes after unbinding or the death of the summoned beast.】

Qin Ji's fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, making a crisp "thump-thump" sound.

Looking at these two things separately, one is a top-tier support item, and the other is a life-saving divine skill. But if combined...

"A Summoner's biggest weakness is the fragility of the main body; once an assassin gets close, it's a dead end. But if a Summoner possesses the health bar and dual resistances of a top-tier defensive Divine Beast, combined with the infinite evolution ability of the Summoning Codex..."

Qin Ji instantly constructed a "Humanoid Gundam" template in his mind that was enough to make all players on the server despair.

This isn't just creating a god; this is creating a BUG.

"Who should I give such a good thing to?"

The image of his nominal younger sister, Qin Qingqing, who was still struggling in the Newbie Village, flashed through Qin Ji's mind. This girl's personality was too soft; giving her such a weapon of mass destruction might not only fail to protect her but instead bring about her demise.

An ordinary man is innocent, but treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime.

His gaze gradually became profound, and fragments of memory reorganized in his mind, finally settling on a lonely and proud back holding a giant shield, standing alone in front of a tide of tens of millions of beasts.

In the Late Stage of the Cataclysm in his past life, that woman known as the "Valkyrie" — Su Li.

That madwoman who never retreated half a step in thousands of life-and-death battles, rivaling the gods with a Mortal body. If there was anyone else in this world worthy of these two divine items and who would absolutely never betray him, it was only her.

"Profit-seeking is the nature of a merchant, but investing in the future is the privilege of a cheater."

Qin Ji no longer hesitated, his fingertips swiping through the Void Realm to pull up the friend search interface.

Inputting ID: 【Li】.

...

Misty Swamp, Black Water Lake shore.

The air was filled with the stench of rotting aquatic plants, and the murky lake water surged from time to time as level forty-five Black Water Lake Mysterious Turtles, the size of tanks, let out low growls.

A young girl wearing drab newbie cloth clothes was standing in the waist-deep muddy water. Her figure was thin, as if a gust of wind could blow her over, but her eyes, visible outside her veil, were as cold as two unsheathed daggers.

In front of her, a mutated Armored Crocodile was frantically biting the throat of a mysterious turtle, blood staining the lake surface red.

Su Li panted slightly, the stray hairs on her forehead wet with sweat and sticking to her pale skin. She had no friends, no guild, and didn't even have decent equipment. In this game that emphasized team coordination, she was like an outlier, solitary, using the most clumsy method to slowly grind down these thick-skinned monsters.

"Ding!"

A crisp notification sound abruptly broke the deathly silence of the swamp.

Su Li's movements paused, her finger, which had been prepared to command the Armored Crocodile to retreat, freezing in mid-air.

【Player "Snow Emperor" has requested to add you as a friend.】

Su Li was stunned.

Snow Emperor?

That ruthless person who just took the world first kill, slaughtered the emperor, and turned the entire Star Kingdom upside down?

How could such a big figure standing in the clouds add an unknown little nobody like her?

She subconsciously thought it was a scammer or a duplicate name. But when she clicked on the other party's profile page and saw that golden, unviewable Rank "???", her heart skipped a beat.

It really was him.

After hesitating for three seconds, Su Li clicked accept.

Almost at the same time, a message popped up, concise and overbearing, without any nonsense.

"Join the team, join the guild, and I'll grant you a fortune."

Immediately following, a guild invitation link was tossed over.

【"ragnarok" Guild invites you to join.】

Su Li's fingers holding her staff turned slightly white from the force. She was not good with words and had a solitary personality, instinctively wanting to refuse this mysterious kindness. But upon seeing the word "fortune," as if possessed, she thought of her own unknown Saint-Grade talent — 【Beast Taming Evolution】.

Perhaps, he was coming for this?

"Okay."

Su Li replied with a single word and clicked accept.

The next second, two trade applications were slapped directly onto her face.

When she saw the two items placed in the trade window, her originally cold expression instantly collapsed. Her eyes, which were always as calm as an ancient well, widened suddenly, her breathing as rapid as if she had just finished a marathon.

God-gifted equipment...

God-gifted skill book...

If either of these two things were taken out, they would be enough to trade for a real-world city in the current auction house!

"This... is too precious." Su Li's fingers were trembling; she didn't even dare to click confirm, "I can't afford the price."

"Who said I wanted you to pay a price?"

Qin Ji's lazy voice came through the voice channel, carrying a sort of nonchalant casualness, "I like the look of you, so consider it a greeting gift. Take it, don't talk nonsense, and just kill a few more gods for me in the future."

Kill... a few more gods for him?

Su Li felt her worldview suffer a violent shock at this moment. While others were still haggling over a few silver coins, was this man already considering slaughtering gods?

She took a deep breath, her chest heaving violently, and finally, gritting her teeth, she heavily clicked confirm.

"My life is yours."

She said silently in her heart but did not send it out. For someone like her, a promise was not made with the mouth, but redeemed with blood.

...

After handling Su Li's matter, Qin Ji closed the chat box, feeling in high spirits.

The feeling was like picking up a lottery ticket on the side of the road that hadn't been scratched yet, while he had already seen through it to the five-million-dollar grand prize inside.

"Next, it's time to look at my own rewards."

Qin Ji flipped his wrist, and two scrolls emitting a holy golden light appeared in his hand.

These were the rewards automatically settled from Leona's and Queen Fiodingyu's tasks after killing Abra — the 【Blessing of the Gods Prerequisite Scroll】.

Although it was only a prerequisite, because he had completed the Hell difficulty "Regicide," the rewards had undergone a qualitative change.

"Use."

Qin Ji crushed the first scroll.

"Buzz—"

The Void Realm vibrated, and a crimson pillar of light pierced through the roof, directly enveloping Qin Ji. Faintly, the battle song of clashing metal seemed to ring in the air, and a phantom of a Three Heads, Six Arms god-demon, stepping on Wind Fire Wheels and wrapped in the Red Armillary Sash, flashed and vanished behind him.

【Ding! Third Prince Nezha has cast his gaze upon you...】

【Ding! You have obtained the God-gifted passive skill: Three Heads, Six Arms (True God Version).】

Qin Ji raised an eyebrow and immediately checked the attributes.

【Three Heads, Six Arms (God-Gifted · Passive/Active)】

【Effect: When activated, your body will manifest a Dharma form entity, possessing three heads and six arms.】

【Trait 1: Multiple Armaments. The six arms can simultaneously equip three sets of main weapons (e.g., Bow, Sword, Staff) and enjoy the attribute bonuses of all three weapon sets at the same time!】

【Trait 2: Omniscient View. The three heads provide a 360-degree vision without blind spots, granting immunity to backstabs and sneak attacks.】

【Consumption: 100 Mana points per second.】

【Cooldown: 1 hour.】

"Holy shit..."

Qin Ji couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

This skill was simply tailor-made for a freak like him who practiced Magic-Martial Dual Cultivation!

Imagine, in a future fight, he would be engaging in melee combat with a greatsword in front, while his two left hands held a staff to frantically cast forbidden spells, and his two right hands pulled a divine bow to fire cold arrows...

Who could withstand that? This was essentially a one-man army!

The only drawback was that the mana consumption was too fast, 100 points per second; even with his current mana pool, he couldn't sustain it for long. However, considering the explosive power of this skill, this bit of consumption was entirely worth it.

"Again!"

Qin Ji struck while the iron was hot and crushed the second scroll.

This time, the descending aura was completely different.

It was an aura of majesty, vastness, and the imperial Qi of governing all things. Golden auspicious clouds surged within the room, and a Five-clawed Golden Dragon could be faintly seen churning within the cloud layers.

【Ding! The Jade Emperor has cast his gaze upon you...】

【Ding! You have obtained the God-gifted weapon: god-beating whip (Imitation · Unique).】

A wooden whip about three feet, six inches, and five points long, with a total of twenty-one sections, slowly fell into Qin Ji's hands. Although the System labeled it as an "imitation," the runes flowing on this whip caused the surrounding space to undergo slight distortions.

【god-beating whip (God-Gifted · Special)】

【Equip Requirement: Snow Emperor Only】

【Attack Power: 1-1 (Special Judgment)】

【Effect 1: All Creatures Are Equal. Ignores 100% of the target's Physical Defense and Magic Shields (i.e., deals True Damage).】

【Effect 2: God Slayer. Deals 1000% Critical Damage to targets with "Divinity" (including gods, Divine Beasts, and God-Blessed ones) and attaches a "Divine Soul Shock" effect (forced stun for 1 second).】

【Note: This item cannot be dropped, cannot be traded, and cannot be destroyed.】

Qin Ji held this seemingly ordinary wooden whip, feeling the terrifying power of rules contained within it, and the smile in his eyes gradually became ferocious.

Attack Power 1-1?

What a joke!

In the hands of a cheater like him who possessed infinitely stacking attributes, base attack power wasn't important at all. What was important was that "ignore 100% defense"!

This meant that in the future, no matter how thick a turtle shell the opponent wore or how strong an invincible shield they opened, they would be like paper in front of him.

With one strike of the whip, All Creatures Are Equal!

Especially that "God Slayer" trait; it was simply the capital to grind those high and mighty future gods into the dirt.

"Abra is dead, and the order of this continent will soon collapse."

Qin Ji walked to the window and pushed open the dilapidated wooden window.

The night wind howled, whipping up the hem of his black clothes.

In the distance, the firelight of the Imperial City still illuminated half the sky, and the sounds of shouting and killing could be faintly heard. Countless forces were biting and competing over those ruins, looking very much like a pack of vultures fighting over carrion.

Qin Ji held the god-beating whip in one hand, lightly tapping it against the window frame. His purple-gold pupils reflected the burning Imperial City in the distance, like a Primeval Vicious Beast that had just finished a full meal, lazily and coldly watching the revelry of these ants.

"Go ahead and make a scene; the bigger the better."

"When you've beaten each other's brains out, that will be the time for me to haul in the net."

The moonlight was like water, spilling onto his cold and stern profile, stretching his shadow very long, like a Demon God about to revive from the darkness, silently opening a giant mouth capable of swallowing heaven and earth.